Gov't Mule Album

Well you've got your diamonds
Got your fancy clothes
Chauffeur drives you around
Everybody knows
Don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

Your mother she's an heiress
Owns a block in Saint John's Wood
Your father would be with her
If he only could
But don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

Your old man took her diamonds
And tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

Now you've got some diamonds
And you will have some othersy
But you'd better watch your step, girl
You'll be back living with your mother
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

One more time
So don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire
I said don't you play with me, 'cause you're playin' with fire

Only the darkness can keep you warm
On an evil night like this
Are you looking for some one
To give your little arm a twist
Everybody needs some danger sometimes
I'm no different
Just think of me as your equal
I won't undress you
I won't hold you down
I won't stick a knife in your back
The way you did that clown

Can you feel it - can you taste it
Yeh, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna' take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess

You better pray for a miracle
Or you better pray this never ends
I, myself, can play the victim
I'll do whatever the part demands
You saw me watching you
You had time to run
Ain't it enough that you torture me
You had to go for his gun

Can you feel it - can you taste it
Yeah, you must've seen it coming
Surely you could've guessed
The game is up
I'm gonna' take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess

You won't see no bright lights burning
But you'll feel the heat
This is what happens
When strangers turn to lovers turn to enemies

Can you feel it - can you taste it
Don't look at me that way
With that blood on your dress
The game is up
I'm gonna' take you down
No more crying
I think it's time to confess

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Born on the edge of a lonely town-searching for something no one had
Smart enough to say good-bye to this lonely town
But not smart enough to never look back

Night falls early on these lonely streets-and time rolls by like a midnight train
Innocence in abundance on these lonely streets-but I feel guilty just the same

Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home

Dreams die young in a lonely heart-and the past seems to follow close behind
There's an age old remedy for a lonely heart
But there's no peace in this soul of mine

Now the words that I have written are ringing in my head
Oh,and I think I believe them
A million miles from yesterday and a million more to go
Still I search each day
Trying to find my way home

Still trying to find my way home

my gaurdian angel wears a hard hat
said the boy with the microphone
else, I wouldn't be standing here today
ever since I was a young a boy
I couldn't leave well enough alone
always trouble standing in my way

up, down, anywhere but in the middle
off the wagon, under the wheel again
all or nothing - never could do just a little
never could leave it alone

hard living be the death of me
lead me to an early grave
to die in the saddle must be my destiny
but to ride this rocking horse I must be crazed

good clean fun is just my imagination
down and dirty that's the way the game is played
this hard life has caused me aggravation
never could leave it alone

got to ride that rocking horse

can't leave it alone
got to ride that rocking horse

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If I concentrate will it just come to me
Run it by me I'm willing to learn
Make no mistake you'll never be allowed to come inside
Just be glad you're here on the outside looking in

Cause it won't take long to get to the bottom
Won't take much to be looking down at yourself
You think you know something but you don't know nothing
Everybody knows that death is larger than life

Captivate yourself you're the only one who can help you now
With your cartoon savior by your side
Look around the room do you see anyone that you recognize, you better recognize

Cause it won't take long to get to the bottom
Won't take much to be looking down at yourself
You think you know something but you don't know nothing
Everybody knows that death is larger than life

Cause it won't take long to get to the bottom
Won't take much to be looking down at yourself
You think you know something but you don't know nothing
Everybody knows that death is larger than life

Bigelow the gigolo, had no where else to go
His sad eyes had seen it all
Scarred and lonely, tough as nails
Open your heart when all else fails
Wear the veil and the Trojan horse smile

Looking back on yesteryear
Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling

And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
Stuck out in the desert
Amazing grace - such a lonely place
For heroes like you and me
Fallen down, just like a shooting star
With no fallen angel standing by
To carry you away

Target practice with other people's lives
Hit a few right between the eyes
But, most of the time, you were wounded by the ricochet
You say play to win, boys, never play to lose
Long as your playing, boy, you're bullet-proof
But think about it - you're bleeding to death anyway

And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
Stuck out in the desert
Amazing grace - such a lonely place
For heroes like you and me
Fallen down, just like a shooting star
With no fallen angel standing by

Angel of mercy, take pity on a fool
That spent a lifetime wondering
What Napoleon would do
If he were in your shoes

Rich, without pleasure - respected without love
Drinking poison from a golden cup
While anger, brother of fear, creeps like a knife into your heart

