SOMETHIN' FAMILIAR LYRICS

MY BABY

Watch my baby ride down the track

Fadin’ with the clickity clack

Want that train to bring my baby back

Cried so hard there were no tears left

Heavy ache inside my chest

Haven’t heard from my baby yet

Mr. Postman bring me a letter

A phone call would be even better

Think my baby got delayed in stormy weather

Front door’s open and the back door too

Wonderin’s all I can do

Sit in my kitchen and stir my stew

GYPSY MAN

Mama forbade me to fly with Whippoorwills

Only sinners gather ‘hind the Thompson Mill

I couldn’t let go what I didn’t know

Duck the trees, ran the crooked road

Wind is a travellin’ band

Can’t miss the Gypsy Man

Laughin’, people laughin’, sippin’ from jars

Dancin’ round a fire to a beat up guitar

My future is bright said the fortune teller

Bought some salve from the snake oil seller

Magic is afoot on this land

Can’t miss the Gypsy Man

Red curtains parted on that wagon stage

Air smelled like homegrown sage

He stroked that fiddle with his bow

All the women swayed to and fro

I soared so high I couldn’t stand

I fell for the Gypsy Man

I’m in love with the Gypsy Man

BAD SEED

Hey there honey, come on over here

Hey there sugar, come on over here

Got a secret to whisper in your ear

Set down your Good Book and I’ll give you a clue

It ain’t exactly savin’ I want from you

Sit closer darlin’ ‘til your halo dims

What’s to Glory if you never sin?

Lay your holy spirit on me

I know one way you can make me believe

(ummmm, hallelujah!)

Sun done shone in, shone in my back door

Little taste of you makes me want more and more and more and more

YESTERDAY’S BLUES

I get a low-grade fever when you walk in a room

I thought you were my yesterday’s, my yesterday’s blues

My temperature’s risin’, it’s about a hundred and one

My temperature’s risin’, it’s about a hundred and two

I thought you were my yesterday’s, my yesterday’s blues

Please, please get me some ‘um cool, some ‘um cool to drink

(oh) Please, please, please, please get me some ‘um cool to drink

I wish you were my yesterday’s, my yesterday’s blues

(oh, oh) Doctor! Doctor! Doctor, give me a pill, the one you got for fools!

(oh, oh) Doctor! Doctor! Doctor, doctor give me a pill, the one you got for fools!

I wish you were my yesterday’s, my yesterday’s blues

(oh) I wish you were my yesterday’s, my yesterday’s blues

KEEP ON MOVIN’

Maybe you have worries and you can’t sleep

Maybe all you need is a helpin’ hand to get back on your feet

Keep on movin’, the scene is about to change

And if you get a little weary on this road

Hang on to your hope

Maybe you are thirsty but loneliness fills your cup

Maybe you need someone special to love you up

Maybe you are burdened and you can’t let go

Maybe peace is ‘round the corner to lighten your load

BLAME IT ON THE MOON

An angel falls from the sky

Like a burned out butterfly

All glory has been ruined

(and) I blame it, blame it on the moon

Kneel at your window to make my confession

To you my unholy obsession

Memorize every sultry move

(and) I blame it, blame it on the moon

Restless lovers, you sweat, the sheets

Perfect script for my daydreams

I trance to your midnight groove

(and) I blame it, I blame it on the moon

All is mine in the shadows

You can leave…when I say so

Only the sunrise can be my doom

(and) I blame it, I blame it on the moon

(oh) I blame it, blame it on the moon

(yes) I blame it, blame it on the moon

HANGIN’ BY A THREAD

These days I’m hangin’ by a thread

I don’t know just where I’ll land

But I’m doin’ the best I can

Lonely sleeps beside me every night

My bed is quick sand

But I’m doin’ the best I can

I am here but love stands over there

Thoughts spin like the ceilin’ fan

But I’m doin’ the best I can

Don’t you judge me, don’t judge me ‘bout these blues

A thread is still a strand

And I’m doin’ the best I can

A thread is still a strand

And I’m doin’ the best I can

CARRY ME HOME

Carry me home

Oh River,

Carry me home

If the water runs deep and the banks crumble

River, Carry Me Home

And my legs grow tired and I start to stumble

River, Carry Me Home

May the current be gentle when freedom arrives

River, Carry Me Home

And I give my thanks for this precious life

River, Carry Me Home

I raise my hands to the sky

Make a joyful noise

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

River, Carry Me Home

Raise my hands

Hallelujah!

Give my thanks

Hallelujah!

Shout my joy

Hallelujah!

River, Carry Me Home

RISE UP!

Wheel is turnin’, new day draws near

Wheel is turnin’, my reflection’s in the mirror

‘Til I love more than I fear

I’ve gotta rise up!

Bells are ringin’, to wake me from my sleep

Bells are ringin’, I pray my soul to keep

‘Til I let my spirit free

I’ve gotta rise up!

Rise up!

I’ve gotta rise up!

Mother’s callin’ to wake me from my sleep

Mother’s callin’ on my humility

‘Til I return to harmony

I’ve gotta rise up!

WAITIN’ ON THE REAL THING

I’ve had my fun, parties and flings

With lovers who didn’t mean anything

Now I’m waitin’, waitin’ on the real thing

I’ve danced with love, my heart on a string

Settled for what the other would bring

Now I’m waitin’, waitin’ on the real thing

I have stung and I’ve felt the sting

Walked the aisle and worn the ring

Now I’m waitin’, waitin’ on the real thing

Yes I’m waitin’ on the real thing

I’m holdin’ out, waitin’ on the real thing

SOMETHIN’ FAMILIAR

I can miss the beauty that surrounds me

Because my mind is filled with worry and misery

When life has got me in a tailspin

Somethin’ familiar rolls on in

I feel joy, joy comin’ back for me

Joy is comin’ back for me

Once I was captive, now I am free

Joy is comin’ back for me

I live life my own way

Toss the dice let fate fall where it may

When I’m losin’, I can’t seem to win

Somethin’ familiar rolls on in

I feel faith, faith comin’ back for me

Faith is comin’ back for me

Once I was captive, now I am free

Faith is comin’ back for me

I value most the wealth inside

But sometimes my well runs dry

When I’m exhausted, feel like givin’ in

Somethin’ familiar rolls on in

I feel love, love comin’ back for me

Love is comin’ back for me

Once I was captive, now I am free

Love is comin’ back for me

HIDDEN TRACK: SOMEDAY BABY BLUES

Don’t care how long you stay, don’t care how long you go

‘Cuz my good kind lovin’ child, bring you back someday

Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry my mind anymore

You made me weep an’ you made me moan

Caused me to leave my happy home

Someday baby, you ain’t gonna worry my mind anymore

I tol’ everybody in your neighborhood

You a dirty mistreater don’t mean me no good

Somday baby, you ain’t gonna worry my mind anymore

I tol’ everybody in your neighborhood

You a dirty mistreater don’t mean me no good

Somday baby, you ain’t gonna worry my mind anymore