Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes lyrics

Down On The Bottom Down on the bottom Down to the last drop in the cup Down on the bottom No place to go but up Always been in trouble Nearly all my life Always been in trouble Struggle, scorn and strife Go find me my bluebird Flying so high up above Go find me my bluebird Go find me somebody to love Married To My Hack Five in the morning she would fix my lunch Put it in a paper sack Where I'm headed I always appreciate it But I'd rather stay married to my hack I move like the breeze and the birds and the bees And I've never been known to look back I got 15 women and all of them swimming But I'd rather stay married to my hack I move 15 miles every minute, I'm all smiles I shoot by my sister's shack She's got some friend who waves at men (a fine little hen) But I'd rather stay married to my hack I got 12 wheel drive and an oversized hive And air cooled brakes in the back Candy McGraff's always good for a laugh But I'd rather stay married to my hack I got a pedal to hit and an engine that won't quit And a carburetor that won't crack Maureen and Billy they're a little silly But there's nothing that they do lack I got loose eyed ladies who never seen a man Just waiting around the back Gimme a bottle or someone to throttle 'Cause I'd rather stay married to my hack Kansas City I listen to you time and time again While you tell me just what’s right And you tell me a thousand things a day Then sleep somewhere’s else at night I’m going back to Kansas City And I love you dear, but just how long Can I keep singing the same old song And I love you dear, but just how long Can I keep singing the same old song I’m going back to Kansas City And you call me to come, then I do And you say you made some mistake You invite me into your house Then you say you gotta pay for what you break I’m going back to Kansas City Gypsy woman, you know every place I go Even a thousand miles away from home You don’t care if I’m asleep or I’m awake This fickle heart just turn to stone I’m going back to Kansas City Spanish Mary There were three sailors, bold and true With cargo they did carry They sailed away on the ocean blue For the love of Spanish Mary So deeply now were they disturbed No longer could they tarry Swoon and swerve For the love of Spanish Mary In Kingston town of high degree The buffoon, the fool, the fairy All paid the dues and inquired to me For the love of Spanish Mary Beggar man, beggar man tell me no lie Is it a mystery to live or is it a mystery to die I seek ye not to ask of you It was in Kingston town indeed It is said they stopped but not for greed But for the love of Spanish Mary I remember well, they came one day The buffoon, the fool, the fairy They asked of me what could I say For the love of Spanish Mary ‘Tis not of me to talk absurd No rumor do I carry No, I’ll not give you one word But for the love of Spanish Mary Liberty Street He came from the old religion But possessed no magic skill Descending from machinery He left nothing in his will The crops are failing The women wailing It’s in the paper at your feet Six months in Kansas City Down on Liberty Street It was sad to see it That little lady going in Arrested for arson Once they’d asked her where she’d been Down on her knees Not even a breeze Another victim of the heat Six months in Kansas City Down on Liberty Street Things sure don’t look too pretty Cause a man to rob and steal I got a full six more months out here Can’t be begging for my meals Now look here Baby Snooks Doesn’t matter what books You keep underneath your seat Six months in Kansas City Down on Liberty Street Nothing To It Well I knew I was young enough And I knew there was nothing to it ‘Cause I’d already seen it done enough And I knew there was nothing to it There was no organization I wanted to join So I stayed by myself and took out a coin There I sat with my eyes in my hand Just contemplating killing a man (For greed was one thing I just couldn’t stand) If I was you I’d put back what I took A guilty man’s got a guilty look Heads I will and tails I won’t As long as the call be won’t be my own Well you don’t have to turn your pockets inside out But I’m sure you can give me something Well you don’t have to go into your bank account But I’m sure you can give me something Well I knew I was young enough And I knew there was nothing to it ‘cause I’d already seen it done enough And I knew there was nothing to it Golden Tom - Silver Judas They say that today makes up for what yesterday lacked And it must be some old day and that is a fact Can't talk to nobody, don't know just how they'll react Weigh the silver and gold Be precise and exact How can today make up for yesterday For if we break up, I guess you would stay Buffalo Bill wouldn't have known what to do If he got a just one look, just one good look at you And I don't know what to do either Just want to tell you it's neither Tom said "Don't take her" Judas said "Leave her" How can today make up for yesterday For if we break up, I guess you would stay So golden Tom said to poor Silver Judas "It's so hard to say who's the worst of the two of us So don't brood There's no fraud in this feud I don't know, I don't know, I don't know what to do" How can today make up for yesterday For if we break up, I wish you would stay When I Get My Hands On You When I set my eyes on you Gonna keep you outta town at night When I set my eyes on you Not gonna be outta my sight And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man When I get my hands on you Gonna make you carry me When I get my hands on you Gonna make you marry me And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man When I come home to you Gonna take you down to the riverside When I come home to you