Still Playin' 

we used to call 'em the dirt capades
buskin' on the corner the masquerade
walkin' 'round playin' guitar in the rain
singin' on the street as they come and go
killin' long hours when the crowds are slow
reachin' for the high notes as the
world runs down the drain
high summer: the streets are thronged at midnight
there's poetry and song: 
heaven sent ringin' out under the roar
up in S. F. roamin' the town learnin' 
how to play and sing and make a sound
on the harp as fog rolls 'round the door
still playin'
judgin' every note I play
only request I heard all night
was 'can you sing far, far away?'

playin' Cocaine Blues for an hour or
two
payday baby let me lay it on you
now I'm stealin' back to my good old
used to be
don't ever write your name on a jail
house wall
I ain't gonna give you no more cherry
ball
won't you make me down a pallet on your
floor
that'll never happen no more

still playin'
after everyone has gone
stayin' up and layin' down the strawberry
roan
still playin'
that same sweet melody
for a hundred years or more:
'til everyone's gone free

now there's high lonesome gettin' up in
the bar
a broken hearted cowboy with a blue
guitar
and he sings so quiet: did you come here
to cry?
c'mon man its North Beach saturday
night
they're pourin' down the sidewalks
under the lights
and he's singin' of the joint or a love
that dies

and I'm up in this room with a J-45
waitin' on a wire wondrin' how to
survive
with a scrap of yellow paper and a broken
pen
older than I ever thought I'd be
with more responsibility
and I know I'm bound to stay
and pray and pay and play again

still playin'
for the monkeys wearin' crowns
still playin'
hand me down my hand me downs

playin' Cocaine Blues for an hour or
two
payday baby let me lay it on you
now I'm stealin' back to my good old
used to be
don't ever write your name on a jail
house wall
I ain't gonna give you no more cherry
ball
won't you make me down a pallet on your
floor
or that'll never happen no more

still playin'
after everyone has gone
stayin' up and layin' down the strawberry
roan
still playin'
that same sweet melody
for a hundred years or more:
'til everyone's gone free.

© 1997 Peter Case BUG Music (BMI)

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