Lay Down Your Weary Tune
(Dylan/Warner Bros. Music)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

(Chorus):
Lay down your weary tune, lay down.
Lay down the song you strum.
And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
no voice can hope to hum.

(Chorus)

Caught by the sound before the dawn,
I knew the night had gone.
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
against the drums of dawn.

(Chorus)

The ocean wild like an organ played
the seaweed's woven strand.
The crashing waves like a cymbal clashed
against the rocks and sands.

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

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The End Is Not In Sight
(Russell Smith)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Oh, I knew it along,
I'd have to come back home.
'Cause this livin' on the road
only makes me tired and sore.

Like a bird without a nest
and a stranger in the night,
oh, my soul cries out for rest
and the end is not in sight.

Tastes like sweet magnolia wine,
honey, dripping from your mouth.
And that little girl of mine,
she's the finest in the South.

Oh, the days are getting longer
and the nights are getting colder.
I just want to come back home,
lay my head on your shoulder.

Oh, I knew it along,
I'd have to come back home.
'Cause livin' on the road
only makes me tired and sore.

Like a bird without a nest
and a stranger in the night,
oh, my soul cries out for rest
and the end is not in sight.

Yeah, my soul cries out for rest
and the end is not in sight.
Oh, oh, not in sight.
Yeah, yeah, not in sight.
Oh-oh-oh-ohh..

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Alone Together
(Wilcox/Wind River)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

The rain fell soft on old Monterey.
There was nothing left that I could say.
Your mind was made and your heart was all undone.
Those few words spoken far too much,
as we lay so close, so out of touch,
alone together waitin' for the dawn.

A red-tail sailed towards the rainbow's end.
It's a shame we can't get back again
to that night we tripped the light down St. Charles Avenue.
Best plans are laid, then romance fades
as the grand illusion falls from view.
When the feeling's gone even all of the right words just won¹t do.

(Chorus:)
And we had a dream that lasted
to stand the test of time.
But it don't look like we passed it
and it hurts to say good-bye.

I detect a weary smile these days,
I guess it's better than the hurt and the hate.
We've come along way, known every shade of emotion
So we'll let the chips fall where they may,
hold out for some brighter day,
like the sunlight playing on the restless ocean.

(Chorus)

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Pass Me Not
(Lyrics: Fanny J. Crosby, Music: W. H. Doane; P.D.)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
do not pass me by.

(Chorus:)
Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry;
while on others Thou art calling,
do not pass me by.

Let me at the throne of mercy
heal my unbelief.
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
find my sweet relief.

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

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I'm A King Bee
(Moore)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Well, I'm a king bee,
buzzin' around your hive.
Yeah, I'm a king bee, baby,
buzzin' around your hive.
Well I can make honey, baby,
just let me come inside.

Well, I'm a king bee,
want you to be my queen.
Yeah I'm a king bee, baby,
want you to be my queen.
Together we can make honey
like the world has never seen.


Well, I'm a king bee, baby, yeah!
I'm gonna buzz all night long
Yeah, I'm a king bee, baby,
I'm gonna buzz, buzz you all night long.
Well, I can buzz better, baby,
when your man is not at home.

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Sitting In Limbo
(Bright, Cliff/Island Music, Inc.)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Sitting here in Limbo
waiting for the tide turn.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
so many things I've got to learn.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
but I know that my faith will lead me on.

Sitting here in Limbo
waiting for the dice to roll.
Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,
still got some time to search my soul.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
but I know that my faith will lead me on.

(Chorus:)
I don't know where life will take me,
but I know where I have been.
I don't know what life will show me,
but I know what I have seen.
Tried my hand at love and friendship,
that is past and gone.
And now it's time to move along.

Sitting here in Limbo
like a bird ain't got a song.
Yeah, I'm sitting here in Limbo
and I know it won't be long
'til I make my getaway, now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
but I know that my faith will lead me on.

(Chorus)

Gonna lead me on now.
Meanwhile, they're putting up resistance,
but I know that my faith will lead me on.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Sitting in Limbo, Limbo, Limbo.
Meanwhile, they're putting up a resistance,
but I know that my faith will lead me on.

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One Love
(Marley, Livingstone/EMI April Music, Shakat Music Pub.)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

One love, one heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.
One love, one heart!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

Sing it with me now...
One love, what about a one heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.
As it was in the beginning, One love!
so shall it be in the end, One heart!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

Let the man pass all his dirty remarks.
There is one question I'd really love to ask.
"Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs, now?"

One love, one heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.
One love, what about a one heart!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

Let's get together,
oooh, fight the holy arm of Gideon. One love!
When the Man comes there will be no note due. One song!
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner.
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation.

One love, what about a one heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.
As it was in the beginning, One love!
so shall it be in the end, One heart!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

Now, let's get together,
oooh, fight the holy arm of Gideon. One love!
So when the Man comes there will be no note due. One song!
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner.
There ain't no hiding place, no hiding place from the Father of Creation, I mean it!

One love, what about a one heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.
Hear the children sighing.
One love, what about a one heart!
Hear the children crying.
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

And-a just-a give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.
And-a just-a give thanks and praise to the Lord and it will be all right.
Oh-oh-oh, let's get together and feel all right.

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Rachel
(Ringer)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Rachel was a girl I used to love when I was young.
Shoulda heard the love songs that we sung.
Shoulda heard the way we laughed, walkin' 'long the stream,
barefoot through the meadow by the lazy San Joaquin.