Hold you in my arms all night And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man Duncan And Jimmy Fill up the glasses and take your stand Tip your hat to the world Button up the bowtie and dance around Once again with the fat Hawaiian girl Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Nobody walks between them Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Has anybody seen them? Freighter man, freighter man Which way’s that freighter gonna run tonight Will it take me down to Jacksonville Or just leave me be wherever it seems right Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Nobody walks between them Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Has anybody seen them? So fill up the glasses and take your stand Tip your hat to the world Button up the bowtie and dance all around Once again with the fat Hawaiian girl Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Nobody walks between them Duncan and Jimmy walk side by side Has anybody seen them? Florida Key Miami woman so fine and fair I try and try but I can’t get anywhere I sail out under the sun Looking for my darling, my only one I sail all day, and when the day is done She’s still the one I want to see I must find that Florida Key Collins Avenue, Fifth Street and Main I walk up and down but it’s all in vain My only darling is gone Took everything and put it out on the lawn And Jim came and got it and he gave it to John It’s getting harder and harder to be me I must find that Florida Key Just standing on the curb watching for boats While them boys and girls pass by on their big silver goats I’m getting out while the getting is good In my ship of steel or in my ship of wood One more time I’m gonna do just like I should See, this could only happen to me I must find that Florida Key Need a little sunshine in my beer Thinking ‘bout eloping Nothing’s locked, never will be Everything is open There’s only one thing that lurks in my mind It’s nothing here, nothing I’ve left behind There’s something up front, something I hope to find I’m gonna set sail again tonight Round the horn and in the clear moonlight Or at least I’m sure it’s going to be Soon as I find my Florida Key Hidee Hidee Ho #11 How could she reject me Send me on my way How could she suspect me Of leading her astray I met her accidentally And I asked to see her home She told me she wouldn’t mind And we commenced to roam Hidee Hidee Ho (making love wherever we go) Hidee Hidee Hee (making love just you and me) Hidee Hidee Hoo (making love just me and you) I took out my pen knife And showed it at this rake He looked at me as if to say You’re making a mistake I do not frighten easily Yet no weapon I possess No matter what you thinkin’, son You better second guess Hidee Hidee Ho (making love wherever we go) Hidee Hidee Hee (making love just you and me) Hidee Hidee Hoo (making love just me and you) Hidee Hidee Ho (making love on the highway bump) Hidee Hidee Hee (making love in a pile of rope) Hidee Hidee Hoo (making love on the driveway ramp) Lost On The River #12 The tears of a lonely man are hidden within As he moves from one woman to the next, his spirit grows thin When he falls in love with one, it's hard but it's true But it's oh so much harder when that woman is you The leaves on the trees shake when the storm clouds appear Just as I shake up inside when I follow you here At your invitation to come to you, dear I got lost on the river, but I got found I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown I got lost on the river, but I didn't go down I got lost on the river, but I got found I looked at the graze of blue where the light begins Through the glass where the rays shot through caressing your skin Like your invitation to follow you in I got lost on the river, but I got found I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown I got lost on the river, but I didn't go down I got lost on the river, but I got found Stranger Never fall in love with a stranger And that, son, they all said to me And never fall in love with a stranger But I can’t help it if she falls in love with me And never fall in love with a stranger Now, they’ve gone against my command And never fall in love with a stranger The pain is written in my hands But if I can’t resist Find my way outta this She knows that our love more than any river flows And I’m done now, all of my intentions are exposed Not hidden in my clothes Or in between my toes I wanna tombstone pearl handle revolver Don’t wanna meet a pale man with a halo in his hair Never fall in love with a stranger But sometimes I simply do not care And if I can’t resist Get my way outta this She knows that our love more than any river flows And I’m done now, all of my intentions are exposed Not hidden in my clothes Or in between my toes I done things right, pretty much all of my life I’m not looking for any sympathy I can run all I like away from that stranger But somehow she’ll always follow me Card Shark There are many kinds of fish that swim in the sea There’s others that swim in the dark And of those troupers and trouts and dolphins and whales The one you must watch is the shark Card shark (yes, m’am) Get ‘m in the nose That ol’ card shark Now I sat me down to have some fun I jumped in the tank for a spell I boogalooed in the bunkhouse and saw some bandits on the run I went down to get water from the well Card shark (yes, m’am) Get ‘m in the nose That ol’ card shark Now set ‘m up, Samba Sit on it awhile Toss in the towel and have a kick Stick it in the rear and roar for a bit And waddle down the road like a brick Card shark (yes, m’am) Get ‘m in the nose That ol’ card shark Quick Like A Flash Quick like a flash, we got to border that bus Go down on the hump and screw it We don’t need your opinions take