Los Lobos Album

Down on the riverbed
Down on the riverbed
Down on the riverbed
I asked my lover for her hand

A red tailed hawk circled overhead
A red tailed hawk circled overhead
A red tailed hawk circled overhead
The church on the hill is what she said

A monster cloud like a big black hand
A monster cloud like a big black hand
A monster cloud like a big black hand
As she drew houses in the sand

Then I heard a train whistle blow
Then I heard a train whistle blow
Then I heard a train whistle blow
And I knew it was time to go

Emily, take me 'cross the water home
Emily, look how much we have grown
Emily, I still remember the day
Waking up, chasing the shadows away
It won't be long 'til I see your face
Eyes as bright as the sun
It won't be far down this lonesome road
'Til I see you again

Emily, run so fast through the fields
Make believe, all our dreams were so real
It won't be long 'til I see you smile
Turning my night into day
It won't be far down this lonely way
'Til I can hold you again

Emily we can hide, hide from them all
Emily, they can't catch us
They can't catch us now
They can't catch us now
They can't catch us now

I'll walk alone if I can't walk with you
I'll walk alone if I can't walk with you
I don't want nobody else, nobody else will do

Life is too precious to live alone
Life is too precious to live alone
A house without love is not a home

I close my eyes and hold you tight
I close my eyes and hold you tight
It's a dream I have about every night

I'll walk alone if I can't walk with you
I'll walk alone if I can't walk with you
I don't want nobody else, nobody else will do

Good night, sleep tight
The big bright sun has gone away
Done gone away
Goodbye, don't cry
Tomorrow will bring us a brand new day
We can run and play

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And they'll laugh up and down the hall
Don't you go shout when you hear them fall
Let them fly across the wall
Let them cry - 'til the morning calls
Little two step angel dance

Big night, bright lights
Time now to lay them all to rest
Put 'em all to rest
Bad guys, mean eyes
All gone away to where they belong
Let's just sing our song

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Good days, new ways
Let go of all things when you sleep
When you're all asleep
Good night, sleep right
Tomorrow is gonna bring us another day
So we can run and play

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He can't run
He can't play
He does things in a different way
Little John, Little John of God

He tries to speak but no one hears
A little boy's pains and a little boy's fears
Little John, Little John of God

He's come to us from up above
To touch our hearts with special love
With special love, Little John of God

You can say with your eyes
What others only say inside
Little John, Little John of God
Little John, Little John of God

There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
Better step aside, best take care
Keep an eye out and beware
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere

It'll spin you around and keep you down
Tie your feet right to the ground
'Cause it's got no soul, just a big black hole
It'll mix you up and leave you out cold

There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
Better step aside, best take care
Keep an eye out and beware
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere

It'll spin you around and keep you down
Tie your feet right to the ground
'Cause it's got no soul, just a big black hole
It'll mix you up and leave you out cold

There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere
Better step aside, best take care
Keep an eye out and beware
There's a deep dark hole and it leads to nowhere

Way down south where I make my stop
They do a dance down there called the Georgia Slop
They all hang out at Peg Leg Lee's
And they don't give a hoot about no police
Peg Leg Lee's is where I'm talking about
They knocked down, kicked, and dragged 'em out

They get paid on Friday when their work's all done
And they all do it up 'til Monday comes
When they do the Slop they turn loose hands
And move like a chicken when he's scratching in the sand
Shuffle your feet and spin like a top
Shake shake shake the Georgia Slop

I stopped to get a soda and dig that jive
I met a chick, she weighed 385
I started lookin' and I couldn't stop
She and I got together and did the Georgia Slop

Peg Leg Lee's is where I'm talking about
They knocked down, kicked, and dragged 'em out
Do it baby, do it baby, do it baby, do it baby
To the right, to the left
Oh baby, yah do it baby

I love you baby with all my might
God knows I tried to treat you right
I beg you baby, let me be your slave
But please don't send me to an early grave

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Well I can't understand, why did you let me go?
Well I can't understand, why did you let me go?
I done all I could, I can't do no more

There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do for you
If you want my life you can have that too
Please use my blood to make my grave
Let the world know I died your happy slave

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I thought you loved me, I changed my life
I wanted you to be my woman and wife
Now bloodshot tears have blinded my eyes
I'm too weak to live and too strong to die

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A warm wind is blowing through the valleys and the mountain tops
Down the road to a place we know so well
The children are running with ribbons in their baby hands
While we all gather 'round the Giving Tree

Let's go sing songs, the blue ones
Let's go sing about the Lord above
And thank the old sun for all we have
The sad times, the glad times
The babies swinging in our arms
Just don't seem like much like rain 'round the Giving Tree

Like the shedherds once followed a star bright up in the sky
We've come to say, come be with us know
Come give us a good one
Come give us a happy time
While we all here dance 'round the Giving Tree

Girl you know, you can't go on this way
Night after night, day after every day
Whisper to me, what's in your aching heart
This love you need is not very far
Baby dry the tears from your eyes
And take my hand as we walk into the night

A soul on fire and a touch that's cold
Seems to me that's all you've ever known
Desperately looking for something that's real
Hard to find is the love that can heal
Baby dry the tears from your eyes
And take my hand as we walk into the night
Tender are the dreams
That we try so hard to hide, so deep inside

I don't know why you go on this way
Night after night, and about every day
Tell to me, the secrets only a girl could know
How much to feel and just how much to show
Baby dry the tears from your eyes
And take my hand as we walk into the night

Hey Hey Hey, My My My
Hey Hey Hey, My My My
Jenny's got a pony so that Jenny can ride

Jenny can ride, Jenny can ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride

One for my mother, one for my sister Sue
One for my brother and one for my father too
Pony can run, pony can jump so high
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride

Jenny can ride, ride Jenny ride
Jenny can ride, ride Jenny ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride

Hey Hey Hey, My My My
Hey Hey Hey, My My My
Jenny's got a pony so that Jenny can ride

Jenny can ride, ride Jenny ride
Jenny can ride, ride Jenny ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride
Jenny's Got a pony so that Jenny can ride
Ride Jenny ride, ride Jenny ride
Ride Jenny ride, ride Jenny ride

Let the calm, calm blue waters through
Wash your soul, passing right through you
Like the smallest rose out of the hardest ground
Like a tiny hand reaching up for the sun
Let us hope that our hearts are one
The toughest love is the strongest one
Like a crippled man fights his bitter pain
On two tired legs that hope to walk once again
Just stay gold and be still

As we grow, a river flows
Through our hearts
Finding peace wherever it may go

Let pure, pure blue waters through
Don't let the wind take them away
From you, the littlest star
Shines in the darkest night
Like a mother's ache brings in a new life
Just stay gold and be still
Pray that we can stay gold and be still

Brother finds trouble on the street
A piece of rock to make men weak
Trembling eyes at everyone he meets

Sister holds her baby in the bed
Dreams and wishes dancin' in her head
A love forever is what he said
That's what he said

Father leans back in his easy chair
A pint of whiskey, he just sits and stares
He don't know and he doesn't really care

Mother works at her nine to five
Hardly makes enough to keep alive
She bows her head with tears in her eyes

Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
Grant us all peace and serenity

They're just songs sung on a dirty street
Echoes of hope lie beneath their feet
Struggling hard to make ends meet

Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
To the neighborhood, to the neighborhood, to the neighborhood