Sailing Down This Golden River Arlo Guthrie

Sailng down my golden river Sun and water all my own Yet I was never alone Sun and water, old life givers l'll have them where ere I roam And I was not far from home Sunlight glancing on the

Highway In The Wind Arlo Guthrie

Sail with me into the unknown void That has no end Swept along the open road That don't seem to begin Come with me a love me, Babe I may be back again Meantime I'll keep sailing down This highway

Underground Arlo Guthrie

There's a river running underground That roll along the clay That took my body when I laid it down And carried it far away It's too damned dark for you to see So I did not protest My soul shook

Oh, in the Morning Arlo Guthrie

Oh, in the morning Feel like the sun Coming up on daytime Shine on every one Coming up on darkness Warm me in your arms Let me know another lonely night Has come and gone Oh, happy river flowing

Somebody Turned on the Light Arlo Guthrie

I've been to wild Montana I went there in a storm My boots were Texas leather My Levis wet and torn I loved it in Montana Loved it in the storm I think I'm gonna cross that river I just might

Lay Down Little Doggies Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE'VE BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND THE WINDS BLOWIN' COLDER AND THE SUN'S GOIN' DOWN LAY DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN WE HIT THIS OLD BEEF

Drowning Man Arlo Guthrie

could forget you Rescue me, I'm bound to die All the promises we made there With no words to understand And though I've tried I've come up empty Heart of stone, drowning man CHORUS: I'm going down

Miss the Mississippi and You Arlo Guthrie

I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore I am sad and weary far away from

I Want to Be Around Arlo Guthrie

Remember back when I was born High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sayin' this is the tune of the Earth

I'm Going Home Arlo Guthrie

Like the tree that grows so tall Leaves turn gold and then they fall They've gone down, now they've grown They're going home Mountain streams may run and flow Clean the sands on which they go Stretching

Grocery Blues Arlo Guthrie

I went down to the grocery store To get in I had to pay a dime or more I hadn't yet begun to start When I had to pay the rent On the shopping cart CHORUS Deedle lee dum, deedle lee dum Deedle

This Troubled Mind of Mine Arlo Guthrie

There's gonna be some changin' 'round Babe, when you come turn me down Trifled on me for your last time When I come home at night Why you always start a fight Now babe I want you to know You left

The Motorcycle Song Arlo Guthrie

don't want to die Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle It was late last night the other day I thought I'd go up and see Ray So l went up and I saw Ray There was only one thing Ray could say, was: CHORUS This

Days Are Short Arlo Guthrie

Days are short, and I ain't down The sun is on the hill Looking in my suitcase for a friend The door was opened wide You know I lost a little pride And inside it was just another man CHORUS: Every

Fence Post Blues Arlo Guthrie

Sitting down on a country fence post Sitting down watchin' trucks roll by Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've been here for an hour or so And nothing

Doors to Heaven Arlo Guthrie

If all the doors were closed in heaven Where would all the angels go Would they just fly around forever Or would they come down here below If the pearly gates were closed this morning Would there

Garden Song Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep and low Gonna make it fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Please bless these seeds I sow Please keep them safe

Valley to Pray Arlo Guthrie

I went down in the valley to pray Learnin' about the good old way And who would wear the starry crown Oh Lord, show me the way Oh Brother, let's go down Come on down, don't you want to go down

Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie

This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the

Chilling Of The Evening Arlo Guthrie

Warm me from the wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me there's a love still left In all of this

Running Down the Road Arlo Guthrie

Running down the road Make my get away Everything I told you was just yesterday Yes, You know I'm off again Oh, and I've been told You were there beside me Running down the road Walking down

Gates of Eden Arlo Guthrie

the beach where hound dogs bay At ships with tattooed sails Heading for The Gates of Eden The time rusted compass blade Aladdin and his lamp Sits with Utopian hermit monks Side saddle on the golden

Wedding Song Arlo Guthrie

day of your wedding What will your friends assume Oh, but Joseph and Mary were married The angels carried the news What the Lord has joined together The world must not undo Thene's a wedding down

World Away from Me Arlo Guthrie

day of your wedding What will your friends assume Oh, but Joseph and Mary were married The angels carried the news What the Lord has joined together The world must not undo Thene's a wedding down

1913 Massacre Arlo Guthrie

A little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet To hear all this fun; you would not realize That the copper boss thug men are milling outside The copper

When a Soldier Makes It Home Arlo Guthrie

to know that war was hell Chorus: And there won't be any victory parades For those that's coming back They'll fly them in at midnight And unload the body sacks And the living will be walking down

