Widespread Panic

Willie said "he was the mostest horse" Mahubah, Fair Play, desert mama's boy Running in first, neither proud nor cursed Carries the weight like a child takes to its toy Side by side, souls of kind, different world Hearts of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-W...

watchin people roll by wonderin where they're goin hey, what's your job what are you knowin drivin to the grocery store pull my money out passin by the liquor store throw my money down ain't life grand ain't life grand my wife's got the blues now...

sitting around, waiting for an airplane don't know how to fly that's ok i got me a pilot, she's going my way she's got wings, she's got wings... sitting around, waiting for the mailman don't know how he could be so slow my good friend said, she wrote m...

Black heart sun rides the sky Now your eyes are running dry Oh, like the space around me I take my spot in time Who knows who is both your best friend and brother When everyone's deserted you Who'd shoot first and ask questions later If anybody's mess...

Arleen was a G what a G Arleen was a G what a G Arleen was a G what a G Arleen was a G what a G Life was a thing that money could buy Rich would live and the poor would die Life was thing that money could buy Rich would live and the poor would die...

Over sixteen, under thirty-one Over sixteen, under thirty-one Over sixteen, under thirty-one Over sixteen, under thirty-one Arleen was a dream, what a dream Arleen was a dream, what a dream Arleen was a dream, what a dream Arleen was a dream, what a dr...

Help me mama, for I have grinned Save me daddy from where I'm goin' Call out to me from the ages beyond Help me remember how to be good How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't How to remember how to be good How to continue when I feel I really sho...

Baby let me follow you down, baby let me follow you down Well I'll do anything in this godalmighty world If you just let me follow you down. Can I come home with you, baby can I come home with you ? Yes I'll do anything in this godalmighty world If you just l...

The barstools built for dreamers We'll fit fine and find All the worlds dreams have died But tonight they're only taking thirsty people Who've been pullin' on their drinks From a glass that lies a bar length wide And in the drink there swim the swimmers...

Bear gone fishin', mermaids missin' Got to get to the bottom of this Kissin' the wound from the captain's harpoon Unexpected moment of bliss Loss is closer, tip of exposure It's sunny at the edge of the sea Baby knows what she really wants She get the m...

Funnin' round Grandpa's farm Really groovin' on the baby pigs Oh, I know they haven't even read the books I know Yeah, I understand the telephone But I really love to watch you talk your talk I love to watch you Maybe we're better off I feel young dan...

Like a Big Woolly Mammoth You gotta wear that coat Like his big brother Joseph Yeah, walkin' in the desert sand Like a doughboy in the trenches You gotta lay down low Like a Big Woolly Mammoth You gotta wear that coat You ain't got time to worry 'bou...

Hope you don't mind me barging the door In the middle of the night Hope you don't mind me barging the door like this In the middle of the night Falling in and out of bars on my own Pick my head up off the ground Woke up on your bed this morning You we...

We sat on the couch a playin' Touch the tongue and bump the table But I was scorned after little ado Tossed right out into the blue I set into a downward spiral Caught an illness that was literally viral I heard some words of wisdom the other day And...

Oh, Pappy left a chair like he's still sittin' there Once I almost saw him make his move Brave Indian who never changes his mood In a painting on the wall right there Oh, how long 'til the morning wakes Oh, how long 'til the medicine takes Oh, Sally...

C. Brown wakes from bed Brushes his teeth and he combs his head for school Out the door and down the street Down to the corner and a bus and some friends that he's supposed to meet But there, not to his surprise His friends have gone and they've told C a...

I've been working all day I've been shaking it loose It's been raining for hours I've been spilling my juice Nothing means nothing I couldn't care less And now that you're gone, I can't even guess I've got snakes in my cellar I've got blood in my bed...

Listen to the sound of the crickets Breathe deeply as many sounds become one sound Ah, hide away in the lament Relax, I am the one who is waiting for you All souls are welcome in the House of the Crickets Judging by the sound of the silence, they are beg...

