Southern Rock

"First thing I remember was asking papa "Why?" For there were many things I didn't know. And Daddy always smiled; took me by the hand Saying, "Someday you'll understand."Well, I'm here to tell you now each and every mother's son, You better learn it fast; you better learn it young, 'Cause someday never comes."

"Someone told me long ago, There's a calm before the storm, I know. And it's been coming for some time. When it's over, so they say, It'll rain a sunny day, I know. Shining down like water. I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain? I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain Coming down on a sunny day?"

"Pack my bag and let's get movin' 'Cause I'm bound to drift a while. Well I'm gone, gone, you don't have to worry no Long as I can see the light."

"As long as I remember, The rain's been comin' down. Clouds of mystery pourin', Confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages Tryin' to find the sun. And I wonder, still I wonder Who'll stop the rain?"

"You can ponder perpetual motion, Fix your mind on a crystal day. Always time for good conversation, There's an ear for what you say.Come on the rising wind, We're going up around the bend. Yeeaahhh!"

"Whoa, thought it was a nightmare, low, it's all so true. They told me, don't go walking slow, the devil's on the loose.Better run through the jungle. Better run through the jungle. Better run through the jungle. Don't look back to see."

"Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch. Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing: Doo, doo, doo, looking out my back door."

"Seven thirty seven coming out of the sky, Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride?I want to move, Playing in a travelin' band, Yeah! Well I'm flying across the land, trying to get a hand, Playing in a travelin' band."

"Don't look now, someone's done your starving. Don't look now, someone's done your praying too.Who will make the shoes for your feet? Who will make the clothes that you wear? Who'll take the promise that you don't have to keep? Don't look now, it ain't you or me."

"Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooo, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief", Ooo, they point the cannon at you, Lord. It ain't me, it ain't me... I ain't no senator's son, no. It ain't me, it ain't me... I ain't no fortunate one, no."

"Down on the corner, Out in the street Willy and the poorboys are playin' Bring a nickel, tap your feet."

"Just about a year ago, I set out on the road Seekin´ my fame and fortune, Lookin´ for a pot of gold. Things got bad and things got worse. I guess you know the tune. Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again."

"I see the bad moon arising, I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin', I see bad times today. Don't go around tonight, Well, it's bound to take your life. There's a bad moon on the rise."

"Well, take me back down where cool water flow, yeh Let me remember things I love Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite, Walkin' along the river road at night, Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight. I can hear the bull frog callin' me Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water, Shoe fly, dragon fly, get back t your mother Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River."

"Left a good job in the city, Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day. And I never lost one minute of sleepin' Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been. Big wheel keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin'. Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river."

"Now, when I was just a little boy, Standin' to my Daddy's knee, My papa said, "Son, don't let the man get you An' do what he done to me." Because he'll get you. Because he'll get you now, now.An' I can remember the fourth o' July, Runnin' through the backwood bare. An' I can still hear my ol' hound dog barkin', Chasin' down a hoodoo there. Chasin' down a hoodoo there.Born on the Bayou. Born on the Bayou."

"Was riding alongside the highway, Rolling up the country side, Thinking I'm the devil's heat wave. What you burn in your crazy mind? Saw a slight distraction standing by the road. She was smiling there, yellow in her hair. Do you want to, I was thinking, Would you care?"

"Feeling second fiddle to a dead man, Up to my neck with your disregard. Like a beat dog that's walking on the broadway, No one wants to hear you when you're down."

"Twice as hard As it was the first time I said goodbye.And no one ever wanna' know. Love ain't funny, A crime in the wink of an eye."

"Cheat the odds that made you Brave to try to gamble at times. Well I feel like dirty laundry, Sending sickness on down the line. Tell you why.'Cause I'm jealous, jealous again. Thought it time I let you in. Yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again. Got no time, baby."

"Goodbye daughters of the revolution. Open your eyes and see your solution. Hallelujah come join the jubilee."

"I've been down, Cascading and blue without a sound. Now I've traded my black feathers for a crown. So feed me milk & honey. Lay me down, Lay me down, Look around. Show me holy places not yet found. Let's disappear and we'll hide underground. We'll get high and we'll feel safe and sound. It comes around."

"Do you want to do it all with me? Do you want to scream and bleed for me? You can have all of me, all of me. Your teeth taste just like razor blades. Yeah you got my tongue ready. You fill me up with your politics And leave me so heavy."

