Running Down the Road Arlo Guthrie

Running down the road Make my get away Everything I told you was just yesterday Yes, You know I'm off again Oh, and I've been told You were there beside me Running down the road Walking down

The Motorcycle Song Arlo Guthrie

other day I thought I'd go up and see Ray So l went up and I saw Ray There was only one thing Ray could say, was: CHORUS This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle.

Underground Arlo Guthrie

There's a river running underground That roll along the clay That took my body when I laid it down And carried it far away It's too damned dark for you to see So I did not protest My soul shook

Lay Down Little Doggies Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE'VE BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND THE WINDS BLOWIN' COLDER AND THE SUN'S GOIN' DOWN LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE HIT THIS OLD BEEF

Highway In The Wind Arlo Guthrie

Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin Come with me a love me, Babe I may be back again Meantime I'll keep sailing down This highway

Drowning Man Arlo Guthrie

I remember when I met you Underneath the evening sky Now it seems I could forget you Rescue me, I'm bound to die All the promises we made there With no words to understand And though I've tried

I Want to Be Around Arlo Guthrie

Remember back when I was born High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sayin' this is the tune of the Earth

Fence Post Blues Arlo Guthrie

Sitting down on a country fence post Sitting down watchin' trucks roll by Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've been here for an hour or so And nothing

When a Soldier Makes It Home Arlo Guthrie

had to be there For to know that war was hell Chorus: And there won't be any victory parades For those that's coming back They'll fly them in at midnight And unload the body sacks And the living

Under Cover of Night Arlo Guthrie

Truth is you've been waiting so long You're ripe and so insane Can the tentacles of your mind stop the pain How long will you sit there wondering What's happening to your heart Can't you fell the

Cooper's Lament Arlo Guthrie

Hey brothers, hear me call It ain't that I had to fall Wasn't no one's fault last night When I looked up and felt the light Here's hoping you'll understand I want to fell like a natural man Get

East Texas Red Arlo Guthrie

Down in the scrub oak timber of the Southeast Texas Gulf There used to ride a brakeman and a brakeman double tough He worked the town of Kilgore and Longview nine miles down Us trav'lers called him

Wedding Song Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

World Away from Me Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

Doors to Heaven Arlo Guthrie

If all the doors were closed in heaven Where would all the angels go Would they just fly around forever Or would they come down here below If the pearly gates were closed this morning Would there

My Front Pages Arlo Guthrie

I remember now the time you left You thought to say farewell But for how long you would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caused you lots of grief And took you many

Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie

Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the cliff there was another pile of garbage.

Uncle Jeff Arlo Guthrie

Uncle Jeff played the fiddle in his Colorado home And I backed him on the banjo so he didn't play alone We've got five generations of a fiddle playin' clan And it's nice to hear a fiddle by a fiddle

Oh, in the Morning Arlo Guthrie

Oh, in the morning Feel like the sun Coming up on daytime Shine on every one Coming up on darkness Warm me in your arms Let me know another lonely night Has come and gone Oh, happy river flowing

Valley to Pray Arlo Guthrie

I went down in the valley to pray Learnin' about the good old way And who would wear the starry crown Oh Lord, show me the way Oh Brother, let's go down Come on down, don't you want to go down

Which Side Arlo Guthrie

There's trouble all around the world Well, it looks that way to me People don't know what to do They don't know where they should be But just one question still remains To which we must respond

Grocery Blues Arlo Guthrie

I went down to the grocery store To get in I had to pay a dime or more I hadn't yet begun to start When I had to pay the rent On the shopping cart CHORUS Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum Deedle

Manzanillo Bay Arlo Guthrie

Some times when the sun goes down And I'm lost in some other town My thoughts may drift away To Manzanillo Bay And I can see a fisherman His day's catch Iying on the sand Underneath the palms that

Sailing Down This Golden River Arlo Guthrie

Sailng down my golden river Sun and water all my own Yet I was never alone Sun and water, old life givers l'll have them where ere I roam And I was not far from home Sunlight glancing on the

Telephone Arlo Guthrie

Every morning just as soon as it's light Get out of bed and I'm feeling alright Make me some coffee and I sit down alone The rest of the day I'm on the telephone CHORUS: Hang up, hold on You got