Looking back on yesteryear
Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling
And destiny's through calling
And you have fallen down - fallen down
Amazing grace - it's such a lonely place
Oh yes it is
Fallen down
Fallen down

Fallen down
Fallen down
Fallen down
Fallen down

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All I ask from anyone
Is that they ask nothing from me
Stared so long at the future
That I'm blind to reality
Come a time we'll watch our lives
Slip into the sea
All I ask from anyone
Is that they ask nothing from me

Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains
Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains
Those of us who let go will be swallowed
Left here to die

Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you've got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man in the dark

Face to face we will meet again
But never eye to eye
Meanwhile, in your mania
Your four wings touch the sky
Fly too high the wax will melt
And you'll fall down to your knees
All I ask from you my friend
Is that you ask nothing from me

Dreams fly by like a thousand railroad trains
Egos steadfast like mountains in our brains
Those of us who let go will be swallowed
Left here to die

Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man in the dark

Do not look to the sky
It will not rain for you
Do not look to strangers
They won't help you through
Only chance you got
When you hear those war dogs bark
Is to be one up on your brother
Like a Blind man
Blind man in the dark
Blind man in the dark

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I had a dream, oh, now
Crazy dream, oh
Anything I wanted to know
Any place I needed to go.

Hear my song, yeah
People, don't you listen now?
Sing along, oh
You don't know what you're missing now
Any little song that you know
Everything that's small has to grow
And it's gonna grow
Push, push, yeah.

California sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain
Honolulu star bright - the song remains the same
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh.

Hey, now (here we go)
Ah, people
All you gotta do now, all you gotta do now,
All you gotta do now, ooh, yeah.

Sing out Hare Hare, ooh, dance the Hoochie Koo
City lights are, oh, so bright as we go sliding,
Sliding, sliding, sliding, sliding,
Sliding, sliding, sliding, sliding
Ah!

It is the springtime of my loving -
The second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing -
So little warmth I've felt before
It isn't hard to feel me glowing -
I watched the fire that grew so low.

It is the summer of my smiles -
Flee from me, Keepers of the Gloom
Speak to me only with your eyes -
It is to you I give this tune
Ain't so hard to recognize, oh -
These things are clear to all from time to time.

Ah, talk, talk, talk, talk -
Hey, I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go
I cursed the gloom that set upon us, 'pon us, 'pon us
But I know that I love you so, ah
Oh, but I know that I love you so.

These are the seasons of emotion -
And like the winds, they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion -
I see the torch we all must hold
This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient -
Upon us, upon us all a little rain must fall
Just a little rain, oh, oh
Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah.

Hey, lady - you got the love I need
Maybe - more than enough
Oh, darlin', darlin', darlin', walk a while with me
Oh, you've got so much, so much, so much -

Many have I loved
Many times been bitten
Many times I've gazed
Along the open road.

Many times I've lied
And many times I've listened
Many times I've wondered
How much there is to know.

Many dreams come true
And some have silver linings
I live for my dream
And a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man
Who knows what he's been missing
Many many men
Can't see the open road.

Many is a word
That only leaves you guessing,
Guessing 'bout a thing
You really ought to know, oh, oh, oh, oh
Really ought to know, oh, ohh
I really ought to know, oh
You know, I should, you know, I should
You know, I should...

I wanna tell you 'bout my good friend
I ain't disclosing no names, but
He sure is a good friend, and
I ain't gonna tell you where he comes from, no
If I tell you, you won't come again

I ain't gonna tell you nothing, but I do will what I know,
Oh, yeah, what I know, what I know, know

Let me tell you 'bout my girl
I open up a newspaper and what do I see,

Ooh, and when she walks, she walks
And when she talks, she talks
And when she looks me in the eye
She's my baby, Lord, I wanna make her mine,
Tell me baby what you want me to do
Want me to love you, love some other man, too

Ain't gonna call me Mr. Pitiful,
I don't need no respect from nobody

I ain't gonna tell you nothing, I ain't gonna no more,
She's my baby, let me tell you that I love her so,
And she's the woman I really love,
She's my baby, lemme tell you, she lives next door
She's the one a woman, and I wanna, I wanna know, I wanna know
I wanna know, know, know

Tell you one thing that you really ought to know,
She's my lover baby and I love her so
She's the one that really makes me whirl and twirl
She's the kind of lover that makes me me fill the whole-whoa-whoa-whoa world
She's the one who really makes me jump and shout,
She's the kind of girl, kind of girl, I know what it's really all about.

