Allman Brothers Band

Hell And High Water



We’ve been through hell and high water,
Ready to go through it all again.
As long as we’ve got a quarter between us all,
We’re gonna have money to spend, oh.
Kicked down the doors in new orleans,
We got busted at grove hill where nobody goes,
And long bob drove us to the badlands,
You can bet your ass we’re gonna make it down to tomorrow night’s show.
Chorus:
We took time by the horns,
Cryin’ out loud,
Stood there naked up there in front of the crowd,
Been a million miles,
On a lost highway,
They might name a street after us one of these days.

Oh, we’ve seen the good times, we’ve seen the bad.
Worse time we ever seen, is the best some folks ever had,
And the stone mowed us down, with a cold-hearted quill,
But we ain’t changed our ways, and I guess we never will.
Chorus

Mystery Woman



Well I don’t know, if I dreamed it.
I don’t know, might be real.
Lord, it’s so strange, how one will find another,
But I keep on searchin’, cause I know you’re out there,
And all I gotta do is open my eyes and see her - the mystery woman.
Cause I’m confused, but only sometimes.
Patiently waiting, baby just for you.
But I’ll be leavin’, babe, I won’t go under.
All I gotta do is open my eyes and see her - a mystery woman.

If I have to chase her, all around the country.
Well I’m bound to find her somewhere, and that’s no lie.
Ain’t it strange, how one will find another,
But I’ll keep on searchin’, cause I know you’re out there,
All I gotta do is open my eyes and see her - a mystery woman.
All I gotta do, is open my eyes and see you - my mystery woman.
Hey, yeah - my mystery woman.

I Got A Right To Be Wrong



Oh-uh-oh, oooh.
I got a right to be wrong.
I got a right to be lonely when you’re gone.
Whoa, I’ll get out around, tear up my own home town.
Get mocked up, locked up, wind up in the lost and found,
Oh, I got a right to be wrong.
Well it’s so easy to give advice,
When you ain’t the one who got to pay the price.
Sit up there on your hill telling me I got to sink or swim.
Well it might thrill you, to make me want to kill ya,
I can’t believe you’re leavin’ me for him,
I got a right to be wrong.
Chorus:
Oh, loan me a dollar and watch me follow you around,
You got all the moves, you’re puttin’ me through school.
Oh, I give you my best, but I guess I’m still your fool,
Babe, I got you down in my song.
I got a right to be wrong.
I’ve been con-flicted, e-victed, re-stricted,
Served with a letter sent to whom it may concern,
Still around lord, I’m still in town,
A lesson hard learned nearly got me down,
It’s a cryin’ shame, you don’t even know my name,
A low down lonesome song,
I got a right to be wrong.
Chorus
I got a right to be wrong.

Angeline



Ridin’ in a long gray limousine.
Sittin’ in a pair of hundred dollar jeans.
Tryin’ to talk sense to a rock’n’roll queen.
Damn, best kinda livin’ anybody ever seen.
Oh, angeline.
Chorus:
Lookin’ at the bright lights, searchin’ for the sliver screen.
I never seen a woman who could look so good,
And be so doggone mean. yeah.
Oh, midnight struttin’ in new york city.
Midnight woman, she is lookin’ so pretty.
Her little heart beat in rhythm with the world.
She used to be her mama’s little girl.
Hey, hey angeline.
Chorus
Whoa, just a game that she loves to play,
Leavin’ broken hearts all along the way.
She’s got friends that she ain’t never used.
She’s winnin’ now but she’s bound to lose.
Oh, angeline.
Chorus

Famous Last Words



Famous last words, I’ll be right back in a little while,
I’ll be home early, famous last words.
Here comes the dawn, got to be headin’ home in a little while,
She’ll be up singing along with the birds,
Still believing famous last words.
Chorus:
After all is said and done,
You know that I would never do you no wrong,
I never lied, never even tried,
Even in famous last words.
She sits there waiting, anticipating his return,
There all alone, if only the phone would ring,
Telling her only one thing, famous last words.
Chorus

Brothers Of The Road



Silent shadows of the night
Faded with the morning light
We just wrote another song
Maybe a word or two is wrong
There’s so much that could be said
It’s hard to write it in a line
But when the final word is read
Maybe something could be said
For all the brothers of the road
Just like you, we bear a heavy load
Been through hell and back again
If we don’t lose we’re bound to win

