A1 The Road To Cairo 5:11
A2 When Love Is Gone 3:15
A3 Sonny Come Home 2:56
A4 Blue Ribbons 4:33
A5 What A Happy Day 2:10
B1 Down River 3:41
B2 Laissez-Faire 1:34
B3 Lotus Man 2:45
B4 His Name Is Andrew 6:04
B5 Be My Friend 4:42
Bass – Jerry Penrod
Cover [Concept], Art Direction – William S. Harvey
Engineer – Brian Ross Myring*, Bruce Botnick
Guitar – Danny Weis, Douglas Hastings*
Organ – Michael Fonfara
Percussion – John Keliehor*
Photography – Joel Brodsky
Piano, Composed By, Words By – David Ackles
Producer – David Anderle, Russ Miller (2)
A2 When Love Is Gone 3:15
A3 Sonny Come Home 2:56
A4 Blue Ribbons 4:33
A5 What A Happy Day 2:10
B1 Down River 3:41
B2 Laissez-Faire 1:34
B3 Lotus Man 2:45
B4 His Name Is Andrew 6:04
B5 Be My Friend 4:42
Bass – Jerry Penrod
Cover [Concept], Art Direction – William S. Harvey
Engineer – Brian Ross Myring*, Bruce Botnick
Guitar – Danny Weis, Douglas Hastings*
Organ – Michael Fonfara
Percussion – John Keliehor*
Photography – Joel Brodsky
Piano, Composed By, Words By – David Ackles
Producer – David Anderle, Russ Miller (2)
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MusicTranscript
00:00A fella told me this here road leads to Cairo
00:19I got to get me a ride
00:28I got to go back, go back to my children
00:37I got to see my little bride
00:45I've been traveling, gone a long, long time
00:54Don't know what I'll find, scared of what I'll find
01:02But I just got to see them again
01:07Hey, thanks for stopping, are you headed down to Cairo?
01:20I wrecked my Lincoln in St. Joe
01:29Well, it's a little old Cairo, no special reason
01:38Look up some folks I used to know
01:46Me, I travel some, have my share of fun
01:54Now that's the life a man can live
02:03Sure, I've played in laws, but who minds the cause?
02:12You got to take more than you give
02:20Hey, you got another cigar?
02:25Son, I sure like this call
02:30From your daddy as a gift
02:38Say, on second thought
02:43There's gifts I haven't pulled
02:47Just drop me here, thanks for my lift
03:00Yes, I've traveled some
03:04Yes, I've been a bum
03:08Never had a dime for gin
03:17I left to make my way
03:21Told her I can't stay
03:25To see my children poor as sin
03:34I know this road
03:38It leads straight into Cairo
03:43Twenty-two miles straight ahead
03:51I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
04:00They're better thinking I'm dead
04:13I've been traveling
04:17Gone a long, long time
04:22Don't know what I'd find
04:26Scared of what I'd find
04:30I can't, I just can't walk down this road
05:12I can't, I just can't walk down this road to Cairo
05:25I have your ribbon and you have my ring
05:32And yet between us we've misplaced the thing we'd found
05:43It would not be bound
05:51Gone are the splendor, the joy and the smile
05:59Where there was music it echoes a mile away
06:09Oh, we could stay
06:15We could stay together
06:19Just pretending going on and on
06:25We could play
06:29We could play together
06:32The game of love when love is gone
06:43But you are honest and yes I'm proud
06:50Only a fool is content with a cloud to hide in
07:00We can't fall beside you
07:09So take back the promise and cast off the veil
07:17We said tomorrow would have only now to spare
07:29And now is the end
07:33Oh, we could stay together
07:38Just pretending going on and on
07:44We could play
07:47We could play together
07:51The game of love
07:55When love is gone
08:04When love is gone
08:10When game's gone
08:17When love is gone
08:24When love is gone
08:43These woods I've been here before
08:47But someone's changed the color of the leaves
08:52Not leaves, not green anymore
08:56What is that hanging in the trees?
09:00Bits of glass, broken
09:04Bicycle wheels, broken
09:08Old toys, old homes, broken, broken
09:15Why did I come here on my way home?
09:22I heard a voice calling, sunny
09:28The table's set, the water's warm
09:32Come home, come home, come home
09:39This road I've been here before
09:42Where's the rock I used to climb?
09:47No rock, no road anymore
09:51Why are those people waiting there in line?
09:56Throwing stones, strangers
10:00Throwing knives, strangers
10:04Old friends, old loves
10:08Strangers, strangers
10:11Why did I come here on my way home?
10:18I heard a voice calling, sunny
10:23The table's set, the water's warm
10:27Come home, come home, come home
10:34This house I've been here before
10:37But there's no answer when I knock
10:42Just wind, no sound anymore
10:46My key won't fit into the lock
10:50Of all the rooms, empty
10:54Fireplace, empty
10:58Old walls, old rooms, empty, empty
11:06Why did I come here on my way home?
11:13Inside a voice calls me, sunny
11:19The table's set, the water's warm
11:23Come home, come home
11:26I hear you, I hear you
11:29But I can't come home
11:36Satsang with Mooji
11:41Satsang with Mooji
11:46Satsang with Mooji
11:51Satsang with Mooji
11:59Satsang with Mooji
12:05One raven's gone, one summer changed me
12:10He took the ribbons from my hair
12:15And gave me wide and naked eyes to stare
12:22One raven's gone and he has changed me
12:29I hear the song his loving played
12:34It echoes in a world we never made
12:41I don't wear blue ribbons now
12:45I don't wind my heart with laces
12:48I don't smile at lovers now
12:51I wind my eyes with rivers
12:54From the places they will find
12:57The world is full of lovers
13:01Loving hate and only loving others of their kind
13:10My raven's gone, they took him from me
13:16On black and shining wings of song
13:21Upon a wind of freedom swept along
13:29My raven's gone, they took him from me
13:34I hear the laughter of their hate
13:38And see the arrows fly from freedom's gate
13:46I don't wear blue ribbons now
13:49I don't wind my heart with laces
13:52I don't smile at lovers now
13:55I wind my eyes with rivers
13:58From the places they will find
14:01The world is full of lovers
14:04Loving hate and only loving others of their kind
14:13My love is gone, but love is with me
14:19The song he sang is in me now
14:24The tree of love will bear a loving bond
14:32Though he is gone, his voice is in me
14:37I hear him shout, I am not blind
14:43I am a man, and men are all unkind
14:53I don't wear blue ribbons now
14:56I don't wind my heart with laces
14:58I don't smile at lovers now
15:01I wind my eyes with rivers
15:04From the places they will find
15:07The world is full of lovers
15:10Loving hate and only loving others of their kind
15:18But maybe they are learning now
15:22Maybe just a few are learning
15:28Maybe just a few are learning
15:58Maybe just a few are learning
16:03Hey people, can you hear the children singing?
16:31Hey, what a lot of love there is
16:35Standing on the doorstep of the history you're making
16:41Do you wonder what to give or only what's for taking?
16:46Can't you hear the children singing?
16:49Won't you listen and hear them singing?
16:56What a happy day
17:01What a groovy morning
17:05Come and play with me
17:09This is my garden
17:13And you're welcome on this happy day
17:20Hey people, can you hear the children singing?
17:25Hey, what a lot of love there is
17:29Standing in the sunshine while the sun is getting higher
17:35Will you take the sun away in one red cloud of fire?
17:40Will you stop the children singing?
17:43Can't you leave the children singing?
17:49What a happy day
17:54What a groovy morning
17:58Come and play with me
18:02This is my garden
18:06And you're welcome
18:09What a happy day
18:13What a groovy morning
18:17Come and play with me
18:21This is my garden
18:24And you're welcome
18:29Good To See You Again
18:35Good to see you again, Rosie
18:40I know I've changed a lot since then
18:45But you're looking fine, babe
18:52Three years, that ain't long, Rosie
18:56I still remember our song
19:01When you were mine, babe
19:07Times change, times change, I know
19:13But it sure goes slow
19:18Downriver, when you're locked away
19:27Hey, why didn't you write, Rosie?
19:32I stayed awake most every night
19:36Counting my time, babe
19:43Oh no, I ain't mad, Rosie
19:48I know you had to mind your dad
19:52But just a line, babe
19:59Oh sure, I remember Ben
20:03When we went all through school
20:09Is that right?
