Double LiveThe Old Stuff Oh I said a little prayer tonight Before I came on stage As I came walkin' past the drivers and the locals on the union wage I asked the dear Lord up in heaven Let me treat the music right Then I prayed that Detroit Goes wild tonight Seven pickers and all our gear in a rental van Playin' music never sleepin' and workin' on a neon tan We played The Barn down in Sanford Florida For Bev Roberts out in Camden Park We plugged it in up east at Bull Run and the place went dark Back when the old stuff was new Back before the buses and the hard workin' boys in the crew It was one big party But the business called it payin' our dues Back when the old stuff was new Oh the stories we could tell If it weren't for the code of the road About The Buckboard, Bear Creek, Cowboys, and the Grizzly Rose You know the weather turned bad in Scottsdale A tornado nearly stole the show We just danced in the rain and listened to the thunder roll Back when the old stuff was new Hats off to the K.C. Opry and ellA GURU'S It was one big party Uncle Joe you know we owe it to you Back when the old stuff was new No rules young fools comin' from the old school Takin' on the world alone Next date can't wait tearin' up the interstate Every place we played was home Balls out no doubt this is what it's all about Beggin' for a place to play Swingin' with our old friends Prayin' that it never ends Wouldn't trade a single day Back when the old stuff was new Back before the buses and the hard workin' boys in the crew It was one big party But the paper's called it payin' our dues Back when the old stuff was new Hey it's still one big party You can call it whatever you choose You make me feel like the old stuff is new Cowboys And Angels On the eighth day God noticed a problem For there below Him stood a cowboy alone Stubborn and proud, reckless and loud God knew he'd never make it on his own So God looked out all over creation And listened as that cowboy prayed God took passion and thunder Patience and wonder then He sent down The best thing that God ever made Cowboys and angels leather and lace Salt of the earth meets heavenly grace Cowboys and angels tested and tried I'ts a long way to heaven And one hell of a ride Nothin's changed since the dawn of creation For you will find them together today And only heaven above them knows why she loves him But he must be the reason she don't fly away Cowboys and angels leather and lace Salt of the earth meets heavenly grace Cowboys and angels tested and tried It's a long way to heaven And one hell of a ride It's a long way to heaven And one hell of a ride. The Fever He's got a split finger wrap And his rope's pulled way to tight He's got a lunatic smile 'Cause he's really drawn deep tonight He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever Grab a hold of anything and hold on tight It hits you like the venom from a rattle snake bite We're all here 'cause he's not all there tonight He takes one breath And time turns inside out Then the gate busts open to the world he dreams about He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever Stick a rope on anything 'cause he don't care He'd even take a ride on the electric chair We're all here cause he's not all there tonight He says it's really kind of simple Keep your mind in the middle While your butt spins 'round and 'round Take heed to Sankey's preachin' Keep liftin' and reachin' And ridin' like there ain't no clowns What he loves might kill him But he's got no choice He's a different breed With a voice down deep inside That's screamin' he was born to ride He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever Fever makes you crazy 'cause it makes no sense Like runnin' from your shadow out of self-defense He won't run and baby he can't hide He thinks the odds are even leavin' one hand tied He gets so tired of hangin' on so tight I know you think he's crazy well I think you're right We're all here 'cause he's not all there that's right That Ol' Wind She dropped her boy at school on time One less worry on her mind Now it's off to work and on the radio Come's an old familiar song And then the D.J.'s voice comes on And say's he's back in town tonight for one last show Her eyes well up with tears God could it be it's been ten years Since that Autumn night outside the county fair When two strangers shared a night And in the darkness found a light That to this day is still alive and burning there He asked her twice to come along They said good-bye at the break of dawn 'Cause you can't hold back the wind If it's meant to be again Then someday he'll find his way back to her arms The marquee misspelled his name And not too many people came But that didn't matter to them They laughed and loved all through the night And as they faced the morning light They found themselves standing there again And he asked her twice to come along They said good-bye at the break of dawn As his bus left out she cried With him standing by her side That ol' wind had once again found its way home Someday he'll tell her about the money he hid And someday she'll tell him that the boy is his kid But for right now they're both in love The only thing they're thinkin' of Is that they're finally where their hearts have always been Rollin' She was born to a mother trucker Raised behind the wheel So you can blame it on the highway For the way she can't sit still She says life is like a windshield It ain't no rear view mirror The only way to get where you're goin' Is find that higher gear And keep it Rollin' Life's gonna run you over if you don't get goin' She said I wanna fell the earth move under me Movin' with the motion of a melody Oh I get the blues if the rhythm ain't got no soul You got to keep it Rollin' Well I knew that I was in trouble When she told me that talk was cheap Said if you're tired get on the sofa 'Cause the bed's no place to sleep Then she reached down and she kissed Lord it knocked me on my knees And I knew if I was gonna get naked I was gonna have to roll up my sleeves And keep it Rollin' Love was gonna run me over if I didn't get it goin' She said I wanna feel the earth move under me Movin' with the motion of a melody Boy I get the blues if the rhythm ain't got no soul You got to keep it Rollin' So I talked her into gettin' married But she wouldn't hang up her wheels I was afraid I'd take a back seat To the way the highway feels But each day she's pullin' over More than she used to She knows love is like the highway The main thing you gotta do Is keep it rollin' The Change One hand Reaches out And pulls