Raise Up the Tent

1. Let Us Go
2. Don't Curse at the Night
3. Red Ribbons
4. I've Got A Truck
5. Innocence
6. Not Fit
7. Borrowed Time
8. Slept Through Sunday
9. Standing Still
10. Stick to the Shallows
11. Keeping the Faith

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Somewhere in between
Mobile and Montgomery.
Sitting in a gas station
Trying to make some money
So that we could go on down
To the Gulf of Mexico.
Let us go, let us go, let us go.

Last night I dreamt about
A girl I left behind.
If she was drunk, I must have been
Going deaf and blind.
And if I’m in Georgia again
I’ll get her by my side.
And we will go, we will go, we will go.

Someone is looking out for me.
And he’s playing jokes and he's acting awful mean.
But he cannot stop my wondering.
He cannot stop my wandering.

Someone is looking out for me.
And he’s playing jokes just like old coyote.
Well, he cannot stop my wandering.
He cannot stop my wandering.

Fixed my eye against the sky,
Worried ‘bout tornadoes.
Spent the night in a trailer park,
Just a mile up the road.
And if I can survive that
Without a cyclone attack
I will go, I will go, I will go.
Let us go, let us go, let us go.
I will go, I will go, I will go.
Let us go, let us go, let us go.

Where is everyone
Hiding the love?
What you are?
Do you have some
To share with me?
Or should I give up?
Should I go back to sleep?
Should I go back to sleep?

I’m lighting the lamps,
Before the night tramps
Set up their camps
And light all their fires.
Stoking desires,
Feeling the heat,
Keeping the beat,
Closing the street.

Don’t curse at the night,
You can’t win that fight.
Let the stars shine bright,
And carry you on.

Everyone’s feeling good,
Everyone’s ph so loose.
We’re in the caboose,
We're at the end of the line.
It’s about time.
For breaking it down.
Take it to town,
Gonna turn it around.

Don’t curse at the night,
You can’t win that fight.
Let the stars shine bright,
And carry you on.

Carry you on....
Carry you on....
Carry you on....
Carry you on....

There’s a spirit that screams,
There’s a spirit that shouts,
There’s one for bad dreams,
There’s one to help you get out.
You find that you're still
Sleeping beside the same little girl.
Oh baby, sleep tight.

Don’t curse at the night,
You can’t win that fight.
Let the stars shine bright,
And carry you on.

Don’t curse at the night,
Let the stars shine bright.
You can't win that fight,
And I can’t carry you home.
Don't curse at the night.
You can’t win that fight.
Let the stars shine bright,
And carry you on.

Be careful and aware of the tricks,
The twists and turns and the curves.
The danger that the darkness can give,
And the way we always get what we deserve.

I’m gonna cut to the heart like a razor.
Red ribbons will fly high.
Cut to the bone, sunk like a stone,
Drunk on the blood red sky.

A train has slipped and fell off the cliff,
Swallowed by a monster below.
A puff of smoke is all that is left,
Like the ghosts of those that we used to know.

I’m gonna cut to the heart like a razor,
Red ribbons will fly high.
Cut to the bone, sunk like a stone,
Underneath the blood red sky
Yeah, underneath the bood red sky.

I will get you there,
This I swear,
I'll get you there.

The fire to our torches still clings,
To the shadows at the edge of our eyes.
Our footsteps through the forest sing,
To mute the nightingales lullaby.

I’m gonna cut to the heart like a razor,
Red ribbons will fly high.
Cut to the bone, sunk like a stone,
Underneath the blood red sky.

I'm gonna cut to the heart like a razor,
Red Ribbons will fly high.
Cut to the bone, sunk like a stone,
Underneath the blood red sky.

I'm gonna cut to the heart like a razor,
Red ribbons will fly high.
Cut to the bond, sunk like a stone
Left on the ground, never to be found, anywhere around.
Underneath the blood red sky.

