Leon Russell

[fox69]

"If I Were A Carpenter"

"If I Were A Carpenter"


If I was a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
If a tinker was my trade
Would you tinker with me?
Would you keep the vows we made
Followin' behind me?
And if I was Jesus
And I built some crosses
Could you see the future?
Could stand the losses
Of lovin' a carpenter
And being a lady
And takin' a chance on me
Just to be my baby?
Save my love through loneliness
Save my love through sorrow, yes
I'll give you my onliness
If you just give me tomorrow, yeah
If I was a rock star
Would you be my groupie?
Would you make sweet love to me?
Come to California?
Well, I might go crazy
I have to warn you
Well, I get so mean sometimes
When the spirit's on me
That I think I'm Jesus
Out buildin' crosses
Could you see the future?
Could you stand the losses?
Of lovin' a carpenter
And being a lady
And takin' a chance on me
Just to be my baby?
Save my love through loneliness
Save my love through sorrow, yeah
I'll give you my onliness
If you'd only give me tomorrow, yeah
If I was a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
If a tinker was my trade
Would you still love me?
Would you keep the vows we made
Followin' behind me?
And if I was Jesus
And I built some crosses
Could you see the future?
Could stand the losses
Of lovin' a carpenter
And being a lady?
Would you take a chance on me?
Would you be my baby?
Come take a chance on me
Won't you come away with me
Come take a chance on me
Won't you be my baby?
Won't you take a chance on me?
Won't you be my baby?
Won't you take a chance on me?
Won't you be my...

 

[fox69]

"If It Wasn't For Bad"
(with Elton John)

"If It Wasn't For Bad"
(with Elton John)



I knew from the first night I met you
Something just wasn't quite right
Looked like an innocent stranger
But something was just out of sight
How could I know that you would use me
Fill out some plan of your own
I couldn't have known you'd abuse me
Leave me here hurt and alone
[Chorus:]
If it wasn't for you I'd be happy
If it wasn't for lies you'd be true
I know you could be just like you should
If it wasn't for bad you'd be good
I only saw what I wanted to see
You were a dream in my mind
I didn't know how you really could be
It didn't take long for me to find
I guess that it's my fault for seeing
Only what I wanted to see
I couldn't know you would be
A player just acting for me
[Chorus]
I knew from the first night I met you
Something just wasn't quite right
Looked like an innocent stranger
But something was just out of sight
[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"If The Shoe Fits"

"If The Shoe Fits"


Can you get us in free,
My girlfriend and me,
We like the songs, but we hate to pay.
Can I have your guitar,
Can I ride on your car,
Can you give me a role to play?
Can I have an autograph,
Can I sit in your lap,
Are you really into witchcraft like they say?
Can I follow you home,
Can I use your telephone,
Can we crash here for just a few day?
We're from Rolling Stone so it's okay.
Oh, What was your name?
You're someone I've seen.
Has anyone said that you look like James Dean?
Can I sit in your lap,
Can I give you the clap?
Can a rapper don't have much to say?
Can I have your guitar,
Can I ride on your car?
Can you give me a role to play?
Can I follow you home,
Can I use your telephone?
Can we crash here for just a few day,
We're from Rolling Stone so it's okay. Ah ha!
Can you do a benefit,
Have you got any shit,
Have you made your peace with Jesus yet today?
Would you like to be a monk?
C'mon lets go get drunk.
Do you think Paul McCartney is okay?
Can we crash here for just a few day?
Ah, we're from Rolling Stone so it's okay.

 

[fox69]

"In The Hands Of Angels"
(with Elton John)

"In The Hands Of Angels"
(with Elton John)



Well I could have been sick
I could have died
I could have given up
And not tried
To make it to tomorrow
Like a brokenhearted lover
But there was a brand new start
And suddenly I was taken
New and faraway places
And the music I was shaken
It was a whole new race
When I woke on that first day
There was nothing I could say
I was in the hands of angels
Johnny and the governor
Came and brought me to my senses
They made me feel just like a king
Made me lose all my bad defenses
And they knew all the places
I needed to go
All of the people
I needed to know
They knew who I needed
And who needed me
And who would come help me
And who would just let me be
I was in the hands of angels
Until this very day
Inside the hands of angels
What more can I say
When you're in the hands of angels
Life is oh so sweet
And you feel the love
Down deep inside
Even out there on the street
In the hands of angels

 

[fox69]

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"


Well, I ride on a mail train, babe,
Can't buy a thrill
I've been up all night,
Leanin' on a window sill
Well, if I don't make it
To the top of the hill
If I don't make it,
You know my baby will
And then winter time is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
Oh, don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost
Hey, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
Now when your train gets lost

 

[fox69]

"It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall"

"It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall"


Tell me where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways,
I've stepped out in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
But I tell ya it's hard, yeah it's hard, well it's hard,
Oh it's hard, girl
It's a hard rain's gonna fall.

