1. LONG WAY HOME

Early in the morning, about a quarter to four
Me and my girlfriend walkin' out the door
We're heading for the car and we got right in
And that's when I noticed the shape she was in
She turned to me and said right out
Let's steer it awhile, let's steer it about

Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last

Well we drove down town and up in the woods
We drove around and around till I understood
I was holding the wheel, she was making out
And all this time I was driving about
She was fondling my hair and hugging my neck
And all I was thinking was, oh what the heck

Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last

I was looking in the mirror and to my surprise
There was two big red lights shining in my eyes
I pull over and he drove alongside
And out of his car and up to my right
He looked at her and she looked at him
And the next thing I noticed he got right in

Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last

Take the long way home, take the long way home
Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last


2. SHO-BIZ BLUES

Tried busking down in Frisco, tried dancin' in LA
I played the blues in Chicago, boy I ran home in Santa Fe
I played guitar for many men, signed a deal or two
And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues

I got hot chicks down in Texas, no work in Alabam'
Snowed in out on Belibor you were always in a jam
Worked carnivals down in Georgia, night clubs attitude
And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues

Well the manager's got no money, the bookers had no jobs
The record man he fell asleep, he says I look like a slob
The bus breaks down and the motel's bad you're always in a stew

You can't quit you're too far gone, you got the sho-biz blues
I tried to love the ladies everywhere I went
When I got down and out they wouldn't ever pay my rent
If you crave your neighbour lights, the spotlight's right on you

When it's time to get the catch with the sho-biz blues
Now you can't sleep till two o'clock, you ain't no millionaire
This entertaining lifestyle just seems to go nowhere
You write a song it seems OK, they say it's nothin' new
It don't take long to find you've got the sho-biz blues


3. SLOWER BABY

Slower baby wind it down
Go slower baby, when you move around
It's the rule of not to lead
It's the friction not the heat
If you hold it right back
You're on the right track
Go slower baby, when you ride inside the sound

Slower baby just let it slide
When you roll a thing, you know it's gonna swing
Put my mind at ease, you know you're such a tease

Slower baby, just let it flow
Go slower baby, you can make it grow
Chill it to the womb let me drive it home
Anticipation relaxation

Slower baby
Go slower baby

Slower baby, wind it down
Go slower baby, when you move around

Slower baby
Go slower baby

Slower baby
Go slower baby


4. DEVIL'S NURSE

Down along the palm trees, in a south kind of bay
There was a young woman, walked the beach every day
She had long dark hair and a high heeled size
She was full in the bosom, with dark brown eyes

A devil's woman
With the devil's curse
Satan's lady
She was the devil's nurse

Fortune-teller sister long and bred
Lay down next to you and stroke your head
She had a way about her, it's hard to explain
Brings chills to your body and blood to your veins

A devil's woman
With the devil's curse
Satan's lady
She was the devil's nurse

She can make the sun rise and the sun set and the blues go away
Turn light into darkness and night into day
She was from a casualty sector, lost in the night
A bonafide spiritual lady, a congo's delight

A devil's woman
With the devil's curse
Satans' lady
She was the Devil's nurse


5. LIKE YOU USED TO

Cry me a tune in the morning, sing me the blues every night
Tell me that you really love me baby, and everything is alright
Let me know how you're feeling, it don't even have to be true
Just love me for ever, baby baby treat me like you used to

Home, I've been away from home, I'm a travelling man
Welcome me back any time, you are the only one who can
Tell me that you really love me, even if it ain't true
Just do anything, baby baby treat me like you used to

Home, I've been away from home, I'm a travelling man
Welcome me back any time, you are the only one who can
Tell me that you really love me, even if it ain't true
But do anything, baby baby treat me like you used to


6. BORROWED TIME

Well we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
Our chance of survival is slim, it's what they say
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day

We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee

We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee

Our chance of survival is slim, many plea
We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee

Yes I've seen many people down on their knees to pray
Yes I've seen many people on their knees to pray
They say our chance of survival is slim, it's what they say
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day


7. ROSE IN THE GARDEN

I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden
I'll find my way back to her sweet arms
I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden
I'll find my way back to her little charms

Wasting my life, just dreaming away
No never again will I ever stray

I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden
I'll find my way back to her sweet arms

Wasting my life, just dreaming away
No never again will I ever stray

I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden
I'll find my way back to her sweet arms


8. BROWN DIRT

Brown dirt, stickin' to my fingers
Brown dirt, clingin' to my feet
Brown dirt, Mississippi bottom land
Pickin' that cotton for the man down the street

Brown dirt, raisin' his vegetables
Brown dirt, growin' his grass
Brown dirt, walkin' down the pathway
Pickin' that cotton now I hope it is my last

Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay
Brown dirt, cover my body
I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day

Brown dirt wet, you're sinkin'
Brown dirt dry, you dust
Brown dirt, I've been thinkin'
We'll all come to you and we won't be the first

Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay
Cover my body
I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day

If a stick moves, it's a snake
If a water is still, it's a lake
If you harm yourself, you know it hurts
Final destination, brown dirt


9. HARD LOVE

Shirley down the street she gets so lonesome
She calls around to men on the phone, some
Hopin' one will show up at her door
She don't care, just where they come from
Where they've been, just if they want some
Give it to her straight, she want to score

She needs hard love
Hard love

She wants a hard love, just to make her day
Handsome Bill sales cars for a livin'
He's not the takin' kind, he's the givin'
He likes his women real firm, and real tight
Bill don't want no conversations, small talk or consultations

He don't want no long relation just one night
He needs a hard love
He wants a hard love
He needs a hard love, to make his day

Chances are if you're feeling lonely
And you miss your one and only
You'll only care for that easy exercise
You know what I'm talkin' about
That no feeling in and out
You gonna have to improvise

If you want a hard love

You need a hard love
Hard love


10. AIN'T LOVE FUNNY

She brings me flowers from the waterwell
She keeps me laughing all day
We ride on a horse to the river and back

Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Aint' love funny that way

She calls in the evening to tell me she's back
She likes to talk on the phone
Would I come over and just rub her back

Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Ain't love funny you know

This woman's touch, it is too much
Tingles right to the bone
Her hand's so slight with a wink in her eyes
Keeps me comin' back home
She gives everything expects no return
She's always there when I'm down
Love her a day, don't go away

Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Funny when it comes around
We go on for hours about nothin' at all
We never know what it means
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's not

Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Funny it's just what it seems


11. CLOSER TO YOU

Wish I was a stocking clanging to your thigh
Everytime you'd move around I'd view you walking by
Wish I was your underwear hanging around your waist
Everytime you'd shake that thing I'd get a little taste

Closer, closer, closer to you
Closer, got to get closer, closer to you
If I was a pair of boots I wouldn't have to beg
I'd be satisfied just being around your leg

When I am dreaming it takes so many trips
I'd pretend that I'm a stick to decorate your lips
Closer, closer, closer to you
Closer, got to get closer, closer to you

If I am a necklace hanging down your front
When you feel the time was right I'd notice what you want

Wish I was a silk shirt draped around your back
Right next to your skin tryin' to make contact
Closer, closer, closer to you
Closer, closer, closer to you

If I had my wishes, If I had my way
I'd be all the same to you, each and everyday
Closer, closer, closer to you
Closer, closer, closer to you


12. STEVE'S SONG

(Instrumental)