City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie

The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman *Arlo Guthrie and others have substituted the word "steel" for "steam" and "feel" for "dream", also "card games" for "cards" Riding on the City of New

Somebody Turned on the Light Arlo Guthrie

wild Montana I went there in a storm My boots were Texas leather My Levis wet and torn I loved it in Montana Loved it in the storm I think I'm gonna cross that river I just might be reborn New

All This Stuff Takes Time Arlo Guthrie

It ain't so much the boredom But the fire in her soul That made her life unbearable While living in that hole Of her dark surburban nightmare 'Till she went to see the Dead And the self esteem she

Miss the Mississippi and You Arlo Guthrie

I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore I am sad and weary far away from

Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie

We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump.

Ramblin' Round Arlo Guthrie

Ramblin' around your city Ramblin' around your town I never see a friend I know As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round My mother hoped that I might be A man of some renown But I

Lay Down Little Doggies Arlo Guthrie

THIS OLD BEEF TRAIL JUST TWO MONTHS AGO WE BLISTERED IN THE SUN AND WE FROZE IN THE SNOW IN TEN DAYS WE'RE COMIN TO A PACKING HOUSETOWN SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN THIS DODGE CITY

Fence Post Blues Arlo Guthrie

Sitting down on a country fence post Sitting down watchin' trucks roll by Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've been here for an hour or so And nothing

Wabash Cannonball Arlo Guthrie

I stood on the Atlantic Ocean The wide Pacific shore To the queen of the flowing mountains To the southbell by the door She's long and tall and handsome And loved by one and all She's a modern combination

Drowning Man Arlo Guthrie

Underneath the evening sky Now it seems I could forget you Rescue me, I'm bound to die All the promises we made there With no words to understand And though I've tried I've come up empty Heart of

You Are the Song Arlo Guthrie

My love, you are the song That sings inside of me The song is always the same It starts with love and ends with your name The more that I love you There's more in you to love And yet I just don't

I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler Arlo Guthrie

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight What the dollar used to get us Now won't buy a head of lettuce No the economic forecast isn't right But amidst

I Want to Be Around Arlo Guthrie

Remember back when I was born High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sayin' this is the tune of the Earth

I Could Be Singing Arlo Guthrie

Nobody wants to be near you The new world is coming that fast They're beating on you in Chicago They're picking you up on the coast They're knocking you off in Ohio They like sending you to war

Gates of Eden Arlo Guthrie

Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though it's glow is waxed in black All except

Wheel of Fortune Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: Rolling, wheeling like I'm feeling Everything's gonna carry on You go your way, I'm going my way We will come and so be gone Wheel of fortune, turn for me now Turn to trouble in the West

Mystic Journey Arlo Guthrie

friend roamin' around Him a magician and I was a clown Playin' the streets for a dollar a day Waitin' for the right time and a sign to lead the way Crossed over the border to a mystical land Sort of

Prologue Arlo Guthrie

In the event of my demise Be sure to include this statement When you are bent on closing my eyes Thinking about what my life meant Alone on a hill back in '65 Things looked a lot like changing

Moon Song Arlo Guthrie

Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is done As the seabird flies aboce My

Gypsy Davey Arlo Guthrie

dollar saddle Point out to me their wagon tracks And after them I'll travel and after them l'll ride Well I had not rode 'till the midnight moon I saw their campfire gleaming I heard the notes of

Carry Me Over Arlo Guthrie

the truck ain't slowing down Pulled back on the throttle I've been doing that all day Looking ahead for a right-hand turn To carry me away There's times for understanding It don't seem like one of

East Texas Red Arlo Guthrie

Down in the scrub oak timber of the Southeast Texas Gulf There used to ride a brakeman and a brakeman double tough He worked the town of Kilgore and Longview nine miles down Us trav'lers called him

Under Cover of Night Arlo Guthrie

Truth is you've been waiting so long You're ripe and so insane Can the tentacles of your mind stop the pain How long will you sit there wondering What's happening to your heart Can't you fell the

Cowboy Song Arlo Guthrie

This morning I woke up alone I spent the day time on my own Lots of people have come and gone To hear a cowboy sing an old time song CHORUS: Oh babe, I love you so This here is the only thing I

Wake up Dead Arlo Guthrie

When I was younger She'd come to me in dreams Her face was hidden In the mountain streams Her voice disguised As the sound of the wind The rustling of leaves She would call from within Chorus

Chilling Of The Evening Arlo Guthrie

Warm me from the wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me there's a love still left In all of

