country-rock

"It sounded like they’d jumped on to what I thought we ought to be doing. That was what I wanted us to sound like and here was somebody else doing it. It shook me to the core. … The Band had done it without even trying, and I harbored that as a weapon of resentment against Jack [Bruce] and Ginger [Baker] — who had a lot more respect for what we were doing than I did."

"Meat Puppets were never your average punk band. [...] By the time they made Meat Puppets II, they really didn’t care about remaining within anyone else’s definition of punk rock. On [that album], they embraced their love of bluegrass, jazz, psychedelia, the Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, and really whatever else piqued their interest. The result is an album that’s punk as fuck, regardless of how little it sounds like the Ramones."

"Bodies working overtime, It's man against man. And all that ever matters is, baby, Who's ahead in the game. Funny, But it's always the same.Playing, Playing with the boys. Staying, Playing with the boys."

"I'm like the rain 'Cause I like your thunder. I know we've learned to live together Here in the heartlight. Stand in the dark Oh, oh, and I'll light a candle And then we'll dance it in the moonlight Until the sunrise."

"So keep the fire burning tonight, See just what comes into sight. Don't take forever, Take it through the night. And believe the sun will rise with the dawn. That's all you need to go on. But for tonight, Just keep the fire burning bright."

"Does anything last forever? I don't know Maybe we're near the end. (So darlin' tell me) So darlin', oh How can we go on together? Now that we've grown apart, oh no. Well, the only way to start Is heart to heart."

"Revvin' up your engine, Listen to her howlin' roar. Metal under tension, Beggin' you to touch and go.Highway to the Danger Zone. Ride into the Danger Zone."

"If time has taught me anything You've got to learn to be the ball And I can't keep from laughing at it all Oh, I'm going nowI'm going all the way Sooner or later gotta love somebody I don't care how long it takes Like a shot to the heart I've got news for you I may not look so smart But I'm nobody's fool."

"Been working so hard, I'm punching my card. Eight hours, for what? Oh, tell me what I got. I've got this feeling That time's just holding me down. I'll hit the ceiling, Or else I'll tear up this town.So now I gotta cut loose, Footloose. Kick off the Sunday shoes. Please, Louise, Pull me off of my knees. Jack, get back, Come on before we crack. Lose your blues, Everybody cut footloose."

"Live long enough, you're bound to find Moonshine'll make a man go blind. Never can tell what the brew will do, But there's times you wind up feelin' so fine. Some women seem to have a knack; They'll turn you on and leave you flat. Never can tell who's playin' for keeps So tell me what's holding you back I know your heart can take it."

"Where are the dreams that we once had? This is the time to bring them back What were the promises Caught on the tips of our tongues? Do we forget or forgive? There's a whole other life Waiting to be lived when One day we're brave enough To talk with conviction of the heart."

"(I'm free!) Heaven helps the man who fights his fear. Love's the only thing that keeps me here. (I'm free!) You're the reason that I'm hanging on. My heart's staying where my heart belongs. (I'm free!)"

"You think that maybe it's over. Only if you want it to be. Are you gonna wait for a sign, your miracle? Stand up and fight.(This is it) Make no mistake where you are. (This is it) Your back's to the corner. (This is it) Don't be a fool anymore. (This is it) The waiting is over."

"I'm alright, Nobody worry 'bout me. Why you got to gimme a fight? Can't you just let it be?I'm alright. Don't nobody worry 'bout me. You got to gimme a fight, Why don't you just let me be?"

"People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one. And we've only just begun, Think I'm gonna have a son. He will be like she and me, as free as a dove, Conceived in love. Sun is gonna shine above.And even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with you, honey. And everything will bring a chain of love. And in the morning, when I rise, You bring a tear of joy to my eyes, And tell me everything is gonna be alright."

"So help me if you can, I've got to get Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one. You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done. Count all the bees in the hive, Chase all the clouds from the sky Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh."

"She had a place in his life, He never made her think twice. As he rises to her apology, Anybody else would surely know. He's watching her go.But what a fool believes He sees No wise man has the power To reason away. What seems to be Is always better than nothing, And nothing at all."

"Your mama don't dance And your daddy don't rock and roll. Your mama don't dance And your daddy don't rock and roll. When evening rolls around And it's time to go to town, Where do you go To rock and roll?"

"I wanna sing you a love song. I wanna rock you in my arms all night long. I wanna get to know you. I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home."

"Now I know my life has given me more than memories. Day by day We can see In every moment there's a reason to carry on.Sweet love's showing us a heavenly light, I've never seen such a beautiful sight. See love glowing on us every night. I know forever we'll be doing it."

"So we cheated and we lied and we tested And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do. You will survive being bested. Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you At the Southern Cross."

"Oh, captain, what are we hiding from? You've been hiding from the start. Did some lover steal your heart, Or did the full moon make you mad?Oh, captain, why these speechless seas That never seem to land? Oh I need to understand. Could a little light be that bad?"

