lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LIKE A ROLLING STONE

(Bob Dylan) « © '65 Special Rider Music, SESAC »
Once upon a time you dressed so fine threw the bums a dime in your prime didn't you
People'd call say you're bound to fall you thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel how does it feel with no directions home
Like a complete unknown like a rolling stone

Princess on the steeple all the pretty people drinkin' thinkin' they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts
You'd better lift your diamond ring you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused at Napoleon in rags and the language he used
Pull to him now he calls you you can't refuse
When you got nothin' you got nothin' to lose
You're invisible now you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel how does it feel to be without a home
To be on your own like a complete unknown like a rolling stone
Just like a rolling stone
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2.

FOLSOM PRISON BLUES

(Johnny Cash) « © '56 House Of Cash, BMI »
(Hello I'm Lester Flatt and I'm Earl Scruggs)
I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone
When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
[ ac.guitar - banjo ] I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free
But those people keep on movin' and that's what tortures me
[ ac.guitar - dobro ] Well if they freed me from this prison if this railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
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3.

GENTLE ON MY MIND

(John Hartford) « © '67 Ensign Music, BMI »
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
It's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walkin'
It's knowin' that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
[ ac.guitar ] I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurgling crackling caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
That you're wavin' from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind
That you're wavin' from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind
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4.

IF I WERE A CARPENTER

(Tim Hardin) « © '67 Alley Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI / Allen Stanton Productions, BMI »
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
If a thinker was my trade would you still find me
Carrying the pots I made following behind me
Save my love through loneliness save my love through sorrow
I've given you my ownliness come and give me your tomorrow
[ ac.guitar ] If I worked my hands in wood would you still love me
Answer babe yes I would I would put you above me
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
Would you see it and know my face I'm here for the finding
Now if I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
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5.

FREIDA FLORENTINE

(Gary Scruggs) « © '68 Irving Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

6.

I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT

(Bob Dylan) « © '68 Dwarf Music, SESAC »
Close your eyes close the door don't have to worry anymore
Cause I'll be your baby tonight
Well the talking bird's gonna sail away we're gonna forget it
The big bad moon's gonna shine like a spoon we're gonna let it you won't regret it
Kick your shoes off do not fear bring that bottle over here
And I'll be your baby tonight
[ banjo - dobro ] Shot the lights shot the shades you don't have to be afraid
Cause I'll be your baby tonight

Well the talking bird's...
[ ac.guitar ] And I'll be your baby tonight
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7.

RAINY DAY WOMEN NUMBERS 12 AND 35

(Bob Dylan) « © '66 Dwarf Music, SESAC »
Well they'll stone you when you're tryin' to be so good
They'll stone you just a like they said they would
They'll stone you when you're tryin' to go home
They'll stone you when you're left all alone
I would not feel so all alone everybody must get stoned
They'll stone you when you're walkin' long the street
They'll stone you when you're tryin' to keep your seat
They'll stone you when you're walkin' on the foor
They'll stone you when you're walkin' to the door
I would not feel so all alone everybody must get stoned
[ banjo ] They'll stone you when you say that it's the end
They'll stone you and then you'll come back again
They'll stone you when you're ridin' in your car
They'll stone you when you're playin' your guitar
I would not feel so all alone everybody must get stoned all right oh yes
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8.

CATCH THE WIND

(Donovan Leitch) « © '65 Southern Music, ASCAP »
In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainity I want to be
In the warm hold of your lovin' mind
To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing would make me sing
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
[ ac.guitar ] When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind
For standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
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9.

LONG ROAD TO HOUSTON

(Norman Stephens) « © '68 Scruggs Music, BMI »
Well it's a long long way from here to Houston
It's a long long road from here to home
This cold black night is far from friendly
But I know that I have got to travel on

I know the things are mighty fat in Houston
And they pick me up as soon as I hit town
But I'm lonesome for the things that I am used to
Even though before I left she put me down

I'll just have to take my chances when I get there
Cause I know the law is surely after me
But I think I'd rather be in jail in Houston
Than walkin' down this road in Tennessee
[ banjo ] I was doin' fine and that's for certain
But her greedy ways were found to do me in
Her taste for pretty things soon had me hurtin'
And I found myself a headin' for the bend

I'll be there when the sun comes up tomorrow
Now I have to pay for things that I have done
Just being there would take away my sorrow
But it's worthy just to see that Houston sun

I'll just have to take my chances...
Than walkin' down this road in Tennessee
Lord I'm walkin' down this road in Tennessee
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10.

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'

(Bob Dylan) « © '63 Special Rider Music, SESAC »
Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a changin'
[ ac.guitar ] Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win for the times they are a changin'
[ ac.guitar ] Come senators congressmen please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a changin'

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a changin'
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11.

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

(Buffy Sainte Marie) « © '68 Gypsy Boy Music, ASCAP »
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