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E
(intro)
A
She stands on the banks of the mighty mississippi
E
Alone in the pale moonlight

Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
A
Said that he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty mississippi
E
Loving the whole night through

'til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
A
And bring it on back to you.

D a
Evangeline, evangeline
E a
Curses the soul of the mississippi queen
E a
That pulled her man away.

Bayou sam, from the south lousianne
Had gambling in his veins
Evangeline, from the maritimes(*)
Was slowly going insane.

High on the top of hickory hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a-sinking
She watched that queen go under

She broke down, on a highway
Miles from nowhere, it had no number
She was lost, a long way from home
She was fed up with the routine
She got trouble with her man
She blew town with a vengeance
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Who am i, who are you
I was only passing through
Skinwalker, skinwalker

A strange encounter to be sure
He was wicked he was pure
Hear him calling, he's calling for you
Come with me into the mystic
Come with me into the night
We can live, live forever
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Through your eyes i can see
You have left your mark on me
Skinwalker, skinwalker

Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
He takes you to a sacred place
And drinks a tear off your face

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Talk to the spirits
Talk to the wind
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Ceremony of the cloud people

It

Crow has brought the message
To the children of the sun
For the return of the buffalo
And for a better day to come

You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
For not believing in your god
And some world down below

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

My sister above
She has red paint
She died at wounded knee
Like a later day saint

You got the big drum in the distance
Blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
When the buffalo cry

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

Crazy horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And sitting bull the great apostle
Of the ghost dance

Come on comanche
Come on blackfoot
Come on shoshone
Come on cheyenne

We shall live again

Come on arapaho
Come on cherokee
Come on paiute
Come on sioux

We shall live again

Chorus:
N.c. g
Let's go out (let's go out)
C
In a blaze of glory
G d
All good things must end
G c
Like three heros in a story
G d
Lets go out like we came in
G
In a blaze of glory

G c
Here we are, and we're broken-hearted
G d
Thought this love could never end
G c
Now we fell hard once we got started
G d g
Fallin' out like we fell in

(chorus)

G c
Let's not try to hurt each other
G d
That could be a big mistake
G c
Let's just try to act like brothers
G d g
One more time for old-time's sake

(chorus 4 times)

Chorus:
C e-
Out of this world
A-
Out of this mind
F g7 c f / g / c
Out of this love for you
C e-
Out of this world
A- a- / g7 /f
Out of the blue
F g c f/ g / c
Out of this love for you


C e-
Sometimes i don't know you
A- a- /g7 / f
You're like someone else
F c
But that's allright
F g
I'm a stranger here myself


C e-
She don't shed a tear
A- a- / g7/ f
When i walk out that door
F c
She knows, she knows
F g
I'll be coming back for more


Chorus
C e-
It's in the cards
A- a-/ g7 / f
It's written in the stars
F c
It's in the wee-wee hours
G g7
In some lonely bar

C e-
She don't stay up all night
A- a-/ g7 / f
And walk the floor
F c
She knows damn well
G g7
I'll be coming back for more

Chorus

Am
Didn't we break the silence
Am7
Didn't we fear the storm
Am7
Didn't we move the earth
Am7
Didn't we shoot for the sky
Am7
And didn't we catch the fire
Am
And didn't we call upon the spirits
Am
And didn't we fall together
Am
And didn't we die for love

D
Days on the run, nights in hiding
D
Hoping that you were, the healing inside me

C
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
G5
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
C5
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
G5
The sweet fire of love

D c a
D c am
Didn't we cross new waters
Am
Didn't we mix new blood
Am
Didn't we build brand new bridges
Am
Didn't we hold back the flood

D7
Broken idols by the side of the road
D7
They didn't fall on the side of the law
Am d
Here she comes a-shining like a light
Am d
Here she comes salvation in the night

Days on the run
Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were
The healing inside me

Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love

Didn't we shine like silver
Didn't we bear the cross
Didn't we bring down the hammer
Didn't we beat on the drum

Here she comes a-shining like a light
(days on the run)
Here she comes salvation in the night
(nights in hiding)
I'm giving up the ghost
(hoping that you were)
I'm giving up the ghost
(the healing inside me)

Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love

Old man go to the river
To drop his bale of woes
He could go if he wanted to
It's just a boat to row you know, whoa
Listen to me now...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far

I spent the day with my old dog mo
Walkin' down an old dirt road
What he's thinkin' about
I don't know
But for him i bet the time
Just goes so slow
He's just a dog you know
Listen to me now...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
Don't want to stray too far

Young man stands with his ax in his hand
Believin' that the crops are all in
Firewood stacked ten by ten
For the wife, the folks, the kids
And all of the kin
And a friend...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far
We don't want to stray too far
Don't want to stray too far

May god bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

Brainwash..what a price to pay
Brainwash..when there ain't no other way

Crossed ideas and twisted fear
Chosen channels of a million tears
Strains the mind, night after night
And the price ain't really right

Brainwash..on the road to a cosmic spark
Rub ya and scrub ya until you're raw
Snake oils on the boil
And the master pitch is in a coil

Give it up with your hands in the air
No way you're ever goin nowhere
Brainwash..pick yourself up off the ground
Brainwash..saddle up on the merry-go-round

There once was a colt and they called it morris
And it could not stop the flying horse
Thoroughbred on the wings of reason
Past the sky..the masterpiece of freedom
Brainwash ...

Sometimes life can hit so hard
It can knock you off your feet
Leave you stranded by the side of the road
Livin' on the street

I've been down that path before
From the bottom to the top
I kept pushin' for something more
And i didn't know how to stop

Save me from the madness
Save me from myself
Save me from the sadness
Of losing someone else

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

When i'm down
You lift me up
When i'm out you reel me in
You have come to change my blood
Forgive me for my sins

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

Just the other night
I saw a haunted man
He had a beautiful raincoat
I felt a pain of terrific sadness for him
Then i realized i was watching myself
Six months down the road

You know god
Only gives you
The things you sort out
Never the big stuff
That way he can make sure
That you stick around until
The end of the party

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

Capo 3rd fret (sounding key bb major)

G

G
Now, there's a certain thing
Em
That i learned from jim
G d
That he'd always make sure i'd understand
G
And that is that there's a certain way
Em
We all must swim
C
If we expect to live off
D
Of the fat of the land.

Am
Open the door, rachel [richard?],

I've heard it said before.

Open the door, rachel,

I've heard it said before
C g
But i ain't gonna hear it said no more.

Now, there's a certain thing
That i learned from my friend, mouse
A fella who never blushes
And that is that one must always
Flush out his house
If he don't expect to be housing flushes.

Chorus

"take care of all your memories"
Said mick
"for you cannot relive them
And remember when you're out there
Tryin' to heal the sick
That you must always
First forgive them."

Chorus

I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that i'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.

We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.

And i told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.

We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.

It

Intro: em c em c

Em c
With eyes of fire
Em c
No one can see
Em c
The smoke from the sweet grass
Em c
Covers me

Em c em c (guitar solo)

Em c
I am drawn
Em c
I am drawn to her
Em c
Like a moth to flame
Am c
She leads me down
Em c am c
Unbound

Em c
I am lost
Em c
I am lost
Em c
Has anybody seen me
Em
I am lost

Am
Oh nothing is forgotten
Em
Only left behind
Am
Wherever i am
C
She leads me down
Em c
Unbound

Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c
No walls
Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c am
Unbound

Em c am c (sequence repeated)

Oh, listen for the night chant
Oh, listen for the night chant

Em c
Like a moth to flame
Am c
She leads me down
Em c
Unbound

Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c
Unbound
Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c am c
Unbound
Unbound

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
A wanted man with a haunted heart
Sonny found out the hard way

Playing for keeps, loser weeps
He said he'd come back when the lion sleeps

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
Paint graffiti on the subway wall
Sonny got lost in the blue night
They stood like statues, legs spread wide
Catch him in the crossfire and take him by surprise

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Can't tell the tears from the rain

Most my life i've been running
Paint a portrait of a fool
With my heart in my hands
They've come to take me down

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
By the power that can turn the tide
I heard three shots around midnight

Driven by the passion, running from the heat
No questions asked ... he's just a kid from the street

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Can't tell the tears from the rain

(there's a little riff at the begining and that goes in between the the g chord during the first part of the verse. it's all on the low e string - e -0-1-2h3. listen to the record to get the tim
Ight. h=hammer-on.)

