DO YOU READ ME

Do you read me, won't you tell me?
If you read me, then please believe me, when I say
Yes I've been waiting, seems like forever
I've been waiting, my situation ain't got much better
Well I've been waiting, the situation don't get much better

You don't do unto others as you do unto me,
Well, why am I the only one that treats you this way?
Well, you got that something and it's hard to specify,
I can't diagnose that look in your eyes.

You don't do unto me, like I know you could
 Why am I the only one who's misunderstood?
Ashes to ashes, and it's dust to dust,
Well, if you won't take me then I guess the devil must.

I've been hurting, my hearts been burning,
I've been hurting, but I've been learning, just the same
Well, I've been waiting, seems like forever
While I've been waiting,
my situation ain't got much better
While I've been waiting,
the situation ain't got much better
I've been waiting,
the situation don't get much better

COUNTRY MILE

Well, I was born on the side of a road
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates,
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
Always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins
You only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Born on the green light, a mission to move,
Something to groove, an itch in my shoes,
I heard the wail of the train
From a burning stack and I jumped on the back
We'll the engineer threw the switch
And got to my brain, I've never been the same
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Gotta make tracks, gotta loose some rust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink your eye or you wont see me again

Well I was born on the spoke of a wheel,
Not part of a set and I'm runnin' yet
I ran before I could walk,
The price of the fare was hardly ever there
I saw an eighteen-wheeler move
And I couldn't choose, I just had to cruise,
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Well I was born on the wrong side of the road,
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
I've always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins

Gotta make tracks, gotta raise the dust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink an eye or you won't see me again

MOONCHILD

You are a Moonchild and pretty soon child
I've got that feeling I'm gonna make you smile forever
If I can
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan

You are a blue child, forever true child
You know I'll try to paint the skies blue forever
If I can.
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan.

Tell me why you look so sad,
Time slips by like grains of sand
Just put your future in my hands

You are a Moonchild and pretty soon child
I've got the feelin I'm gonna make you smile forever.
If I can.
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan,
Just give me a smile and I'll show you my plan,
Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan.

CALLING CARD

Well, the rain ain't fussy about where it lands,
It'll find you no matter where you stand
It's gonna rain brother, and it's gonna rain hard
When the blues comes calling with it's calling card

It ain't so funny when you'd rather die,
Ain't no pleasure when that girl don't reply
To your love sick letter that you wrote in tears
About feeling so bad for a million years.

Watch out brother, be alert,
Whatever you do, don't show that hurt
Don't show that hurt.

I've been subjected, I've been so distressed
Come back baby, to clean up this mess,
Clean up this mess.

It ain't so funny when you'd rather die,
Ain't no pleasure when that girl don't reply
To your lovesick letter that you wrote in tears
About feeling so bad for a million years.

Yeah, the rain ain't fussy about where it falls,
It rains on one like it rains on all
But when it falls brother, it's gonna rain hard
When the blues comes calling with it's calling card

Watch out brother, be alert,
Whatever you do, don't show that hurt,
Don't show that hurt.

I'LL ADMIT YOU'RE GONE

I'll admit you're gone - when I think I'm able
Just like the song, you turned all the tables
Now I know I'm wrong, life is hard to shoulder
I won't last too long, each day is getting colder

Falling constantly, shadows haunting me
Moving silently, day by day
Watching hopefully, waiting anxiously
That you might hear me, someday.
That's what I pray
That's all I pray
I'm gonna be ok, it's gonna be okay

Looking ahead, nothing but blue days
But somehow I keep hanging on.
I should spend sometime looking for new ways
'Cos blue days have taken quite a toll

The journey we were on - can't believe it's over
I can feel the storm but I can't run for cover
Where di I belong I just keep on searchin'
I want to see the dawn of the day when stop hurting

Falling constantly, shadows haunting me
Moving silently, day by day.
Watching hopefully, anxiously
That you might hear me, someday.
That's what I pray
That's all I pray,
It's gonna be ok, I'm gonna be okay

SECRET AGENT

My baby's got a secret agent
to watch me like a hawk,
Well, my baby's got a secret agent
to watch me like a hawk
He know each time I leave my house,
He know each time I move around

Secret agent, won't you please take my advice?
Secret agent, secret agent
Won't you please head my advice?
You crossed me ounce, don't cross me twice
I'm going to cut you down to size

I'll make that man turn in his badge in the mornin'
I slip around but I'm to quick to catch in the morning
I'll make that man turns in his badge
I'll slip around him, I'm too quick to catch
No jealous woman is gonna keep tabs on me

 Well she's got a secret agent,
and he's breathing down my spine,
Yes, she's got a secret agent
and he's breathing down my spine,
He must like working overtime
I think I'm always hard to find.