In the easy chair with my boots on Melted whiskey in my hand I couldn't have been asleep for more than three hours Time to go to work again Once more I beat the sunrise And there's a dark breeze at my door Raise the water from the well up to my face Ho...

The Cadillacs roll, Katie step to the side Tellin' jokes with strangers A kind glance at a lonely passer-by Jingle bells, electric lights Oh, they rattle 'gainst the shopping cart Even on the fourth of July Christmas Katie calls people names They're D...

You can hear, hear it comin' Like a train out of control Surely leaves you wonderin' Exactly where your ticket goes Scream at the conductor He's been deaf for twenty years Hear the other people laughin' As he grinds through every gear You go to grab y...

I like coconuts You can break them open They smell like ladies lying in the sun I like coconuts You can break them open They smell like ladies lying in the sun And if I had my way I'd give a coconut to everyone I got a friend named Jack Look like a b...

Conrad the Caterpillar thought he was really killer, Couldn't wait to build a cocoon (original lyrics) Couldn't wait to buy blue suede shoes (recent lyrics) Spent all his days eatin' leaves in the shade And stayed when the night set, too. Conrad the Cater...

I've got no hard lipped woman Nagging at who I should be The blues lights rounding the corner They're not turning for no one like me Got a bucket of fried on the bench beside me Enough chicken for one man's needs Life's been getting a little bit easy lat...

Remember watching children play Ring-around-the roses Tiny electrons circling in neutral ground So much gravity, in gravity Boys in bars, they stir their drinks Clockwise while the ladies dance Bodies and thoughts constantly in motion Oh, what a time t...

Beautiful, the girl's cooking in the diner today Oh, she won't show the bother, even time she gets covered in blues I sing kind little songs Trying to bait her soul And she's like natural music Anyway she moves Oh in time, time, time, I just love to wa...

As a boy I had a gig with a travelin' show Way back in '63 We did a little pickin' for the soldier boys Of General Bobby Lee But when we got to Pennsylvania, I knew there'd be a change We caught up with some boys from Georgia And I heard one of them s...

Don't wanna lose you right now Don't wanna lose you Don't wanna lose you right now Don't wanna lose you You know, I can't see straight And I'm feelin' dizzy I can't feel my face Against the hard wood floor I'm gonna tell you right now I guess our v...

Take along some of your favorite things 'Cause you're gonna need 'em Wait right here Wait 'til I come back around You and I will go We'll just sit and watch it all go down Down Down I was fakin' While you waited for change to come I lied when I said...

Take your sleep You will dream anything You know you will Because you've lived So many dreams before Take your sleep Take your dream You'll see anything there Well you know you will Because you've lived So many times before In your sleep Wake u...

The leaves seen through my window pane Remind me that it's time to move my life again November sun is felt by none A chilly breeze has blown my thoughts to what's to come A cup of warm coffee, some vitamin C A bowl for the cat, a bowl for the dog, a bowl...

Inspirtation, Oh, she barely waits a moment Elevator doors open Hear her footsteps touch the stairs Words walk by Describing definition Stop and talk about it Narcissus Is just too easy to see We're always looking When we see fishes When we go fis...

Four train days Get me back to New Orleans Drink more fishwater there Than any whale's mama ever seen Alright tonight I've been fueling my dreams eatin greens and beans When I get back down there I'm gonna drink more fish stew Than all the big fishes d...

Whooooooooo-weee I'm so dog gone dirty 'Cause (I'm) a Flat Foot Flewzy And I walk like a tweety bird While I'm singing this bluesy I gotta gal named Lucy But like to call her Lizzy She calls her man Flewzy And she keeps him real busy Well, I'm F...

Black hole, paradise found somthing so dark and something so bright Blue skies over our head Why the hell is everything turning out gray? All things are not what they seem The man behind the curtain is probably mean Deep six keeps the population down...

The time has come for us to pause And think of living as it was Into the future we must cross (must cross) And I'd like to go with you And I'd like to go with you You say I'm harder than a wall A marble shaft about to fall I love you dearer than them a...

Gimme a hand there, Michael. I'll give you a hand then, too. Gimme a hand there, Michael. I'd give you my heart if I could. Throw myself at the ground. Look away before I hit. Give me a lift here, Larry. I'll give you a lift here, too. Give me a li...