{g} wrote a letter this mornin',
Put it in your hat,
'cause no one to read it
And i know you knew that.
{f} i bought a joke, {g} a trick or two,
{c}just to {c/b} bring and {am}show {am/g}you,
{f} caught ya with the {g} trickster too.
{c} sometimes i {c/b} wonder {am} how ya {am/g} knew
{am} a hypnotist, fancytalker,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor {c bb f c}

I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that i'd seen his face.
Long ago, in a movie show,
He was like that man singin' bass.
Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:
The story of the rabbit man.
Fell right in and said to him:
"i'd like to help you if i can."
I know the film would only shock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

He only needed what you had,
Asked for nothing more,
Said he'd like to take you on,
But it's been done before.
You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
And he cannot take your hand.
It's very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned.
Guess the man would never knock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

No one seen ya since he's been gone,
It's been a day, maybe more.
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door.
Why don't you let me in?
I'm not the man who did ya in.
Is mr. remus still your friend?
You say you don't remember him.
Turn me down, would ya?
Well, i've got news for you.
Turn me down would ya,
Can't ya tell
I'm gonna change your mind before i'm... trough...

Den mannen kom fra en helt annet tid
Som et gjenskinn fra en ild som brant en gang
Den mannen ble en venn av mitt liv
Så blei han stille og så blei han en sang
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den dagen var som en helt vanlig dag
Du veit; en sånn dag da ikke noe skjer
Så ringer noen et sted langt borte fra
Og sier at han som var her, han er ikke mer

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den mannen var fra en helt annet tid
Den tida som alle mine sanger kommer fra
Det skreik en fugl, noen skyer drev forbi
Men ellers var det en helt vanlig dag

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

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That man came from a whole other time
Like reflections of a fire that burned long ago
That man became my friend for life
Then he was silenced, and so became a song
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

That day was just like any other day
You know, a day when nothing much happens
Then someone calls from a place far away
And says that he who was here, he isn't anymore

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

The man was from a whole other time
The time where all my songs come from
A bird cried, some clouds drifted by
But otherwise, it was a completely ordinary day

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

You know we have a million stories to tell
I'm just one of a million or more stories that could be told

Chorus:
Sacrifice your freedom
Sacrifice your prayer
Take away your language
Cut off all your hair
Sacrifice the loved ones
Who always stood by me
Stranded in the wasteland
Set my spirit free

My name is leonard peltier
I am a lakota and anishnabe
And i am living in the united states penitentiary
Which is the swiftest growing
Indian reservations in the country

I have been in prison since 1976
For an incident that took place on the oglala-lakota nation
There was a shoot-out between members of the american indian movement
And the fbi and the local sheriffs state troopers
Two agents were killed and one indian was murdered

Three of us were charged with the deaths of the fbi agents
My co-defendants were found not-guilty by reasons of self-defense
My case was separated and i was found guilty before a jury of non-indian
People
The prosecutor stated that they did not know who killed their agents
Nor did he know what participation leonard peltier may have played in it
But someone has to pay for the crime

There's a lot of nights that i lay in my cell
And i can't understand why this hell this hell and this terror
That i have been going through for twenty-one years hasn't ended

Chorus

But yet i know in my heart that someone has to pay sacrifice
To make things better for our people
The sacrifice i have made when i really sit down to think about it
Is nothing compared to what our people a couple hundred years ago
Or fifty years ago or twenty-five years ago have made
Some gave their lives
Some had to stand there and watch their children die in their arms
So the sacrifice i have made is nothing compared to those

I've gone too far now to start backing down
I don't give up
Not 'til my people are free will i give up
And if i have to sacrifice some more
Then i sacrifice some more