Somehow they gave it all a name
Just like a southern hurricane
We play our music like a storm
They say a brand new sound was born
We’re all brothers of the road
Just like you, we bear a heavy load
Been through hell and back again
If we don’t lose we’re bound to win

Some of us fell along the way
We came together, not too proud to pray
But the music must go on
So there’s no one left out there all alone
We’re just brothers of the road
Casting shadows in the night
Big wheels rolling on and on
But everything’s gonna be all right

Leavin'




Mama stood cryin’ at the back door
Papa’s lacin’ on his leavin’ shoes
Little joe’s blowin’ on the horn outdoors
I’ve seen enough, I can’t take no more
And I’m leavin’

Might go to philadelphia, pa
Might wind up in boston, I just can’t say
Got my axe in one hand
Got my greyhound ticket in the other hand
And I’m leavin’

I tell you I’m leavin’
Gonna play my blues
Yes I’m leavin’
Got nothing to lose
Well, I’m dying to get the hell out of here
Right away

Mama stood cryin’ at the back door
Papa’s lacin’ on his leavin’ shoes
Little joe’s blowin’ on the horn outdoors
I’ve seen enough, I can’t take no more
And I’m leavin’

I said I’m leavin’
Gonna play my guitar
I’m leavin’
Don’t care if I’m a big star
I’m leavin’ this old ghetto
Right away, right away

Straight From The Heart



You’ve heard every line before
My life’s a revolving door
With no way out and no way in
You know just what’s on my mind
Could you take a chance one more time
Maybe we could start all over again
Straight from the heart
Baby my love

Your eyes can’t tell a lie
I can see what you’re feeling inside
Don’t give up before we start
’cause this time love is
Straight from the heart

I know what they’re telling you
I wish I could say that it’s not true
Love is so hard to find
But I never took the time
I never let you in
Please let me try again
Straight from the heart

Your eyes can’t tell a lie
I can see what you’re feeling inside
Don’t give up before we start
’cause this time love is
Straight from the heart

I thought I knew about love
But I didn’t know at all
Didn’t take the time to see
Until I started to fall
Straight from the heart

The Judgement



The words are the thunder
The thought is the lightning
The telling of the tale is the storm
The defendant must be guilty
As he waits impatiently
As the wooden stake is driven
And the angel sounds the horn

The cornered lion is not within the realm of reason
Fear is like the cracking of the lash
You want to run, you want to fight
Lightning flashes in the night
You finally turn away to hide your face
As the judges file in to take their places

You got to hold your ground
Hold your ground like a man
Sometimes you’ve just got to hold your ground
When the truth has finally been tasted
You can tell them all their time has not been wasted

You got to hold your ground
Hold your ground like a man
Sometimes you’ve just got to hold your ground
When the truth has finally been tasted
You can tell them all their time has not been wasted

Keep On Keepin' On



Tried everything I know,
Held my hand but now I’ve got to show.
Trying to understand the things you’ve learned,
But you don’t seem to be concerned at all.
Chorus:
I’m gonna keep on keepin’ on,
Ain’t gonna leave you alone,
Keep on keepin’ on,
Ain’t gonna leave you alone,
Gonna get you to love me.
Sometimes it seems like there’s just no way at all,
You just keep drifting and drifting away.
You ain’t never home, when I call you on the telephone,
But I’m gonna fool around, get you back someday.
Chorus
I don’t care what everybody’s gotta say,
I’m gonna love you anyway,
Even if you don’t care any longer,
My little bit of love keeps getting stronger.
Chorus
Lord I’m gonna, keep on keepin’ on.
Gonna, make you mine. love me...yeah.

So Long



So long, I hope our paths meet again some day.
Oh, but who’s to say, who’s to say, where or when?
And I’ll be hopin’ that it’ll be real, real soon.
Yeah, I’ll be hopin’ that you’ll be there sharin’
My little cozy bedroom.
We’ve been together down that long and lonesome road.
The happiness we’ve shared was through each other
And it’s a doggone shame such a beautiful thing,
Should have to fade away,
Not too many people ever had what we had,
To throw it all away is oh, so sad. so long, so long.
So long. i believe our paths may cross again.
And I thank the lord, thank the lord,
That this time we parted friends.
So for this time, so long, so long, so long, so long.