Rain kept pourin' down We had places to be No funnin' around Curiosities There were plenty for our heads You were somethin' to see Do you remember what he said I know it may sound funny but How dare you show up on time I can hear you been hidin' in...

Tonight every word will be spoken easy All our stories lead on to fortune and fame Rack 'em up and shoot But the cue ball is missing By tomorrow though, we'll all play different games Anytime we dance takes us closer to glory The blue jay flew a litt...

I hold the flower there Doesn't know she's beautiful She wakes every morning seeing All the other things are beautiful Well she's free Companion to the wind Time plays a roller coaster Not afraid to ride itself Never takes adventure lightly Always s...

There's a pack of rabid dogs Pawing at my front door There's a pack of rabid dogs Pawing at my front door There's a swarm of yellowjackets Pounding against my window pane There's a swarm of yellowjackets Pounding against my window pane Well, how's...

Wide awake in San Diego Smallest root shrinking dry The fish are swimming closer inside Lake Morena Still get no rain from the sky Men were firing cannons Hoping smoke might tear an angel's eyes Heard the stories of shooting arrows Tearin' open the clou...

It was six o' clock on Saturday Henry Parsons died. All of his good neighbors say That man was never truly satisfied. Preacherman never said no prayers Church bells didn't ring Everybody stood up and stared when some Choirgirls jumped up and started to...

Johnny let his baby brother sleep Through the back door and baseball All the kids are waiting outside Old days come and go too soon Old friends, heroes, lifetimes Don't let a single memory fade away These are the days for heroes Look at all the soul s...

The screen door to the farmer's porch To the back porch, to the backlands It's never left closed A new air pushed a full wind That brought worlds on through That only he could know As the last of November passed With his new life, with his new wife S...

Baby born in New York City Wrapped in a blanket all tattered and worn Mama's doin' the best she can It takes hope in a hopeless world Her eldest son, he stayed in school Listened to his mother, he never drank or used But every job he wants he gets refu...

Some people think they jive me, But I know they must be crazy Don't see their misfortune, I guess they're just too lazy Je suie le grand zombie My yellow belt of choisen Ain't afraid of no tomcat, Fill my brains with poison Walk through the fire, Fly...

I see what I do, first look at the phone Turn on your TV Unscrew a bottle of beer, An orange square cellophane cheese First I think of this, and then I turn to that Maybe I just don't think Might sing to this, I might sing to that If I could only sing...

My little brother is an insect He likes to crawl around his room His mother shudders at the sight of him His pappy is a businessman Every move he makes is torture He cannot speak words anymore Our sister likes to flip him on his back And watch little...

I got to get back to the house There's a warm chair where the cat has been I feel a little better when I'm back at the house Hope I haven't lost my keys I been thinking about the police Jelly filled for justice, please (also: coffee filled) I'm standin...

Jack was really a jester Who held his one good eye on the queen And there sat the king beside her He's pointing his sword up and down with every scene And the wizard's in the corner Catching peanuts between his teeth And the dogs lying in the shadow in t...

Hold me tight, if you want me to Hold me darling, you want me to I love you child, I love you babe I love your mamma, your sister too I love your dog, I hope he love me too I love you child, I swear I love you baby Love your mamma, your sister too L...

Let's get the show on the road At the curtain take a bow New Haven just a rendevous to take you to A lover who was then but never now And Susan paid the lady Who called the players' song Just a figurine of stagehand reveries I guess up-and-coming can'...

Forgive the prince for awaking rude He heard footsteps near his head Lady luck had made him proud When he spends his stays in bed Making love to the victories Wives just paying for his head (?) Today will outlive yesterday As long as someone breaks the...

Oh, Lilly likes Beatles songs The words are off, but they don't feel that wrong She came in through the bedroom window like a blue girl Like a blue girl, like a blue girl No, never has she tried too hard Lord, her whispered words could mend broken hearts...

