Joan Baez

[fox69]

"One Too Many Mornings"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"One Too Many Mornings"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark.
As the night comes in a-fallin',
The dogs 'll lose their bark.
An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind,
For I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind.

From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes they start to fade,
As I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid.
An' I gaze back to the street,
The sidewalk and the sign,
And I'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

 

[fox69]

"Only Heaven Knows"

"Only Heaven Knows"


Seems we've been to heaven darling
Ah the sad wind blows
But I have lost my way my darling
Tell me how it goes
While the mist is rising darling
Ah the sad wind blows
Tell me how we met my darling
Tell me all you know

Well I am somewhat older darling
Ah the sad wind blows
And you are so much younger darling
That's the way it goes
And we looked so good together
Ah the sad wind blows
Out of all the summer flowers
I had picked the rose

Take me in your arms my darling
While the sad wind blows
Tell me that this pain will leave me
Tell me how it goes
Ah if this pain should ever leave me
Only heaven knows

 

[fox69]

"Outside The Nashville City Limits"

"Outside The Nashville City Limits"


Outside the Nashville city limits
A friend and I did drive,
On a day in early winter
I was glad to be alive.
We went to see some friends of his
Who lived upon a farm.
Strange and gentle country folk
Who would wish nobody harm.
Fresh-cut sixty acres,
Eight cows in the barn.
But the thing that I remember
On that cold day in December
Was that my eyes they did brim over
As we talked.

In the slowest drawl I had ever heard
The man said "Come with me
If y'all wanna see the prettiest place
In all of Tennesee."
He poured us each a glass of wine
And a-walking we did go,
Along fallen leaves and crackling ice
Where a tiny brook did flow.
He knew every inch of the land
And Lord he loved it so.
But the thing that I remember
On that cold day in December
Was that my eyes were brimming over
As we walked.

He set my down upon a stone
Beside a running spring.
He talked in a voice so soft and clear
Like the waters I heard sing.
He said "We searched quite a time
For a place to call our own.
There was just me and Mary John
And now I guess we're home."
I looked at the ground and wondered
How many years they each had roamed.
And Lord I do remember
On that day in late December
How my eyes kept brimming over
As we talked.
As we walked.

And standing there with outstretched arms
He said to me "You know,
I can't wait till the heavy storms
Cover the ground with snow,
And there on the pond the watercress
Is all that don't turn white.
When the sun is high you squint your eyes
And look at the hills so bright."
And nodding his head my friend said,
"And it seems like overnight
That the leaves come out so tender
At the turning of the winter..."
I thought the skies they would brim over
As we talked.

 

[fox69]

"Pajarillo Barranqueno"

"Pajarillo Barranqueno"


Pajarillo, pajarillo,
pajarillo barranqueño,
qué bonitos ojos tienes,
lástima que tengan dueño.

¿Qué pajarillo es aquél,
qué canta en aquella lima?
anda y dile que no cante,
que mi corazón lastima.

¿Qué pajarillo es aquél,
que canta en aquella higuera?
anda y dile que no cante,
que espere a que yo me muera.

 

[fox69]

"Pal Of Mine"

"Pal Of Mine"


In the night, while you lay sleeping
Dreaming of your amber skies
Was a poor boy broken hearted
Listening to the winds that sigh

My little darling, oh how, I love you
How I love you, none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling, pal of mine

Many a day, with you I've rambled
Happiest hours, with you I've spent
For I had your heart forever
But I find it's only lent

There is just three things I wish for
That's my casket, shroud and grave
When I'm dead, don't weep for me
Just like those lips that you betrayed

 

[fox69]

"Paso Rio"

"Paso Rio"


[I Pass A River]

Paso rio
Paso fuentes
Siempre te encuentro lavando los colores de tu cara
El agua los va llevando
Si vas a la fuente no bebas el agua
Que la envenenaron tus ojos de rana

 

[fox69]

"Pauvre Ruteboeuf"

"Pauvre Ruteboeuf"


Que sont mes amis devenus
Que j'avais de si pres tenus
Et tant aimes
Ils ont ete trop clairsemes
Je crois le vent les a otes
L'amour est morte
Ce sont amis que vent emporte
Et il ventait devant ma porte
Les emporta

Avec le temps qu'arbres defeuille
Quand il ne reste en branche feuille
Qui n'aille a terre
Avec pauvrete qui m'atterre
Qui de partout me fait la guerre
L'amour est morte
Ne convient pas que vous raconte
Comment je me suis mis a honte
En quelle maniere

Que sont mes amis devenus
Que j'avais de si pres tenus
Et tant aimes
Ils ont ete trop clairsemes
Je crois le vent les a otes
L'amour est morte
Ce sont amis que vent emporte
Et il ventait devant ma porte
Les emporta

Pauvre sens et pauvre memoire
M'a Dieu donne le roi de gloire
Et pauvre rente
Et droit au cul quand bise vente
Le vent me vient le vent m'evente
L'amour est morte
Le mal ne sait pas seul venir
Tout ce qui m'etait a venir
M'est avenu
M'est avenu

 

[fox69]

"Pilgrim Of Sorrow"

"Pilgrim Of Sorrow"


I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow
Cast out in this wide world to roam
My brothers and sisters won't own me
They say that I'm weak and I'm poor
But Jesus father the almighty
Has bade me to enter the door

[Chorus:]
Sometimes I'm almost driven
'Til I know not where to roam
I've heard of a city called Heaven
I've started to make it my home

When friends and relations forsake me
And troubles grow 'round me so high
I think of the kind words of Jesus
Poor pilgrim I always am nigh

[Chorus]

Oh soon I shall reach the bright glory
Where mortals no more do complain
The ship that will take me is coming
The captain is calling my name

[Chorus]

I've heard of a city called heaven
I've started to make it my home

 

[fox69]

"Plaisir D'Amour"

"Plaisir D'Amour"


The joys of love are but a moment long
The pain of love endures the whole life long

Your eyes kissed mine, I saw the love in them shine
You brought me heaven right there when your eyes kissed mine

My love loves me, a world of wonder I see
A rainbow shines thru my window; my love loves me

And now he's gone like a dream that fades in the dawn
But the words stay locked in my heartstrings; my love loves me

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

J'ai tout quitte pour l'ingrate Sylvie,
Elle me quit et me prend un autre amant

Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie

Je t'aimerai, me repetait Sylvie;
Mais l'eau coule encor, elle a change pourtant

 

[fox69]

"Play Me Backwards"

"Play Me Backwards"


You don't have to play me backwards
To get the meaning of my verse
You don't have to die and go to hell
To feel the devil's curse

Well I thought my life was a photograph
On the family Christmas card
Kids all dressed in buttons and bows
And lined up in the yard
Were the golden days of childhood
So lyrical and warm
Or did the picture start to fade
On the day that I was born

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
And I got no place to run

Let the night begin there's a pop of skin
And the sudden rush of scarlet
There's a little boy riding on a goat's head
And a little girl playing the harlot
There's a sacrifice in an empty church
Of sweet lil' baby Rose
And a man in a mask from Mexico
Is peeling off my clothes

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
And I got no place to run

So I'm paying for protection
Smoking out the truth
Chasing recollections
Nailing down the proof

You don't have to play me backwards
To get the meaning of my verse
You don't have to die and go to hell
To feel the devil's curse
I'll stand before your altar
And tell everything I know
I've come to claim my childhood
At the chapel of baby Rose

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum