Arlo Guthrie

Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen To Calumet, Michigan in the copper country I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall And the miners are having their big Christmas ball I'll take you in a door and up a high stairs Singing and dancing is heard...

My grandma she can make a soup With a little a this n that She can feed the whole sloop group With a little a this n that Stone soup! You know the story Stone soup! Who needs the glory? But with grandma cookin no need to worry! Just a little a this n th...

Chorus: Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo Once upon a time there was a little boy who played the ukelele. He'd go around town, 'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, bImp blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!' Grown-ups said "Get tha...

This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want at...

This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you wan...

I was watching the news tonight And all over the world People were singing and carrying signs All over the world Every body walking hand in hand Through cities that I've been And though I'm not there tonight You know I'll be back again I'll be back aga...

It ain't so much the boredom But the fire in her soul That made her life unbearable While living in that hole Of her dark surburban nightmare 'Till she went to see the Dead And the self esteem she valued Was immediately spent And she had no one to turn...

My mommy told me an' the teacher told me, too, There's all kinds of work that I can do: Dry my dishes, sweep my floor, But if we all work together it won't take very long. We all work together with a wiggle and a giggle, We all work together with a giggl...

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed Amazing...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Anytime you're feelin' lonely Anytime you're feelin' blue Anytime you feel downhearted That will prove your love for me is true Anytime you're thinkin' 'bout me That's the time I'll be thinking of you So Anytime you say, you want me back again T...

You get a hammer and I'll get a nail And you catch a bird and I'll catch a snail You bring a board and I'll bring a saw And we'll build a house for the baby-o CHORUS Bling, Blang, hammer with my hammer Zingo, Zango, cutting with my saw Bling, Blang, ha...

As I was walking down the street Down the street, down the street A pretty girl I chanced to meet And we danced by the light of the moon Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight Come out tonight come out tonight Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight An...

Come all you old time cowboys And listen to my song Please do not grow weary I'll not detain you long Concerning some wild cowboys Who did agree to go And spend the summer pleasant On the range of the buffalo. Well I found myself in Griffin In eighte...

(Spoken: Arlo telling stories about playing with pete seeger and folk songs. Goes for the legnth of the song.) Wise men say only fools rush in But I cant help falling in love with you Shall I stay Would it be a sin If I cant help falling in love with you...

words and music by Arlo Guthrie There's a tavern up on the roadside I must be coming into town The moon must be in Aries Because the truck ain't slowing down Pulled back on the throttle I've been doing that all day Looking ahead for a right-hand turn...

Children of Abraham, what's your story? Killing each other for a piece of land Children of Abraham, this ain't glory You've got to walk together hand in hand Take down the flags that just seperate the people Take down the wire on the boundry Take back t...

Warm me from the wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me there's a love still left In all of this emptiness around me Take me from the chilling of the...

Chorus: All my life's a circle Sunrise and sundown Moon rolls through the nighttime Till daybreak comes around All my life's a circle Still I wonder why Seasons spinning 'round again Years keep rolling by Seems like I've been here before Can't remem...

Arlo Guthrie Miscellaneous City of New Orleans Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail 15 cars & 15 restless riders Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee...

Oh mama oh mama, Come wash my face 3x 2x And make it nice, and clean-O Oh brother oh brother, Come scrub my back 3x 2x And scrub it nice and clean-O Oh daddy oh daddy Come shine my shoes 3x 2x And polish them nice and clean-O Oh sweetie oh sweetie...

Coming in from London From over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flying everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer? Coming into Los Angeles Bringing in a couple of ki's Don't touch my bags if you please Mister Customs Man Th...

Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction The doctor wants to give me more injections He's given me shots for a thousand rare infections And they don't know if they'll let me go Connection No, I just can't make no connection And all I want to...

Hey brothers, hear me call It ain't that I had to fall Wasn't no one's fault last night When I looked up and felt the light Here's hoping you'll understand I want to fell like a natural man Get up early in the morning to do what I can You can't help no...

This morning I woke up alone I spent the day time on my own Lots of people have come and gone To hear a cowboy sing an old time song CHORUS: Oh babe, I love you so This here is the only thing I know It ain't right and it ain't wrong To hear a cowboy s...

