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LYRICS: LEFT HAND SMOKE

NOISE LIKE TAMBOURINES

Man, I got stuck
Skippin', trippin' around midnight
In perfect time
When it came to me

In noise like tambourines
Eased my mind, sang my lord
A little voice like tambourines

Man, I got lost
Smilin', wilin' away the hours
Was out of my mind
When it came to me

And a noise like tambourines
Eased my mind, sang my lord
In a noise like tambourines

So long, bye-bye, dream on
So long, bye-bye, dream on
Oh yeah, bye-bye

A noise like tambourines
Eased my mind, sang my lord
A noise like tambourines
A noise like tambourines

BLUE EYES SHININ'

Go on your way, baby
Take your cocaine when you go
To where you drift, girl, I don't know
But I'll follow in the slipstream
When you fly off to Mexico

Pick your head up, mama,
Patch up your broken wings
Don't think I'm a fool, mama,
For not movin' on to bigger things
Don't think I'm no vagabond
You don't know what the future brings

Keep those blue eyes shinin'
Till your dying day
And I'll meet you along
Somewhere along the way

Our hearts came together
Among the midnight world
You came in strong as a woman
You left it weepin' like a little girl
But we'll stumble into each other's worlds
After we give this life a whirl

Keep those blue eyes shinin'
Till your dyin' day
And I'll meet you along
Somewhere along the way

Let me hear the guitar play!

Keep those blue eyes shinin'
Till your dyin' day
And I'll meet you along…

I guess we're on our way
But we've got miles to go
We're beating on the white waves
Against the current we blow

So, now I stand with one foot upon the stair
And watch the sunlight weave into your hair
We beat on, we beat on
Each our separate way
Keep those blue eyes shinin'
Till your dyin' day
And it won't be long…

So you're feelin' down
And you think the end is near
You've got shakin' hands
And you want to drink away your fear
Well, keep those blue eyes shinin'
One of these days it'll become clear

Keep those blue eyes shinin'
Till your dyin' day
And I'll meet you along
Somewhere along the way

STEP OUTSIDE

I don't need nothin'
But a sunny day
Where the time beats slowly
And the clouds drift away

In the early mornin'
With the light on my face
And yesterday's woes
They haven't left a trace

Just step outside with me
We can do no wrong today
Just step outside with me
Darlin' lay your head down in the shade

Those days you left were hard, but don't worry anymore
Just step outside with me, there's a sun outside your door
With the summer dresses wavin' in that summer wind
I remember all summers past, can't you feel them here again?

Just step outside with me
We can do no wrong today
Just step outside with me
Darlin', lay your head down in the shade

And it won't be long
Until you're all alone
And down goes the dawn
But run along the day now
And tumble into me
I'll be runnin' alongside
I'll be swimmin' in the sea

Drift into evening and away from flight
You look so different in the white moonlight
In the glowing streets where the radios moan
With the friends of old and a smile unknown

Just step outside with me
We can do now wrong today
Just step outside with me
Darlin', lay your head down in the shade

Won't you lay it on down

LEAVE THAT BOY ALONE

Jake, he sit around talkin' to himself all night
With the thought of he and Sweet Marie dancin' in the pale moonlight
But things don't change, people do
He says "I can't hold on, it's time to start this thing anew"

Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
Well, time slips away and leaves him rollin' home
He got to rest his weary bones
She cries, "Please"
And he sighs "No more"

So now, Sweet Marie, cry one of your weary cries
She's got the bright blue light shinin' in her eyes
But it seems the thunder and lightnin' took what she needed most
And all promises they had faded in that distant coast

Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
You know, time slips away and leaves him rollin' home
He got to rest his weary bones
She cries, "Please"
And he sighs "No more"

Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
Whoa, won't you leave that boy alone
She wants everything in this life restored
Ever after as it was before
She sighs, "Please"
And he sighs, "No more"

KEEP ON CALLING

"There are other things I can do for you"
She always used to say
I said, "Then I'll just cool my heels and wait
For you to blow on over my way"

She said, "I enjoy our conversation
And our puppy friendship
But I've found someone who's larger
Who's got money, class, and wit

So I can't have you"
She said carefully

No matter what comes
Tomorrow or today
I'll hold your vision in my head
And hang to the last words I heard you say
I'll be the gold-hatted lover you always wanted, someday
Until then I'll hear you

Keep on calling me

A warm wind blew threw the windows
It was late in the spring evening
We sat 'neath the gazebo
She gave a lesson about the way of things

She said, "He's got a friendly demeanor
But he seems larger than that
He's got friends on all the boards
All with shiny gold hats"

"But is he hungry?"
I asked seriously

No matter what comes
Tomorrow or today
I'll hold your vision in my head
And hang to the last words I heard you say
I'll be the gold-hatted lover you always wanted, someday
Until then I'll hear you

Keep on calling me

I said, "I'd care much for you"
But she just glanced away
"I'll use the future to mold myself
into someone with whom you'd stay"

"I'll be educated well
and learn about delicacy
I'll be wearing pin-striped suits that say
'Renaissance is me'"

"Why, you're amazing!"
Someday you'll say to me

No matter what comes
Tomorrow or today
I'll hear the first words
And the last words you'd say
I'm gonna keep on movin' towards that gold-hatted day
Until then I'll hear you

Keep on calling me

LEFT HAND STRUT

I was born long ago
I was wrecked upon this shore
I was kicked down
I was beat 'round
I was wrecked like never before

But we will have joy, we will have wine.

