Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun
I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time
When I’m out walking, I strut my stuff
Yeah, and I’m so strung out
I’m high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you’re the one
(I got blisters on me fingers!)
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom, and I see you again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
But do you, don’t you, want me to love you?
I’m coming down fast, but I’m miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Come on, tell me the answer
Well, you may be a lover
But you ain’t no dancer
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride
(Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride)
(Why don’t you ride, child?)
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride
Ride
Riding along on a carousel
Trying to catch up to you
Riding along on a carousel
Will I catch up to you?
Horses chasin’, ‘cause they’re racin’
So near yet so far
On a carousel
On a carousel
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house, we’re born
Into this world, we’re thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding,
And I’m bound to keep on riding.
And I’ve got one more silver dollar,
But I’m not gonna let them catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
I’m a-talkin’ ‘bout the midnight rambler
Everybody got to go
Well I’m a-talkin’ ‘bout the midnight gambler
The one you never seen before
I’m sighin’ down the wind so sadly
A-listen and you’ll hear me moan
Well I’m a talkin’ 'bout the midnight gambler
And everybody got to go
‘Cause I was born lonely down by the riverside
Learned to spin fortune wheels and throw dice
I was just thirteen when I had to leave home
Knew I couldn’t stick around, I had to roam
Ain’t good lookin’, but you know I ain’t shy
Ain’t afraid to look you girl, hey, in the eye
So if you need some lovin’ and you need it right away
Take a little time out, and maybe I’ll stay
But I got to ramble (Ramblin’ man)
Gamble (Gamblin’ man)
Got to, got to ramble (Ramblin’ man)
I was born a ramblin’, gamblin’ man
Ramble on
And now’s the time, the time is now
Sing my song
I’m goin’ 'round the world, I gotta find my girl
On my way
I’ve been this way ten years to the day
I’m gonna ramble on
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams
My mind is back behind my eyes
And there before me sits a butterfly
And as I watch, she gently cries
(And as I watch, she gently cries)
Can there be anyone who’ll pity her?
(Who’ll pity her?)
How many faces
Have all of you been?
If I was the King
She’d be my Queen
She’s my queen, it’s like a dream
When I hear her victims start to scream
In and out of the sack, she’s the maniac
For me, oh Millie!
Making love in the afternoon
With Cecilia up in my bedroom
I get up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someone’s taken my place
I know there’s nothing to say
Someone has taken my place
When times go bad
When times go rough
Won’t you lay me down in tall grass
And let me do my stuff
So hard to find my way
Now that I’m all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometimes I’m overcome thinking about
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium
With you, my brown-eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do
You see, I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen
Digging for the blue and the green
Constant in opal or ultramarine
But you could only find yourself that way
Thinking of all that I left behind
Down in the shaft when my mind was blind
But you could even find yourself that way
Looking to the white framed headland
Green pockets dropping a bright cockatoo
Circles up in the breeze, in the realm you can’t reach
In the deep marine, in the deep marine
There is room for make believe out in the ocean
There is room for make believe out on the land
In the wet, flashes by, its a green silhouette
In the deep marine, in the deep marine
Lookin’ back on the track for a little green bag
Got to find just the kind or I’m losin’ my mind
Out of sight, in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way
Out of sight, in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way
Look back
A-tisket, a-tasket
A brown and yellow basket
I send a letter to my mommy
On the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
