Playing Around Arlo

Woah Woah I'm Hopin that you're playing around Know I Know I Will wait till you want to hang out Till then I am out Till then I am out But I don't believe myself Cuz you come back around By the time I

Chilling Of The Evening Arlo Guthrie

wind and take my haand A song is sounding, softly singing My song is cast upon the rainbow waves Forever splashing in the sunlight Prove to me there's a love still left In all of this emptiness around

Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag Arlo Guthrie

the park and got busted Doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag Went in the park late at night And he put a lot of people over eighty up tight He was doing the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag CHORUS: Ring around

I Want to Be Around Arlo Guthrie

High up in the sky Looking down upon the scene I can't recall just why A white love light come up to me I followed it back down Sayin' this is the tune of the Earth my friends When I want to be around

Ramblin' Round Arlo Guthrie

Ramblin' around your city Ramblin' around your town I never see a friend I know As I go ramblin' 'round boys As I go ramblin' 'round My mother hoped that I might be A man of some renown But I

Coming Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie

Coming in from London From over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flying everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer?

Fence Post Blues Arlo Guthrie

Sitting down under the light of day now You know that I won't tell you no lies I've been here for an hour or so And nothing much is going down I don't care much anyway Because you know I've been around

East Texas Red Arlo Guthrie

Southeast Texas Gulf There used to ride a brakeman and a brakeman double tough He worked the town of Kilgore and Longview nine miles down Us trav'lers called him East Texas Red the meanest bull around

Stealin' Arlo Guthrie

Put your arms around me Like a circle `round the sun You know I'll love you baby When my easy ridin's done CHORUS: You don't believe I love you Look at the fool I've been You don't believe I'm

Lay Down Little Doggies Arlo Guthrie

LAY YOURSELVES DOWN, LITTLE DOGGIES, LAY DOWN CHORUS THAT BAD HOLE OF WATER WE DRUNK AND GOT SICK CURLED UP OUT HAIR, TIED OUR TAILS BACK IN KINKS WE GOT LOST IN A BLIND CANYON, TIPPY-TOEIN' AROUND

Cooper's Lament Arlo Guthrie

in the morning to do what I can You can't help no one with money If you can't with your hands And you got to be there brothers, yes you do If the world is turning under you Ain't no good to sit around

Mystic Journey Arlo Guthrie

Just me and a friend roamin' around Him a magician and I was a clown Playin' the streets for a dollar a day Waitin' for the right time and a sign to lead the way Crossed over the border to a mystical

Circles Arlo Guthrie

Chorus: All my life's a circle Sunrise and sundown Moon rolls through the nighttime Till daybreak comes around All my life's a circle Still I wonder why Seasons spinning 'round again Years keep

Ocean Crossing Arlo Guthrie

looking for you You knew you couldn't stay All these winds blowin' on me Blowing in the nighttime lonely Blew on over the ocean to you Blew my words away Put on your heavenly shoes babe Walk around

If You Would Just Drop By Arlo Guthrie

sometime I can be there if I try The world world keeps spinnin' me 'round Bringing me up and bringing me down But I can't get there with my feet on the ground Maybe I oughta start digging a hole around

1913 Massacre Arlo Guthrie

There's talking and laughing and songs in the air And the spirit of Christmas is there ev'rywhere Before you know it you're friends with us all And you're dancing around and around in the hall You

When a Soldier Makes It Home Arlo Guthrie

Halfway around the world tonight In a strange and foreign land A soldier packs his memories As he leaves Afghanistan And back home they don't know too much There's just no way to tell I guess you

Days Are Short Arlo Guthrie

gets but what he needs The experience of living every day CHORUS I woke up this morning I awoke upon my knees Crying oo-wee, I don't know where I am I feel just like a clown Every time I move around

My Front Pages Arlo Guthrie

would be gone There was no way to tell You just set out upon your road It caused you lots of grief And took you many places that You came to, for to leave CHORUS: Alone for years you sailed around

Wedding Song Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

Which Side Arlo Guthrie

There's trouble all around the world Well, it looks that way to me People don't know what to do They don't know where they should be But just one question still remains To which we must respond

World Away from Me Arlo Guthrie

Poor Adam alone in Eden Taking off his shoes Tired of running around all morning From his animal interviews He awoke with a hand on his brow Askign who are you They spent the rest of their lives

Doors to Heaven Arlo Guthrie

If all the doors were closed in heaven Where would all the angels go Would they just fly around forever Or would they come down here below If the pearly gates were closed this morning Would there

All This Stuff Takes Time Arlo Guthrie

They will just pick up and leave Like they did in New York City When the coast seemed quite sublime It don't take much but money And money just takes time Marie is on the lounge chair Draped around

Ghost Arlo Parks

I'm stumblin' around the park just to think I'm always startled when the ghost of things appear, unwanted The swans are gliding while the wind whips and stings The sapphire in my signet ring I know that's

Alice's Restaurant Massacree Arlo Guthrie

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant Walk right in it's around the back Just a half a mile from the railroad track You can get anything

Hobo's Lullaby Arlo Guthrie

Go to sleep you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rail humming That's a hobo's lullaby Do not think about tomorrow Let tomorrow come and go Tonight you're in a nice...

