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ELEMENTS AND THINGS
(Tony Joe White)
Reach up to the sky
Reach up to the sky
I would but the sun's in my eyes
Can you see the lightnin'
Can you see the lightnin'
Oh but why are you so frightened why?
Can you hear the thunder?
Can you hear the thunder?
Oh you lay back down and wonder yeah
Step out on the moon
Step out on the moon
There ain't nothin' but gloom
On the dark side
It's dark and forboding
It's dark and forboding
Oh my mind is overloading yeah yeah
Can you hear the thunder?
Can you hear the thunder?
Oh you lay back down and wonder
About things
ROOSEVELT AND IRA LEE (NIGHT OF THE MOSSACIN)
(Tony Joe White)
This is about two cats
They're sittin' down by a river in the swamps
They're sitting on a log
One of them is kind of a big fellow
And the other one is a little bit smaller and he's got a long-billed cap
And they're sittin' there ponderin' on what they're gonna do for the night
And anything the big guy decides on the little guy's for
Cause he digs him, he's cool
So it's called Roosevelt and Ira Lee
The river was dark and muddy
And the moon was on the rise
And all of the creatures in the swampland
Had woke up to feed for the night
Roosevelt and Ira Lee were sittin' there on a log
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt and said
I'd sure like to have a mess of bull frog
He said: Yeah yeah lawd sure would taste good
So they slipped on their rubber boots
And walked down to the water edge
And right away they knew that the night would be a bummer
Cause Ira Lee stepped on a water mossacin Ugh! Ugh! Lawd
"Somebody help me !"
Ira Lee turned to Roosevelt when he quit his screamin' and kickin'
And he said, "Let's forget about those bullfrog legs
And go out and steal us some chickens"
And Ol' Roosevelt said like this now
"Yeah, yeah, ooh it sure would taste good
Yes it would I love my chicken"
The river was dark and muddy
Yeah
WOODPECKER
(Tony Joe White)
Like an old woodpecker I'm gonna knock on your door
Like an old woodpecker I'm gonna knock on your door
I'm gonna keep on knocking
I got to keep on knocking
I'm gonna keep on knocking til I get some more of your love
Oh like an old BRown mule I'm stubborn as can be
Like an old BRown mule I'm stubborn as can be
You got so much honey it's hard to drive off the bees
Baby I got to have me some of your honey
Give it to me
Baby don't you try to run and hide
Baby can't you let me come inside
When I start to working my love on you
It'll keep you satisfied
Baby don't you try to run and hide
Give it to me
There's a knock knock knock
Come inside
To come inside baby
Come
Gonna knock knock ...
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
(Tony Joe White)
Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
A heavy rain a-fallin'
Seems I hear your voice callin' "It's allright"
A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin',
Taxi-cabs and busses passin' through the night
The distant moanin' of a train
Seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia
It's such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord I believe it's rainin' all over the world
And how many times I've wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it think of it
You just got to do your own thing yeah
I find me a place in a box car
so I take out my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and I'm all right
A rainy night in Georgia
Lord it's such a rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Yeah raining all over
FOR LE ANN
(Tony Joe White)
Mem'ries of you smile roll 'cross my mind
Memories I thought I'd left behind
And as I hear that big jet engine whine
I close my eyes and make believe
You're here with me
And I can almost feel you here beside me
Feel your gentle hands to guide me
You make me feel like a man at all times
Now I know there were things I could have said
To make you feel secure but instead
I must admit I played my part so well
You could never tell that I needed you
And I wanted you
Now why can't we learn to talk to each other
And open ourselves to one another
Why must it be so lonely together
Lord a quarter of my life has come and passed
And I'm beginning to know myself at last
For being cool ain't worth the time I spend
To show my friends that I'm cool
And I'm no one's fool
But don't you see that's not the real me
If you leave it'll almost kill me
And I'd be like a song without some soul
For how can you say you've really lived
Unless one time in your life you give all of yourself
And there's nothing in return?