Intro: d5 e5 e
E a d
E a d

E a d e a d
It's way up in the black hills where we come from
E a d e a d
There's a girl and she warned me don't pick up that gun
E a
By the law of the land
E a
By the promise that might is right
E a d e
She would hold me and cry - don't you go off and fight
D dsus
Somebody knocking at my door
B5 c g
Oh, i been called to war
D dsus
Say goodbye to tobacco road
A7
Wear my colors, call my brothers
C
And for my country i'll go

E a d e
Down on hell's half acre
E a d e
Shakin' with fever
E a d e
Rumble in the jungle
E d e
Down on hell's half acre

She wrote me a letter and said what have they done
Placed a crown of thorns an this native son
Oh, maybe they're right, but maybe they're wrong
But what can i do, you're not here you're gone

Something in the air is much too quiet
Hear my heartbeat
The storms that rages from within
Three times thunder, blood runs cold
Got this wound on my soul

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

Back in the land where buffalo roam
Oh is this my home
She said you've changed, you're not the same
Clouds of napalm and the opium
The damage was already done

Down on hell's half acre
Shakin' with fever
Rumble in the jungle
Down on hell's half acre

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

Capo 6th fret (sounding key eb major)
The only difference between the two takes (apart from minor lyric
Changes) is that in the officially released version the g is embellished
By a g6 (320000) first.

A
A g6
G
Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
A g6
G
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
A g6 g
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread

It's a one-track town, just brown, and a breeze, too,
Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out
For wichita in a pile of fruit.
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout

Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle.
Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it.
Slap that drummer with a pie that smells.
Take me down to california, baby
Take me down to california, baby
Take me down to california, baby

Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
G a
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

All his goods are sold again
His word's as good as gold again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me

Jean and i we moved along
Since the day - down in the hollow
When the mind went driftin' on
And the feet were soon to follow

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me

Downtown in the big town
Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield

Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
You won't see our davy again

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me
Downtown in the big town

Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield
Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
You won't see our davy again

I ain't no cowboy
I just look like one
And i ain't no prisoner
But i'm on the run from these chains
And i'm just between trains

I ain't no loner
I just work alone
There ain't no place
Where there's a home i could claim
And i'm still between trains
Still between trains

Chorus
I've got to let it roll
I've got to let it ride
I can never show
What's really going on inside
If i'm too young to learn
Or too old to change
I guess i'll always be
Between trains

I ain't no soldier
But i've been to war
I done some killin'
All i kill anymore are these pains
And i'm just between trains

Just passin' through
Never stayed this long in one place
So when i'm gone just lay my remains
Somewhere between trains
Somewhere between trains

Chorus

Capo 4th fret (sounding key e major)
G6 (320000) is a suggestion for the last g in the chorus. it could be that he's playing 320010, i.e. a mix between g and c. some of the f's seem to be played fmaj7 (x33210)
C
C
Well, that big dumb blonde
F
With her wheel of gorge
C
And turtle, that friend of theirs
G
With his checks all forged
C
And his cheeks in a chunk
F
With his cheese in the cash
C
They're all gonna be there
G c
At that million dollar bash
Am f c
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Am f c
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
G6 c
It's that million dollar bash

Ev'rybody from right now
To over there and back
The louder they come
The bigger they crack
Come now, sweet cream
Don't forget to flash
We're all gonna meet
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i took my counselor
Out to the barn
Silly nelly was there
She told him to yarn
Along came jones
Emptied the trash
Ev'rybody went down
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i'm hittin' it too hard
My stones won't take
I get up in the mornin'
But it's too early to wake
First it's hello, goodbye
Then push and then crash
But we're all gonna make it
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i looked at my watch
I looked at my wrist
I punched myself in the face
With my fist
I took my potatoes
Down to be mashed
Then i made it on over
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

If i never saw you
You'd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
?if i were a painter
You'd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
?taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If i couldn't see it, i was lost in my youth
But i'm going back to memphis - after you.
?if i could have seen you
With blood on your bones
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
?you could have been my lover
Taught me everything i know
But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
?but all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So i know you'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause you're going back to memphis - heading south.
?brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
?now i feel you in the walls
And i know you're in the air
And it's just like i can touch you
You're living everywhere
?but all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So i know we'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause we're going back to memphis - heading south
Going back to memphis - heading south. ?

