Well I told my baby
I said Baby, I know where you been
I know who you are
And what league you played in
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You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
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You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
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You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
Well, the night is so empty
So quit and still
For only fifteen hundred dollars
You can have anybody killed
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
Well, I told my baby
Further down the line
I said, "What happens tomorrow
Is on your head, not mine"
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
You wanna ramble to the break of dawn
They Killed Him
<Kris Kristofferson>
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There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi
He would not bow down, he would not fight
He knew the deal was a-down and dirty
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And nothing wrong could make it right away
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But he knew his duty and the price he had to pay
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Just another holy man who dared to be a friend
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My God, they killed him
Another man from Atlanta, Georgia
Name of Martin Luther King
He shook the land like a rolling thunder
And made the bells of freedom ring today
With a dream of beauty that they could not take away
Just another holy man who dared to make a stand
My God, they killed him
The only Son of God Almighty
The holy one called Jesus Christ
He healed the sick and fed the hungry
And for his love they took his life away
On the road to glory where the story never ends
Just the holy Son of Man I'll never understand
My God, they killed him
(There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi
A man named Martin Luther King
The only Son of God Almighty
The holy one called Jesus Christ)
On the road to glory where the story never ends
Just the holy Son of Man I'll never understand
My God, they killed him
There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi
A man named Martin Luther King
The only Son of God Almighty
The holy one called Jesus Christ
On the road to glory where the story never ends
Just the holy Son of Man I'll never understand
My God, they killed him
(There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi
A man named Martin Luther King
The only Son of God Almighty
The holy one called Jesus Christ)
(There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi
A man named Martin Luther King...)
I didn't know that you'd be a-leavin'
Who you thought you were talkin' to
I figure you maybe we're even
Or maybe I'm one up on you
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I sent you all my money
Just like I did before
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I try to reach you, honey
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But you're driftin' too far from shore
Driftin' too far from shore
Driftin' too far from shore
Driftin' too far from shore
Driftin' too far from shore
I ain't gonna get lost in this current
I don't like playin' cat and mouse
No gentleman likes makin' love to a servant
Especially when he's in his father's house
I never could guess your weight, baby
Never needed to call you my whore
I always thought you were straight, baby
But you're driftin' too far from shore
Well, driftin' too far from shore...
Well these times and these tunnels are haunted
The bottom of the barrel is too
I waited years sometimes, for what I wanted
Everybody can't be as lucky as you
Never no more do I wonder
Why you don't never play with me any more
And any moment you can go under
'Cause you're driftin' too far from shore
Yeah, driftin' too far from shore...
You and me we had completeness
I'd give you all of what I could provide
We weren't on the wrong side, sweetness
We were the wrong side
I've already ripped out the phones, honey
You can't walk the streets in a war
I can finish this alone honey
You're driftin' too far from shore
Precious sacred scenes unfold
Precious father, loving mother
Glide across the lonely years
And old home scenes of my childhood
In fond memories appears
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious memories sacred scenes unfold
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As I travel down life's pathway
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Know not what the years may hold
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As I ponder hopes grow fonder
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Precious memories flood my soul
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Precious memories how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
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In the stillness of the midnight
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Precious sacred scenes unfold
Maybe Someday
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Maybe someday you'll be satisfied
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When you've lost everything you'll have nothing left to hide
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When you're through runnin' over things, like you're walkin' 'cross the tracks
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Maybe you'll beg me like a dog to take you back
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Maybe someday you'll find out everybody's somebody's fool
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Maybe then you'll realize what it would have taken to keep me cool
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Maybe someday when you're by yourself alone
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You'll only love that I have for you was never my own
Maybe someday you'll have nowhere to turn
You look back and wonder at the bridges you have burned
You look back sometime when the lights grow dim
And you'll see you look much better with me than you do with him
Through hostile cities and unfriendly towns
Thirty pieces of silver, no money down
Maybe someday you will understand
That something for nothing is everybody's plan
Maybe someday you'll remember what you felt
When there was blood on the moon in the cotton belt
When both of us baby, with those who some sort of a test
Neither one of us could do what we do best
I should have known better, baby, I should have called your bluff
I guess I was too off the handle, not sentimental enough
Maybe someday you'll believe me when I say
That I wanted you baby in every kind of way
Maybe someday you'll hear a voice from on high
Sayin', "For whose sake did you live, for whose sake did you die?"