It's the tenth of January and I still ain't had no sleep She comes waltzing in the nighttime, made of wings She is dressed up like a bandit with a hundred sparkling rings Looking for my company to keep Coming closer to me, she doesn't say a word In the sh...

Days are short, and I ain't down The sun is on the hill Looking in my suitcase for a friend The door was opened wide You know I lost a little pride And inside it was just another man CHORUS: Every day another man reaches out his hand Every moment ther...

De colores, de colores se visten los campos en la primavera De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir Chorus (2X): Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi C...

Well, the new sheriff wrote me a letter Yes, the new sheriff wrote me a letter Come up and see me, dead or alive Come up and see me, dead or alive CHORUS 1: Dead or alive, if s a hard road It's a hard road, dead or alive Well, he even sent me my pictu...

The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting The oranges are piled in their cresote dumps They're flying you back to the Mexico border To pay all your money to wade back again My father's own father, he wanted that river They took all the money he ma...

Chorus: Don't you push me, push me, push me, Don't you push me down. Don't you push me, push me, push me, Don't you push me down. You can play with me, You can take my hand, We can skip together Down to the pretzel stand. You can wear my mommy's shoe...

If all the doors were closed in heaven Where would all the angels go Would they just fly around forever Or would they come down here below If the pearly gates were closed this morning Would there be angels here tonight And would they live their lives am...

I remember when I met you Underneath the evening sky Now it seems I could forget you Rescue me, I'm bound to die All the promises we made there With no words to understand And though I've tried I've come up empty Heart of stone, drowning man CHORUS:...

Down in the scrub oak timber of the Southeast Texas Gulf There used to ride a brakeman and a brakeman double tough He worked the town of Kilgore and Longview nine miles down Us trav'lers called him East Texas Red the meanest bull around. I rode by nigh...

Gonna sit right here and sing myself a tune That I wrote one afternoon After everyone had gone And I know that this won't mean a lot to you You've got better things to do But for me I'll just go on Old dog is Iying in the middle of the road He don't do...

And for myself I have no regrets That time has taken what it soon forgets A gambler's paradise in short vignettes These stolen moments from the hourglass A burning candle while the night-time lasts Upon my pillow where my dreams float past And all my m...

I dream in the morning That she brings me water And I dream in evening That she brings me wine Just a poor man's daughter From Puerto Penasco Evangelina in old Mexico There's a great hot desert South of Mexicali And if you don't have water Then you...

Every hand in the land Shakes along with me It don't seem that I can dream Like I used to dream Maybe that somebody is shaking me If I fell I could tell It may be that somebody is making me Dream that you're forever Gone away from me Every toe that...

This world is not my home Passing through me As clouds before the moon The great depths of the ocean Barely take notice Of wind upon the waters Therefore I from the depths of my soul Laugh at distractions Amusing myself with songs The shadows of cloud...

Sitting down on a country fence post Sitting down watchin' trucks roll by Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've been here for an hour or so And nothing much is going down I don't care much anyway Because yo...

Woke up this morning with my head in my hand Come on, children, come on Snow was falling all over the land Come on, children, come on I don't know but I've been told Come on, children, come on That the streets of Heaven have all been sold Come on, child...

CHORUS: Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep and low Gonna make it fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Please bless these seeds I sow Please keep them safe below 'Till the rain comes tumbling down Pullin' weed...

Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull just glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though its glow is waxed in black All except when 'neath the trees of Eden The lamppost stands wit...

Let's not sit here, talk about it baby It's got to start in your heart or else it'll pass on by It's what pleases you when your love seems new That puts the light back in your eyes You got what it takes, and I know it make it through CHORUS: You've got...

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll guestyou in my dream Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in town Sometimes I have a great notion Jumpin’ in the river and drown Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Iren...

I went down to the grocery store To get in, I had to pay a dime or more I hadn't yet begun to start When I had to pay the rent on the shopping cart Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum Deedle lee dum de da Well, I let the kids loose on the floor And they ra...

Guabi guabi kuzwan le toum diome Ize les gambi shooey entana Guabi guabi kuzwan le toum diome Ize les gambi shooey entana Ni izome tingy la ma bonza Ize widgy le ba na na Ni izome tingy la ma bonza Ize widgy le ba na na Guabi guabi kuzwan le toum dio...

Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crecen las palmas Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crecen las palmas Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma Chorus: Guantanamera Guajira Guantanamera Guantanamera Guajira Guantanamera Mi verso es de...

It was late last night when the boss came home Asking about his lady The only answer that he got was She's gone with the Gypsy Davey Gone with the Gypsy Dave Go saddle me up my buckskin home And my hundred dollar saddle Point out to me their wagon trac...

I ain't got a nickle to call mine The goverment has made me pay my tax on time The've takin' all my bread And left me here for Dead I ain't even got a lousy dime Chorus Who the hell wants money When there ain't none to be had It don't make the good ti...

Where have you been all the day, Henry my son? Where have you been all the day, My currant bun? In the woods, dear mother In the woods, dear mother Mother be quick I got to be sick and Lay me down to die. What did you do in the woods all day, Henry m...

Here I am Won't you take me in your arms tonight And there you are Looking like the stars are in your eyes Here we go You know it's been so long since we were lovers I don't know If I felt this way since then and baby why Why we said good-bye Why we s...

Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin Come with me a love me, Babe I may be back again Meantime I'll keep sailing down This highway in the wind Evenings just begin the days And follows w...

Go to sleep you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rail humming That's a hobo's lullaby Do not think about tomorrow Let tomorrow come and go Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar Safe from all the wind and snow I know th...

My life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation. I hear the real, thought far off hymn That hails the new creation Above the tumult and the strife, I hear the music ringing; It sounds an echo in my soul How can I keep from singing? What thr...

I could be singing forever I guess you could say I'm in love The universe is getting together You know that I can't say it enough You and your friends have a party Welcome your heavenly Dad Remember the guy by the water We seen walkin' round on the air...

If I could only hear my mother sing again If I could close my eyes and hear your voice as then All the friends and family would sing along with me, and set your spirit free In my heart I hear you sing again Every note as natural as then and when I sing...

I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hooligan They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw Ride around little dogies, ride around them slow For the fiery and snuff...

Remember back when I was born High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sayin' this is the tune of the Earth my friends When I want to be around I want to be around...

It's okay if you're alright It's good to be here with you tonight Dressed in moonlight and faded jeans It ain't no mystery, all it means is I can't believe I'll be with you tonight I can't believe I'll be with you tonight We'll be alright if it's okay I...

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight What the dollar used to get us now won't buy a head of lettuce No the economic forecast isn't right But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray I can even glimpse a new an...

Like the tree that grows so tall Leaves turn gold and then they fall They've gone down, now they've grown They're going home Mountain streams may run and flow Clean the sands on which they go Stretching down like it had known It's going home Sunrise...

I've just seen a face, I can't forget the time or place That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me And I want all the world to see we've met Na na na na na na Had it been another day I might have looked the other way But I had never been aware And as it i...

Where are the dreams We dreamed when we were younger Where are the songs we never got to sing Oh how cold were the nights we slept without each other Time doesn't wait, but time won't pass us by If I could only touch your life With just one part of me...

If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the mornin...

Friends I used to know are coming by To ask me if my situation's high 'Cause sometimes I just stare at the sky Up is down before Her crown I cry CHORUS: If you would just drop by sometime If you would just drop by If you can possible make it up sometim...

If I should die before I wake, All my bone and sinew take Put me in the compost pile To decompose me for a while. Worms, water, sun will have their way, Returning me to common clay All that I am will feed the trees And little fishes in the seas. When...

Loose the bonds that tie me Let the world I live in let me Take these chains from off my thumb Let the world just know you've come Everyone is thinking that there must be a way Come closer to me a babe, and hear what I say Lay down beside me, listen to...

We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Brothers, sisters, all Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Brothers, sisters, all We are da...

Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop CHORUS: But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head...

Well, I went to the dance and the animals come, Jaybird danced with horse-shoes on. Grasshopper danced till he fell on the floor Jig along, jig along, jig along home. Chorus: Jig jiga jig jiga jig along home, Jig jiga jig jiga jig along home. Jig along...

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, Alive as you and me. Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" said he, "I never died" said he. "The Copper Bosses killed you Joe, They shot you Joe" says I. "Takes more than guns to kill a man" Says J...

