Release Date: 1971
Duration: 41:31
Label: Rhino/Bearsville
Catalog Number: R2 70863
Cruising makes some people get uptight But nothing beats a lonely Friday night Friday night, nothing much to do but hang around Think I might just grab myself a cab and head downtown And for hours, I hang around the dance hall crowd I feel like a boor But then I turned around and cast my eyes to the door In a long flowing robe She appeared at the ballroom door I was hard-pressed to know What I hoped she was looking for Coming on at first may not seem right But nothing beats a lover at first sight What a sight, nothing can compare with simple grace It's all right, I see it in the look upon her face That she wants me the same way that I'm wanting her In fact maybe more But as I take her hand She turns and heads for the door In a long flowing robe She took off through the ballroom door I was hard-pressed to know What did she go and do that for Friday night, nothing left to do but go to bed Sleeping tight, when something stirring deep inside my head Said "Wake up and cast your eyes to the door." In a long flowing robe She appeared at the bedroom door I was hard-pressed to know What I knew she was looking for
Jean did her best Denny worked hard And so together made him a star And he loved her Money changed hands Denny must start Tallying up things close to his heart And he loved her so But we don't always know what to say When they ask you, what do you say? No one can tell what's in a heart People just drift apart Jean lost her head Denny got mad "How, Jean," he said, "can things be so bad Right before my eyes" Jean told a lie, Denny deceived Jean packed her bags to leave "Jean, if you must go Before you do Tell me you know I did it for you And I loved you so."
Don't be sad now Get up and start again Though it's bad right now It takes a while to mend Keep your eyes Upon the other side Nobody cries When they know nobody died We all feel it too No one needs to change places with you Take two pills and go to bed If you lose your body don't lose your head You're only bleeding Be a big man Go on and take the gun If you lose your hand You got another one Pieces fly But we don't run and hide Nobody cries When they know nobody died Take a stand boy Let's throw the crutch away And we'll jump for joy Though our feet are shot away When you leave Leave a bit of you behind How can you cry When you know nobody died
There's a grand old maid Across the sea So the story was recalled to me And from dawn 'til dark you hear her call Down in front of the Wailing Wall And she cries all day so sad and alone 'Til someone comes along and leads her home Nobody listens and nobody seems to care But everyday you'll find them there and Kneeling down For sadness sake Crying just as though their hearts would break And from dawn 'til dark you hear them call Down in front of the Wailing Wall And they cry all day so sad and alone 'Til someone comes along and leads them home You know I don't listen and you know that I don't care But everyday you'll find me there and Kneeling down For sadness sake Crying just as though my heart would break And from dawn 'til dark you'll hear me call Down in front of the Wailing Wall
Yore Daddy runs sheep and mah uncle runs cattle Nothin' can keep us out of this battle they wage As it burns up the range, 'til no man is left In the saddle Yore ranch is upstream and they dammed up the water Thirsty cows scream for mah uncle to slaughter The sheep while yore Daddy's asleep And I do the same for his daughter If I had my own way, we would be together Back in Pittsburgh It's the only town east of the river I know And I feel kinda bad, bringin' our grief Upon this pore old farmer's house But we ain't got nowhere else to go Three years on this range since they started the range war Nothing has changed except maybe change for the worst If I'd married you first, there might not have been any range war You wouldn't be lost to the range war
Don't take yourself too seriously There are precious few things worth hating nowadays, And none of them are me I was only trying to say how things used to be 'Til we grew up and we all went our separate ways Looking for our own paths to immortality This is how I thought I'd start my song And it seems a little silly when I think of it But now I'm so far along And no one really wants to know that he's wrong That his ears can't really hear or he's blind a bit Or that he's really weak when he thinks that he is strong Now I'm in the middle and I just don't know If I'll make it any further if the words don't flow When you live in silence any sound is dear But for those who don't, take heart because the end is near This is the ending of my song It has made me blind and deaf and weak but most of all It shows you that I'm wrong For you see it's really twice this long And if I should die tomorrow it will carry on
It's a long time and a long way to go What was once mine isn't mine anymore All my fears you would not find me All behind me It's a long way and a long time to come When our hearts stray and the troubles begun I'll forget it if you make me Please just take me if you will I know that if you will Nothing you can say could block my way Nothing you can do to make me not want you And love you for a long time It's a long time and a long way to go But in my mind there is one thing I know For as long as we're together Love forever
Boat on the Charles Train on a spur down by the riverside The door's open wide Planes in a line just seven miles away They leave every day And someone's always going south A guy with a truck here about is going New Year's Eve Why don't you leave Why don't I leave I can't make myself believe No one really cares for me here I can't make no sense of this place and I fear I can't spend another day without hearing from you Throw my life away and pass my body through into the Charles Boat on the Charles Bird on a wire outside my window pane It's started to rain Buses in line just seven blocks away They leave every day And someone's always asking me why I can't seem To make myself see That you won't answer me Why don't you leave Why don't I leave How many times can a man be told How many times before I lose control I don't give a damn for my immortal soul It's just about time I let my insides show So here I go
No catch, no strings None of the usual things I'm happy just to lay and look Let's throw out the book Now we're off the hook And please just be nice to me Won't you be nice to me So tired, so sad So sick of being had By everyone who comes along Would it be so wrong If you played along And please just be nice to me And would it bring you down if I hang around Just be nice to me It's been a long, long time since I felt so fine And I know your love is fine I know what's on your mind but Don't laugh, don't cry Don't make me wonder why You're doing what you're doing now Can't you see somehow It's the wrong time now So please just be nice to me You know I ain't in heat And it would feel real neat If you would just be nice to me Come on think of me
Some happy day, after I'm long gone away Someone will make you see You were in love with me And know what it's like to be Where I'm standing now And then you'll find me somehow You better hope I'm around when you need me You know I won't be around when you need me You better know what to do when you need me No one told me what to do when I needed you I was a man, now I'm just a bird sitting in your hand You tell me that it's through But when it comes to you That I was in love with you You'll wonder where to fly When someone tells you goodbye Maybe now you cannot see But I know just what you need 'Cause you're looking for someone like me And after I leave you here You'll spend some lonely years And you won't need my tears To know what I've been through And need me like I needed you
Put down that phone and listen Baby how can you be so unkind If they catch me out of line only one more time I'll be down in the slammer 'fore you count to nine I didn't mean to step out without you And I'm sorry way down in my soul But it ain't easy being on Parole with you baby Before they throw me in the hole I got to get my dose of Rock and Roll And it ain't easy being on Parole with you baby, let go Put down that gun and listen If you shoot it would be such a waste 'Cause any one of these days I just might change my ways And I won't be around to see the look on your face I know that it might make you happy To fill my body full of holes But you know it ain't easy being on Parole with you baby Put down the phone and put down the gun Please let me know you still believe in me, hon
I don't know how you feel If you really see And for years I would pray That you'd favor me But for now, please allow One formality Down the road, 'cross the sea Please remember me
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