"And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn. Time we have wasted on the way. So much water moving Underneath the bridge. Let the water come and carry us away."

"There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare. And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there.Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise. Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes."

"You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself because the past is just a goodbye. Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams, the one they pick, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you."

"I'll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today. Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you Play your love songs all night long for me, only for me."

"Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby, Awaiting a word. Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs, Wishing he could fly, Only to trip at the sound of goodbye."

"Just a song before I go, to whom it may concern. Travelling twice the speed of sound, it's easy to get burned."

"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, You understand now why you came this way. 'Cause the truth you might be running from is so small. But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day. So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a'dying. And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain. I have my ship and all her flags are a flying. She is all that I have left and music is her name."

"Think about how many times I have fallen. Spirits are using me, larger voices calling. What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten. I have been around the world, looking for that woman-girl who knows love can endure. And you know it will, and you know it will."

"Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind, Had to get away to see what we could find. Hope the days that lie ahead Bring us back to where they've led. Listen not to what's been said to you.Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? They're taking me to Marrakesh. All aboard the train, all aboard the train."

"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy. Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be. Silver people on the shoreline, let us be, Talkin' 'bout very free and easy... Horror grips us as we watch you die. All we can do is echo your anguished cries. Stare as all human feelings die. We are leaving - you don't need us."

"I'm flying in Winchester cathedral Sunlight pouring through the break of day Stumbled through the door and into the chamber... And a feeling deep inside of me Tells me this can't be the place... I'm flying in Winchester cathedral All religion has to have its day Expressions on the face of the Savior Made me say I can't stay..."

"Our house is a very, very fine house. With two cats in the yard, Life used to be so hard, Now everything is easy 'cause of you."

"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio."

"Holding you close undisturbed before the fire, The pressure in my chest when you breath in my ear. We both knew this would happen when you first appeared, My lady of the island."

"It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, '˜I am lonely.' I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are. You make it hard."

"Guinnevere had green eyes Like yours, mi'lady, like yours. When she'd walk down through the garden In the morning after it rained.Peacocks wandered aimlessly Underneath an orange tree. Why can't she see me?"

"Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, Sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow. Voices of the angels, ring around the moonlight, Asking me, said, she so free, how can you catch the sparrow? Lacy, lilting lyrics, losing love lamenting. Change my life, make it right, be my lady."

"Duane Allman and Dickey Betts formed what is still considered one of rock's all-time guitar duos. Betts' lead work and Allman's versatility, especially on the slide guitar, made for a special combination."

"When you can't find the light, That got you through the cloudy days, When the stars ain't shinin' bright, You feel like you've lost you're way, When those candle lights of home, Burn so very far away, Well you got to let your soul shine, Just like my daddy used to say.He used to say soulshine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. Hey now people don't mind, We all get this way sometime, Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day."

"Roll on, roll on, take me where I can ease my pain. Preacher say boy now where you been? Getting lead in my pockets, putting money in sin. When the mornin' comes not a nickel to my name, threw it all away on the all night train."

"Nobody left to run with anymore. Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before. Nobody left to run with anymore.I'm gonna hit the road, adios my friend. Go someplace and start all over again."

"Well I am on the prowl, baby Looking for someone to satisfy my needs. Some way, somehow, I'm gonna find someone to spend some time with me. I ain't looking out forever, for some woman to treat a good man right. You look so good, you got me thinking. You might satisfy my soul tonight. There's no harm done, I know you're the one. You don't got to worry, no hurry, The night's still young. I'm just looking for some good clean fun."

"Rain falls on a sleepy southern town, The midnight moon was burnin' brightly. Memories rushin' on a river, oh Lord! As you lay sleeping without me. Highway songs keep me rollin' on, Still I long for you. Desdemona, I will be your only one again."

"You're the life of the party, Everybody's host, and still you need somewhere you can hide. All your good time friends, and your fair-weather has-beens, God knows, were just along for the ride. You think you're a survivor, but boy, you'd better think twice. No one rises up for nothing, so step up and pay the price.'Cause it's the high cost of low living. At high times, it turned yourself around. The high cost of low living is bound to put you six feet in the ground."

"You've heard every line before My life's a revolving door With no way out and no way in. You know just what's on my mind Could you take a chance one more time? Maybe we could start all over again. Straight from the heart, Baby my love."

"Seven turns on the Highway, Seven rivers to cross. Sometimes you get lost. Sometimes in the dark of night You see a cross road sign. One way in the morning light You gotta make up your mind.Somebody's calling your name. Somebody's waiting for you. Love is all that remains the same. That's what its all coming to."

"Well I don't know, if I dreamed it. I don't know, might be real. Lord, it's so strange, how one will find another, But I keep on searchin', cause I know you're out there, And all I gotta do is open my eyes and see her - the mystery woman."

"We've been through hell and high water, Ready to go through it all again. As long as we've got a quarter between us all, We're gonna have money to spend, oh."