CHORUS: Lying on the side of the road Feeling like he heard a sound Shivered with the feelin' that he knowed John looked down, John looked down John looked down the long, long road She gave John a present that was fine So fine that he had to go Went t...

Last night I had the strangest dream I'd ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room Filled with women and men And the paper they were signing said They'd never fight again And when the pa...

Lonely sunshine, days come easy, Spend my time alone at rest, And if I were the last to leave here, Now would these roads be any less? Oh, I'm the last to leave. Now would these ribbon highway roads Be less wonderful to me? Why must I always be so slow...

I want to hop on the last train in the station Won't need to get yourself prepared When you're on that last train to glory You'll know you're reasonably there Maybe you ain't walked on any highway You've just been flyin' in the air But if you're on that...

I don't need no diamond ring I don't need no Cadillac car Just want to drink my Ripple wine Down in the Lightnin' Bar Down in the Lightnin' Bar Some people value fortune and fame I don't care about 'em none Just want to drink my Ripple wine I want to...

I am a little Beggar and a Beggar I have been For three score'r more in this little Isle of green And I'm known from the Liffy down to Segue And I'm known by the name of bold Donahue Of all the trades a-goin' now sure beggin is the best When a man gets t...

Take my little hoe, dig a hole in the ground Take my little seed and I plant it down; Tooky, tooky, tooky, tooky, tidalo, We'll all dance around and see my little seed grow. Chorus: Tooky, tooky, tooky, tooky, tidalo, Tooky, tooky, tooky, tooky, tidalo,...

Coming down the highway, running like a wind Gonna beat the sunset to the coast and back again Moving thru the shadows, almost going blind Living like a Iegend before my time If the road don't kill me, baby, I'll see you in the spring Making up for lost...

I got a feelin' called blues, Lord Since my baby said goodbye Lord, I don't know what I'll do All I do is sit and sigh, oh, Lord That last long day she said goodbye, Well, Lord I thought I would cry She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin'...

There's sometimes I don't believe in nothing Sometimes I do That's why it hurts to believe in you Though I know that pain and sorrow Ain't nothing new It really hurts to be hurt by you Lost my job to no one Lost my baby to another man That's what I ge...

Sometimes when the sun goes down And I'm lost in some other town My thoughts may drift away To Manzanillo Bay And I can see a fisherman His day's catch lying on the sand Underneath the palms that sway Over Manzanillo Bay Now I'm missing your silver m...

Like a dream in the night As the snow settles white There's a fire burning bright In Massachusetts And there's a house upon a hill That keeps us from the chill And by the grace of God we will Be in Massachusetts You can tell me 'bout the times you sp...

A sunny disk, The sky's around (it) This is a drawing by a young boy. He drew it on a sheet (of paper) And signed in the corner May there always be sun May there always be sky, May there always be mama, May there always be I 

Busted flat in Baton Rouge Waitin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained Rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna And was playing soft While Bobby sang the bl...

Me and my goose Me and my pal We had some very good times Me and my goose his name was Al And he cost only a dime Over meadows we'd stray Playing all day I missed him at night until dawn Then one day I found he wasn't around I wondered where Al could...

Loving in golden temples, my love Is flowing on heavenly seas The silent commands and heard throughout the lands And are weaving his patterns with ease All of the beautiful mountains beyond Can surely not tempt me to stay Even my musical melody thoughts...

One day, one day, Sir I was walking along I heard that special Singing a lonesome song Chorus: Oh, let the Midnight Special Shine her light on me Let the Midnight Special Shine her ever lovin light on me If you ever go to Houston You know you bette...

I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore I am sad and weary far away from home Miss the Mississippi and you dear Days are dark and drea...

Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is done As the seabird flies above My songs are sung to those I've come to love The petals strung...

Mooses come walking over the hill Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still When mooses come walking they go where they will When mooses come walking over the hill Mooses look into your window at night They look to the left and they look to the right...

I had a home down in Texas Down where the bluebonnets grew I had the kindest old mother How happy we were, just we two Then one day the angels called her Said they, we'd all have to pay She called me close to her bedside These last few words to say Son...