My sweetest love forever I've known,
As I am a truck driving man.
I've driven these roads from coast to coast,
Seen every corner of this land.

Down in the south I had a gal,
Her daddy was as rich as a king.
She begged me to stay, offering me the world,
If it would only buy her a ring.

I said that, "I've got a truck with a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true.
I scorned the love of a rich man's daughter
All for the love of you."

I could have been the company man,
And watched as the work got done.
I could have even been the president,
After her daddy passed on.

But I've got a truck with a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true.
I scorned the love of a rich man's daughter
All for the love of you.

So come away with me. I've got all that we need.
If the road is my kingdom you can be my queen.
But we've really got to hurry,
I owe that rich girl money.
And I hear her daddy's looking for me.

Well I've got a truck with a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true.
I scorned the love of a rich man's daughter
All for the love of you.

I've got a truck with a trailer to haul
And a heart that can only be true.
I scorned the love of a rich man's daughter
All for the love of...All for the love of...All for the love of you.

Thunder's below the heavens,
Heaven's below the stars.
Stars are attached by invisible thread
To the darkness that is love.

I've been reading this Chinese book,
It tells me how far I should go.
And that hope is a dream like a butterfly wing,
And that nature is heaven's accord,
Nature is heaven's accord.

And I wish I was innocent,
Wish I could believe in it.
I know what I want,
Know what I can get.
I wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.

And if I loved a girl with long golden curls
And I was a man without guile.
I would never intend the night we would spend,
Because the life of a man is a trial,
The life of a man is a trial.

And I wish I was innocent,
Wish I could believe in it.
I know what I want,
Know what I can get.
I wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.

Swinging from stars,
Too near or too far.
Watching them shine,
Doing my time,
Making them mine,
Then I leave 'em behind.

Thus it is said that your heart not your head
Should guide you on through to the end.
And if you should find a love that can bind,
Attain it through innocence,
Attain it through innocence.

And I wish I was innocent,
Wish I could believe in it.
I know what I want,
Know what I can get.
I wish I was innocent.

Wish I was innocent,
Wish I could believe in it.
I know what I want,
Know what I can get.
I wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.
Wish I was innocent.

I'm not fit
To be in the company of women.
I drink a bit,
I smell like the jungles of India.
I curse and I spit,
I know I'm gonna be mean to you.
I'm not fit
To even be anywhere near you.

But don't be down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down on me.

I had a gal,
I left her on Strawberry Hill.
I should've stuck around
And help to pay her electric bill.
I left her lights
Burning all night long down there.
And it ain't right
If you ain't gonna pay your share.

Don't be down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down on me.

I've had my fortunes told.
I've had my time unrolled.
And I don't want to die along,
So take me home, take me home,
Take me home tonigh.

I'm no good
At asking please or saying thank you.
I lick you knife
And I'll butter your toast with a rusty spoon.
I'll talk all night.

I won't even tell you how pretty you are.
I'm impolite.
I drink you up in a dirty jar.

Don't be down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down on me.

Don't be down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down, down on me.
Don't be down on me.

Let's do it slow, burn it slow,
Make it slow tonight.
Let's look our best, get undressed,
We'll use dynamite.
And we will stay...

Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.

On the cold cement, where we got bent,
I saw the dotted line.
And there I spent my two cents
And we fell through the sky.

These shadows stained by flickered flames,
We are candlelight.
With steady grip we cannot slip,
I'll keep you on my side.
And we will stay...

Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.
Up all night on borrowed time.

And we will stay...

We've had bright nights
And dark-eyed mornings.
Restless urges,
Held back and then set free.

Slept through Sunday,
I found Jesus last Saturday night.
And don't ask me about these bruises I've got,
This halo sure does shine.

Scratches and spit,
Bruises, bellyaches.
First page burning down,
But the book has not been read.

Slept through Sunday,
I found God last Saturday night.
And don't ask me about the bruises I've got,
Saint Peter, I'm still in line.

And I hope, yes I pray,
Almost everday
But there's something in the way
in the way....