Forgive me baby for what I didn't do
For not breakin' down no bedroom door to get at you
Always was a sucker for the right cross
Never wanted to go home when the last cent was lost
Maybe someday you will look back and see
That I made it so easy for you to follow me
Maybe someday there'll be nothing to tell
But I just as happy as you baby I just can't say it so well
Never slumbered or slept or waited for lightning to strike
It was no excuse for you to say that we don't think alike
You said you were goin' to Frisco, stay a couple of months
I always liked San Francisco, I was there for a party once
Maybe someday you'll see that it's true
There was no greater love than what I had for you
About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck
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He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself
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The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck
Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp
As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath
Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death
Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain
You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart
The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert
In your busted down Ford and your platform heels
I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet
Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel
Well, we drove that car all night into San Antone
And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft
Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back
I would have gone on after you
But I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off
Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies
Now I know she ain't you but she's and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul
But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore
To remember the times when I was your only man
And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out of control
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls
Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world
Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo
We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live
He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile
Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back
She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust
She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while"
Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin'
Of bummin' a ride back to where she started
But you know, she changed the subject every time money came up
She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead"
You could tell she was so broken-hearted
She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt"
"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh
"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn
'Til the sun peels the paint, and the seat covers fade, and the water moccasin dies"
Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn"
Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head
But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play
All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved
And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls
Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world
Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour
I was crossin' the street when shots rang out
I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran
"We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune
Underneath it, it said, "A man with no alibi"
You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you
Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears
It was the best acting I saw anybody do
Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass
But sometimes you just find yourself over the line
Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much
I could feel a whole lot better
If you were just here by my side to show me how
Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck
Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind
He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about
But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls
Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world
Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned
The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter
Is that his name wasn't Henry Porter
And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked
That was always too good for this world
Just like you always said there was something about me you liked
That I left behind in the French Quarter
Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections
Than people who are most content
I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone
You always said people don't do what they believe in
They just do what's most convenient, then they repent
And I always said, "Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays on"
There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice
I don't remember who I was or where I was bound
All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck
He wore a gun and he was shot in the back
Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls
Teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world
Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
I wish I could remember that movie just a little bit better
All I remember about it was that it starred Gregory Peck
He was shot down in the back by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself
The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck
Well the Sheriff beat that boy into a bloody pulp
As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath
"Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death"
Well I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
And it blows right through me like a ball and chain
You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart
Your memory keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert
In your busted down Ford and your platform heels
I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet
Ah, but you were right, it was perfect as I got in behind the wheel
We drove that car all night into San Antone
And we slept near the Alamo, fell out under the stars
Way down in Mexico you went out to see a doctor and you never came back
I stayed there a while, till the whole place it started feelin' like Mars
Well, I'm driving this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies
Somethin' about it reminds me of you
Like when she sings "Baby, let the good times roll"
But I'm too over the edge to remember the things we used to talk about or do
And she don't want to remind me, she knows this car would go out of control
Danville Girl with your Danville curl
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above
Danville Girl, take me all around the world
Danville Girl, you're my honey love
Well we crossed the Panhandle and then we headed out towards Amarillo
Rushin' down where Henry Porter used to live, he owned a wreckin' lot outside of town
We could see Ruby in the window, as we came rolling up in a trail of dust
She said "Henry's not here, he took off, but y'all can come in and stay a while"
Well she told us times were tough but we never knew how bad off she was
You know she would change the subject every time money came up
You know her eyes were filled with so much sadness, she was so disillusioned with everything
She said "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt"
"How far y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh
"We're going all the way till the wheels fall off and burn
Till the sun peels the paint, and the seat covers fade, and the water moccasin dies"
Ruby just smiled and said "Ah, you know, some babies never learn"
I keep trying to remember that movie though, and it does keep comin' back
But I can't remember what part I played or who I was supposed to be
All I can remember about it is it's starring Gregory Peck and he was in it
And everything he did in it reminded me of me
Danville Girl, with your Danville curl
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above
Danville Girl, take me all around the world
Danville Girl, you're my honey love
Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour
I was crossing the street when they opened fire
I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran
Sounded to me like I was bein' chased by the midnight choir
Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune
Underneath it said "A man with no alibi"
You went out on a limb to testify and you said I was with you, ah, yes you did
And I watched you break down in front of the judge and cry
Aah, it was the best acting I ever saw you do
I've always been an emotional person but this time it was asking too much
If there's an original thought out there, oh, I could use it right now!