I dont want a pickle I just wanna ride on my morotcycle And I dont want a tickle I'd rather ride on my motorcycle And I dont wanna die I just wanna ride on my motorcy...cle It was late last night, the other day Thought I'd go up and see Ray So I went...

I put my dolly's dress on And she looks like this I put my dolly's pants on And she looks like this I put my dolly's hat on And she looks like this 

I remember now the time you left You thought to say farewell But for how long you would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caused you lots of grief And took you many places that You came to, for to leave CHORUS: Alone...

My love, you're like the wind on the run I never know where you are coming from I wasn't easily won My love, I saw you first long ago I didn't think then, now I know How long it took love to grow Oh babe, I long to hold you at night We two together ar...

Tonight is a night I'll walk in the wind And listen to stuff I can write The radio says a ninety mile wind Will whip old New York town tonight. Well I did walk and the wind did come And I got to see who was the toughest New York town or the high bl...

I've been from Maine to Texas I've searched from coast to coast For the country on the cover Of the Saturday Evening Post On every road I traveled In all the places I passed through I saw the faces of America That Norman always knew There's so much th...

Hello again the mornin' dawn has burned away the midnight mist Now and then I feel so fine And now and then I don't feel lonely Now and then and only in my mind I want to go outside today go away, I think I'll stay Now and then I talk with you And now...

Looked into your eyes this morning You were far away You must have known I was looking for you You knew you couldn't stay All these winds blowing on me Blowing in the nighttime lonely Blew on over the ocean to you Blew my words away Put on your heaven...

Oh Mary don't you weep for me Oh Mary just you wait for me The battle will soon be over Oh Mary don't you weep Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home For three long years now he's been gone He left her cryin' on her wedding day And went to fight th...

Mom's just a throw-back To the sixties generation All that junk like peace and love Is just an aggravation Ain't got no use for transcendental meditation Mom, you're universal love is such a drag *Well Mom said Dad He might've been a Virgo Or a head s...

Oh, in the morning Feel like the sun Coming up on daytime Shine on every one Coming up on darkness Warm me in your arms Let me know another lonely night Has come and gone Oh, happy river flowing Gently unto me Softly bring me music Listen to you si...

Many a month has come and gone Since I've wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Many a page of my life has turned Many lessons I have learned And I feel like in those hills Where I belong CHORUS: Way down yonder in the India...

Put the top down on this old Mustang Buy us a bottle of wine Head up north to see the old gang I want to see some friends of mine I want to see some friends of mine True loving people whose hearts are kind Find that little town that's in the back of my m...

Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It's good enough for me. We will pray with Aphrodite, We will pray with Aphrodite, She wears that see-through nightie, And it's good enough for me. We will p...

On a Monday I was arrested And on a Tuesday, I got locked up in jail And on a Wednesday My trial was attested And on a Thursday Nobody would go my bail Yes I'm gone Aaaalmost most gone Yes I'm gone I'm almost gone Yes I'm gone, I'm almost gone A...

One night with you Is what I'm now prayin' for The things that we two could plan Would make my dreams come true Just call on me And I'll be right by your side I need your sweet heavy hand My love's too strong to hide Always lived a very quiet life I...

Living now, here but for fortune Placed by fate's mysterious schemes Who'd believe that we're the ones asked to Try to rekindle the patriot's dreams Arise sweet destiny, time runs short All of your patience has heard their retort Hear us now, for alone...

This next song we're going to dedicate to a great American organization. Tonight I'd like to dedicate this to our boys in the FBI. Well, wait a minute. It's hard to be an FBI man. I mean, first of all, being an FBI man, you have to be over 40 years old....

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears Turn, turn, turn again Joliet prison for ninety-nine years...

Way out in Reno Nevada where romance blooms and fades A great Philadelphia lawyer was in love with a Hollywood maid Come love and we will wander down where the lights are bright I'll win you a divorce from your husband and we can get married tonight Wild B...

I was born in Portland Town, I was born in Portland Town Yes I was, yes I was, yes I was. I was married in Portland Town, I was married in Portland Town Yes I was, yes I was, yes I was. Children I had, one, two, three, Children I had, one, two, three, Yes I...

The power of love can make a blind man see Can bring a man to his knees The power of love can make a sultan grieve Can make a skeptic believe CHORUS: The power of love is south of south And scorches out all the doubt The power of love is the name of...