So you sing without strain
And you sing out in the rain
People gather 'round
To hear that sound
I can still hear your refrain

Tomorrow when it shines
We will have joy, we will have wine

Tomorrow when it shines
We will have joy, we will have wine

REVERIE

Once more upon your doorstep I stand
What brought me back I cannot say
Last time we burnt that lampshade
And the guitar you played
I guess that melody brought me back this random way

Just come with me to grasp for vestiges
Of the beauty we did know
Lost along those mossy ways
Watchin' that lazy river flow

We'll be crying by the end of the nighttime, but that's all right
It'll be the most exciting time you have all year
It seems that all you do is sigh, you need to have a good cry
You need to lift your spirits up and out of here

And when you're cryin' and a-singin'
You'll be flyin' high
In a glorious jubilee
Lost along those mossy ways
In nameless reverie

Come along now, come along slow
Can you hear that distant radio?
Leave your dreams at the door
Talk of them no more
Come with me to where the time turns slow

And when you're cryin' and a-singin'
You'll be flyin' high
In a glorious jubilee
Lost along those mossy ways
In nameless reverie

Hear that trumpet blowin'
Soundin' out a jubilee
I'm lost in reverie

WHEN MY TIME COMES

I don't need your sympathy
I don't need, I don't need it trailin' after me
As I sit 'neath the cockatoo
And the palm tree shade
And I sip on them pink drinks
The bartender made

Oh, mercy, mercy
I can't think straight
Oh, mercy, mercy
If I could only wait
Oh, mercy, mercy
Beat that drum
It'll be sweet mercy
When my times comes

I didn't mean to come on strong
Last night was a distant, foggy dream
Whoa, baby nights are long
Baby nights are long
Well, now taste that plum, babe
Don't it taste sweet?
I'm getting used to these reveries
Giving my mind a treat, a treat, a treat

Oh, mercy, mercy
I'm going insane
Oh, mercy, mercy
I want to fly a plane
Oh, mercy, mercy
Beat that drum
It'll be sweet mercy
When my times comes

I would leave but I'm not thinkin' straight
Things might get better
But I can't wait
So play that piccolo
In your hand
You know when my time comes
We'll live on rum and sand
On rum and sand

Oh, mercy, mercy
I'm going insane
Oh, mercy, mercy
I want to fly a plane
Oh, mercy, mercy
Beat that drum
It'll be sweet mercy
When my times comes

DOWN THE ROAD

Roll on down the highway, I've got many things to see
I've been lookin' for an augury somewhere within the trees
I've been yearnin' for some mountains and some northwestern lakes
Lay me down and ease my load and rest for goodness sake

'Cause I'm a-travellin' on with nothin' special to do
And a day that's still is a day all brand new
I like misty mornin' scenes they change in hue
Down the road there lies clear skies and waters blue

Catch a ride on a southbound steam train
And ramble down the road in the fallin' rain
I still can't escape a world that's makin' me insane
But the travellin' blood is runnin' in my veins

I've blown across the land, I'm blowin' with the breeze
Down the coast to California to the beach to smell the sea
and once I settle down I get up and on the move
I don't like hangin' around and havin' somethin' to prove

'Cause I'm a-travellin' on with nothin' special to do
'Cause a day that's still is a day all brand new
I like misty mornin' scenes they change in hue
Down the road there lies clear skies and waters blue

Ain't no woman gonna catch me every time I flee
But my harmonica makes for pleasant company
I'll look to the blue sky and breath easily
And sit down on the grass and blow some harmony

Don't tell me settle down, I've gone that road before
When a man settles down, all that is becomes a bore
The woman I met yesterday I met and loved before
But I'm leavin' because down the road I'll meet someone I love more

'Cause I'm a-travellin' on with nothin' special to do
Turn another page and start anew
The misty mornin' scenes they're changin' you
Down the road there lies clear skies and waters blue

LONESOME JOSEPHINE

Lonesome Josephine
She's standin' in the rain
It's drippin' from her shoe heels
She's sinkin' from the strain

It's the middle of June
And she wants someone to blame
For the unfortunate weather
And the rainy days that remain

She's thinkin' about dusty, warm days
Wonderin' why the water crashes like a train

Hey baby, you make it look like such a hard time
But it's nothing that's unique to you
And maybe the rain ain't such a bad sign

It's hard to give her pity
For being so helpless and all
There are plenty who would have her
But she's paralyzed by her own walls

Josephine's got a rich daddy
He tried to make her days bright
But she never learned how to love or be loved
Even though she was born to sweet delight

She'd read poetry about battered hearts
And Blake would tell her she was born to endless night

Hey baby, you make it look like such a hard time
But it's nothing that's unique to you
And maybe the rain ain't such a bad sign

There's a mist out 'neath the street lamp
And the evening sky has come
She's lusting after some hazy dream
And she hasn't got the hope to run

Oh, Lonesome Josephine
Why are you standin' in the rain?
Kick the rain off of your shoe heels
Your summer dress is soakin' in vain

Turn your sad eyes to the lovers who covet you
Realize the water's soothin' your pain

Oh, baby, you make it look like such a hard time
But it's nothing that's unique to you
And maybe the rain ain't such a bad sign
Oh, Josephine
Lonesome Josephine
Lonesome Josephine

SLIDE AWAY

Well, there's something happenin' somewhere
Lord, it might as well be here
But I can't say where I'll be next year

A sun is on the distance
And it's coming closer
And I know that it won't hurt the most

Give me one more day now, baby
I've got liberties that I don't take

Whoa, let it slide away
Whoa, let it slide away

There's a lazy wind blowin'
Blowin' through the trees
And the night fire is startin' to tease

And there's a buzz on the horizon
I'm tossin' back gin all night
And I do not know what I'm gonna find

Give me one more day now, baby
I have never been like this before

Whoa, let it slide away
Whoa, let it slide away

 

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