WE CLIMBED THE HILL FAR FROM THE CITY WALL. TO THE EMPTY MANSIONS AND THE BIG GRAVEYARD. IVE NOT FELT THIS STRANGE SINCE I WAS A KID. THAT DEEP DOWN FEELING OF THAT SUNDAY EMPTINESS.
I SAW THE YEAR PASS LIKE A FILM REEL. LIKE QUIVERING FRAMES THROUGH THE SHUTTER WHEEL. GOLDEN LIKE THAT SUMMER TIME. PROJECTING LIGHT THROUGH MY TWILIGHT MIND.
COME ON MY FRIEND. LETS LEAVE THESE MEN IN THE BED. AND GO BACK HOME. WHILE THE CITYS STILL DEAD. ACROSS THE BRIDGE AS THE SUN RISES. . PAST THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BOATS BELOW.
I USED TO SIT AND WATCH. THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. TURN OUT THEIR LIGHTS. NIGHTS WHEN YOU WEREN'T AROUND. FROM MY WINDOW ACROSS THE BAY. . THOSE RAINY NIGHTS.
LOOK UP AT THE SKY. THEY PREDICTED YOU'D BE NEAR. SAW THE DOOM IMPENDING AND GUESSED THERE WOULD BE TEARS. STARS YOU'RE OLD LIGHT. ARE YOU WISE?. DID YOU BRING ME HERE?.
THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE THEY WERE BORN. ALL OF THE KIDS GROWN UP SO LONG NOW. AND IF I'M QUIET I CAN HEAR THEM FIGHT. BUT THE ONLY REAL SOUND IS THAT WHISTLING TRAIN AT NIGHT.
OUT OF THE WOODS I HEARD A DRAGON CALLING. TOO FAR AWAY TO EVER HURT ME. HE WAS ALONE. HE WAS ALONE. HE WAS ALONE IN THE VALLEY. . I WENT BACK DOWN TO MY VILLAGE TO BRING.
EYES BLURRY AND RED. TRAINS ROAR THROUGH MY HEAD. LONDON CHURNS LIKE IT WANTS ME FOR DEAD. . RIVER DO YOU SEE?. YOU'RE CIRCLING ME. ANGRY WATERS THAT LONG FOR THE SEA.
I SAW YOUR EYES GLANCING BACK IN THE MIRROR. BRIGHT LIGHTS STREAMING FASTER. AT NIGHT IN THE MOTEL I DREAM OF THE CAR. CRASHING THROUGH THE WILD PASTURES.
New York Fades Away. Through Sheets Of Grey. Through Evening Haze. Another Homeward Flight. Those Crazy Nights. Are Over Now. . So What If I Love It. We Always Rise Above It.
I WONDER THIS CITY WITH NOWHERE TO BE. NOT LOOKING TO LEAVE CONSEQUENCES. BUT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER. . THE SKY, IT HANGS LOW OVER OUR HEADS.
I WOKE TOO SOON. SOFT LINES OF DAWN IN THE ROOM. THE WORLD, SO QUIET. DREAMING IN ULTRA-VIOLET. . ARE YOU AWAKE?. DO YOU FEEL THE SPACE THAT WAS ONCE FILLED BY ME?.
One night of sin,. Is what I'm now paying for. The things I did and I saw. Would make the earth stand still. . Don't call my name. It makes me feel so ashamed.
You went away and left me long time ago. Now you come back knockin' on my door. I hear you knocking, but you can't come in. I hear you knocking, go back where you've been.
Blue Monday, how I hate blue Monday. Got me workin' like a slave all day. Here comes Tuesday, oh hard Tuesday. I'm so tired, I've got no time to play.
I want you. To be my te-ni-nee-ni-nu. I want you. To be my te-ni-nee-ni-nu. Tell me the truth. Ain't you my te-ni-nee-ni-nu?. . Now, will you love me?.
I went back to Ohio. But my city was gone. There was no train station. There was no downtown. South Howard had disappeared. All my favorite places. My city had been pulled down.
Watcha Doin'? Trk 12 3:05. Sleepy John Estes. (John Adam Estes). James Yank Rachell - mandolin. Sleepy John Estes - guitar and Jab Jones - piano.. Recorded: May 21st 1930 Memphis.
The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair Trk 16 2:56. (John Adams Estes). Sleepy John Estes - vocal & guitar, Johnny Hardge - piano. James 'Yank' Rachell - mandolin.
T-Bone Steak Blues Trk 6 Dsc 1 3:40. Sleepy John Estes. (John Adams Estes). James 'Yank' Rachell - Vocal & mandolin. Sleepy John Estes - guitar and 'Tee' - harmonica.