The Elves
Live At The Beacon 1971 (1971)
Transcribed by Luke Hatton
The Scramblers
(Unknown)
baby, you're wild, you've got love in your eyes. what are you doing in here? this is just a place where dirty old men. find themselves a bottle of beer. he young, you're clean, only seventeen. you think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. when the melody is gone. just a smile on your way out all the while. i wish that you listened to me. some bad guy going to tell you a big lie. going to lose your melody. you're pretty, now he's easy to the scene. think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. when the melody is gone. this is your life, don't you let it get away. this is your life, when you going to make your play. this is your life. look at your life, don't it make you want to cry? look at your life, better off the day you die. look at your life. can't you see you're driving down the wrong side. of the highway of your life, in your life, you know? baby, can't you see while you're looking at me. the rest of them are looking at you? rolling your eyes, back in that left. thinking what much i could do. you're pretty, you're clean, only seventeen. think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. rhythm is the only thing left in your life.
Driftin'
(Unknown)
girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? you know it's not every day you get to be. everything you always wanted to be. go everywhere you always wanted to go. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? you know it's not every day you get to see. everything you always wanted to see. and do everything you always wanted to do. relax your mind and you'll be drifting with me. i can feel it moving me, all right, let it go. if i were the king of hearts. i could watch the joker running wild. making a fool of somebody. if i were the jack of knaves. sort of mingle with the queen. while the king sort of mingled with the trade. if i were the joker. i'd tell the king about the queen. i'd tell the king about the jack of knaves. tell the queen about the king. tell the queen about the trade. i'd tell them all about each other. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? relax your mind and you'll be drifting.
I Can Take It
(Unknown)
i met a little woman down in new orleans. she was singing to tomorrow. i'll ask you, got to tell me what you did to her home. even if it's bad time to sorrow. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can see some rain, oh no. i can see some sunshine. i can see that the day has come. when you and the rest of your world has come along. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it.
Driftin' (Reprise)
(Unknown)
have i gone everywhere i want to go? done everything i want to do? seen everything i want to see? have i been everyone i want to be? i've seen all the sights, lord, i see. from the peasant to the crown, lord. i'm so sick and tired of mixing, yes, yes, i am. time to come on down, down, down, down, down. time to come on down. got to come on down. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? relax your mind and you'll be drifting with me. all right, feel it drifting on a cloud, all gone, oh lord.
36 Year Old Lady
(Unknown)
going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. well, when i do you, going to do the old lady too. going without you, babe, going without you good deal. going without you, babe, going without you good deal. pretty little baby, but your mama's got more sex appeal. well, i came over one morning. i thought maybe i'd ask you to the picture show. i went up there and i rang on your doorbell. and your beautiful, succulent, well-developed, thirty six year old mother came and answered the door. she said, she said that she was very, very sorry. she said, she told me, she said you'd fallen down and that you'd skinned your knee. and let me tell you, that's when she popped the question on me. how would you like to go with me? how would you like to go with me, young man?
Stormy Monday Blues
(Crowder/Eckstine/Hines)
they call it stormy monday but tuesday's just as bad. they call it stormy monday but tuesday's just as bad. and wednesday's worse and thursday's oh so bad. the eagle flies on friday, saturday i go out to play. the eagle flies on friday, saturday i go out to play. sunday i go to church, going to kneel down and pray. lord, have mercy, lord, have mercy on me. lord, have mercy, lord, have mercy on me. though i'm trying and trying to find my baby, won't someone please send her home to me?
36 Year Old Lady (Reprise)
(Unknown)
you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. it's higher. yes, i said i love you. what i want you to do is just hold me please. hold me please. hold me please. hold me. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. well, when i do you, going to do the old lady too.
Mountain Venus
(Unknown)
hey, there, little lady, you sure got your nerve. don't be fooling around on a man like me. baby, baby, come, baby, you are my free, don't you. who knows what a woman will do if you let them be free? got to listen now, baby, when i first saw you. baby, you were standing there begging, baby, for a piece of bread. baby, but the times are changing, baby, you've forgotten. how you would love me, baby, playing 'round on me there. my mountain venus, man, you should have seen her. what came between us, i will never know. that cousin was wailing, then back to the city. now my empty house is standing where the victory goal. and i see diamonds, lord, when how you used to love me. in the fallen moonlight just me and you. now some other lover, baby, sure fast talked you. i'm catching pneumonia, baby, in the mountain. my mountain venus, man, you should have seen her. what came between us, i will never know. that cousin was wailing, it's the things that she did, then back to the city. now my empty house is standing where the victory goal. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? hey, hey, baby, won't you come on home? hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? come on, you're in the wings like an angel standing by. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home?
