Establish yourself, get down. Establish yourself. Establish yourself, boogie. Create your existence. . Establish yourself. (Whoo). Establish yourself.
(GUITAR INTRO). the door is wide and the dogs are calling. can't keep it shut. the river's dry and the sky is falling. can't fill 'em up. . ohhh, can't you feel it.
E. E. Lawson at the general store. Highway K with the red front door. A pot belly stove and a hardwood floor. . You call E. E. Lawson and what does he send?.
(GUITAR INTRO). I know love makes the world go 'round and life is just a dream-o. And some people play ball out of bounds but it ain't gonna change the game.
(PIANO INTRO). if you want me to sail. to the far end of the island. if you want me to dive down. and gather you pearls. if you want me to shine. like a light up in the lighthouse.
Well look see the moon comes risin', tomorrow is yesterday. He left his home and now he's gone a hopin' to find a way. A story of Rueben the cobbler, I'll tell you in this style.
Comin' in from London from over the pole. Flyin' in a big airliner. Chicken flyin' everywhere 'round the plane. No, we couldn't feel much finer. . Comin' in to Los Angeles.
I'm going back to Colorado. Rollin' down the highway. Just my life to carry. It's written in the wind. Again. . I will drink from the river. That runs down from the mountain.
Cobblestone mountain, it was made by hand. From the magic and the mortar of a cobblestone man. Cobblestone mountain, it was laid by hand. From the magic and the mortar in a cobblestone land.
(HARP & JAWBONE INTRO). chicken train. runnin' all day. chicken train. runnin' all day. chicken train. runnin' all day. I can't get on. I can't get off.
My Aunt Jessie was cruel. Lord, she made me go to school all the time. It was killing me, it was a crime. 'Cause I could not be free from the confines of those chains.
Well, I sure take it with me wherever I go. And you might like to see it but it never does show. Like a wind in the valley that never does blow. Like the grass in the back you never did mow.
(GUITAR & HARP INTRO). for days on days. I've seen your game. and it takes away my joy. the sea bird knows. where the fair winds blow. his knowledge, he employs.
There's a beauty in the river. There's a beauty in the stream. There's a beauty in the forest at night. When the lonely night bird screams. . And there's so much time for singin'.
(GUITARS & HARP INTRO). I'm goin' out bar hoppin'. Yeah be-boppin'. There won't be no stoppin' me tonight. I'm goin' mini-skirtin'. I might go wet-t-shirtin'.
(GUITAR & HARP INTRO). Check the dream, check the map. Check the spring in your own time trap. Check the plum, check the moon. Check the sun when the day is doomed.
(PIANO & GUITAR INTRO). well I sleep like a feather. I don't worry 'bout the weather. I take backroads, wherever I go. and I can't take no chances. 'cause I sure ain't got no answers.
City street, hang out. Thumbs in pocket. Black jacket. Black jack, dego-red. . Manhattenized-Bohemia. Of Southern California. Tough punk of. Cool, futuristic Montana.
(one, two, three). I'm always good for a jump or a joke. I take it easy even when I take a toke. but there's a memory and a story never wrote. and every time it's told, I get a lump in my throat.
Barber, get this mirror cleaned. I'm troubled by the face I see before me. As you shave our nation's face keep a steady hand. Listen to these words that soon will ring across the land.