Lucinda Williams

[fox69]

"Joy"

"Joy"


I don't want you anymore
Cause you took my joy
I don't want you anymore
You took my joy

You took my joy
I want it back
You took my joy
I want it back

I'm gonna go to west Memphis and look for my joy
Go to west Memphis and look for my joy
Maybe in west Memphis I'll find my joy
Maybe in west Memphis I'll find my joy

I'm gonna go to slidell and look for my joy
Go to slidell and look for my joy
Maybe in slidell I'll find my joy
Maybe in slidell I'll find my joy

[first long instrumental break]

You got no right to take my joy
I want it back
You got no right to take my joy
I want it back

You took my joy
I want it back
You took my joy
I want it back

I'm gonna go to west Memphis and look for my joy
Go to west Memphis and look for my joy
Maybe in west Memphis I'll find my joy
Maybe in west Memphis I'll find my joy

I'm gonna go to slidell and look for my joy
Go to slidell and look for my joy
Maybe in slidell I'll find my joy
Maybe in slidell I'll find my joy

[second instrumental break]

I don't want you anymore
Cause you took my joy
I don't want you anymore
You took my joy

You took my joy
I want it back
You took my joy
I want it back

You took my joy
I want it back
You took my
I want it back

[third & last instrumental break - slows down]

I'm gonna go to west Memphis
I'm gonna go to slidell

 

[fox69]

"Jug Band Music"

"Jug Band Music"


When I was up
In Memphis, Tennessee
Jug band music
Sounds so sweet to me
Because it sounds so sweet
And they're hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

Well, I went to my man
Put my hand on his knees
And said: "If you can't play the jug
You can't play with me"
Because it sounds so sweet
And they're hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And then I took off my socks
I took off my shoes
I danced all night
To the jug band blues
Because it sounds sweet
And they're hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And then I went back home
Turned on my radio
Jug band music
Made me stop and slow
Because it sounds so sweet
And they're hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

And it was way downtown
In Memphis, Tennessee
Jug band music
Sounds so sweet to me
Because it sounds so sweet
And they're hard to beat
Ri-da-doo-dee, jug band music
Certainly was a treat for
Jug band music
Certainly was a treat for
Jug band music
Certainly was a treat for me

 

[fox69]

"King Of Hearts"

"King Of Hearts"


Can you relieve me, baby
Take your heart from your sleeve
And put it on the line,
Put it right here beside mine.
I can't seem to read you most of the time
Don't you know that I need you
Will you ever be mine
Love is a gamble,
I knew it from the start
Whoever's holding the cards, please deal me the King of Hearts
Please deal me the King of Hearts.

[SOLO]

If you came to my door
And you asked me for more I'd lay down beside you.
I'd never deny you.
And if I had lots of silver I'd give some to you
And if I had lots of gold I'd make a rich man of you.
Everytime I see you,
I want to fall in love again
I would like to free you, but you won't even let me in
You won't even let me in.
Can you relieve me, baby
Take your heart from your sleeve,
And put it on the line
Put it right here beside mine.
I can't seem to read you
Most of the time
Don't you know that I need you
Will you ever be mine Love is a gamble,
I knew it from the start.
Whoever's holding the cards, please deal me the King of Hearts,
Please deal me the King of Hearts

 

[fox69]

"Kiss Like Your Kiss"

"Kiss Like Your Kiss"


There'll never be a spring so perfect again
You'll never see a yellow so rich
The grass will never be quite as green
And there'll never be a kiss like your kiss.

There will never be a summer so complete
You'll never see a palette like this
The berries will never taste as sweet
There'll never be a kiss like your kiss

There will never be an autumn so vivid and warm
So red, so golden, so crisp
You'll never see a color in aubergine
There'll never be a kiss like your kiss.

There'll never be a winter quite so true
When the sky was painted with gifts
There'll never be a moon so full & blue
There'll never be a kiss like your kiss

There'll never be a kiss like your kiss...

