Valley to Pray Arlo Guthrie

I went down in the valley to pray Learnin' about the good old way And who would wear the starry crown Oh Lord, show me the way Oh Brother, let's go down Come on down, don't you want to go down

Carry Me Over Arlo Guthrie

roadside I must be coming into town The moon must be in Aries Because 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

Doors to Heaven Arlo Guthrie

gates were closed this morning Would there be angels here tonight And would they live their lives among us And share the darkness with their light If all the doors were close in heaven They'd have to

Connection Arlo Guthrie

Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction The doctor wants to give me more injections He's given me shots for a thousand rare infections And they don't know if they'll Iet me go CHORUS:

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

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

Walking Song Arlo Guthrie

Oh, last night I sat by your side Oh, I was feelin' so lonely Would have given up my pride All night I was so lonely Then you took to the streets You don't have much to say But I listened to your

Last Train Arlo Guthrie

I want to hop on the last train in the station Won't need to get yourself prepared When you're on that last train to glory You'll know you're reasonably there Maybe you ain't walked on any highway

Percy's Song Arlo Guthrie

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears

Ukelele Lady Arlo Guthrie

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 of the moonlight They love to

Cooper's Lament Arlo Guthrie

Hey brothers, hear me call It ain't that I had to fall Wasn't no one's fault last night When I looked up and felt the light Here's hoping you'll understand I want to fell like a natural man Get

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

Every Hand in the Land Arlo Guthrie

Every hand in the land Shakes along with me It don't seem that I can dream Like I used to dream Maybe that somebody is shaking me If I fell I could tell It may be that somebody is making me Dream

Moon Song Arlo Guthrie

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 songs are sung to

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

Stealin' Arlo Guthrie

done CHORUS: You don't believe I love you Look at the fool I've been You don't believe I'm sinkin' Look at he hole I'm In Stealin' stealin' Prefty mama don't you tell on me I'm stealin' back to

Grocery Blues Arlo Guthrie

I went down to the grocery store To get in I had to pay a dime or more I hadn't yet begun to start When I had to pay the rent On the shopping cart CHORUS Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum Deedle

Manzanillo Bay Arlo Guthrie

Some times when the sun goes down And I'm lost in some other town My thoughts may drift away To Manzanillo Bay And I can see a fisherman His day's catch Iying on the sand Underneath the palms that

My Front Pages Arlo Guthrie

I remember now the time you left You thought to say farewell But for how long you would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caused you lots of grief And took you many

Highway In The Wind Arlo Guthrie

Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin Come with me a love me, Babe I may be back again Meantime I'll keep sailing down This highway

When a Soldier Makes It Home Arlo Guthrie

Halfway around the world tonight In a strange and foreign land A soldier packs his memories As he leaves Afghanistan And back home they don't know too much There's just no way to tell I guess you

Gypsy Davey Arlo Guthrie

came home Asking about his lady The only answer that he got was She's gone with the Gypsy Davey Gone with the Gypsy Dave Go saddle me up my buckskin home And my hundred dollar saddle Point out to

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

Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie

After speaking to Obie for about fourty-five minutes on the telephone we finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and

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

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

This Troubled Mind of Mine Arlo Guthrie

There's gonna be some changin' 'round Babe, when you come turn me down Trifled on me for your last time When I come home at night Why you always start a fight Now babe I want you to know You left

Gates of Eden Arlo Guthrie

The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though it's glow is waxed in black All except beneath the trees of Eden The lamp post stands with folded arms It's iron claws attached To

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

on, children, come on That the streets of heaven have all been sold Come on, children, come on Chorus: Come on, children, all come home Jesus gonna make you well Come on, people, now its time to

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

I'm Going Home Arlo Guthrie

home Mountain streams may run and flow Clean the sands on which they go Stretching down like it had known It's going home Sunrise early in the dawn Slips away, then it's gone Leaves the night to

Which Side Arlo Guthrie

There's trouble all around the world Well, it looks that way to me People don't know what to do They don't know where they should be But just one question still remains To which we must respond

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

Amazing Grace Arlo Guthrie

How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved Oh how precious did

I Could Be Singing Arlo Guthrie

have a party Welcome your heavenly Dad Remember the guy by the water We seen walkin' round on the air He went and learned for a quarter He knew that you could see him there You take your friends to

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

Lay Down Little Doggies Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE'VE BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND THE WINDS BLOWIN' COLDER AND THE SUN'S GOIN' DOWN LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE HIT THIS OLD BEEF

Epilogue Arlo Guthrie

A gambler's paradise 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

Lightning Bar Blues Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: I don't need no diamond ring I don't need no Cadillac car Just want to drink my Ripple wine Down in the Lightnin' Bar Down in the Lightnin' Bar Some people value fortune and fame I don't

Underground Arlo Guthrie

There's a river running underground That roll along the clay That took my body when I laid it down And carried it far away It's too damned dark for you to see So I did not protest My soul shook

Lovesick Blues Arlo Guthrie

Lawd I don't know what l'll do All I do is sit and sigh That last long day she said goodbye Well Lawd, I thought I would cry She'd do me, she'd do you, She's got that kind of lovin' Lawd, I love to

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

Evangelina Arlo Guthrie

daughter From Puerto Penasco Evangelina in old Mexico There's a great hot desert South of Mexicali And if you don't have water Then you better not go Tequila won't get you Across the desert To

The Motorcyle Song Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: I don't want a pickle Just want to ride on my motorsickle And I don't want a tickle 'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle And I don't want to die I just want to ride on my motorcy...cle

Motorcycle Song Arlo Guthrie

words and music by Arlo Guthrie CHORUS: I don't want a pickle Just want to ride on my motorsickle And I don't want a tickle 'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle And I don't want to die I just

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

Drowning Man Arlo Guthrie

I remember when I met you 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

Hobo's Lullaby Arlo Guthrie

Go to sleep you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rail humming That's a hobo's lullaby Do not think about tomorrow Let tomorrow come and go Tonight you're in a nice

Fence Post Blues Arlo Guthrie

know that it won't do you in I must have been here one time before But I wonder where the hell I've been Early in the morning when the sun comes up And I'm walkin' all around the field Thinkin' to

Mystic Journey Arlo Guthrie

Just me and a 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