American Bands

"Ventura Highway in the sunshine. Where the days are longer The nights are stronger than moonshine. You're gonna go I know.'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair. And the days surround your daylight there. Seasons crying no despair Alligator lizards in the air, in the air."

"For you, there'll be no more crying, For you, the sun will be shining. And I feel that when I'm with you, It's alright, I know it's right."

"I took my love and I took it down; Climbed a mountain and turned around. And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills 'Til the landslide brought me down."

"'Cause when the loving starts, and the lights go down, And there's not another living soul around, Then you woo me until the sun comes up, And you say that you love me."

"Well I've been afraid of changin' 'Cause I've built my life around you. But time makes you bolder, Even children get older. And I'm getting older too."

"You can take me to paradise, And then again you can be cold as ice. I'm over my head, But it sure feels nice."

"When times go bad, When times go rough, Won't you lay me down in tall grass And let me do my stuff?"

"Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night And wouldn't you love to love her? Takes to the sky like a bird in flight And who will be her lover?All your life you've never seen Woman, taken by the wind. Would you stay if she promised you heaven? Will you ever win?"

"If you wake up and don't want to smile, If it takes just a little while, Open your eyes and look at the day. You'll see things in a different way.Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow, Don't stop, it'll soon be here. It'll be, better than before. Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone."

"Loving you Isn't the right thing to do. How can I ever change things That I feel? If I could, Maybe I'd give you my world. How can I When you won't take it from me?You can go your own way. Go your own way."

"Thunder only happens when it's raining; Players only love you when they're playing. Say... Women... they will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean... you'll know."

"When the hunger stops, and the truth is known My life, my light is coming home Yeah, coming home"

"Oh how I wish I was back in Georgia. Maybe I want to be back in time. I've got a sweet lot of memories, of another place And a heart full of longing, for another life."

"Monday morning you sure look fine; Friday I got travelin' on my mind. First you love me and then you fade away. I can't go on believin' this way. I got nothing but love for you, So tell me what you really wanna do. First you love me, then you get on down the line, But I don't mind.I'll be there if you want me to. No one else that could ever do. Got to get some peace in my mind."

"She came in and her flags were flying She was a sailboat of sweet perfume And I could see that her eyes were smiling From across the room"

"Tell me lies; Tell me sweet little lies. (Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies) Oh, no, no you can't disguise (You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)"

"Can you hear me calling Out your name? You know that I'm falling, And I don't know what to say."

"If I live to see the seven wonders, I'll make a path to the rainbow's end. I'll never live to match the beauty again."

"So I close my eyes softly 'Til I become that part of the wind That we all long for sometime, yeah And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog Like a charmed hour and a haunted song And the angel, angel of my dreams"

"You look at me with those brown eyes What do you want to do? Do you have to have me The way that I want you?"

"Drowning in the sea of love, Where everyone would love to drown. And now it's gone. It doesn't matter anymore. When you build your house, Call me home."

"Honey, honey, honey Who could be sweeter than you Honey, honey, honey Bitter sweet, but what can I do Lord, it's good to talk to you Even sweeter than wine Don't take the love light away Cause I'm far away from home"

"I never did believe in miracles, But I've a feeling it's time to try. I never did believe in the ways of magic, But I'm beginning to wonder why."

"Did she make you cry? Make you break down? Shatter your illusions of love? Is it over now, do you know how? Pick up the pieces and go home."

"I don't hold you down Maybe that's why you're around. But if I'm the one you love, Think about me. I believe that you really want me But it's not easy, just to give in. So let yourself go, and let love begin."

"So I'm back, to the velvet underground, Back to the floor, that I love. To a room with some lace and paper flowers. Back to the gypsy that I was; To the gypsy...that I was."

"And if You don't love me now, You will never love me again. I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain."

"There's nobody in the future, So baby let me hand you my love. There's no step for you to dance to, So slip your hand inside of my glove."

"We may be the only group legitimately fighting the thing which most groups claim to be totally anti, and that’s establishment. I mean, we may have been the only one to have won. Because we actually did. We hadn’t seen a royalty check or anything. We were on top; we were number 1. And we finally went in ... and we said ‘you do it our way, or we quit’. And that’s all there is to it."

"I never really left. It is a part of my youth that is always active in my thought and part of my overall work as an artist."

"Here, I'm going to make you a big star ... and you don't have to pay any dues. ... For that, you're going to get no respect from your contemporaries." ... To me, that was the cruelest thing."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I can't stand to see you leaving. I'm not ashamed to beg you to stay. I can't lock the door and keep you. I won't stand in your way.Guess I've got to let you go. But there's just one thing you should know.It ain't over, it ain't over yet. You might walk away but you won't forget. I'll never stop loving you. My mind is set. So do what you gotta do yeah. Cause it ain't over yet."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Silent shadows of the night, Faded with the morning light. We just wrote another song. Maybe a word or two is wrong. There's so much that could be said, It's hard to write it in a line. But when the final word is read, Maybe something could be said For all the brothers of the road. Just like you, we bear a heavy load. Been through hell and back again. If we don't lose we're bound to win."

"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."