• 3 months ago
1 A Short While Ago
Written-By – Chris Smither
2:34
2 A Song For Susan
Written-By – Chris Smither
3:07
3 I Am A Child
Written-By – Neil Young
3:49
4 Have You Seen My Baby
Written-By – Randy Newman
3:07
5 Devil Got You Woman
Written-By – Chris Smither
3:48
6 Hommunculus
Written-By – Chris Smither
3:12
7 Love You Like A Man
Written-By – Chris Smither
2:36
8 Lonely Time
Written-By – Chris Smither
3:22
9 Look Down The Road
Written-By – Chris Smither
2:36
10 Old Kentucky Home
Fiddle – Russell George
Written-By – Randy Newman
2:29
11 Time To Go Home
Written-By – Chris Smither
5:32
Acoustic Guitar [Rhythm], Backing Vocals – John Bailey
Arranged By – Chris Smither, John Bailey
Arranged By [Assistant] – Ronald Frangipane*
Bass Guitar [Acoustic] – Russell George
Bass Guitar [Electric] – Richard Davis (2)
Design [Graphic Design] – Milton Glaser
Drums, Tambourine – Al Rogers
Engineer – Brooks Arthur, Jay Tropp
Photography By – Jim Bogin
Producer – Ronald Frangipane*
Producer [Assistant] – Michael Cuscuna
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Chris Smither

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Transcript
00:00
00:29I've been feeling my eyes have been stealing time
00:34It's not my own
00:36I know I'm walking knee-deep in my feelings
00:39But if love comes and finds me alone
00:43The summer sun could come find me long gone
00:47
00:53Love came and it touched my shoulder
00:57It was not my own
00:59It made her feel so sad when I told her
01:02She said it for the sake of the sound
01:06Screaming love in a deep dark hole in the ground
01:10
01:39Green shadows on a cold white morning
01:42I never dreamed of such a lonely dawn
01:45Cold tree ladders only whispered a warning
01:48That a brave man never looks down
01:52He never knows what a fool he might have found
01:56
02:02I've been feeling my eyes have been stealing time
02:07It's not my own
02:09I know I'm walking knee-deep in my feelings
02:12But if love comes and finds me alone
02:16The summer sun could come find me long gone
02:20
02:35
02:48Hard and lonely
02:50He's too blind to choose her
02:54
02:59Open your eyes
03:02She's not one for losers
03:06
03:12Love is kind
03:15Ease your mind
03:17You've got nothing but your soul to find
03:22
03:25Listen now
03:27How often she's told him
03:30Loosen your hands
03:32That's your heart that you're holding
03:36
03:43Cause love ain't easy
03:46Who told you it would be
03:50
03:56Help is humble
03:58I don't know it could be
04:03
04:07Just to hold you in an ocean
04:10Put me needing you
04:13Cause somewhere I know you need me
04:18
04:20Years of indignation
04:23Here's what it's come to
04:26One who believes that he can tell you he loves you
04:32
04:42
04:52
05:02
05:16Years of indignation
05:19Here's what it's come to
05:22One who believes that he can tell you he loves you
05:29
05:42
05:47I am a child
05:50I'll last a while
05:53You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile
06:00You hold my hand
06:03Rough up my hair
06:06It's lots of fun to have you there
06:11
06:15God gave to you
06:17Now you give to me
06:22I'd like to know what you've learned
06:28The sky is blue
06:31And so is the sea
06:35What is the color
06:39When black is burned
06:42
06:49You are a man
06:52You understand
06:55You pick me up
06:58Lay me down again
07:02You make the rules
07:05You say what's fair
07:09It's lots of fun to have you there
07:14
07:17God gave to you
07:19Now you give to me
07:23I'd like to know what you've learned
07:28The sky is blue
07:32And so is the sea
07:36What is the color
07:40When black is burned
07:43
08:14
08:24I am a child
08:27I'll last a while
08:31You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile
08:38You hold my hand
08:41Rough up my hair
08:44It's lots of fun to have you there
08:49
08:52God gave to you
08:55Now you give to me
08:59I'd like to know what you've learned
09:04The sky is blue
09:08And so is the sea
09:13What is the color
09:16When black is burned
09:19
09:27
09:30
09:36
09:42
09:47Have you seen my baby
09:51On the avenue
09:55You know she drives me crazy
09:59With the funny things she do
10:03I've seen her with the mailman
10:07Riding down the street
10:11When you're through with my baby
10:14Mailman, send her home to me
10:18Hold on, hold on
10:22Hold on
10:26That night's been so long
10:30Since she has been gone
10:34Hold on, hold on
10:38Hold on
10:40
10:45
10:50
10:55
11:00
11:05
11:10
11:15
11:20
