The Unwelcome Guest-Billy Bragg and Wilco

[ti:The Unwelcome Guest] [ar:Billy Bragg and Wilco] [al:Mermaid Avenue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Unwelcome Guest (LP版) - Billy Bragg and Wilco [00:08.11]To the rich man's bright lodges [00:11.96]I ride in this wind [00:14.97] [00:15.61]On my good horse I call you [00:19.22] [00:19.74]My shiny black Bess [00:23.77]To the playhouse of fortune [00:26.97] [00:27.51]To take the bright silver [00:31.53]And gold you have taken [00:35.32]From somebody else [00:39.36]And as we go riding [00:42.28] [00:42.85]In the damp foggy midnight [00:47.01]You snort my good pony [00:50.63]And you give me your best [00:54.11] [00:54.75]For you know and I know [00:58.70]Good horse 'mongst the rich ones [01:02.47]How oftimes we go there [01:06.47]An unwelcome guest [01:11.03] [01:18.07]I never took food [01:20.57] [01:21.32]From the widows and orphans [01:25.65]And never a hardworking man I oppressed [01:32.45] [01:33.26]So take your pace easy [01:36.55] [01:37.28]For home soon like lightning [01:41.18]We soon will be riding [01:44.27]My shiny black Bess [01:48.10] [01:48.79]No fat rich man's pony [01:51.94] [01:52.54]Can ever overtake you [01:55.51] [01:56.56]And there's not a rider [01:59.84]From the east to the west [02:03.08] [02:04.25]Could hold you a light [02:07.12] [02:07.63]In this dark mist and midnight [02:11.64]When the potbellied thieves [02:14.60]Chase the unwelcome guest [02:19.25] [02:27.45]I don't know good horse [02:29.31] [02:30.38]As we trot in this dark here [02:33.98] [02:34.54]That robbing the rich [02:36.88] [02:37.73]Is for worse or for best [02:40.93] [02:41.84]They take it by stealing [02:44.91] [02:45.57]And lying and gambling [02:48.72] [02:49.29]And I take it my way [02:53.06]My shiny Black Bess [02:56.44] [02:57.03]I treat horses good [02:59.37] [03:00.09]And I'm friendly to strangers [03:04.59]I ride and your running [03:07.81]Makes my guns talk the best [03:11.51] [03:12.04]And the rangers and deputies [03:15.88]Are hired by the rich man [03:19.58]To catch me and hang me [03:23.35]My shining black Bess [03:28.07] [03:57.18]Yes they'll catch me napping one day [04:02.37]And they'll kill me [04:04.55] [04:05.66]And then I'll be gone [04:07.84] [04:08.58]But that won't be my end [04:12.20]For my guns and my saddle [04:16.39]Will always be filled [04:20.19]By unwelcome travelers [04:24.02]And other brave men [04:27.54] [04:28.13]And they'll take the money [04:31.65]And spread it out equal [04:35.58]Just like the Bible [04:38.92]And the prophets suggest [04:42.24] [04:43.08]But men that go riding [04:46.66]To help these poor workers [04:50.57]The rich will cut down [04:53.98]Like an unwelcome guest