Down the road a ways i've heard said a new day's coming on Where the women folks are friendly and the law leaves you alone I'll believe it when i see it and i haven't seen it yet Don't mind me just keep on talking i'm just looking for my hat 1: There ain't no God in Mexico, ain't no way to understand How that border crossing feeling makes a fool out of a man If i'd never felt the sunshine then i would not curse the rain If my feet could fit a railroad track, i guess i'd been a train Me and Louise Higgins-Botham used to chase across the yard Back in 1947 that's when more than times were hard Well pity me i didn't find the line in time like a fool In front of God and everybody i politely blew my cool 2: Ain't no God in Mexico, ain't no comfort in the king When you're down in Madamoris getting busted by the man If i'd never felt the sunshine, Hell i would not curse the rain If i hadn't been railroaded well i guess i'd been a train

Rastafari never Never leave I alone So even when the road get rocky Mi seh mi never a give up A seh there ain't no giving in Caw when the going gets tough A seh the tough get going Ma people don't give up A seh there ain't no giving in Rastafari guide high an high from the beginning Allot a youth in life seh dem cyaa take the pressure no more But from yo trust inna the most high Life a go get better mi sure The youth juggle pon the road side Babylon seh fi take up yo bag an go weh Bwoy no but wi still naw give up Mi seh wi solid as arock like Colonji Mi seh mi never a give up A seh there ain't no giving in Caw when the going gets tough A seh the tough get going Ma people don't give up A seh there ain't no giving in Rastafari guide high an high from the beginning Teacher naw get pay The government need fi purge an process Police naw get pay So dem find it hard fi serve an protect An all wi get from the government Is high ligh bill an robot taxes An dem still a pressure the youth Wa run it hard pon the road wid the robot taxi Mi seh mi never a give up A seh there ain't no giving in Caw when the going gets tough A seh the tough get going Ma people don't give up A seh there ain't no giving in Rastafari guide high an high from the beginning A seh ma people we've being facing struggles Struggles for so long Jah people please mi a beg yuh Please could yuh hold on A know the system have yuh down An yuh feel pres down like 50 ft After the bottle yeh the victory sweet Mi seh mi still naw give up mi just kiss mi teeth Mi seh mi never a give up A seh there ain't no giving in Caw when the going gets tough A seh the tough get going Ma people don't give up A seh there ain't no giving in Rastafari guide high an high from the beginning

Starin' out into the wild blue yonder So many thoughts to sit and ponder 'Bout life and love and lack of and this emptiness in my heart Too old to be wild and free still Too young to be over the hill Should I try to grow up but who knows where to start So I just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico Do my best to waste another day Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico Let the warm air melt these blues away Sun comes up and sun sinks down And I've seen 'em both in this tourist town Up for days in a rage just tryin' to search my soul From the answers and the reasons why I'm at these crossroads in my life And I really don't know which way to go So I just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico Do my best to waste another day Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico Let the warm air melt these blues away Maybe I'll settle down, get married Or stay single and stay free Which road I travel is still a mystery to me So I just sit right here, have another beer in Mexico Do my best to waste another day Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico Let the warm air melt these blues away Down in Mexico

Big veranda, stately trees Servants bring me fruit and cheese Flowers bloom and feed their bees Underneath the Sword of Damocles And I'm shooting speed 'Cause that's what I do When I can't get what I need from you In Mexico Every Eden has its price Here you have to pay it twice Servants bring me beans and rice But there's snakes in every paradise 'Cause I'm shooting speed That's what I do When I can't get what I need from you In Mexico In Mexico I'm the crazy one they can point to I'm the one who's taking the heat So I slip out at night And walk through the street I say yes, sir I say ma'am When they ask me who I think I am Servants bring me steak and lamb While I measure by the milligram I'm shooting speed 'Cause that's what I do When I can't get what I need from you In Mexico In Mexico Oh, in Mexico

(Mel Tillis) I hope that the friend You've thrown yourself with He gets drunk and loses his job And every road that you travel on Is dusty, rocky and hard I couldn't make you love me You only made me blue So all in all, if the curtain should fall Lord, I hope that it falls on you. I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge. I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge. --- Instrumental --- Well, I hope that the train From Caribou Maine Runs over your new love affair You walk the floor From door to door And pull out your peroxide hair. You never was my woman 'Cause you were never true So all in all if the curtain should fall Lord, I hope that it falls on you. I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge. I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge. I will have sweetm sweet, sweet mental revenge...

(Bill Martin - Phil Coulter) Sunday morning in the valley We would gather for the service Emmily Jane would run to meet me She'd smile at papa kinda nervous. All the people came from miles around I can still hear the sound. As they sang thanks to the Lord For the sun up in the sky For the corn that's growing high And for the child that didn't die. Thanks to the Lord For the crops and for the farm For the satrenght in my right arm And for keepin' us from harm. Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks Thanks to the Lord for a girl like Emmily Jane. --- Instrumental --- Came the day that we were married All our folks from the congregation Emmily Jane was like an angel The sweetest thing in all creation. Papa hugged me and my mama cried Everybody smiled with pride. As they sang thanks to the Lord For the sun up in the sky For the corn that's growing high And for the child that didn't die.

Lord knows I am peaceful when I'm left alone I've always been an Eagle, been awhile since I have flown My claws are sharp as ever, so's my Eagle eye Something's gonna go tonight, when the Eagle flies Lately I've heard rumors that the Eagle may be lame Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame You've jeopardized my freedom, my natural place to roost I can fly when I have to, if they turn the Eagle loose So lay all your doubts aside when you go to bed tonight My feathers are all ruffled now, I'm ready for a fight Just because I took awhile to fly that don't mean I don't care When you feel the shadow crossing, the Eagle's in the air So lay all your doubts aside when you go to bed tonight My feathers are all ruffled now, I'm ready for a fight Just because I took awhile to fly that don't mean I don't care When you feel the shadow crossing, the Eagle's in the air When you feel the shadow crossing, the Eagle's in the air

Through the chill of winter Running across a frozen lake Hunters hard right on his trail All odds are against him With a family to provide for One thing he must keep alive Will the wolf survive? Will the wolf survive? Drifting by the roadside Lines etched on an aging face It wants to find some honest space Losing to the range wars He's got two strong legs to guide him Two strong arms keep him alive Will the wolf survive? Standing in the pouring rain All alone in a world that's changed Running scared now forced to hide In a land where he once stood with pride But he'll find his way by the morning light Sounds across the nation Coming from your hearts and minds Battered drums and old guitars Singing songs of passion It's the truth that they all look for Something they must keep alive Will the wolf survive? Will the wolf survive? Will the wolf survive?

Verse 1: There are songs that birds don't sing to people There are secrets that keep right through to the end There are heroes who hide until forever And I'm singing this song for one of them Verse 2: He's the man that you passed on the road there The one with his life on the loose Going either somewhere or nowhere Going without me, without you Chorus: For he is this world's constant orphan Traveling out his lone time Living on apples from orchards Dying from grapes on the vine Verse 3: You can find him in big city winters Down where the mission bell cries And sorrow echoes through summer As he tries to close all his eyes Verse 4: You can find him in Pittsburgh in Christmas You can find him in Buffalo in June And he knows all the backroads between them Like the gypsy knows the moon Verse 5: And it's route 22 all over again Stick your thumb out and try to look like somebody's friend Look strong at the man, gentle at the girl And puzzled at the rest of the world Chorus. Living on apples from orchards Dying from grapes on the vine