Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon

1. Love Has Brought Me Around

   Love Has Brought Me Around

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   Don’t come to me with your sorrows anymore
   I don’t need to know
   How bad you’re feeling today
   I declare I’ve had my share
   And I’ve heard it all before
   It’s time for me to be stealing away
   Let those rain clouds roll out on the sea
   Let the sun shine down on me, hey, hey

   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around (yes, it has)
   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around

   When my sky was full of gray
   And my day was full of blue
   There was nothing I could do
   To see myself through
   Now my head is full of springtime
   And my heart is full of you
   Good-bye lonely blue
   It shall all come true

   Miss November I detect a frown
   Close your eyes and turn it upside down

   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around (don’t you know)
   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around

   I know you know what
   I’ve got to say is an old clich? Anyway so they say

   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around
   Love has brought me around (yes, it has)

2. You’ve Got A Friend

   You’ve Got A Friend

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   When you’re down and troubled
   And you need some loving care
   And nothing
   Oh, nothing is going right

   Just close your eyes and think of me
   Yes, and soon I will be there
   To brighten up
   Oh, even your darkest nights

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running
   To see you again

   It’s winter, spring, summer or fall
   Now all you got to do is call on me
   And I will be there, yeah, yes, I’ll be there
   You’ve got a friend

   If the sky high above you
   Should grow dark and full of clouds
   And that old cold north wind
   Should begin to blow

   Just keep your poor head together now
   And call my name out loud, you know
   Pretty soon
   I’ll be knocking on your door

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running
   To see you again

   It’s winter, spring summer or fall
   Really, all you got to do is call
   And I’ll be there
   You know I’ll be there

   Oh, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
   When people can be so cold
   They’ll hurt you, yes, and desert you
   Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them
   But don’t you let them

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running like as fast as I can
   To see you again

   Oh, yes, don’t you know about that

   Winter, spring, summer or fall
   Oh, all you’ve got to do is call
   And I will be there
   Yeah, yes, I’ll be there
   You’ve got a friend
   You’ve got a friend
   Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
   Walking and talking and everything friend
   Well, I said everybody here tonight in Pittsfield
   No matter how low you may go sometimes
   Ought to take some consolation in one thing, oh, yeah
   Ain’t it good to know
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   You’ve got a friend

3. Places In My Past

   Places In My Past

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   There are ladies in my life
   Lovely ladies in these lazy days
   And though I never took a wife
   May I say that I have loved me one or two
   Of the people in my past
   Fading faces in a waking dream
   And though they never seemed to last very long
   There are faces I remember
   From the places in my past
   I said all the dead head miles
   And the insincere smiles
   Sometimes I can laugh and cry
   And I can’t remember why
   But I still love those
   Good times gone by
   Hold on to them close or let them go, oh no
   I don’t know
   I just seem to sing these songs
   And say I’m sorry for the friends I used to know

4. Riding On A Railroad

   Riding On A Railroad

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   We are riding on a railroad, singing some else’s song
   Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along.
   We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again.
   We are riding on a railroad, singing someone else’s song Sing along.

   Time to time I tire of the life that I’ve been leading
   Town to town, day by day
   There’s a man up here who claims to have his hands upon the reins.
   There are chains upon his hands and he’s riding upon a train.

   We are riding on a railroad, singing some else’s song
   Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along.
   We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again.
   We are riding on a railroad, singing someone else’s song.
   [instrumental and fade].

5. Soldiers

   Soldiers

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   It was just after sunrise and down by the sea
   Down on the sandflats where nothin’ will grow
   Come drummin’ and footsteps like out of a dream
   Where the golden green waters come in

   Just nine lucky soldiers had come through the night
   Half of them wounded and barely alive
   Just nine out of twenty was a headed for home
   With eleven sad stories to tell

   I remember quite clearly when I got out of bed
   I said “Oh good morning. What a beautiful day”

6. Mud Slide Slim

   Mud Slide Slim

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   Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
   Oh, Mud Slide, I’m dependent on you
   I don’t know but I’ve been told
   There’s a time from time to time
   I can’t eat, I can’t sleep
   But I just might move my feet
   ‘Cause there’s nothing like
   The sound of sweet soul music
   To change a young lady’s mind
   And there’s nothing like a
   Walk on down by the bayou
   To leave the world behind
   Mud Slide I’m depending upon you
   Mister Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

   I’ve been letting the time go by
   Letting the time go by
   Yes, I’m letting the time go by
   Letting the time go by

   I’m gonna cash in my hand and
   Pick up on a piece of land
   And build myself a cabin back in the woods
   Lord, it’s there I’m gonna stay
   Until there comes a day
   When this old world starts to changing for the good
   Now the reason I’m smiling is over on a island
   On a hillside in the woods where I belong
   I wanna thank Jimmy, Jimmy, John, Nick and Laurie
   The No Jets Construction for setting
   Me down a homestead on the farm

   Mud Slide, I’m depending upon you
   Mister Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon

7. Hey Mister, That’s Me Up On The Jukebox

   Hey Mister, That’s Me Up On The Jukebox

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   Hey mister, that’s me up on the jukebox
   I’m the one that’s singing this sad song
   Well, I’ll cry everytime that you slip in one more dime
   And let the boy sing the sad one, one more time

   Southern California that’s as blue as the boy can be
   Blue as the deep blue sea
   Won’t you listen to me now
   I need your golden gated cities like a hole in the head
   Just like a hole in the head, I’m free

   Hey mister, that’s me up on the jukebox
   I’m the one that’s singing this sad song
   Well, I’ll cry everytime that you slip in one more dime
   And let the boy sing the sad one, one more time

   I do believe I’m headed home
   Hey mister, can’t you see that I’m as dry as a bone
   I think I’ll spend some time alone
   Yes, unless you’ve found a way of squeezing water from a stone