Secret agent, secret agent,
gonna have a show down before long
Won't you listen, secret agent
We're gonna have a show down before long
I know you pack a fourty-four,
I hope you know just what it's for
I hope you know just what it's for
Just keep my shadow from my door
 

JACKKNIFE BEAT

Shake it, baby, before it shakes you,
Get it, baby, and let it take you where you want it to
Don't say maybe, that just won't do,
You say I'm crazy
But this music's got me feeling good.

I know it's fever, but I don't need no cure
You're the doctor,
I'm your patient that's for sure,
I'm your patient that's for sure.

Hear it, baby, sneakin' on through,
You'll know it, baby, when that rhythm
gets inside your shoes.
Now don't say maybe, you know it's good for you
Don't drive me crazy
Just tell me what you're gonna do.

Don't run baby, I'm telling you
And it's too late, baby,
Because this rhythm's creeping up on you,
You know it's creeping up on you.

We got a Jackknife Beat,
Sounds like an ice cream truck rolling down a back street
We got the whole thing going like a pneumatic drill
The guitar man's playing like he's fit to kill

We got a Jackknife Beat,
A killer of a backbeat,
Syphon off the syrup, let it take a back seat
What's cooking in the kitchen has come to a boil
What's brewing in the basement's bound to overspill

Shake it baby, before it shakes you,
Get it, baby, and let it take it to where you want it to.
Don't say maybe, you know that won't do
You say I'm crazy
But this music's got me feeling good

You call it fever, but I got the cure
Yeah, your the doctor
And I'm your patient that's for sure,
I'm the patient that's for sure.

EDGED IN BLUE

I've cried enough tears to fill up an ocean,
Surely you see that my worlds been broken?
Here I am, where are you?
Help me please, help me through.
Here I am, where are you?
All my days are edged in blue

You made up your mind and nothing can change it,
You want to be free but I can't rearrange it,
Here I am, where are you?
Tell me please, what to do,
All my days are edged in blue

I'd go anywhere, if I thought you'd be there
'Cos I've made up my mind that's where I belong.
I traveled the world 'cos I couldn't be told,
Told by my heart that you really had gone.

Our lines got crossed through all things unspoken.
A tangle of knots not easily opened,
Here I am, where are you?
All my days are edged in blue.
Help me please, pull me through
Here I am, where are you?
Can't you see I'm edged in blue.

BARLEY AND GRAPE RAG

Well don't care if I get arrested
'Cos tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain
I don't care whose interested,
I'm coming into town just the same

I've been alone, I've been feeling blue,
I think I need a little drink or two,
Be my friend, tell me where the place is
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn?

My baby's done me wrong you must have guessed it,
My heart's slow I think it must be told
That I don't want ot know where East or West is
'Cos pretty soon I won't feel the cold.

When I'm walking down mainstreet, feeling no pain
Along comes a cop, he can take my name
And explain to me what a federal case is,
I'm mixing the barley with the grape again

Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
I'm right or wrong and tomorrow never comes.
I don't care if i get investigated
And the city fathers they all black my name.
I'm pretty sure you can smell the traces,
For tomorrow morning, I'll take all the blame.

I've been feeling bad and feeling blue
I think I need a little whiskey or two,
God, brother, you look like you could do with it too
(That's true)
Tonight I'll sleep on a walking-cane

I don't care if I get arrested
Cause tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain.
I don't care whose interested,
I'm coming into town just the same

I've been feeling alone and I've been feeling blue.
I think I need a little drink or two.
Be my friend, tell me where the place is
Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn