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Email: Ignatoff@bigfoot.com
Date: 10 Feb 1999
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Act 3
Rain Dogs ¯ ¤
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Waits
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Inside a broken clock, į
splashing the wine with all the rain dogs ĸ
Taxi, we'd rather walk, â
huddle a doorway with the rain dogs ĸ
For I am a rain dog, too ī ,
!
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night Ž, ,
For it was all ripe for dreaming Ž,
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights Ž, ,
,
We've always been out of our minds Ŧ
The rum pours strong and thin, ĸ
beat out the dustman with the rain dogs
,
Aboard a shipwreck train, â
give my umbrella to the rain dogs Ŧ
For I am a rain dog, too ī ,
!
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night Ž, ,
Her long hair black as a raven ĸ
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me Ž, ,
You'll never be going back home â
Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee Ž, , ā Tralee
Her long hair black as a raven ĸ
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me Ž, ,
You'll never be going back home â
Rose of Tralee - ¨
Train Song ¯
¯
Well I broke down in E. St. Louis §, C
-Ģ
On the Kansas City line ĸ
Ē-á
and I drunk up all my money ¨
that I borrowed every time ¨
and I fell down at the derby ¨
and now the night's black as a crow , ,
It was a train that took me away from here í
,
but a train can't bring me home Ž
What made my dreams so hollow į
was standing at the depot Ē
with a steeple full of swallows ¨
that could never ring the bell Ŗ
and I come ten thousand miles away â
with not one thing to show ¨
well it was a train that took me away from here į ,
,
but a train can't bring me home Ž
I remember when I left ī ,
,
without bothering to pack
,
you know I up and left with ĸ
just the clothes I had on my back ĸ
now I'm sorry for what I've done â
and I'm out here on my own ¨
well it was a train that took me away from į ,
,
here but a train can't bring me home Ž
16 shells from a 30.6 16 36.
I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six ī 16 36
and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky ¨ "į
ĸ"
so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule â
and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba ¨
and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree ¨
and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree ¨
And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn ¨
and I beat me a billy from an old French horn ĸ
and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree §
and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum ¨
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and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow ¨
Chorus å
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
Well I slept in the holler §,
of a dry creek bed
and I tore out the buckets ĸ
Ē
from a red Corvette, tore out the buckets from a red Corvette ĸ
Ē
Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three Ģ
¤
Ŧ
you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree á
with the strings of a Washburn ¨ ã
stretched like a clothes line
you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
,
you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole
,
Chorus å
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail â
ã
that stapped on the back of my old kick mule
strapped it on the back of my old kick mule
I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy ī
,
I strum it loud just to rattle his cage ī
,
strum it loud just to rattle his cage ī
,
Chorus å
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
whittle you into kindlin' ¨
,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six į
ĸ, 16 36
I'll Take New York ī -Š
I'll tip the newsboy ī
I'll get a shine ¨
I'll ride this dream ¨
to the end of the line ¯
I'm going places Ŧ
I'll take a ride Ē
Up to the Riverside ¤ ā
á
I'll take NY ī -Š
I'll let it happen ¯
I'll pop the cork ī
tear off the wrapping á
I'll make a splash on the Hudson ĸ
Ŗ
that's how I will arrive í - ,
Hey, do you have two tens for a five? í,
?
Roll out the carpet ā
Strike up the band Ž
break into the best ĸ
champagne when I land č
Beat the parade drum Ą
hit all the bars å
I want the moon and stars ī
But I'll take NY -Š
I'll make it happen ¯
Blow out the candlels Ŗ
tear off the wrappin' á
And I know someday ¨ -
they'll have to name a street after me Ŧ
right next door to old Franklin į ä
More Than Rain Ą
į
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This is about all the bad days in the world... í -
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I used I have so little bad days and I kept to mini little bucks ¤,
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and one day I trough the ??? the yard. ¨
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Oh, just a couple little innocent bad days. Ž, -
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Well we have a big grain. ¨
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I don't now why ever growing in. ī
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But I think we used put act shows after ring, coffee grounds too. ,
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Why don't plant your bad days the growing to weeks, weeks growing to months ¯
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Before you know you got yourself bad you. ¯
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Take it from me. ¤
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Choke those little bad days ¯
!
