1. |
What A Night
03:44
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What A Night
Holy Agnes walks around, on the beat
Tent show gospel, Piccolo Pete
Hustling every chance and all they chance to meet
Shuffling away on dancing feet
Wowee what a night, what a night
It's a weird old city alright
Hustling every chance and all they chance to meet
Shuffling away on dancing feet
Turkish mocca rocking room, Efa the rider
Tobacco chewing camel knelt beside her
The tender trio, music men, the musical providers
For an act that may look strange to outsiders
Wowee what a night, what a night
It's a weird old city alright
The tender trio, music men, the musical providers
For an act that may look strange to outsiders
Petroleum, vesuvius, Nasby de Ville
Inventor of a magic purple pill
That makes each night a carnival, a carnival brazil
Even the Klondike singers join the thrill
Wowee what a night, what a night
It's a weird old city alright
That makes each night a carnival, a carnival Brazil
Even the Klondike singers join the thrill
Trigger blondes gather, gather at the bash
Life and soul, flashing cash
Spending all their money, all their bonus stash
Days before another Wall Street crash
Wowee what a night, what a night
It's a weird old city alright
Spending all their money, all their bonus stash
Days before another Wall Street crash
Wowee what a night, what a night
It's a weird old city alright
Wow-ee
What a night!
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2. |
Young and Green
04:13
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I thought of you in colour
Until you disappeared
I held you on in my memory for years
Now when old roads take me from
The darkest of the woods
I stand upon the places where we stood
Young and green, young and green
Young and green, Young and green
Young and green but we were there
Running with the pack
Good times, warm wind at our backs
Now when old roads take me down
Leaf lined avenues
I wonder what became of you
Young and green, young and green
Young and green, Young and green
Young and green, young and green
Young and green, Young and green
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
It's just the way that younger people grow
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
It's still worth wondering
Now a scratchy record
We bought while out one day
Brings it flooding back to me when it plays
Time has lost that innocence
I treasure thinking through
I wonder what became of you
Young and green, young and green
Young and green, Young and green
Young and green, young and green
Young and green, young and green
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3. |
Alamo
04:35
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A symphony of guns through the canyon
Ragged pony men hunting for the head
Of an outlaw from distant sands
Gang of four he led from those lands
North to steal a fortune, now his gang lay dead
Picture palaces, souped up cars, cathedral shopping malls
Best food, clothes and shelter, them folk got the lot
The weary sheriff shouted, 'Game's up
You've had your fun now give it up!'
Turned to his deputy, 'Let's see what he's got'
Too far from the river
Too close to his Alamo
Too far from the river
To cross the border into Mexico
The outlaw raised his head to the heavens
Unsheathed his Indian knife and stood up for the fight
They left him where he fell in the dust
His bounty, just a meagre crust
Slim pickings for scavengers who care not wrong from right
Too far from the river
Too close to his Alamo
Too far from the river
To cross the border into Mexico
Too far from the river and too close to his Alamo
Too far from the river and too close to his Alamo
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4. |
Stone Mountain Rambler
03:41
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Don't keep harping on about
The stuff that drags you down
Bad moments come and go my friend
Who needs them hanging around
Pay no mind to regret
What's done is gone with time
Take it easy, lose yourself
And step on down the line
Do you wanna ramble?
Do you wanna roam?
I've been here, I've been there
Most everywhere you see
I arise and find me gone
It's the ramblin' life for me
Find out for yourself
This life might suit you fine
Take it easy, lose yourself
Step on down the line
Do you wanna ramble?
Do you wanna roam
Far away from home?
Do you wanna ramble?
Do you wanna roam?
Pack a bag, grab a hat
Lace up your walking shoes
Stay, you'll get set in your ways
What have you got to lose
Pack a bag, grab a hat
Greet the great outdoors
Stay, you'll just be in the way
What are you waiting for?
Do you wanna ramble?
Do you wanna roam
Far away from home?
Do you wanna ramble?
Rambling on
Do you wanna ramble?
Do you wanna roam
Far away from home?
Do you wanna ramble?
