In the shade of the old apple tree
When the love in your eyes I could see
When the voice that I heard, like the song of the bird
Seemed to whisper sweet music to me
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
In the blossoms as you said to me
With a heart that is true, I’ll be waiting for you
In the shade of the old apple tree
Sittin’ on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straightback chair on two legs, leans against the wall
Watch the kids a’ playin’ with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin’ fireflies when evenin’ shadows fall
I just got home from Illinois, locked the front door, oh boy
I got to sit down, take a rest on the porch
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I’m singin’
Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my backdoor
There’s a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn
Dinosaur Victrola listenin’ to Buck Owens
Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my backdoor
I’ve got a tiger by the tail, it’s plain to see;
I won’t be much when you get through’ with me
Well, I’m a losing weight and a turnin’ mighty pale
Looks like I’ve got a tiger by the tail
Walking through forests of palm tree apartments
Scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents
Down by the waterhole
Drunk every Friday
Eating their nuts
Saving their raisins for Sunday.
Lions and tigers
Who wait in the shadows
They’re fast but they’re lazy, and sleep in green meadows
Let’s bungle in the jungle
Well, that’s all right by me
I’m a tiger when I want love
But I’m a snake if we disagree
Well I may be crazy, but I think not;
I’d swear to God that I smell pot!
but who’d have pot in Vietnam?"
he said, “Whaddaya think you been sittin’ on?”
these funny little plants…
thousands of them.
Good God Almighty!
Pastures of plenty!
Far and wide, high and low (let’s go)
Close your eyes, we up in smoke (we up in smoke)
Swim the sky (swim the sky), here we go
Round and round (round and round), the reefer blows
Far and wide (Cypress Hill), high and low
Close your eyes (close your eyes), we up in smoke (we up in smoke)
Swim the sky, here we go
Round and round, the reefer blows
Creeping like a communist, it’s knocking at our doors
Turning all our children into hooligans and whores
Voraciously devouring the way things are today
Savagely deflowering the good old U.S.A
It’s Reefer Madness, Reefer Madness
(Reefer Madness, Reefer Madness)
Oh so mad!
If everybody had an ocean, across the U. S. A.
Then everybody’d be surfin’, like Californi-a
You’d seem ‘em wearing their baggies,
Huarachi sandals too,
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo–
Surfin’ U. S. A.
I bought a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woodie
(Surf City, here we come)
You know it’s not very cherry, it’s an oldie but a goodie
(Surf City, here we come)
Well, it ain’t got a back set or a rear window
But it still gets me where I wanna go
Little surfer little one
Made my heart come all undone
Do you love me, do you surfer girl
Surfer girl my little surfer girl
I have watched you on the shore
Standing by the ocean’s roar
Do you love me do you surfer girl
Surfer girl surfer girl
I’ve tried, I’ve tried, I’ve tried,
I’ve tried in every way
I could to make you see how much I love you
Oh, I thought you understood
So you gotta make me see,
What does it take to win your love for me?
I turned 21 in prison,
Doing life without parole…
No one could steer me right
But, Mama tried
Mama tried
I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ‘round the bend
And I ain’t seen the sunshine
Since, I don’t know when
I’m stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps draggin’ on
But that train keeps a-rollin’
On down to San Antone
When I was just a baby
My Mama told me, “son
Always be a good boy
Don’t ever play with guns”
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin’
I hang my head and cry
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
Be on my side
I’ll be on your side
There is no reason
For you to hide
It’s so hard for me
Staying here all alone
When you could be
Taking me for a ride
You could drag me
Over the rainbow
Take me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river
Dead
Down by the lazy river,
Come as you please.
Down by the lazy river,
One big family.
If you’re all alone,
You won’t be long.
Just bring your guitar and sing your song.
Down by the lazy river,
Everybody follow me.
I’ve been floating down the old green river on the good ship Rock and Rye.
But I floated too far, I got stuck on a bar,
I was out there alone wishing that I was home.
The ship got wrecked with the captain and crew
And there was only one thing left to do,
So I had to drink the whole green river dry to get back home to you.
I can hear the bull frog callin’ me
Wonder if my rope’s still hangin’ to the tree
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water,
Shoe fly, dragon fly, get back to your mother
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I’m crossing you in style someday.
A dream maker,
My heartbreaker,
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ that way.