Tracklist
01. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
02. Pledging My Time
03. Visions of Johanna
04. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
05. I Want You [0:03:09.60]
06. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
07. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
08. Just Like a Woman
09. Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously 5 Believers
14. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
[b] 1. 4:37 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [/b]
Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good, They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would. They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home. Then they'll stone ya when you'rethere all alone. But I would not feel so all alone, Everybodymust get stoned. Well, they'll stone ya when you're walkin''long the street. They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat. They'll stone ya when you're walkin' on the floor. They'll stone ya when you're walkin' to the door. But I would not feel so all alone, Everybody must get stoned. They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table. They'll stone ya whenyou are young and able. They'll stone ya when you're tryin' tomake a buck. They'll stone ya and then they'll say, "good luck." Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone, Everybody mustget stoned. Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end. Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again. They'll stone you when you're riding in your car. They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar. Yes, but I would not feel soall alone, Everybody must get stoned. Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone. They'll stone you when you are walking home. They'll stone you and then say you are brave. They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave. But I would not feel so all alone, Everybody must get stoned.
[b] 2. 3:50 Pledging My Time [/b]
Well, early in the mornin' 'Til late at night, I got a poisonheadache, But I feel all right. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Well, the hobo jumped up, He came down natur'lly. After he stole my baby, Then he wantedto steal me. But I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Won't you come with me, baby? I'll take youwhere you wanna go. And if it don't work out, You'll be the first to know. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll comethrough, too. Well, the room is so stuffy, I can hardly breathe. Ev'rybody's gone but me and you And I can't be the last to leave. I'm pledging my time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too. Well, they sent for the ambulance And one was sent. Somebody got lucky But it was an accident. Now I'm pledgingmy time to you, Hopin' you'll come through, too.
[b] 3. 7:33 Visions of Johanna [/b]
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet? We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' ourbest to deny it And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off Just Louiseand her lover so entwined And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight Ask himself if it's him or them that'sreally insane Louise, she's all right, she's just near She'sdelicate and seems like the mirror But she just makes it all too concise and too clear That Johanna's not here The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously And when bringing her name up He speaks of a farewell kiss to me He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall How can I explain? Oh, it's so hard to get on And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvationmust be like after a while But Mona Lisa musta had the highwayblues You can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear theone with the mustache say, "Jeeze I can't find my knees" Oh,jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule But thesevisions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him" But like Louise always says "Ya can'tlook at much, can ya man?" As she, herself, prepares for him And Madonna, she still has not showed We see this empty cage nowcorrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed On the back of the fish truck that loads While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keysand the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain
[b] 4. 4:55 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [/b]
I didn't mean to treat you so bad You shouldn't take it so personal I didn't mean to make you so sad You just happened to bethere, that's all When I saw you say "goodbye" to your friendsand smile I thought that it was well understood That you'd becomin' back in a little while I didn't know that you were sayin' "goodbye" for good But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, oneof us must know That I really did try to get close to you Icouldn't see what you could show me Your scarf had kept your mouth well hid I couldn't see how you could know me But you said you knew me and I believed you did When you whispered in my ear And asked me if I was leavin' with you or her I didn't realize just what I did hear I didn't realize how young you were But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just did what you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That Ireally did try to get close to you I couldn't see when it started snowin' Your voice was all that I heard I couldn't see where we were goin' But you said you knew an' I took your word And then you told me later, as I apologized That you were justkiddin' me, you weren't really from the farm An' I told you, asyou clawed out my eyes That I never really meant to do you anyharm But, sooner or later, one of us must know You just didwhat you're supposed to do Sooner or later, one of us must know That I really did try to get close to you
[b] 5. 3:08 I Want You [/b]
The guilty undertaker sighs, The lonesome organ grinder cries, The silver saxophones say I should refuse you. The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn, But it'snot that way, I wasn't born to lose you. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. The drunken politician leaps Upon the street where mothers weep And the saviorswho are fast asleep, They wait for you. And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to Open up the gate for you. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love they've been without it. But all their daughters put me down 'Cause I don't think about it. Well, I return to the Queen of Spades And talk with my chambermaid. She knows that I'm not afraid To look at her. She is good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see. She knows where I'd like to be Butit doesn't matter. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. Now your dancing child with his Chinesesuit, He spoke to me, I took his flute. No, I wasn't very cuteto him, Was I? But I did it, though, because he lied Becausehe took you for a ride And because time was on his side And because I . . . I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you.