Rambling on
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5. |
Eagle High
04:09
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Eagle Mountain
Deep in the night
A smuggler's plane
Flying low
Crashed in a storm
Lay out of sight
Buried in fresh
Winter snow
Ascending high
Descending higher
Good times roll
'round the bend
Well they all got rich
Then they all got poor
Before that summer
Came to an end
Early in spring
Before climbers found it
Their backpacks
The talk of the town
Too much to haul
From off eagle mountain
So team after team
Brought it down
Ascending high
Descending higher
Good times roll
'round the bend
Well they all got rich
Then they all got poor
Before that summer
Came to an end
Toking smoking mountaineers
Eagle High holds no fears
Eagle High whistles this tune
High on the mountains of the moon
Well they all got rich
Then they all got poor
Before that summer
Came to an end
Ascending high
Descending higher
Good times roll
'round the bend
Well they all got rich
Then they all got poor
Before that summer
Came to an end
Well they all got rich
Then they all got poor
Before that summer
Came to an end
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6. |
Eyes To The Right
04:05
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Eyes to the right
The general's coming
Fanfare blows, drums exploding
Eyes to the left
My father's sighing
Mother cries, her shoulders shaking
Eyes straight ahead
All I see, all I see
Is what's in front of me and so
One look up to the heavens and go
Eyes to the right
Flak is flying
Diving blind, forward driving
Eyes to the left
A body's lying
Someone died as I was arriving
Eyes straight ahead
The place I see, the place I see
Is where I'm ordered to be and so
One look up to the heavens and go
Eyes to the right
I see her smiling
Flowers bloom, sun is shining
Eyes to the left
The kids are running
Jumping, chasing, rolling, laughing
Eyes straight ahead
The place I see, the place I see
Is where I want to be but no
One look up to the heavens and go
One look up to the heavens and go
But no, one look up to the heavens and go
Straight ahead
The place I see, the place I see
Is where I want to be but no
No, one look up to the heavens and go
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7. |
Sugar City
04:43
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Sugar City on a drunk
Make or break that's for sure
Chips are down, life in a trunk
Sugar City be the cure
Rolling out of Sugar City
Off my feet on Bullet Street
Gamblin' joints showed no pity
Personal best beat retreat
I took them on and I lost
Now it's time to avoid the cost
It's a hard road to walk I know
With a hat-full of rain and snow
With a hat-full of rain
Drive through wedding lasted one night
She's stone cold gone away
I couldn't face her, it's alright
In this hard hat area today
I took them on and I lost
Now it's time to avoid the cost
It's a hard road to walk I know
With a hat-full of rain and snow
With a hat-full of rain
Sugar City sucks the soul
I wish I'd never came
Dose of salts cleans you whole
Wish I could recall my name
I took them on and I lost
Now it's time to avoid the cost
It's a hard road to walk I know
With a hat-full of rain and snow
With a hat-full of rain
I took them on and I lost
Now it's time to avoid the cost
It's a hard road to walk I know
With a hat-full of rain and snow
With a hat-full of rain and snow
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8. |
Coming On Whistles
02:26
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I walked a mile, ran a mile
Hitched a mile, paused awhile
Smiled like a neon sign
Those coming on whistles blowing down the line
Tramplin dust through every town
Stormcracked and scuffled down
Thanks for these boots of mine
Those coming on whistles blowing down the line
There's a land I'm thinking
Big pictures they appeared
Wide open spaces
For me there
i walked a mile, jogged a mile
Hopped a mile, stopped a while
The hat just suits me fine
For those coming on whistles blowing down the line
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9. |
The Long Run
02:10
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Glad to be in for the long run
Comforting to know you're near
Winds and storms are rising
Getting bigger every year
Glad to be in for the long run
Got a little homely house under a hill
Where the lights go out when day is over
And we sit back perfectly still
So many days spent together girl
I couldn't know you better if I tried
I can't imagine life without you here
We're together on this ride
So glad to be in for the long run
For all the aches and silver hair
It's the gold of our autumns
I'm glad to know you're here
Long run
Long run
It's the gold of our autumns
I'm glad to know you're here
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10. |
Three Random Verses
05:16
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You were passing through you said
But took a long time to go
You were easy on the eye
Even easier to know
Talked as fast as those cars
The ones that few can afford to drive
Part of your manic charm
That brought the days alive
Three random verses
Were all that you left
I've no title yet
I couldn't take you away from all that
On me you did rely
Centred my heart when you said
I didn't even try
Now I'm feeling tired, tired eyed
Windy visions careen
Messages in neon
Above petrol drugged machines
Three random verses
Were all that you left
I've no title yet
What do your words really mean?
I ponder puzzles in my dreams
What did you want me to know
Nearly 8 long years ago?
