Ozark Mountain Daredevils

(One, two, three) I'm always good for a jump or a joke I take it easy even when I take a toke But there's a memory and a story never wrote And every time it's told, I get a lump in my throat I know it's crazy, but I swear it ain't a lie It happened...

...city street Hang out Thumbs in pocket Black jacket Black jack Dego-red Manhattenized-Bohemia Of Southern California, Tough punk of Cool, futuristic Montana... Well, have you ever been mixed up Feel like you're in a stick-up, a hold-up...

Well I sleep like a feather I don't worry 'bout the weather I take backroads, wherever I go And I can't take no chances 'Cause I sure ain't got no answers I take the backroads, wherever I go Those four-lane freeways ain't got nothin' for me Just gimme a...

Check the dream, check the map Check the spring in your own time trap Check the plum, check the moon Check the sun when the day is doomed It's a bad road you're on Turn the wheel, turn the page Turn the angels on with rage Turn your cheek, take yo...

I'm goin' out bar hoppin' Yeah be-boppin' There won't be no stoppin' me tonight I'm goin' mini-skirtin' I might go wet-t-shirtin' Won't be no final curtain 'Til the broad of daylight You can call me a hard hat, wild cat I don't know, I may be li...

There's a beauty in the river There's a beauty in the stream There's a beauty in the forest at night When the lonely nightbird screams And there's so much time for singin' And so much time for words There's so much time to listen And so much time to be h...

For days on days I've seen your game And it takes away my joy The sea bird knows Where the fair winds blow His knowledge, he employs I know that fast, the end shall come The writing's on the wall But better days are comin' For us all Brother...

Well I sure take it with me wherever I go And you might like to see it but it never does show Like a wind in the valley that never does blow Like the grass in the back that you never did mow It's a black sky formin' on the ridge It's a woman waitin' s...

My aunt Jessie was cruel Lord, she made me go to school All the time It was killing me It was a crime Cause I could not be free From the confines Of those chains Oh the river was deep But the water looked sweet Oh my, my, my I jumped right...

Chicken Train Runnin' all day Chicken train Runnin' all day Chicken train Runnin' all day I can't get on I can't get off Chicken train take your chickens away Laser beam In my dream Laser beam In my dream Laser beam In my dream I can't get on...

Cobblestone mountain it was made by hand From the magic and mortar of a cobblestone man Cobblestone mountain it was laid by hand From the magic and mortar in a cobblestone land Magic and mortar in a cobblestone land Listen to me children here's a ridd...

I'm going back to Colorado Rollin' down the highway Just my life to carry It's written in the wind Again I will drink from the river That runs down from the mountain Just my life returning I feel it in the wind Again 

I want to be a commercial success So I can be just like the rest I want to be a commercial success So I can be just like the rest Fame and fortune and a brand new car I won't be having 'til they call me a star I'll buy a Lincoln and a New York bar,...

Well look see the moon comes risin' - tomorrow is yesterday He left his home and now he's gone - a hopin' to find a way A story of Rueben the cobbler - I'll tell you in this style How he went down the road with his load - and shouted for a thousand miles Oh...

If you want me to sail To the far end of the island If you want me to dive down And gather you pearls If you want me to shine Like a light up in the lighthouse If you want me to take you To the end of the world Just show me the way One more wa...

I know love makes the world go 'round and life is just a dream-o And some people play ball out of bounds but it ain't gonna change the game There's too much garbage in the sink, gonna take a lot of drain-o And life's so fast, I'm afraid to blink and peopl...

E. E. Lawson at the general store Highway K with the red front door A pot belly stove and a hardwood floor You call E. E. Lawson and what does he send? He sends eggs, chicks, chicks and hens, c**** and hides and b***er-fat skins E. E. Lawson, he's a hell...

Establish yourself, get down Establish yourself Establish yourself, boogie Create your existence Establish yourself (whooh) Establish yourself Establish yourself Hey 

There's a light that no one sees But it's as bright as the sun to me Everywhere she, everywhere she goes There's a song that no one hears But to me, it sounds so clear Everywhere she, everywhere she goes Everywhere she goes, she takes my heart and soul E...

Standin' in the trees, I get lifted by the leaves And carried away by the wind Turning around I touch down on the ground And then I'm drifted away again You've got to fly away on home hallelujah Fly away Fly away on home And get carried away by th...

Lately I've felt a little crazy Like I do when that moon's gettin' full Is there a change in the air or the way that I care How can I explain how I feel Wish I knew me better And I would if I half-tried But my will is strong and it just carries me o...

Sometimes I know how good it feels To be as free as a rolling wheel Cause then you just appear to me Within the shapes of things I see When I leave I watched an eagle way up high Makin' circles in the sky I watched a river passin' by I've see it...

Have you ever felt yourself in a place a little strange Where nothin' seemed the way it should be And every time you'd set your sight and take an aim Things would change, move out of range Have you stood in the sunshine and seen darkness everywhere Ha...

The dolphins live in the open sea And the gypsies live in the forest While the owls and the crows and the sure foot does Still live like those before us And the oak and the pine and the sycamore shines And the day spins round like a feather And the...

