John Henry Bosworth-Noel Paul Stookey

[ti:John Henry Bosworth] [ar:Noel Paul Stookey] [al:The Solo Recordings (1971 - 1972)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.65]John Henry Bosworth - Noel Paul Stookey [00:01.41]Written by：Noel Paul Stookey [00:02.02] [00:12.67]John Henry Bosworth late in 68 [00:18.05] [00:18.77]Decided that the time had come to settle his estate [00:23.99] [00:25.14]The riots of the summer were creeping into fall [00:30.92]So he packed his family in the car [00:33.88] [00:34.57]And chose to leave it all [00:36.58] [00:37.79]Out on the open road with his elbow in the breeze [00:42.92] [00:43.54]He pulled his woman to him [00:45.65] [00:46.38]And he gave her heart a squeeze [00:49.26]With a song that he'd been singing [00:54.73] [00:55.31]And they waved to the people that they passed [01:00.58] [01:01.29]All along the highway they went winging [01:07.21] [01:08.07]Headed for their paradise at last [01:12.46] [01:17.15]John Henry Bosworth's family on the farm [01:22.14] [01:23.13]Elizabeth is sitting knitting from a ball of yarn [01:28.13] [01:28.93]Koolaid's in the kitchen Button's up in her bed [01:34.73]And John he takes a long pull on his pipe [01:38.53]And lays his head back in the easy chair [01:42.62] [01:43.49]With the Good Book in his hand [01:45.57] [01:46.43]He close his eyes and thank the Lord [01:48.96] [01:49.55]For making him a lucky man [01:51.36] [01:51.94]With a song that he'd been singing [01:56.89] [01:57.97]And they waved to the people that they passed [02:03.89]All along the highway they were winging [02:09.03] [02:10.33]Headed for their paradise at last [02:14.61] [02:43.57]John Henry Bosworth 1984 [02:49.33]The city's dead [02:50.91]The sky is red [02:52.27]And there's a knock upon the door [02:54.65] [02:55.62]Every piece of Scripture every prayer he prayed [03:01.38]Had brought him to this moment [03:03.99]Of this particular day [03:07.77]Open the doors he cried [03:09.71] [03:10.23]Let the brothers and the sisters inside [03:13.16]I got everything to give now and nothing left to hide [03:18.20] [03:18.86]With a song that he'd been singing [03:24.73]And they waved to the people that they passed [03:30.49]All along the highway they'd been winging [03:36.82]Headed for their paradise at last [03:40.34] [04:08.02]And I was wondering if you had been to the mountain [04:14.26] [04:15.76]To look at the valley below [04:18.79] [04:20.13]Did you see all the roads tangled down in the valley [04:25.87] [04:27.41]Did you know which way to go [04:29.93] [04:31.47]Oh the mountain stream runs pure and clear [04:37.55]And I wish to my soul I could always be here [04:43.17]But there's a reason for living way down in the valley [04:48.60] [04:49.59]That only the mountain knows