The Road To Escondido
J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road To Escondido
2006, Reprise Records
Danger, she's out into the night Danger, she's such a pretty sight She was treated so badly it seems Now she's looking for a dream Danger, she's out into the night Danger, she walks the streets alone Danger, all the bars she now knows All the men that look her way Could be hers, hers today Danger, she's out into the night Locked into a love affair Didn't seem to go nowhere With no choice, she thought she might Rush out of the way and right into the night Danger, she walks the streets alone All the bars she now knows All the men that look her way Could be hers today The risk she takes, to find someone new She don't know where, or whom She wants to do it, doing it right She's going out, to the night Danger, she's out into the night Danger, she's such a pretty sight Danger, she's out into the night Danger, she's such a pretty sight Danger, she's out into the night Danger, she's such a pretty sightListe Well my head's in Georgia but my feet is California bound Well my head's in Georgia but my feet is California bound 'Cause that good lookin' woman I've got wants to leave this Georgia town Well we ride them old freight trains and rent them automobiles Lord we ride them old freight trains and rent them automobiles 'Cause that good lookin' woman is tired of these old Georgia days And that lonesome old highway seems to be our way, no doubt And that lonesome old highway seems to be our way, no doubt 'Cause that good lookin' woman and me we're just hangin 'out Movin' trains and aeroplanes is all we do I'm running right behind her just like she wants me to Makes me no difference when all is said and done Heading west into the setting sun Well my head's in Georgia but my feet is California bound 'Cause that good lookin' woman I've got wants to leave this Georgia town Well my head's in Georgia but my feet is California bound Well my head's in Georgia but my feet is California bound 'Cause that good lookin' woman I've got wants to leave this Georgia town 'Cause that good lookin' woman I've got wants to leave this Georgia town Good lookin' woman I've got wants to leave this Georgia townListe I've been asking some people, if they remember A girl they'd forgotten, with brown eyes in a cotton red dress Have you seen her, I think she's much leaner I hear she is missing, it's true She has gone out there somewhere, disappeared into thin air I'd just like to find her, I'd like to remind her The good times we had there, more than just good friends I guess she is missing, it's true I've been asking around, and what I have found She moved on farther this time I've been checking it out, there ain't no doubt That woman used to be mine She is a missing person She's hiding away, you see She is a missing person She's so much lighter without me She is a missing person She's got a new rider, she's so much tighter Missing person She's hiding away from me She up and she left, and now she is gone She didn't even give me a clue Didn't write me no notes, send me no letters It's the truth She is a missing person Where are you A missing person Where are you Missing person Hiding away from me Missing person Missing person Missing person Missing person Missing person She is a missing personListe When This War Is Over (J.J. Cale) When this war is over It will be a better day When this war is over It will be a better day But it won't bring back Those poor boys in their graves Ain't no sense in no action Killing people all the time Ain't no sense in no action Killing people all the time When it happens on the street We call that a crime Man he can't get along He just won't agree Who is right and who is wrong The matter you see All he knows is killing It ain't the way to go Gotta get a plan And change our ways, you know When this war is over It will be a better day When this war is over It will be a better day But it won't bring back Those poor boys into grace When this war is over It will be a better day When this war is over It will be a better day But it won't bring back Those poor boys into graceListe Sporting Life Blues (B. McGhee) I'm getting tired of hanging 'round Think I will marry and settle down 'Cause this old nightlife, this old sportlife is killing me I've got a letter from my home Most of my friends are dead and gone I begin to worry, I begin to wonder 'Bout days to come My mother used to talk to me I was young and foolish and could not see Now I've got no mother, my sisters and brothers don't care for me I swear I'm gonna change my ways I'm getting older everyday When I was young and foolish it was so easy to run and play I'm getting tired Of hanging 'round Think I will marry And settle down 'Cause this old nightlife, this old sportlife is killing me This old nightlife, this old sportlife is killing meListe Well I feel like I'm running down a dead end road Yes I feel like I'm running down a dead end road I need someone to tell me which way I outta go Say goodbye to the morning, hello, evenin' time Say goodbye to the morning, down a road I'm flyin' If I look way beyond me I'll be gettin' way behind I can't seem to catch up distance keeps fallin' away Can't seem to catch up distance keeps fallin' away Make no difference where I go dead end road everyday Lord I feel like I'm running down a dead end road Well I feel like I'm running down a dead end road I need someone to tell me which way I ought to goListe If you need a woman, in bed with you Tell her up front, what you can do It's easy, easy as pie You don't have to b.s. her, you don't have to lie If you play the guitar, it won't be long You'll be writin' and singin' them songs It's easy, easy you bet You'll be big, if you don't quit If you feel kinda lonesome, no friends in sight Get yourself a dog, it will be all right Get yourself two, lucky you One thing nice, they'll be there twice to love you It's so easy, getting through these times So easy, with your life and mine If a woman thinks she's ugly, or always depressed She can go out and buy herself a new dress It's easy, easy my friend Solves all of her problems, that's for sure It's so easy, getting through these times So easy, with your life and mine