1. Railroad Worksong 5:28
trad. arr. THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES
RAILROAD WORKSONG Working on a railroad for a dollar a day Working on a railroad for a dollar a day Working on a railroad good buddy for a dollar a day Gotta get my money gotta get my pay Take this hammer take it to the captain Take this hammer take it to the captain Take this hammer good buddy take it to the captain Tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone If he asks you was I running If he asks you was I running If he asks you good buddy was I running Tell him I was flying tell him I was flying If he asks you was I laughing If he asks you was I laughing If he asks you good buddy was I laughing Tell him I was crying tell him I was crying This old hammer rings like silver This old hammer rings like silver This old hammer good buddy rings like silver Shine like gold good buddy and it shine like gold Working on a railroad for a dollar a day Working on a railroad for a dollar a day Working on a railroad good buddy for a dollar a day Gotta get my money gotta get my pay Gotta get my money gotta get my pay Gotta get my money gotta get my pay
composer Whitcup/Powell
BEWILDERED Bewildered Lost in a dream of you Where is the love that I once knew Why did we part? Bewildered I'm helpless without you dear Wishing your heart could hear What's in my heart Why must I have theses sleepless nights And endless days But love, you took my soul Without a thought I'm in the dark Bewildered I need your guiding hand I will never understand Why did you leave me bewildered Why must I have theses sleepless nights And endless days But love, you took my soul Without a thought I'm in the dark Bewildered I need your guiding hand I will never understand How could you leave me bewildered
composer Mark Knopfler
YOUR OWN SWEET WAY There is nothing I can do Nothing I can say You'll do what you want to You'll go your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way Now I can talk to you serious I can talk to you nice But when it comes to love You won't take good advice You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way It doesn't matter what I say What I do or what I think You can lead a horse to water You can't make him drink You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way You'll go your own sweet Your own sweet way
trad. arr. THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES
RUN ME DOWN You gotta run me down you gotta run me down If you want to contact me you gotta run me down I got work to do I'm the busiest man in town If you want to contact me you gotta run me down When I gets my dough I'm kinda hard to find If you want me to pay your bills you gotta run me down Now the rooster he crowed an them old hens looked around Said if you want to make love you gotta run me down When I had my money you used to follow me around Now I have got broke you gotta run me down
trad. arr. THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES
ONE WAY GAL One thing I like about this gal of mine One thing I like about this gal of mine One thing I like about this gal of mine She treats me right and loves me all the time Sometimes I'm broke and blue as I can be Sometimes I'm broke and blue as I can be Sometimes I'm broke and blue as I can be But still my baby she looks after me She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet And this she said to every man she met Mister change a dollar - gimme a lousy dime Mister change a dollar - gimme a lousy dime Mister change a dollar - gimme a lousy dime So I can feed that hungry man of mine That gal of mine she's one way all the time That gal of mine she's one way all the time That gal of mine she's one way all the time She takes the blues away and satisfies my mind
composer A.Delmore/R.Delmore/W.Raney/H.Glover
BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME Blues stay away from me Blues why don't you let me be Don't know why You keep on haunting me Love was never meant for me True love was never meant for me Seems somehow We never can agree Life is full of misery Dreams are like a memory Bringing back Your love that used to be Tears so many I can't see Years don't mean a thing to me Time goes by And I still can't be free
composer Steve Phillips
WILL YOU MISS ME Will you miss me, will you miss me Will you miss me, will you miss me Will you miss me, miss me when I'm gone Did you ever dream lucky, wake up cold in hand Do you look at the stars in the heavens above Do you sleep on the pillow where my head used to lay While the moonbeams flicker 'cross your window pane I'm on my way from here, don't know where I'm going I'm rolling, rolling down that road I'm rolling, rolling down that road Just dreaming about the days of long ago When darkness falls across the land There's a shadow cast in the heart of a man Though the flame of desire burns bright as a star I hear a cry on the wind like a voice from afar I'm a stranger here don't know where I'm going I'm rolling, rolling down that road I'm rolling, rolling down that road Just dreaming about the days of long ago Will you miss me, will you miss me Will you miss me, will you miss me Will you miss me, miss me when I'm gone
trad. arr. THE NOTTING HILLBILLIES
PLEASE BABY Please baby - please please baby Won't you come back to your daddy one more time Please baby - please please baby When I get my money I will give you my last dime When you left me babe, you left me feeling so blue You know that I didn't love no-one but you Please baby - please please baby Won't you come back to your daddy one more time I'm so blue baby, I'm, I'm so blue baby I can't sleep at night I can't hardly talk from crying You know baby, you, you know baby You always forever on my mind Since you've been gone I can't sleep at night Why don't you take my meals I can't eat a bite Please baby, please please baby Won't you come back to your daddy one more time When you left me babe you left me feeling so blue You know that I didn't love no-one but you Please baby - please please baby Won't you come back to your daddy one more time