[b] 6. 7:06 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again [/b]
Oh, the ragman draws circles Up and down the block. I'd ask him what the matter was But I know that he don't talk. And the ladies treat me kindly And furnish me with tape, But deep inside my heart I know I can't escape. Oh, Mama, can this really bethe end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis bluesagain. Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley With his pointedshoes and his bells, Speaking to some French girl, Who says she knows me well. And I would send a message To find out if she's talked, But the post office has been stolen And the mailbox is locked. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuckinside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Mona tried to tell me To stay away from the train line. She said that allthe railroad men Just drink up your blood like wine. An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, But then again, there's only one I've met An' he just smoked my eyelids An' punched my cigarette." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside ofMobile With the Memphis blues again. Grandpa died last week And now he's buried in the rocks, But everybody still talks about How badly they were shocked. But me, I expected it to happen, I knew he'd lost control When he built a fire on Main Street And shot it full of holes. Oh, Mama, can this really be theend, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the senator came down here Showing ev'ryone his gun, Handing out free tickets To the wedding of his son. An' me, Inearly got busted An' wouldn't it be my luck To get caught without a ticket And be discovered beneath a truck. Oh, Mama, canthis really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With theMemphis blues again. Now the preacher looked so baffled When I asked him why he dressed With twenty pounds of headlines Stapled to his chest. But he cursed me when I proved it to him, Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide. You see, you're justlike me, I hope you're satisfied." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis bluesagain. Now the rainman gave me two cures, Then he said, "Jump right in." The one was Texas medicine, The other was just railroad gin. An' like a fool I mixed them An' it strangled upmy mind, An' now people just get uglier An' I have no sense oftime. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. When Ruthie says come see her In her honky-tonk lagoon, Where I can watch her waltz for free 'Neath her Panamanian moon. An' I say, "Aw come on now, You must know about my debutante." An' she says, "Yourdebutante just knows what you need But I know what you want." Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again. Now the bricks lay on Grand Street Where the neon madmen climb. They all fall there so perfectly, It all seems so well timed. An' here I sit so patiently Waiting to find out what price You have to pay to get outof Going through all these things twice. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphisblues again.
[b] 7. 3:58 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [/b]
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well,you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin' like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well,you look so pretty in it Honey, can I jump on it sometime? Yes, I just wanna see If it's really that expensive kind You knowit balances on your head Just like a mattress balances On a bottle of wine Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well,if you wanna see the sun rise Honey, I know where We'll go out and see it sometime We'll both just sit there and stare Me with my belt Wrapped around my head And you just sittin' there In your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, I asked thedoctor if I could see you It's bad for your health, he said Yes, I disobeyed his orders I came to see you But I found him there instead You know, I don't mind him cheatin' on me But I sure wish he'd take that off his head Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, I see you got a new boyfriend You know,I never seen him before Well, I saw him Makin' love to you You forgot to close the garage door You might think he loves youfor your money But I know what he really loves you for It's your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
[b] 8. 4:50 Just Like a Woman [/b]
Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes justlike a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes justlike a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman,yes, she does And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And Iwas dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-timecurse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that-- I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit When we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes,you do You make love just like a woman, yes, you do Then you ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl.
[b] 9. 3:30 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) [/b]
You say you love me And you're thinkin' of me, But you know you could be wrong. You say you told me That you wanna hold me, But you know you're not that strong. I just can't do what I done before, I just can't beg you any more. I'm gonna let you pass And I'll go last. Then time will tell just who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine. Yousay you disturb me And you don't deserve me, But you know sometimes you lie. You say you're shakin' And you're always achin', But you know how hard you try. Sometimes it gets so hard tocare, It can't be this way ev'rywhere. And I'm gonna let youpass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell just who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your way and I go mine. The judge, he holds a grudge, He's gonna call on you. But he's badly built And he walks on stilts, Watch out he don'tfall on you. You say you're sorry For tellin' stories Thatyou know I believe are true. You say ya got some Other kinda lover And yes, I believe you do. You say my kisses are not likehis, But this time I'm not gonna tell you why that is. I'm just gonna let you pass, Yes, and I'll go last. Then time will tell who fell And who's been left behind, When you go your wayand I go mine.