Now I'm locked in soul surroundings
They have a warm emotive feel
Coursing through me now
Making everything so real
I pulled my coat a little tighter
Stood like the truths been said
Swayed to a beat down to my toes
With the music in my head
3 random verses
Were all that you left
3 random verses
Were all that you left
3 random verses
Were all that you left
I've no title yet
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11. |
Important Ernest
04:20
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I was our man in Havana
Before Fidel drew the line
I was a Yukon gold miner
From time to time
A fisher of marlin
Off the Key West coast
Frequently drunk and always
Ready to boast
In Berlin from '83
I helped bring down the wall
I'm always doing something
I'm never standing still
Do you do anything at all?
I brought spices out of China
Travelled the Silk Road
In the Amazon jungles
I discovered a rare toad
I found a pearl so big
It got given a name
I can also do a dance
That brings down the rain
I was riding the rods
Before I could crawl
I'm always doing something
I'm never standing still
Do you do anything at all?
If I'm lying may I be struck down
With some terrible disease
Have you seen my paddle steamer
Roped up in the docks?
Have you seen my Swiss wife?
Her father's very big in clocks
Have I told you about the North Pole?
I'll tell you in a while
After showing you my diamond
And thousand carat smile
In Berlin from '83
I helped bring down the wall
I'm always doing something
I'm never standing still
Do you do anything at all?
I'm always doing something
I'm never standing still
Do you do anything at all?
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12. |
Hitchhiker
04:09
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Step aside
For the heavy rollers
Give the bird
To the crazies that holler
Many country miles
Left to roam
In a place
Where nobody goes
In a place
Nobody knows
Hard scrabbling man
A-travelling home
How times have changed
Nobody
Not a soul
No one buys
The desperate smile
Least my boots
Can see out the miles
Getting blinded
By flashing chrome
I'm a hazard sign
Something to clear
A shadow left
In the rear view mirror
Hard scrabbling man
A-travelling home
How times have changed
Nobody
Not a soul
Picks up hitchhikers anymore
Picks up hitchhikers anymore
How times have changed
Nobody
Not a soul
Step aside
For the heavy rollers
Give the bird
To the crazies that holler
Hard scrabbling man
A-travelling home
How times have changed
Nobody
Not a soul
Picks up hitchhikers anymore
Picks up hitchhikers anymore
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13. |
Base Of Old
05:04
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All these roads are going
I could do with a change
Gone past my knowing
The vibes have gotten strange
Walk through my old town
Places where we'd play
They should still be here
But, no, they've gone away
Something new from the base of old
Give me something new from the base of old
It all moved too fast
New faces on the scene
Got crowded out
No spaces left to dream
So many different ways
Each such brevity
Might mean something to you
Don't mean a damn to me
Something new from the base of old
Give me something new from the base of old
Something new from the base of old
Give me something new from the base of old
Time in loose spirit
Where I wanna be
First rays of rising sun
Shining down on me
You colour up my mind
Every time that you're near
Why are we looking back when
The road ahead is clear?
Why are we looking back when
The road ahead is clear?
Why are we looking back when
The road ahead is clear?
Something new from the base of old
Give me something new from the base of old
All these roads are going
I could do with a change
Gone past my knowing
The vibes have gotten strange
Walk through my old town
Places where we'd play
They should still be here
But no they've gone away...
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14. |
Canyon Times
04:31
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Wish I could write the song, the type of ballad long that would amaze ya
A cool laid back number like I hear from those denim nasal gazers
Wish I could sing like a bird the ones that can be heard in yonder meadow
Colour your pathway in a blaze of red and golden yellows
Wish I could write the words, ones you've never heard yet have been needing
That take you back to cinnamon and wax and early feelings
I could have brought you it all, before you took the call and left unsaid
The way things work, I should have been the first to leave instead
Different shade sister and brothers
Live one way live another
Wish I lived in canyon times, wind chime climes, eternal spring
Hours in my ivory tower finishing off the next big thing
But touching ground I took a look around unsure
Still doing all the stuff that don't work inside me anymore
All the same sister and brothers
Live one way live another
Wish I lived in canyon times, wind chime climes, eternal spring
Hours in my ivory tower finishing off the next big thing
Wish I lived in canyon times, wind chime climes, eternal spring
Hours in my ivory tower finishing off the next big thing
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Jumbotown is the acoustic singer songwriting duo of Mike Davies and Paul Ivor Jones
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