Choke'em damn'em nothing ¯
!
Where're your days - choke'em! ĸ
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You choke my days - I'll choke yours. ĸ
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It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight í -
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it's more than thunder it's more than thunder ¨
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it's more than a bad dream now well I'm soaped á
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it's more than sad times it's more than sad times ¨
,
.
none of our pockets are filled with gold ¤
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nobody's caught the boquet Ą
We run the darkness streets of the world ¯
I'm driving crazy of your Ŗ
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It's more than trouble but I've gun myselfing too á
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it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now Ŗ
none of our pockets are filled with gold ¤
, ,
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nobody's caught the boquet Ą
We run the darkness streets of the world ¯
I'm driving crazy of your Ŗ
...
and it's more than goodbye I have to say to you ¨
,
,
it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now Ŗ
and it's more than goodbye I have to say to you ¨
,
,
it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now Ŗ
Johnsburg, Illinois ¤, ¨.
Ŧ
Ē Ą
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She's my only true love Ž -
she's all that I think of Ž
look here in my wallet ¨
that's her í -
She grew up on a farm there Ŧ
there's a place on my arm ¨
where I've written her name â
next to mine
you see I just can't
live without her
and I'm her only boy
and she grew up outside McHenry â ŦŖ
in Johnsburg, Illinois ĸ ¤
, ¨.
Innocent When You Dream
,
The bats are in the belfry
the dew is on the moor -
where are the arms that held me â,
and pledged her love before Ģ
and pledged her love before á
Chorus: å:
It's such a sad old feeling ¨
the fields are soft and green ĸ
it's memories that I'm stealing ã
but you're innocent when you dream
,
when you dream Ē
you're innocent when you dream â
,
Running through the graveyard ¯
we laughed my friends and I Ŧ
we swore we'd be together á
,
until the day we died Ą
until the day we died Ą
Repeat chorus å
I made a golden promise į
that we would never part ī
I gave my love a locket ¤
and then I broke her heart ¨
and then I broke her heart ¨
Repeat chorus å
Big Black Mariah Ą į
Ŧ
Well cutting through the canebrake, rattling the sill §,
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Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill ¤ ,
Big light on the back street, hill to ever more Ą
, -
Packing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor ¯
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
Ą Ą Ŧ
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
ä
Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame §,
,
Hunted Black Johnny with a blind man's cane į
¤
A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind Ļ
An old blind tiger, got an old bell Jim Ž
, ¤
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
Ą Ą Ŧ
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
ä
Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue ¯
Ą
¤ Ą
Off to bed without his supper like a Linda brides do Ą
Ģ
He got to do the story with the old widow Jones Ž ¤
Got a wooden coat, this boy is never coming home ¤
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
Ą Ą Ŧ
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen that big black Ford §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
ä
Cut through the canebrake, oh yeah ¯
, .
Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame §,
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Flat Blue Johnny with a blind man's cane ¯ á ¤
A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind á
An old blind tiger, on a bell you win á
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Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
Ą Ą Ŧ
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford §
Ą Ą Ŧ,
ä
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Undeground ¯
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Rattle Big Black Bones Ŗ
in the Danger zone á
there's a rumblin' groan ¨
down below â -
there's a big dark town Ŗ
it's a place I've found ī
there's a world going on Ž
Underground ¯
they're alive, they're awake Ž
,
while the rest of the world is asleep ĸ ,
below the mine shaft roads ĸ
it will all unfold ¨
there's a world going on í
Underground ¯
all the roots hang down Ē
swing from town to town Ŗ
they are marching around â
down under your boots ¯
all the trucks unload
beyond the gopher holes ĸ
there's a world going on í
Underground ¯
Yesterday Is Here Ē
If you want money in your pocket â
and a top hat on your head ¨
a hot meal on your table Ŗ
and a blanket on your bed ¨
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well today is grey skies á
tomorrow is tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here â
Well I'm going to New York City į ,
-Š-á
and I'm leaving on a train ī
,
and if you want to stay behind and ¨
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wait til I come back again â
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well today is grey skies á
tomorrow is tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here â
If you want to go ¨
where the rainbows end â,
you'll have to say goodbye â
all our dreams come true ĸ
baby up ahead â,
,
and it's out where your memories lie â,
well the road's out before me į ,
and the moon is shining bright
what I want you to remember į ,
as I disappear tonight â,
today is grey skies á
tomorrow's tears
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here â
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here â
Ruby's Arms ā ā
i will leave behind all of my clothes, Ž
i wore when i was with you,
all I need's my railroad boots, Ģ
,
and my leather jacket, ¤
as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, ĸ
although my heart is breaking, å
i will steal away out through your blinds, ī
for soon you will be waking. ¯
the morning light has washed your face, ĸ
and everything is turning blue now, á
hold on to your pillow case â
there's nothing i can do now, á
as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, ī
you'll find another soldier, ĸ
and i swear to god by christmastime ¨ ā
there will be someone else to hold you. ĸ
the only thing i'm taking is ī
the scarf off of your clothesline,
i'll hurry past your chest of drawers, ¨
and your broken window chimes, á
as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, ī ,
say goodbye to ruby's arms. á .