"Your words buzz around my head, You make me feel warm again. You are my lover, my song, my best friend, I don't want this to ever end.You hold my heart in your hands, Our home is like a promised land. I just want you, just want you to understand."

"I took all I need, I don't need no more. Then I'll take what I want, Until I want some more."

"We've been avoiding this for so long. Luxury is temporary, then it's gone. I thought that we would happen; I guess I'm wrong. We'll move along. I know this will be awkward, But not for long. 'Cause soon you'll have a new boy To sing you songs."

"On a good day, it's not every day, We can part the sea. And on a bad day, it's not every day, Glory beyond our reach."

"Sometimes I have a ghetto in my mind; Other times sunshine high head fine. In between I get cold, old mean, Intertwined with country pride open and kind. This draws a line, Sorry to coin a phrase. On either side is wisdom and rage."

"Ain't as easy as it seems To find a mutual dream. Can you tell me wrong from right? Do you know when to freeze or take flight? Can you tell me more or less? I got to know - confess."

"Oh good heavens, baby where's my medicine? I must have left it outside with my etiquette. The undertaker's rule of thumb: It's hard to talk with a Novocaine tongue."

"Baby, baby why can't you sit still? Who killed that bird out on you window sill? Are you the reason that he broke his back? Did I see you laugh about that? If I come on like a dream, Would you let me show you what I mean? If you let me come on inside Will you let it glide?Can I have some remedy? Remedy for me please. 'Cause if I had some remedy, I'd take enough to please me."

"Well the bells ring out for the crimes of the century, By courtesy of your mother. The signs reads welcome to the valley of discovery, Look at what money can buy. Sons & daughters better open your eyes, Tell me what you're seeing. This submission is a tired tradition; It's everyone's sacrifice."

"If you feel like a riot, then don't you deny it. Put your good foot forward, No need for heroics, I just want you to show it. Now's the time to shine, Your independence is a half-ass deliverance. The train left the station. The recognition of the same old condition, Your symptoms showing through."

"Says she talks to angels, They call her out by her name. Oh yeah, she talks to angels, Says they call her out by her name. She don't know no lovers, None that I've ever seen. And to her that means nothing, But to me it means, means everything."

"She never mentions the word addiction In certain company. Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan After you meet her family.She paints her eyes as black as night now, She pulls those shades down tight. She gives a smile when the pain comes; The pain gonna' make everything alright."

"A hundred years will never ease Hearing things I won't believe. I saw it with my own two eyes, All the pain that I can't hide. And this pain starts in my heart, And this love tears us apart. You won't find me bent down on my knees, Ain't bendin' over backwards baby, Not to please."

"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."

"Just one more mornin' I had to wake up with the blues. Pulled myself outta bed, yeah, Put on my walkin' shoes. Went up on the mountain, To see what I could see. The whole world was fallin', Right down in front of me."

"I been run down, I been lied to, I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. She took all my money, wrecked my new car. Now she's with one of my goodtime buddies, They're drinkin' in some crosstown bar.Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I been tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Good lord, I feel like I'm dyin'."

"People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you hear it? Love is in the air. We're in a revolution. Don't you know we're right? Everyone is singing. Yeah! There'll be no one to fight."

"Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding, And I'm bound to keep on riding. And I've got one more silver dollar, But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no, Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing, And the road goes on forever, And I've got one more silver dollar, But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider."

"Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah. The gypsy flies from coast to coast.Knowing many, loving none, Bearing sorrow havin' fun. But back home he'll always run To sweet Melissa... mmm..."

"I recall once upon a time, Livin was so easy and I felt so fine. But, my, my, my right before my very eyes, Satan came with fire to burn me, Wouldn't listen when they warned me. A dagger in my back while she's calling me honey, Wouldn't stand back, for neither love nor money."

"You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day. Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way, Turn your love my way, yeah."

"Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can. And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand, That I was born a ramblin' man."

"Well I'm Southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you. Well I'm Southbound, baby, Lord I'm comin' home to you. I got that old lonesome feelin' that's sometimes called the blues."

"Don't worry for me Well I'm all right. Lord knows I"m having A natural good time. Pocket full of money, Gonna boogie all night; There ain't nobody tell me that's crime.When morning comes and it's time to go, Pony boy carry me home; Pony boy carry me home."

"Some-where down on a back street Way down deep in the back seat, Where I first learned how to moan your name, I remember the night I met ya. Ooh Sweet Mama, I just can't forget ya. Can't stop thinkin' 'bout your crazy love.Crazy Love Crazy Love I love you Mama. But you're too bad to change."

"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."

"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."