Rachel was a melody that I first learned to sing,
and a sorceress just barely in her teens.
Skinny-dipping sight to see with freckles everywhere.
Queen in faded hand-me-downs, wildflowers in her hair.

She had a way of saying this was never gonna end,
saying good night like a lover and good morning like a friend.
Rachel was a watermelon, ripe and freshly stole.
First girl I ever loved, first lie that I told.

Rachel laughed and Rachel sang and Rachel held my hand.
Rachel watched me grow into a man.
Rachel sat and listened to me when I told a lie.
Rschel waved me out of sight when I said goodbye.

The San Joaquin still rolls along where me and Rachel strolled.
But the meadows turned to parking lots and me and Rachel's old
Rachel's just a memory that I still like to hold.
First girl I ever loved, first lie that I told.
First girl I ever loved, first lie that I told.

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Who Will The Next Fool Be
(Rich/Knox Music)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

After you get through with me,
who will your next fool be?
I know, I know, I know, I know.
There's some things you ought to know 'bout the girl I love.

(Chorus1:)
And after all is said and done,
you can't be satisfied with anyone.
And after you get through with me,
who will your next fool be?

(Chorus2:)
Will he believe all those lies?
Will he be left like me, tears in his eyes?
I know, I know, I know, I know.
I don't want to be the one to tell him so.

And after all is said and done,
know you can't be satisfied with anyone.
After you get through with me,
who will your next fool be?

(Chorus2)

(Chorus1)

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And It Stoned Me
(Morrison/WB Music Corp.)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Half a mile from the county fair and the rain came pouring down.
Me and Billy standing there with a silver half-a-crown.
Hands all full of fishing rod and the tackle on our back,
we just stood there getting wet with our backs against the fence.

Oh, the water! Oh, the water! Oh, the water!
I hope it don't rain all day.

(Chorus:)
And it stoned me to my soul.
Stoned me just like jelly roll,
and it stoned me.
Yes, it stoned me to my soul.
Stoned me just going home,
and it stoned me.

Then the rain let up and the sun came up and we were gettin' dry.
Almost glad a pickup truck nearly passed us by.
So we jumped right in and the driver grinned and he dropped us up the road.
Then we looked at the swim and we jumped right in at the mansion fishing hole.

Oh, the water! Oh, the water! Oh, the water!
Let it run all over me.

(Chorus)

One the way back home we sang a song but our throats were gettin' dry.
Then we saw the man from across the road with the sunshine in his eye.
He lived all alone in his own little home with a great big gallon jar.
There were bottles, too, one for me and you, and he said, "Hey, there you are!"

Oh, the water! Oh, the water! Oh, the water!
I get it myself from the mountain stream.

(Chorus)
Stoned me just going home,
and it stoned me.

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Bob Dylan's Dream
(Dylan/Watner Bros. Music)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

While ridin' on a train goin' West,
I feel asleep for to take my rest.
I dreamed a dream that me sad,
concerning myself and the first few friends I had.

With half-damp eyes I stared into the room
where my friends and I'd spent many an afternoon.
Where we longed for nothing and were satisfied,
jokin' and a-talkin' about the world outside.

By the old wooden stove our hats was hung.
Our words was told and our songs were sung.
We thought we could sit forever in fun,
but our chances really was a million-to-one.

As easy it was to tell black from white,
it was all that easy to tell wrong from right.
And the choices were few so the thought never hit
that one road we travelled would ever shatter or split.

I wish, I wish in vain
we could sit simply in that room again.
A thousand dollars at the drop of a hat,
I'd give it all gladly if out lives could be like that.

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Iko Iko
(Traditional)
from the CD Haunting Melodies

Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo feen-i-ay!
You don't like what the big chief say.
He say, Jackimo feen-i-ay!

Jackimo feen-i-ay! Hooray Melinda!
Jackimo feen-i-ay! Jackimo fender!
You don't like what the big chief say.
He say, Jackimo feen-i ay!

Well, my spy boy and your spy boy, sittin' by the bayou.
Yeah, my spy boy and your spy boy, we're gonna get your chicken by you!

And he say now...
(Chorus:)
Here me sing out
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Hey now! (Hey now!)
Iko Iko on day!
And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
Jackimo feen-i-ay!

Well, the little-bitty boy got a heart of steel (Iko iko an-day!)
and he never would bow and he never would kneel. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
He was a mighty brave when he sang his song, (Iko iko an-day!)
and that's why his name gonna carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)

Here me sing out...
(Chorus)

Well, the prettiest thing I ever did see (Iko iko an-day!)
was a Mardi Gras Injun in New Orleans. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Yeah, they run' em up and they run 'em on down. (Iko iko an-day!)
And they play wild Injun when the sun go down. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)

Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in green. (Iko iko an-day!)
Yeah, hide the pistol where it can't be seen. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)
Well, you see my spy, she all dressed in red. (Iko iko an-day!)
Gonna bury a hatchet in the big chief's head. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)

Everybody sing now...
(Chorus)

Hear you sing out...
(Chorus)

Well, the Mardi Gras comin' and it won't be long (Iko iko an-day!)
'til the wild Tchopatoulas start to carry on. (Jackimo feen-i-ay!)

Hear you sing out...
(Chorus)

And it's jackimo feeno an-an-day!
Jackimo feen-i-ay!

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