Gov't Mule Album

Surrounded by strangers
All my friends are gone
I ain't had the blues yet today but
I can feel them coming on
Everywhere I go trouble's all I find
No matter what I do I feel like I'm losing my mind

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos

Living in a dream
Chasing a sound
Told everybody I believe I'm Texas-bound
Here I am
Well I guess its no surprise
Up to my knees in water
Up to my ears in dragonflies

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos
About to lose my mind
About to lose my mind

Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos, Broke down on the Brazos
About to lose my mind
About to lose my mind

Never seen a night so clear
Half moon hanging like a chandelier
Man, that moon got nothing on me
Let that woman knock me to my knees

Hanging on by a thread
How could I be so misled
Oh she drive me outta my head

Never saw the warning signs
Only a fool could be so blind
Who knew she could be so cold
Cut me deep into my soul

I'm hanging on by a thread
How could i be so mislead
Woman drive me outta my head

One of these days I'm gonna get better
Do whatever it takes to get myself over her
Here I come stepping lightly
So get on out of my way
Can't you feel me rising today
Hanging on by a thread
How could I be so mislead
Oh she drive me out of my head
Outta my head

One of these days I'm gonna get better
Do whatever it takes to get myself over her
Here I come stepping lightly
Get on out of my way
Can't you feel me rising today
Can't you feel me rising today
Can't you feel me rising, oh
Can't you feel me rising today
Oh, oh

She went upstairs to make her bed
And not a word to her mother said
Her mother, she went upstairs too, said daughter, oh daughter, what's troubling you?

Oh mother, I cannot tell that railroad boy that I love so well
He courted me, my life away, and now at home will no longer stay

There's a place in London town where the railroad boy goes and sits down
Takes a strange girl on his knee, says things to her he won't say to me

Her father, he came home from work, said where's my daughter, what's troubling her
He went upstairs to give her hope, found her hanging by a rope

He took his knife, cut her down, and on her bosom these words were found
Oh dig my grave both wide and deep, place a marble stone at my head and feet

And on my breast place a white snow dove, won't you tell the world that I died for love
To tell the world I died of love

Tell the world that I died for love
Wont you tell the world that I died for love

Fear grows in Brooklyn
Bitterness in Oakland
Guess there's nothing you can do
So much for the new day
Making your own way
These things don't apply to you

Shame on you for fooling me
Shame on me for believing
Who'd have thought your Patriot act
Could be so damn deceiving
What's happened to you

Is it all a part of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that I'm not around

Looking backwards
Is your life everything you wanted it to be
But looks will only take you so far
Do your patron-eyes let you see

Prisoners are as prisoners do
You're all alone in your open cell
Betraying those that had your back
Guess your methods served you well
What's happened to you

Is it all apart of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that you're not around

What do you do now
You're all alone
Do you still stand by your misguided views

Is it all a part of your monday mourning meltdown
If a tear falls in the ocean does it make a sound
And what about all the blood there on the battleground
How do you like me now that I'm not around
How do you like me now that I'm not around
How do you like me now that I'm not around

Hey Gordon James
Why'd your momma give you two last names
Did she have expectations for you
Did you let her down like we knew you would do

Gordon James,I know we're all subject to change
But you were way too young to lose your soul
They say you traded it away
Did you think you could just buy it back someday

Gordon James
Were you too busy ducking the blame
To realize that it's you we now fear
Maybe someday soon it will all be so clear

Were you lonely, yeah we were all lonely
Were you scared, yeah well I'm scared too
Did your dreams turn black or
Did you sleep like a child
Did your heroes die off , leave you alone in the wild
Or is this just the path that you choose

Were you blinded, yeah we were all blinded
The trick is, they say, to heal yourself
Did you just let go of the reigns one day
Let the ocean's current wash you away
Were you all alone when you fell

Gordon James
Did your momma die from the shame
Was she trying to pull you back into the light
But you were way too far gone to save
Do you even visit her grave

Gordon James
Do you think it's too late to change
To make up for the lives that you bought and sold
And the war machines that you traded for gold
Could this be the day that you pray
Do you think it really matters anyway

Dedicated to Mitch Mitchell and Buddy Miles

Everybody says you're lost
Too far from home
The more we try to pull you in
The further down the road you're gone but
You can always come back
You can always come on home
You remember what to do
Just rise on up and climb on through
Any open window