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved Oh, how precious did that grace appear The hour I first believe...

You said you didn't know, that the cats with the bugs were there, and you never go along with that kind of stuff no where, but that just isn't the point man, that's the wrong wrong way to go, if you didn't know about that one, well then what else don't yo...

If you'll gather 'round me, children, A story I will tell 'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well. It was in the town of Shawnee, A Saturday afternoon, His wife beside him in his wagon As into town they rode. There a deputy sheriff a...

In the event of my demise Be sure to include this statement When you are bent on closing my eyes Thinking about what my life meant Alone on a hill back in '65 Things looked a lot like changing Singing our songs that we harmonized Dreaming of worlds rea...

Put your finger in the air, in the air. Put your finger in the air, in the air. Put your finger in the air, and hold it right up there. Put your finger in the air, in the air. Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek. Put your finger on your cheek, o...

Don't you know it's darkest before the dawn And it's this thought keeps me moving on If we could heed these early warnings The time is now quite early morning If we could heed these early warnings The time is now quite early morning Some say that humank...

I'll race you down the moun-tain, I'll race you down the moun-tain, I'll race you down the moun-tain, We'll see who gets there first. Let's run and jump the riv-er, Let's run and jump the riv-er, Let's run and jump the riv-er, We'll see who gets there...

Ramblin' around your city Ramblin' around your town I never see a friend I know As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round My mother hoped that I might be A man of some renown But I am just a refugee As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ram...

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathways awhile CHORUS: Come and sit by my side, if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu Just re...

When evening chores are over at the ranch house on the plains And there's nothing left to do but lay around I saddle up my pony and go riding down the trail Just to watch the desert sun go down White faced cattle lowing, sagebrush everywhere Granite spire...

I had a friend, a friend I could trust He went into the park and got busted Doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag Went in the park late at night And he put a lot of people over eighty up tight He was doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag CHORUS: Ring around, r...

Running down the road Make my get away Everything I told you was just yesterday Yes, You know I'm off again Oh, and I've been told You were there beside me Running down the road Walking down the street Meet me down the line Police car at my feet Th...

Too many women growing up wrong Get an education thinking thoughts on their own Making decisions telling men what to do Look at the trouble that we're all going through Russian girls could save the world Here in America land of the free Used to mean som...

Sailng down my golden river Sun and water all my own Yet I was never alone Sun and water, old life givers l'll have them where ere I roam And I was not far from home Sunlight glancing on the water Life and death are all my own Yet I was never alone...

I'd like to tell you a story For just a minute or two And if you don't want to hear it Just be quiet if some others do I'd like to get me a satellite Way up over the world And say hello everybody and you too girl This is me your friend A.G. Speaking t...

On a long lonesome Journey I'm going Oh darling, and please don't you cry Though in shackles and chains they will take me In prison to stay till I die And at night through the bars I gaze at the stars And I long for your kisses in vain A piece of stone...

The Missouri, she's a might river Away you rolling river The red man's camp lies on her borders Away, we're bound away across the wide Missouri A white man loved an Indian maiden Away you rolling river With notions sweet his canoe was laden Away, we'r...

Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep you little sleep eye Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep you little sleep eye Close the eye, close the eye Close the eye my little sugar One eye close, and two eyes close Go to sleep you little sleep eye Go to sl...

If I could go back home to the place I was raised I'd catch the next bus and be there in a few days But I just can't do it, I was raised on the road I've got no place to go to, so l guess l'll stay on There's dreams that I've had, I wrote in songs yesterd...

I've been to wild Montana I went there in a storm My boots were Texas leather My Levis wet and torn I loved it in Montana Loved it in the storm I think I'm gonna cross that river I just might be reborn New York, New York - winter, '61 Takin' me a ci...

Someday l'll be there with you When you're there I'll be there too If you only knew I will be with you Someday we will meet again When we meet I'll see you then If you only knew l'll be there with you It will make this farewell seem Little more than...

My name is Juanano de Castro My father was a Spanish Grandee But I won my wife in a card game To hell with those lords o'er the sea Well the South Coast is wild coast and lonely You might win in a game at Cholon But a lion still rules the Barranca And...