Yeah, I feel pretty good, but you know I could feel a whole lot better, oh yes I could
If you were just here by my side to show me how
Well, I'm standing in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck
Oh yes I am, but it's not the one that I had in mind
He's got a new one out now, you know it just don't look the same
But I'll see him anyway and I stand in line
Danville Girl, with your Danville curl
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above
Danville Girl, take me all around the world
Danville Girl, you're my honey love
You know, it's funny how people just want to believe what's convenient
Nothing happens on purpose, it's an accident if it happens at all
And everything that's happening to us seems like it's happening without our consent
But we're busy talking back and forth to our shadows on an old stone wall
Oh, you got to talk to me now baby, tell me about the man that you used to love
And tell me about your dreams, just before the time you passed out
Oh, yeah! Tell me about the time that our engine broke down and it was the worst of times
Tell me about all the things I couldn't do nothin' about
There was a movie I seen one time, and I think I sat through it twice
I don't remember who I was or what part I played
All I remember about it was that it was starring Gregory Peck
But that was a long time ago, and it was made in the shade
Danville girl, with your Danville curl
Teeth like pearls, shining like the moon above
Danville Girl take me all around the world
Danville Girl, you're my honey love
Got My Mind Made Up
Written with Tom Petty
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Don't ever try to change me I've been in this thing too long
There's nothing you can say or do to make me think I'm wrong
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But I'm going off to Libya, there's a guy I gotta see
He's been livin' there three years now in an oil refinery
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I got my mind made up (whoa!)
Got my mind made up
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Call you ma in Tallahassee, tell her her baby's on the line
Tell her not to worry, everything is gonna be fine
Well, I'll give you all my money, all my connections too
There ain't nothing in this world you can say I didn't give to you
I got my mind made up (whoa!)
Got my mind made up
You will be alright girl, someone's watchin' over you
He won't do nothing to you, baby, that I wouldn't do
Well if you don't want to see me, look out the other way
You don't have to feed me, I ain't your dog that's gone astray
I got my mind made up (whoa!)
I got my mind made up (whoa!)
Got my mind made up (whoa!)
Got my mind made up (whoa!)
Baby, I'm under your spell
I was knocked out and loaded in the naked night
When my last dream exploded I noticed your light
Baby, oh what a story I could tell
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It's been nice seein' you, you read me like a book
If you ever want to reach me, you know where to look
Baby I'll be at the same hotel
I'd like to help you but I'm in a bit of a jam
I'll call you tomorrow if there's phones where I am
Baby, caught between heaven and hell
But I will be back, I will survive
You'll never get rid of me as long as you're alive
Baby, can't you tell?
Well it's four in the mornin' by the sounds of the birds
I'm starin' at your picture, I'm hearin' your words
Baby, they ring in my head like a bell
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Everywhere you go it's enough to break hearts
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Someone always gets hurt, a fire always starts
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You where too hot to handle, you were breakin' every vow
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I trusted you baby, you can trust me now
Turn back, baby, wipe your eye
Don't think I'm leavin' here without a kiss goodbye
Baby, is there anythin' left to tell?
I'll see you later when I'm not so out of my head
Maybe next time I'll let the dead bury the dead
Baby, what more can I tell?
When the desert is hot, the mountain is cursed
Pray that I don't die of thirst
Baby, two feet from the well
