Ry Cooder

[fox69]

"No Hard Feelings"

"No Hard Feelings"


This land should have been om land
You took it for your land
You got a use for every stream and tree
When I go up the highway old trees are dying up that way
You pump out the water and sell it back to me
You build mansions in the city prisons in Mojave
Bet you're quite a pillar of high society
You call it law and order I call it dirty money
You lock the young ones down or send 'em off to war
No hard feelings no offense taken
You're just a ripple in the shifting sands of time
No bad karma no curses on ya
You go your way I'll go mine
You remind me of a fellow I heard of in the city
Nervous kind of fellow he loved money like you do
He derived no satisfaction so he jumped clear out the window
They tell me that he bounced a time or two
So take in mind the credo of a jackass prospector
Take what you need but please leave the rest alone
Try and live harmony with old Mother Nature
You'll remain in grace after you have gone
Don't get many callers that little road leads nowhere
Been here 40 years seems like yesterday
There's an old screech owl living in my chimney
I don 't build no fires he keeps the mice away
No hard feelings no offense taken
You're just a murmur in the whispering sands of time
No bad karma no curses on ya
You go your way I'll go mine

 

[fox69]

"Nobody"

"Nobody"


Nobody knows the trouble I see
Nobody knows but me

When life seems full of clouds and rain
I am filled with naught but pain
Who soothes my thumpin' bumpin brain?
Nobody

And when winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's a quarter
Boy now you go and eat"?
Nobody

I ain't never done nothin' to nobody
And I ain't never got nothin' from a nobody no time
And until I get somethin' from somebody sometime
Well, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody no time

Then summer comes all cool and clear
And my good friends they see me drawin' near
Who says, "Come on in here, man, have a beer"?
Nobody

Last Christmas eve it was about daybreak
I was in that railroad wreck
And who was it hauled the engine off my neck
Not a livin' soul

I ain't ever done nothin' to nobody
And I ain't never got nothin' from nobody no time
Until I get me somethin' from somebody sometime
Well I been thinkin' it out
And beyond a doubt I ain't gonna do nothin' for nobody no time
I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody
Nobody no time, no time
Nobody no time
Well I don't intend
To do nothin' for nobody no time

 

[fox69]

"Nobody's Fault But Mine"
(originally by Blind Willie Johnson)

"Nobody's Fault But Mine"
(originally by Blind Willie Johnson)



Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
And well If I don't read my soul will be lost
And that's nobody's fault but mine

I got a bible in my home
I got a bible in my home
If I don't read my soul will be lost
And it's nobody's fault but mine

My mother taught me how to pray
My mother taught me how to pray
If I don't pray my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine

Jesus taught me what to do
And Buddha taught me what to do
If I don't do right my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine
I don't blame nobody

Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I don't pray my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine, yeah

Nobody's fault but mine

 

[fox69]

"On A Monday"

"On A Monday"


On a Monday, I was arrested
On a Tuesday, I was locked up in jail
On a Wednesday, my trial was at tested
On a Thursday, nobody would go my bail
Almost done, I'm almost done, almost done
And I ain't gonna bring them yellow women no pail
Take these stripes, stripes from around my shoulder
Take these chains, these chains from around my legs
Lord, these stripes, it sure don't worry me
But these chains, these chain's gonna kill me dead
Yes, I'm almost done, almost done, almost done
And I ain't gonna bring them yellow women no pail
On Friday, my baby went a-walking
On a Saturday, she locked me outta the door
On a Sunday, we were sitting down a-talking
On a Monday, she pawned all of my clothes

 

[fox69]

"Onda Callejera"

"Onda Callejera"


Era la medianoche, when oimos the scream
"Se requieren cien taxis en el almeria de Chavez Ravine"

Un monton de soldados, jovenes y enganados
Llevaron su bronca to Downtown LA
Contra Los Pachucos, sin saber porque

Broto un desmadre, por tipo acomodado
Sobre un pedazo de tierra injustamente robado

El precio en sangre que se saco de mi gente
Hasta tal dia mancha La Loma y el Palo Verde

Como duele el recuerdo si me pongo a pensar
En el mal gusto de vida y tracion dineral
Una bola de pinches, sin corazon, y falso piedad
Por llenarse las bolsas se van a quemar

Onda callejera, onda sin honor
Maldita onda, onda de lo peor

Onda de lo peor

 

[fox69]

"One Cat, One Vote, One Beer"

"One Cat, One Vote, One Beer"


