The Trial - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
Outside the cats are scratching Inside the doors are latching On the room, the greedy gloom The trial is revealed Police are six feet deep With switchblades in their teeth So no one leaves and they all believe This is absolutely real Yes, it’s real And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys? Get ready, […]
The wild geese are dancing in the ripples of the morn My wanderlust is formed I’ve got to follow them wherever they may lead For i am just a sailor on a ship across the land Let me hold your hand To bid farewell so i can knuckle to my knees But i’ll be back […]
City Boy - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
pre>g I’m just a city boy C Born and bred Am d It’s a city life i’ve led G em My pasture was a street C cm I’ve never climbed a tree G d But that’s all right with me G d ’cause i’m a city boy I’m just a city boy Born and raised […]
I’m Tired - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
pre>e g#m Sometime’s i feel that the world isn’t mine C#m f b It feeds on my hunger and tears on my time E And i’m tired, C#m Yes, i’m tired E g#m Every face on the street is as cold the air C#m f b As hard as the pavement moves ‘neath my feet […]
pre>c am Many’s the hour i’ve lain by my window C am And thought of the people who carried the burden C am Who marched in the strange fields in search of an answers C am g And ended their journeys an unwilling hero Am em am g Here’s a song to those who are […]
pre>g c Christmas shoppers shopping on a neon city street D c g Another christmas dollar for another christmas treat G c There’s satin on the pretty dolls that make the children glow D c g While a boy walking ragged in the cold kentucky snow G c g No, they don’t have christmas in […]
I’ll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to school His name was jimmy meredith The tide he helped to turn For he chose to stay on that terrible day The land was soon to learn There was […]
I’ll Be There - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
When the river of rebellion overflows, i’ll be there When the seed of discontent plants and grows, i’ll be there Watching for the sun through the dark and rainy storm Searching for the keys to the dungeons old and worn Let me tell you, i’ll be there When the shadow of the tyrant falls and […]
I’m going down to mississipi I’m going down a southern road And if you never see me again Remember that i had to go Remember that i had to go It’s a long road down to mississipi It’s a short road back the other way If the cops pull you over to the side of […]
Paul Crump - A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
pre> Dm g In the state of illinois ’bout nine years ago Dm c bb a A cold blooded killer he went against the law Dm g He killed a factory guard when his robbery did fail Dm c g And they caught him and they threw him in the jail. He lay there in […]
