Sweet Baby James

1. Sweet Baby James

   Sweet Baby James

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   There is a young cowboy lives on the range
   His horse and his cattle they’re his only companions
   He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
   Just waiting for summer his pastures to change

   Yes, and as the moon rises he sits by his fire
   Just thinking about women and glasses of beer
   And closing his eyes as the dogies retire
   He sings out a song which is soft but it’s clear
   Just as if maybe someone could hear

   He says good night all you moonlight ladies
   Rockabye sweet baby James
   Deep greens and blues for the colors I choose
   Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
   Oh, and rockabye sweet baby James

   Now the first of December it was covered with snow
   Yes, and so was the Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
   Oh, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike
   On account of that frosting
   With 10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go, you know

   There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway
   A song that they sing when they take to the sea
   A song that they sing of their home in the sky
   Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
   Just that singing seemed to work fine for me

   So, good night all you moonlight ladies
   Rockabye my sweet baby James
   Deep greens and blues for the colors I choose
   Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
   Oh, and rockabye my sweet baby James

2. Lo and Behold

   Lo and Behold

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   Lonely by day
   Empty and cold
   Only to say
   Lo and behold
   Deep in the night
   Down in my dreams
   Glorious sight
   This soul has seen

   There’s a well on the hill
   You just can’t kill for Jesus
   There’s a well on the hill
   Let it be

   I don’t build no heathen temples
   Where the Lord has done laid his hand
   There’s a well on the hill
   Let it be

   Everyone’s talking ’bout the gospel story
   Some shall sink and some shall rise
   Everyone’s talking ’bout the train to glory
   Long, long time ’til it gets here to you, baby

   There’s a well on the hill
   You just can’t kill for Jesus
   There’s a well on the hill
   Let it be

   I don’t build no heathen temples
   Where the Lord has done laid a hand
   There’s a well on the hill
   Let it be

3. Sunny Skies

   Sunny Skies

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   Sunny skies sleeps in the morning
   He doesn’t know when to rise
   He closes his weary eyes upon the day
   Look at him yawning
   Throwing his morning hours away
   He knows how to ease down slowly
   Everything is fine in the end
   And you will be pleased to know
   That Sunny Skies hasn’t a friend

   Sunny skies weeps in the evening
   It doesn’t much matter why
   I guess he just has to cry from time to time
   Everyone’s leaving
   And Sunny skies has to stay behind

   Still he knows how to ease down slow
   Everything is fine in the end
   And you will be pleased to know
   That Sunny Skies hasn’t a friend

   Sunny skies sleeps in the morning
   He doesn’t know when to rise
   He closes his weary eyes upon the day
   And throws it all away

   Looking at the snow and trees that grow
   Outside my window
   Looking at the things that passed me by
   Wondering if where I’ve been is worth
   The things I’ve been through
   Ending with a friend named Sunny Skies

4. Steamroller Blues

   Steamroller Blues

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   Well, I’m a steamroller, baby
   I’m bound to roll all over you
   Yes, I’m a steamroller now, baby
   I’m bound to roll all over you
   I’m gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock ‘n roll
   And shoot you full of rhythm and blues

   Well, I’m a cement mixer
   A churning urn of burning funk
   Yes, I’m a cement mixer for you, baby
   A churning urn of burning funk
   Well, I’m a d-d-demolition derby (yeah)
   A hefty hunk of steaming junk

   Now, I’m a love bomb, baby
   Just guaranteed to blow your mind
   Yeah, I’m a love bomb for you, baby
   Oh, guaranteed, just guaranteed to blow your mind
   And if I can’t have your love for my own (now)
   Sweet child, won’t be nothing left behind
   It seems how lately, baby
   Well I’m a steamroller for you, baby, child

5. Country Road

   Country Road

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   Take to the highway won’t you lend me your name
   Your way and my way seem to be one and the same
   Mamma don’t understand it
   She wants to know where I’ve been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To want to pass that way again
   But you know I could feel it
   On a country road

   Sail on home to Jesus won’t you good girls and boys
   I’m all in pieces, you can have your own choice
   But I see hear a heavenly band full of angels
   And they’re coming to set me free
   I don’t know nothing ’bout the why or when
   But I can tell that it’s bound to be
   Because I could feel it, child, yeah
   On a country road

   I guess my feet know where they want me to go
   Walking on a country road

   Take to the highway won’t you lend me your name
   Your way and my way seem to be one and the same, child
   Mamma don’t understand it
   She wants to know where I’ve been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To want to pass that way again
   But I could feel it
   On a country road
   Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down
   Walk on down, walk on down a country road
   Country road
   Walking on a country road

6. Oh, Susanna

   Oh, Susanna

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   Well I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
   And I’m bound for Louisiana, my own true love for to see
   It did rain all night the day I left
   The weather was bone dry
   The sun was so hot I froze myself
   Susanne, don’t you go on and cry