11:25
11:30
11:35I've seen her with the gypsies
11:39Dancing through the woods
11:43She's always been a stranger to me
11:47She ain't never been no good
11:51I told her please don't talk to strangers
11:55But she always do
12:00She said I talk to strangers if I want to
12:05I'm a stranger too
12:08Hold on, hold on
12:12Hold on
12:16That night's been so long
12:20Since she has been gone
12:24Hold on, hold on
12:28Hold on
12:30
12:38
12:43
12:48
12:53
12:58
13:03
13:08
13:13
13:16Feelin' sad mama don't get mad
13:21Some devil's got your name
13:27Some devil
13:32Has got your name
13:41My own sweet mama
13:46Don't give a damn
13:48
13:53Lovin' is a feelin' mama
13:56This devil's stealin'
13:58He's stealin' all I have
14:04He's been stealin'
14:10All I have
14:19Don't ask for lovin' mama
14:22I'm feelin' so bad
14:27
14:34
14:39
14:44Don't ask for lovin' mama
14:47I'm feelin' so bad
14:52
14:57Nighttime's fallin' mama
15:00Hear me callin'
15:03Can't you roll on home
15:07Why don't you roll on
15:11Roll on home
15:20I can't take this devil mama
15:24Sittin' all alone
15:32I'm feelin' sad mama don't get mad
15:39Some devil's got your name
15:45Some devil
15:51Has got your name
16:00My own sweet mama
16:04Don't give a damn
16:08
16:13My own sweet mama
16:17Don't give a damn
16:19
16:24
16:29
16:34
16:39There's a man that lives inside my mind
16:44He's got eyes that see to the end of time
16:49This man never needs nothin' at all
16:55He's a lonely man
16:57He walks along with his head hung down
17:00And he's singin' a song
17:03And he don't need a whole lot of lovin'
17:07This man never needs nothin'
17:11This man never needs nothin' at all
17:15
17:20
17:25
17:30
17:35
17:37To him the sky is blue forever
17:41There is no time from then to never
17:46When I ask he tells me so
17:51He's told me twice that love is blind
17:55I've told him once but I don't mind
17:59And he don't need a whole lot of lovin'
18:03This man never needs nothin'
18:08This man never needs nothin' at all
18:12
18:17
18:22
18:27
18:32
18:35He told me at the start of spring
18:39There is an end to this beginning
18:43Live it now it leaves along with fall
18:49He wonders how the wind and rain
18:53Can live so long and stand the pain
18:57He don't need a whole lot of lovin'
19:01This man never needs nothin'
19:05This man never needs nothin' at all
19:11I've watched him go as he grew older
19:15With a mind as cold as mine or colder
19:19He don't need a whole lot of lovin'
19:23This man never needs nothin'
19:27This man never needs nothin' at all
19:39
19:44
19:49
19:54
19:59
20:04
20:07All these men you've been seein'
20:09Got their balls up on the shelf
20:11You know they could never love you baby
20:14They can't even love themselves
20:16You need someone who can
20:18I could be your lover man
20:22You better believe me when I tell you
20:26I could love you like a man
20:31Yeah, cause I've never seen such losers
20:34I'll bet you never tried
20:36To find a man who could take you home
20:38Instead of takin' you for a ride
20:40You need someone who can
20:42I could be your lover man
20:47You better believe me when I tell you
20:50I could love you like a man
20:53
20:58
21:03
21:08
21:13
21:18
21:21Now you're comin' home sad
21:23Layin' down to cry
21:25What you need is a man to hold you
21:27Not a fool to ask you why
21:29You know it will need someone who can
21:32I could be your lover man
21:37You better believe me when I tell you
21:40I could love you like a man
21:43
21:46Yeah, cause they all want you to rock home
21:48Like their back ain't got no bone
21:50What you need is a man who can rock you
21:52Like your backbone was his own
21:54You need someone who can
21:57I could be, yes, I could be your lover man
22:02You better believe me when I tell you
22:05I could love you like, love you like a man
22:08
22:16
22:21
22:26Tell me I could live without you
22:30Tell me let the good times roll
22:34Tell me I could live as half a man
22:38Lovin' you's what made me whole
22:42There was a time when I could sing to you
22:45Live for the light that I could bring to you
22:49But I sat down to sing a lonely song
22:54God knows I never thought that it could last so long
23:01Now all the days dressed in gray
23:03Have come home to stay
23:05They've laid their cold arms all around
23:09Graveyard flowers lost in gray showers
23:14All my leaves are turning brown
23:18The way home is all I need to know
23:21And all I hear is I told you so