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...

Welcome to my country
Welcome to my home
You could stay forever
You won't leave it alone

Welcome to the bush
Take what you may need
When shove comes to push
You want me to leave

Chorus:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the homeland
It's in the blood i can't let go

I can stand up through your destruction
My voice will tremble
My hands will shake
Yes i can stand up through your destruction
I won't break
I won't break

I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
Coming through the night

Chorus

Sweat it out, sweat it out
Let it out, let it out
Sweat it out
Let it out
Get it outa my head

Chorus:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the ancient ways
It's in the blood i can't let go
It's in the blood
It's in the blood i can't let go

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

He don't love you and he'll break your heart
Just like you're breaking mine
Then he'll take all of your love
And leave you behind
I know the name of his game
Says sweet words like flowing rain

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl i just want you to know
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

He got money and a big fine car
He'll buy your heart's desire
But pretty soon he'll put you down
Put your feet flat on the ground
Stick with me, stay with me
We'll have love the way it ought to be

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl i just want to tell you
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

Make you cry telling lies
I hope you'll realize mmmm...
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

Just like a city dude
Then you'll finally find out
He don't care for you
You didn't know which way to go
But like i told you woman long time ago

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Oh you can't believe that he loves you
Oh he'll put you down
Put your flat feet on the ground

Once upon a time, everything i thought of
Somehow seemed to rhyme
The wise were always old
And the young were always showed
But very early on, i was spun a different hand
Tried to get along, just by knowin right from wrong

The best offer is a helping hand
Everyone needs the promised land
And whether you're young or old
Never ever let yourself get put on hold

I would sit on grandps's knee..just to wear his hat
And listen to the tales
From his world of make believe..
As the child comes of age, leave him alone
To turn the page

Luck is the spine..a broken promise of another's mind
Straight goods really are what money cannot buy
Choose your side, and walk with pride
There's no reward for suicide...

G

(n.c.) c
Nothing was delivered
G
And i tell this truth to you,
D
Not out of spite or anger
G (c/g g)
But simply because it's true.
(n.c.) c
Now, i hope you won't object to this,
G
Giving back all of what you owe,
D
The fewer words you have to waste on this,
G (c/g g)
The sooner you can go.
(n.c.) em g
Nothing is better, nothing is best,
G d/f# c/e g c d(/a) g
Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest.

Nothing was delivered
But i can't say i sympathize
With what your fate is going to be,
Yes, for telling all those lies.
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sold has not been received,
And the sooner you come up with them,
The sooner you can leave.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

(now you know)
Nothing was delivered
And it's up to you to say
Just what you had in mind
When you made ev'rybody pay.
No, nothing was delivered,
Yes, 'n' someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long that you'll remain.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

*these are the people of the longhouse
These are the people that you tried to break
These are the people of the pines
Who follow the code of handsome lake

He drank your poison, swallowed your fire
And lay with fever four long years
He received a vision so inspired
Three messengers with painted faces appeared
On the allegheny river at a place called burnt house
The code was shared for the very first time
By a seneca chief, they call handsome lake
With a wounded heart and a sober mind

*repeat

**we are the people of the longhouse
We are the people that you couldn't break
We are the people of the sacred pipe
Who follow the code of handsome lake

When the dark moon had come to live in your soul
Get in touch with your creator, you are not alone
These are the words
That he had spoken two hundred years ago
And today they still ring true
Like they're carved in stone
When native life was hurled into the pit
By way of the canon, rum, and greed
Oh a great fire was burned, to let the smoke rise
And show the six nations the code was still alive

Way down deep in the bush
We oh hi ne oh he oh we oh we we
(section repeats 4 times)

* repeat
**repeat

This was the way of it
Let the story fires be lighted
Let our circle be strong and full of medicine

Hear me
This is my dream song that i'm singing for you
This is my power song that is taking me to the edge
This is rock medicine
The talking tree
The singing water

Listen
I am dancing underneath you
This was the way of it
It is a river
It is a chant
It is a medicine story
It is what happened long ago
It is a bead in a story belt
It is what has been forgotten
It is the smell of sweetgrass and cedar

And prayers lifted to sky father
It is a way, a tradition
The way it was always done by the people
It is a feeling of warmth
The sound of voices

Listen
I am dancing underneath you

Yeah, i can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden i could hear somebody whistling
Fromright behind me
I turned around and she said
"why do you always end up down at nick's cafe?"
I said "i don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "hang the rich."

