Shawn Mullins Album

well johnny mae
and william j
hitched a ride
from sunny l.a.
with a soldier whod gone AWOL
stockade bound
and the got off
in the texas rain
and they hopped a southern diesel train
headed to atlanta
my hometown
where she danced all night
in a go-go bar
and he tried his best
to play a bass guitar
in the absolute worst punk band ever heard
but she got tired of the georgia clay
and a drunk musician
who couldnt even play
so she tok the bus to boston
without a word
he never got to say goodbye
and he has to wonder why
it keeps him up all night
the way she wore her hair
it keeps him up all night
her voice is everywhere
it keeps him up all night
shes out there
searchin somewhere
for somethin of her own
well old will kept makin bad music worse
but the whiskey and the pills
wouldnt quench his thirst no more
so he stuck a needle in his arm
then he lost his band
he started liftin shops
it didnt take long
to get cuffed by the cops
and right about now
hes a workin on the county farm
its never easier to say goodbye
and she has to wonder why
it keeps her up all night
the way he held her hand
it keeps her up all night
he was her only man
it keeps her up all night
shes out there
searchin somewhere
for somethin of her own
to get where you need to be
youll go through anything
yes you will
and on your way to be free
you know love is everything
baby love is everything
it keeps us up all night
yes love is everything
it keeps us up all night
yes love is everything
it keeps us up all night
we're out there
searchin somewhere
for something of our own
it keeps us up all night
we're out there
searchin somewhere
for something of our own

A good bit of me sleeps underneath
In the bed of my soul
lying next to belief
If i toss where i lay, I may turn her away
so i try to fall still, dreaming someday i will
wake up with you beside me, with all of your love inside me
so when i am gone, it guides me on
everywhere i go
you know
I take you with me sweet darling
everywhere i go, you know
i take you with me yeah

A good bit of me keeps to the sky
on the back of a cloud
unaware of how high
if i stay where i lay, i might drift away soon
from the pull of the sun, i am full of the moon
baby your the one that grounds me
when the sounds of the worlds surround me
your love it took a look and found me
lost and on my own
eveywhere i go, you know
I take you with me sweet darling
everywhere i go, you know
i take you with me yeah

and baby i, always try
looking at life through open eyes
and baby my dream came true
with the treasure i found inside of you

Everywhere i go, you know
I take you with me sweet darling
Everywhere i go, you know
i take you with me sweet darling....

she gets high
she gets low
she lives her life straight
just like serpico
she starts to sneeze
and annouces bless me
wipes her nose
on the shirt that says "kill whitey"
she takes away
the hurt real fine
kinda like listenin jimi
or patsy kline
whirlin around in the air
people say shes crazy
but she just dont care
but if i coul see through amy's eyes
chances are i would realize
somehow she sees
bluer skies than i do
she digs the seeds
and johnny cash
but she hates courtney love
with a passion
shes got a mom she calls denise
her daddy cuts hair
but he always wanted to be a priest
heaven knows where shes from
she blows me
away just like a machine gun
and if i could see through amys eyes
chances are i would realize
somehow she sees
bluer skies than i do
if i believe in myself
if i were somebody else
i'd run right up to her and say
your faith is my pride
i gotta have you beside me
and if i could see through amys eyes
chances are i would realize
somehow she sees
bluer skies than i do
and if i could see through amys eyes
chances are i would be satisfied
somehow she sees
bluer skies than i do

i've never been the one
who had my head on straight
so i gave myself this job
now i'm waitin at the gate
for my bag to be inspected
for some crazy reason
i am always suspected
of smugglin somethin through
like smoke or dope
or airplane glue
the sergeant waves me through

chorus:
and i know
you've got somethin to believe in
down deep inside your soul
hey friend
dont you stop beleivin
in the dreams that you had
when you were just a lad

bare down
take another town
and station by storm
crank up the tunes beneath the full moon
and the carolina corn
but dont let it pass you by
cause someday you'll wake up
askin yourself why
you sat there at your desk
suckin on a corporate breast
you turned out like the rest
here we go

chorus

hey you
check out the view
windin down the 1
me and the miss
sharin bliss
and soakin up the sun
and i feel like
i've been resurrected
in my lifetime i have
never felt protected
and loved like i do
when i am here with you
only you

chorus

from all that is in me
i say these words with freedom on my tongue
i give to you all of me
in this crazy world our life has just begun
no one can take that away
it just keeps pouring out
like juice form berries on the vine
nowhere is where i would be
without you with me
valentine
dont mind my preciousness
i sing these words cause thats the way i feel
many men have killed for less
i'd do the same if harm was ever hurled your way
i'll try to explain it just keeps pourin out
like juice form berries on the vine
nowhere is where i would be
without you with me
valentine
and when the storms roll in
and nothins goin right
i'll be the one who holds you
and rock you through the night
no one can take that away it just keeps pourin out
like juice from berries on the vine
nowhere is where i would be
without you with me
valentine
no one can take that away it just keeps pourin out
like juice from berries ont he vine
nowhere is where i would be
without you with me
valentine

Capo 4th

It's 3am and the snakes have moved in,
I'm playing to 4 drunks and me,
but the beer is cold and the memories old
and the lights are so bright I cant see

And lonesome I know you to well,
You ring in my ears, Just like a bell,
And your hollow Like a dark empty well
Lonesome, I know you to well

(Break)

