Friends
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Bright light, almost blindin'
Black night still there shinin'
I can't stop, keep on climbin'
lookin' for what I knew

Had a friend, she once told me
"You got a love, you ain't lonely"
Now she's gone and left me only
lookin' for what I knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mm, I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a

Met a man on the roadside cryin'
Without a friend, there's no denyin'
you're incomplete, there'll be no findin'
lookin' for what you knew

So anytime somebody needs ya
don't let 'em down, although it grieves ya
Someday you'll need someone like they do
lookin' for what you knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mm, mm, I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a, oh, yeah
Ah, nah, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, yeah

I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, i-it's very easy
It's very easy, it's easy, easy, yeah, yeah

Gallows Pole
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Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while
I think I see my friends comin', ridin' many a mile
A-friends, ya get some silver, d'ya get a little gold
A-what did ya bring me, my dear friends
keep me from the gallows pole
What did ya bring me, keep me from the gallows pole

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no gold
You know that we're too damn poor
to keep you from the gallows pole

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while
I think I see my brother comin', ridin' many a mile
M-brother, ya get me some silver, and d'ya get a little gold
A-what did ya bring me, my brother
keep me from the gallows pole

Brother, I brought you some silver, yeah
I-I brought a little gold
I brought a little of everything
to keep you from the gallows pole
Yes, I brought you to keep you from the gallows pole

Hangman, hangman, turn your head a while
I think I see my sister comin'
ridin' many a mile, mile, mile, mile
Sister, I implore ya, take him by the hand
A-take him to some shady bower
save me from the wrath of this man
Please take him, save me from the wrath of this madman

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile
Tell me that I'm free to ride, ride for many a mile, mile, mile

Oh, yes, you got a fine sister, she warmed my blood from cold
She warmed my blood to boilin' hot
keep you from the gallows pole, pole, pole, pole, yeah, yeah
Your brother brought me silver, and your sister warmed my soul
but now I laugh and pull so hard
See ya swingin' on the gallows pole, yeah
But now I laugh and pull so hard
See ya swingin' on the gallows pole, pole, pole

Swingin' on the gallows pole, swingin' on the gallows pole
Swingin' on the gallows pole, swingin' on the gallows
pole, pole, pole, pole, pole, pole, pole, yeah
Ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha
Keep a-singin', a-keep a-singin', a-keep a-swingin'
A-keep, keep, whoa-whoa-whoa
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma, yeah
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha, ah-ha
Swingin' on the gallows, yeah, swingin' on the gallows pole
Swingin' on the gallows pole, swingin' on the, ah, I gotta swing
See-saw, Margaret Daw, gotta swing
See-saw, knock on my door, I, I gotta sing, ah-ha-ha
Keep a-swingin', yeah, keep a-coolin', yeah
Keep a-cool, ah-ohh, yeah

Going to California
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Spend my days with a woman unkind
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
Made up my mind, make a new start
Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

Took my chances on a big jet-plane
Never let 'em tell ya that they're aw-ooh-all the same
Hoh, the sea was red and the sky was grey
I wonder how tomorrow could ever follow today-hee
Mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake
The children of the sun begin to awake
Now
Watch out

It seems that the wrath of the gods got a punch on the nose
and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinkin'
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time
Meet you up there where the path runs straight and high

Find a queen without a king
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings, la-la-la-la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
Standin' on a hill in the mountain of dreams
Tellin' myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems
Mm-mm, now
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ahh

Good Times Bad Times
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In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try
I find my way to the same old jam

Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share
Well, my woman left home for a brown-eyed man
but I still don't seem to care

Sixteen, I fell in love with a girl as sweet as could be
It only took a couple of days 'till she was rid of me
She swore that she would be all mine and love me 'till the end
but when I whispered in her ear, I lost another friend, oh

Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share
Well, my woman left home for a brown-eyed man
but I still don't seem to care

Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share
Well, my woman left home for a brown-eyed man
but I still don't seem to care

I know what it means to be alone
I sure do wish I was at home
I don't care what the neighbors say
I'm gonna love you each and every day

You can feel the beat within my heart
Realize, sweet babe, we ain't never gonna part
I feel good when I look at you, mama

Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
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Must, must, must, must, must, down
When I done quit hollerin', babe
I believe I'll shake 'em on down