   Let the doctor and the lawyer do as much as they can
   Let the springtime begin
   Let the boy become a man
   I done wasted too much time just to sing you this sad song
   I done been this lonesome picker a little too long

   Hey mister, that’s me up on the jukebox
   I’m the one that’s singing this sad song
   Well, I’ll cry everytime that you’re up and slip in one more dime
   And let the boy sing the sad one, one more time

   Well, I’ve been spreading myself thin these days
   Don’t you know
   Good-bye

8. You Can Close Your Eyes

   You Can Close Your Eyes

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   Well, the sun is surely sinkin’ down
   But the moon is slowly risin’
   So this old world must still be spinnin’ ’round
   Yes, and I still love you

   So close your eyes
   You can close your eyes
   It’s all right
   I don’t know no love songs
   And I can’t sing the blues anymore
   Yes, but I can sing this song
   And you can sing this song when I’m gone

   It won’t be long before another day
   We’re gonna have a good time
   And no one’s gonna take that time away
   You can stay as long as you like

   Only close your eyes
   You can close your eyes
   It’s all right
   Oh, I don’t know no love songs
   And I can’t sing the blues anymore
   Sure, but I can sing this song
   Yes, and you can sing this song when I’m gone

9. Machine Gun Kelly

   Machine Gun Kelly

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   I’ll tell you ’bout Machine Gun Kelly
   he rode along the outlaw trail
   Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man
   But the woman was as hard as hell

   (Chorus)
   Watch out Machine Gun
   Don’t let her run you ’round
   Don’t let a woman put you six feet in the ground
   Machine Gun

   I’ll tell you ’bout Katherine Kelly
   Tired of being such small time
   Figured they’d kidnap a rich man’s son
   And make it in the world of crime

   – Chorus –

   You’d better watch out Machine Gun Kelly
   Careful of what you do now
   If you keep listening to your old lady
   Ain’t no telling what’ll happen to you now
   Machine Gun

   The government boys they came for Machine Gun
   And took the poor boy away
   They stuck him in a hole in Leavenworth prison
   Where he lived until his dying day

   Watch out Machine Gun
   Don’t let her put you down
   Don’t let a woman make you out to be a clown
   Machine Gun

   Watch out Machine Gun

10. Long Ago And Far Away

    Long Ago And Far Away

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    (with Joni Mitchell)

    Long ago a young man sits
    And plays his waiting game
    Things are not the same it seems
    As in such tender dreams

    Slowly passing sailing ships
    And Sunday afternoons
    Like people on the moon I see
    Are things not meant to be

    Where do those golden rainbows end
    Why is this song so sad
    These are the dreams I’ve dreamed my friend
    Loving the love I love to love
    Is just a word I’ve heard
    When things are being said

    Stories my poor head has told me
    Cannot stand the cold
    And in between what might have been
    And what has come to pass
    A misbegotten guess alas
    And bits of broken glass

    Where do your golden rainbows end
    Why is the song I sing so sad
    Dreaming the dreams I’ve dreamed my friend
    Loving the love I love to love
    To love to love to love

    Oh no no no no

11. Let Me Ride

    Let Me Ride

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    Hand me down my golden crown and let me ride
    Don’t deny the highway in my soul
    Jump and sing that silver thing that I feel inside
    Hallelujah let that big wheel roll

    It’s time to give me just a little bit of old time glory
    I’m talking ’bout the coming of the sunshine story
    Set this poor soul free
    Let it be

    Break these bonds that hold my soul and I’m on my way
    I can’t help feeling there’s no time to lose
    I done made my mind up yesterday that I just can’t stay
    So hand me down my highway shoes

    It’s time to give me just a little bit of old time glory
    I’m talking ’bout the coming of the sunshine story
    Set this poor soul free
    Let it be

12. Highway Song

    Highway Song

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    Father, let us build a boat and sail away
    There’s nothing for you here
    And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea
    It’s been done before

    I’m thinking ’bout a broken heart
    I’m talking ’bout the break of dawn
    You love me while I’m here
    Then you can miss me when I’m gone
    Sweet misunderstanding
    Won’t you leave a poor boy alone
    I’m the one eyed seed of a tumbleweed
    In the belly of a rolling stone

    (Chorus)
    Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah
    Back on the road again

    I had a little woman in Memphis
    She wanted to be my bride
    She said, settle on down, traveling man
    You can stay right by my side
    I tried so hard to please her
    But I couldn’t hold out too long
    ‘Cause one Saturday night I was laying in bed
    And I heard that highway song

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    Now one of these days that highway song will lose its appeal to me
    I’m gonna settle on down like a natural born man
    I’m gonna live my life naturally (Free and easy)
    Until that day the thunder’s gonna roll
    And I notice there’s a sign of rain
    So I grab my bags and I pack my clothes
    And I’m back on the road again

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    I’m thinking ’bout a broken heart
    I been talking ’bout the break of dawn
    You loved me while I’m here
    and you can miss me when I’m gone
    And I said sweet misunderstanding
    Won’t you leave a poor boy alone
    ‘Cause I’m the one eyed seed of a tumbleweed
    In the belly of a rolling stone

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    Here I am again
    Holiday Inn
    Same old four walls again
    Gee, but it’s fine to be back home again (whoa, now)
    Say, Holiday Inn, I’m on the road again

13. Isn’t It Nice To Be Home Again

    Isn’t It Nice To Be Home Again

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    Late last night so far away
    I dreamed my-self a dream
    Well I dreamed I was so all alone
    Isn’t it nice to be home again?
    I said welcome home
    Didn’t we miss your smiling face
    Well the sun was nice in L.A.
    Sun-shine
    Isn’t it nice to be home again?
    Well I said isn’t it nice to be home a-gain?