Moving in silent desperation Keeping an eye on the holy land A hypothetical destination Say, who is this waliking man? Well, the leaves have come to turning And the goose has gone to fly And bridges are for buning So don’t you let that yearning Pass you by Walking man, walking man walks Well, any […]
Left my home in norfolk, virginia California on my mind Straddled that greyhound And rode it into raleigh And on across caroline We stopped in charlotte But we bypassed rockhill We never was a minute late We were ninety miles out of atlanta by sundown Rolling out of georgia state Had some motor trouble That […]
Mama knows and papa knows That rock ‘n roll is music now Baby’s been cutting his teeth on Bo diddley’s, i’m a man, man Listen to the wolfman howl See the white man sailing his ship up on the sea Watch the white man shackle The black man to a tree To the invader go […]
Distant hands in foreign lands Are turning hidden wheels Causing things to come about Which no one seems to feel All invisible from where we stand The connections come to pass And though too strange to comprehend They affect us nonetheless, yes Once again a time of change O the change makes music And the […]
Me and my guitar Always in the same mood I am mostly flesh and bones And he is mostly wood Never does grow impatient For the changes i don’t know, no If he can’t go to heaven Maybe, i don’t want to go, lord Picture me in the key of e Call me uncle john […]
Sing a song for the wrong And the wicked and the strong And the sick, as thick as thieves For the faceless fear that was never so near Too clear to misbelieve Well the sea is jumping salty And the porpoise has the blues My recollection’s faulty And i cannot find my shoes And my […]
Paris’ rooftops were lovely to see Switzerland’s vertical landscape Crossed my mind’s eye just now Canada’s shoreline has been calling out to me But it’s been too long a time Since last i crossed That vast nantucket sound Refrain Hello old friend Welcome me home again Well, i’ve been away But that’s all over now […]
When i’ve got something to say Well, don’t i always let you know So that you and i can go my way together And if i get carried away Well, i could be sailing on a song And maybe we could carry on forever But lately this old dog Has been chasing his tail Round […]
Daddy’s baby what’s got you thinking What’s got you sinking so low It there something i should know Something new to you Daddy’s baby fussing and fretting Keeping on getting it wrong She can only last so long (i think there’s a line missing right here.) So sing her a lullabye-bye Baby don’t like to […]
There ain’t no melody And i can’t find a harmony If there were a way to say it You know i would have played it Well, i’m a man of few words Trying to find a rhyme And finally it occurred to me That i’m wasting my time There ain’t no rhyme or reason Ain’t […]
