One Man Dog
Released: November 1972
This album was released 21 months after Mud Slide Slim and spawned the Top 20 hit "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight".
One Man Dog
- One Man Parade
One Man Parade
Do believe I’m gonna clap my hands
Think I might tap my feet
Put together a one man band
Take a walk on down the street
Have a one man parade
Nobody needs to know
‘Cause I’m right good of holding on to secrets
And don’t believe they showAll I want is a little dog
To be walking at my right hand
Taking a breeze just as free as you please
Maybe checking out occasional garbage cans
Talking bout a one dog, y’all
Nobody’s friend but mine
Hey now, you can say he’s looking kind of funky
But I do believe it suits me just fineWe were off road again
A was wondering what to do
Ah, but Honalei,
It was pouring down rain
Baby she had the low down bluesHey now, I was looking for my walking cane
Tying on my highway shoes
Thinking ’bout a one man parade, y’all
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobodyI’m right good at holding on, holding on, holding on
Honalei, it’s raining
Honalei, (sure ‘nuf) it’s raining (listen here)
Honalei (it’s rainin’)
Honalei (muddy waters)Talking ’bout a one man parade, y’all
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
I’m right good at holding on, holding on, holding on
La, la, la - Nobody But You
Nobody But You
Everybody knows that I’m just a Joe
That likes to hang around
Talkin’ about my problems
Bringing other people down
Well this may be so, but not long ago
I was sitting on the top of the world
Sure is strange how things can turn themselves aroundWhen I’m in need of a little bit of consultation
Used to call on my Uncle John
Took a trip down to West Virginia
Found him dead and gone
And as some sort of silly little consolation
They gave me my ticket back
What you gonna do with folks like that?You can talk about bands of angels
And you think you come with your soul in your hands
To set their children free
But you talk about little bit of understanding
Things that happen day to day
Some of you folks sure ‘nuf have been good to meYou come on talkin’ about angel bands
You think that you come with your soul in your hands
Just to set their children free
But you talk about a little bit of understanding
Things that happen day to day
Some one has been good to me, yeh.Nobody but you, nobody but you, nobody but you, nobody but you
Nobody but you, nobody but you, nobody but you, nobody but you
Nobody, nobody but you
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody but you - Chili Dog
Chili Dog
Make my bed out of Wonder Bread
Spread some mustard upon my head
I don’t want no onions or sauerkraut, Mamma
Hold on to the bun baby, work it on out.I’m a chili dog
I guess you guessed by now
Sure ‘nuf I’m a chili dog, baby (you and me)
Delicious!Don’t get jealous
Better not up and get over zealous (watch out now y’all).
Come on now fellas,
Pass me down the relish.Don’t read no Ann Landers
Just can’t feed me no Colonel Sanders
I ain’t trying to fool us
Don’t bring home no Orange Julius.Gotta have–one more time–get on down again
Woh, woh, chili dog, baby
Yes indeed, I want a chili dog, yeh
Talkin’ about stone delicious
Good for you too! - Fool For You
Fool For You
My lady don’t allow the life I lead
She don’t abide by some of the company that I keep
She takes occasion to criticize, and carry on
I love her so, I just can’t stand it no more
I’m a fool for you babe, don’t you know
Mess around momma, I’m a fool for you mommaroo…I should say
My baby knows that I’m crazy ’bout her lovin’
That’s alright, she takes unfair advantage now and then
She jumps at the chance to tease me with her body
Lord, I love that thing so
Just can’t stand it no more
I’m a fool for you babe
Look around I’m a fool for you
Have a sweet thang today - Instrumental I
- New Tune
New Tune
Its written in the surface of her skin
There’s been a baby within (I think it is lady grin, not baby within)
Given away in love
I see it in the little lines
Around her eyes, across her brow
She’ll be driftin’ away from me nowSee the shape of feeling that’s not quite there
Inside her soul
Love has gone away now, leaving behind an empty hole
Who am I to try to compete with the din
As the silence so easily rushes in
I will fly awayIt was something I only dreamed of
Something that I’m not quite sure of
Something that I’ll never tell you about - Back on the Street Again
Back on the Street Again
I don’t care if I got no money
I don’t care if I got a dime
All I want to do is to dance with you honey
Please tell me you have the time
‘Cause I gotta get back on my feet again
Gotta get back on the street again.La, la, la
Well I don’t care if I got no fame
All I want to do is to hold your hand
Don’t care if nobody knows my name
‘Cause I just want to try the best I can (yes I do)
I gotta get back on my feet again
Gotta get back on the street again.La, la, la
Well, I don’t know just what the world is coming to
And I don’t know just what is going on among you
Well all I really know is I gotta get back on my feet again
Help me up now.I don’t care if I got no money
I don’t care if I got dime
All I want to do is to dance with you baby
Please tell me that you got the time.
‘Cause I’ve gotta get back on my feet again
Gotta get back on the street again.La, la, la
Stand it up for me now momma.
- Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Do me wrong, do me right
Tell me lies but hold me tight
Save your goodbyes for the morning light
But don’t let me be lonely tonightSay goodbye and say hello
Sure enough good to see you, but it’s time to go
Don’t say yes, but please don’t say no
I don’t want to be lonely tonightGo away then damn you
Go on and do as you please, yeah
You ain’t gonna see me getting down on my knees
Undecided and your heart’s been divided
You’ve been turning my world upside downDo me wrong, do me right right now baby
Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight
Save your goodbyes for the morning light, morning light
But don’t let me be lonely tonightI don’t want to, I don’t need to
I can’t stand it, I don’t have to
I don’t want to be lonely tonightI don’t want to be lonely tonight
No…..