East Texas Red Arlo Guthrie

Down in the scrub oak timber of the Southeast Texas Gulf There used to ride a brakeman and a brakeman double tough He worked the town of Kilgore and Longview nine miles down Us trav'lers called him

Lightning Bar Blues Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: I don't need no diamond ring I don't need no Cadillac car Just want to drink my Ripple wine Down in the Lightnin' Bar Down in the Lightnin' Bar Some people value fortune and fame I don't

Manzanillo Bay Arlo Guthrie

Some times when the sun goes down And I'm lost in some other town My thoughts may drift away To Manzanillo Bay And I can see a fisherman His day's catch Iying on the sand Underneath the palms that

City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie

The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman *Arlo Guthrie and others have substituted the word "steel" for "steam" and "feel" for "dream", also "card games" for "cards" Riding on the City of New

If You Would Just Drop By Arlo Guthrie

Friends I used to know are coming by To ask me if my situation's high 'Cause sometimes I just stare at the sky Up is down before Her crown I cry CHORUS: If you would just drop by sometime If you

Telephone Arlo Guthrie

Every morning just as soon as it's light Get out of bed and I'm feeling alright Make me some coffee and I sit down alone The rest of the day I'm on the telephone CHORUS: Hang up, hold on You got

Cowboy Song Arlo Guthrie

This morning I woke up alone I spent the day time on my own Lots of people have come and gone To hear a cowboy sing an old time song CHORUS: Oh babe, I love you so This here is the only thing I

I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler Arlo Guthrie

won't buy a head of lettuce No the economic forecast isn't right But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray I can even glimpse a new and better way And I've demised a plan of action Worked it down

Oklahoma Hills Arlo Guthrie

I've wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Many a page of my life has turned Many lessons I have learned And I feel like in those hills Where I belong CHORUS: Way down

Cooper's Lament Arlo Guthrie

can You can't help no one with money If you can't with your hands And you got to be there brothers, yes you do If the world is turning under you Ain't no good to sit around And bring it up or down

All This Stuff Takes Time Arlo Guthrie

nightmare 'Till she went to see the Dead And the self esteem she valued Was immediately spent And she had no one to turn to So she just turned off her mind She's a well adjusted wanderer But all this

Stairs Arlo Guthrie

Every now and again when the world seems blue And all of the trials there disappear in you They say that there's a way to get across the bridge But I wouldn't be standing here upon this ridge If

Introduction Arlo Guthrie

the world I live in let me Take these chains from off my thumb Let the world just know you've come Everyone is thinking that there must be a way Come closer to me a babe, and hear what I say Lay down

Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Arlo Guthrie

Woke up this morning with my head in my hand Come on, children, come on The snow was falling all over the land Come on, children, come on I don't know but I've been told Come on, children, come

Mystic Journey Arlo Guthrie

understand On a razor's edge on a grain of sand Onward we wandered to the gates of oblivion On a roll of the dice we headed out west Where the sage and and the spice attracted us Shadows fell down

My Love Arlo Guthrie

We've had one hell of a time And we've got over our crying And we've come out of this fine Because when two loves grow old There can be no denying That their love may soon grow colder Yet that's

Ramblin' Round Arlo Guthrie

round My mother hoped that I might be A man of some renown But I am just a refugee As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round The peach trees they are loaded The branches bending down

Massachusetts Arlo Guthrie

will be in Massachusetts CHORUS: You can tell me about the times you spent In the Rockies and on the plains, Please don't think that I'm the last to say That there ain't lots of other places In this

Prologue Arlo Guthrie

In the event of my demise Be sure to include this statement When you are bent on closing my eyes Thinking about what my life meant Alone on a hill back in '65 Things looked a lot like changing

Last Train Arlo Guthrie

reasonably there Maybe you ain't walked on any highway You've just been flyin' in the air But if you're on that last train to glory You'll know you've paid your fare Maybe you've been Iying down

Percy's Song Arlo Guthrie

please Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain I squinted my eyes and I stood up slow Turn, turn, turn again With no other choice except for me to go Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain I walked down

Moon Song Arlo Guthrie

Beneath this balcony of stars Beyond the searchlight stage where we've become The stuff of time amid the waves Whose nets are cast along the shore when day is done As the seabird flies aboce My

Circles Arlo Guthrie

nighttime Till daybreak comes around All my life's a circle Still I wonder why Seasons spinning 'round again Years keep rolling by Seems like I've been here before Can't remember when I got this

Ocean Crossing Arlo Guthrie

Looked into your eyes this morning You were far away You must have known I was looking for you You knew you couldn't stay All these winds blowin' on me Blowing in the nighttime lonely Blew on over