I went down to Saint James Infirmary Heard my baby groan I felt so broken hearted She used to be my own I tried to keep from cryin' My heart felt just like lead She was all I had to live for 

Every now and again when the world seems blue And all of the trials there disappear in you They say that there's a way to get across the bridge But I wouldn't be standing here upon this ridge If I thought that I knew That the way to get across to you Was...

VERSE: Standing at the threshold of a moment in my life Looking far into the ceaseless wonders of this day Calling from the mountain top "Come give to me your hand Touch me and we'll go along our way" CHORUS: And bring about your love And sing about y...

Words end Music by Gus Cannon Arranged and Adapted by Arlo Guthrie Put your arms around me Like a circle 'round the sun You know I'll love you baby When my easy ridin's done CHORUS: You don't believe I love you Look at the fool I've been You don't b...

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I proudly steppe...

Every morning just as soon as it's light Get out of bed and I'm feeling alright Make me some coffee and I sit down alone The rest of the day I'm on the telephone CHORUS: Hang up, hold on You got a dime so you come on so strong Save your money and let m...

Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa One of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent h...

Riding on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail All along the southbound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee And rolls along past houses,...

I struck the trail in seventy-nine The herd strung out behind me As I jogged along my mind went back To the gal I left behind If I ever get off the trail, boys And the Indians don't find me I'll make my way straight back again To the gal I left behind m...

Just me and a friend roamin' around Him a magician and I was a clown Playin' the streets for a dollar a day Waitin' for the right time and a sign to lead the way Crossed over the border to a mystical land Sort of unexpected didn't quite understand On a...

When something in my history is found Which contradicts the views that I propound Or shows that I perhaps am not the guy I claim to be Here's what I usually do Chorus: I lie I simply boldly falsify I look the other feller in the eye And just deny, den...

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame? She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea. Tell me what were their names, tell m...

Wanna hear something? You know that Indians never ate clams. They didn't have linguini! And so what happened was that clams was allowed to grow unmolested in the coastal waters of America for millions of years. And they got big, and I ain't talking about c...

Chorus: This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I sa...

There's gonna be some changin' 'round Babe, when you come turn me down Trifled on me for your last time When I come home at night Why you always start a fight Now babe I want you to know You left your motor runnin' slow I got off and got on a faster li...

Yes, I know I've been untrue And I have hurt you through and through But please have mercy on this heart of mine Won't you take me back and try me one more time In my dreams I see your face It seems like there's someone in my place But does he know that...

I saw the splendor of the moonlight On Honolulu Bay There's something tender in the moonlight On Honolulu Bay And all the beaches are filled with peaches Who bring their ukes along And in the glimmer of the moonlight They love to sing this song 1: I...

Uncle Jeff played the fiddle in his Colorado home And I backed him on the banjo so he didn't play alone We've got five generations of a fiddle playin' clan And it's nice to hear a fiddle by a fiddle playin' man Here's another song for Uncle Jeff Guthrie...

Truth is you've been waiting so long You're ripe and so insane Can the tentacles of your mind stop the pain How long will you sit there wondering What's happening to your heart Can't you fell the love surround you - That's a start CHORUS: I'll take to...

There's a river running underground That roll along the clay That took my body when I laid it down And carried it far away It's too damned dark for you to see So I did not protest My soul shook free, you can't have me But you may keep the rest The wa...

Now there's a new craze a-goin' 'round It's gettin' bigger in most every town From New York City out to Hollywood Got everybody in the neighborhood CHORUS: Down in the unemployment line You got yourself a place and I got mine We been here waitin' since...

There once was a union maid, she never was afraid Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called, And when the Legion boys come 'round She always stood her ground. O...

So you ask me my kind friend Why I am sad and still And why my brow is darkened Like the clouds upon the hill Rein in your ponies closer And I'll tell you all a tale Of Utah Carroll, partner And his last ride on the trail In a grave without a headsto...

I went down in the valley to pray Learnin' about the good old way And who would wear the starry crown Oh Lord, show me the way Oh Brother, let's go down Come on down, don't you want to go down Oh Brother, lets go down Down in the valley to pray As I...