composer I.&C.Louvin
WEAPON OF PRAYER In that land across the sea there's a job for you and me Though our presence there may not be found We must stay standing there on the battle lines and pray We must never lay our weapons down We don't have to be a soldier in a uniform To be of service over there While the boys so bravely stand with the weapons made by hand Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer Many thousands miles away someone shed there blood today With a heart so true and brave they're gone To a war that's yours and mine let us join the battle line With a weapon that will save our home We don't have to be a soldier in a uniform To be of service over there While the boys so bravely stand with the weapons made by hand Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer And when the planes and tanks and guns have done all that they can do And the mighty bombs have rained and failed Still the helpful hand above, on the weapon made of love And against him none on earth prevail
composer Brendan Croker
THAT'S WHERE I BELONG Show me a place where I don't have to worry And that's where I belong Show me a place where I don't have to hurry And that's where I belong Give me the time, so I can change my mind Where it don't matter if I'm wrong Show me a place where I don't have to worry And that's where I belong
composer Charlie Rich
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME Lord I feel like going home I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary Everything I ever done was wrong And I feel like going home Lord I tried to see it through But it was too much for me And now I'm coming home to you And I feel like going home Cloudy skies are rolling in And not a friend around to help me From all the places I have been And I feel like going home Lord I feel like going home I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary Everything I ever done was wrong And I feel like going home
12. I Still Miss Someone
I STILL MISS SOMEONE At my door the leaves are falling a cold wild wind will come sweethearts walk by together and I still miss someone Tho I never got over those blue eyes I see them everywhere I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I go out on a party and look for a little fun but I find a darkened corner cause I still miss someone I wonder if she's sorry for leaving what we'd begun there's someone for me somewhere and I still miss someone
I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH I'm not alone sitting right there How come I get the feeling, you'd vanish into the air I love you more than anybody else, babe I'm an easy touch Baby, baby I think I love you too much If I picked you up, you'd slip right away If I locked you up, you'd find a way to make me pay You're gonna hurt me more than anybody else, babe I'm an easy touch Baby, baby I think I love you too much I'm not alone sitting right there How come I get the feeling, you'd vanish into the air I love you more than anybody else, babe I'm an easy touch Baby, baby I think I love you too much Baby, baby I think I love you too much Baby, baby I think I love you too much
LONESOME WIND BLUES I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, I know my love is gone too, I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, 'cause I'm blue, lonesome blue. She's gone so far, that's why I'm leaving, left me here alone among the trees, And all that I have left is just a memory, And it always haunts me with a breeze. I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, I know my love is gone too, I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, 'cause I'm blue, lonesome blue. I leave today to try to find my darlin', I don't know where on earth she can be, I know that I can never live without her, Each night in dreams her face is all I see. I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, I know my love has gone too, I hear the wind blowin' through the lonesome pines, That's why I'm blue, lonesome blue.
MISSISSIPPI BLUES Goin’ down to the Delta Where I can have my fun Goin’ down to the Delta Where I can have my fun Where I can drink my white lightnin’, gamble I can bring my baby home Don’t the Delta look lonesome When that evening sun go down? Don’t this Delta look lonesome When that evenin’ sun goes down Well, you been lookin’ for your baby Don’t know where she could be found Goin’ back to my use-to-be Although that she have done me wrong Goin’ back to my use-to-be Although that she have done me wrong Well, I think I’ll have to forgive her ’Cause I’m tired o’ driftin’ through this world alone She treats me dirty But I love her just the same Well, she treats me dirty But I love her just the same Well, it just breaks my heart to hear Lord, some other men call her name Now goodbye, I’m gon’ leave you An’ I won’t be back no more Now goodbye, I’m gon’ leave you An’ I won’t be back no mo’ Man, my mind gets to ramblin’ See you in Nineteen and Forty-fo’
GUITARS AND VOCALS: BRENDAN CROKER GUITARS AND VOCALS: MARK KNOPFLER GUITARS AND VOCALS: STEVE PHILLIPS KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS: GUY FLETCHER PEDAL STEEL GUITAR: PAUL FRANKLIN Produced by: Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher Mix engineer: Bill Schnee Technical assistance: Ron Eve Year: 1990 Format: CD Label: Vertigo Reference No: 842 671-2 Songs: 11 Total Time: 40:38
