To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.
Once I had myself a million, now I’ve only got a dime,
The diff’rence don’t seem quite as bad today.
With a nickel or a million, I was searching all the time
For something that I never lost or left behind.
Once I built a railroad, I made it run
Made it race against time
Once I built a railroad, now it’s done
Brother, can you spare a dime?
He sees his children jumpin’ off at stations, one by one
His woman and his best friend in bed and having fun
Oh, he’s crawling down the corridor on his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won’t stop going no way to slow down
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain’t locked, when no one’s around.
Oh Papa, Papa Hobo
Could you slip me a ride
Well, It’s just after breakfast
I’m in the road
And the weatherman lied
Six days on the road and I’m a-going to make it home tonight.
Goin’ down to the Greyhound station
Gonna buy me a one-way fare
And if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creeks don’t rise
By tomorrow I’m gonna be there
Get up off the floor and believe in life
No-one’s ever gonna ever ask you twice
Get on the bus and bring it on home to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled
He soon lost all control
Over ev’rything which he had made
While the mission bells did toll
Confusion in her eyes that says it all, she’s lost control.
And she’s clinging to the nearest passer by, she’s lost control.
And she gave away the secrets of her past, and said I’ve lost control again,
And of a voice that told her when and where to act, she said I’ve lost control again.
And you know that she’s half crazy but that’s why you wanna be there,
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her,
Then she gets you on her wavelength and she lets the river answer,
That you’ve always been her lover.
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain’t gonna study war no more.
For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes, I even killed my brothers
And so many others
But I ain’t marching anymore
I thought I saw the leader
Fallen on his knees
He said I’m never
Never coming back again
They told me he was bad
But I knew he was sad
That’s why I fell for the leader of the pack
Get your motor runnin’
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way
I’ve been drivin’ all night,
My hand’s wet on the wheel
There’s a voice in my head
That drives my heel
It’s my baby callin’,
Says: I need you here
And it’s a half past four
And I’m shifting gear