Victor Jara of Chile Lived like a shooting star He fought for the people of Chile With his songs and his guitar His hands were gentle, his hands were strong Victor Jara was a peasant Who worked from a few years old He sat upon his father's plow And wa...

I stood on the Atlantic Ocean The wide Pacific shore To the queen of the flowing mountains To the southbell by the door She's long and tall and handsome And loved by one and all She's a modern combination Called the Wabash Cannonball Oh listen to the...

Wind's gonna blow so I'm gonna go Down on the road again Starting where the mountains Ieft me I'm up where I began Where I will go the wind only knows Good times around the bend Get in my car, goin' too far Never comin' back again Tired and worn I wo...

Wake up, wake up, wake up. Wake up, wake up, wake up. Wake up, wake up, wake up. Wake up, wake up, wake up. Open eyes, open eyes, open eyes. Open eyes, open eyes, open eyes. Wake up, wake up, wake up. Open eyes, open eyes, open eyes. Stretch arms, st...

When I was younger she'd come to me in dreams Her face was hidden in the mountain streams Her voice disguised as the sound of the wind The rustling of leaves, she would call from within Wake up, wake up, wake up, she said Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake u...

I'm a walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin' To tell about my troubled mind. I'm a walkin' down the line, I'm walkin' down the line An' I'm walkin' down the line. My feet'll be a-flyin'...

Oh, last night I sat by your side Oh, I was feelin' so lonely Would have given up my pride All night I was so lonely Then you took to the streets You don't have much to say But I listened to your feet As they walked away Bye bye bye bye Now walking'...

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives together Making their debuts Dressed in leaves and weari...

[Chorus] Well may the world go, The world go, the world go, Well may the world go, When I'm far away. Well may the skiers turn, The swimmers churn, the lovers burn Peace, may the generals learn When I'm far away. [Chorus] Sweet may the fiddle soun...

CHORUS: Rolling, wheeling like I'm feeling Everything's gonna carry on You go your way, I'm going my way We will come and so be gone Wheel of fortune, turn for me now Turn to trouble in the West Wheels of completion rolling Wait to put my mind to rest...

Halfway around the world tonight In a strange and foreign land A soldier packs his memories As he leaves Afghanistan And back home, they don't know too much There's just no way to tell I guess you had to be there For to know that war was hell And there...

Greedy people take what's mine I can leave them all behind And they can never cross that line When I get to the border Saw-bones standin' at the door Waiting till I hit the floor He won't find me anymore When I get to the border CHORUS: Monday morni...

Cattle prowl and the coyotes howl Out on the Great Divide Never done no wrong, just singin' a song As down the trail I ride Rattle snakes rattle at the prairie dogs You can hear that mournful tune 'Cause it's round-up time, a-way out west When the cact...

Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be a'breathin' Like the stillness in the wind Before the hurricane begins The hour when the ship comes in And the sea will split And the ship will hit And the shoreline san...

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls go...

There's trouble all around the world Well, it looks that way to me People don't know what to do They don't know where they should be But just one question still remains To which we must respond Two roads lead from where we are Which side are you on C...

Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and by There's a better home a-waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky I was standing by my window, On one cold and cloudy day When I saw that hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away Will the circle be unb...

We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Brothers, sisters, all Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Brothers, sisters, all We are da...

Not so long ago I set out on this road With my friends and my companions by my side And I think of you wherever I do go I'm a rambler, I ain't hard to satisfy. CHORUS: Won't be long till I am home again with you Just a few more miles to go Won't be lon...

I've been keeping on the run I've been traveling with the sun I've been singing all my life and getting by Got to keep up with what's goung on In this place I've been so long And I guess I'll just keep singing all my life And it's so good to come home...

In the candle, lights burn away Leaving nothing, except the day Just to blow your mind away Coming thus, this daily change You sit and pose the very strange He sits and hums 'Home on the Range" And just wouldn't you believe it Now the hallway, now the...

The sun is sinking down I'm standing 'round my window You say you're going away But I believe in love CHORUS: The power of love divine Will surely shine you'll see And guide us to where we ought to be You and me The moon is coming up And I'm still...

My love, you are the song That sings inside of me The song is always the same It starts with love and ends with your name The more that I love you There's more in you to love And yet I just don't know how I could love you more than I do right now They...