The Be Good Tanyas

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The way your mind worksDrivin' so fast, carving your wayThrough the cityWell you can't tell meYou get what you wantYou've figured it out

And yer just fine

Cuz you're talking to yourselfYou don't hear a thing

And all history unfolds before youBut you shut your eyesBut you shut your eyesIt's not happeningWe all grew up andWe fend for ourselves

And we fend for each otherWe fend for each otherSometimes

But you keep on racin' and runnin'Like something is chasing you

Like something's gonna get youWell something's gonna get you someday

Sometimes I don't know whereThis dirty road is taking meSometimes I can't even see the reason whyI guess I keep a-gamblin'Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'It's easier than just waitin' around to die

One time, friends, I had a maI even had a pa

He beat her with a belt once 'cause she criedShe told him to take care of meHeaded down to TennesseeIt's easier than just waitin' around to die

I came of age and I found a girlIn a Tuscaloosa barShe cleaned me out and hit in on the slyI tried to kill the pain, bought some wine

And hopped a trainSeemed easier than just waitin' around to die

A friend said he knewWhere some easy money wasWe robbed a man, and brother did we flyThe posse caught up with me

And drug me back to MuskogeeIt's two long years I've been waitin' around to die

Now I'm out of prisonI got me a friend at lastHe don't drink or steal or cheat or lieHis name's CodineHe's the nicest thing I've seenTogether we're gonna wait around and dieTogether we're gonna wait around and die



Took a walk in my neighborhood At 2 in the mornin' by the skytrain stationThe streets were full of junkies and homeless

And they all wanted somethin'They all wanted somethin'

What am I supposed to do?

There are too many of youtoo many of you…Yet sometimes I look you in the eyeand say that I too am humanI could easily be you…

You know we all hover between apathy and compassionWe fill up all our days with so much distractionIt makes it easier not to see what we don't want toBut we all live hereWe all live hereWe all live lonely

Took a walk in my neighborhood At 2 in the mornin' by the sky train stationThe streets were full of junkies and homeless

And they all wanted somethin'They all wanted somethin'

What am I supposed to do?There are too many of youtoo many of you…Yet sometimes I look you in the eyeand say that I too am human…

I could easily be youI could easily be youI could easily be you

I'm a ship, I'm a ship, I'm a shipOut on the seaNone of my loveFloating wild come back to meSo I write you a letter, I'll write you a letterWith this here penDon't make me wait, don't make me waitCos I'm your friend

I'm in love with the gardenThat is down the street

And the earth is a warm thing under my feet And the earth is a warm thing under my feet

Oh long streams of lightLift me, from this dirty townCuz I'm losing stain, soak me yeah with rain, rain, rain, rain

I'm a ship, I'm a ship, I'm a shipOut on the sea

And all these clouds flying by so fastWell they confuse me

And the long leaves in the tall treesPale in the sunshine

And I was twistin' and turnin'In the cool sheets past bed time



Rowdy Blues lyrics

well i ain't gonna marryneither settle downi'm gonna sit right here'til i tear this barrel house down

ain't no use a weepin' and there ain't no need to crybecause you got a home

just as long as i got mine

well i loves you baby[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/be-good-tanyas-lyrics/rowdy-blues-lyrics.html ]and i'll tell the world i doi don't love nobodyin this whole round world but you

did you get that lettermailed in your backyardwell it's sad what they saidbut your best old friend had to part

Well, who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot?

Who's gonna glove your hand?Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips?And who's gonna be your man?

Is that you Reuben?Reuben, where have you been so long?Is that you Reuben?Reuben, where have you been so long?

Well, papa's gonna shoe my pretty little footMama's gonna glove my handSister's gonna kiss my red ruby lipsAnd I don't need no man

Well, I don't need no manNo, I don't need no manSister's gonna kiss my red ruby lipsAnd I don't need no man

Is that you Reuben?Reuben, where have you been so long?Is that you Reuben?Reuben, where have you been so long?{ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/be-good-tanyas-lyrics/reuben-lyrics.html }

Well, the longest train that I ever sawIt was 90 coaches longAnd the only man that I ever lovedHe was on that train and gone


Oh, where'd you get that hat you wearAnd that coat you got so fine?Well, I got my hat from a railroad manAnd my coat from a worker in the mine


Well, Reuben made a train, he put it on the trackRun it to, the Lord knows whereWell, Reuben made a train, he put it on the trackRun it to, the Lord knows where

Oh there is a house in New Orleans.They call the Rising Sun.It's been the ruin of many young poor g irls



And God I know I'm one.

My mother, she was a tailor, yeah yeahShe sewed my new blue jeansMy father, he was a gamblin manDown in New Orleans.

I got one foot on the platform, yeahThe other foot on the trainI'm going back to New OrleansTo wear that ball and chain

Oh mother please tell your children, oh yeah[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/be-good-tanyas-lyrics/house-of-the-rising-sun-lyrics.html ]Not to do what I have doneGo and spend their lives in sin and miseryIn the house of the Rising Sun.

Now the only thing a gambler needsIs a suitcase and a trunkAnd the only time he will be satisfiedIs when he's all drunk.

Oh there is a house in New Orleans.They call the Rising Sun.It's been the ruin of many young poor g irls

And God I know I'm one.

Plant me in the gardenDon't you let me roamCuz love is a feeling like a warm dark stonePlant me in the gardenDon't you let me roamCuz love is a feeling like a warm dark stoneLove is a feeling like a warm dark stoneLove is a feeling like a warm dark stonePlant me in the gardenDon't you let me roamCuz love is a feeling like a warm dark stoneLove is a feeling like a warm dark stoneLove is a feeling like a warm dark stone

Out in the trees, dirt on our kneesWe laid him down forever

And on that hill there it was still

As in the ever after

He lays his rest we knew it bestTo lay him down so gently

And now he sleeps where moss does creep And no more is he with me

The birds did cry, and so did iTo think of life so lonely

And in their song I heard it longWhat sadness, and what beautyYour friend is gone, but you live onIn life you loved him fullyBut now little streams and forests dream

And all is made more holy



If I wanted to say to youThat I wanted to see your face againThat I wanted to hear you laughin' ohIn spite of all the damage I've done

If I wanted to hear you talkin'Or to hear your sense of thingsOr to call you up on a Sunday morningIn spite of all the damage I've doneWell I broke up our home

And left you nowhere to runYes I broke up our home

And left you nowhere to runWell I'm livin' out my days awayI think you understandThat I couldn't have stayedBut I'd like to hear you laughin' ohIn spite of all the damage I've

Some blues are just blues, mine are the lonesome bluesSome blues are just blues, mine are the lonesome blues

All the birds flew south for the winterLeft me these lonesome blues

My baby left me, hitched a train down southMy baby left me, hitched a train down southI still taste his kissesLike candy in my mouth.

I wish I had wings, just like an aeroplaneI wish I had wings, just like an aeroplaneFly down, find my baby. never be lonesome again

I wish, I wish my baby was bornSittin on her mama's knee

But you, poor girl are dead and gone And grass is growing over thee.

Oh I'm not no saint, no I never shall beTil the sweet apple grows on a sour apple treeStill I hope that the day will comeWhen you and I will walk as one.

I wish I wish my baby was bornSittin on her papa's kneeBut you poor girl are dead and gone

And grass growing over thee.

The Be Good Tanyas

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