Oh Carrie 2.0

Bobby recently brought back an oldie with an updated melody

Angel from Montgomery

Bonnie Raitt & John Prine cover
with Joe Summers

I am an old woman named after my mother

My old man is another child that's grown old

If dreams were lightning thunder was desire

This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery

Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing that I can hold on to

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy

He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man

But that was a long time and no matter how I try

The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery

Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing that I can hold on to

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing

And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning

And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery

Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing that I can hold on to

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Between the Bars

Elliott Smith cover

Drink up baby, stay up all night

With the things you could do

You won't but you might

The potential you'll be

That you'll never see

The promises you'll only make

Drink up with me now

And forget all about

The pressure of days

Do what I say

And I'll make you okay

And drive them away

The images stuck in your head

People you've been before

That you don't want around anymore

That push and shove and won't bend to your will

I'll keep them still

Drink up baby, look at the stars

I'll kiss you again between the bars

Where I'm seeing you there

With your hands in the air

Waiting to finally be caught

Drink up one more time

And I'll make you mine

Keep you apart,

Deep in my heart

Separate from the rest,

Where I like you the best

And keep the things you forgot

The people you've been before

That you don't want around anymore

That push and shove and won't bend to your will

I'll keep them still

Big River

Johnny Cash cover

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky

And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota

And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl

Then I heard my dream was back downstream Cavortin' in Davenport

And I followed you, Big River, when you called

Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river

A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone

I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the bluff

She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone

Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on

Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans

Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf

She loves you, Big River, more than me

Chelsea Hotel

Leonard Cohen cover

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel

You were talking so brave and so sweet

Giving me head on the unmade bed

While the Limousines wait in the street

Those were the reason and that was New York

We were running for the money and the flesh

And that was called love for the workers in song

Probably still is for those of them left

Ah, but you got away, didn't you, babe?

You just turned your back on the crowd

You got away, I never once heard you say

I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you

And all of that jiving around

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel

You were famous, your heart was a legend

You told me again you preferred handsome men

But for me you would make an exception

And clenching your fist for the ones like us

Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty

You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind

We are ugly but we have the music"

And then you got away, didn't you, baby?

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best

You got away, I never once heard you say

I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you

And all of that jiving around

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best

I can't keep track of each fallen robin

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel

That's all, I don't even think of you that often

Down by the River

Neil Young cover

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby

There is no reason for you to hide

It's so hard for me staying here all alone

When you could be taking me for a ride, yeah

She could drag me over the rainbow

And send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river, dead, shot her dead

You take my hand, I'll take your hand

Together we may get away

This much madness is too much sorrow

It's impossible to make it today, yeah

She could drag me over the rainbow

And send me away, yeah

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river, dead, dead

Shot her dead, shot her dead

Be on my side, I'll be on your side

There is no reason for you to hide

It's so hard for me staying here all alone

When you could be taking me for a ride

She could drag me over the rainbow

And send me away, yeah

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river

Down by the river I shot my baby

Down by the river

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

traditional Christmas carol

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Hangman

traditional/Peter, Paul and Mary cover

Slack your rope hangman, slack it for a while
I think I see my father comin' ridin' many a mile
Father have you brought me hope or have you paid my fee
Or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree?

I have not brought you hope, I have not paid your fee
Yes, I have come to see you hangin' from the gallows tree

Slack your rope hangman, slack it for a while
I think I see my mother comin' ridin' many a mile
Mother have you brought me hope or have you paid my fee
Or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree?

I have not brought you hope, I have not paid your fee
Yes, I have come to see you hangin' from the gallows tree

Slack your rope hangman, slack it for a while
I think I see my brother comin' ridin' many a mile
Brother have you brought me hope or have you paid my fee
Or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree?

I have not brought you hope, I have not paid your fee
Yes, I have come to see you hangin' from the gallows tree

Slack your rope hangman, slack it for a while
I think I see my true love comin' riding' many a mile
True love have you brought me hope or have you paid my fee
Or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree?

Yes, I have brought you hope, yes I have paid your fee
For I've not come to see you hangin' from the gallows tree

Hoochie Coochie Man

Muddy Waters cover

The gypsy woman told my mother

Before I was born

You got a boy child's comin'

He's gonna be a son of a gun

He gonna make pretty women

Jump and shout

Then the world wanna know

What this all about?

But you know I'm him

Everybody knows I'm him

Well you know I'm the, Hoochie Coochie Man

Everybody knows I'm him

I got a black cat bone

I got a mojo too

I got the Johnny Conkeroo

I'm gonna mess with you

I'm gonna make you girls

Lead me by my hand

Then the world will know

That I'm a Hoochie Coochie Man

But you know I'm him

Everybody knows I'm him

Well you know I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man

Everybody knows I'm him

On the seventh hours

On the seventh day

On the seventh month

The seven doctors say

You was born for good luck

And that you'll see

I got seven hundred dollars

And don't you mess with me

But you know I'm him

Everybody knows I'm him

Well you know we're the Hoochie Coochie boy

The whole round world knows we here

A Hundred Years from Today

Jack Teagarden cover

Life is such a great adventure

Learn to live it as you go

No one in the world can censure

What we do here below

Don't save your kisses, just pass them around

You'll find my reason is logically sound

Who's going to know that you passed them around

A hundred years from today!

Why crave a penthouse that's fit for a queen

You're nearer Heaven on Mother Earth's green

If you had millions what would they all mean

A hundred years from today

So laugh and sing, make love the thing

Be happy while you may

There's always one, beneath the sun

Who's bound to make you feel that way

The moon is shining, and that's a good sign

Cling to me closer and say you'll be mine

Remember, darling, we won't see it shine

A hundred years from today

A hundred years from today

Don't save your kisses, just pass them around

You'll find my reason is logically sound

Who's going to know that you passed them around

A hundred years from today!