The longer I look at you The fairer you become Every time I hear your voice Sweeter is the song Each glanced borrowed from your eyes Deeper is the story Wind burns your sleeping breath And waters become one. Longer I look at you The fairer you becom...

I'm holding the key I need no liscense to ride Dad said that I'm alright The engine's still warm She'd been waiting for me in the barn Gonna make me feel, Gonna make me feel alright Well I'm bouncin' in my seat I try to remember where all the lever...

I was talking to a homeless drunk about religion He said "It's all I got, but it ain't much 'Cause the way I feel these days, I'd rather have a gun than a crutch" Well, that makes sense to me It makes sense to me, I must confess That makes sense to me...

Early this morning I heard you knock upon my door Early this morning I heard you knock upon my door I said, "Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go" Me and the devil We were walking side by side Me and the devil We were walking side by side I'm go...

he meeting of the waters makes a sound In her eyes, you sit around in your room The meeting of the waters raises towns Baptized in every drop we found They can seize us as we are now Singin, dancin, in the small town Celebrate the days into the night L...

My eyes won't pretend I didn't know you were close I can smell your breath Through a freshly painted door Stand here in your coat While I pour three more glasses of burgundy And you can lick the dust from the bottle Wall's bricked with books Pages br...

If we followed your warning signs Children would swim alphabetically Mountaintops would all fall in line Single-file by height If this was the only way, daydreaming would stop at 5 o'clock And the corner(?) flashes off from left to right Lies, lies You...

Oh, hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason For the thought that I caught that my head Was the event of the season Why in crowds just a trace of my face Could seem so pleasin'? I'll cop out to the change But a stranger is putting the tease on...

Tyranno Rex ruled the earth A kickin back his lazy chair Skinny mammals beating their chest Out the caves gonna catch a (?/nap) Reptiles really joy the coolness (?) All in a days time From New York to Angeline Fearless drive across the masses Baskin...

And we're rolling down the windows for this ride And there's not much time to take things slow We will turn our heads into the sunrise As the storms rage in the west And we're goin' down to see my lady luck Now I'm not really interested in telling you m...

Well, Old Joe, he moves slow He likes to look at things and paint pictures on his radio He says they make the songs look better. One day, Joe met a girl Sweet breathing thing Dancin' naked, nudey, in the winter snow Underneath her dozen sweaters And...

Well, One-Arm Steve, yeah he threw me out the door Said come back sometime when your picture's on the wall Hey now, you got to get on out, got no time to field your problems God damn, the repo man, been knocking on the door Said sonny won't you walk this l...

Down Poppie Johnny Road, nobody hears your name Life that I was lovin', like stealin' a ride on a train Wanna steal a ride on a train Crawlin' in the dirt all night I guess this is a place Newborns lashed to a dead oak tree Settle deeper in the rain Se...

You'll be, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm, magnet for money You'll be, mm-mm-mm-mm, magnet for love YJust gettin to feel, hmm, light in your body Now I'm gonna say, ohh im gonna say these words: Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo It...

Papa's hitting the road again Takes the show cross-country for hire And the crowds come and go Secret agents getting bigger Mom's holding sister in the chair Turning pages of photographs Warm in their memories Falling asleep by the fire To the highwa...

Pickin' up those pieces Pickin' up those pieces Putting them away Not writing you a letter Not writing you a letter Not today Not wanting to meet my savior Not wanting to meet my savior Not this way Sweating out my worries Sweating out my worri...

Wake up, come down The grass hasn't grown too high Well, ease your body down If you want to you can unhook your safety line Well, ease your body down The grass all around us is just green and fine We've all been waiting We've been wondering - will we...

Black cat crossed our path on little fog feet There's crows flying beside my window We left superstition on the roadside a few cities ago They spent our souls, maybe, but they didn't take our smiles We listen, we shake, the radio There's a sweet corn...

They say turn the bright lights on And there you'll find the truth Here, open up this book And now you'll find the proof It feels like a can of worms Keep the lid on tight, and they say Don't let it get too bright Don't let it get too bright Don't le...

