Stampede
Album - 1975 - Debaser id 57844

(Patrick Simmons)

Well, a travelin' man's affliction
Makes it hard to settle down
But I'm stuck here in the flatlands
While my heart is homeward bound

Chorus:
Goin' back, I'm too tired to roam
Loma Prieta my mountain home
On the hills above Santa Cruz
To the place where I spent my youth
(Repeat)

Well it was Neal Cassady that started me a-travelin'
All the stories that were told, I believed 'em every one
And it's a windin' road I'm on you understand
And not to worry 'bout tomorrow when you're followin' the sun
Papa don't you worry now
And mama don't you cry
Sweet woman don't forsake me
I'll be comin' by and by

(Chorus)

[Instrumental break]

(Chorus)

Tom Johnston

Sittin' by myself in the summertime, when the heat is burnin' down
Watchin' the golden crops in the field just growin' without a sound
I was a boy raised in the country and it's still a part of me
And you see no matter where I go it's a beautiful memory
Rise with sun at the break of day, lookin' out my window
It's the same as yesterday

Sittin' under an old oak tree, pickin' my guitar in the shade
That old tree spreadin' over my head is the closest friend I made

Just me and some lonely wooden music, floatin' through air
The grass is rustlin' and the birds are singin' and my heart don't have a care
Still another day finds me in the fields, sweat is soakin' up my ragged clothes
But I'd rather work than steal

Watchin' the sun settle down over open Texas land, looking at the cattle and the horses runnin' wild as they can
Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done
When you were finished workin' in the fields, there was chores at home to be done

I was always hearin' music, always wanna play me some
As a full-time friend or the way to ease the end of a woman that swayed me some
Hearin' those tunes always had a way of soothin' out my soul
When times got hard and work got slow it was music that kept me whole
Sun beatin' down through the trees, gets so hot bring a workin' man to his knees
Part of my heart, part of my soul, part of a melody
Hands are clappin' and people swayin' in simple harmony
Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done
When you finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done

Late in the evenin' on the front porch when the sun is settin' in the west
Me and the boys pass around the bottle and sing what we like best
Sing about our wives, sing about our children, singin' out the Delta blues
We're simple folks and we like it that way, got nothin' left to lose

Patrick Simmons

The days grow short, the nights are gone
Since you were here, I can't go on
I cried for you, to no avail
Now my life runs cold when the night winds wail
But I cheat the hangman, cheated him many times before
The bell that tolls the hour has turned sweet lips to sour
Yes, I cheat the hangman and even when life has flown away
I leave a kiss behind

The rain that fell upon my stone
Like tears you cry I shared alone
I walk the night, I cannot sleep
The love you spend you cannot reap

The glow of love will then shine
Lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home
Only lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home

Tom Johnston

Mama been workin', so hard
Keep on workin' mama but you don't get far
But baby I know, baby you're blind
And I'll keep a-risin' mama, just to show you're mine
And I keep workin' on you

Well I been watchin' you grow
And baby you got what it takes to let me know
Sure as the devil, rise in the blind
It's gonna be nasty and it's gonna be mine
I been workin' on you

Keep on movin' pretty baby, I feel you in my heart
Gentle on me movin' honey, honey, but you can't be far but you
Keep on with me, true to form
I can't ask for more now but your
Soul star is born

Patrick Simmons

There's a change been comin' over you
Well you burn back baby now what can I do
And all of that jive that your good friend's been sellin'
It ain't worth a nickel ya know I been tellin' you
And you know you could never live without my love babe
There's no one else who could take my place

Blue-eyed baby I love you yes I do
Well my blue-eyed baby I love you yes I do

And nobody here can give the love that you need
And I'm down on my knees and I'm bleedin' baby

Everybody tells me I'm bein' a fool
Everybody tells me you're bein' so cruel
Everybody tells me but I don't believe it babe