OUTLAND DISCO (2002)
(2022 reissue)
Goin Through
Well the deep and darkest place I ever lay
was a high rise city on a bright hot sunny day
and the saddest thing my eyes have ever seen
Is a man caught down in the middle of an in-between
So I'm Going through, going through,
on the other side, that's where I'll make my move
And I tried (living a good life) (all of my life)
Won't it fool ya...I'm moving to the other side
Met a little sweet -- in a midnight, Appelachia was her name
Guess my mind's playin tricks on me these days...
Cause I thought I saw her dancing with a man named Northern Lee
Been gone ten years still acting up in my dreams......
Chorus
Bridge: Going through..going through...
Well don’t you know, there’s a love waitin there for you
Wish the future looked like roses
and the past was make-believe
and the time they floated up instead of down the stream
So when the weeks they hit November
and my soul's up in the air,
just think of me as a man who finally got there
Yeah I'm Going through, going through,
on the other side, that's where I'll make my move
And I tried all of my life
Won't it fool ya...I'm moving to the other side
Won't it school ya...I'm moving to the other side
Hallelujah! I'm moving to the other side
New Gospel
It'll be a good one…as far as I can see
the only road I'm goin down will deliver me
No time to lose…for all I am
slow rain fallin down on me...again
Lie low in the wind
and the sun will shine right in
you don't know...
till it all comes round again
Lie where they fall where no one comes
and daylight will sing for me in the settin sun
this stone life I'm gone for you
while love and fortune fall on the lucky few
Chorus
Bridge: Sun sinkin a long long time
Going down what will I find… ooh to fill my cup
Lord let me see … Lord let me see
today I'm risin up...I'm risin up
Let the cold wind blow
down the Creek Cove Way
There's a new gospel song can you hear it play
Road Out
Shake little darlin...one more time for me
Shake little darlin...one more time for me
cause my love has turned to lonesome
yeah and I'm as lonesome as can be
Come roll me down the mountain...roll me far away
Roll me down the mountain...roll me far away
There's a jubilee in the hills tonight
little ones dancin in the light
in the light
All I need is a road out
All I need is a road out
All I need is a road out
I can leave here tonight
I had a little angel, sang her love so fair
I had a little angel, sang her love so fair
ooh I was a stranger
to the load she come to bear
Chorus
Momma tell me truly true, why you treat me so
Momma tell me truly true, why you treat me so
well you never been no good to me
gotta get on out and take what I need, all I need
Winds
Don't bother me no...I been movin on
to replace pictures of my dreams
In the eyes of the old and young
I see the sun a risin on the trees
I got a notion ya comin around
ya still there lyin on your own
with the things that love should have done
in the heart of the cold winds blown
but I'm gettin higher every day
its been a long year but I'm ok
and the winds are blowin me away
and all the sins come to lay you down
where the candles flicker on the floor
I hear them tales they tellin up and down
and the songs they're singin by the door
but you keep on going and you don't know why
you gotta get on home just to get on by
and the winds are blowin from the sky
For the leavins ahead of me
for all the places never found
and this song is for a jamboree
and my love is for the lonely girl in town
I see the morning on the bend
see the stars and the moon and they're shinin in
and the winds are risin up again
Wyoming
Wyoming …. calling out again
Wyoming ….. won't you let me in
in the Summertime, gonna enter a good life
in Wyoming
Wyoming ….such a way to go
And I'm roaming ….. down this lonely road
in the summertime gonna enter a good life
in Wyoming
And the woman I love left me long ago
and the child I knew I'll never know
Just a heading north of the rio grande
gonna make my stand
And the woman I love left me long ago
and the child I knew I'll never know
Just a heading north of the rio grande
Looking a for these hills, gonna make my stand
Well here I go, fallin out again
Someone told me this road is bound to end
in the lonely hills on the borderline
gonna pay my dues come the summertime
in Wyoming
Married Me A Wife
Well how long till I come back better than before...better than before
And how long till you come down from lovin me no more...no more
Well I've been runnin every day and rollin every the night....all night
When I come to know your heart believe in me right...all right
Well I left my love behind
I was losin all the time
then I married me a wife
she was trouble all my life
I don't want to be losing this ol way
Well I've looked all along the way all for who I am
and it's gettin longer every day and far from where I been
Big Horn
Oh sunrise and the mornin comes and you're the only one who can see
keep movin on in the Big Horn son gonna find out how it used to be
Independence Texas gateway to the west down in the hollow of an injured man
comin to the town just like as all the rest keep your head down comin round the bend
(oooh comin round the bend)
And it's a long way back to the love you left its a long time comin home
when the only pain now is in you're head you're too dead to be alone
Never thought I'd feel old and grey when I came here long ago
seems now to me gotta find you own way gonna rise up above the valley-o
and I feel ……. I shut my eyes and I can see again
not on me anymore …..... I’m free this time
When you're movin on in the Big Horn
set a line set a line to the dawn
When you're movin on in the Big Horn
ride on...ride on
Down by the river that's where you were born
and I thought of leavin going on down alone
but there was ride,that kept me
Chorus
I sang you a lullaby of how it all went down
wish there was more time to show you it myself
we could go ridin on...all alone
Chorus
Deering Banjo
Gonna get down get down on the ground
Gonna get down get down on the ground
Got a Deering Banjo and a senile crippled hound
Cause all my good friends are dead and gone
All my good friends are dead and gone
I got a Deering Banjo gonna play it all night long...