Down in the hills of the Ozarks There are some women that'll have your heart All wrapped up in chains it's a shame If you make the bad mistake of telling them The crazy things you tell them When you're high on that homemade wine 'Cause when you're h...

I know people who lose their lovers Turn around and they find another They fall in love and then they break up But I don't know if I want to wake up 'Cause I'm still dreamin' I'm still dreamin', baby I'm still dreamin' Oooh, About you Other women walk...

If I only knew what wakes me If I only knew Then I would be outside walkin' Through the morning dew with you It shouldn't be too far It shouldn't be far away, away, away If I only knew which road went where If I only knew Then I would be outside...

She combs her hair by the light we share From that little lamp by the door I read my antique rhymes for her as she Sits by me on the floor And as long as this goes on There'll be love in every song we sing I see a change in the dead of night like the Cha...

{Instrumental} I never read it in a book I never saw it on a show But I heard it in the alley On a weird radio If you want a drink of water You got to get it from a well If you want to get to heaven You got to raise a little hell I never felt it in...

Just when it's all blown away Just when there's nothing to say Just when I'm lost and alone Just when I'm so far from home I feel your guiding light in the day, in the night And when I walk down the street There is a secret that I keep It's nev...

Now a tear Leaves you only a trace And the sun Finds its way to your face It couldn't be better, It couldn't be better, Lord Than it is right now And the one That you gave all your charms Finds his way To the depth of your arms It couldn't be better,...

I've got a mountain of dreams to climb 'Fore I get to that house on the hill That keeps the lady of my morning In a brown earthen pot on the sill Of the window that looks out Across the valley, probably always will I'll make sure no one is watching me Li...

The old cat on the roof He could stand a little push 'Cause he's got nine good lives to live But like my momma said You only live till you're dead And you got to give and give and give There's a pebble in the pond Goin' on and on, Makin' waves a...

Well, baby used to stay out all night long She made me cry, she done me wrong She hurt my eyes open, that's no lie Tables turn and now her turn to cry Because I used to love her, but it's all over now Because I used to love her, but it's all over now W...

There are people livin' in poverty Their lives are just misery Can't get enough relief There are children needing some food to eat Shoes on their little feet Lookin' to you and me Why do we look away Think it will go away today I think it's only fair Th...

Ooh, Jackie Blue Lives her life from inside of her room Hides a smile when she's wearin' a frown Ooh, Jackie you're not so down You like your life in a free-form style You'll take an inch but you'd love a mile There never seems to be quite enough Floating aro...

Well, you walked that valley's grassy floor and climbed that hilly ridge you stood there naked stung with fear and tippy-toed on the edge Well, you swung on a vine, you crawled in the dirt and made the river your best friend You ate ev'rything from a skunk t...

With a sky blue And a cold ground And a windmill stalled in mid-air We head across Kansas On our way home Colorado, thank you, goodbye Kansas, you fooler, You're makin' me smile 'Cause I've never seen you this way before You sure do look better When i...

Layin' round makin' b***er from the cream I know that we seen each other in a dream My heart starts yearnin' when I'm all alone So keep on churnin' till the cows come home Keep on churnin' and don't go slow Keep on churnin' everybody knows You got to keep on c...

If I fell off to sleep and did not wake A-would the Lord my soul to take And could the land that I've known also die Do you think of you and wonder why Down in leatherwood That thought we leave behind Down in leatherwood Country love's gonna steal your m...

Well, babe, you could be a standing in my kitchen Or floating on your back in a deep blue sea A wiser is the man who seeks new visions And tries to keep his heart and mind toll-free Look away, oh, Lord, look away, yeah Look away, oh, Lord, look away A run...

In the streetlight while I'm walking I hear voices, someone talking When I listen, no affection Something missing, no direction Ooooh... Every moment We have wasted, there is nothing Ooooh... In the distance Through the wreckage, I hear something...

I know it's been thought, I know it's been done I know it's been said, I know it's been sung You can grin like a 'possum, or live like a thief You can stand by the river, And preach your beliefs You can hide in the moonlight Shine in the sun But it's love make...

I heard a song that was taught to a baby And it made the mountain sing I knew a gift that was given to my lady It was hidden in a dream And there's a light in the lowlands And a river that runs so clean I'm a poor man feelin' lazy And the lowlands are cal...

When that moon is on the rise And the light gets in your eyes And stirs somethin' that used to lie Inside you 'till you ask why Why ain't I just passin' by Like that moon that's on the rise It shouldn't come as no surprise I been back here time and time Like...

Walking down the road Rocks fly at my feet I let myself explode And wake you from your sleep And the flowers are blooming In the mountain range Lay down what you're doing The season is in change And my mind is made up To learn all the dances Before my...

Just about a hundred years or so ago Ten men rode their way down the mighty colorado And as I read about their journey I couldn't help but feel a very similar yearning To mr. powell And I wish that I could have been there with him The way he talked about...

Welcome to the city, welcome to disaster You see a pretty girl, but you're walkin' right past her You give it up, get it back, Turn around and ask her She don't talk back so you talk a little faster Winkin' in a snapshot, wavin' like a bigshot You're...

