West 4th Street and Jones - Ralph McTell

You've got a lot of nerve, to say you are my friend, When I was down, you just stood there grinning, You've got a lot of nerve, to say you've got a helping hand to lend, You just wanna be on the side that's winning, You say I let you down, you know it's not like that, If you're so hurt why then don't you show it? You say you've lost your faith but that's not were it's at, You had no faith to lose, and you know it, I know the reason, that you talk behind my back, I used to be among the crowd your in with, Do you take me for such a fool, to think I would make contact? The one who tries to hide, what you don't know to begin with, You see me on the street, you always act surprised, You say "How are you? Good luck" but you don't mean it, When you know as well as me, you'd rather see me paralyzed, Why don't you just come out once and scream it? No I do not feel that good, I see the heart-breaks you embrace, If I was a master thief, perhaps I'd rob them, And though you're satisfied with your position and your place, Don't you understand it's not my problem? I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, And just for that one moment I could be you, Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, You'd know what a drag it is to see you

You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinning You got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand You just want to be on the side that's winning You say I let you down you know it's not like that If you're so hurt why then don't you show it You say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at You had no faith to lose and you know it I know the reason that you talk behind my back I used to be among the crowd you're in with Do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with You see me on the street you always act surprised You say, "How are you?" "Good luck" but you don't mean it When you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed Why don't you just come out once and scream it No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you Embrace If I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them And now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your Place Don't you understand it's not my problem I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my Shoes You'd know what a drag it is to see youPositively 4th Street Johnny Rivers from his LP... "REALIZATION" You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinning You got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand You just want to be on the side that's winning You say I let you down you know it's not like that If you're so hurt why then don't you show it You say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at You had no faith to lose and you know it I know the reason that you talk behind my back I used to be among the crowd you're in with Do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with You see me on the street you always act surprised You say, "How are you?" "Good luck" but you don't mean it When you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed Why don't you just come out once and scream it No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you Embrace If I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them And now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your Place Don't you understand it's not my problem I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my Shoes You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Alone with the morning burning red On the canvas in my head Painting a picture of you And me driving across country In a dusty old RV Just the road and its majesty And I'm looking at you With the world in the rear view You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat Looking at me, telling me you love me And you're happy to be with me on the 4th of July We sang Stranglehold 'til the stereo Couldn't take no more of that rock and roll So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along Those white lines can drawn into the sun If you aint got no one To keep you hanging on But there you were like a queen in your nightgown Riding shotgun from town to town Staking a claim on the world we found And I'm singing to you, you're singing to me You were out of the blue to a boy like me You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat Looking at me, telling me you love me And you're happy to be with me on the 4th of July We sang Stranglehold 'til the stereo Couldn't take no more of that rock and roll So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along Sang along And I'm looking for you In the silence that we share You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat Looking at me, telling me you love me And you're happy to be with me on the 4th of July We sang Stranglehold 'til the stereo Couldn't take no more of that rock and roll So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along Sang along

Delia, Delia, how can it be? You love that old rounder, but you don't love me Well, that's one more rounder gone Delia, Delia sitting all around Some of your old rounders gonna pay my way back home Sitting on the housetop, high as I can see You love that old rounder, but you don't love me Delia's poor mother took a trip out West When she returned, Delia lyin' in rest Delia's mother wept, Delia's father moaned They'd have wanted their poor child to die at home Rubber tired buggy, two-seated hack, Took Delia to the graveyard, never brought her back Kenny lookin' high, Kenny lookin' low, Shot poor Delia with that hated .44 Delia, Delia, wouldn't take no one's advice Last words I heard her say were, "Jesus Christ!" Judge said to Kenny, "Here's a natural fact: You going to wait in jail till Delia come back" Kenny's in the basement, drinking from a silver cup Delia's in the graveyard, never come back up Kenny said to judge, "What's the fuss about? Just that no good woman trying to put me out"

My love don't change There's going to be some stealing My love don't change There's going to be some stealing done And if I backbite you I don't mean no harm What do you want with a woman When she won't do nothing you say What do you want with a woman When she won't do nothing you say What do you want with a rooster When he won't crow 'fore day If my love don't change There's going to be some riding done If my love don't change There's going to be some riding done And if I take you woman I just be made my run Going in one of these alleys Get me some lonesome booze Going in one of these alleys Get me a quart of this lonesome booze My woman done left me I got these love changing blues

I was travelin' through South Americas Walked up to a lady's house Called her Grandma Didn't know her name, she give me something to eat Walked on down the road I heard a old train, getting off like this I heard a old bell ring, kinda like this I went on down, I heard an old whistle blow, I heard it saying Look a-yonder Look a-yonder At the women At the women I went on then, and begin to sing to the engineer Mr. Engineer, let a man ride the blinds Mr. Engineer, let a poor man ride the blinds Said, "I wouldn't mind it, fella But you know this train ain't mine" I begin to hear that old fella blow it long, sho' Here the way he blowed Then I begin to sing to him one more time You're a cruel fireman, low-down engineer You're a cruel fireman, low-down engineer I'm trying' to hobo my way And you leave me standing' here Then I go along further and begin to sing "Poor Boy" to him Then he begin to smile in my face Get up, fella, ride all 'round the world Get up, fella, ride all 'round the world Poor boy, you ain't got no girl Then I begin to hear him tell me about those cheese and eggs How he wanted 'em fixed Hear him say Scrambled down Scrambled down Scrambled down Then I begin to hear him tell me about those cheese and eggs I hear him say Cheese Eggs Dinner Dinner Then I begin to hear him tell me about Emry I love you Emry, I love you true Love you, Emry, tell the world I do 'Em

Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door My mother died and left me reckless My daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild Mother died and left me reckless Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild No, I'm not good lookin' I'm some sweet woman's Angel child You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a way You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a way When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm going away to stay While I loved a woman, better than even I'd ever seen I once loved a woman, better than even I'd ever seen Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie now Auntie tell your uncle, uncle tell my cousin now, cousin tell my friend Goin' up the country, mama, don't you want to go? May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot You can reach over in the corner mama and hand me my travelin' shoes You know by that, I've got them Statesboro blues Mama, sister got 'em, auntie got 'em Brother got 'em, friend got 'em, I got 'em Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues I looked over in the corner, grandpa and grandma had 'em too