20:12Well, he ain't no fool
20:15He's a good man, Rosie
20:19You hold him tight as you can
20:23Don't ask me why, babe
20:30Yeah, nice seeing you, Rosie
20:35I got things to do
20:39Well, goodbye, babe
20:49Times change, times change, I know
20:56But it sure goes slow
21:00Downriver, when you're locked away
21:10Times change, times change, I know
21:18But it sure goes slow
21:23Downriver
21:32Rosie
21:36Hey, Rosie
21:39Rosie
22:09Rosie
22:34Money for cigarettes
22:37Pennies for wine
22:41Don't let them take that away, bud
22:45It's all I have to call mine
22:48Listen, buddy
22:50That's all I have to call mine
22:53I got no overhead
22:56No taxes to pay
23:00I just got one rollaway bed
23:03But they want a rollaway
23:06Listen, buddy
23:08Don't let them roll it away
23:11Sure, I've heard what they're saying
23:15Share the wealth, that's what they're saying
23:19But I don't believe it
23:21The government takes all the cash
23:24And eats it or something
23:27So the rich get richer
23:30And the poor get nothing
23:33So leave me my money for cigarettes
23:38My pennies for wine
23:42Don't let them take that away, bud
23:46It's all I have to call mine
23:49Listen, buddy
23:51That's all I have to call mine
23:54But, buddy
23:56It's just enough to call mine
24:03In the sand
24:05Listening to the water's song
24:08While the silent sun dissolves us
24:12Take my hand, silent too
24:15We'll drift along
24:18Till the lotus man
24:20Absorbs us
24:23And we'll be free
24:26In the sand
24:28Listening to the water's song
24:31And we'll whittle down the hours
24:35Throw away the days
24:38We'll ring our world with flowers
24:42While the other world decays
24:50In the night
24:52Listening to the city sound
24:55Of the people who ignore us
25:00We'll take flight with the stars
25:04Heath abound
25:06Only galaxies to bore us
25:11And we'll whittle down the hours
25:15Throw away the days
25:18We'll ring our world with flowers
25:23While the other world decays
25:30Instrumental
25:41In the dawn
25:43Listening to the distant drums
25:47And the distant cannon firing
25:51We'll be gone long before the battle comes
25:57Just the thought of war is tiring
26:02And we'll whittle down the hours
26:06Throw away the days
26:09We'll ring our world with flowers
26:15While the other world decays
26:21Instrumental
26:52Andrew
27:00His name is Andrew
27:04He works in a canning factory
27:10He doesn't have a friend
27:14He chooses to wait alone
27:18For his life to end
27:25When Andrew was just a little boy
27:30He knew all the words to all the hymns of joy
27:39And he sang them on Sunday
27:44And he sang them on Monday
27:49And in April and in May
27:58And he heard them say
28:03God is love
28:08God is love
28:11And he believed them
28:16Instrumental
28:43This child was Andrew
28:48He lived in a world of innocence
28:54On him the lion grinned
28:59He sang in the arms of God
29:03As he strung the wind
29:08When Andrew was tall and twenty-one
29:14He wondered from God and wondered what he'd done
29:23For he still sang on Sunday
29:29Though he muddled through Monday
29:34With a silence in his head
29:43Till in jest it said
29:47God redeems
29:53God redeems
29:57And he believed him
30:01Instrumental
30:28This man was Andrew
30:33Hearing a voice he thought was stilled
30:39Back to the arms of grace
30:43He stumbled through darkened woods
30:47To a lighted place
30:52When Andrew returned to love and light
30:59He lifted his voice and sang away the night
31:07And the preacher from Sunday
31:13Heard him singing on Monday
31:18And he stopped him with a word
31:26From the dark he heard
31:32God is dead
31:37God is dead
31:41And he believed him
31:45Instrumental
32:12My name is Andrew
32:17I work in a canning factory
32:23I do not have a friend
32:27I choose to wait alone
32:31For this life to end
32:35Instrumental
33:03This World is a Lonely Place
33:15This world's a lonely place to walk around in
33:25This world's a place where life is hard to spend
33:34But we can help each other live
33:39Everyone can give the simple gift
33:46The words that lift, be my friend
33:52Instrumental
34:00Some days you wake up feeling nothing but fear
34:10Some days you wonder why God put you here
34:19And all at once there comes a word
34:25What was that you heard?
34:29Why someone said from Gilead
34:34Be my friend
34:37Instrumental
35:07Instrumental
35:27This life may not bring much of comfort to you
35:34This world may lose its touch of kindness too
35:44And who's to blame? Why can't you see?
35:50Only you and me
35:55So if I may, I'd like to say
36:00Be my friend
36:03Instrumental
36:33Instrumental
37:03Instrumental
37:33Instrumental