Wasted Words



Can you tell me, tell me, friend, just exactly where I’ve been?
Is that so much to ask? I’ll pay you back no matter what the task.
You seem really sure ’bout something I don’t know,
Take that load off, looks like chest’s about to go.
Your wasted words already been heard, are you really god, yes or no?

Well, all day and half the night you’re walkin’ round lookin’ such a fright.
Is it me or is it you? I’d make a wager and I’d hope to lose.
Time’s gone, looks like rome is ’bout to fall,
Next time take the elevator, please don’t crawl.
Your wasted words so absurd, are you really satan, yes or no?

Well, I ain’t no saint and you sure as hell ain’t no savior,
Every other christmas I would practice good behavior.
That was then, this is now, don’t ask me to be mister clean,
’cause baby, I don’t know how.
Ring my phone ’bout ten more times, we will see,
Find that broke down line and let it be.
Your wasted words wiill never be heard, go on home baby and watch it on tv.

Weekday soap-box speciality, you know what I’m talkin’ ’bout now,
By the way, this song’s for you, sincerely, me.

Ramblin' Man



(CHORUS)
Lord, I was born a ramblin man
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand
That I was born a rambling man

My father was a gambler down in Georgia
And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rolling down highway forty-one

(CHORUS)

I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord
Them Delta women think the world of me

(CHORUS)

Lord, I was born a ramblin man
Lord, I was born a ramblin man......

Come And Go Blues



People say that you’re no good,
But I wouldn’t cut you loose, baby, if I could.
Well, I seem to stay down on the ground,
Baby, I’m too far gone to turn around.
Oh, if only you would make up your mind,
Take me where you go, you’re leaving me behind.
Lord, you got those come and go blues,
Lord, you got those some and go blues,
Yes, you do, oh and you got me feelin’ like a fool.

’round ’n’ ’round, ’round we go, -
Don’t ask me why I stay here, I don’t know.
Well maybe I’m a fool to care,
Without your sweet love, baby I would be nowhere.
Here I’ll stay, locked in your web,
Till that day I might find somebody else.
I don’t know just when that would be,
I don’t know, I can’t say as I can’t see.
Lord you got me feeling like a fool.

Sail on, darlin’, sail on
Woman, you go your way, and I’ll go mine
Seems to me, that I once heard
That everything is finally cured by time
So sail on, darlin’, sail on
Lord, I wish you good luck
And I’ll see you when you come next time.

Woman, you got those come and go blues
Yeah, you got those come and go blues,
Yes, you do, oh and you got me feelin’ like a fool.

Jelly, Jelly



Stormy stormy rain
I’m as lonesome as a man can be
Oh, it’s stormin’, stormin’ rain and
I’m as lonesome as a man can be.
Whoa, the way you’ve been treatin’ me,
I realize it’s not the same.

It’s a down-right rotten,
Low down dirty shame
Lord it’s a down right rotten
Low down dirty shame
The way that you treated me
Lord I know I’m not to blame

Jelly jelly jelly
Jelly stays on my mind (hal leonard book says jelly stains on my mind)
Jelly jelly jelly
Jelly stays on my mind
Jelly roll killed my pappy,
And drove my mama stone blind.

Southbound



Lord, I'm southbound, Lord, I'm comin' home to you
Lord, I'm southbound, baby, Lord, I'm comin' home to you
Got that old lonesome feelin' that's sometimes called the blues

I've been workin' every night, go travelin' every day
Well I've been workin' every night, go travelin' every day
You can tell your other man, sweet daddy's on his way
He better be leavin' now

Lord I'm southbound baby
Ah-h-h-h Lord I'm southbound baby
You can tell your other man
Sweet daddy's on his way

Got your hands full now, baby, as soon as I hit that door
Got your hands full now woman, as soon as I hit that door
I'm gonna make it on up to you
All the things you should've had before

Lord I'm southbound, Lord I'm southbound baby
Ah-h-h-h Lord I'm south bound baby
I'm gonna make it on up to you
All the times that I've been gone

Pony Boy



Don’t worry for me
Well I’m all right
Lord knows I’m having,
A natural good time,
Pocket full of money
Gonna boogie all night;
There ain’t nobody tell me that’s crime

Chorus:
When morning comes and it’s time to go
Pony boy carry me home
Pony boy carry me home.

