The Allman Brothers Band - Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theater 1992 Album Lyrics

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Statesboro Blues

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.

I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro Blues,
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and Grandpa seemed to have them too.

Well my momma died and left me,
My poppa died and left me,
I ain't good looking baby,
But I'm somewhat sweet and kind.

I'm goin' to the country, baby do you wanna go?
But if you can't make it baby, your sister Lucille said she wanna go.
(and I sure will take her).

I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen;
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen.
Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And she look like a dog gone queen.

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.

 

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You Don't Love Me

You don't love me pretty baby
You don't love me yes I know
You don't love me pretty baby
You don't love me yes I know
Well if you leave me pretty baby
Don't you know you're gonna hurt me so

Well I'm gonna tell me mother
I'm gonna talk to my father too
Lord I'm gonna tell my sweet mother
I'm gonna talk to my father too
Well I'm gonna tell everybody
What those young girls will do for you

Lord I'm gonna tell my mother
I'm gonna talk to my father too
Yes I'm gonna tell 'em, my mother
I'm gonna have a word with my father too
Well I'm gonna tell everybody
What those young girls will do for you

Well if I hide pretty baby
If I don't see you know more
Lord if I lie pretty baby
If I never see you no more
Well if you think I'll be your fool, Lord
You better be on your merry way

 

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End Of The Line

And now the gravity of trouble was more than I could bear,
At times my luck was so bad, I had to fold my hands,
Almost lost my soul, rarely I could find my head,
Wake up early in the morning, feeling nearly dead.

I was never afraid of danger, took trouble on the chin,
Mountains I have climbed, that have killed a thousand men,
Spent most of my lifetime downtown, sleepin' behind the wheel,
Never needed anybody, I was king of the hill.

[Chorus:]
Oh, when I think about the old days,
Lord, it sends chills up and down my spine,
Yeah life ain't what it seems, on the boulevard of broken dreams,
Guess I opened my eyes in the nick of time,
'Cause it sure felt like the end of the line.

No matter how hard I run, I just can't get away
I try to do my best, but the devil gets in my way
Spent most of my lifetime downtown, sleepin' behind the wheel
'Till it all came down to kill or be killed

[Chorus]

 

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Blue Sky

Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don't worry 'bout where it's going, no, no.
Don't fly, mister blue bird, I'm just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know

[Chorus:]
You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day.
Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way,
Turn your love my way, yeah.

Good old sunday morning, bells are ringing everywhere.
Goin' to Carolina, it won't be long and I'll be there

[Chorus]

 

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Nobody Knows

Nobody knows about
What's going on
With the world and the steel
And the flesh and the bone

River keeps flowing
And the grass still grows
The spirit keeps going
Nobody knows

Poets they come
And the poets they go
Politicians and preachers
All claim to know

But the words that are written
And the melody's played
As the years turn their pages
They all start to fade

The oceans still move
With the moon and the sky
The grass still grows
On the hillside

Got to believe in believing
Got to believe in a dream
Freedom is ever deceiving
Never turning out to be what it seems

It's amazing how
Fast our lives go by
Like the flash of the lightning
Or the blink of an eye

We all fall in love
And we fall into life
We look for the truth
On the edge of a knife

Heavens turn around
The river still flows
Spirit keeps going
And nobody knows

We all fall in love
And we fall into life
We look for the truth
On the edge of a knife

Heavens turn around
The river still flows
Spirit keeps going
Nobody knows

Got to believe in believing
Got to believe in a dream
Freedom is ever deceiving
Never turning out to be what it seems

 

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Low Down Dirty Mean

[Chorus:]
Ain't that low down, low down dirty mean
The way you've been treatin' me,
Beats all I've ever seen.

I loaned you my brand new car,
Said you was goin' for a Sunday drive,
Yeah, here it is now four days later,
I don't know if you are dead or alive,
I got on the telephone this morning,
Put the word out on the street,
And I heard you was down in Memphis,
With a big man in the driver's seat.

[Chorus]

Got me a hidin' in the bushes,
Peekin' in the window pane,
Shadow moves along the wall,
I know you're in there with another man,
Tried to get in the front door,
Went around to the back door too,
I believe you've got a side track man in there,
Making my sweet love to you.

[Chorus]

Makin' my last proclamation,
Gonna lay it on the line,
Baby I'm runnin' out of patience,
And you are runnin' out of time,
Tired of all of your mean things,
And all your dirty tricks,
If I ever turn on you baby,
You're gonna be in some kind of fix.

[Chorus 2x]

Yeah so low down, I know, low down dirty mean, ahhhhhh!

 

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Seven Turns

Seven turns on the highway,
Seven rivers to cross.
Sometimes, you feel like you could fly away,
Sometimes, you get lost.

And sometimes, in the darkened night,
You see the crossroad sign.
One way is the mornin light,
You got to make up your mind.

Somebody's callin your name.
Somebody's waiting for you.
Love is all that remains the same,
That's what it's all comin to.
Hey, yeah.

