On the side of a hill in the deep forest green
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
Is this the same song that calls the young sailor?
The tune may be one and the same
Knowing at a glance
Where we all stand
Searching for another chance
To make us all one
Come on down and meet your maker
Come on down and make the stand
I know you got the hurt, it’s right there in your eyes.
But here I am baby, on my knees to apologize.
There’s nothing I won’t do for the two of us, to make a stand
Baby, can you dig your man? (He’s a righteous man)
Tell me baby, can you dig your man?
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul”
Well I can’t be no bank boss, no superintendent,
Work on no commissary counter nor up on a tipple,
Boy, I promised the good Lord, mama, not to dig no coal.
I’m goin’ up country gonna find myself a jelly roll.
I’m going up the country, babe, don’t you wanna go?
I’m going to some place where I’ve never been before.
I’m a travelin’ man
I’ve made a lot of stops all over the world
And in every part I own the heart
Of at least one lovely girl
Seven thirty seven comin’ out of the sky
Won’t you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride
I want to move
Playin’ in a travelin’ band
Just a song before I go
A lesson to be learned
Traveling twice the speed of sound
It’s easy to get burned
I’ve learned my lesson, it left a scar
Now I see how you really are
I got wise:
You’re the Devil in Disguise
Everybody call her angel, she’s no stranger to the devil I know
His mark is on her body, his fire’s burnin’ in her soul
When we’re makin’ love he’s laughin’ at us down below
She’s the devil I know
An angelface smiles to me under a headline of tragedy
That smile used to give me warmth
Farewell - no words to say
Beside the cross on your grave and those forever burning candles
Headline: Murder, young girl killed
Desperate shooting at Echo’s Hill
Dreadful ending, killer died
Evidently suicide
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you better hurry ‘cause it’s goin’ fast.
And if anybody should come along,
He gonna give you any love and affection,
I’d say get it while you can, yeah!
Hey, hey, get it while you can
I know we can make it
I know darn well, we can work it out
Oh, yes, we can, I know we can, can