Spoken:
All right mama,
Let me see you do that thing now

Band is jumping and so am i.
I’m just groovin’, can’t stop movin’,
My ole man’s got that ole eagle eye
But he is just waitin’, we’re celebratin’

Chorus

Spoken:
I feel a change coming on
Come on, mama!
Here it comes now
Papa’s with you now;

Look out the door,
There beside that tree.
Well, that’s my pony, looking after me,
Front feet doing the shuffle
Back feet, too.
Blow them good old georgia blues.

Chorus

Ain't Wastin' Time No More



Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain
The week before, they all seemed the same
With the help of God and true friends, I've come to realize
I still have two strong legs, and even wings to fly

So I, ain't wastin time no more
Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things

Well, Lord, Lord, Miss Sally, why all your cryin
Been around here three long days, lookin like we're dyin
Go step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above
And go on downtown, baby, find somebody to love

Meanwhile, I ain't wastin time no more
Cause time goes by like pouring rain, and much faster things

You don't need no gypsy to tell you why
Ya can't let one precious day to slip by
Well, look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want
Maybe sometimes then ya don't
But, leave your mind alone and just get high

Well, by and by, way after many years have gone
And all the war freaks die off, leavin us alone
We'll raise our children, in the peaceful way we can
It's up to you and me brother
To try and try again

So, hear us now, we ain't wastin time no more
Cause time rolls by like hurricanes
Runnin after the subway train
Don't forget the pourin rain

Melissa



Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none
Bearing sorrow, having fun
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa
Mmmm hmmm

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same
And no one knows the gypsy's name
And no one hears his lonely sighs
There are no blankets where he lies
Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
With sweet Melissa
Mmmm hmmm

Again, the mornin's come
Again, he's on the run
Sunbeams shinin through his hair
Appearin not to have a care
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on
Roll on

Crossroads, will you ever let him go, Lord, Lord
Or will you hide the dead man's ghost
Or will he lie beneath the clay
Or will his spirit float away
But, I know that he won't stay without Melissa

Yes, I know that he won't stay, yeah
Without Melissa
Lord, Lord, it's all the same
Mmmmm-hmmmmm

One Way Out



Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door.
Ain't but one way out baby, and Lord I just can't go out the door.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.

Lord you got me trapped woman, up on the second floor;
If I get by this time I won't be trapped no more.
So raise our window baby, I can ease out soft and slow.
And lord, your neighbors, no they won't be
Talking that stuff that they don't know.

Lord, I'm foolish to be here in the first place,
I know some man gonna walk in and take my place.
Ain't no way in the world, I'm going out that front door
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there,

Freely
Lord, it just might happen to be your man...
Lord, it just a might be your man,
Oh baby, I just don't know...

Trouble No More



Don’t care how long you go,
I don’t care how long you stay,
It’s good kind treatment,
Bring you home someday.
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna trouble,
Poor me, anymore.
Now you keep on bettin’,
That the dice won’t pass.
Well I know, and I know,
Whoa, oh you’re livin’ too fast.
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna trouble,
Poor me, anymore.
Yeah, I’ll tell everybody,
In my neighborhood.
You’re a kind little woman,
But you don’t do me no good.
But someday baby, you ain’t gonna trouble,
Poor me, anymore.
I know you’re leaving,
If you call that’s gone.
Oh without my lovin’ yeah,
Oh, you can’t stay long.
Someday baby, you ain’t gonna trouble,
Poor me, anymore.
Well good bye baby,
Yeah well take my hand.
I don’t want no woman no,
Who can’t have no man.
But someday baby, you ain’t gonna trouble,
Poor me, anymore. trouble no more.
Oh yeah... yeah babe.

Stand Back



I recall once upon a time,
Livin was so easy and I felt so fine.
But, my, my, my right before my very eyes,
Satan came with fire to burn me,
Wouldn’t listen when they warned me.
A dagger in my back while she’s calling me honey,
Wouldn’t stand back, for neither love nor money.

Thirty minutes after my ship set sail,
She put up a sign and my house began to wail.
But, why, why, why I couldn’t see it in my little girl’s eyes?
She had such a way to fool me, lord she had a way to fool me.
And I would ask the woman, can you find it in yourself to please stand back?
You ain’t gonna rule me.