Tell me what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
What did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a black branch dripping with blood all around it,
I saw a room full of men with their hammers bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yes it's hard,
Oh yeah,
It's a hard rain's gonna fall.

Tell me what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
What did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard one hundred drummers, hands that were blazin',
Ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Well it's hard, yes it's hard, yes it's hard,
Oh it's hard yeah,
It's a hard rain's gonna fall.

Well what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
What'll you do now, my darling young one?
Well I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding the waters,
But I'll know my song well and I sure won't forget it
‘Cos it's hard, yes it's hard, well it's hard,
Oh yeah
It's a hard rain's gonna fall.

Wah-hoo
Wah-hoo
Wah-hoo
Wah-hoo

 

[fox69]

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with a gun
And he's crying like a fire out in the sun
Look out now, the saints are comin' through, yeah
Well, it's all over now, Baby Blue
And the highways are for gamblers, you better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
And the empty-handed painter from your street
Is drawing crazy patterns upon your sheet
The sky, too, is folding under you
Yeah, it's all over now, Baby Blue
Yeah, that lover who has just walked out the door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
And the carpet, too, is moving under you, oh yeah
And it's all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for me
And forget the dead you left, they will not follow me
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Well, strike another match, go start anew, yeah, yeah
Yeah, it's all over now, Baby Blue
I'll tell you again, it's all over now, Baby Blue
It's all over now, Baby Blue

 

[fox69]

"Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"

"Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"


Goodbye Joe, me gotta' go, me oh my oh
Me gotta' go pole the pirogue down the buyou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou
Jumbalaya, and a crawfish pie, and a file gumbo
Cause' tonight I'm gonna' see my Machez a mio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay- oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou
Thibodeaux, fontainbleau, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jumbalaya, and a crawfish pie, and a file gumbo
Cause' tonight I'm gonna' see my Machez a mio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay- oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou
Jambalaya, a-crawfish pie and-a fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my Machez a mio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

 

[fox69]

"Jimmie Rodgers' Dream"
(with Elton John)

"Jimmie Rodgers' Dream"
(with Elton John)



I'm looking at a funeral wagon rolling down
A two-lane highway winding past a desert town
A big blue canvas painted by the Master's hand
The shifting clouds above and endless miles of sand
In that mirror maybe that's what's left of me
Wheezing like a freight train hauling sixty tons of steel
Air 'em out's the best release and get some rest
Carrie don't wait up for me the brakeman's going West

[Chorus]
In this room all alone
I dream of you
In this drawer I found someone
I never knew

Now I pop a top and stay up late with Gideon
And fall asleep to visions of Meridian
I've seen dusty beaten delta boys cutting heads
A black face carney showman scare a song to death
In my short life I've seen as much as most men need
Now I'm just looking for some cleaner air to breathe

[Repeat chorus]

Far away, far away
So many years, so many days
All along this broken land
I've seen a lover's empty arms
And hunger's empty hand

[Repeat chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Lady Blue"

"Lady Blue"


Well, you're showing me different sign,
Even after the flame is dyin',
You'll get used to me baby,
You just wait and see oh lady,
'Cause I've been in love before,
And I love you a whole lot more.
If you want it to be real good to ya,
When I'm layin' here making love to ya,
Listen real close to me lady,
I want to get it straight right now baby,
'Cause I'm lovin' more and more and more
Lady Blue.

Sand baby, blue lady sing me your love song,
I just want you to know, that I'm lovin' you
More and more and more.

So if you want it to be real good to ya,
When I'm layin' here makin' love to ya,
A listen real close to me baby,
You just wait and see lady,
I've got a lotta love to give ya,
I've got a whole life to spend if you'll
Just let me sing a sweet love song
Lady Blue, oh sing a love song
Lady Blue.