I opened up my eyes to see A land of sunny rocks and funny trees I guess (Yes,) I'm on the moon again A heavy earth exchange a lighter breeze Got no coat and got no money A pair of tennis shoes to last through May A crater for an outdoor pool A few good...

Well I've been sittin' here, thinkin' about you 'Bout what it is that you, you want from me You know it seems that I still don't know you well Know many faces I have seen Still I try, to make you happy Still I try, to make you sing Now if you're wonder...

I really wanna move like I'd like to Sometimes I remember myself I really wanna feel like I'm supposed to Sometimes I remember how to feel How did I find myself just this way My body keeps on moving But my style gets in my way Find out just how tall...

I'm your mama, I'm your daddy, I'm that nigga in the alley. I'm your doctor when in need. Want some coke? Have some weed. You know me, I'm your friend, Your main boy, thick and thin. I'm your pusherman. Ain't I clean, bad machine Super cool, super mea...

Always been the radio's child Quick-to-smile precious baby Search the dial and electrify Drive a tight little corner back in the mirror Radio boys trying on all their moves Spare some change and testify Radio playing in your sleep Prophet waiting in...

Be strong, baby please be strong Won't last, baby won't last long We were happy in our home Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high Take care, baby plea...

Rebirtha strolling 'cross the street Juggling keys to a small red car Butterflies and bombs fly close Like she's some Disney movie star Sipping hopes and lonlies Since the big leagues left us dry Birtha, Rebirtha sing a sad song Soothe these troubled...

Red hot mama from Louisiana Thumbin' her way to Savannah She been cooped up too long Red hot mama lookin' to the city Taxi dancers and big time spenders She's been groovin' Red hot mama was gettin' down Scoping the places where fun to be found She...

Low-down way you're feeling, the funky things you do hey, hey, hey, let me talk to you I just wanna to whisper in your sexy ear Tell you that I love you, walk away your fear low-down, slow down, feel you go down, the funky things you do hey, hey, hey, let...

Rock on my belly, lying on the bottom of the pool I'm a rock on the belly, lying on the bottom of the pool There's a man on the bank ten thousand years my younger I see a face on the water one hundred hundred years my younger But I can't go back, he can't...

While you're out there on the highway While you're driving roll on by Going south between the bridges While the river running dry And if you can't come home Please send your mind Well now you're talking Where are you going On the train that just roll...

Like a locomotive wheel Feelings real as steel Hearts are just bound to break Well, I'm off and on my way Rolling night and day Highway's callin' my name You know sometimes Maybe always You know sometimes I'll be there Well, I wish that I could s...

A little wrangler was born I seen him squirming in the saddle all wet and warm He's such a changeable form in his very first year He rides on to wrangler school With a slingshot and a saddlebag of hand-me-down tools Doesn't want to look like a fool Pass...

Waits all day for the Sun to dim his brights Face shinin' amber in the radio lights It's all that he needs to see Fire ignites when he turns the key Wonder what it could be like Just look then he's gone Pay attention and you might See just how he makes...

Used to ride the highway I used to know where I was going Now this shady dirt road is feelin' cool beneath my feet Used to ride on To get to where I was going in a day Now I've got to stop And go and stop and go along the way Was a fool to waste my tim...

Very superstitious, writing's on the wall, Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall, Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past. When you believe in things you don't understand, you'll suffer...

Oh, kiss the mountain air we breathe Good-bye it's time to fly. Sparrow climb, the air is thinner, Open wings cast this valley in the shade. Fires dance the shadows Winds whisper the trees Mother talkin' the water's Spirit moves, it moves through all...

Was broken down, by the side of the road, yeah Was crawling in the darkness like a king snake in the woods We were hiding in the tall grass Hiding in the tall grass Just looking for a place to shed our skins We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the bat...

Straw can bury us We can carry the hay But straws can break Like the reasons for my behavior Straws mend And straws bend And dry ones catch like A secret worth never paid for Strong muscles My strong muscles Plowman, come and dig my farm It's on...

My name is the Waker And I'm bringin' you the morning sun I've pushed the old man up forever Still I feel I've just begun I've just begun My name is treetop And I'm higher than you'll ever be I'm married to my roots here Still I feel like I am free...