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to little willie john
Yea, that's when time stood still
You know, i think i'm gonna go down to madam x
And let her read my mind
She said "that voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."

I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find, ... no control

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "there's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "no, i like it, i like it, it's good."
She said "you like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."

I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me shivers - chills and fever
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

You touched a dream
You broke a heart
Now wasn't that a shame
Heaven must know
I gave all i could
Can't give you more
Please don't stand outside
Of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

You call on the phone
You say you're alone
What am i supposed
To do about that
Words they can cut
Cut deep like a knife
Right to the core
Please don't stand outside
Of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

Don't write me a letter
I don't want to know
Don't say you've found
Somebody new
If it's somebody else
Don't tell me who, why, or
What for
Please
Don't stand
Outside of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

Perhaps you think the creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit
If i thought you were sent by the creator
I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me
Do not misunderstand me
But understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land
I never said the land was mine to do with as i choose
The one who has a right to dispose of it is the one who has created it

I claim a right to live on my land
And accord you the privilege to return to yours
Brother we have listened to your talk
Coming from our father the great white chief at washington
And my people have called upon me to reply to you
And in the winds which pass through these aged pines
We hear the moanings of their departed ghosts

And if the voice of our people could have been heard
That act would never have been done
But alas though they stood around they could neither be seen or heard
Their tears fell like drops of rain
I hear my voice in the depths of the forest
But no answering voice comes back to me
All is silent around me
My words must therefore be few
I can now say no more

He is silent for he has nothing to answer when the sun goes down

(robbie:)
"we

G c/g-g c/g g

G
Crash on the levee mama,
C/g-g c/g-g
Water's gonna overflow,
C
Swamp's gonna rise,
G c/g-g
No boat's gonna row.
C/g-g
Now you can train on down

To william's point,
C/g-g
You can bust your feet,
C/g-g
You can rock this joint.
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
D g c/g-g
Miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
G c/g-g
Another best friend somehow.

Now don't you try and move me,
You're just gonna lose.
There's a crash on the levee
And mama you been refused.
Well it's sugar for sugar
And it's salt for salt,
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your fault.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

Well that high tide's rising,
Mama don't you let me down.
Pack up your suitcase,
Mama don't you make a sound.
Now it's king for king,
Queen for queen,
It's gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

Everyone has a song
God gave us each a song
That's how we know who we are
Everyone has a song
We have come, heat the drum
The land trembles with dancing
We have come, bang the drum
The land trembles with dancing

Chorus:
Making a noise in this world
Making a noise in this world
You can bet your ass
I won't go quietly
Makin' a noise in this world

I don't want your promise
I don't want your whiskey
I don't want your blood on my hands
Only want what belongs to me

I think you thought i was gone
I think you thought i was dead
You won't admit that you was wrong
Ain't there some shit that should be said

Chorus

The indian dancers stop and stare at him
Like he was bad weather
He keeps dancing
And knocks loose an eagle feather
The drums stop
This is the kind of silence that frightens white men

Chorus

(no indians allowed)

It's all small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, they tell alot of lies
Make some people crazy
Never realize that they're sinkin
We're all the same people, tryin to live together
And we're tryin to make something work
Now who are we to judge one another?
No ... that could cause alot of hurt ...

You can't believe everything you hear
And only half of what you see
And if you're going to believe in anyone
Oh - you gotta believe in me

And it's small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, it's a well known fact
You don't ever know how one might react
To what you're thinkin ...