Get me, baby, won't be late
You know by that I mean not seconds late
Ahh-hah, must I holler-a, must I shake 'em on down
When I done quit hollerin', babe
I believe I'll shake 'em on down
Shake 'em, ah-ah

Well, I ain't no monkey, I can't climb no tree
No brown-skinned woman gonna make no monkey outta me
Yeah, and I ain't no monkey, sure can't climb no tree
I been mistreated, babe, I believe I'll shake 'em on down
Well, I been mistreated, babe, I believe I'll shake 'em on down
Ah-hah-hah, hah-hah-hah-hah, hi-hi-hah-hah
Hi-hi-hah-hah, hi-hi-hah-haaah

Listen, mama, put on your mornin' gown
Put on your nightshirt, mama, we gonna shake 'em on down
Yeah, yay, must I-ha, must I, must I, must I shake 'em on down
Ah-ah-ah
Ooh, well, I done been mistreated baby
I believe I'll shake 'em on down-ow-own

Gave my baby twenty-dollar bill
If that don't finish her, I'm sure my shot-shot-shotgun will
Yeah, yeah, I gave my babe twenty-dollar bill
Well, if that don't get that woman out, I'm sure my shotgun will
Yeah, I'll go shoot her, now

Heartbreaker
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Hey, fellas, have ya heard the news
Ya know that Annie's back in town
It won't take long, just watch and see
all the fellas lay their money down
Her style is new but the face is the same as it was so long ago
but from her eyes, a different smile like of the one who knows

Well, it's been ten years or maybe more
since I first set eyes on you
The best years of my life gone by, here I am alone and blue
Some people cry and some people die by the wicked ways of love
but I'll just keep on rollin' along
with the grace from the Lord above

People talkin' all around 'bout the way you left me flat
I don't care what the people say, I know where their jive is at
A-one thing I do have on my mind
If you could clarify, please do
It's the way you call me another guy's name
when I try to make love to you, yeah
I try to make love, it ain't no use
A-give it to me, a-give it

Mm, worked so hard I couldn't unwind, get some money saved
Abuse my love a thousand times however hard I've tried
Heartbreaker, your time has come, can't take your evil way
Go away, heartbreaker, heartbreaker, heartbreaker, heart

Hey Hey What Can I Do
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Wanna tell you 'bout the girl I love
M-my, she look so fine
and she's the only one that I been dreamin' of
Maybe someday she will be all mine
I wanna tell her that I love her so
I thrill with her every touch
I need to tell her she's the only one I really love

I got a woman, wan' ball all day, yeah
I got a woman, she won't be true, no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said, I got a little woman and she won't be true

And Sunday mornin', when we go down to church
See the men-folk standin' in line
Don't say they come to pray to the Lord
not when my little girl looks so fine
And in the evenin' when the sun is sinkin' low
and everybody's with the one they love
I walk the town, keep a-searchin' all around
lookin' for my street-corner girl

I got a woman, wan' ball all day, yeah
I got a woman, she won't be true, now, now-a
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said, I got a little woman and she won't be true

And in the bars where the men who play guitars
sit there drinkin' and rememberin' the time
a-my little lover does a midnight shift
She ball around all of the time
I guess there's just one thing tha' left for me to do
Gonna pack my bags and move on my way
a-'cause I got a worried mind
I'm sharin' what I thought was mine
Gonna leave her when the guitars play

I got a woman, she won't be true, no, no
I got a woman, wanna ball all day, yeah, yeah, now, now
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I got a little woman and she won't be true

I said she won't be true, now
Yeah, now, yeah, now, yeah, now, yeah, now
Aaah, keep ballin', keep ballin', keep ballin'
Keep ballin', keep ballin', keep ballin', keep ballin'
She wanna ball
A-keep ballin', keep ballin'
Keep ballin', keep ballin', keep ballin'
Yeah, yeah, a-boogie, a-boogie, children
A-boogie, a-boogie, children
Ah, yeah, ah, yeah, ah, yeah, ah, yeah

Hey, hey, what can I do
I got a woman, she won't be true
A-whoa, whoa, whoa, hear what I say
I got a woman, wanna ball all day
Keep ballin', keep ballin', ohh-ho-ho-ho-ho, oh