Lord yeah yeah yeah
OLD MAN WILLIS
(Tony Joe White)
Ungr Ungr Ungr
Down in West Cow Parish 'bout twenty miles from Arkansas
Lived a man and his wife and four or five childrens
The wierdest people I ever saw
Old man Willis
That's what everybody called him
He used to chase his young'uns and his wife
With his Jim Bowie huntin' knife
He had four coons a cat and a hound dog
They stayed in the same house with him
They ate from his dinner table
Drank from his water bucket
Slept in the same bed with him
Old Man Willis
Where do ya'all come from
He used to chase his youg'uns and his wife
With his double bladed sharp knife
Lord mama says she thought the man was crazy
Daddy said he's just a drunk
Lord and some people say that he made his livin'
Making whiskey in the Beff River swamps
Old Man Willis
Where do you get your BRead
He used to chase his young'uns and his wife
With his double bladed huntin' knife
Lord we'd see him a comin' down a dirt road
In his forty-nine Pontiac
Just to getting it!
And mama would holler ya'all get under the house
Cause Mr. Willis drives like a maniac
Old Man Willis
Why do you drive so bad?
He finally caught his young'uns and his wife
And slate them with his huntin' knife
Lord have mercy
Willis! no no
WOMAN WITH SOUL
(Tony Joe White)
You stood by me in my darkest hour
And you give all your heart in my time of sorrow
When I was down in bad times
You come to me in the night
And you eased my mind
Now I'm here to tell the world I know
There ain't nothin' like a woman with soul
When I was lyin' on a sick bed
You stood beside me with a wet rag
And you bathed my forehead
And I want all you people to know
There ain't nothin' like a woman with soul
yeah I've got to tell everybody they all know
There ain't nothin' like a woman with soul
Now I never know how I live without you
Cause you give so much of yourself
And that is what I love about you
And I've got to tell the world I know
There ain't nothing like a woman with soul
Oh I want all you peoples to know
There ain't nothin' like a woman with soul
I WANT YOU
(Tony Joe White)
We're on!
Now let us get ourselves together man
Just cause'n we're paying for it, no sign we can't get it down together
Man get me down
'Cause when I say it this time
We're goin' to go right on through it
(I even got that! I'm ahead of ya)
No man uhu ha-ha-ha
You'd think after all this time
Somebody'd come pick up this trash
Ungr
I've been tryin' hard to get to you
But it seems that you don't wanna be got to
Baby baby baby I could make you feel good
Let me whisper in your ear so it's understood
I want you, I want you, I want you
Honey I know it's our first time together
And I don't mind playin' your funky game
But baby I'm havin' a hard time gettin' myself together
Let me come right out and say it plain
I want you, I want you, I want you
Ungr Ungr Ungr
I'm gonna get you
I'm gonna get you now
I got to have you
Ungr Ungr Ungr Ungr
I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
I got to have you
Baby I need you
You make me feel good
So good
I want you ...
I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU WELL
(Tony Joe White)
A frown was on her face
Her smile had been erased
And she was makin' plans to catch a train
It's easy to explain
You know that something's change
And she was never one to stand in the rain
Well ya never can tell
I thought I knew you well
Now why can't you see
There's not enough room for me
Maybe I could sleep upon the floor
Over by the door
My feet feel just like lead
And there's a spinning in my head
Perhaps sometimes I'll sleep upon your bed
Well ya never can tell
I thought I knew you well
Now the truth is plain to see
As the dirt on your knees
What's bad for you is sometimes worse for me
And although your shoes are worn
And your clothes are old and torn
Did I hear you say you wish you was never born
Well ya never can tell
I thought I knew you so well
He said farewell to thee
Then he hugged his family
And cast his ship upon the sea of time
And now the time has come
When I would like to run
But I will stand and face whatever comes
Well ya never can tell
I thought I knew you well
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh Lord you never can tell ...
THE MIGRANT
(Tony Joe White)
I know that your wheat fields need workin'
And there's just time
Before the rain starts to fall
But I can not stay for the harvest
Cause tonight I'm headin' down south
Goodbye I'll see y'all
I hear there's a pipeline hirin' hands in Texas
So I guess I'll go and BRush a well or two
Can you wait until I make enough
To get us through the winter
For the days are short and cold and work is scarce
The fragrance of your hair is in each meadow
And your smile has touched the wind
And as I work my way closer to you
It feels so good to be close to home again Lord
When the leaves fall from the trees look out your window
And you'll see me a-coming up the road
Run as fast as you can out to meet me
And throw your arms around me
Cause baby I'm home
The lyrics of Tony Joe White you find on Leocort's Pages are all
"listen back and wrote down by"
Maurice Estourgie (Netherlands)
He has stopped his own sitepart with especially the lyrics of Tony Joe White.
My appreciation to him for disposal his works to me.