i'll feel my way down the darken hall, Ŧ
,
and out into the morning,
the hobos at the freight yards, Ą
have kept their fires burning, Ž
so jesus christ this goddamn rain, Ž,
,
,
will someone put me on a train, ¯
i'll never kiss your lips again,
or break your heart, ¨
as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, ī , , ,
say goodbye to ruby's arms. á .
Red Shoes by the Drugstore Ē
She wore red shoes by the drugstore ĸ
as the rain splashed the nickel ¯
spilled like chablis along the midway ¯ .
theres a little bluejay Ē-
in a red dress, on a sad night ĸ
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,
one straw in a rootbeer á
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a compact with a cracked mirror ¯
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and a bottle of evening in paris perfume ¨ .
he told her to wait in by the magazines Ž
he had to take care of some buisness it seems Ž -
,
,
bring a raincoat and a suitcase ĸ
and your dark eyes ¨
and wear those red shoes ¨
theres a dark huddle at the bus stop â
umbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet ĸ
li'l cesaer got caught Ģ æ
,
he was going down to second
he was cooled ¨
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changing stations on the chamber ¯
to steal a diamond ã
from a jewelry store for his baby ¨
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he loved the way she looked in those red shoes Ž,
.
she waited by the drugstore Ž
,
cesaer had never been this late before ¤
and the dogs bayed the moon á
and rattled their chains ¨
and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle Ē
was the burglar alarm Ą
snitching on ceasar ¯ æ
now the rain washes memories from the sidewalks á
and the hounds splash down the nickel ¨
,
full of soldiers
,
and santa claus is drunk in the ski room ¨
¤
Ŧ,
and it's christmas eve in a sad cafe á
when the moon gets this way Ž ,
there's a little blue jay Ē-
by the newstand
wearing red shoes
so meet me tonight by the drugstore â
we're goin out tonight ¨
wear your red shoes ¨
Falling Down ¯
I have come 500 miles just to see a halo ī
500 ,
Come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me ¨ á-¯
á
Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be į , ,
,
When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea Ĩ
,
And she wants you to steal and get caught ¨
,
For she loves you for all that you are not â , -
When you're falling down, falling down Ē
,
When you're falling down, falling down, falling down Ē
,
You forget all the roses, don't come around on Sunday â
,
She's not gonna choose you for standing so tall ¤
Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it ¯,
And don't ask for silverware, don't ask for nothing ¨
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Go on and put your ear to the ground ¯,
You know you will be hearing that sound......falling down. ¨
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You're falling down, falling down â
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Falling down, Falling down, falling down ¯
,
,
When you're falling down, falling down, falling down Ē
,
Go on down and see that wrecking ball come swinging on along ¯ ,
Everyone knew that hotel was a goner ¨
,
They broke all the windows, they took all the door knobs Ž
,
And they hauled it away in a couple of days ¨
Now someone yell timber and take off your hat â
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It's a lot smaller down here on the ground í
You're falling down, falling down, falling down â
,
Falling down, falling down, falling down ¯
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Someone's falling down, falling down, falling down į
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Falling down, falling down, falling down ¯
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