Well I guess if you say so
I’ll have to pack my things and go
(That’s RIGHT!
(Hit the road, Jack,
(And don’t you come back
(No more, no more, no more, no more)
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you of old
You have robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I wish you no harm
But I wish I had a bottle as long as my arm
I’ve been a wild rover for many a year
And I spent all my money on whiskey and beer,
And now I’m returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more.
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while
I think I see my friends coming, riding many a mile
Friends, did you get some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me my dear friends, to keep me from the Gallows Pole?
What did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?
There’s some come here to see me hang and some to steal my fiddle
But before that I do part with her, I’ll break her through the middle
He took the fiddle into both his hands, he broke it on his knee
He said "When I am gone no other hands shall ever play on thee’
Say rantontly, say wantontly, say dauntently played here
He played a tune and he danced around, below the gallows tree
He played a tune and he danced around, and they hanged him to the tree
(Below The Gallows Tree aka MacPherson’s Farewell)
I guess you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player, too
And if you’d care to take a dare I’ll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due
I’ll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul 'cause I think I’m better than you
My heartbeat stumbles and my backbone crumbles
I feel, is it real as the lynch mob doubles?
They want blood and they’ll kill for it, drain me and they’ll kneel for it
Burned me at the stake, met the devil, made the deal for it
I set out running but I’ll take my time
A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
I just might get some sleep tonight
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
And you were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind
And I got a feelin’
Down in my shoes,
Way down in my sho-oo-oes
Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh
I got to move on, whoa-oh
I got to walk away my blues
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man,
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can.
And when it’s time for leavin’,
I hope you’ll understand,
That I was born a ramblin’ man.
Ramble on, and now’s the time, the time is now to sing my song
I’m goin’ 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way
I’ve been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms
'Cause I want (yeah-yeah, yeah)
A girl (yeah-yeah, yeah)
To call (yeah-yeah, yeah)
My own (yeah-yeah)
I want a dream lover
So I don’t have to dream alone
I need you so, that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you
All I have to do is dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
How many times can I think about the things I’d like to do,
Always denied the right to live my life the way I want?
I wanna share it with you
Close your eyes, I want to ride the skies in my sweet dreams
Close your eyes, I want to see you tonight in my sweet dreams
I see your luscious ghost
Sharing you with the Host
I see your luscious ghost
In a tear
Life is a force
You can’t fathom the fear
Or drink from the source
But you do
Running at you like light
Suffocated by darkness
And the widow in white
It’s a nice day to start again
It’s a nice day for a white wedding
It’s a nice day to start again
Strange girl sing
Think all my life to me
Wild things you bring
Bring drums and bells to me
We dance and sway
Sway like the drunken priest
We dream all day
Day of the wedding feast
Dream a dream, and see through angels’ eyes
A place where we can fly away
Ride with me upon a shining star
Above a moonlit sky we will find
Elysium
Honey you are my shining star.
Don’t you go away. Oh, baby.
Wanna be right here where you are.
Until my dyin’ day
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home