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Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More

Transcribed by joshua zemel

Last sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.
Week before, they all seemed the same.
With the help of God and true friends, I come to realize
I still had two strong legs, and even wings to fly.

And oh i, ain’t wastin time no more
’cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things.

Lord, lord miss sally, why all your cryin’?
Been around here three long days, you’re lookin’ like you’re dyin’.
Just step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above
Go on downtown baby, find somebody to love.

Meanwhile I ain’t wastin’ time no more
’cause time goes by like pouring rain, and much faster things.

You don’t need no gypsy to tell you why
You can’t let one precious day slip by.
Look inside yourself, and if you don’t see what you want,
Maybe sometimes then you don’t,
But leave your mind alone and just get high.

Well by and by, way after many years have gone,
And all the war freaks die off, leavin’ us alone.
We’ll raise our children in the peaceful way we can,
It’s up to you and me brother
To try and try again.

Well, hear us now, we ain’t wastin’ time no more
’cause time goes by like hurricanes
Runnin’ after subway trains
Don’t forget the pouring rain.

Blue Sky

Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don’t worry ’bout where it’s going, no, no.
Don’t fly, mister blue bird, I’m just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know

Chorus
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.

Good old sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere.
Goin to carolina, it won’t be long and I’ll be there

Chorus

Crazy Love

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

Crazy love
Crazy love
I love you mama
Uh, uh

I’m laid up here lookin’ at my shoes
Stuck here with these hotel blues
I wish you’d only just call me on the phone

Ain’t no doubt and I don’t mean maybe
Whoo! i just can’t forget about you baby
Can’t stop thinkin’ ’bout your crazy love

Crazy love
Crazy love
I love you mama
But you’re too bad to change

Dreams

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.

[chorus]
’cause I’m hung up on dreams I’ll never see, yeah baby.
Ahh help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[chorus]

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[chorus]
　

Melissa

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...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsy’s name

No one hears his lonely sigh,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
With sweet melissa... mmm...

Again the morning’s come,
Again he’s on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (lord, lord)
Will you hide the dead man’s ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
Or will his spirit roll away?

But I know that he won’t stay without melissa.

Yes I know that he won’t stay without melissa.

Midnight Rider

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.

And I’ve gone by the point of caring,
Some old bed I’ll soon be sharing,
And I’ve got one more silver dollar,

Repeat three times and fade
But I’m not gonna let ’em catch me, no
Not gonna let them catch the midnight rider.

One Way Out

Ain’t but one way out baby, lord I just can’t go out the door.
Ain’t but one way out baby, and lord I just can’t go out the door.
Cause there’s a man down there, might be your man I don’t know.

Lord you got me trapped woman, up on the second floor;
If I get by this time I won’t be trapped no more.
So raise our window baby, I can ease out soft and slow.
And lord, your neighbors, no they won’t be
Talking that stuff that they don’t know.

Lord, I’m foolish to be here in the first place,
I know some man gonna walk in and take my place.
Ain’t no way in the world, I’m going out that front door
Cause there’s a man down there, might be your man I don’t know.
Cause there’s a man down there, might be your man I don’t know.
Cause there’s a man down there,

Freely
Lord, it just might happen to be your man...
Lord, it just a might be your man,
Oh baby, I just don’t know...

Ramblin’ Man

[chorus]
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 my father was a gambler down in georgia,
He wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
And I was born in the back seat of a greyhound bus
Rollin’ down highway 41.

Chorus

I’m on my way to new orleans this mornin’,
Leaving out of nashville, tennessee,
They’re always having a good time down on the bayou,
Lord, them delta women think the world of me.

Chorus

[repeat and fade]
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man...

Revival

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.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? love is everywhere.

Southbound

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 been workin’ every night, travelin’ every day.
Yes I been workin’ every night, traveling every day.
You can tell your other man, sweet daddy’s on his way.
Aww, ya better believe.

Well I’m southbound.
Whoa I’m southbound.
Well you can tell your other man, sweet daddy’s on his way.

(guitar solo)

Got your hands full now baby, as soon as I hit that door.
You’ll have your hands full now woman, just as soon as I hit that door.
Well I’m gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have
Had before.

Lord, I’m southbound.
Yes I’m southbound.
Whoa I’m southbound, baby.
Said I’m southbound.
Well I’m gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should
Have had before.

(piano solo)
(guitar solo)

Statesboro Blues

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn uncle john from your door.

I woke up this morning, I had them statesboro blues,
I woke up this morning, had them statesboro blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.

Well my momma died and left me,
My poppa died and left me,
I ain’t good looking baby,
Want someone sweet and kind.

I’m goin’ to the country, baby do you wanna go?
But if you can’t make it baby, your sister lucille said she wanna go.
(and I sure will take her).

I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen;
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen.
Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I treat her like a dog gone queen.

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve babe, to turn uncle john from your door.

Whipping Post

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’.

My friends tell me, that I’ve been such a fool,
And I have to stand by and take it baby, all for lovin’ you.
Drown myself in sorrow, and I look at what you’ve down.
But nothin’ seems to change, the bad times stay the same,
And I can’t run.

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’.

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’.

Wasted Words

Can you tell me, tell me, friend, just exactly where I’ve been?
Is that so much to ask? I’ll pay you back no matter what the task.
You seem really sure ’bout something I don’t know,
Take that load off, looks like chest’s about to go.
Your wasted words already been heard, are you really god, yes or no?

Well, all day and half the night you’re walkin’ round lookin’ such a fright.
Is it me or is it you? I’d make a wager and I’d hope to lose.
Time’s gone, looks like rome is ’bout to fall,
Next time take the elevator, please don’t crawl.
Your wasted words so absurd, are you really satan, yes or no?

Well, I ain’t no saint and you sure as hell ain’t no savior,
Every other christmas I would practice good behavior.
That was then, this is now, don’t ask me to be mister clean,
’cause baby, I don’t know how.
Ring my phone ’bout ten more times, we will see,
Find that broke down line and let it be.
Your wasted words wiill never be heard, go on home baby and watch it on tv.

Weekday soap-box speciality, you know what I’m talkin’ ’bout now,
By the way, this song’s for you, sincerely, me.

Whipping Post

I been run down, I been lied to,
I don抰 know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money, wrecked my new car.
Now she抯 with one of my goodtime buddies,
They抮e 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抦 dyin?

My friends tell me, that I抳e been such a fool,
And I have to stand by and take it baby, all for lovin?you.
Drown myself in sorrow, and I look at what you抳e down.
But nothin?seems to change, the bad times stay the same,
And I can抰 run.

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抦 dyin?

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抦 dyin?

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