Phases And Stages (theme)walkin'

After carefully considerin' the whole situation
I stand with my back to the wall
Walkin' is better than runnin' away
And crawlin' ain't no good at all

And if guilty's the question
Truth is the answer
I've been lyin' to me all alone
There ain't nothin' worth savin'
Except one another
And before you'll wake up
I'll be gone
Cause after carefully considerin' the whole situation
I stand with my back to the wall
Walkin' is better than runnin' away
And crawlin' ain't no good at all

[ guitar ]
After carefully considerin' the whole situation
I stand with my back to the wall
Walkin' is better than runnin' away
And crawlin' ain't no good at all
And crawlin' ain't no good at all

Pick Up The Tempo

People are saying that time will take care of people like me
That I'm livin' too fast and they say I can't last too much longer
But little they see that their thoughts of me is my saviour
And little they know that the beat oughta go just a little faster
So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long
Time will take care of itself so just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home

Well I'm wild and I'm mean and I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
Well I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and I'm sad and I'm lazy
I'm quiet and I'm loud and I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall but I learned it all in the Navy
So pick up the tempo...

Picture In A Frame

Sun come up it was blue and gold
Sun come up it was blue and gold
Sun come up it was blue and gold
Ever since I put your picture
In a frame.
I come calling in my Sunday best
I come calling in my Sunday best
I come calling in my Sunday best
Every since I put your picture
In a frame
I'm gonna love you
Till the wheels come off
Oh yea
I love you baby and I always will
I love you baby and I always will
I love you baby and I always will
Ever since I put your picture
In a frame

Pilgrim Chapter 33

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money love and dreams
Which he spent like they was going out of style
And he keeps right on a changin' for the better or the worse
And searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowing if believin' is a blessin' or a curse
Or if the going up is worth to coming down
He's a poet he's a p***** he's a prophet he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home

He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from the devils Lord and reachin' for the stars
And losin' all he loved along the way
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse
And all he ever gets is older and around
From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse
The going up was worth the coming down
He's a poet he's a p*****...
[ guitar ]

Pins And Needles

I know not where on earth to find you
i know not how or where to start
i only know i'm here without you
and there's pins and needles in my heart
The days and nights are growing longer
since first you said that we must part
and now you're smiling at another
and there's pins and needles in my heart
i know not where on earth to find you
i know not how or where to start
i only know i'm here without you
and there's pins and needles in my heart
[ guitar ]
I know not where on earth to find you
i know not how or where to start
i only know i'm here without you
and there's pins and needles in my heart

Pistol Packin' Mama

Drinkin beer in a cabaret
Was I havin fun!
Til one night she caught me right
And now I'm on the run.

Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down.

She kicked out my windshield
And she hit me over the head.
She cussed and cried and said I lied
And wished that I was dead.

Well, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down.

Drinkin' beer in a cabaret
And dancin with a blonde
Till one night she shot out the lights
And bang that blonde was gone

So, Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down

I'll see you every night babe
And I'll woo you every day
And I'll be your reg'lar daddy
if you'll put that gun away

And just, Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down

Lead Ride Plays Verse and Chorus

Drinkin beer in a cabaret
And Was I havin fun!
Til one night she caught me right
And now I'm on the run.

Well, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down

Well, there was old Al Dexter
He always had his fun
But, with some lead she shot him dead
Now his Honkin' days are done

Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

I said, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

I say, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Oh, pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice

Once I knowed a guitar p*****, lived his life on wine
and liquor
Runnin' around in one of them new machines
He was about the proudest feelin', wheelin', dealin'
Sneakin', stealin', aggravatin' man I've ever seen

Nothin' but a midnight rambler, biggest drunkard and a
gambler
He'd do anything that wasn't nice
Huntin', golfin', fishin', swimmin', runnin' around
with other women
Playin' dominoes and shootin' dice

Then one night as he was dinin', while the moon was
brightly shinin'
With his secret love he was so gay
He would laugh and call her 'Honey' while she proudly
spent his money
As they hugged and smooched the time away

Laughin', jokin', dinin', dancin'
Plannin' parties and romancin', havin' fun regardless
of the price
Eatin' caviar and chicken, strummin' his guitar and
pickin'
Playin' dominoes and shootin' dice

Then his wife walked in and found him with that pretty
girl around him
Started makin' headway for the gate
When he seen those girls dividin', he commenced to slip
and slidin'
But he seemed to know it was too late

Crowds began to gettin' thinner, they jumped up and
left their dinner
No one seemed to have an appetite
Not a person dare defend her, everyone jumped out the
window
No one hung around to see the fight

Then she grabbed him by the collar, he commenced to
squeal and holler
As she plastered him betwixt the eyes
And then his old guitar she swung it, o'er his head she
proudly hung it
Bruises, knots and bumps began to rise

He leapt up and tried to squeeze her, but she warped
'cross the beezer
Pulled a pistol and shot him once or twice
When the wicked fight was over, he was laid beneath the
clover
No more dominoes and shootin' dice

Please Come Home For Christmas

Bells will be ringing
The glad, glad news
Oh, what a christmas
To have the blues
My baby's gone
I have no friends
To wish me greetings
Once again

Choirs will be singing
"silent night"
Christmas carols
By candlelight
Please come home for christmas
Please come home for christmas
If not for christmas
Then by new year's night

Friends and relations
Send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
It's christmas time, my dear
The time of year
To be, with the one you love

Then won't you tell me
You'll never more roam
Christmas and new year's
Will find you home
There'll be no more sorrow
No grief and pain
Then I'll be happy, happy
Once again

Short interlude

No more sorrow
No grief and pain
But I'll be happy
Christmas
Once again

Please Come To Boston

Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends and they've got lots of rooms
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy why don't you settle down Boston ain't your kind of town
There's ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one FAN OF THE man from Tennessee

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far we can't be found
And throw I love you echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...

Now this drifter's world goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found and all that I ain't got
I still need to lean to somebody I can sing to
Please come to LA to live forever California life alone is just too hard to live
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky living up on the hill
Please come to LA she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...
I'm the number one FAN OF THE man from Tennessee

Please Don't Leave Me Any More Darlin'

Please don't leave me anymore darlin'
Partings are so sad my dear
For you're the only one that I love darlin'
Can't you tell that I'm sincere

We were happy once my dear
Happy as could be
And now that we have things patched up
Just stay here with me

And love me as you have before darlin'
For I'm so in love with you

Please don't leave me anymore darlin'
Partings are so sad my dear
For you're the only one that I love darlin'
Can't you tell that I'm sincere

We were happy once my dear
Happy as could be
And now that we have things patched up
Just stay here with me

And love me as you have before darlin'
For I'm so in love with you

And love me as you have before darlin'
For I'm so in love with you