Hey bartender, what you say
I'm gonna get drunk on election day!
Want one glass of bourbon, one glass rye
Come on, set me up, Joe, don't pas me by
My money's alright, but my feets got sore
See, I've been tryin' to vote, now 'bout an hour or more
I tried, but I didn't get nowhere
Joe, you know I just don't think they are doing this voting fair and square
Better make it one cat, one vote, and one beer
Bartender, one cat, one vote, and one beer
See, I went downtown to the votin' room
'Cause I wanted to get my voting done soon
Man said, "Now we're gonna have to do a little checkin' on you"
Come back a little later on and said,
"Well, Buddy, you know your vote just can't go through
Says you've been dead, ten years back. We're sure not gonna take a vote off a, a dead red cat"
"What you say?"
"Step aside now, you're interfering with the election process, that's a crime"
"The crime is you!"
"Well, Buddy, votin' is just something I don't think you're going to do"
One cat, one vote, and one beer
Ain't that a shame
One cat, one vote, and one beer
Bartender!
I'm gonna drink a little gin and some mellow wine
Then I'm gonna try that voting machine out just one more time
'Cause democracy is in our hands, but it's slipping through our fingers just like sand
Now I'm worried for you, sure worried for me, watching the election comin' round on the T.V.
Voting's closed, we already lost the race
Might as well meet me down to Little Joe's Place
Make it one cat, one vote, and one beer
Dog my cats you know
I guess just make it one cat, one vote, and one beer
One cat, and one vote, and one beer
Bartender

 

[fox69]

"One Meat Ball"

"One Meat Ball"


A little man walked up and down
To find an eating place in town
He read the menu through and through
To see what fifteen cents could do
One meat ball
One meat ball
He could afford but one meat ball
He told the waiter near at hand
The simple dinner he had planned
The guests were startled one and all
To here that waiter loudly call
One meat ball
One meat ball
This here gent wants one meat ball
The little man felt very sad
For one meat ball is all he had
And in his dreams he hears that call
Ya get no bread with one meat ball
One meat ball
One meat ball
Ya get no bread with one meat ball

 

[fox69]

"Pigmeat"

"Pigmeat"


Just look here mama
Don't pick pig meat the way you do
Don't pick pig meat the way you do
Don't believe it's pig meat
Ask anybody in the neighborhood

Don't believe it's pig meat
Kind that you won't regret
Don't believe it's pig meat
Kind that you won't regret
I got something about this pig meat
Sweet mama ain't told you yet

I was born and raised in the country
Mama but I'm staying in town
I was born and raised in the country
Mama but I'm staying in town
You don't believe it's pig meat
Mama from my head on down

 

[fox69]

"Pink-O-Boogie"

"Pink-O-Boogie"


There's a new dance going round the whole town's talking about
It's socially uplifting boys but it sure is wearing me out
All my low friends in high places won't talk to me no more
They can't take no chances being seen out on the dance floor
Pink-o Boogie's fun baby Pink-o Boogie's hot
Pink-o Boogie's got the thing you republicans just ain't got
Pink-o Boogie's cool baby Pink-o Boogie's new
I'll join the party baby if they let me party with you
I like tight action I like loose fittin' shoes
I like slow dancin' to the good ol' country blues
I like the FBI Secret Service too
I'd like to see J. Edgar do the Pink-o Boogie with you
Pink-o Boogie's tight baby gone right to my head
Gonna do the Pink-o Boogie till I get cherry red
Pink-o Boogie's fun baby Pink-o Boogie's hot
Bend over and let ol' Kash Buk see just what else you got
Pink-o Boogie's fun baby Pink-o Boogie's hot
Pink-o Boogie's got the thing you republicans just ain't got
Pink-o Boogie's cool baby Pink-o Boogie's new
I'll join the Party baby if they let me do the Pink-o Boogie with you

 

[fox69]

"Police Dog Blues"
(originally by Blind Blake)

"Police Dog Blues"
(originally by Blind Blake)



All my life I've been a travellin' man
All my life I've been a travellin' man
Stayin' alone and doing the best I can
I ship my trunk down to Tennessee
Ship my trunk down to Tennessee
It's hard to tell 'bout a man like me
I had a gal, I couldn't get her off my mind
I had a gal, I couldn't get her off my mind
She passed me up saying she didn't like my kind
Scared to bother around the house that night
I'm scared to bother around the house that night
Got a police dog that's cravin' for a fight
His name is Rambling, and when he gets the chance
His name is Rambling, and when he gets the chance
He leaves his mark on everybody's pants
Guess I'll travel, guess I'll let her be
Guess I'll travel, guess I'll let her be
Before she sets that police dog on me