She was beautiful It was circumstance Watch the boat on the water learn to dance

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1 Hiss Golden Messenger Lateness of Dancers MRG523 Lucia Lucia s on the skin of the river, the wise old river Drove my car to go meet her, couldn t find the water And I had a message from San Geronimo With a feather, go and find his daughter She was beautiful It was circumstance Watch the boat on the water learn to dance Lucia s just behind the border, the rusty border If it comes up jokers, I m gonna go and join her Mr. Miracle is on my trail They told me treasure seekers are thrown in jail She was beautiful It was circumstance Watch the boat on the water learn to dance Saturday s Song When Saturday comes I m gonna lose myself When Saturday comes I m like everybody else I might get a little crazy I m gonna drink some whiskey Let me be When Saturday comes I m gonna rock my soul When Saturday comes I m gonna lose control I might get a little crazy I m gonna wake up Sunday Wanna D- I- E When Saturday comes I ll be feeling no pain When Saturday comes not knowing my name I might get a little crazy I ve got my baby waiting at home for me When Saturday comes I m gonna heal myself

2 When Saturday comes with the lamb and the four swords I might get a little crazy Hey, here comes Sunday waiting for me Mahogany Dread Well I can t go back, I know that now But who said I wanted to? When I cut my hair and I rode away Yes, on that bright day With the sun in my eyes I maybe told myself a lie The dead are here, they never go away So I never ask them to The misery of love is a funny thing The more it hurts The more you think You can stand a little pain I can feel how you want the reins laid bare Do you think it s up to me? Oh my baby girl with a song so fair The more she knows The more she cries I maybe told a couple lies Girl of mine with silver in your hair I still want you It s getting hard to be easy now A couple of kids Mahogany dread But happy days are still ahead Day O Day (A Love So Free) The sky was a braid of many colors And it was snowing just outside the motel down in Shreveport I left my mandolin in the rain in Coushatta That was yesterday time I took the old path through the white clouds in a shower I smoked my mind up in the old hotel down in Cairo Where I tried to rack up all my tomorrow s tomorrows

3 And it was just wasted time Now Bess can sing it I m gonna put all my pain in a bottle And throw it all the way deep down into the East River Then walk that way with my head up like the poet With a rose in my jaw Now Bess can sing it With a love so free A love so free With a love so free A love so free With a love so free A love so free With a love so free A love so free Lateness of Dancers One morning, one morning The sun was shining To mark the day I buried my sword One morning, one morning The world was in motion With the sweet lateness of dancers Yes, I m learning now Yes, I m learning now One morning, one morning Like a beggar I went roving With no clear sense of direction And no coin in my cup And no coin in my cup

4 Wheel of love you broke me One morning, one morning I came to the mountain There was a sign on every door It s easy now Yes, it s easy now Wheel of love you broke me I m a Raven (Shake Children) Shake, children, shake Yeah, ring your bell Go down willing There s thunder up ahead Shake, children, shake Shake your tambourine Dance for me now Like you sold your dream If I had wings like the dove, like the dove Maybe I could see it as a peaceful world But hey, I m afraid I m a raven Shake, baby, shake My little roving jewel Rally come round My little sunshine girl Shake, baby, shake That black country down I beg your mercy, sister For the fool that wears the crown If I had wings like the dove, like the dove Maybe I could see it as a peaceful world But hey, I m afraid I m a raven Yonder comes day with the full moon in her eye I liked the old ways, those mystical times For blue though they seemed, I sang so easy

5 Lord, how I loved the outlaw life Shake, children, shake Shake your soul Please break the chain I could not this time around Black Dog Wind (Rose of Roses) Daddy played guitar in a bluegrass band He made his living on the DOT Faded star upon his wrist He come out of Huntsville back in 86 And he just waved bye- bye like he was some ordinary guy Goddamn that man, but what he told me sticks We ve gotta cross that river in a black dog wind I lost myself in the jack- knife daylight I sang Rock of Ages til I was cross- eyed The night seemed so endless, and I fought with the sunshine Mama begged me to wait for the right time Oh, I just waved bye- bye I was waiting to fly Goddamn that man, but what he told me sticks We ve gotta cross that river in a black dog wind Rose of roses Take my troubled mind To the water I grew stronger and I grew older Only myself, and I had no other The sun rose in my blood early one morning And love was so simple, like a new day dawning I waved bye- bye to that city of mine I loved that man, but I m not like him Sometimes we cross that river in a black dog wind Southern Grammar One day I tried to kneel I tried to kneel but I could not

6 They said, Go ye to the holy house. And I took the long way around Teacher, come teach me Another way to be happy Hey, buddy boy, who s asking? I ve been looking for the same thing. Chickamy, craney crow Craney crow s a liar Eat a peach or let it go Yeah, you will take the long way home Southern grammar Father and child Let this be simple for a little while See is there work for me? Is there a hammer and a nail? Because I m going that way anyway Through the crippled green country Teacher, come teach me Preacher, come reach me There s another way to be happy And I ve been looking for the same thing See is there life for me? Is there a wife and a baby? Because I m going that way anyway Through the unfamiliar country Southern grammar Father and child Let this be simple for a little while Chickamy, craney crow Craney crow s a liar Eat a peach or let it go Yeah, you will take the long way home Southern grammar Father and child Let s just be simple for a little while

7 Chapter & Verse (Ione s Song) If there s an omen in the sky If there s a darkness you don t recognize Call on me in this world of woe Quick to lose and hard to gain All I ve got to give you are these songs I sing So tell me true: Ain t that enough? But at the moment the sun is shining right on me And the road is shimmering in the haze Oh Ione, your daddy s just as dark as can be But I can be your little rainbow too I ve been the last I ve been the first I ve read the book chapter and verse I ve lived through times when almost wasn t good enough I ve been bound And I ve been free I ve split the road beneath my two feet I ve heard laughter like coins in a cup Drum I beat my drum, everybody to come running Yes and I beat my drum all the day All rise, all rise All rise in the morning Carry it away Spirit it away The farmer shall wear the green of his furrow The plowman shall heel his team for the day The hunter shall still his dangerous arrow

8 Carry it away Spirit it away Oh, brother, where have you been? Down at the gate, wilding Oh, my father, what shall I do? Set them straight or no more souls come through I beat my drum, everybody to come running Yes and I beat my drum all the day All rise, all rise All rise in the morning Carry it away Spirit it away