WORDS FILL MY HEAD
The Early Seventies
There's guns across
the river aimin' at you
Lawman at your
trail, he'd like to catch you
Bounty hunters,
too, they'd like to get you
Billy, they don't
like you to be so free.
Campin' out all
night on the berenda
Dealin' cards 'til
dawn in the hacienda
Up to Boot Hill
they'd like to send you
Billy, don't you
turn your back on me.
There's mirrors
inside the minds of crazy faces
Bullet holes and
rifles inside their cases
There's always one
more notch and four more aces
Billy, and you're
playin' all alone.
Playin' around with
some sweet senorita
Into her dark
hallway she will lead ya
In the shadows of
the ______ she will greet you
Billy, you're been
runnin' for so long.
They say that Par
Garret's got your number
So sleep with one
eye open when you wonder
If every little
sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the
barrel of his gun.
Gypsy gueens will
play your grand finale
Way down in some
Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio
Pecos valley
In the days when
you were better known.
The business men
from Taos want you to go down
So they hired Mr.
Garrett to force you to slow down
Billy, don't it
make you to feel so low-down
To be hunted by the
man who was your friend?
So hang on to your
woman if you got one
Remember in El
Paso, once, you shot one
Up in Santa F` she
was a hot one
Billy, you've been
runnin' for so long.
Gypsy gueens will
play your grand finale
Billy, you been so
far from home
Billy, you're so
far away from home.
[Source: the Mexico City tape]
[TOP]
There's guns across
the river 'bout to pound you
There's a lawman on
your trail, likes to surround you
Bounty hunters are
dancin' all around you
Billy, they don't
like you to be so free.
Campin' out all
night on the berenda
Walk in the streets
down by the hacienda
Up to Boot Hill
they'd like to send you
Billy, don't you
turn your back on me.
There's mirrors
inside the minds of crazy faces
Bullet holes and
rifles in their cases
There's always one
more notch and four more aces
Billy, and you're
playin' all alone.
Layin' around with
some sweet senorita
Into her dark
chamber she will greet ya
In the shadows of
the ______ she will lead you
Billy, and you're
goin' all alone.
They say that Par
Garret's got your number
So sleep with one
eye open when you wonder
If every little
sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the
barrel of his gun.
There's always
another stranger sneakin' glances
Some trigger-happy
fool willin' to take chances
Some old whore from
San Pedro to make advances
advances on your
spirit and your soul.
The business men from
Taos want you to go down
So they hired Mr.
Garrett to force you to slow down
Billy, don't it
make you to feel so low-down
To be hunted by the
man who was your friend?
So hang on to your
woman if you got one
Remember in El
Paso, once, you shot one
Up in Santa F` you
bought one
Billy, you've been
runnin' for so long.
Gypsy gueens will
play your grand finale
Way down in some
Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio
Pecos valley
Billy, you're so
far away from home
Billy, you're so
far away from home
Billy, you're so
far away from home.
[Source: the Mexico City tape]
[TOP]
Goodbye Holly,
Holly goodbye
Your wife's gonna
miss you
Your baby's gonna
cry
Goodbye Holly,
Holly so long
All your good times
have passed now and gone
Pat Garrett he shot
you with a Colt .44
He dropped you
'cross the table
Now you're gone for
ever more
Goodbye Holly,
Holly goodbye
Your wife's gonna
miss you
Your baby's gonna
cry
Goodbye Holly,
Holly so long
All your good times
have passed now and gone
[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]
[TOP]
Mama, take this
badge off of me
I can't use it
anymore
It's gettin' dark,
too dark to see
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns
in the ground
I can't shoot them
anymore.
That long black cloud
is comin' down
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, wipe the
blood from my face
I'm sick and tired
of the war
Got a lonely hard
feeling and it's hard to trace
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns
in the ground
I can't shoot them
anymore.
That long black
train is a-pullin' on down
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, wipe the
blood off of my face
I can't see through
it anymore
i need someone to
talk to and I've no hiding place
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, I can hear
that thunder roar
Echoin' down from
God's distant shore
I can hear 'em
callin' out from my soul
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Mama, put my guns
in back the ground
I can't fire them
anymore.
That long black
cloud is fallin' down
I feel I'm lookin'
at heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin'
on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, take this
blood off of my face
I can't see through
it anymore
It's a feeling I
just can't trace
Feel I'm knockin'
on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, tow my barge
down to sea
Pull it down from
shore to shore
Two brown eyes
lookin' at me
Feel I'm knockin'
on heaven's door.
