Johnny Rivers

[fox69]

"Geronimo's Cadillac"
(originally by Michael Martin Murphey)

"Geronimo's Cadillac"
(originally by Michael Martin Murphey)



Well, they put Geronimo in jail down south
Where he couldn't look the gift horse in the mouth
Sergeant, sergeant, don't you feel
There's something wrong with that automobile
Governor, governor, isn't it strange
They didn't have no cars on the Indian range
Warden, warden, please listen to me
Be brave and set Geronimo free

Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Let me ride, let me ride

Warden, warden, don't you know
Prisoners have no place to go
They took old Geronimo by storm
Ripped off the feathers from his uniform

Jesus tells me, I believe it's true
The red man is in the sunset, too
Took all his land, now, they won't give it back
And they sent Geronimo a Cadillac

Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Let me ride, let me ride

Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Whoa boys, take me back
I want to ride in Geronimo's Cadillac
Let me ride, let me ride

 

[fox69]

"Get It Up For Love"

"Get It Up For Love"


It's a tricky situation
Hard to say just what the outcome will be
If you saw the riddle, you can save your soul
Chase love's shadows 'til the river's running cold

Hey, babe, get it up, get it up for love
Get it up, get it up for love, babe
Get it up, get it up for love

There's a longing in the people
No one knows just when the heartaches will cease
You can free and tell her, you can stay and fight
You can stand in line and scream: Hey, it's just my right

Hey, babe, get it up, get it up for love
Get it up, get it up for love, babe
Get it up, get it up for love

So a smile, another fallin' star
[?]
So until we find
Just put your hand in mine, oh yeah

It's a tricky situation
Heaven knows just where the struggle must end
If it takes forever, I'd got the time above
I won't desert you when the tables have turned

Hey, babe, get it up, get it up for love
Get it up, get it up for love, babe
Get it up, get it up for love

Get it up, get it up for love, babe
Get it up, get it up for love
All the way for love, get it up all the way
Get it up all the way

 

[fox69]

"Glory Train"

"Glory Train"


Train keep rolling, rolling on
Can you tell me when I’ll be home?
It’s been a long, long hard road
I got children [?]
Now, keep rolling, keep on rolling now yeah
One day I’ll ride the glory train
Listen for Jesus to call my name
This mountain’s deep and river high
Keep on pushing till the other side
Train take me to freedom land
Lord the truth is in Jesus’ hands
Keep rolling, keep on rolling now
One day I’ll ride the glory train
I’ll hear Jesus call my name, yeah
Glory train, ooh call my name
Glory train, ooh call my name, yeah

Keep rolling, keep on rolling now
One day I’ll ride the glory train
Listen for Jesus to call my name
Glory train, now
Glory train, ooh call my name
Glory train, ooh call my name, yeah, yeah
Keep on rolling, now
Yeah, keep on rolling now
Glory train, yeah, yeah
Keep on pushing, now

 

[fox69]

"Going Back To Big Sur"

"Going Back To Big Sur"


It's a cold and rainy Friday night
City life's got me all uptight
My mind keeps wandering far away
Vibrations tell me it's time to leave L.A.

Going back to Big Sur
Wish I could leave today
I want to walk beneath those Redwood trees
Just south of Monterey

A little cabin, quiet and alone
No television and no telephone
Water trickling down this little stream
Makes you wonder, is it all just a dream?

Going back to Big Sur
This time, I might just stay
Going back and straighten out my head
Just south of Monterey

Gentle people all around
Never try to put you down
Makes you feel like someone new
And they don't care who you are or what you do

Guess I'll drive up highway
I dig the ocean, kiss the setting sun
The stars dancing in the sky
Sort of puts you on a natural high
And that girl

 

[fox69]

"Got My Mojo Working"

"Got My Mojo Working"


I got my mojo working, it just don't work on you
I got my mojo working, but it just don't work on you
Look out, baby
Gonna circle the blues

Got your gypsy woman giving me advice
Got a gypsy woman giving me advice
Got a whole lot of tricks
Keep you here all night

Awww...
Yeah...
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Wooo...

