Arlo Guthrie

[fox69]

"Clean-O"

"Clean-O"



Oh mama oh mama,
Come wash my face
And make it nice, and clean-O

Oh brother oh brother,
Come scrub my back
And scrub it nice and clean-O

Oh daddy oh daddy
Come shine my shoes
And polish them nice and clean-O

Oh sweetie oh sweetie
Come smell me now,
I smell so nice and clean-O

Oh clean oh clean, oh clean oh clean,
Oh clean oh clean, oh clean oh clean
Oh rub dub dubbity, and a scrub scrub scrubbity,
I smell so nice, and clean-O

 

[fox69]

"Coming Into Los Angeles"

"Coming Into Los Angeles"



Coming in from London from over the pole
Flying in a big airliner
Chicken flying everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer

Coming into Los Angeles
Bringing in a couple of ki's
Don't touch my bags if you please
Mister customs man, yeah

There's a guy with a ticket to Mexico
No, he couldn't look much stranger
Walking in the hall with his things and all
Smiling, said he was the Lone Ranger

Coming into Los Angeles
Bringing in a couple of ki's
Don't touch my bags if you please
Mister customs man

Hip woman walking on the moving floor
Tripping on the escalator
There's a man in the line and she's blowing his mind
Thinking that he's already made her

Coming into Los Angeles
Bringing in a couple of ki's
Don't touch my bags if you please
Mister customs man

Coming in from London from over the pole
Flying in a big airliner
Chicken flying everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer

Coming into Los Angeles
Bringing in a couple of ki's
Don't touch my bags if you please
Mister customs man, yeah, all right

 

[fox69]

"Connection"
(originally by The Rolling Stones)

"Connection"
(originally by The Rolling Stones)



Everything seems to be going in the wrong direction
The doctor wants to give me more injections
He's given me shots for a thousand rare infections
And they don't know if they'll let me go

Connection
No, I just can't make no connection
And all I want to do
Is just to get back to you

My bags, they get a very close inspection
I wonder why it is that they suspect 'em
They're just trying to add me to their collection
And I don't know if they'll let me go

Connection
No, I just can't make no connection
And all I want to do
Is just to get back to you

Connection
No, I just can't make no connection
And all I want to do
Is just to get back to you

Connection
No, I just can't make no connection, no
And all I want to do
Is just to get back to you

Connection
No, I just can't make no connection, no
And all I want to do
Is just to get back to you

 

[fox69]

"Cooper's Lament"

"Cooper's Lament"



Hey brothers, hear me call
It ain't that I had to fall
Wasn't no one's fault last night
When I looked up and felt the light

Here's hoping you'll understand
I want to fell like a natural man
Get up early in the morning to do what I can
You can't help no one with money
If you can't with your hands

And you got to be there brothers, yes you do
If the world is turning under you
Ain't no good to sit around
And bring it up or down
You got to be there brothers, yes you do

Hey brothers, now and then
There's something that oughta move you
More than a pen
You don't need no school or knowledge
You've got something else to lend
And all the people in the world
Can make it better again

And it ain't easy, yes I know
It's a hard and rugged road
Don't be swindled, don't be fooled
Just be honest and stay cool

'Cause you got to be there brothers, yes you do
If the world is turning under you
Ain't no good to sit around
And bring it up or down
You got to be there brothers, yes you do

 

[fox69]

"Cowboy Song"

"Cowboy Song"


This morning I woke up alone
I spent the day time on my own
Lots of people have come and gone
To hear a cowboy sing an old time song

[CHORUS:]
Oh babe, I love you so
This here is the only thing I know
It ain't right and it ain't wrong
To hear a cowboy sing an old time song

Last night I sat 'till closing time
Thinking of the things that crossed my mind
You were the one I was thinking of
I guess it must be that I'm just in love

[CHORUS]

I hope they play this song of mine
On the jukebox for a dime
Then if you leave 'cause something's wrong
You'll hear your cowboy sing an old time song

[CHORUS]

 

[fox69]

"Creole Belle"

"Creole Belle"



My Creole Belle
I loved her well
My darin' baby
My Creole Belle

When the stars do shine
I'll call her mine
My darlin' baby
My Creole belle

 

