MARTIN BARRE: A SUMMER BAND

Ain't That Peculiar

Honey, you do me wrong, say you'll be honest to me
I'm so much in love with baby till I don't want to see
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before

I know flower grow through rain
But how can love grow through pain

Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
Ain't that peculiar
Peculiarity

You tell me lies
That you'll be honest to me
But I'm so much in love with baby till I don't want to see
Cause the things you do and say
Are designed to make me blue
It's a doggone shame my love for you
Makes all your lies seem true

If the truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make my love stronger

Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
Ain't that peculiar
Peculiarity

Hmm, I act just like a child that's lost his toy
Maybe, baby, you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
A child can cry so much until you do everything they say
But unlike a child those tear don't help me to get my way

I know love can last through years
How can love last through tears

Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
Ain't that peculiar
Peculiarity

Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
Ain't that peculiar
Peculiarity
 

Too Tired

I layed down last night, too tired to wait
I had a chill this mornin', too tired to shake
I got a good poker hand, too tired to win
I could hear my baby knockin', too tired to let her in

I'm tired, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm tired
Too tired, too tired for anything

Too tired to walk, too tired to run
I can hear my baby callin', too tired, too tired

Too tired, yes I'm tired
I'm tired, too tired for anything

I'm tired of prosperity, tired of luck
Sittin' on a pin, I'm too tired to get up

I'm tired, I declare, I declare, I'm tired
Too tired, tired, too tired for anything

I'm tired, baby!

Hey!
 

Born Under A Bad Sign

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Bad luck and trouble's my only friend.
I've been down ever since I was ten.

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

You know, wine and women is all I crave.
A big bad woman's gonna carry me to my grave.

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Bad luck and trouble's my only friend.
I've been down ever since I was ten.

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.
If it wasn't for real bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.
 

One Love

It's been a mystery and still they try to see
Why somethin' good can hurt so bad
Caught on a one-way street
The taste of bittersweet love
Will survive somehow  someway

One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder who's cryin' now
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one
I wonder who's cryin' now

So many stormy nights
So many wrongs or rights
Neither could change their head-strong ways
And in a lover's rage
They turn another page
The fightin' is worth the love they save...

One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder who's cryin' now
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one
I wonder who's cryin' now

Only so many tears you can cry
TiLl the heartache is over
And now you can say your love...
Will never die...

One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder who's cryin' now
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one
I wonder who's cryin' now
 

Georgia

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.
Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you.

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Melodies bring memories
That linger in my heart
Make me think of Georgia
Why did we ever part?

Some sweet day when blossoms fall
And all the world's a song
I'll go back to Georgia
'Cause that's where I belong.
 

Cold Feet

[Instrumental]
 

Better Lying Down

That's all right you don't have to stand up on your feet when she comes sliding into town
That's all right - tell you how I see it, tell you what I found -
She don't recognize you standing up - you know she thinks you look better lying down!

She can give you some tooth dropping, city woman heart stopping refined sugar,
All day sucker licking type of sound.

Well long tongued daddy a few people may get up on their morals and go
But just as long as you're smiling nothing wrong about where you're going down

No triangle stop sign - I don't see any kind of stop sign in your way
No questions being asked about where you want to go or where you want to stay

Good Lord - let her ride! She definitely looks like she knows the sway, the way.
 

I Shot The Sheriff

II shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
For what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
But one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
 

Barefootin'

Everybody get on your feet,
You make me nervous when you in your seat
Take off your shoes and pat your feet,
We're doin a dance that can't be beat
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',

Went to a party the other night,
Long Tall Sally was out of sight
Threw way her wig, and her high sneakers too,
She was doin a dance without any shoes
She was barefootin', She was barefootin',
She was barefootin', She was barefootin',

Hey little gal with the red dress on,
I bet you can barefoot all night long
Take off your shoes and throw them away,
Come back and get them another day
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
Musical interlude
Lil John Henry he said to Sue,
If I was barefootin' would you barefoot too
Sue told John, "I'm thirty two,
I was barefootin ever since I was two
They was barefootin', they was barefootin'
They was barefootin'', we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We don't have no shoes on
 

Mustang Sally

Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your mustang down
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your mustang down
You've been runnin' all over the town now
Oh guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground

All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
One of these early mornings baby
Gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes

I bought you a brand new mustang
'bout nineteen sixty five
Now you come 'round, signifying a woman baby
you don't wanna let me ride.
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your mustang down
You've been runnin' all over the town now
Got to put your flat feet on the ground

All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally
Ride Sally ride
One of these early mornings baby
Gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes
 

Nutbush City Limits

A church house Gin house
A school house Out house
On highway number nineteen
The people keep the city clean
They call it Nutbush
Oh Nutbush
Call it Nutbush city limits

Twenty-five was the speed limit
Motorcycle not allowed in it
You go to the store on friday
You go to church on sunday
They call it Nutbush
Oh Nutbush
Call it Nutbush city limits

You go to the fields on weekdays
And have a picnic on labor day
You go to town on saturday
But go to the church ev'ry sunday
They call it Nutbush
Oh Nutbush
Call it Nutbush city limits

No whiskey for sale
You can't cop no bail
Salt pork and molasses
Is all you get in jail
They call it Nutbush
Oh Nutbush
Call it Nutbush city limits

Little old town in Tennessee
That's called a quiet little old community
A one-horse town you have to watch
What you're puttin' down in old Nutbush
They call it Nutbush
Oh Nutbush
Call it Nutbush city limits
 

Faith Healer

Let me put my hands on you....

If your body's feelin' bad
and it's the only one you have
you want to take away the pain
go out walkin' in the rain.
You watch the flowers go to bed,
ask the man inside your head
Your spirit never has to grieve
all ya got to do's believe.
The faith healer
The faith healer

All ya got to do is feel
your body's going to start to heal
The fingertips of holy fire
everlasting sweet desire
It don't matter what the doctor said
the healer man will sail away
Immortality for two
the miracles, they will come to you

The faith healer
The faith healer
Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?
The faith healer
The faith healer

Faith, and hope and charity
the simple relativity
He can make you understand
all you've got to do is take his hand
It don't matter what somebody said
Ask the man inside your head
the fingertips of holy fire
everlasting sweet desire

The faith healer
The faith healer
Can I put my hands on you?(six times)
The faith healer.......(3 times and end)