Slept through Sunday,
I found Jesus last Saturday night.
And don't ask me about the bruises I've got,
Saint Peter, I'm still in line.
Saint Peter, I'm still in line.
Saint Peter, I'm still in line.

The times in decline,
Standing in line.
Highways abandoned,
My mind is expanding.

Heaven and Earth
Are out of communion.
Days are numbered
And filled with confusion.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
History's tricks,
Won't fool me now.

What's it gonna take
To get home in one piece?
We won't get there standing still.
What's it gonna take?
If all the world is sleeping,
Standing still.

A storm in the distance,
Gives us resistance.
The wind is insistent,
We should get gone.

The light is declining,
The highway's inviting.
The coyote's crying,
Every dog gets a bone.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
The sun sees your sin,
The moon hears you howl.

What's it gonna take
To get home in one piece?
We won't get there standing still.
What's it gonna take?
If all the world is dreaming.
Standing still.

A man from the east
Riding a beast
Sells honey bees
Of honey he speaks.

Offers a ride
At the back of his wagon.
His wagon's alive
And purrs like a dragon.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
One sting and you're dead
Or you're living without.

What's it gonna take
To get home in one piece?
We won't get there standing still.
What's it gonna take?
If all the world is sleeping,
Standing still.

I am still standing, still.
I am still standing, still.
I am still standing, still.
I am still standing, still.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
Your funeral friends
Are bringing me down.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
The sun sees your sin,
The moon hears you howl.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
History's tricks,
Won't fool me now.

Dark power's within,
Light power's without.
One sting and you're dead
Or you're living without.

From my mother I was born.
From my father I take my name.
I lead my life by the brothers I ride with
And now it's up to you again.

If I could change everything tomorrow,
A coward I'd remain.
Maybe I could take away your sorrow,
But I wouldn't ask of you the same.

Don't drift away, stick to the shallows.
Glide above the delta like a crane.
Oh tell me true, who's got you strung up on the gallows?
It wasn't me, I'm not to blame.

Oooh, we had a hell of a day.
We both have a road that we must follow,
Always the same, we can't remain.
And even as that road begins to narrow,
I hope you come to find your way.

From your mother you were born,
From your father you take your name.
I've changed my life my dear brother,
Now it's time for you to do the same.

Don't drift away, stick to the shallows.
Glide above the delta like a crane.
Oh tell me true, who's got you strung up on the gallows?
Who split you open and spilled your brains?

Oooh, we had a hell of a day.
Oooh, we had a hell of a day.
Oooh, we had a hell of a day.
Oooh, we had a hell of a day.

Who knows how many years I've been traveling,
Traveling this country's roads.
Singing for my supper, singing for a love,
Singing for a pot of gold.
And over the years I've been just about everywhere,
Seen everything with mine own eyes.
Most everybody will never get anywhere,
They're born the same place they die.

I'm keeping the faith
Some other place.
Keeping the faith
In moving on.

We all want to run away to the circus,
The circus draws us away.
Lured by the light in the night
How it fights the inevitable.

And it never gets old when the darkness surrounds us,
Darkness never gets old.
Learning to savor the favors of midnight,
They can keep you warm.

I'm keeping the faith
Some other place.
Keeping the faith
In moving on.

Yes, I'm moving on.
Yes, I'm moving on.
Yes, I'm moving on.

The ring master bellows,
Just like his fellows,
The lions in their cage.
Eyeing the children,
Pacing and snarling,
Getting ready to grace the stage.
The clowns do their rounds,
Laughter abounds,
Strike up the band,
Watch the ponies parade.
Dancing a two step,
Dancing a cake walk,
Singing a honky-tonk refrain.

Working for peanuts,
Living off hard luck,
But, baby, the show must go on.
We'll raise up our tent in any town that will have us
Or else we'll be moving on.

Keeping the faith
Some other place.
Keeping the faith
In moving on.
Yes, we're moving on.
Yes, we're moving on.