I can't find the bridge
Anybody seen the bridge
Somebody take me to the bridge
Have you, have you,
Have you seen the bridge?
Somebody help me, help me
Help me find the bridge

Anybody seen the bridge?
Can you people out here help us find the bridge?
Can you help us find the bridge?

Where's that confounded bridge?

Dancing days are here again
Summer evenings grow
I've got my flower, I've got my power
I've got a woman who knows.

I said it's alright
You know, it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?

Crazy ways are evident
In the way you're wearing your clothes
Sippin' booze is precedent
As the evening starts to glow.

You know, it's alright
I said it's alright
You know, it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?
Dig.

You told your mama I'd get you home
But you didn't say I got no car
I saw a lion, he was standing alone
With a tadpole in a jar.

You know, it's alright
I said it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart, heart, heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start?

So dancing days are here again
As the summer evenings grow
You are my flower, you are my power
You are my woman who knows.

I said it's alright
You know, it's alright
I know it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, yes, my one and only
Yes, is that the way it should start?
I know it is, yeah.

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Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go, oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go, oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to, don't go.

Ay ay ay ay, ay ay
Every tear I cry, ay ay, ay ay
Every tear I cry, oh oh, ay ay
Baby, please don't go.

When I read the letter you wrote me,
It made me sad, sad, sad
When I read the news that it brought me,
It made me mad, mad, mad
But I still love you so
I just can't let you go
Baby I love ya
Baby, I love ya.

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go, oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go-oh, oh, oh, no
Baby please, don't go.

Ay ay ay ay, ay ay
You hurt me to my soul, oh oh, oh oh
You hurt me to my soul-oh, oh, oh oh oh
Baby, please don't go.

When I read the letter you wrote me,
It made me sad, sad, sad
When I read the words that you told me,
It made me mad, mad, mad
But I still love you so
I can't let you go,
Oh, baby, I love you.

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go, oh oh, oh oh
You don't have to go-ohh, no no no,
You don't have to, don't go.

Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah,
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah,
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, yeah
Ah, oh, baby, please don't go
You don't, you don't have to go.

Close the door, put out the light
Know they won't be home tonight
The snow falls hard and don't you know
The winds of Thor are blowing cold
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through
They choose the path where no one goes
They hold no quarter
They hold no quarter.

Walking side by side with death
The devil mocks their every step
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you
They choose the path that no one goes
They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter

They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
(Ah, the pain without quarter)
They ask no quarter
(Ooh, yeah, when I'm callin', callin', callin')
They give no quarter, ah
The dogs of doom are howlin' more
Give me quarter
I hear the dogs of doom a-howlin' more...

We've done four already, and now we're steady,
and then they went: one, two, three, four.

Singin' in the sunshine, laughin' in the rain
Hittin' on the moonshine, rockin' in the grain
Got no time to pack my bag, my foot's outside the door
I got a date and I can't be late, for the hellhound headin' forth.

Singin' to an ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar
Play for free and play for me, play a whole lot more, more
Singin' about good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to sing on the mountains, but the ocean lost its way.

La la la-la-la la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lahh
La la la-la-la la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lah
La la la-la-la la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lahh
La la la-la-la la-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lah.

Sittin' round singin' songs 'til the night turns into day
Used to sing on the mountains, but the mountains washed away
Now I'm singin' all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old, it's a real fine way to start.

Lord, it is, yeah yeah
Shook it to, baby
Sure is fine
I blow my mind

Oh, the woman I'm lovin'
Oh, she's long and tall
Sleeps her with her head in the kitchen
And her big feet out in the hall

I say you better come on
Oh, into my kitchen
'Cause it's going to be rainin' outdoors

'F I send for my baby, and she don't come
'F I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none

And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't wan' do
And if she gets unruly and thinks she don't wan' do
Take my 32-20, now, and cut her half in two

She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the caps alright

If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none

I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun
You made me love you, now your man have come

Ahoh, baby, where you stayed last night
Ahah, baby, where you stayed last night
You got your hair all tangled and you ain't talking right

Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
I got a 32-20 now, and it's a burning

If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Wisconsin sure can't help her none

Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
You didn't come home until the sun was shining bright

Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest
Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest
With this 32-20 laying up and down my breast