I don't know what happened baby
I don't really care
All that matters right now
Is the love we share
You've always been a friend of mine
And you're always gonna be
Whatever's got a hold on you now
I know that you can break free and climb on through
Any open window

I used to spend all my time
Trying to build a bridge back to you

You told me I could always come back
Now I'm telling you, you can always come back to me too
Just climb on through
Any open window

Climb on through, climb on through, climb on through

Saw you from the corner of my eye
I know loneliness when I see it
Normally I'm not the hero type
But there was something between us
I could feel it
I could feel it

So I thought I'd throw you a line
I've needed one myself so many times
Now here were are, somewhere between “thankful” and “where do we go now?”

I know you're just running scared
And after all you've been through
You've got to beware
But don't be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear

Find someplace soft and warm
I know we all need a little shelter from the storm
Times like these
You've got to leave it all behind
And know a new sun is
Gonna rise and shine

I know you're just running scared
And after all you've been through
You've got to beware
But don't be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear

I know you think it can't be done
But every moment a new life is begun
People rise above everyday
Things that you and I will never have to face

Hold onto me if you need to
I know the river's deep and wide
Trust in me I'll see you through
And I'll be there on the other side

I know you're just running scared
After all you've been through
You've got to be aware
Don't be afraid to live your life my dear
Unwillingness
Is just frozen fear
Just frozen fear

I can feel the rain fall down
Like tears upon my shoulders
I can feel the hard wind blow, blow on forevermore

I can feel the gods look down
Some laugh while some are crying
I can feel their wasted tears, cry on forevermore

Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you

Once in a lullaby you brought me joy and laughter
Now that it's all used up, I'll cry forevermore
Once in a lullaby a paper sun was shining
Now that its all burned up, darkness forevermore

Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you

Where will I run to when I need a place to hide
Far away from New York City
Who will I turn to now that our love has died

Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you
Can't you see, my whole world is nothing without you

I can feel the rain fall down
Like tears upon my shoulders but
I can't feel my love
She's gone forevermore

Two kinds of women in this world
There's naughty and there's nice
Any man will tell you that one is a virtue
And the other is surely a vice
Inside woman drive you out your mind
But she with you through thick and thin
Outside woman make you feel so fine but
You don't know where she's been
And you know that's right
You know that's right
You know that's right

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her ‘cause it
Won't be long till she'll need a outside man

Two kinds of cheating men in this world
Ones that lie and ones that say they don't
Oh any woman will tell you that a man's a dog
Betray his master for a bone
But even the lowest down dog of a man
Though he's a fool and a liar
At the end of the day wants somebody to keep him warm
Somebody to keep him warm not set him on fire
And you know what I'm talking about
You know that's right
You know that's right
Know that's right

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her, ‘cause it
Won't be long till she'll need a outside man

Inside woman drive you out your mind
Outside woman ready anytime
Inside woman takes it when she can, but you better give it to her, ‘cause it
Won't be long till she'll need a outside man

Sometimes your heart is on wheels, can't move slow
Sometimes you wonder how it feels
But you'll never know
All the times that you've been blinded
All the times that you've been burned
Scenes from a troubled mind

Sometimes your soul is on fire
Sometimes it's frozen
Do you choose to feel this way or
Are you chosen
All the treasures in your memory
All the pounding in your chest
Scenes from a troubled mind
Scenes from a troubled mind

It's like a giant airplane
Inside your brain
Will it crash or will it fly
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings

And who do you blame this time
Surely not yourself
Will you hide or run away
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings
See what the moment brings

Sometimes you seem to know yourself all too well
Sometimes you don't seem to know yourself at all
Thunder, thunder, please bring the rain
Wash these lies away
Scenes from a troubled mind
Scenes from a troubled mind

Polarized, hypnotized
World wake up
Evaluate
Communicate today
Poverty, sovereignty, world wake up
Its all vanity, insanity today

Ask ourselves, do we know ourselves
If not now, when
It's as though there's no end
To the problems raining on our heads
Overfilling our cups
World wake up

Partisan
Art is done
World wake up
We need harmony, unity today
Remind ourselves to find ourselves
Better start today
If we don't, there's no way
To rewrite the story with a better end
One that's not so abrupt
World wake up

Logic fails
Greed prevails
World wake up
Communicate
It's not too late, today