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No Reservations 1975 Label: Island Records Line up: Rickey Medlocke: Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Dobro and Mandolin Charles Hargrett: Lead Guitar Jackson Spires: Drums and Vocals Greg Walker: Bass, Keyboards, and Vocals |
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Railroad Man Shorty Medlocke Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, One of these mornings, it won't be long Captain's gonna call and I'll be gone I'll be nine hundred miles away from home You can count the days I'm gone You can tell the train I'm on You can hear the whistle blow as she rolls by She rolls by, she rolls by Hear the whistle blow as she rolls by My olden shoes are worn My olden clothes are torn And I hate to go home now this-a-way This-a-way, this-a-way Hate to go home this-a-way Well, if my Mama she says so, I'll railroad no more I'll side-track my train and go home And go home, and go home Side-track my train and go home If I die a Railroad Man I wanna be buried in the sand So I can hear old No. 9 as she rolls by She rolls by, she rolls by Hear old No. 9 as she rolls by |
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Indian World Jackson Spires I've been thinking about my childhood And what your books they taught me If things don't work out like they ought to It wouldn't matter much to me Yes, Look at the land And see all the destruction In a land that once was mine Well, do you go forward? I don't think so We'll have it all back in due time My heart belongs in an Indian world A place that I can call my home I've been livin' in a white man's world Taught nothing of my own We used to soar high as the eagles Far as we could fly Then you came along lookin' for your targets Now the eagles they have died You killed our fathers Raped our mothers Killed our sons and daughters too We break your laws We don't mean to We can't help but what we are My heart belongs in an Indian world A place that I can call my home I've been livin' in a white man's world Taught nothing |
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Stars Jackson Spires The time has come for me to say Things I should've said, oh, yesterday Some people I knew thought they had it made Forgot their friends when they hit the stage And they didn't seem to care Oh, Their eyes were blinded by the glare Well, I knew those boys when they were down and out It looked like the world had turned 'em down Now that everybody knows their name I guess to them it's just a game They've got their money and their cars Oh, Lord, I guess they're Stars You know sometimes it's hard to see Your friends ain't what they always seem to be If by chance I don't get through They won't be comin' home to you By now I hope they realize What's in my heart and not my eyes What's in my heart and not my eyes What's in my heart and not my eyes Oh, yeah, they're Stars They're only Stars |
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Not Another Maker Jackson Spires As I'm dreamin' about my life The one that I had before As my thoughts they all drift away I know, yes, I know There'll never be another Not another maker Not another maker There'll never be another Now I look at empty faces The kind that just stare back I guess I've been a thousand places Lord, and I know There'll never be another Not another maker Not another maker There'll never be another There'll never be another Not another maker Bring all the joy that you can bring' To the center of the earth It sings as thunderclap through all the Heavens it rings On your horse with silver wings Hurl your lance across the sky Whirlwinds play as it flies by Reach out your hand and touch the sky Know how it feels to fly I close my eyes and drift away To another kind of place As long as I know that I can play My life won't be a waste There'll never be another Not another maker Not another maker There'll never be another There'll never be another Not another maker |
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Born To Rock And Roll Jackson Spires Now I've been workin' hard for so many years Just tryin' to get myself by Can't talk to people you don't know That's why some of you die Well, I live so hard and I learn so well Just to push myself along But if you're born to Rock & Roll, you should know I've drank 'shine from a Mason jar To pass my time away Set my sights on a distant star 'Cause I wanted it that way I learned to read and write, sing and fight And all those other things I'm gonna Rock & Roll, baby, For you tonight I'm comin' home Lord, don't you know When the wind it blows I was born to Rock & Roll I'm on my way to see Mr. "J.J." To tell of things that I've seen To show him, baby, that I got more Moves than your local Cajun Queen Can't talk to people that you don't know That's why some of you die But if you're born to Rock & Roll Then you should know I'm comin' home Lord, don't you know When the wind it blows I was born to Rock & Roll I was born to Rock & Roll I was born to Rock & Roll |
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Take A Train Jackson Spires Bought a ticket in a transit station Headed southbound for home To take a look at my dear Mom and Papa Show them their simple son Take a listen... Didn't know what I was headed back home for All I knew it was time When the train it pulled into the station Far from a maddening crowd Station master took out his gold locket Just to check his time People pushing to pick up their baggage To take another line Just take a train now Be on time if you want to stay You've got to take a train now, Mama You know it's the only way So now, if you get to wanna see your home, now Just you get down on your knees Listen to the birds that do surround you Singing their sweet harmony Buy your ticket from a Station Master One-way ticket for home Get along and kiss your troubles good-bye, now It's time to get on board Just take a train now Be on time if you want to stay You've got to take a train now, Mama You know it's the only way |
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Big Wheels Jackson Spires Yes, I see you drivin' in your new limousine All that you own is shiny and clean You get your money by stealin' them blind You know you're one of a kind You're flyin' high every single day Eatin' your steaks while someone else pays But it's all right 'cause I don't need it from you I don't count on you to help me through Big Wheels keep runnin' over your prey Stealin' more money everyday Watch out, honey, don't get in their way Don't count your money, not right away It'll catch up to you, oh, someday Then what will happen to your dream They'll take away your new limousine Big Wheels keep runnin' over your prey Stealin' more money everyday Watch out, honey don't get in their way I see you drivin' in your new limousine All that you own is shiny and clean You get your money by stealin' them blind Good Lord, you know you're one of a kind Big Wheels keep runnin' over your prey Stealin' more money everyday Watch out, honey don't get in their way |
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I Stand Alone Jackson Spires Take a seat by the window, it seems the road It stretches out for miles in front of me To the next town to sing out another tune My friends and I, you know, will sing them just for you I stand alone, I stand alone Seen the heartbreaks everyday and so have you Seems we can't do without it, you know that it's true As many towns I've seen and many more to come I'll keep playing my music till my life on earth is done Yes, I stand alone and funny as it may seem It's not in spirit 'cause some people are with me I've played around your towns and many have made me cry I stand alone, in the open, not knowing why I'll get my bags, pack my clothes, and put 'em away Think of tomorrow 'cause tomorrow's a brand new day Think of all the friends I've made away from home I'm glad they were with me as I stood alone Yes, I stand alone and funny as it may seem It's in spirit 'cause some people are with me I've played around your towns and many have made me cry I stand alone, in the open, not knowing why I stand alone, I stand alone I stand alone, I stand alone I stand alone, I stand alone |
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