Now time stands still
and it spins like a wheel
whenever I see her around,
but she doesn't know and I'll never show,
there's to many eyes in this town

And lonesome, I know you to well,
You ring in my ears Just like a bell,
And your hollow Like a dark empty well,
Lonesome, I know you

It's 3am and the snakes have moved in!

you're in my mind half the time
tryin to find someone to hide behind
and still they poured right in on you
and everyday you try to walk away
from the stupid things they say
they say just to hurt you

chorus:
im singin baby
i know you know
that when the musics pumpin
and the lights are low
you become become someone else

well i gotta pay respect
where respect is due
i aint never seen a woman
who can move like you
i said i gotta pay respect
where respect is due
i aint never seen a woman
who can move like you

chorus

i feel it burnin from my soul
and it takes me higher
baby theres no reason to control
i dance with my desire
you're in my mind half the time
tryin to find someone to hide behind
and still they poured right in on you
and everyday you try to walk away
from the stupid things they say
they say just to hurt you

chorus

in the town that i was born in
there rides a boy and a girl in love
and the answer camw ithout warnin
just like an angel form heaven above
they run down moreland into the neon night
they left the others far behind
but they can make believe even if its for just one night
and if its only in their minds
when they run
when they run
in the look love is familiar
its warms just like a summer rain
one moment falls into forever
we got the power to melt away the pain
when we run down moreland into the neon night
we left the others far behind
we can make believe even if its for just one night
and its only in our minds
when we run we lose our way
we run so hard why dont we stay
and i dont know where we will go to find our way
we run down moreland into the neon night
we left the others far behind
the land of make believe seems to be in everybodys sights
but its only in their minds
so they run
so they run
so they run

headed north on 95
it would be good for you yeah
i was feelin very much alive
and if i dont come back read a little kerouac
now im stuck inside a line
for a different view and im still lookin
so tell me where did we go wrong
i loaded up my van and left the promised land
tryin to find a decent rhyme
i saw a monarch butterfly
spread its holy wings and fly
and give me one more chance to prove you wrong
beneath the velvet sun
i watched her come undone and then disappear


so i got out my old guitar
and i dug down really hard
i gotta ask you why youre still commin here
and then a voice inside said
and tell me where did we go wrong
its hard to say where love turns cold
and give me one more chance to prove you wrong
we filled up fast and went down slow
we never thought that we'd grow old
enough to fake us out and make us fold
and give me one more chance to prove you wrongtell me where did we go wrong

There's a young man
drivin' and old man's car
down the Pennsylvania Turnpike
where the treetops meet the stars

there's a wild wind
blowin' down the lost highway
and he don't know where he's goin'
it don't matter anyway

and the dreams pass through his mind
like the years he'll never find

there's an old man
night shift at the Stop'N'Go
he reads his dirty magazines
and mops the bathroom floor

he's had a hard life
he lost a digit in the war
he keeps one hand on the shotgun
and both feet on the floor

and the old dreams fills his head
when he lays down in his bed
(sometimes that's all ya got left)

there's a pretty girl
walkin' a yellow dog
right down Dekalb Avenue
where the MARTA meets the fog

there's a wild wind
blowin' down the old railway
and I wonder where she's goin'
she comes here every day
I wonder where she's goin'

She was sittin' in the corner of a cafe
In the burnin' heart of downtown Sante Fe
Pickin' on a Gibson
and singin' "baby, can't you see"

She was buzzin' like a battlefield tracer
She was grindin' the gears on a pacer
I said, "Sister Bloody Mary,
Won't you do a little number for me?"

She said I'll sing you any song that you wanna hear
Just pull up a barstool and buy me another beer
Take me away, take me away from here
Take me far away, Sante Fe

He was livin' with some hippies in a school bus
They had puddered here from Boulder, covered in dust
He said I know a little lady livin' 30 miles up the road

I got a feelin' that my ride ain't gonna take me
If I don't see that little lady it will break me
Another 24 hours here
I think i just might explode

I've been doin' everything I know to try to stay free
Workin' for the man just ain't no kind of plan for me
So take me away, take me where i wanna be
Take me far away, Sante Fe

Sante Fe

I'll sing you any song that you wanna hear
It'll sound a lot better if you have yourself another beer
Take me away, take me away from here
Take me far away, Santa Fe

Santa Fe
Take me away

we are the children of god wherever he may be whoever she may be
we go through life feelin odd like a bird inside a cage nowhere to pour the rage
its a mystery i know
to try and figure out what lifes gonna throw
we've been around for a while
i know i'll never go as long as i can see you
hold on to what we got
cause what we got is all we got
we are the future they say
whatever comes your way you gotta make it yours today
and when you got nothin at all dont be sorry
if you fall you keep on standin tall
you've got to pave your own road
and i will carry you if you got a heavy load
we've been around for a while
theres nothin you can do to make me want to lose you child
what we got is all we got
hold on to what we got
cause what we got is all we got
we got to hold on to what we got
cause its all we got
hold on to what we got
cause what we got is all we got
hold on to what we got
cause what we got is all we got

i said something wrong it never fails
it kept us up all night
but time has her own way of showing
today in a different light
friends come and they go everyone knows
thats the way it goes
but time has her own way of showing
today in a different light
dreams sometimes come true
like mine of you
when you love me like you do
time has her own means
to show us our dreams
and i'll dream of you