   I said, Oh, Susanna
   Now, don’t you cry for me
   As I come from Alabama with this banjo on my knee

   Well I had myself a dream the other night
   When everything was still
   I dreamed that I saw my girl Susanne
   She was coming around the hill
   Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth
   A tear was in her eye
   I said, that I come from Dixie land
   Susanne, don’t you break down and cry

   I said, Oh, Susanna
   Now, don’t you cry for me
   ‘Cause I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee

7. Fire and Rain

   Fire and Rain

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   Just yesterday morning
   They let me know you were gone
   Suzanne, the plans we made put an end to you
   I walked out this morning
   And I wrote down this song
   Just can’t remember who to send it to

   I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you again

   Won’t you look down on me, Jesus
   You’ve got to help me to make a stand
   You just got to see me through another day
   My body’s aching
   And my time is at hand
   And I won’t make it any other way

   Oh, I have seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you again

   So I’ve been walking my mind to an easy time
   My back turned towards the sun
   Lord knows the cold wind blows
   It’ll turn your head around
   Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line
   Talkin’ about things to come
   Sweet dreams and flying machines
   in pieces on the ground

   Oh, I have seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you somehow
   one more time again
   Thought I’d see you one more time again
   There’s just a few things coming my way
   this time around
   Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you,
   fire and rain
   Thought I’d see you just one more time,
   Suzanne

8. Blossom

   Blossom

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   Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way
   Lately, I’ve been lonesome
   Blossom, it’s been much too long a day
   Seems my dreams have frozen
   Melt my cares away

   Send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name
   I know what you mean to say to me, girl, it’s all the same

   Blossom, there’s an empty road behind
   Sit you down beside me
   Blossom, there’s a sweet dream on my mind
   There’s a song inside me
   Take these chains away

   Now, send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name
   I know what you mean to say to me, girl, it’s all the same

   Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way
   Lately, I’ve been lonesome
   Blossom, it’s been much too long a day
   Seems my dreams have frozen
   Melt my cares away

9. Anywhere Like Heaven

   Anywhere Like Heaven

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   When I walk along your city streets
   And look into your eyes
   When I see that simple sadness
   That upon your features lies
   If my spirit starts to sink
   It comes as no surprise
   It’s been a long way from anywhere
   Like Heaven to your town, this town

   There’s a pasture in the countryside
   I used to call my own
   There’s a natural pillow for my head
   The grass there’s overgrown
   I think of that place from time to time
   When I want to be alone
   It’s been a long way from anywhere
   Like Heaven to your town, this town

   Now, people live from day to day
   But they do not count the time
   They don’t see the days slipping by
   And neither do I

   Now, people live from day to day
   But they do not count the time (you know)
   They don’t see their days slipping by
   And neither do I

   When I walk along your city streets
   And look into your eyes
   When I see that simple sadness
   That across your features lies (I see lies)
   If my spirit starts to sink
   It comes as no surprise
   I’ve come a long way from anywhere
   Like Heaven to this town, your town

10. Oh Baby, Don’t You Loose Your Lip On Me

    Oh Baby, Don’t You Loose Your Lip On Me

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    Oh, baby, don’t you loose your lip on me (No, no now)
    Lord, have mercy (Baby, now)
    Now, don’t you loose your lip on poor old loving man JT (No)
    Now, I’ve tried so hard to be your good boy
    Good God almighty, don’t you know
    Tell me what more, what more in this world
    In this whole wide world can one good boy
    Just one by himself man be, no

11. Suite For 20 G

    Suite For 20 G

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    Slipping away what can I say
    Won’t you stay inside me month of May
    And hold on to me golden day, slipping away

    Sunshine on my wall
    To keep my mind on the things I’m saying
    Footsteps in the hall
    To tell me I’ve been this way before, nevermore

    Let it rain sweet Mary Jane
    Let it wash your love down all around me
    Come inside and put it down
    Let it rain

    I’ve been trying hard to find a way to let you know
    That we can make it shine most all the time
    This time ’round I’m searching down to where I used to go
    And it’s been on my mind to make it shine

    You can say I wanna be free
    I can say someday I will be

    You can say I wanna be free
    I can say someday I will be

    When I catch a common cold
    Wanna hear a saxophone
    When I let the good times roll, baby
    Slide me a bass trombone

    Walk me down old Funky Street
    Lord knows I feel good enough to eat (now)
    Hold my soul. Now, I’m sure enough fond of my rock ‘n roll

    When I go to sleep at night
    Wanna hear a slide guitar
    When I’m feeling loose and right
    Riding in my automobile
    Boney Maroney and Peggy Sue
    Got the rocking pneumonia, got the boogey-woogey flu
    Baby, hold my soul. Said, I’m sure enough fond of my rock ‘n roll
    Good God