Mount Pilot Lyrics DROP D BLUES Mama, mama, where's your best friend now? And papa, papa, your breaking your back on that plow Those weevils got your wheat and that disease Has got your cows And sister, sister, swinging up in the tree Making it easy for all the little boys to see Your temptation and lust is getting the best of me And brother, brother, how many can you kill? Brother, brother, it gives you such a big boy thrill With your thirty ought six and your pick-up truck You're going down, down to the county jail Mama, mama, Where has all your family gone? And papa, papa, your still singing that same old song Oh yeah RAIN Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on me No pain, no more pain, the lord shall set me free Father, Son and the Holy Ghost They were walking hand in hand And they past my doorstep And I didn't even let 'em in What a shame, shame, shame What a shame, shame, shame Down the street you could hear me scream From ten miles away But no one's listening So pack up your belongings And pick up your faith It's judgement day It's judgement day Pour that whiskey in the river Pour those pills down the drain And let it rain, rain, rain Let it rain, rain, rain Why's it so hard for you to see the light? Standing in the shadows of fear from your last sin Where you been? You're clutching onto yesterday like some long lost friend Till the end Take my hand (Chorus) Father, Son and the Holy Ghost They were walking hand in hand And they past my doorstep And I didn't even let 'em in What a shame, shame, shame What a shame, shame, shame Down the street you could hear me scream From ten miles away But no one's listening to the words that I have said THREE YEARS IN OCTOBER Jack-O-Lantern on the front porch grinning Won't you smile a little smile for me She just slammed the screen door in my face And embarrassed me in front of company Three years in October Three years in October and I can still remember Patent leather and satin skirts, can you? The fare on the taxi was ticking Waited outside the door The rain poured, dust to mud on the bedroom floor Three years in October Three years in October darlin' You tossed the ring out the window The potted plant wasn't too far behind And you yelled at me from the second floor as you pulled the blinds (Chorus) Sure we played and roamed From every bar to scar Seen the smashed faces of the regulars Found a friend or two to call our own Clinked the glasses, toasted as we were The night rolled on and on and on... Three years in October I'm sitting in the portico with a hazy sunset Sweating six days of rain Tearing the label off the bottle I just drank Trying hard to forget your face (Chorus) BOULEVARD Boulevard of broken dreams Shooting stars all around me I wrestled with the prickly prince Denial as my only defense And where were you when push came to shove? Down by the docks tonight I will toss your ashes upon the oily water And I won't beg, steal or borrow for your return Where were you when push came to shove? Where were you when they turned out the lights? Where were you when they pulled the plug? I tried you but you didn't listen Too busy with that fast crowd that you've was chasing The tattoos and tracks should have tipped you off But needless to say Where were you when they pulled the plug? The vampires on Belmont tonight will wear black In your honor And all those tricks that you turned for that fix Have come back in spades (Chorus X 2) TAKEN ALL I'VE GOT It's taken all I've got to get this far Staring at you behind the bar And there's a pain in my heart And it courses through my veins Locomotive train on gasoline On gasoline, on gasoline, on gasoline And your eyes they shine, they shine just like the sun Burning holes in everyone And the love that you give is too much for me to take And I'm about to break; I'm about to break 'Cause your love id too much to take It's too much to take Long words that make no sense From so called "friends" from across the fence Pin that badge upon my chest "Help wanted, Love needed, Caretaker" I went down to the store to see my old friend Ed And he was lying in the door, a gash upon his head Blood running red, oh Ed my friend, my friend What did you get yourself in? And I'm guilty of love in the first degree For loving thee, for loving thee Yes I'm guilty and I confess Won't you let this rest, won't you let this rest Oh please let me rest Baby come down, come down off of the roof Baby come down, come down off of the roof You've been there since ten past two And all the dogs start to bark and all the people start to talk And all those suspicious eyes are looking at you Baby, baby, why you wanna treat me this way I'll be here long till your day You know my love is true and shines just like the sun I'll give it to you and we could have some fun It's taken all I got to get this far And I know she is not far And I know if I use my mind, I can find her in Some other town with another name With another name, with another name And who's to blame? Yes, who's to blame? It's such a shame, it's such a shame By the way, what was her name? Long words that make no sense From so called "friends" across the fence Pin that badge upon my chest "Help wanted, Love needed, Caretaker" CRETIN He pulled into a fill-up station In some East Texas town His mind was in the clouds and His car was loaded own With booze and stolen cigarettes An a empty vial of coke The road rolled on, Three days long And his mind began to smoke He was headed towards the border Doing damn near ninety -five For some Tijuana