Watch the water flow underneath the rainbow Everyone is gone away It don't have to come some other time The sky is changin' I can hear the singin' Clouds will soon be alright Bringin' on the daylight Let it rain Let it rain Let it rain And bring on th...

Out on the sea, there is an island Out on the sea, there is a place Out on the sea there's a wave With the power to save All the sailors from the dark and the deep We used to dance in the shadows Under the moon's pale light Away from home and all alone T...

You think I'd learn to take a step back You think I'd learn to take a fall You think I'd learn how to walk like a cat along the wall But there's no rhyme and there's no reason And I just might get left behind, yeah, yeah And I go crazy when your heart...

River runnin', river runnin' River runnin', down to the sea River runnin', river runnin' River runnin', down to the sea Down to the sea Are you standin', are you standin' Are you standin' in the light of day Are you sleepin', are you sleepin' Are you sl...

There's a card game in the courtyard And the winner loses all When the judge checks his supper It's so small And the hills are grey with trouble And the dry spring gathers dust Your lover's crying in the valley She lost her trust But there is a road to...

He lives in a valley where a creek runs by him Every single day Nothing's around to tempt or try him Or get in his way Walkin back from the morning sunrise High on top of his hill Looking out over the peace in his valley Is the best feeling that he can feel Fr...

Everything's freezin' up fast Everyone's lookin' for wood Some folks say it won't last Some folks say it's for good I got my lady and my time to kill I guess I'll stay here by this window sill 'Cause I'm S*****und, S*****und Somebody said it's a sign...

There's a lotta folks down at the island That follow that astrology Some got a chart of the heavens And some got a fancy degree But me I got a pick-up And I drive it like a Fourth of July And that's where I seen the vision When it fell right out of the s...

I been standin' on the rock, waitin' for the wind to blow I been standin' on the rock, waitin' for the wind to blow I been standin' on the rock, waitin' for my seeds to grow I been walkin' on the ground, waitin' for the guns to quit I been walkin' on the groun...

No tell yo' mama No telephone No tellin' baby when I take you tonight Nobody baby Know where you gone No tellin' baby where I'll take you tonight Maybe inside of heaven But if I do No tellin' baby when I take you Make you Take you Tonight No tellin' baby Can'...

There's a runaway On a cold big city street Trying her best to stay warm On a subway grate She kneels down for the heat And prays for shelter from the storm As people hurry by on their way home Where they dream Of a world without sadness and pai...

The blacksmith dreams of a white queen The blacksmith dreams of a queen The cobbler dreams of a gold ring The cobbler dreams of a ring And weeds grow wild on the village green The red plum rots on the ground And she lays there with a bright gold ring And a pur...

Some folks go to the motel and some folks go to the brush And some folks go for that funky thing and some folks go for the rush But I thought we had a real love filled with a common trust Till your love slipped and I got hip now nothing ain't like it was An...

Runnin' fast climbin' to the sky A piece of pie hit me in the eye Tidal wave got me on the run Now I'm out lookin' for an answer Got a date with a Spanish dancer B***er weighs half a ton I'm in love and I'm never gonna come back down I'm in love and I'm...

Like Houdini in the river with a lock he couldn't see When you think you hit the bottom then you better find the key Like Custer at the Horn when he turned around and said "When you think you fin'lly got 'em, you're just as good as dead" It's a time warp pu...

Tomorrow you my be preachin' high on a hill And some people that come to see you may feel a thrill Everybody's gawking at you Some are even laughing at you again But they never thought they'd see you again Nearly a hundred summers have faded away Since th...

Well, I'm walkin' down the road with my hat on my head Had to leave my mama in my big brass bed Well, sun is shinin' on me and you know it sure feels fine Lord, I made it to the station with my suitcase in my hand Walked up to the window like a nat'ral born...

Where the snow melts And the shadows bend Weeping willows dance And the sea swells At the river's end Calling in the trance And our eyes meet while the watermill Turns the stubborn stream And my life breaks on the waterwheel Into a dream When the ligh...

I've been sittin' today, looking out over my land A home of my own, I'm so lucky for all that I have If ev'ry one I knew, could feel the way I do... I'm so amazed at what's happened along in my life I don't deserve all the right turns along the way If ev'ry on...

Fast asleep in the garden The rain is gone away Somewhere in the margin Are sheep that's gone astray Like the old man of the ocean Whose eyes tells where he's been Or one who lacks devotion Betrays his love again The thief will surely die When he's tak...

Now I'm lookin' out my house And what I see doesn't please me People goin' here, goin' there, Where's that leave me Now they're comin' in my door To explore what's running around in me But it's not me that they'll finally find Behind the smile on my face...

To take a look and walk away Isn't a stand man To speak the words that everyone's heard Isn't the way man Everybody knows All things must come and go But You know like I know that Everything's gonna be alright People just come and go They don't know w...

I've got a moon out my window in the night And I've got a sun out my doorway when it gets light I've got stones on the mountain and a clear, blue, wind-swept sky Thank you, Lord You made it right, you made it right And I've got a woman to love me when I'm...