Knockin' on
heaven's door
Knockin' on
heaven's door
Knock, knockin' on
heaven's door
Like so many times
before
Goin' down by that
road
Feelin' down more
and more
Take a chain
_________________
Feel I'm knockin' on
heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Mama, take my
______ and my __________
I don't want it
anymore
Two brown eyes starin'
into my face
I feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Mama, take my poor
star far away
Let it fall down to
the floor
But it's so far so
________ to stay
Feel like I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Mama, take this gun
and put it far away
I won't fire it
anymore
I'll be leavin' for
far away
Feel I'm knockin'
on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Mama, wipe these
tears off of my face
I can't see through
them anymore
Gettin' out of here
into some other place
I feel I'm knockin'
on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Mama, wipe the
blood from my face
I can't see through
it anymore
Sometimes I feel so
out of place
And I feel I'm
knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
Just like so many
times before
Just like so many
times before
And I feel like I'm
a-knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock,
knockin' on heaven's door
Just like so many
times before
[Source: various live versions]
[TOP]
(Recorded version)
Oh, the streets of Rome
are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints
are everywhere.
You can almost
think that you're seein' double
On a cold dark
night on the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on
back to my hotel room
Where I've got me a
date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that
she'd be right there with me
When I paint my
masterpiece.
Oh, the hours I've
spent inside the Coliseum,
Dodging lions and
wasting time.
Oh, those mighty
kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em.
Yes, it sure has
been a long, hard climb.
Train wheels
runnin' through the back of my memory,
At the daylight I
was doin' Greece.
Someday, everything
is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my
masterpiece.
I left Rome and
landed in Brussels
With a picture of a
tall oak tree by the side.
Clergymen in
uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Everyone was there
but no one tried to hide.
Newspapermen eating
candy
Had to be held down
by big police.
Someday, everything
is gonna be different
When I paint my
masterpiece.
[Source: recorded version from More Greatest Hits]
[TOP]
Rain on the ground,
windshield wipers movin',
Water on the
ground, sure don't feel like groovin'.
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
before the sun goes down.
Rain all around, I
need me an umbrella.
Water on the
ground, I am that kind of fella.
Looking for a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
before the sun goes down.
Walking on the
street, I need me an umbrella.
Just to keep it
sweet, I am that kind of fella.
Looking for a guru,
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
before the sun goes down.
Play it again ...
Rain on the ground,
windshield wipers movin',
Water all around, I
sure don't feel like groovin'.
I'm working on a
guru,
Yes, I'm working on
a guru,
But I'm working on
a guru, before the sun goes down.
Working on a guru,
Working on a guru,
Well, it's true, it
could be you ...
I'm working on a
guru.
[Source: Tape]
[TOP]
(Recorded version)
Clouds so swift,
rain fallin' in
Gonna see a movie
called Gunga Din
Pack up you money,
pull up your tent McGuinn
You ain't going
nowhere
Whoo-ee! ride me
high
Tomorrow's the day
that my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee! are we
gonna fly down into the easy chair!
Djengis Khan and
his brother Don
Couldn't keep on
keepin' on
We'll climb that
ridge after it's gone
After we're way
past it.
Whoo-ee! ride me
high
Tomorrow's the day
that my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee! are we
gonna fly down into the easy chair!
Buy me some rings
and a gun that sings
A flute that toots
and a bee that stings
A sky that cries
and a bird that flies
A fish that walks
and a dog that talks.
Whoo-ee! ride me
high
Tomorrow's the day
that my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee! are we
gonna fly down into the easy chair!
Whoo-ee! ride me
high
Tomorrow's the day
that my bride's a-gonna come
Whoo-ee! are we
gonna fly down into the easy chair!
[Source: recorded version from More Greatest Hits]
[TOP]
(Recorded version)
You angel you
You got me under
your wing
The way you walk
and the way you talk
I feel I could
almost sing
You angel you
You're as fine as
anything's fine
I just walk and
watch you talk
With your memory on
my mind.
You know I can't
sleep at night for trying
Yes, I never did
feel this way before
Never did get up
and walk the floor
If this is love
then give me more
And more and more
and more and more.
You angel you
You're as fine as
can be
The way you walk
and the way you talk
Is the way it ought
to be.
You know I can't sl