23:26The time has come to find me now
23:30The time has come to teach you how
23:33
23:38Cause all you need is love to find me
23:42You don't need to find to come
23:46If I'm lost in the dark, turn on your heart
23:50Leave those dogs at home
23:53Cause it don't take much for me to see the light
23:58A loving touch makes you shine so bright
24:01No it don't take much for me to see you coming
24:06Turn on that light, yes you know I'll come running
24:12
24:42
24:53Yeah all you need is love to find me
24:57You don't need to find to come
25:01If I'm lost in the dark, turn on your heart
25:05Leave those dogs at home
25:08Cause it don't take much for me to see the light
25:13A loving touch makes you shine so bright
25:17It don't take much for me to see you coming
25:21Turn on that light, yes you know I'll come
25:26And I'll come running
25:28
25:38
25:43
25:48
25:53
25:56Look down the road
25:59As far as my eyes could see
26:04As far as my eyes could see
26:08Yes I couldn't see nothing
26:11That looked like mine to me
26:14I wouldn't have a woman
26:17Stay out all night long
26:20Hey, hey, hey
26:23She stay out all night long
26:26Yes I don't want no woman
26:29She don't know right from wrong
26:31
26:36
26:41
26:46
26:51
26:56
27:01
27:06
27:11I can't get no higher
27:13I'm coming to lower you down
27:15Hey, hey, hey
27:18I'm coming to lower you down
27:22I'm gonna stand right here
27:24And my mustache drag the ground
27:29I wouldn't have a rooster
27:31That don't crow for day
27:33Hey, hey, hey
27:36If he can't crow for day
27:41Yes I don't want no chicken
27:43Don't cackle when she lay
27:47Look down the road
27:50As far as my eyes could see
27:52Hey, hey, hey
27:55As far as my eyes could see
27:59Yes I couldn't see nothing
28:01That looked like mine to me
28:04
28:11
28:16
28:21
28:26Turpentine, dandelion wine
28:28Turn the corner I'm doing fine
28:31Shooting at the birds on the telephone line
28:34Picking them off with this gun of mine
28:36I got a fire in my belly
28:37Got a fire in my head going high, high
28:40Till I'm dead
28:44Sister Sue, she's short and stout
28:46She didn't grow up, she grew out
28:49Mama says she's pretty
28:50And she's just being kind
28:52Daddy thinks she's pretty
28:53But he's almost blind
28:54They don't let her out much
28:56Except at night
28:57I don't care cause I'm alright
29:01Oh the sun shines bright
29:04On my old Kentucky home
29:08Young folks are old on the floor
29:13The sun shines bright
29:15On my old Kentucky home
29:18Keep those hard times away from my door
29:24Brother Eugene is big and mean
29:26He don't have much to say
29:29He had a little woman
29:30That he whooped each night
29:32Now she's gone away
29:34He got drunk last night
29:35And kicked Mama down the stairs
29:37I'm alright cause I don't care
29:41Oh the sun shines bright
29:44On my old Kentucky home
29:47Young folks are old on the floor
29:52The sun shines bright
29:55On my old Kentucky home
29:58Keep those hard times away from my door
30:05. . .
30:22Turpentine, dandelion wine
30:24Turn the corner, I'm doing fine
30:27Shooting at the birds on the telephone line
30:30Picking them off with this gun of mine
30:32Fire in my belly, got a fire in my head
30:35Going high, high, till I'm dead
31:02. . .
31:32I went out walking yesterday
31:39To find my place in the sun
31:47I was told that there's thieves in the pavement
31:54And they've stolen everyone
32:02Did you ever take the time
32:07To look around you
32:10And find a place to shine
32:13Where you never have to worry
32:17About who might be watching you
32:31. . .
32:36Cause now I can see you
32:39Walking home alone
32:43Drinking all that wine
32:50And I know
32:52That somewhere there's a better way
32:55And I'll tell you when I've found mine
33:02Cause I can remember
33:06When I thought that I could see
33:10When it was so easy
33:13Just you and me
33:17To think I thought it could be that way
33:22All the time
33:27. . .
33:39And now I just sit here
33:42And watch you make all those faces
33:46And turn them into words
33:51Don't you think now
33:55You could just tell me
33:59What it is I've done
34:05Don't just sit there
34:08Wasting all that time
34:12Just tell me
34:15What's on your mind
34:20And ask me
34:23If I don't think it's time
34:26To go home
34:49. . .
35:18. . .
35:25Don't you think it's time
35:29To go home
35:32. . .
36:01. . .
36:11. . .

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