Ray LaMontagne Album

I heard the word,
It's goin' all around town.
Looks like your latest toy gone an
Put you down.
Well it won't be long,
'Fore you come crawling on home.
Like some old dog with your tail on the ground.

I'm listenin' to your Beg an your Plead.
Don't fill my heart with no pity.
What makes you think I'm gonna take you back again,
I ain't your Repo Man.

Used to be,
Just you an me.
So young an in love,
Just like it was meant to be.
Well it didn't take long,
Fore' I begin to see,
That you got eyes for every man on the street.

I'm listenin' to your Beg an your Plead.
Don't fill my heart with no pity.
What makes you think I'm gonna take you back again,
I ain't your Repo Man.

It's like you think I got revolvin' doors on my house,
Like you can just come and go as you please.
I'm 'bout to do what your daddy should a' done,
I'm gonna lay you right across my knee.

I work like a devil,
Every night and every day.
Bustin' my back,
Just to make my pay.

Now where is your woman you ask,
While you work and you slave?
'Cause, as they say, while the cats away...

I'm listenin' to your Beg an your Plead.
Don't fill my heart with no pity.
What makes you think I'm gonna take you back again,
I ain't your Repo Man.

there's just something about this hotel
got me wishin' i was dead
gotta get out of new york city, son
somewhere i can clear my head
i was just kickin' along the sidewalk
no one looks you in the eyes
no one asks you how you're doin'
don't seem to care if you live or if you die

just got to get me somewhere
somewhere that i can feel free
gotta get out of new york city, boy
new york city's killin' me

just outside of nashville
i met the woman of my dreams
sure would like to get to know her
maybe find out what it means
get so tired of all this concrete
i get so tired of all this noise
gotta get back up in the country
have a couple drinks with the good ol' boys

just got to get me somewhere
somewhere that i can feel free
get me out of new york city, son
new york city's killin' me

just got to get me somewhere
somewhere that i can feel free
get me out of new york city, son
new york city's killin' me

Caroline,

In the mountains the sun sets up in ribbons so high, it's
like I don't never wanna get old...don't never wanna die.
We been seein' steady rain, 'bout to drive us all insane,
nearly lost a few head up in the pines. At night, when some
of the boys get to talking up their girls back home, you
know I tell 'em there ain't none as fine as mine. I can hear
old Chapman sayin' come morning we'll break the range,
be pushin' hard nowfor the plains.

I close my eyes an I can see you...I close my eyes an I can
feel you here. God willin'an the creek don't rise, I'll be
home again before this time next year. Though I fear this
fever won't break...

-All my love.

So the home town's bringin' you down,
Are you drownin' in the small talk an the chatter?

Are you gonna step into line like your Daddy done?
Punchin' the time, and climbing life's long ladder.

You've been howlin' at the Moon like a slack-jawed fool
an breaking every rule they can throw on.

Well, one of these days is gonna be right soon,
you'll find your legs and go.
And stay gone.

Young man,
so full of big plans,
an thinkin' about tomorrow.

Young man,
wanna make a stand,
you Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

You Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

Now all the friends you knew in school
they used to be so cool, now they just bore you.

Just look at em' now, already pullin' the plow.
So quick to take to grain, like some old mule.

Young man,
so full of big plans,
an thinkin' about tomorrow.

Young man,
wanna make a stand,
you Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

You Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

Dreamin' of the day you're gonna pack your bags
an put the miles away.
Oh, just grab your girl and go where no one knows you.
What will all the old folks say?

So the home town's bringin' you down,
Are you drownin' in all the small talk an the chatter?

Are you gonna step into line like your Daddy done?
Punchin' the time, and climbing life's long ladder.

Young man,
so full of big plans,
an thinkin' about tomorrow.

Young man,
wanna make a stand,
you Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

You Beg, you Steal, you Borrow.

Is the Sun,
Ever gonna break.
Break on through the clouds,
Shine down in all its glory.

Onto me.
here upon the ground,
'Cause I can't hear a sound,
'Cept my own sad story.

I get so tired,
A-starin' at the walls.
Weight so heavy.
Mountain so tall.

Is there no one
Who would catch me
If I fall?

It's more,
It's more than I can take,
I wish that I could fake it,
Pretend like I don't know what's goin' on.

Somethin's wrong,
Somethin's wrong,
I'm tryin' to hold on,
For just a little longer.

I get so tired,
A-starin' at the walls.
Weight so heavy.
Mountain so tall.

Is there no one
Who would catch me
If I fall?

Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
Why is that so hard for you to do?

Don't dispel me girl,
Just tell me,
Are we really through?

Is the Sun,
Ever gonna break.
Break on through the clouds,
Shine down in all its glory.

Onto me.
here upon the ground,
'Cause I can't hear a sound,
'Cept my own sad story.

Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
Why is that so hard for you to do?