I'm Going Home Arlo Guthrie

Like the tree that grows so tall Leaves turn gold and then they fall They've gone down, now they've grown They're going home Mountain streams may run and flow Clean the sands on which they go Stretching

Lightning Bar Blues Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: I don't need no diamond ring I don't need no Cadillac car Just want to drink my Ripple wine Down in the Lightnin' Bar Down in the Lightnin' Bar Some people value fortune and fame I don't

Oklahoma Hills Arlo Guthrie

I've wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Many a page of my life has turned Many lessons I have learned And I feel like in those hills Where I belong CHORUS: Way down

If You Would Just Drop By Arlo Guthrie

Friends I used to know are coming by To ask me if my situation's high 'Cause sometimes I just stare at the sky Up is down before Her crown I cry CHORUS: If you would just drop by sometime If you

Days Are Short Arlo Guthrie

Days are short, and I ain't down The sun is on the hill Looking in my suitcase for a friend The door was opened wide You know I lost a little pride And inside it was just another man CHORUS: Every

I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler Arlo Guthrie

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight What the dollar used to get us Now won't buy a head of lettuce No the economic forecast isn't right But amidst

Mystic Journey Arlo Guthrie

Just me and a friend roamin' around Him a magician and I was a clown Playin' the streets for a dollar a day Waitin' for the right time and a sign to lead the way Crossed over the border to a mystical

Introduction Arlo Guthrie

Loose the bonds that tie me Let the world I live in let me Take these chains from off my thumb Let the world just know you've come Everyone is thinking that there must be a way Come closer to me

1913 Massacre Arlo Guthrie

a door and up a high stairs Singing and dancing is heard ev'rywhere I'll let you shake hands with the people you see And watch the kids dance 'round the big Christmas tree.

Ramblin' Round Arlo Guthrie

know As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round My mother hoped that I might be A man of some renown But I am just a refugee As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round The

Percy's Song Arlo Guthrie

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears

Chilling Of The Evening Arlo Guthrie

Warm me from the wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me there's a love still left In all of

Last Train Arlo Guthrie

I want to hop on the last train in the station Won't need to get yourself prepared When you're on that last train to glory You'll know you're reasonably there Maybe you ain't walked on any highway

Garden Song Arlo Guthrie

inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep and low Gonna make it fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Please bless these seeds I sow Please keep them safe below 'Till the

Carry Me Over Arlo Guthrie

There's a tavern up on the roadside I must be coming into town The moon must be in Aries Because the truck ain't slowing down Pulled back on the throttle I've been doing that all day Looking ahead

City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie

The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman *Arlo Guthrie and others have substituted the word "steel" for "steam" and "feel" for "dream", also "card games" for "cards" Riding on the City of New

Gypsy Davey Arlo Guthrie

the notes of the big guitar And the voice of the Gypsies singing That song of the Gypsy Dave It was there in the light of the camping fire I saw her fair face beaming Her heart in tune to the big

This Troubled Mind of Mine Arlo Guthrie

There's gonna be some changin' 'round Babe, when you come turn me down Trifled on me for your last time When I come home at night Why you always start a fight Now babe I want you to know You left

When the Ship Comes In Arlo Guthrie

Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be a'breathin' Like the stillness in the wind Before the hurricane begins The hour when the ship comes in And the

Wabash Cannonball Arlo Guthrie

I stood on the Atlantic Ocean The wide Pacific shore To the queen of the flowing mountains To the southbell by the door She's long and tall and handsome And loved by one and all She's a modern combination

Moon Song Arlo Guthrie

Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is done As the seabird flies aboce My

Somebody Turned on the Light Arlo Guthrie

I've been to wild Montana I went there in a storm My boots were Texas leather My Levis wet and torn I loved it in Montana Loved it in the storm I think I'm gonna cross that river I just might

Gates of Eden Arlo Guthrie

Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though it's glow is waxed in black All except

Massachusetts Arlo Guthrie

Like a dream in the night As the snow settles white There's a fire burning bright In Massachusetts And there's a house upon a hill That keeps us from the chill And by the grace of God We will be

Miss the Mississippi and You Arlo Guthrie

I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore I am sad and weary far away from