[fox69]

"Darkest Hour"

"Darkest Hour"



It's the tenth of January and I still ain't had no sleep
She comes waltzing in the nighttime, made of wings
She is dressed up like a bandit with a hundred sparkling rings
Looking for my company to keep
Coming closer to me, she doesn't say a word
In the shadow of the carved rock tower
Where the sounds of the night were the only things we heard
In my darkest hour

She don't want to hear no secrets, she would guarantee me that
She knows there ain't no words that can describe her
With her white silk scarves and her black Spanish hat
She knows there ain't no way I can deny her
Yes, her blue velvet perfume, filling up the night
The guards are all asleep that watch the tower
The moonlight held her breast as she easily undressed
In my darkest hour

Her father's in his chambers with his friends all gathered 'round
They are plotting their enemy's demise
With their last detail done, they await the coming sun
While I am staring in my lover's eyes
Her brothers and her sisters are all through for tonight
Pretending that they've just come to power
But she, far most of all, knows that they can only fall
In my darkest hour

Hungry wings, their melodies, while my love awakens me
In the midst of the sunburst first light
And her hands are holding up the skies as I hid my opened eyes
Every move just for herself, and that's so right
Soon I went along my way with no words that could explain
As she began descending to the tower
Her safety now concerns me, her circumstance to blame
In my darkest hour

 

[fox69]

"Days Are Short"

"Days Are Short"


Days are short, and I ain't down
The sun is on the hill
Looking in my suitcase for a friend
The door was opened wide
You know I lost a little pride
And inside it was just another man

[CHORUS:]
Every day another man reaches out his hand
Every moment there's a shifting in the sand
Every whisper in the wind
Brings a good man back again
Settle me down in my dreams tonight
Tomorrow's another day to blow my blues away

Lots of folks will tell you that
A man can go thru' life
Taking what he wants along the way
But until all men are freed
Each one gets but what he needs
The experience of living every day

[CHORUS]

I woke up this morning
I awoke upon my knees
Crying oo-wee, I don't know where I am
I feel just like a clown
Every time I move around
Because, after all, I'm just another man

 

[fox69]

"De Colores"

"De Colores"


De colores, de colores se visten los campos en la primavera
De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera
De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir

[Chorus x2:]
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi

Canta el gallo, canta el gallo con su quiri [5x]
La gallina la gallina con su cara [5x]
Los polluelos, los polluelos con su pio [4x] pi

[Chorus]

(you know, I think you can sing this with us...)

In colors, in colors the Fields bloom in spring
In colors, in colors the little birds fly from afar
In colors, in colors the rainbow arcs so clearly
And for this reason, these great loves of many colors, please be so

De colores, de colores se visten los campos en la primavera
De colores de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera
De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir

[Chorus x4]

 

[fox69]

"Dead Or Alive"

"Dead Or Alive"


Well, the new sheriff wrote me a letter
Yes, the new sheriff wrote me a letter
Come up and see me, dead or alive
Come up and see me, dead or alive

[Chorus 1:]
Dead or alive, if s a hard road
It's a hard road, dead or alive

Well, he even sent me my picture
Yes, he even sent me my picture
How do I look, boys, dead or alive?
How do I look, boys, dead or alive?

[Chorus 1]

Well, he said he would pay expenses
Yes, he said he would pay expenses
Dead or alive, no thanks!
New sheriff, I'm a poor boy

[Chorus 2:]
If s a hard road, dead or alive
Dead or alive, if s a hard road

Well, he said he would feed and do the me
Yes, he said he would feed and do the me
Dead or alive, no thanks!
New sheriff, I'm a poor boy

[Chorus 2]

Well, I'm sorry but I can't come, sheriff
Yes, I'm sorry but I can't come, sheriff
Dead or alive, no thanks!
New sheriff, I'm a poor boy

[Chorus 2]

I don't like your hard rock hotel
I don't like your hard rock hotel
Dead or alive, new sheriff
No thanks, I'm a poor boy

[Chorus 2]

I gotta go down and see my little sweet thing
Gonna go down and see my little sweet thing
Dead or alive, yes, Lord!
No thanks, new sheriff

[Chorus 2]