Well look at me
was a gamblin' man
tried to get away with what I can.
These lonely days
are gone for good
if I do some more of what I should
Well I once had a little girl I loved
I once had a little girl I loved
Now I got a Deering and the hope that that's enough
Well look at me...
I'm coming around
Just like a freight train through the town
These lonely days
Are in the past
now I got a friend who's gonna last
When I pass away please bury me
Down at the end of Chestnut Street
With a jazz band on my tail-gate and a Deering at my feet
Old Line
Well I know I won't be seein you …. in this old summer home
and there aint a lot I can do …. I won't be coming round no more
It's hard ya being done …. the more you see
and it's hard to be alone …. for everyone but me
la la la la la
I'll be gone a long long time
going down the old divide
gonna see the summer time today
I'll go where the water is wide
slow mile on the riverside
won't you come and take a ride today
la la la la la
Been waitin round here a long time … with no one to blame
for the kind of luck I find ….it keeps me going in the game
So you stay right stay right …. till your train pulls in
and if you lose that old line …. you're gonna find it again
la la la la la
Lovin' You Is Sweeter
I remember just before we met
much every night and day
I lived the life …. of a lonely one
And I remember meetin you
discoverin love could be so true
if shared by two instead of only one
Then you said you want me...
you know I'm thankful that you want me too...
you know that I have built my world around you...
and I'm truly glad I found you...
...Because lovin you has made my life sweeter than ever
lovin you has made my life sweeter than ever
Each day I pray we'll never part
and for the love that made my heart grow stronger
from day to day
Best I can I'll always try to reassure and satisfy you
I'd be lost if you went away
Because I really love you...
you know I'm thankful that you love me too...
you that I have built my world around you...
and I'm truly glad I found you...
Blue Star
It's been a while since you learned to ride … or to find a thrill
I seen em comin up the riverside …. and down the hill
And Aramayo was a friend of mine …I seen her when I was young
yeah she could leave the light on when she's done
And they'll be singin in the hills tonight, and goin town to town
you say you know when you get it right
there's a blue star goin down,goin down
and when I was a city boy …. I seen all I should
I had old lucy and old lucy left me there for good
Now I look to a long side …. where the shadows are low
and I hear singin like a violin and a bow
And they're comin up the hills tonight, and movin town to town
you say you know when the time is right
there's a blue star goin down, goin down
Long days slow down …see all ya done
your chilly heart is singin alone again
and you say all you know … keeps you waitin round for more,,,just a little more
There's a blue star on the hill … its runnin through the night
it takes a fall to feel you're in love again
but you're layin down … another day is done
ah to lay me down again...again
I hear the sound of a distant fire … rubies paint the sky
beams of gold and a sparkle in your eye
I believe I'm ready,(he's ready) … yeah I'm ready to go
and bid adieu to the only friends I know
And they're comin up the hills tonight, and movin town to town
you say you know when you see the light of a
blue star goin down, goin down
Outlander
So long the outland is callin
So long to the old days
Tradin the gold I was savin
and leavin all my old ways
Sun is far across the horizon
fallin in the open sea
I'm facin the long days of yearnin
now I don't recognize what I see....but I'm alright.
ooh the Outland is burnin
come far cross the western sky
find me unlucky and forgotten
too young to lay down and die
I'm fadin in the sunglow
over where the wind blow
yeah I'm alright
I'm alright
yeah I'm alright
I'm alright
I just over in the outland
Hallelujah, I'm Ready
Hallelujah (I'm ready), I'm ready (Hallelujah)
I can hear the voices singing soft and low
Hallelujah (I'm ready), I'm ready (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah, I'm ready to go!
In the darkness of night, not a cloud was in the sky
on a highway that lead me down below
And the good lord he come in and saved my soul from sin
Hallelujah, I'm ready to go!
Chorus
All you sinners don't you wait till it's much too late
he's a wonderful savior don't you know
And I got down on my knees and he answered all my pleas
Hallelujah, I'm ready to go!
Imminent Danger
There’s an imminent danger… going on too long
And I see it in the way you walk… the way you play your song
And I’m a fool and stranger…beggar on the scene
I fill my bowl where the sun is shining… and eat my rice and beans
And in the cool dawn breaking.. blues don’t fade away
You were off in the distance… on the boulevard
Walking with love beside you… might find it if you look real hard
Baby you’re the same one.. as you were before
You just been walking on the wrong side lately… knockin down another door
And in the storm clouds rising… blues don’t fade away
Met a woman in a barroom.. we sat for a while
Sitting low in the dim lights… cigarettes and smiles
We were playing in the corner…singing low and high
Old man said it aint nothing.. when you’re living by the roll of the die
And in the sunlight of the new day… blues don’t fade away
Outside under the moonlight.. where the lights are low
I take the walk down the boulevard.. where the rats and the harlots go
I hear you weapin behind me… gonna saddle a ride
I need a day in the valley.. get myself to the other side
And in the whole of the lifetime… blues don’t fade away