Best Of The Doobies

Tom johnston

Just don't know why i keep on tryin'
Must be a better way out
I hope i find it soon
Every night, i just can't keep from cryin'
Even my old dog
Keeps howlin' at the moon

Even my old dog
Keeps howlin' at the moon
Even the sun, it just a keep on shinin'
Pollyanna days when i was a child and on my own
Even the tracks, they just a keep on linin'
I believe my master is just about to bring me home
I believe my master is just about to bring me home

Oh, but bless the days and the many different ways
People try to love one another
And won't you bless the times and the holy light that shine
Our cross has been brought asunder

Even the sun, it just a keep on shinin'
Pollyanna days when i was a child and on my own
Even the tracks, they just a keep on linin'
I believe my master is just about to bring me home
I believe my master is just about to bring me home
I believe my master is just about to bring me home

Tom johnston

Well, music, sweet music
Lord, is gonna be played, mm-hmm
And the sound of billy's banjo
Is like honey on your day
When they promenade down through the square
They'll hear you say
I'm comin' your way
And i'm only just a growin'
A little each day

The sun of the delta
Beams across your face, oh yeah
And good old grand-dad's stories
Seem to set your pace
All the men you've known in this town
Don't seem to have it
And they bring you down
Well, remember you're just growin'
A little each day

So throw out your arms and take in the sky
Take down your hair and watch the birds fly
Don't be afraid to show how you feel
Don't sit and hide, don't you know that you're real
You can have it if you want it
Change yourself and play
'cause you're only, only just growin'
A little each day

So woman, sweet woman
Why you feel that way
Don't you know you're only growin'
Just a little each day
When the good lord placed you on this earth
His good words to heed
It's all that you need
And you're only just growin'
A little each day

Oh, you're only just growin'
A little each day
Oh, sweet woman, you're only just growin'
A little each day

Patrick simmons

I just looked in the mirror, was that me
I'm older now than i used to be
The sky above me, lord, it's turnin' red
There's a hard rain fallin' 'round my head
Oh, lord, fallin' 'round my head
Oh, lord, fallin' 'round my head
Oh, lord, fallin' 'round my head
Oh, lord, fallin' 'round my head

The road i'm standin' on, it twists and turns
The soles of my feet, lord, they're 'bout to burn
The reaper beckons, and he points the way
Oh, lord, i'm gettin' closer every day
Oh, lord, closer every day
Oh, lord, closer every day
Oh, lord, closer every day
Oh, lord, closer every day

Patrick simmons / tom johnston

Down along the river
Where the big bulrushes grow
You find the old frog jumpin the water
He won't come up no more, babe
He won't come up no more, baby
He won't come up no more, woo
He won't come up no more, sugar mama
He won't come up no more

Smell that burnin' fire, baby
Burnin' in the sand
See that devil rise, mama
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, now
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, baby
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, woo
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, sugar mama
He sho' wanna take yo' hand,

Oh, harvest moon
Keep shinin' your light down on me
The lord reach out his hand
My soul floats out to thee

I don't feel no pain
When they shot me down
Lay my body out, baby
They put me in the ground so cold
They put me in the ground, baby
They put me in the ground, woo
They put me in the ground, sugar mama
They put me in the ground

Randy newman

Since you're the delegate from kansas
Will you kindly take the floor
Now tell us, what is kansas thinkin'
What is kansas for
Kansas is for the farmer
We stand behind the little man
We need a fire house in topeka
So help us if you can

I see the gentleman from utah
Our friendly beehive state
How can we help you, utah
How can we make you great
We got to irrigate our deserts
We got to get some things to grow
We got to tell this country about utah
'cause nobody seems to know

Tom johnston

Early in the mornin' when the sun come up
You'll find me sittin' at the table, drinkin' from a wooden cup
The mortgage is a comin' tryin' to take my home away
I'm not gonna let it turn my head away

It won't be right
No matter what they say
Won't be right
Tryin' to take my home away
Won't be right
If they do this thing to me
I don't have to take it
And i really don't wanna see

Early in the evenin' long about supper time
There's nothin' left here for me but a bottle of wine
I'm gonna be evicted along about the hour of five
Well, it's enough to make me wonder why i'm alive

It won't be right
No matter what they say
Won't be right
Tryin' to take my home away
Won't be right
If they do this thing to me
I don't have to take it
And i really don't wanna see