- Woh, Don’t You Know
Woh, Don’t You Know
Talkin’ ’bout jumping jim
Talkin’ ’bout a mud slide slim
Don’t you know that a fish got to swim
Don’t a goose got to fly high
Little dog got to die
And I’m goin’ home
Woh, don’t you know
Woh, don’t you knowTalkin’ ’bout a life on the street
Gonna think about an itch in my feet
Can’t you hand me down them highway shoes
Lord knows I’m talkin’ ’bout the walkin’ blues
I got the rockin’ pneumonia blues
And I’m headed home, bye-bye
Woh, don’t you know
Woh, don’t you knowListen here now, don’t you come ’round
Talkin’ bout over yonder
Bound to wake up the walkin’ man in me
And I’m bound to wanderin’
Hey now, talkin’ all about ‘spooning into bone
Looking just like sherlock holmes
Looking for a needle in a haystack
Seein’ and eatin’ lots of fatback
Talkin’ ’bout a railroad track
And I’m going home, goodbye
Woh, don’t you know
Woh, don’t you know
Woh, don’t you knowYou oughta know
You oughta know
You oughta know
You oughta know like a fish in the stream
Oughta know like a leaf on the tree
Oughta know like a boat in the sea. - One Morning in May
One Morning in May
One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I spied a young couple, a making their way
One was a lady so dainty and fair
And one was a soldier a brave volunteerGood morning, good morning, good morning said he
Where be you going my pretty lady
Oh I’m going out walking because it is spring
Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing
Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale singThey had not been standing but a minute or two
When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune that he played thru the valley did ring
Oh hark said the maiden hear the nightingale sing
Oh hark said the maiden hear the nightingale singSaid the soldier to the lady its time to give o’er
Oh no pretty soldier play just one tune more
For I’d rather listen to the touch of your string
Than to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing
Than to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale singSaid the lady to the soldier will you marry me
Oh no pretty lady that never can be
I’ve a wife in olde England and children twice three
One wife and the army is a plenty for me
One wife and the army is a plenty for meWell I’ll go back to olde England and I’ll stay there a year
And it’s often that I’ll think of you my little dear
And if I return it will be in the spring
Just to see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing
To see the waters glide and hear the nightingale sing - Instrumental II
- Someone
Someone
Someone
I’m searching for someone who’ll be true
Who’ll change my life of blue
Into a dream of golden rainbows
Where are you?I seems I’ve been searching
Searching more than just one lifetime
My heart is a magnet all for you
I’ll know you when I see you
Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your loveLife is worth less than nothing without love
Love is the force from which all beings live
Don’t you see, it’s the purpose of living to love and be loved
Again and again
Where are you
My heart cries for you
My eyes long to see you
My soul is all for you
Oh where are you, someone?Don’t you see, it’s the purpose of living to love and be loved
Again and again
Where are you
My heart cries for you
My eyes long to see you
My soul is all for you
Oh where are you, someone? - Hymn
Hymn
I got holy children to show me the light
Singing hallelujah, brother how ’bout you.
Yeah, we got a holy scriptures here that prove us to be right,
In believing out loud what we wish to be true.I got stoned out neighbors to take me in tow
Singin’ close your eyes, singin’ open wide.
Watch the world fall away below, let the winter wind blow;
And where will we hide when it comes from inside?Oh, hear me now, hear me now, hear me now,
hear me now, hear me now, hear me now,
hear me now, listen I got sweet, sweet music inside.Is a child inside me was alone in the night
Now has come to me, love has set my soul free.
Is a man and a woman stand alone in the night;
Here is reason to be like sun on the sea. - Fanfare
Fanfare
Someone turn the time on
Another day, dead and gone
A lifetime is slippin’ away, babe
But as far as I can see
That doesn’t apply to you and me
We are high above the family tree
Hidden in the deep blue seaIndustry on parade
Punch a clock 9-to-5
But beginning is beginning to fade away
Ah, but look out from now on, baby
As far as the eye can see
Unafraid to be free
Shinin’ on the silver sea
You and me, we got to be movin’Pickin’ up, carry on
Lead you children right on
Carry on, carry onHeaven knows I love you
Don’t you know that it’s true yourself
Looks like you and me baby
Dancin’ by the shinin’ sea - Little David
Little David
Little David, play on your harp
Hallelu, hallelu, little David
Play on your harp, hallelujah
Little David, play on your harp
hallelu, hallelu, little David
Play on your harp, hallelujahHey now, I don’t know for sure
It’s gets said, I got told
Some one said that the streets of heaven
Are paved with solid gold
It must make a might fine roadLittle David
Little David, play on your harp
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah
Play on your harp, hallelujah - Mescalito
Mescalito
Mescalito has opened up my eyes
Mescalito has set my mind at ease
Mescalito has opened up my eyes
Set my mind at ease…
Ah! - Dance
Dance
Come on, baby, while the moon is high
Kick up your heels and dance
Don’t be nervous, don’t be shy
And give yourself a chance
You can dance
Kick off your shoes and lose your blues
Pick em up, Lord, put em back down
And around, and around, and around, and around.Come on, baby, it must be fun
To be dancin’ in the clear moonlight
Otherwise, would everyone be out on
Such a cold and windy night?
We can dance.
Throw yourself away
Holy month of may
You can dance.Listen to the music of the steel guitar
Don’t it sound good
Hey now, nobody here tonight came to look at you,
No, no, no
Well I bet you five dollars that somebody starts a fire
Back in the woods, hey now
Everybody here tonight came to boogie
Have a good time, tooCome on, baby, while the moon is high
Kick up your heels and dance
Don’t be nervous, don’t be shy
And give yourself a chance
You can dance
Kick off your shoes and lose your blues
Pick em up, Lord, put em back down
And around, and around, and around, and around
If I could lose my mind
If I could throw myself away. - Jig