(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) From the album wilderness Come along and sing A song you knew before Come along and sing Once more Come along and live A life you knew before Come along and live Once more [c.w. and backup singers] Wake with me and feel the misty blue dawn Come hear […]
(there won’t be no rock ‘n’ roll) (c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Well, it’s only gonna be about an hour, friend ’til they dam your favorite river So you can water-ski just one more reservior And them supersonic ships are gonna take you ‘cross a sea of pavement To one more faceless brickyard on […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Dum da-da-dah dum da-da-dah dum da-da-dah dum-dum Dum da-da-dah dum da-da-dah dum da-da-dah da-da-da Dum dum da-dum-dum-da-dum Dum dum da-dum-dum-da-dum (dum, dum)
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Well, now, pay attention people Just in case you hadn’t heard There’s some folks messin’ ’round With mother nature’s little world, baby And what they do is really freaky They gets themselves a plane And they fly it around with chemicals, baby Tryin’ ta make it rain So when […]
Roy - Wilderness
(c.w. mccall, b. fries, c. davis) From the album wilderness [c.w. clears his throat.] Roy. by c.w. mccall. [the only musical instrument heard is the plucking of a jew’s harp.] I had an old cat named roy. He was a good ol’ boy. He used to go a-huntin’, down by the lake, Catch ‘im a […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) One cold, black night of a colorado winter It snowed on red mountain pass We warned ev’rybody that the slide was runnin’ An’ 5-5-oh was a mess But outta the plowshed, south a’ town Come a blade with a flashin’ blue light We told that boy: "whatever you do, […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) One green april mornin’, when i was a young boy I lay by the window, a-watchin’ the rain And i wondered if ever the sun would come shinin’ So i could go somewhere to play Then down from the sky flew a little brown sparrow And he lit on […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Well, packin’ on back to jackson Eighteen-thirty-an’-six Fifteen wagons an’ forty-five orn’ry mules Packin’ on back to jackson Workin’ the beaver trail Ten more moons an’ we gonna rendevous [chorus] Jackson hole, wyomin’ Fifteen wagons an’ forty-five orn’ry mules Jackson hole, wyomin’ Ten more moons an’ we gonna rendevous […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) [chorus] Four wheel cowboy Four wheel cowboy Four wheel cowboy Jeepin’ down to santa fe Well, denver town an’ i’m outta the chute Foot in the gas an’ a hole in my boot And i’m outbound, yeah Gonna see my momma in santa fe I’m over the hump and […]
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis) Bill fries says that this is based on a true story from the late ’60s, when a band of hippies rolled into telluride and decided to stay. One day about four or five years ago We is settin’ at the conoco station Kickin’ tires, and swattin’ flies, And discussin’ […]