Don't dispel me girl,
Just tell me,
Are we really through?
Are we really through?

Going out of my mind
Don't even know my own name at the time...
How'd I get so blind that I couldn't see what was right in front of me?

I wish I was wrong
Wish that you were right here lying in my arms
Deep down inside I'll have to face the truth that you're not coming home.

This love is over
This love is over

God knows I tried...
Everything I could to keep you satisfied
In my bed - was it the part you played
It's all some kind of game

Just like a child
Just like a child you've got to have your way
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Nothing left to say

This love is over
This love is over

Baby I know I'll get along
Sometimes you've got to make it on your own
It's more than my pride
It's got me all tied up inside
Girl, it's all a line
Think it's time to close the door
I don't want to cry anymore
It's just not worth the fightin' for

This love is over
This love is over

This love is over
This love is over

When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold,
Everywhere I turned the doors were closin'.
It took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on,
And still I felt like I was only losin'.

I refused then, like I do now,
To let anybody tie me down.
And I lost a few good friends along the way.
I was raised up poor and I wanted more, and maybe
I'm a little too proud,
In lookin' back I see a kid who was just afraid,
Hungry... and old before his time.

Through the years I've known my share of
broken-hearted fools,
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking.
There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man,
Who never knew his life was his for making.

Ain't it about time you realize,
It's not worth keepin' score,
You win some, you lose some and you let it go.
What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone,
'Til you find you've spent your whole damn life
Building walls.
Lonely... and old before your time.

It took so long to see
That truth was all around me.

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold.
Like the sky, my soul is also turnin'.
Turnin' from thepast, at last, and all I've left behind.
Could it be that I am finally learnin'

Learnin' I'm deserving, of love and the peaceful heart,
I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin'.
I'm tired of lyin' to myself,
Tryin' to buy what can't be bought,
It's not livin' that you're doin if it feels like dyin'.
Cryin', growin' old before your time.
Cryin', growin' old before your time.

Rollin' through these hills I've known
I'd be comin'
Ain't a man alive that likes to be alone.

Been a while since I seen my Lady.
Smilin'
Have I been, have I been away so long?

I am tired...
I am tired...

Can I come home for the summer?
I could slow down for a little while.
Get back to loving each other,
Leave all those long and lonesome miles...
Behind.

Through the years I have learned some things
Worth the tellin'.
And you'd be right in guessin' that each and every lesson
They were hard won.

I am tired...
I am tired...

Can I come home for the summer?
I could slow down for a little while.
Get back to loving each other,
Leave all those long and lonesome miles...
Behind.

You'll follow her,
Wherever she goes,
You love her,
And you just wanted to know.

That you'll follow her,
You'll find a way
'Cause you love her,
And you just wanted to know.

Are you still in love with me, like the way you used to be
Or is it changing?
Does it deepen over time, like the river that is winding
Through the canyon?

Are you still in love with her, Do you remember how you were
Before the sorrow?
Are you closer for the tears, or has the weight of all the years
Left you hollow?

Are we strangers now?
Like the Ziegfeld Gal and the Vaudeville show?

Are we strangers now?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio...

I can see you lyin' there, tying ribbons in your hair
And pullin' faces.
I can feel your hand in mine, though we're living separate lives
In separate places.

Are we strangers now?
Like the Ziegfeld Gal and the Vaudeville show?

Are we strangers now?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio...

All these white lies,
Hanging like flies on the wall.

Hard-wired, road-tired,
Counting curtain calls and waiting,
Waiting for the axe to fall.

Are you still in love with me, like the way you use to be
Or is it changing?
Does it deepen over time, like the river that is winding
Through the canyon?

Are we strangers now?
Like the Ziegfeld Gal and the Vaudeville show?

Are we strangers now?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio?
Like Rock and Roll and the Radio...

Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills
Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills
There's a big yellow moon risin' over the hills
My baby's on a tear and she's fit to kill
There's a big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills

The Devil's in the Jukebox jumpin' on the rythm and blues
Devil's in the Jukebox jumpin' on the rythm and blues
The Devil's in the Jukebox jumpin' on the rythm
Kinfolk say you've got to take what you've been given
The Devil's in the Jukebox jumpin' on the rythm and blue

Mama 'bout to throw a few tomatoes on the griddle to fry
Mama 'bout to throw a few tomatoes on the griddle to fry
Mama 'bout to throw a few tomatoes on the griddle
Kick off your shoes and set a little
Mama 'bout to throw a few tomatoes on the griddle to fry

Packin' my bags and thinking that I'd get out of town
Packin' my bags and thinking that I'd get out of town
Been packin' my bags, think I'll get out of town
But like an old dog I just keep hangin' 'round
Packin' my bags and thinking that I'd get out of town

Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills
Big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills
There's a big yellow moon risin' over the hills
My baby's on a tear and she's fit to kill
There's a big yellow moon risin' up over them old hills