Cowboy Junkies Album

Don't the moon look pretty
Shining down through the trees
Don't that shining moon look pretty, baby
Shining down through the trees
You know I can see my baby
When he can't see meYeah, I tiptoe to his window
Just to see my baby snore
I tiptoe to his window
Just to see how sweetie snores
You know it makes me feel like jumping, lord, lord
Through the keyhole in his doorCome crawl up to your window
Let me whisper in your ear
Come on and crawl up to your window, darling
Let me whisper in your ear
You know, I got something to tell you, baby
I don't want that girl around here
...keep her away

New Jersey Turnpike
Riding on a wet night
'neath the refinery's glow
Down where the great black river flowLicence, registration:
I ain't got none
But I got a clear conscience
'bout the things that I doneMister State Trooper
Please don't stop me
Please don't stop me
Please don't stop meMaybe you got a kid
Maybe you got a pretty wife
The only thing that I got's
Been bugging me my whole lifeMister State Trooper
Please don't stop me
Please don't stop me
Please don't ya stop meWell, in the wee wee hours
Your mind gets hazy
Radio relay towers
Gonna lead me to my babyRadio's jammed up
With talk show stations
It's just talk, talk, talk, talk
'til you lose your patienceMister State Trooper
Please don't stop me
Please don't stop me
Please don't ya stop meHey, somebody out there
Listen to my last prayer,
Heigh-ho Silver oh,
Deliver me from nowhere

Early this morning, he knocked on my door
Early this morning he knocked on my door
I said "Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go"Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side
Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side
Well, I'm goin' to beat my man until I get satisfiedHe says I don't do him right
That I dog him around
Well, babe, you know you ain't treating me right
He says I don't do him right
That I dog him around
Well, it must be this old evil spirit
So deep down within the groundYou may bury my body down by the highway side
...oh, babe I don't care what you do with my body
You may bury my body down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and rideEarly this morning, he knocked on my door
Now me and The Devil are walking side by side
Side by side

I had a man, who's good and kind in his way
Yeah I had a man, sweet and kind in his way
Lord, he died and he left me
And I sing the blues on every decoration dayLord I was standing, standing 'round my baby's bed
Well, my Lord, my lord he take my baby away
Why, why, why, why
When your soul don't come back
Lord, I hung my head and criedSaid, now baby please please don't worry
Said, now baby please please don't worry
'cause everybody's gotta go
Why, why, why, why
The best man, God knows, I ever hadAll day, that Sunday
I just hung my head and cried
So sad, that Sunday
When my Lord he take my baby
Why, why, why, why
I need my baby on some old lonesome day
And I sing the blues on every decoration day
On every decoration day

Now, baby, please don't go
Now, baby, please don't go
Now, baby, please don't go back to New Orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you soYou got me waiting here
You got me waiting here
Before a ...
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't goDon't you call my name
Don't you call my nameWell you got me way down here
On a ball and chain
Oh, baby, please don't go
Oh, baby, please don't goNow, baby, please don't go
Now, baby, please don't go
Now, baby, please don't go back to New Orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you so
...no, don't go

I'll never get out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues alive
Well he gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do the rest of my lifeDrinking black coffee and smoking cigarettes
Drinking black coffee, yeah, and smoking cigarettes
I can't see no use to tryI'll never get out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues alive
He gone and left me
Says he'll never come back homeI'll never come out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never come out of these blues alive
He gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do the rest of my lifeWorking up a sweat all night long and jumping over my bed
(___) sweat all night long and jumping over my bed
I can't see no use to tryWell, I'll never, never come out of these blues alive
I'll never, never come out of these, out of these blues alive
You know I miss him
(___) to the day I die

Take me to the river
And we'll watch the water roll
Take me in your warmth
And you'll fill my empty soulCome on and take me, take me, take me
Come on and take me, take me, take meTake me to the ocean
Where the water never run
Take me in your love
And I'll be your lifetime friendCome on and take me, take me, take me
Come on and take me, take me, take meTake me to the storm
Where the thunder meets the light
Take me in your gentle arms
And I'll love you through the nightCome on and take me, take me, take me
Come on and take me, take me, take me

They tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do
They tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do
Well, if that's the case, that's the case
I think I'm going to kill that man
Then drop down on my kneesWell, this morning, God knows, that man he comes a-waltzing in
Just waltzing in
Well, I got my shotgun, I broke down
I started to mow that man downYeah, they tell me God forgives you
If that's the case now, people
I'm gonna mow my baby downYou don't put yourself out, you don't put yourself out
You don't treat Margo right, you don't treat Margo right
Now darling, there come a time
You're gonna need my love againThey tell me God forgives me for almost anything you doYou don't seem to understand
I've got your life right in my handsYeah, they tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do
Anything you do
Well, if that's the case, that's the case
I think I'm going to kill that man
Then drop down on my kneesThis morning, God knows, that man he comes waltzing in
Just waltzing in
Well, I grabbed my shotgun, I broke down
I started to mow that man downYeah, they tell me God forgives you for almost anything you do
If that's the case now, people
I'm gonna mow my baby down
I'm gonna mow my baby down
I'm gonna shoot that manYou don't put yourself out, you don't put yourself out
You don't treat Margo right, you don't treat your baby right
Now darling, there come a time
You're gonna need my love againYeah, they tell me God forgives you for almost anything
Anything you do

I went to the crossroads
Fell down on my knee
I asked the Lord above me for mercy
"Save Bob, if you please"Standing, standing on the crossroad
Yeah, I try to flag a ride
Don't nobody seem to know me
Just everybody passing me byI went down to the crossroads
Fell down on my knee
I asked the Lord above me for mercy
"Save Bob, if you please"Standing, standing on the crossroad
I try to flag a ride
Don't nobody seem to know me
Just everybody passing me byI'm standing on the crossroad, baby
Yeah, I think I'm sinking down
Sinking, sinking down