a lost soul from harm While a thousand more go unspoken for They say what good have you done By saving just this one It's like whispering a prayer In the fury of a storm And I hear them saying you'll never change things And no matter what you do it's still the same thing But it's not the world that I am changing I do this so this world will know That it will not change me This heart Still believes That love and mercy still exist While all the hatreds rage and so many say That love is all but pointless in madness such as this It's like trying to stop a fire With the moisture from a kiss And I hear them saying you'll never change things And no matter what you do it's still the same thing But it's not the world that I am changing I do this so this world will know That it will not change me As long as one heart still holds on Then hope is never really gone I hear them saying you'll never change things And no matter what you do it's still the same thing But it's not the world that I am changing I do this so this world we know Never changes me What I do is so This world will know That it will not change me The Beaches Of Cheyenne They packed up all his buckles And shipped his saddle to his dad And by the way the house looked She must have took it bad The workers come on Monday To fix the door and patch the wall They say she just went crazy The night she got the call He was up in Wyoming And drew a bull no man could ride He promised her he'd turn out Well it turned out that he lied And their dreams that they'd been livin' In the California sand Died right there beside him in Cheyenne They she just went crazy Screamin' out his name She ran out into the ocean And to this day they claim That if you go down by the water You'll see her footprints in the sand 'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne They never found her body Just her diary by her bed It told about the fight they had And the words that she had said When he told her he was ridin' She said then I don't give a damn If you never come back from Cheyenne They she just went crazy Screamin' out his name She ran out into the ocean And to this day they claim That you can go down by the water And see her footprints in the sand 'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne Nobody can explain it Some say she's still alive They even claim they've seen her On the shoreline late at night So if you go down by the water You'll see her footprints in the sand 'Cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne Every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne To Make You Feel My Love When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the star appear And there is no one to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met There's no doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue I'd go crawling down the avenue There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on rolling sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me yet There ain't nothin' that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you Make you happy make your dreams come true To make you feel my love It's Midnight Cinderella It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none 'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater And the party's just begun I guess your prince charming Wasn't after all 'Cause he sure seemed different right after the ball I guess more than horses are turnin' into rats And by the way he's walkin' I can guess where your slipper's at It's midnight Cinderella time that you should know There's gonna be some changes in the way this story goes It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none 'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumkin Eater And the party's just begun I'm gonna help you get over Bein' under that spell You're gonna learn to love midnight Inside this pumpkin shell I gotta few new magic tricks Your godmother can't do I'll show you what it means to Bip, bip, bip, bip, boppity boo It's midnight Cinderella time that you should know There's gonna be some changes in the way this story goes It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none 'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumkin Eater And the party's just begun I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater And the party has now begun She's Every Woman She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice A little crazy but it's nice And when she gets mad, you best leave her alone 'Cause she'll rage just like a river Then she'll beg you to forgive her She's every woman that I've ever known She's so New York and then L.A. And every town along the way She's every place that I've never been She's makin love on rainy nights She's a stroll through Christmas lights And she's everything I want to do again It needs no explanation 'Cause it all makes perfect sense For when it comes down to temptation She's on both sides of the fence No it needs no explanation 'Cause it all makes perfect sense When it comes down to temptation She's on both sides of the fence She's anything but typical She's so unpredictable Oh but even at her worst it ain't that bad She's as real as real can be And she's every fantasy Lord she's every lover that I've ever had And she's every lover that I've never had Ireland They say mother earth is breathing With each wave that finds the shore Her soul rises in the evening For to open twilights door Her eyes are the stars in heaven Watching o'er us all the while And her heart it is in Ireland Deep within the Emerald Isle We are forty against hundreds In someone elses bloody war We know not why were fighting Or what we're dying for They will storm us in the morning When the sunlight turns to sky Death is waiting for its dance now Fate has sentenced us to die Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Oh the captian he lay bleeding I can hear him calling me These men are yours now for the leading Show them to their destiny And as I look up all around me I see the ragged tired and torn I tell them to make ready 'Cause we're not waiting for the morn Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland Now the fog is deep and heavy As we forge the dark and fear We can hear their horses breathing As in silence we draw near There are no words to be spoken Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken AsI scream our battle cry Ireland I am coming home I can see your rolling fields of green And fences made of stone I am reaching out won't you take my hand I'm coming home Ireland I am home Ireland |