Why crave a penthouse that's fit for a queen

You're nearer heaven on Mother Earth's green

If you had millions what would they all mean

A hundred years from today

So laugh and sing, make love the thing

Be happy while you may

There's always one, beneath the sun

Who's bound to make you feel that way

The moon is shining, and that's a good sign

Cling to me closer and say you'll be mine

Remember, darling, we won't see it shine

A hundred years from today

In My Time of Dying

Led Zeppelin cover  (mash-up with Penance Fire Blues)

In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn

All I want for you to do is take my body home

Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed

Meet me, Jesus, meet me

Meet me in the middle of the air

If my wings should fail me, Lord

Please meet me with another pair

Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Jesus, gonna make up

Somebody, somebody

Jesus gonna make up

 Jesus gonna make you my dyin' bed

Oh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven

Won't you let me in

I never did no harm

I never did no wrong

Oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn

Let me blow your horn

Oh, I never did, did no harm

I've only been this young once

I never thought I'd do anybody no wrong

No, not once

Oh, I did somebody some good

Somebody some good

Oh, did somebody some good

I must have did somebody some good

Oh, I believe I did

I see the smiling faces

I know I must have left some traces

And I see them in the streets

And I see them in the field

And I hear them shouting under my feet

And I know it's got to be real

Oh, Lord, deliver me

All the wrong I've done

You can deliver me, Lord

I only wanted to have some fun

Hear the angels marchin'

Hear the' marchin'

Hear them marchin',

Hear them marchin', the' marchin'

Oh, my Jesus

Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'

In the Bleak Midwinter

traditional Christmas carol

License to Kill

Bob Dylan cover

Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth

He can do with it as he please

And if things don't change soon, he will

Oh, man has invented his doom

First step was touching the moon

Now, there's a woman on my block

She just sit there as the night grows still

She say, "Who gonna take away his license to kill?"

Now, they take him and they teach him

And they groom him for life

And they set him on a path

Where he's bound to get ill

Then they bury him with stars

Sell his body like they do used cars

Now, there's a woman on my block

She just sit there facing the hill

She say, "Who gonna take away his license to kill?"

Now, he's hell-bent for destruction

He's afraid and confused and his brain has been

Mismanaged with great skill

All he believes are his eyes

And his eyes, they just tell him lies

But there's a woman on my block

Sitting there in a cold chill

She say, "Who gonna take away his license to kill?"

Ya may be a noisemaker, spirit maker

Heartbreaker, backbreaker

Leave no stone unturned

May be an actor in a plot

That might be all that you got

'Til your error you clearly learn

Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool

And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled

Oh, man is opposed to fair play

He wants it all and he wants it his way

Now, there's a woman on my block

She just sit there as the night grows still

She say, "Who gonna take away his license to kill?"

Lonesome Town

Ricky Nelson cover

There's a place where lovers go

To cry their troubles away

And they call it 'Lonesome Town'

Where the broken hearts stay

You can buy a dream or two

To last you all through the years

And the only price you pay

Is a heart full of tears

Goin' down to Lonesome Town

Where the broken hearts stay

Goin' down to Lonesome Town

To cry my troubles away

In the town of broken dreams

The streets are filled with regret

Maybe down in Lonesome Town

I can learn to forget

Maybe down in Lonesome Town

I can learn to forget

Lonesome Town

River

Joni Mitchell cover

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It's coming on Christmas

And they're cutting down trees

Putting up reindeer

And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

It don't snow here

Stays pretty green

I'm gonna make a lot of money

And quit this crazy scene

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet how to fly

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I made my baby cry

You tried hard to help me

You put me at ease

You loved me so naughty

It made me weak in the knees

Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle

I'm selfish and I'm sad

Now I've gone and lost the best baby

That I've ever had

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet how to fly

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas

And they're cutting down trees

Putting up reindeer

And singing songs of joy and peace

I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Sunday Morning, Coming Down

Johnny Cash cover

Well, I woke up Sunday morning

With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad

So I had one more for dessert

Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes

And found my cleanest dirty shirt

Then I washed my face and combed my hair

Stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

I'd smoked my mind the night before

With cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'

But I lit my first and watched a small kid

Playing with a can that he was kicking

Then I walked across the street

And caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken

And oh it took me back to somethin'

That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way

On a Sunday morning sidewalk

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

That makes a body feel alone

And there ain't nothin' short of dyin'

As half as lonesome as the sound

Of a sleepin' city sidewalk

And Sunday mornings coming down

In the park, I saw a daddy

With a laughing little girl who he was swinging

And I stopped beside a Sunday school

And listened to the songs that they were singing

Then I headed down the streets

And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing

And it echoed through the canyons

Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

On a Sunday morning sidewalk

Oh, I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

That'll make a body feel alone

And there ain't nothin' short of dyin'

Thats half as lonesome as the sound

Of a sleepin' city sidewalk

And Sunday mornin' comin' down

They'll Never Take Her Love from Me

Hank Williams cover

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares

There is one smiling face the gods would see

'cus she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs

No, they'll never never take her love from me

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave

And see her love turn into sympathy

It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave

Oh, they'll never ever take her love from me

I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness

That we shared together in the used to be

Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress

But they'll never never take her love from me

I thought I'd make her happy if I stepped aside

But I knew her love would never set me free

And even on the morning she became another's bride

I said they'll never never take her love from me