[b] 10. 5:02 Temporary Like Achilles [/b]
Standing on your window, honey, Yes, I've been here before. Feeling so harmless, I'm looking at your second door. How come you don't send me no regards? You know I want your lovin', Honey, why are you so hard? Kneeling 'neath your ceiling, Yes, Iguess I'll be here for a while. I'm tryin' to read your portrait, but, I'm helpless, like a rich man's child. How come you send someone out to have me barred? You know I want your lovin', Honey, why are you so hard? Like a poor fool in his prime, Yes, I know you can hear me walk, But is your heart made out ofstone, or is it lime, Or is it just solid rock? Well, I rush into your hallway, Lean against your velvet door. I watch upon your scorpion Who crawls across your circus floor. Just what do you think you have to guard? You know I want your lovin', Honey, but you're so hard. Achilles is in your alleyway, He don't want me here, He does brag. He's pointing to the sky And he's hungry, like a man in drag. How come you get someone like him to be your guard? You know I want your lovin', Honey,but you're so hard.
[b] 11. 4:57 Absolutely Sweet Marie [/b]
Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I'm just sitting here beating on mytrumpet With all these promises you left for me But where areyou tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I washalf sick Yes, I waited for you when you hated me Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic When you knew I had some other place to be Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately. Well, six whitehorses that you did promise Were fin'lly delivered down to thepenitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight,sweet Marie? Well, I don't know how it happened But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate But ev'rybody else, even yourself They're just gonna have to wait. Well, I got the feverdown in my pockets The Persian drunkard, he follows me Yes, Ican take him to your house but I can't unlock it You see, you forgot to leave me with the key Oh, where are you tonight, sweetMarie? Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed That a man can't give his address out to bad company And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad In the ruins of your balcony Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie.
[b] 12. 4:35 4th Time Around [/b]
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," Icried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking myeyes, Then said, "What else you got left?" It was then that Igot up to leave But she said, "Don't forget, Everybody must give something back For something they get." I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come. And shebuttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said,"Don't get cute." So I forced my hands in my pockets And feltwith my thumbs, And gallantly handed her My very last piece ofgum. She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked. And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked. I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against . . . Her Jamaican rum Andwhen she did come, I asked her for some. She said, "No, dear." I said, "Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum." She screamed till her face got so red Then she fell on thefloor, And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer. And, when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you. And you, you took me in, You loved me then You didn't waste time. And I, I never took much, I neverasked for your crutch. Now don't ask for mine.
[b] 13. 3:35 Obviously 5 Believers [/b]
Early in the mornin' Early in the mornin' I'm callin' you to I'm callin' you to Please come home Yes, I guess I could makeit without you If I just didn't feel so all alone Don't letme down Don't let me down I won't let you down I won't let you down No I won't You know I can if you can, honey But, honey, please don't I got my black dog barkin' Black dog barkin' Yes it is now Yes it is now Outside my yard Yes, I could tellyou what he means If I just didn't have to try so hard Yourmama's workin' Your mama's moanin' She's cryin' you know She's tryin' you know You better go now Well, I'd tell you what she wants But I just don't know how Fifteen jugglers Fifteenjugglers Five believers Five believers All dressed like men Tell yo' mama not to worry because They're just my friends Early in the mornin' Early in the mornin' I'm callin' you to I'm callin' you to Please come home Yes, I could make it without you If I just didn't feel so all alone
[b] 14. 11:20 Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands [/b]
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times, And your eyeslike smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross,and your voice like chimes, Oh, who among them do they think could bury you? With your pockets well protected at last, And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass, And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass, Who among them do theythink could carry you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes,my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheets like metal and yourbelt like lace, And your deck of cards missing the jack and theace, And your basement clothes and your hollow face, Who among them can think he could outguess you? With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among themwould try to impress you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Wherethe sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? The kings of Tyrus with their convict list Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss, And you wouldn't know it would happen like this, But who among them really wants just to kiss you? With your childhood flames on your midnight rug, And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs, And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs, Who among them doyou think could resist you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide To show you the dead angels that they used to hide. But why did they pick you to sympathize with theirside? Oh, how could they ever mistake you? They wished you'daccepted the blame for the farm, But with the sea at your feetand the phony false alarm, And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms, How could they ever, ever persuade you? Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, ShouldI leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait? With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row, And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go, And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show, Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold, Andyour saintlike face and your ghostlike soul, Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
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