Just when all began to fade,
I reached out, threw the ace of spades.
I put her on a train to the everglades.

Now that it’s all over and gone,
Somehow I just don’t feel so alone.
But, lie, lie, lie it seemed like such a waste of time.
She did not ever seem to know me,
But, now it’s much too late to show me.
But, if I ever see that woman walkin down the street I’ll just stand back,
And try to move away slowly.
Oh, yeah.

Blue Sky



Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no.
Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know

You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day.
Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way,
Turn your love my way, yeah.

Good old sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere.
Goin to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there

Chorus

Statesboro Blues



Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn uncle john from your door.

I woke up this morning, I had them statesboro blues,
I woke up this morning, had them statesboro blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.

Well my momma died and left me,
My poppa died and left me,
I ain’t good looking baby,
Want someone sweet and kind.

I’m goin’ to the country, baby do you wanna go?
But if you can’t make it baby, your sister lucille said she wanna go.
(and I sure will take her).

I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen;
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen.
Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I treat her like a dog gone queen.

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve babe, to turn uncle john from your door.

Done Somebody Wrong



The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train ’n gone
The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train ’n gone
It was all my fault, I musta’ did somebody wrong.
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame.
Everything that happens, you know I am to blame.
I’m gonna find myself a doctor, perhaps my luck will change.
Ah, my mamma she told me, these days will surely come.
I wouldn’t listen to her, had to have my fun.
The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train ’n gone.
But it’s all my fault, I musta’ done somebody wrong, oh yeah.
The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train ’n gone
The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train ’n gone
It was all my fault, I musta’ did somebody wrong. oh play the blues

Stormy Monday



They call it stormy monday
But tuesday’s just as bad.
They call it stormy monday
But tuesday’s just as bad.
Lord, and wednesday’s worse
And thursday’s all so sad.

The eagle flies on friday,
Saturday I go out to play.
The eagle flies on friday,
Saturday I go out to play.
Sunday I go to church,
Gonna kneel down and pray.

Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy on me.
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy on me.
Though I’m tryin’ and tryin’ to find my baby,
Won’t someone please send her home to me.

Whipping Post




I been run down, I been lied to,
I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money, wrecked my new car.
Now she's with one of my goodtime buddies,
They're drinkin' in some crosstown bar.

Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Good lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.

My friends tell me, that I've been such a fool,
And I have to stand by and take it baby, all for lovin' you.
Drown myself in sorrow, and I look at what you've done.
But nothin' seems to change, the bad times and the shame,
And I can't run.

Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Good lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.

Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Good lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.

Maybe We Can Go Back To Yesterday



I will never forget the time we spent together
And let the whole wide world go by
I can’t forget the dreams that we made come true
As the clouds in the sky rolled on

And I can’t forget the day we met
Oh our love came so easy
It’s so hard for me to say
That we can never go back to yesterday

You must know that it don’t happen everyday
Now I see that I let love slip through my fingers
Someone said that love is just a beautiful dream
And let it drift away

Oh another lonely teardrop
Just one more careless love
It’s so hard for me to say
That we can never go back to yesterday

Baby let’s fall in love again
Baby let’s fall in love
Baby let’s fall in love again
And maybe we can go back to yesterday

Two Rights



You’re coming back into my life
After all this time apart
After my heart has been broken in two
Now you wanna turn around and go back through
All the hurt, all the pain
I’m not sure it could ever be the same

’cause two rights can’t make up for one wrong
I’ve spend so many nights alone
One kiss can’t make it disappear
Even though you’re here tonight
Baby two rights can’t make up for hurting someone

I guess you think it’s all a game
Someone gets hurt, someone gets blamed
You don’t seem to realize
There’s someone else
In my eyes

’cause two rights can’t make up for one wrong
I’ve spend so many nights alone
One kiss can’t make it disappear
Even though you’re here tonight
Baby two rights can’t make up for hurting someone

You’re the one who wanted to play the field
Now you can’t find a love that’s real
It’s your game, but it’s no fun
When you end up the lonely one

’cause two rights can’t make up for one wrong
I’ve spend so many nights alone
One kiss can’t make it disappear
Even though you’re here tonight
Baby two rights can’t make up for hurting someone