Massachusetts Arlo Guthrie

Like a dream in the night As the snow settles white There's a fire burning bright In Massachusetts And there's a house upon a hill That keeps us from the chill And by the grace of God We will be

Darkest Hour Arlo Guthrie

It's the tenth of January And I still ain't had no sleep She comes waItzing in the nighttime Made of wings She is dressed up like a bandit With a hundred sparkling rings Looking for my company to

Shackles and Chains Arlo Guthrie

please don't you cry Though in shackles and chains they will take me In prison to stay till I die And at night through the bars I gaze at the stars And I long for your kisses in vain A piece of

Wedding Song Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

Stairs Arlo Guthrie

Every now and again when the world seems blue And all of the trials there disappear in you They say that there's a way to get across the bridge But I wouldn't be standing here upon this ridge If

World Away from Me Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

This Troubled Mind of Mine Arlo Guthrie

want you to know You left your motor runnin' slow I got off and got on a faster line Got me a baby that's got some dough When you gotta go, you gotta go Gonna leave you and ease This troubled mind of

Evangelina Arlo Guthrie

the morning That she brings me water And I dream in evening That she brings me wine Just a poor man's daughter From Puerto Penasco Evangelina in old Mexico There's a great hot desert South of

Anytime Arlo Guthrie

Anytime you're feelin' lonely Anytime you're feelin' blue Anytime you feel downhearted That will prove your love for me is true Anytime you"re thinkin' about me That's the time I'll be thinkin' of

Victor Jara Arlo Guthrie

Victor Jara of Chile Lived like a shooting star He fought for the people of Chile With his songs and his guitar His hands were gentle, his hands were strong Victor Jara was a peasant He worked

When the Ship Comes In Arlo Guthrie

split And the ship will hit And the shoreline sands will be a'shakin' And the tide will sound And the waves will pound And the morning will be breakin' Oh the fishes will laugh As they swim out of

Patriot's Dream Arlo Guthrie

Living now here but for fortune Placed by fate's mysterious schemes Who'd believe that we're the ones asked To try to rekindle the patriot's dreams Arise sweet destiny, time runs short All of your

Garden Song Arlo Guthrie

Gonna make it fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Please bless these seeds I sow Please keep them safe below 'Till the rain comes tumbling down Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones We are made of

Uncle Jeff Arlo Guthrie

Uncle Jeff played the fiddle in his Colorado home And I backed him on the banjo so he didn't play alone We've got five generations of a fiddle playin' clan And it's nice to hear a fiddle by a fiddle

Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Arlo Guthrie

with my head in my hand Come on, children, come on The snow was falling all over the land Come on, children, come on I don't know but I've been told Come on, children, come on That the streets of

Epilogue Arlo Guthrie

in short vignettes These stolen moments from the hourglass A burning candle while the night-time lasts Upon my pillow where my dreams float past And all my memories seem to come alive I think of

When a Soldier Makes It Home Arlo Guthrie

long and lonely road Because nobody seems to care these days When a soldier makes it home They'll say it wasn't easy Just another job well done As the government in Kabul falls To the sounds of

Telephone Arlo Guthrie

Every morning just as soon as it's light Get out of bed and I'm feeling alright Make me some coffee and I sit down alone The rest of the day I'm on the telephone CHORUS: Hang up, hold on You got

Days Are Short Arlo Guthrie

his hand Every moment there's a shifting in the sand Every whisper in the wind Brings a good man back again Settle me down in my dreams tonight Tomorrow's another day to blow my blues away Lots of

Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag Arlo Guthrie

I had a friend, a friend I could trust He went into the park and got busted Doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag Went in the park late at night And he put a lot of people over eighty up tight He was

My Love Arlo Guthrie

We've had one hell of a time And we've got over our crying And we've come out of this fine Because when two loves grow old There can be no denying That their love may soon grow colder Yet that's

Oklahoma Hills Arlo Guthrie

Many a month has come and gone Since I've wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Many a page of my life has turned Many lessons I have learned And I feel like in those hills

Ukelele Lady Arlo Guthrie

I saw the splendor of the moonlight On Honolulu Bay There's something tender in the moonlight On Honolulu Bay And all the beaches are filled with peaches Who bring their ukes along And in the glimmer

Manzanillo Bay Arlo Guthrie

Some day I would like to be Back next to your shining sea Drinking rum from a conch shell Caught up in your magic spell Some day I would like to go Back down to Mexico I remember your fields of