a look at us When we find something good, we’re true to it Revenge is sweet when we take a trip or two Put ol’ Peter in the pocket Then pull in or out and paint ‘em blue Put a bow tie on ‘em, and sock it Quick like a flash Quick like a flash Quick like a flash Crossharp’s coming just once that’s all Oh baby, wontcha please come use him Gang up on the punk and a big checker haul Poor little punk, don’t bruise him Quick like a flash, we got to border that bus Go down on the hump and screw it We don’t need your opinions take a look at us When we find something good, we’re true to it Quick like a flash Quick like a flash Quick like a flash Hidee Hidee Ho #16 Hidee Hidee Ho Making love wherever we go Hidee Hidee Hee Making love just you and me How could she reject me Send me on my way How could she suspect me Of leading her astray I met her accidentally And I asked to see her home She told me that she wouldn’t mind And then commenced to roam Hidee Hidee Ho Making love wherever we go Hidee Hidee Hee Making love just you and me I took out my little pen knife And showed at this this rake He looked at me as if to say You’re making a mistake I do not frighten easily Yet no weapon I possess No matter what you thinkin’, son You better second guess Hidee Hidee Ho Making love wherever you go Hidee Hidee Hee Making love just you and me Diamond Ring If I ever get back to St. Louis again, There’s gonna be some changes made I’m gonna find old Alice and right away where I left off It’s gonna be just as if I stayed That old organ grinder’s gonna wind his box And the knife sharpener’s gonna sing When I get back to St. Louis again I’m gonna buy that diamond ring Diamond Ring Diamond Ring Shine like gold Behold that diamond ring If I ever get back to St. Louis again Everybody’s gonna smile One of the Mack girls dragged me up to Washington I got stuck there for a while She gave me more misery than a man can hold And I took her bad advice Now I don’t aim to bother anyone I have paid that awful price Diamond Ring Diamond Ring Shine like gold Behold that diamond ring If ever I get back to St. Louis again That diamond ring’ isgonna shine That old burlesque dancer is gonna bum around And everything’s gonna be fine I’m gonna settle up my accounts with lead And leave the rest up to the law Then I’m gonna marry the one I love And head out for Wichita Diamond Ring Diamond Ring Shine like gold Behold that diamond ring The Whistle Is Blowing The whistle is blowing, and the train is going Just what’s gonna happen next, well, I’m not one to say I’m sitting here yearning while those wheels keep turning “I’ll be gone by tonight,” she told me today And next door to the cornstalk, by the side of this sheet rock I will wait for the morning like a dog in the moon Blow, blow on Blow, blow on Oh the minutes go slow now, and I hope it don’t snow now ‘cause it’s quiet and still and that train’s out of sight All we need is a fat storm to blow by the platform Oh dear me, that woman, that woman’s always right Blow, blow on Blow, blow on Blow, blow on Blow, blow on The whistle is blowing, and the train is going Just what’s gonna happen next, well, I’m not the one to say Six Months In Kansas City (Liberty Street) I see by the papers that He came from the old religion but possessed no magic skill Descending from machinery, he left nothing from his will Thank you for not helping me out For not treating me like a fool If you didn't lay me on a cold mattress at night I might be kicking more than your mule Crops are failing, women are wailing Six months in Kansas City (Can't find no room and board) Six months in Kansas City (What can lead to that kind of reward?) Six months in Kansas City (All my good friends in jail lost out) Six months in Kansas City (Some who ain't got no bail bust out) Six months in Kansas City (But they find the track and make you come back) Six months in Kansas City (Down on your knees, not even a breeze, ain't it a pity? Six months in Kansas City Well here now Baby Snooks It don't matter how many books you got underneath your thumb Descended from machinery You've got nothing left to come Thank you for not helping me out For not treating me like a fool If you didn't lay me on a cold mattress at night I might be kicking more than your mule Crops are failing, women are wailing Six months in Kansas City (Woe! Can't be begging for no last meal) Six months in Kansas City (Cause a man to rob and steal) Six months in Kansas City (All my good friends confounded, indeed) Six months in Kansas City (Some lost and some drown and some turn to greed) Six months in Kansas City (Some wake one day and they've made them king) Six months in Kansas City (Make a man ready to do anything) Six months in Kansas City (Things sure don't look too pretty) Six months in Kansas City (Are you ready?) Six months in Kansas City (Are you ready?) Six months in Kansas City (Are you ready to admit defeat?) Six months in Kansas City (Take your place down on Liberty Street) Six months in Kansas City Lost On The River #20 The tears of a woman are hidden within As she moves from one to the next, her spirit grows thin And when she falls in love with one, it’s hard but it’s true But it’s oh so much harder when that man is you I got lost on the river, but I got found I got lost on the river, but I didn’t drown One stormy day I was out at sea The waves they rolled and tumbled over me I spied dry land and a tall pale tree I knew that soon that’s where I’d like to be My sweetheart left me for another one And now I wait for the next rising sun I got lost on the river, but I got found I got lost on the river, but I didn’t drown I got lost on the river, but I didn’t go down I got lost on the river, but I got found

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