Drivin' in the walkin' rain Let's go, let's go Stream down my windowpane Thru the fields, where does all the water go? Stirring in my sleeping bag There I stew Holdin' tight the teddy bear Dreamin' about you Feels like Mississippi Billy Parker on h...

I was walkin' the other day with my head down, When I met a man who had his hand out. So I gave him, gave him a dollar, But as I walked away I heard him call out, "Tell me Brother, can you see the sun From where you're standin' now? I've been up and I'...

Thought sausage fallen through your head Bits and pieces hanging in the shed Churnin' out links on the other side Cut 'em up again and stir it in the sauce, stir it in the sauce Mama's gumbo, silky fine Papa's birthday, takin' up time Tight little secr...

You recall the day when everybody stopped to see The blazing sun Did you really see the way they all looked up and asked that question "Why?" Boom boom, bang bang look out here it comes again Can't stop the way it flows It never knows Why it goes: Tim...

Someday, there'll be nothing more to say When life is seen as the dance of the seven veils Well, each teaser reveals the beauty that was always already there My body and soul and my car are not for sale Some days are made of silent anticipation Some days...

Time zones It doesn't matter where you go or how you wiggle and squirm We're in a maze, baby All alone What doesn't kill you has a momma's way of Helping ya learn Blast off! Five, four, three, baby 'bout to Push it through It's a payoff You can te...

Feelin' ticklish, just met a new girl She's got a tattoo, said she remembers you Oh, one day waitin' out the rain She embroidered the portrait of a tortured artist on your sleeve Laugh at your own jokes, ooh wouldn't dare laugh at yourself What a surpri...

Travelin' Light, is the only way to fly Travelin' Light, just you and I Way on down to ecstasy Way on down and our own way Travelin' Light, is the only way to fly Travelin' Light, and you can catch the wind Travelin' Light, better let your mind pretend...

Been thinkin' all day Packin' my car With this baggage of mine I wouldn't get too far Stored away on a bus No need to hide I'm slowing down Catchin' one last ride Been feelin' alright For a couple of days Either in a fog Or a sunny haze Got a bi...

Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And its too much too much for me Trouble Oh trouble cant you see Youre eating my heart away And theres nothing much left of me Ive drunk your wine You have made your world mine So wont you be fai...

My friends Feel its their appointed duty They keep trying to tell me All you want to do is use me Oh, but my answer To all that use me stuff I want to spread the news That if it feels this good getting used You just keep on using me Until you use me u...

Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love I'm only going where my eyes are going I'm only going where my toes are pointed I just bought me this new pair of big shoes I'm only going if I can walk the...

Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love Walkin' - for your love I'm only going where my eyes are going I'm only going where my toes are pointed I just bought me this new pair of big shoes I'm only going if I can walk th...

Woman, she's moving to the weight of the world Momma, she's carrying the weight of the world All the time she breathing in the weight of the world Bring it on home Bring the soup-bone home Well, poppa, too, he got the weight of the world Man is moving...

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain. He was lookin' for the place called Lee Ho Fooks, Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein. [Chorus: x2] Ahoo, werewolves of London Ahoo Ya hear him howli...

I've been working 'neath The grey sky And I'm wonderin' Still, I'm wondering why Must I lay low In a room full of strangers? Well, I'm thinking Thinking makes the danger My emotions they get all tangled up and My heart has just turned 'round Now I'...

Worry 'bout my worries Lately all I seem to do Worry 'bout my worries Lately all I seem to do One day I'm gonna get better, babe Then I'm gonna take a little time to worry All about you Bad moves of a lifetime Moving back to trouble me Bad moves of...

I wanted to formally say thanks to Dave Schools for the lyric clarifications. It's too cool that we've actually had input from the band on our transcriptions. I've got my cat in the yard And I've got my car in the street And I've got my nose to the stone...

Feeling alone but we are here Paying the toll for our little world Days like these seem to take some time When they're over, you will find Wait for you, see you through It's what we've known all this time We're taking you to break their rules It's wha...