| Allman Brothers Lyrics |
| Ain't Wastin' Time No More Blue Sky Dreams Melissa Midnight Rider One Way Out Ramblin' Man Revival Southbound Stand Back Statesboro Blues Trouble No More Whipping Post Win, Lose or Draw |
| Just some of the better known tracks... |
| Ain't Wastin' Time No More Last Sunday morning the sunshine felt like rain, week before they all seemed the same. With the help of God and true friends I come to realize I still had two strong legs and even wings to fly. And I ain't wastin' time no more, cause time goes by like hurricanes and faster things. Lord, Lord, Miss Sally, why all your cryin'? Been around here three long days, you lookin' like you're dyin'. Just step yourself outside and look up at the stars above, go on downtown baby, find somebody to love. Meanwhile I ain't wastin' time no more, cause time goes by like pouring rain and much faster things. You don't need no gypsy to tell you why, you can't let one precious day slip by. Look inside yourself and if you don't see what you want, maybe sometimes then you don't, but leave your mind alone and just get high. Well by and by, way after many years have gone, and all the war freaks die off, leavin' us alone, we'll raise our children in the peaceful way we can, It's up to you and me brother to try and try again. Well, hear us now, we ain't wastin' time no more, cause time goes by like hurricanes, runnin' after subway trains, don't forget the pouring rain. Blue Sky Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing, it don't worry 'bout where it's going. Don't fly, mister bluebird, I'm just walking down the road, early morning sunshine, tell me all I need to know. You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day. Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way, turn your love my way. Good old Sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere. Going to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there. You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day. Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way, turn your love my way. Dreams Just one more morning, I had to wake up with the blues, Pulled myself outta bed, yeah, put on my walking shoes. Went up on the mountain to see what I could see, the whole world was falling right down in front of me. Cause I'm hung up on dreams I'll never see, yeah baby. Ahh, help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah. Pull myself together, put on a new face, climb down off the hilltop, baby, get back in the race. Cause I'm hung up on dreams I'll never see, yeah baby. Ahh, help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah. Pull myself together, put on a new face, climb down off the hilltop, baby, get back in the race. Cause I'm hung up on dreams I'll never see, yeah baby. Ahh, help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah. Melissa Crossroads seem to come and go. The gypsy flies from coast to coast, knowing many, loving none, bearing sorrow, having fun, But back home he'll always run to sweet Melissa. Freight train, each car looks the same. No one knows the gypsy's name, and no one hears his lonely sigh, there are no blankets where he lies. Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies with sweet Melissa. Again the morning comes, again he's on the run, sunbeam shining through his hair, care enough to have a care, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on. Crossroads, will you ever let him go? Or will you hide the dead man's ghost? Or will he lie beneath the clay? Will his spirit float away? But I know that he won't stay, without Melissa. But I know that he won't stay, without Melissa. Midnight Rider I got to run to keep from hiding and I'm bound to keep on riding and I've got one more silver dollar, but I'm not gonna let them catch me, no, not gonna let them catch the midnight rider. I don't own the clothes I'm wearing and the road goes on forever and I've got one more silver dollar, but I'm not gonna let them catch me, no, not gonna let them catch the midnight rider. I've gone past the point of caring, some old bed I'll soon be sharing and I've got one more silver dollar but I'm not gonna let them catch me, no, not gonna let them catch the midnight rider. No, I'm not gonna let them catch me, no, not gonna let them catch the midnight rider. One Way Out Ain't but one way out baby, lord I just can't go out the door. Ain't but one way out baby, lord I just can't go out the door. Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know. Lord you got me trapped woman, up on the second floor, if I get by this time I won't be trapped no more. So raise our window baby, I can ease out soft and slow. And lord, your neighbors, no they won't be talking that stuff that they don't know. Lord, I'm foolish to be here in the first place, I know some man gonna walk in and take my place. Ain't no way in the world, I'm going out that front door cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know. Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know. Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know. Ramblin' Man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, trying to make a living and doing the best I can. When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand, that I was born a rambling man. My father was a gambler down in Georgia. He wound up on the wrong end of a gun. And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rolling down highway forty-one. Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, trying to make a living and doing the best I can. When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand, that I was born a rambling man. I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning, leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee. They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord. Them Delta women think the world of me. Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, trying to make a living and doing the best I can. When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand, that I was born a rambling man. Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Lord, I was born a ramblin' man... Revival People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you hear it? Love is in the air. We're in a revolution; don't you know we're right? Everyone is singing, there'll be no one to fight. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. People can you feel it? Love is everywhere. Love is everywhere.... Southbound Well I'm southbound, Lord I'm comin' home to you. Well I'm southbound, baby, Lord I'm comin' home to you. I got that old lonesome feelin' that's sometimes called the blues. Well I been workin' every night, travelin' every day. Yes I been workin' every night, travelin' every day. You can tell your other man, sweet daddy's on his way. Oh, you better believe, well I'm southbound. Whoa, I'm southbound. Well you can tell your other man, sweet daddy's on his way. Got your hands full now, baby, as soon as I hit that door. You'll have your hands full now, woman, just as soon as I hit that door. Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have had before. Lord, I'm southbound. Yes I'm southbound. Whoa, I'm southbound, baby. Said I'm southbound. Well I'm gonna make it on up to you for all the things you should have had before. Stand Back I recall once upon a time, living was so easy and I felt so fine. But, my, my, my right before my very eyes, Satan came with fire to burn me, wouldn't listen when they warned me. A dagger in my back while she's calling me honey, wouldn't stand back, for neither love nor money. Thirty minutes after my ship set sail, she put up a sign and my house began to wail. But, why, why, why I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes? She had such a way to fool me, Lord she had a way to fool me. And I would ask the woman, "can you find it in yourself to please stand back? You ain't gonna rule me." Just when all began to fade, I reached out, threw the ace of spades. I put her on a train to the everglades. Now that it's all over and gone, somehow I just don't feel so alone. But, lie, lie, lie it seemed like such a waste of time. She did not ever seem to know me, but now it's much too late to show me. But, if I ever see that woman walking down the street I'll just stand back and try to move away slowly. Statesboro Blues Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low. Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low. You got no nerve baby to turn Uncle John from your door. I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro blues, I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro blues. Well, I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too. Well my momma died and left me, my poppa died and left me, I ain't good looking baby, want someone sweet and kind. I'm goin' to the country, baby do you wanna go? But if you can't make it baby, your sister Lucille said she wanna go, and I sure will take her. I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen. Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen. Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah, I treat her like a doggone queen. Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low. Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low. You got no nerve baby to turn Uncle John from your door. Trouble No More Don't care how long you go, I don't care how long you stay. It's good kind treatment, bring you home someday. Someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble, poor me, anymore. Now you keep on betting that the dice won't pass. Well I know, and I know, whoa, you're living too fast. Someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble poor me, anymore. Yeah, I'll tell everybody in my neighborhood you're a kind little woman but you don't do me no good. But someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble poor me, anymore. I know you're leaving, if you call that gone. Oh, without my loving yeah, oh, you can't stay long. Someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble poor me, anymore. Well goodbye baby, yeah, well, take my hand. I don't want no woman no who can't have no man. But someday baby, you ain't gonna trouble poor me, anymore. Trouble no more. Whipping Post I been run down, I been lied to, I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. She took all my money, wrecked my new car. Now she's with one of my goodtime buddies, drinkin' in some cross town bar. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel like I been tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'. My friends tell me that I've been such a fool. And I have to stand by and take it baby, all for lovin' you. Drown myself in sorrow, and I look at what you've done. But nothin' seems to change, the bad times stay the same, and I can't run. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel like I been tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel like I been tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, tied to the whipping post, good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'. Win, Lose or Draw Endlessly facing the cold concrete floor, four cold grey walls, and no doors. I barely remember the last forty days or just what they're holding me for. So far away, they tell me: "Boy, you're here to stay; win, lose or draw." Letters unanswered and visits so few, cold desperation I know. I guess I'd give most anything, oh Lord, if they'd just let me go. I'm so far away, day after lonely, lonely day, win, lose or draw. Ma, she's dead and gone, Pa just don't seem to find the time. It makes me so sad that he's forsaken me, he's all I had left to call mine. I'm so far away, day after lonely, lonely day, win, lose or draw. There's two men in one room for ten long years, still strangers that talk away the time. Cause each time I think of your soft hand in mine, I lay here and die one more time. And I'm so far away, day after lonely, lonely day, win, lose or draw. |