rendezvous In some back alley dive Discussions drifting in and out Past finances spent His mind was getting bleary and He was wondering what they meant Suspicions swelled inside his chest As he shifted in his chair He knew that something had gone wrong He could feel it in the air His mind raced round in circles 'til it was All that he could bear Then he slipped out through the back door And jumped behind the wheel Reached his hand beneath the seat and Felt the cold black steel Now he's back out on the road In his beat-up, white trash car He's running from that bloody scene He's running from the law His tank read well past empty An the cops were on his tail He knew he'd never let them take Him alive to jail And his engine began to sputter And bullets began to sail I'M GONE It may rain and it may shine But it's gonna leave my old troubles behind Lord, I'm gone, oh Lord, I'm gone I'm gonna pick that place to call my own Somewhere down near the railroad tracks I'm gonna pack my bags never turning back Lord, I'm gone, oh Lord, I'm gone I'm gonna pick that place to call my own Ten past two on track 29 That old locomotive coming down the line Lord, I'm gone, oh Lord, I'm gone I'm gonna pick that place to call my own It may rain and it may shine But it's gonna leave my old troubles behind Lord, I'm gone, oh Lord, I'm gone I'm gonna pick that place to call my own I'm gonna pick that place to call my own I'm gonna pick that place to call my own GYPSY QUEEN She can pick me up in a silver cup She can throw me at the stars She can read my thoughts near and far But when the morning breaks through the window shades And the sun is getting hot My gypsy queen she don't stop They say wintertime here gets cold as hell And you can never dress too warm And she comes and goes like the storm I ain't complaining about these thoughts that I'm explaining She's there all the time in my mind, my gypsy queen My gypsy queen be true to me I can't take much more pain and agony My gypsy queen be true to me Can't you see what you're doing to me Well I met her at a honky-tonk That was not too far from here She was waiting tables and serving beer Later on the crow began to leave An my thoughts they began to weave 'Bout my little gypsy queen (Chorus X 2) (Verse 1) (Chorus) BEEN FORGOTTEN Floorboards creaking, this thief is creeping Through the bedroom where we used to lay On her dresser lies the letter lying there Where I left it last And I have long since been forgotten Written memories in a box under the bed An those pictures of her still in my mind I remember when It was her cracked smile and my crooked teeth She lost her way; I lost the keys Haunted hearts that once held hands Laughing hard, leap of faith Kerosene splashes on the floor And I got my back facing the door I fumble for my matches began the strike Burn this house down and light up the night (Chorus) FUNERAL TRAIN Take me to the station an put me on a train Give me my destination, this fever is driving me insane Lord I'm homesick; it's been five years or more Well, the Yanks took the South and left us here to shame Plantation homes they were going up in flames, up in flames Lord up in flames Now that black smoke, it crawls up to the sun An this train it sure can run Say a prayer for me as I ride And we go along this lonely, dusty road Undertaker, undertaker dress me in my finest clothes White cotton, satin from my head down to my toes, to my toes Lord to my toes Now my vision it fades to gray and I fear I'm going away This train pulls around the bend, I'm coming home, I'm coming home Mother Mary, Mother Mary into your arms I'll fly Brother Jesus, Brother Jesus won't you catch me when I die Undertaker, undertaker dress me in my finest clothes Hold me tight and don't let me go, don't let me go Now my vision it fades and I know I'm never coming back This train pulls around the bend I'm coming home, home, home, home, on this funeral train WALK ALONE Walk alone by myself, I will walk alone And talk alone to myself like an idiot as I walk alone And the cracks in the concrete on the sidewalk leading down to the street And crushed cigarette butts and empty coffee cups they're familiar to me Sometimes funny and other times damn cruel To be taken for somebody's fool So if you see me please shake my hand I'm just a walking man tonight, baby tonight And drink alone, never again will I drink alone An pray alone to the god who I choose, I shall pray alone An drinking makes it worse and your thinking gets Distorted when you drink alone And all those demons in your head that took a sabbatical are Back again now you perform exorcisms as a daily regimen And the preacher in your pocket has now taken to the drink And the kiss from Judas now tastes so bittersweet Sometimes funny and other times damn cruel To be so lost when I'm inside of you So if I see you, you know I'll walk you home 'Cause I've got no where to go tonight, baby tonight Walk alone, never again will I walk alone And drink alone, never again will I drink alone And pray alone and pray alone, I won't pray alone Never run alone, never run alone, I won't run alone And I will think as one, and I will think as one, I will think as one Never love alone, never love alone, won't you take me home? Won't you take me home Sometimes funny and other times damn cruel To be walking these dead-en streets with you And as that sun, It runs across the sky I'll just be walking by tonight, baby tonight Walk alone, walk alone (c)1997 Mount Pilot (ASCAP) and Elttilood Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.