City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie

The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman *Arlo Guthrie and others have substituted the word "steel" for "steam" and "feel" for "dream", also "card games" for "cards" Riding on the City of New

Somebody Turned on the Light Arlo Guthrie

I've been to wild Montana I went there in a storm My boots were Texas leather My Levis wet and torn I loved it in Montana Loved it in the storm I think I'm gonna cross that river I just might be r...

Wabash Cannonball Arlo Guthrie

I stood on the Atlantic Ocean The wide Pacific shore To the queen of the flowing mountains To the southbell by the door She's long and tall and handsome And loved by one and all She's a modern comb...

Victor Jara Arlo Guthrie

Victor Jara of Chile Lived like a shooting star He fought for the people of Chile With his songs and his guitar His hands were gentle, his hands were strong Victor Jara was a peasant He worked fro...

Telephone Arlo Guthrie

Every morning just as soon as it's light Get out of bed and I'm feeling alright Make me some coffee and I sit down alone The rest of the day I'm on the telephone CHORUS: Hang up, hold on You got a...

Darkest Hour Arlo Guthrie

It's the tenth of January And I still ain't had no sleep She comes waItzing in the nighttime Made of wings She is dressed up like a bandit With a hundred sparkling rings Looking for my company to k...

Now And Then Arlo Guthrie

Hello again the mornin' dawn has burned away the midnight mist Now and then I feel so fine And now and then I don't feel lonely Now and then and only in my mind I want to go outside today go away,...

Last Train Arlo Guthrie

I want to hop on the last train in the station Won't need to get yourself prepared When you're on that last train to glory You'll know you're reasonably there Maybe you ain't walked on any highway...

Massachusetts Arlo Guthrie

Like a dream in the night As the snow settles white There's a fire burning bright In Massachusetts And there's a house upon a hill That keeps us from the chill And by the grace of God We will be in...

I'm Going Home Arlo Guthrie

Like the tree that grows so tall Leaves turn gold and then they fall They've gone down, now they've grown They're going home Mountain streams may run and flow Clean the sands on which they go Stre...

When the Ship Comes In Arlo Guthrie

Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be a'breathin' Like the stillness in the wind Before the hurricane begins The hour when the ship comes in And the sea...

Introduction Arlo Guthrie

Loose the bonds that tie me Let the world I live in let me Take these chains from off my thumb Let the world just know you've come Everyone is thinking that there must be a way Come closer to me a...

Connection Arlo Guthrie

Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction The doctor wants to give me more injections He's given me shots for a thousand rare infections And they don't know if they'll Iet me go CHORUS: ...

I Could Be Singing Arlo Guthrie

I could be singing forever I guess you could say I'm in love The universe is getting together You know that I can't say it enough You and your friends have a party Welcome your heavenly Dad Rememb...

I'll Be with You Tonight Arlo Guthrie

It's okay if you're all right It's good to be here with you tonight Dressed in moonlight and faded jeans It ain't no mystery, all it means is I can't believe I'll be with you tonight I can't believ...

Cowboy Song Arlo Guthrie

This morning I woke up alone I spent the day time on my own Lots of people have come and gone To hear a cowboy sing an old time song CHORUS: Oh babe, I love you so This here is the only thing I kn...

Shackles and Chains Arlo Guthrie

On a long lonesome Journey I'm going Oh darling, and please don't you cry Though in shackles and chains they will take me In prison to stay till I die And at night through the bars I gaze at the s...

Percy's Song Arlo Guthrie

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn again Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears Tu...

Evangelina Arlo Guthrie

I dream in the morning That she brings me water And I dream in evening That she brings me wine Just a poor man's daughter From Puerto Penasco Evangelina in old Mexico There's a great hot desert So...

Stairs Arlo Guthrie

Every now and again when the world seems blue And all of the trials there disappear in you They say that there's a way to get across the bridge But I wouldn't be standing here upon this ridge If I...

Gates of Eden Arlo Guthrie

Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though it's glow is waxed in black All except...

Wheel of Fortune Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS: Rolling, wheeling like I'm feeling Everything's gonna carry on You go your way, I'm going my way We will come and so be gone Wheel of fortune, turn for me now Turn to trouble in the West W...

Wake up Dead Arlo Guthrie

When I was younger She'd come to me in dreams Her face was hidden In the mountain streams Her voice disguised As the sound of the wind The rustling of leaves She would call from within Chorus: Wa...