Tombstone Blues-Richie Havens

[ti:Tombstone Blues] [ar:Richie Havens] [al:I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tombstone Blues - Richie Havens [00:12.15]The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course [00:15.82]The city fathers they're trying to endorse [00:19.63]The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse [00:23.19]But the town has no need to be nervous [00:26.44] [00:27.42]The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits [00:31.23]To Jezebel the nun she violently knits [00:34.98]A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits [00:38.66]At the head of the chamber of commerce [00:42.28] [00:43.22]Mama's in the fact'ry [00:44.78]She ain't got no shoes [00:46.84]Daddy's in the alley [00:48.57]He's lookin' for food [00:50.33] [00:50.89]I'm in the kitchen [00:52.70]With the tombstone blues [00:55.95] [00:57.51]The hysterical bride in the penny arcade [01:01.56]Screaming she moans "I've just been made" [01:05.49]Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade [01:09.11]Says "My advice is to not let the boys in" [01:12.54] [01:13.17]Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside [01:17.10]He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride [01:21.22]"Stop all this weeping swallow your pride [01:24.65]You will not die it's not poison" [01:28.02] [01:28.89]Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief [01:32.77]Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief [01:36.56]Saying "Tell me great hero but briefplease make it [01:40.31]Is there a hole for me to get sick in " [01:43.50] [01:44.87]Mama's in the fact'ry [01:46.38]She ain't got no shoes [01:48.44]Daddy's in the alley [01:49.99]He's lookin' for food [01:52.30]I'm in the streets [01:54.24]With the tombstone blues [01:58.35]The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly [02:03.16]Saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry" [02:07.15]And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky [02:10.84]Saving "The sun's not yellow it's chicken" [02:14.45] [02:15.08]The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save [02:18.95]Puts jawbones on their tombstones and theirflatters [02:22.82]Graves [02:23.25]Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves [02:27.00]Then sends them out to the jungle [02:30.12] [02:30.80]Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps [02:34.86]With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps [02:38.98]With a fantastic collection of stamps [02:42.66]To win friends and influence his uncle [02:46.28] [02:47.15]Mama's in the fact'ry [02:48.65]She ain't got no shoes [02:50.77]Daddy's in the alley [02:52.34]He's lookin' for food [02:54.63]I'm in the streets [02:56.38]With the tombstone blues [03:02.88] [03:09.55]The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone [03:13.68]Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown [03:17.35]At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone [03:21.03]But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter [03:25.15]Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill [03:29.27]I would set him in chains at the top of the hill [03:33.20]Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B DeMille [03:37.01]He could die happily ever after [03:40.31] [03:41.32]Mama's in the fact'ry [03:42.81]She ain't got no shoes [03:44.93]Daddy's in the alley [03:46.87]He's lookin' for food [03:49.00]I'm in the streets [03:50.61]With the tombstone blues [03:53.43] [03:55.61]Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed [03:58.79]Roll [03:59.66]Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole [04:03.72]And the National Bank at a profit road sells maps for [04:07.77]The soul [04:08.59]To the old folks home and the college [04:11.64]Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain [04:15.39]That could hold you dear lady from going insane [04:19.50]That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain [04:23.37]Of your useless and pointless knowledge [04:26.69] [04:27.62]Mama's in the fact'ry [04:29.30]She ain't got no shoes [04:31.36]Daddy's in the alley [04:33.48]He's lookin' for food [04:35.35]I'm in the chicken [04:37.23]With the tombstone blue [04:39.73] [04:42.79]Gei to the tombstone blue [04:52.56] [04:53.56]To tthe ombstone blue