 

[fox69]

"Knowing"

"Knowing"


I didn't know
What love meant before
I didn't know
What you had waiting for me in store
I didn't know
That I'd be finding out so much more
About the knowing
And the knowing is all there is
About yes
And yes, this is it
I didn't know
I didn't know
What precious time would make
I didn't know
How fragile a kiss could seem
I didn't know
That finally all of dawn is trained
About the knowing
And the knowing is all there is
About yes,
And yes, this is it
I didn't know
I didn't know
I'd never look at life the same
I didn't know
Until I walked with you in the rain
I didn't know
Until I found out you felt the same
About the knowing
And the knowing is all there is
About yes
And yes, this is it
I didn't know
I....didn't know
Until together we lay
I didn't know
Until you touched my soul that day
I didn't know
That you would teach me in your own way
About the knowing
And the knowing is all there is
About yes
And yes, this is it
I didn't know
I didn't know

 

[fox69]

"Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten"

"Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten"


You can't depend on anything really
There's no promises there's no point
There's no good there's no bad
In this dirty little joint
No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock
Rosedale Mississippi Magic City Juke Joint
Mr Johnson sings over in a corner by the bar
Sold his soul to the devil so he can play guitar
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be for gotten
Man running thru the grass outside
Says he wants to take up serpents
Says he will drink the deadly thing
And it will not hurt him
House rule no exceptions
No bad language no gambling no fighting
Sorry no credit don't ask
Bathroom wall reads is God the answer YES
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be forgotten
June bug vs hurricane
June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey

[SOLO]

I had a lover
I thought he was mine
Thought I'd always be his valentine
Leaning agianst the railing of a Lake Charles bridge
Overlooking the river leaning over the edge
He asked me baby would you jump into the water with me
I told him no way baby that's your own death you see
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey hey too cool to be forgotten
June bug vs hurricane
June bug vs hurricane
Hey hey

 

[fox69]

"Lafayette"

"Lafayette"


Oh, my sweet Lafayette, how I'm going to miss you.
You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you
Tell all my friends I've come back again
I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day
But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette

I'm goin' down to Lafayette, I don't care how long I'm gone
It's so hard to leave you, Lafayette, now I know where I belong
When that sweet fiddle sounds and Clifton gets down
That music sounds so good to me, I just might dance until three
And I gotta get back to my sweet Lafayette

Oh, those boys in Lafayette, smilin' so pretty
Those sweet boys in Lafayette, they sure do look good to me
We danced all night long to a sweet Cajun song
Drinkin' and jivin' 'til dawn, I could dance on and on
Doin' a two-step in my sweet Lafayette
Take me back Lafayette, way down on the bayou
I'm your girl, Lafayette, I'm gonna hang around you
Eat that gumbo and rollin' and tumble
And do crazy things every night, soon I'll be feelin' alright
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette

 

[fox69]

"Lake Charles"

"Lake Charles"


He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
He used to talk about it
He'd just go on and on
He always said Louisiana
Was where he felt at home
He was born in Nacogdoches
That's in East Texas
Not far from the border
But he liked to tell everybody
He was from Lake Charles
Did an angel whisper in your ear
And hold you close and take away your fear
In those long last moments
We used to drive
Thru Lafayette and Baton Rouge
In a yellow Camino
Listening to Howling Wolf
He liked to stop in Lake Charles
Cause that's the place that he loved
Did you run about as far as you could go
Down the Louisiana highway
Across Lake Ponchatrain
Now your soul is in Lake Charles
No matter what they say
Did an angel whisper in your ear
And hold you close and take away your fear
In those long last moments

[SOLO]

He had a reason to get back to Lake Charles
He used to talk about it
He'd just go on and on
He always said Louisiana
Was where he felt at home
Did an angel whisper in your ear
And hold you close and take away your fear
In those long last moments
Did an angel whisper in your ear
And hold you close and take away your fear
In those long last moments

 

[fox69]

"Learning How To Live"

"Learning How To Live"


I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life.

I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life.

I'll take the best of what you had to give.
I'll make the most of what you left me with.
I'm learning how to live.

They say the best is still yet to come
But the taste of you is still on my tongue.
I can't forget and I won't even try
To erase your image
And the way you made me cry.
I'm learning how to live.

All I have left is this dime store ring
But I wouldn't trade it for anything.
The days ahead will never be the same.
For you I might have even changed my name.
I'm learning how to live.

I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life.

I'll take the best of what you had to give.
I'll make the most of what you left me with.
I'm learning how to live.

 

[fox69]

"Like A Rose"

"Like A Rose"


It's okay you don't have to be afraid
there's nothing to worry about
cuz we got it made
it's just a simple matter of
letting me into love
if you let that feeling come over you
than there's nothing more that you can do
just let it go
let it go
if it's love you want
hold out your arms
it's alright here
it's safe and warm
it's okay to feel good
thats the way it should be
everything we have is fresh and new
i will open myself up to you
like a rose
like a rose
everything we have is fresh and new
i will open myself up to you
like a rose
like a rose