Album: Takin' it to the Streets (1976) Writer: Patrick Simmons Hey, hey, honey, what's on your mind Well, you said that sleepin' with a poor band's
Well, the light's turnin' gray, nearly ev'ry day Come a walkin' into town and try to find the way Well, I've only got a nickel, got to score myself a
I'm sittin' in my room, I'm starin' out my window And I wonder where you've gone Thinking back on the happy hours just before the dawn Outside the
Don't you feel it growin' day by day, people gettin' ready for the news. Some are happy, some are sad Oh, we got to let the music play. What the
There was a place in East St. Louis, it was nineteen fifty-nine. When they played they filled the streets with music, that lonely Blue-note music that
Gather round the corner -- a half a mile from here See those long trains running and watch them disappear Without love where you would you be now
Hey, don't worry, I've been lied to I've been here many times before Girl, don't you worry, I know where I stand I don't need this love, I don't need
People outside my window Goin' everywhere People that are happy People without a care We all got to be loved It's a natural thing don't you know The
Playin' easy somewhere, shade across my mind Thoughts that pass I cannot catch, I reach for you and find That I have learned how not to get burned now
Darlin', I know I'm just another head on your pillow If only just tonight, girl Let me hear you lie just a little Tell me I'm the only man That
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name Catfish are jumpin' That paddle wheel thumpin' Black water
I know you're leavin' me behind I'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time Show a little tenderness before you go Please let me feel your embrace once
Well, I've had some thoughts in a loving direction. I want to be the part of someone's affection. Been alone too long, my head hanging low. There's no
Down around the corner A half a mile from here You see them old trains runnin' And you watch them disappear Without love Where would you be now Without
He came from somewhere in her long ago, the sentimental fool don't see, tryin' hard to re-create what had yet to be created once in her life. She
I get a feelin, lost without you baby Livin alone is drivin me crazy Dont you know I got nowhere to go You should be the one thats hurtin You got everything
People rushin' everywhere If they'd only slow down once They might find something there Green trees and timber land People workin' with their hands For
You don't know me but I'm your brother I was raised here in this living hell You don't know my kind in your world Fairly soon the time will tell You
