Subject: Warren Zevon - Wanted Dead Or Alive Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:44:28 +0100 From: "Gunnar Hedlund" To: "Hans Settler" Thanks Gunnar! @ARTIST: Warren Zevon @ALBUM: Wanted Dead Or Alive @SONG: Wanted Dead Or Alive I am wanted dead or alive I'm wanted everywhere, I've got to survive they say I am a violent man only trying to do the best I can dig it I am wanted dead or alive fifteen states I've got to survive I am wanted dead or alive I'm a new kind of man I've got to survive hey, uh, running a long way I am wanted dead or alive I'm wanted everywhere, I've got to survive now all I'm trying to do is find a peaceful place but they say I have an outlaw face my lord, I have an outlaw's face I have an outlaw's face they say I have an outlaw's face my, my, yes I have an outlaw's face I have an outlaw's face I have an outlaw's face @SONG: Hitchhikin' Woman if you's a hitchhikin' woman you can thumb a ride with me, yeah if you's a hitchhikin' woman you can thumb a ride with me, yes, yes, yeah I just had my crankcase greased, mama my natural motor won't give out on me hey, come on baby I'm gonna ride you slow and easy any way to make it last yeah I'm gonna ride you slow and easy any way to make it last, yeah oh, when the riding gets good, mama I'll have to shake my head, yes, yes hey, hey play the blues, boys @SONG: She Quit Me it wasn't the queen of diamonds that I drew first instead I got the ace of spades reversed she quit me she up and quit me, man, yeah she quit me she up and she quit me it wasn't because I didn't treat her right, no when dawn had drawn the curtains of the night she quit me she up and she quit me, man she quit me she up and quit me, yeah it wasn't because I didn't treat her kind I wonder who put leaving all on her mind she quit me she up and she quit me, man, yes she did she quit me she up and quit me, yeah it wasn't because I couldn't satisfy, no now where'd she get the nerve to say goodbye oh, she quit me she up and quit me, man, oh yeah she quit me she up and quit me, yeah @SONG: Calcutta my baby's sweeter Lord, she's sweeter than apple butter my baby's sweeter you know, she's sweeter than apple butter she's lonely tonight I just brought her over from Calcutta @SONG: Iko-Iko now, your grandma's and my grandma's sittin' by the fire my grandma told your grandma I'm gonna set your flag on fire hey, now (hey now) hey now, (hey now) iko-iko an dey (yeah) chakko mo fino, ah-nah-ney chakko mo fi-nah-ney now, your flag boy and my flag boy was sittin' by the fire my flag boy told your flag boy I'm gonna set your flag on fire hey, now (hey now) hey now, (hey now) iko-iko an dey (yeah) chakko mo fino, ah-nah-ney chakko mo fi-nah-ney now, look at my king all dressed in red iko-Iko an-dey I betcha' five dollars he'll kill ya dead chakko mo fi-nah-ney hey, now (hey now) hey now, (hey now) iko-iko an dey (hey) chakko mo fino, ah-nah-ney chakko mo fi-nah-ney @SONg: Traveling In The Lightning I was born down in Corpus Christi with a dram glass in my hand when I was just 15, I got a job playing rhythm with a Nashville Shaketown band I've been playing the blues so long I've been paying my dues so long I've been travelin' in the lightning travelin' in the lightning travelin' in the wind and the rain I've been tryin' and tryin' to find the right place again, yeah now the last time I saw my sweet old mama her eyesight was looking dim and the last I saw of my dear old daddy his horse was aridin' him, yes he was they've been singing the blues so long they've been singing such a sad, sad song they've been travelin' in the lightning travelin' in the lightning travelin' in the wind and rain they've been tryin' and tryin' to find the right place again, yeah I've been traveling in the lightning ... I've been traveling in the lightning traveling in the lightning traveling in the wind and the rain I've been tryin' and tryin' to find the right place again, yeah @SONG: Tule's Blues oh Tule, it's on account of you that I've been weeping here behind my hand it's lonesome in my heart's land, as the sands of the desert oh, tell me, why was it always you who through the changes you, who always sang and played while the green vespers rang in the heart of the hillside it's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other you and me, sweet and slightly out of key like the sound of a running down calliope oh Tule, it's once I was your knight in golden armor with the sun behind my hair my music filled the air with symbols and lightning oh Tule, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons my hair is growing dark and there's no room left in the ark for a lark with a broken wing it's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other and a child's voice, so tender and out of tune keeps a'praying I'll be singing home soon oh Tule, it's on account of you that I'll be leaving 'cross the deep salt sea whatever wild worlds I may see, will be empty without you it's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other and a child's voice, so tender and out of tune keeps a'praying I'll be singing home soon @SONG: A Bullet For Ramona oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma she ain't gonna cheat on me two years I've been searchin' for her two years she's been free well, I found her in a dance hall in Laredo and she told me that she wanted only me and I held her in my arms the way I used to but when morning came she begged me to set her free oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma she ain't gonna cheat on me two years I've been searchin' for her two years she's been free well, I tried and tried to ride away and leave her with my head hung low, teardrops filled my eye I rode back to town and found her with a drifter and I knew right then Ramona had to die oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma she ain't gonna cheat on me two years I've been searchin' for her two years she's been free well, I'm writing you this letter from Laredo and tonight I'll ride across the Rio Grande if I never live to see another sunrise you know I loved her Ma, I hope you understand oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma she ain't gonna cheat on me two years, I've been searchin' for her two years, she's been free