1. IF YOU GOTTA GO,GO NOW

Listen to me, baby,
There's something you must see
I want to be with you, gal,
If you want to be with me

But if you got to go,
It's all right
But if you got to go, go now,
Or else you gotta stay all night

It ain't that I'm questionin' you
To take part in any quiz
It's just that I ain't got no watch
An' you keep askin' me what time it is

But if you got to go,
It's all right
But if you got to go, go now,
Or else you gotta stay all night

I am just a poor boy, baby,
Lookin' to connect
But I certainly don't want you thinkin'
That I ain't got any respect

But if you got to go,
It's all right
But if you got to go, go now,
Or else you gotta stay all night

You know I'd have nightmares
And a guilty conscience, too,
If I kept you from anything
That you really wanted to do

But if you got to go,
It's all right
But if you got to go, go now,
Or else you gotta stay all night

It ain't that I'm wantin'
Anything you never gave before
It's just that I'll be sleepin' soon,
It'll be too dark for you to find the door

But if you got to go,
It's all right
But if you got to go, go now,
Or else you gotta stay all night


2. TO RAMONA

Ramona, come closer
Shut softly your watery eyes
The pangs of your sadness
Will pass as your senses will rise
The flowers of the city
Though breathlike, get deathlike at times
And there's no use in tryin'
To deal with the dyin'
Though I cannot explain that in lines.

Your cracked country lips
I still wish to kiss
As to be by the strength of you skin
Your magnetic movements
Still capture the minutes I'm in
But it grieves my heart, love

To see you tryin' to be a part of
A world that just don't existv It's all just a dream, babe
A vacuum, a scheme, babe
That sucks you into feelin' like this.

I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
With worthless foam from the mouth
I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
Back to the South

You've been fooled into thinking
That the finishin' end is at hand
Yet there's no one to beat you
No one to defeat you
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times
That you're better 'n no one
And no one is better 'n you
If you really believe that
You know you have

Nothing to win and nothing to lose
From fixtures and forces and friends
Your sorrow does stem
That hype you and type you
Making you feel
That you gotta be just like them.

I'd forever talk to you
But soon my words
They would turn into a meaningless ring
For deep in my heart
I know there is no help I can bring
Everything passes

Everything changes
Just do what you think you should do
And someday, maybe
Who knows, baby
I'll come and be cryin' to you.