Got a gypsy woman giving me advice
I got a gypsy woman giving me advice
Got a whole lot of tricks
Keeping me here all night

I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Just don't work on you
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Let me hear you
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, everybody
Just don't work on you
Wooo
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
I got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, everybody
Just don't, just don't, work on you

 

[fox69]

"Green, Green"

"Green, Green"


Green, green, it's green, they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm going away
To where the grass is greener still

I told my mama on the day I was born
Don't you cry when you see I'm gone
You know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down
I just got to keep traveling on

And I sing
Green, green, it's green, they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm going away
To where the grass is greener still

You know there ain't nobody in the whole wide world
Gonna show me how to spend my time
You know I'm just a good loving, rambling man
Now, buddy, can you spare me a dime

And I sing
Green, green, it's green, they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm going away
To where the grass is greener still

On now I don't care when the sun goes down
Or where I lay my weary head
Now green, green valley or rocky road
It's there I'm gonna make my bed

And I sing
Green, green, it's green, they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm going away
To where the grass is greener still
One more time
Green, green, it's green, they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm going away
To where the grass is greener still

 

[fox69]

"Gypsy Wind"

"Gypsy Wind"


When that Gypsy Wind starts to blow
from New Orleans down to Mexico
It reminds me of a girl I knew
And some of those crazy things we used to do

Backwoods bars where they play all night
We'd drink and dance 'till the mornin' light
When the sun came up. We'd be kissin' real slow
Makes me wonder yeah, where did those sweet times go?

Oh the moon shone down like a golden gem
On her long hair wet from a midnight swin
She would always be wild, she would always be free
She'll always be mine in my memory.

Late at night when the warm winds blow
I sit and listen to the river flow
And it reminds me of a girl I knew
And some of those crazy things we used to do

Oh times we laughed, times we cried
And so many times we said goodbye
She was more than a lover, more than a friend
Oh I wonder if I'll ever see her again.

When that Gypsy Wind starts to blow
from New Orleans down to Mexico
It reminds me of a girl I knew
And some of those crazy things we use to do

Oh, some of those crazy things we use to do

When that Gypsy Wind starts to blow
from New Orleans down to Mexico
It reminds me

 

[fox69]

"Hang On Sloopy"

"Hang On Sloopy"


Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on

Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
All the little girls there are trying to put poor Sloopy down
Sloopy, I don't care what you're daddy do
You know, little girl, I'm in love with you

All together now
Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on

Sloopy lets her hair down every time she's out on the town (Hang on sloopy)
Sloopy lets her hair down every time she's out with me (Hang on sloopy)
Come on, Sloopy (Come on, come on)
Come on, girl (Come on, come on)
Say yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Good, good, good, good (Good, good, good, good)
Good, good, good, good (Good, good, good, good)
I wanna say aaahh - aaahh - aaahh

Hang on sloopy

Mmmm, baby, don't you know you thrill me so, I love you so
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, baby, love the way that you dance
Give me one chance, and I'll sweep you away
I wanna say aaahh - aaahh - aaahh

Hang on sloopy

(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on) All together now
(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on) A little bit quieter
(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on) All down
(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on) Psss, whisper it
(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on) Very, very quiet
(Hang on sloopy, sloopy, hang on)
Come on Sloopy (come on, come on)
Yeah, now come on, girl (come on, come on)
Come away with it, Sloopy (come on, come on)
Come away with it, little girl (come on, come on)

Love the way you walk
Love the way you talk, baby

Oh, oh, oh, oh
I got something more to say to you, little Sloopy blue
I wanna say aaahh - aaahh - aaahh

Hang on, Sloopy

 

[fox69]

"He Don't Love You"
(originally by Jerry Butler)

"He Don't Love You"
(originally by Jerry Butler)



He don't love you like I love you
If he did, he wouldn't break your heart
He don't love you like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart

Fare thee well, I know you're leaving
(I know you're leaving)
For the new love that you've found
The handsome guy that you've been dating, whoa
I got a feeling he's gonna put you down 'cause

He don't love you like I love you
If he did, he wouldn't break your heart
He don't love you like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart

He uses all the great quotations
Says the things I wish I could say
Whoa, but he's had so many rehearsals, girl
To him it's just another play, but wait

When the final act is over
And you're left standing all alone
When he takes his bow and makes his exit
Girl, I'll be there to take you home

He don't love you (and he never will) like I love you
If he did, he wouldn't break your heart
Oh, he don't love you, girl, like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart

Whoa, he don't love you

 

[fox69]

"Hello Josephine"

"Hello Josephine"


Hello Josephine, how do you do?
do you remember me baby?
like I remember you
you used to laugh at me
and holler boo hoo hoo

I used to walk you home
I used to hold your hand
you used to use my umbrella
every time it rained
you used to cry so much
it was a cryin shame

you used to live over yonder
by the railroad track
when it rained you couldn't walk
I used to tote you on my back
now you're tryin to make believe
that it wasn't really like that, but it was

Hello Josephine, how do you do
do you remember me baby
like I remember you
you used to laugh at me
and holler boo hoo hoo

I used to walk you home
I used to hold your hand
you used to use my umbrella
every time it rained
you used to cry so much
it was a cryin shame

you used to live over yonder by the railroad track
when it rained you couldn't walk, I used to tote you on my back
now you're tryin to make believe that it wasn't really like that, but I was there, it was

Hello Josephine, how do you do
do you remember me baby like I remember you
you used to laugh at me and holler boo hoo hoo