Change is then, change is now
Change is what, change is how
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

Change is yes, change is no
Change is everywhere you go
Change is right, change is wrong
Change is here, change is gone
Change is good

You can change your life
Find a new way to go
You can change your world
You don't even know
Life's a long road
Lighten up your load
Change is good

You can run but you can't hide
From the things you feel inside
You can laugh or you can cry
Kiss all your tears goodbye
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is high, change is low
Changes come and changes go
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

You can pine your life away
Let others pass you by
You can climb a mountain high
Like an eagle in the sky
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is never done
Something better has begun
A change is gonna come

Change is good

Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly.

E
I went down to the river on a saturday morn,

A-lookin' around just to see who's born.

I found a little chicken down on his knees,

I went up and yelled to him,"please, please, please!"

He said, "don't ya tell henry,
A
Don't ya tell henry,
B7
Don't ya tell henry,
(n.c.) e (turnaround)
Apple's got your fly."

E
I went down to the corner at a-half past ten,

I's lookin' around, i wouldn't say when.

I looked down low, i looked above,

And who did i see but the one i love.
A
She said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

E
Now, i went down to the beanery at half past twelve,

A-lookin' around just to see myself.
A
I spotted a horse and a donkey, too,
E
I looked for a cow and i saw me a few.
A
They said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

Now, i went down to the pumphouse the other night,
A-lookin' around, it was outa sight.
I looked high and low for that big ol' tree,
I did go upstairs but i didn't see nobody but me.
I said, "don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly."

G
When obstruction blocks my way
C7
I walk down that narrow way
G
Till i can see the light of day
C7
Shining at the world
G c d7
And i realise that something here sure is wrong

G c g
The stones i throw will free all men
D7
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
C c g
He will know which way to go
D7 g
I will show him by the stones that i throw

Don't build walls and barricades
So a man can't have his say
And barking dogs can't block my way
From taking my brothers hand
And something makes me want to stand up and do what's right

The stones i throw will free all men
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
He will know which way to go
I will show him by the stones that i throw

{last time}

G/// d7/g/ eb7/// ////

Ab db ab
The stones i throw will free all men
Eb
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
Ab db ab
He will know which way to go
Eb ab
I will show him by the stones that i throw
Eb ab

To our elders who teach us of our creation and our past
So we may preserve mother earth for ancestors yet to come
We are the land

To our brothers and sisters and all living things across mother earth
Her beauty we've destroyed
And denied the honor the creator has given each individual

The truth lies in our hands
All my relations

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

The general rode for sixteen days
The horses were thirsty and tired
On the trail of a renegade chief
One he'd come to admire
The soldiers hid behind the hills
That surrounded the village
And he rode down to warn the chief
They'd come to conquer and pillage

Lay down your arms
Lay down your spear
The chief's eyes were sad
But showed no sign of fear

(chorus)
It is a good day to die
Oh my children dry your eyes
It is a good day to die

He spoke of the days before the white man came
With his guns and whisky
He told of a time a long time ago
Before what you call history
The general couldn't believe his words
Nor the look on his face
But he knew these people would rather die
Then have to live in this disgrace

What law have i broken
What wrong have i done
That makes you want to bury me
Upon this trail of blood

(chorus)

We cared for the land and the land cared for us
And that's the way it's always been
Never asked for more never asked too much
And now you tell me this is the end

I laid down my weapon
Laid down my bow
Now you want to drive me out
With no place left to go

(chorus)

And he turned to his people and said dry your eyes
We've been blessed and we are thankful
Raise your voices to the sky
It is a good day to die

D bm a
Tough mama, meat shaking on your bones
D bm a
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm a
Papa's on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm f#m em g
Sister's in the big house her working days are through
C g a
Tough mama, can i blow a little smoke on you?

Dark beauty, won't you move it on over and make some room?
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
Dark beauty with that long night's journey in your eyes.

Sweet goddess, born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
Jack the cowboy went up north he's buried in your past.
The lone wolf went out drinking that was over pretty fast.
Sweet goddess your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.

Silver angel, with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive. today on the
Countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch, i stood alone upon the ridge
And all i did was watch. sweet goddess it must be time to carve another
Notch.

I'm crestfallen, the world of illusion is at my door,
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
I've gained some recognition but i lost my appetite.
Dark beauty meet me at the border late tonight.