Hot Dog
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One, two, three, four
Ah, hot dog
Well, I, well, I, well, I just got into town today
to find my girl has gone away
she took the Greyhound at the General Store
I searched myself, I searched the town
When I finally did set down, I find myself no wiser than before

She said we couldn't do no wrong
No other love could be so strong
She'd locked up my heart in her bottom drawer
Now, she took my heart, she took my keys
from in my old blue dungarees
and I'll never go to Texas anymore

Now my baby's gone, I don't know what to do
She took my love and walked right out the door
and if I ever find that girl, I know one thing for sure
I'm gonna give her somethin' like she's never had before

I took her love at seventeen, a little late these days, it seems
but they said Heaven's well-worth waitin' for
I took her word, I took it all beneath a sign that said "U-Haul"
She'd left angels hangin' 'round for more
Ah, go

Well, now my baby's gone, I don't know what to do
She took my love and walked right out the door
and if I ever find that girl, I know one thing for sure
I'm gonna give her somethin' like she's never had before, yeah

I thought I had it all sewn up
Our love, a plot, a pickup truck
But folks, yeah, she was after somethin' more
I never did quite understand all that talk about rockin' bands
but they just rolled my doll right out the door
Ooh, yeah, they just rolled my doll right out the door
Why, well, they just rolled my doll right out the door

Hots On For Nowhere
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I was burned in the heat of the moment
though it coulda been the heat of the day
When I learned how my time had been wasted
a tear fell as I turned away
Now, I've got friends who will give me their shoulder
if I should happen to fall
With time and his bride growin' older
got friends who will give me f(l)uck-all

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, my baby
A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Corner of Bleeker and nowhere, in the land of not-quite-day
Shiver ran down my backbone, face in the mirror turned gray
So I looked 'round to hitch-up a reindeer
Searchin' hard, tryin' to brighten the day
I turned 'round to look for the snowman
To my surprise he'd melted away, yeah

A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah
A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, my baby
A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

As the moon and the stars call the order
inside, my tides dance the ebb and sway
The sun in my soul's sinkin' lower
while the hope in my hands turns to clay
I don't ask that my field's full of clover
I don't moan at opportunity's door
Why don't ya ask my advice, take it slower
Let your story be your finest reward

A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah
a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, my baby
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Now, do it, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Lost on the path to attainment, a-searchin' the eyes of the wise
When I fled from the heart of the matter
started bleedin' without a disguise
Now that everything's finally behavin'
now and then you gotta take time to pose
'Cause if you're down on the ground
well, you're the best help around
if you land in a boat without oars

A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, my baby
A-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Hey, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh, hey, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh
Hey, babe, I lost my way
Oh-oh-oh-oh/Hey, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh/hey, babe
I really, really did, now
Oh-oh-oh-oh/Hey, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh/hey, babe
I don't know when I'm gonna find
Oh-oh-oh-oh/Hey, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh/hey, babe
A-do ya wanna know, now, do you really, really wanna help me out

Let me tell ya, now, babe, oh-oh-oh-oh
Let me tell ya, oh-oh-oh-oh
that it feels so good, but I must be back to my babe
Oh-oh-oh-oh, lemme tell ya
Oh-oh-oh-oh, if it feels so good then it must be right, my babe
Oh-oh-oh-oh, lemme tell ya, oh-oh-oh-oh
If it feels, if it feels, if it feels, if it feels so good
Oh-oh-oh-oh, so good, oh-oh-oh-oh, so good, oh, yes-a

Houses of the Holy
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Let me take you to the movies, can I take you to the show
Let me be yours ever truly, can I make your garden grow
From the houses of the holy we can watch the white doves go
From the door comes Satan's daughter, and it only goes to show
and you know

There's an angel on my shoulder, in my hand, a sword of gold
Let me wander in your garden and the seeds of love I'll sow
You know

So the world is spinnin' faster
Are you dizzy when you stall
Let the music be your master
Will ya heed the master's call
Oh-whoa, it's Satan and man

Said, there ain't no use in crying
'cause it will only, only drive you mad
Does it hurt to hear them lying
Was this the only world you had, oh-whoa

So let me take ya, take ya to the movie
Can I take ya, baby, to the show
Why don'tcha let me be yours ever truly
Can I make your garden grow
And you know-oo-oh, that's right