Runnin wild out on the road,
Just like a leaf on the wind.
How in the world could you ever know,
We'd ever meet again?

Seven turns on the highway,
Seven rivers to cross.
Sometimes, you feel like you could fly away,
Sometimes, you get lost.

Somebody's callin your name.
Somebody's waitin for you.
Love is all that remains the same,
That's what it's all comin to.

Somebody's callin your name.
Somebody's waitin for you.
Love is all that remains the same,
That's what it's all comin to.

Somebody's callin your name.
Somebody's waitin for you.
Somebody's callin your name.
That's what it's all coming to.

 

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Midnight Rider

Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin',
And I'm bound to keep on ridin'.
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing,
And the road goes on forever,
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

And I've gone by the point of caring,
Some old bed I'll soon be sharing,
And I've got one more silver dollar,

But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

 

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Come On In My Kitchen

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's sure to be rainin' outdoors

When a woman's in trouble everybody puts her down
She looks for her good man, Lord, he can't be found

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

There's a cold wind blowin', leaves tremblin' on the trees
Don't you know that that good girl, ya, she's leaving me?

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's going to be rainin' outdoors

The woman I've been lovin' left with my best friend
That joker got lucky, stole her back again

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's going to be raining outdoors

Well, that good girl's leavin', she ain't comin' back
Took her last nickel from her notion sack

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

Mama's dead and gone, father's nowheres to be
I ain't got nobody to love and care for me

You better come on into my kitchen
'Cause it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

Yes, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors
Yes, it's goin' to be rainin' outdoors

 

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Guitar Intro


[Instrumental]

 

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Hoochie Coochie Man

Gypsy woman told my mama
While 'fore I was born.
Got a boy child comin' mama,
He'll be a bad one, now.
I'll make all you little girls,
Turn your heads around.
Then I'm gonna take you little girls,
Gonna take you right on down... with me yeah

Ho, you just wait and see.
I'll be your hoochie coochie man,
I'll set you free.

On the seventh hour of the seventh day
On the seventh month, seven doctors they say.
I've got lots of good luck, you know they all agree.
But now if ya, if you're lookin' for trouble babe,
You better not mess with me.
Hey, 'cause you know I'll getcha one by one.

Ain't no fun.
I'm that old hoochie coochie man,
A bad son of a gun.

Got a John the conqueroot and got some mojo too,
We got a black cat born, we're gonna slip it to you.
Hey, move over people just as fast as you can.
Said I know you're waitin' for me 'cause I'm the hoochie coochie man.

I'm gonna get you, one by one.
I got set on that old hoochie coochie man
And I'm yo' son of a gun.

Now the gypsy woman told mama, oh 'while 'fore I was born,
She said you know he's comin' mama, he'll be a bad, very bad one.
Make all the ladies, turn their heads around.
You said, I can just see all those women, chasin' him all down.
I'm your hoochie coochie man, everybody knows it.

 

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Jessica

[Instrumental]

 

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Get On With Your Life

I went around to your house
Found you laid up in the bed
By early afternoon you were so sloppy drunk
You couldn't even raise up your head

So get on with your life baby
Please let me get on with mine

These days and your ways are so painful
You're just wasting all our precious time, ohhh
Since first I knew your name
I wasn't sure that you really cared
Spent most of your time with the other boys
And it's been all down hill from there

So get on with your life baby
Please let me get on with mine

Each day brings a new confusion
Another way to break this poor heart of mine
I can't begin to count the times that I've told ya
You better change all your wicked ways
But I'm real sure whatever the number
Ah it's the same as the times you laughed in my face
Won't somebody please wake me from this bad dream
I remember my grandmama told me
Things ain't always what they seem

So get on with your life baby
Please let me get on with mine

Cause each day brings another confusion
It's about to break this poor heart of mine
Ohhhha, gonna lose my only mind, oh baby
Don't you break this poor heart of mine

 

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In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

[Instrumental]

 

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Revival

People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you hear it? Love is in the air.
We're in a revolution. Don't you know we're right.
Everyone is singing. Yeah! There'll be no one to fight.

People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.

Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.
Love is everywhere.

People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.
People can you feel it? Love is everywhere.

 

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Dreams

Just one more mornin'
I had to wake up with the blues
Pulled myself outta bed, yeah
Put on my walkin' shoes,
Went up on the mountain,
To see what I could see,
The whole world was fallin',
Right down in front of me.

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm hung up on dreams I'll never see, yeah Baby.
Ahh help me baby, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[Chorus]

Pull myself together, put on a new face,
Climb down off the hilltop, baby,
Get back in the race.

[Chorus]

 

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Whipping Post

I've been run down
I've been lied to
I don't know why,
I let that mean woman make me a fool
She took all my money
Wrecks my new car
Now she's with one of my good time buddies
They're drinkin' in some cross town bar

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'

My friends tell me
That I've been such a fool
And I have to stand down and take it babe,
All for lovin' you
I drown myself in sorrow
As I look at what you've done
Nothin' seems to change
Bad times stay the same
And I can't run

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'