Corralling the Blues - Colter Wall

The atmosphere on the streets tonight Is the driving beat of the world The word down here on the streets tonight Is the truest music you've heard So take your share of the gifts that are there They all belong to you And come what may at the break of each day We all begin anew once more We all begin anew Baby, baby, baby, let's investigate The other side of life tonight The lovers and the fighters And the risks they take Are on the other side of life tonight Let's lose our way Go completely astray And find ourselves again You know the only way to get there Is to take that step To the other side of life tonight The atmosphere on the streets tonight Is the driving beat of the world The word down here on the streets tonight Is the truest music you've heard So take your share of the gifts that are there They all belong to you And come what may at the break of each day We all begin anew once more We all begin anew Baby, baby, baby, let's investigate The other side of life tonight The lovers and the fighters And the risks they take Are on the other side of life tonight Let's lose our way Go completely astray And find ourselves again You know the only way to get there Is to take that step To the other side of life tonight (Lead guitar solo) Let's lose our way Go completely astray And find ourselves again You know the only way to get there Is to take that step To the other side of life tonight

He's just a singer A natural born guitar ringer Kind of a clinger to sad old songs He's not a walk behinder He's a new note finder His name's a reminder of a blues man That's already gone So he started drinking and took some things That messed up his thinking He was sure sinking when she came along He was alone in the spotlight not to much left inside She changed all that one night When she sang him this song Hey baby, I love you Hey baby, I need you Hey baby, you ain't got to prove to me You're some kind of macho man You wasted so much of your life running through the dark nights Let me shine a little love light down on that blues man He got so sick from speeding All the things they said he was needing If he was to keep on pleasing all of his fans He got cuffed on dirt roads He got sued over no-shows She came and took all that old load down off of that blues man And he sang Hey baby, I love you too Hey baby, I need you Hey baby I do get tired of this traveling band I'm over 40 years old now Nights would be cold now If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man He's over 40 years old now Nights would be so cold now If she hadn't hung around with that blues man

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by; But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., Oh Lord! And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. I had me a woman who couldn't be true. She made me for my money and she made me blue. A man needs a woman that he can lean on, But my leanin' post is done left and gone. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice. And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, Oh Lord! I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin up twice. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out; Long about Monday she was nowhere about. And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news. I got them gone but not forgotten blues. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

Yeah, oh yeah, no! Cold ground was my bed last night And rock was my pillow too Cold ground was my bed last night And rock was my pillow too, yeah I'm sayin talkin' blues, talkin' blues They say your feet is just too big for your shoes Talkin' blues, talkin' blues Your feet is just too big for your shoes I've been down on the rock so long I seem to wear a permanent screw, yeah I've been down on the rock so long I seem to wear a permanent screw But I'm gonna stare in the sun Let the rays shine in my eyes I'm gonna take a just a one step more Cause I feel like bombing a church, now Now that you know that the preacher is lying So who's gonna stay at home When, when the freedom fighters are fighting Talkin' blues, talkin' blues They say your feet is just too big for your shoes, whoa Talkin' blues, keep on, talkin' blues They say, you hear what they say, didn't you hear? Cold ground was my bed last night Rock stone, rock stone, rock stone was my pillow Cold ground was my bed last night And rock was my pillow too Sayin talkin' blues, talkin' blues I seem to wear a permanent, permanent screw Talkin' blues, talkin' blues They say your feet is just too big for your shoes

Tear it down Tear it down around my head I need you To bury this beneath my bed The crows in the garden are laughing at my expense Drowning out all the lies that I might have told instead My stone My shield, my steady hand Hold your light To the darkness in my head Put your ear to my heart or set your teeth against my throat Give me something pretty to wear beneath my blood-stained clothes My darling, the devil knows my name Whoa, oh Lay me down Pour the dirt into our bed Tell the crows They can have their pound of flesh The ghosts at the window echo all our quiet prayers When they come for us, they'll come with hammers and nails My darling, the devil knows my name My name My name Get on your knees and Dig up the garden Won't you throw down that spade and Dig up the garden, darling? Get your hands dirty and Rip up the garden Won't you cut down that apple tree for me?

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me, you belong with me Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself "Hey, isn't this easy?" And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say, "You're fine", I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're 'bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe, you belong with me? You belong with me