If cash is your problem, you might regret Use that old plastic, slide two third in debt It's easy, easy you see If tomorrow never comes, everything is free So easy, getting through these times So easy, with your life and mine It's so easy, getting through these times So easy, with your life and mineListe Hard To Thrill (E. Clapton, J. Mayer) Hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymore Hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymore There is nothing you can show me That I haven't seen before I've got time to kill Keeping to myself inside this room Time to kill Keeping to myself inside this room Over forty years of Fridays Would you give up trying too Hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymore I'm hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymore There is nothing you can show me That I haven't seen before Hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymore Hard to thrill Nothing really moves me anymoreListe Anyway The Wind Blows (J.J. Cale) Some like this and some like that And some don't know where it's at If you don't get loose, if you don't groove Well, your motor won't make it and your motor won't move Bow-legged woman doing the boogaloo She got the jive, she got to move Turn around, do it again Bow-legged woman, where've you been Fat Jack owns a honky-tonk downtown You can catch a woman if you hang around You can tear down the door, tear down the wall Fat Jack he don't care at all Easy come, easy go Anyway the wind blows Hey, drummer, drummer, can you give me that beat Can you give me that beat, that will move my feet Guitar player been all around the world He can't play a lick for looking at the girls One two three four five six seven Better change your ways or you won't get to heaven Eight nine ten, gonna stop at eleven Eleven just lays there and rhymes with seven Some like this and some like that And some don't know where it's at If you don't get loose, if you don't groove Your motor won't make it and your motor won't move Easy come, easy go Anyway the wind blows If time don't tell you then don't ask me I'm riding on a hurricane down to the sea If you can't hear the music, turn it up loud There's movement in the air and movement in the crowd Some like this and some like that And some don't know where it's at If you don't get loose, if you don't groove Well, your motor won't make it and your motor won't move Easy come, easy go Anyway the wind blowsListe Three Little Girls (E. Clapton) When this world got me feeling low I don't need nowhere else to go As I get all the love I need From three little girls We're in the garden, collecting snails On the bed, reading fairy tales I get all I'll ever need From three little girls As all my world was sad and weary All my days were winding down Then you showed me a better way My three little girls Lord, you put me to the test And led me through the wilderness Then you showed me a brighter day With three little girls Julie Rose, and Ella Mae Sophie Belle, you came to stay You take my breath away My three little girls As all my world was sad and weary All my days were winding down You showed me a better way My three little girls Three little girlsListe Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, I tell you no lie Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it When Old Man Trouble knocks on your door Don't give him no key, he just wants more He'll turn your life to misery To kick you down, just like me Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine You woke downhearted and you feel so bad Somebody wants something of nothing you had Love don't come too easy, you see A little bit of you and a little bit of me Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, I tell you no lie Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Everything'll be just fine Everything'll be just fineListe Last Will And Testament (J.J. Cale) Well I met this old woman, she was hard as nails I think she'd just come out of the county jail Would I loan her some money, just to pay her rent If I would she would put me in her last will and testament Well I got lots of children, an ex-wife or two I never hear from them, 'till the bills are due The money I gave 'em, they already spent If I could just help'em out, they would put me in their last will and testament You know I'm going over sixty, I'm older than most It won't be long now, I'll be nothing but a ghost It's my intentions, it's my intent To leave all of them people out of my last will and testament And when it's all over, they put you in the ground Send my belongings to the lost and found My intentions, it's my intent To leave all of them people out of my last will and testamentListe Who Am I Telling You? (J.J. Cale) It don't take no fool to love you You stand out in any crowd And I know men who want to own you I can hear them talking loud There ain't no point in just me talking Who am I telling you And you done got yourself together And you can bet whithin in you I just realised I just realised Who am I telling you You never lose, you are a winner It's a simple thing for you If I'm standing at a crossroad You know exactly what to do From this moment on I loved you Somewhere in between I learned I'm just reaching out to touch you It's the point of no return I just realised I just realised And I just realised Who am I, who am I, who am I telling you I just realised I just realised And I just realised Who am I, who am I, who am I telling youListe Floating down that old river, boy All my worries far behind Floating down that old river, boy Leave old memories way behind Yesterday slowly fading All my life I've been waiting for this time Floating down that old river, boy Leaves me feeling good inside Floating down that old river, boy Trying to get to the other side Yesterday slowly fading I've been waiting now and forever for this ride Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Floating down that old river, boy All my worries far behind Floating down that old river, boy Leave old memories way behind Yesterday slowly fading I've been waiting now and forever for this ride Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the river Ride the river in this boat Ride the riverListe |