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THE SOFT PARADE (1969)
"Tell All The People" Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Set them free Follow me down You tell them they don't have to run We're gonna pick up everyone Come out and take me by my hand Gonna
bury all our troubles in the sand, oh yeah Can't you see the wonder at your feet Your life's complete Follow me down Can't you see me growing, get your guns
The time has come To follow me down Follow me across the sea Where milky babies seem to be Molded, flowing revelry With the one that set them free Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow
me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Follow me down You got to follow me down
Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down Tell all the people you see Follow me You got to follow me down "Touch Me" Yeah! Come on, come on, come on, come on Now
touch me, baby Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? Now,
I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I Come on, come on, come on, come on Now touch me,
baby Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? I'm
gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I Stronger than dirt "Shaman's Blues" There will never be Another one like you
There will never be Another one who can Do
the things you do, oh Will you give another chance? Will you try, little try? Please stop and you remember We were together, anyway, all right And if you
have a certain evenin' You could lend to me I'd give it all right back to you A how it has to be with you I know your moves and your mind And your mind And your mind And your mind And your mind And your mind And your mind Will you stop and think and
wonder? Just what you'll see Out on the train yard
Nursin' penitentiary It's gone, I cry out long Go head, brother Did you stop it to consider? How it will feel Cold, grinded grizzly bear jaws Hot on your heels Do you often stop and whisper?
It's Saturday's shore The whole world's a savior Who could ever, ever, ever Ever, ever, ever Ask for more? Do you remember? Will you stop? Will you stop? The pain And there will never be Another one like you There will never be Another one who can Do the things you do, oh Will you give
another chance? Will you try, little try? Please stop and you remember We were together, anyway, all right How you must of think and wondered How I must
feel Out on the meadows While you run the field
I'm alone for you And I cry The sweat, look at it Optical promise Heh, heh, heh You'll be dead and in hell Before I'm born Sure thing Brides maid The only solution Isn't it amazing? "Do It" Yuppa tuppa ta ta Yuppa tuppa chic ta Do thang, do thang Do tuppa thang cho Rikki te tatar Te teen tar De dow dow Ha, ha, ha, ha Ha, ha, ha, ha Yeah Yeah please me, yeah Easy, babe Please me Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Said please,
please listen to me children You are the ones who will rule the world Listen to me children Listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please,
please listen to me children You are the ones who will rule the world, ha You gotta please me All night Please, please listen to me children Said please, please
listen to me children Please, yeah, please me I'm askin' you Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, please
listen to me children Please, my children Please, children Please, children "Easy Ride" And I know It will be An easy ride, all right And I know It will be Easy ride, ok The mask that you wore My fingers would explore Costume of control Excitement soon unfolds And I know It will be Easy ride, yeah Joy, for vaguely Which' your pride Which' your pride, yeah Black polished stone Black
polished stone I see your eyes Like burnin' glass
Like burnin' glass Hear you smile, smile, babe The mask that you wore My fingers would explore Costume of control Excitement soon unfolds, hey Easy, baby Call the queen, now Be my bride
Ragin' darkness By my side Seize the summer
In your pride Take the winter In your stride
Let's ride, yeah Easy, easy, easy Easy,
easy, ease, easy Yeah, yeah, ride Dum, dum, dum, dum
Dum, dum, dum Ride "Wild
Child" All right Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Natural child, terrible child Not your mother's or your father's child Your our child, screamin' wild An ancient
lunatic reins In the trees of the night Ha, ha, ha, ha With hunger at her heels Freedom in her eyes She dances on her knees Pirate prince at her side Staring into the hollow idol's eyes Wild child full
of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face
Your cool face Your cool face Do you remember when we were in Africa? "Runnin' Blue" Poor Otis dead and gone Left me here to sing his song Pretty little girl with the red dress on Poor Otis dead and gone Yeah, back down, turn around slowly Try it again, remembering when It was easy, try it again Much to easy, rememberin' when
All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues Well, I've got the runnin' blues Runnin' away, back to L.A.
Got to find the dock of the bay Maybe find it back in L.A. Runnin' scared Runnin' blue Goin' so fast What'll I do Well, I've got the runnin' blues Runnin' away, back to L.A. Got to find the dock of
the bay Maybe find it back in L.A. All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues "Wishful Sinful" Wishful crystal
Water covers everything in blue Coolin' water
Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue
Magic risin' Sun is shinin' deep beneath the sea But not enough for you and me and sunshine Love to hear the wind cry Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came
Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue Love to hear the wind cry Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah
"The Soft Parade" When
I was back there in seminary school There was a person there Who put forth the proposition That you can petition the Lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer Petition
the lord with prayer You cannot petition the lord with prayer! Can you give me sanctuary I must find a place to hide A place for me to hide Can
you find me soft asylum I can't make it anymore The Man is at the door Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy Champion sax and a girl named Sandy There's
only four ways to get unraveled One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da One is a bandit up in the hills One is to love your neighbor 'till His wife gets home
Catacombs Nursery bones Winter women Growing
stones Carrying babies To the river
Streets and shoes Avenues Leather riders Selling
news The monk bought lunch Ha ha, he bought a little Yes, he did Woo! This is the best part of the trip This is the trip, the best part I really like What'd he say? Yeah! Yeah, right! Pretty good, huh Huh! Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way Gentle streets where people play Welcome to the Soft Parade All our lives we sweat and save Building for a shallow grave Must be something else we say Somehow to defend this place
Everything must be this way Everything must be this way, yeah The Soft Parade has now begun Listen to the engines hum People out to have some fun A cobra
on my left Leopard on my right, yeah The deer woman in a silk dress Girls with beads around their necks Kiss the hunter of the green vest Who has wrestled
before With lions in the night Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter The radio is moaning Calling to the dogs There are still a few animals Left out in the yard But it's getting harder To describe sailors To the underfed Tropic corridor Tropic treasure What got us this far To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new Something else to get us through, yeah, c'mon Callin' on the dogs Callin' on the dogs Oh, it's gettin' harder Callin' on the dogs Callin' in the dogs Callin' all the dogs Callin' on the gods You gotta meet me Too late,
baby Slay a few animals At the crossroads Too
late All in the yard But it's gettin' harder
By the crossroads You gotta meet me Oh, we're goin', we're goin great At the edge of town Tropic corridor Tropic treasure Havin' a good time Got to come along What got us this far To this mild equator? Outskirts of the city You and I We need someone new Somethin' new Somethin' else to get us through Better bring your gun Better bring your gun Tropic corridor Tropic treasure We're gonna ride and have some fun
When all else fails We can whip the horse's eyes And make them sleep And cry
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