Simple Sister
(Brooker/Reid)
simple sister, got whooping cough. have to burn her toys. take her treats, eat her sweets. scare off all the boys. simple sister, got whooping cough. have to put her out. wear her clothes, steal her bows. tell her that she's stout. simple sister, got whooping cough. lock her in a cell. throw the key into the sea. hope she never gets well.
The Rape Of Andre Lucia
(Unknown)
introduction/the people: if the daughter of the king of the sea. could wed the son of the king of the land. then there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. if the children of the land and the sea. should reach to take one another by the hand. then there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. what a dream. what a dream. if the children's children only understand. and if the children's children only let it be. well there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. what a dream. what a dream. in the court of king edward: good king edward, he, he was the king. all the people, well, they bowed as he just walk by, he did. good king edward, lord, he, he always cared, yes, he did. all the people, all his people loved all the time. good king edward always saints beseech you. here's a chance for all to make a world together. good man, come walk among us, let us reach you. what is mine, what is yours is yours and mine. old king neptune has got one daughter and you've got a son, oh lord. listen to me, lord, no more falling rain if you let us unite as one, lord. take my son, take my son, take my son. take him, take him, take him. take my son, take my son, take my son. in the court of king neptune: say what you got to say. i'm a busy man, won't you get it underway? i know what your looking for is mine. just tell me what it is, won't you lay it on the line? but i think your all wrong. if you think i'm going to stand around and listen to your song and dance. now dig this. neptune, give us your daughter now. neptune, give us your daughter now. look, i think you must be high, baby. how can you ask me that and look me in the eye? peace suck, it don't mean anything to me. but andre lucia is everything, you see. no way, listen to my curse. if evil comes to her i'll wipe the world from the universe. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. the fallen angels: andre lucia, we can't let you go on. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. you're up to good, you're out to make this rotten world something to tell. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. you're up to good, you're out to make this rotten world a better place to live. listen to me now. we are fallen angels. no. i'm going to grab her. no, don't let her get away. going to grab her. no, she ain't going to get away. the rape: the night is full of funny things, i can feel the eyes. angels from the devil comes, i can feel the night all around me. knowing me, touching me, seeding me. helpless, held by many hands, i can feel the night all around me. seeding me, touching me, knowing me. the end of the world/neptune's revenge: neptune, look at your daughter now. neptune, look at your daughter now. this will be the end for man. this will be the end for man. nineteen ninety nine will be the end.
Live At The Beacon 1971 (1971)
Transcribed by Luke Hatton
The Scramblers
(Unknown)
baby, you're wild, you've got love in your eyes. what are you doing in here? this is just a place where dirty old men. find themselves a bottle of beer. he young, you're clean, only seventeen. you think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. when the melody is gone. just a smile on your way out all the while. i wish that you listened to me. some bad guy going to tell you a big lie. going to lose your melody. you're pretty, now he's easy to the scene. think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. when the melody is gone. this is your life, don't you let it get away. this is your life, when you going to make your play. this is your life. look at your life, don't it make you want to cry? look at your life, better off the day you die. look at your life. can't you see you're driving down the wrong side. of the highway of your life, in your life, you know? baby, can't you see while you're looking at me. the rest of them are looking at you? rolling your eyes, back in that left. thinking what much i could do. you're pretty, you're clean, only seventeen. think that you've heard it all wrong. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. rhythm is the only thing left in your life. rhythm is the only thing left in your life.
Driftin'
(Unknown)
girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? you know it's not every day you get to be. everything you always wanted to be. go everywhere you always wanted to go. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? you know it's not every day you get to see. everything you always wanted to see. and do everything you always wanted to do. relax your mind and you'll be drifting with me. i can feel it moving me, all right, let it go. if i were the king of hearts. i could watch the joker running wild. making a fool of somebody. if i were the jack of knaves. sort of mingle with the queen. while the king sort of mingled with the trade. if i were the joker. i'd tell the king about the queen. i'd tell the king about the jack of knaves. tell the queen about the king. tell the queen about the trade. i'd tell them all about each other. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? relax your mind and you'll be drifting.
I Can Take It
(Unknown)
i met a little woman down in new orleans. she was singing to tomorrow. i'll ask you, got to tell me what you did to her home. even if it's bad time to sorrow. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can see some rain, oh no. i can see some sunshine. i can see that the day has come. when you and the rest of your world has come along. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it. i can take it, i can take it, tell me now and take it.
Driftin' (Reprise)
(Unknown)
have i gone everywhere i want to go? done everything i want to do? seen everything i want to see? have i been everyone i want to be? i've seen all the sights, lord, i see. from the peasant to the crown, lord. i'm so sick and tired of mixing, yes, yes, i am. time to come on down, down, down, down, down. time to come on down. got to come on down. girl, won't you come, won't you come with me? relax your mind and you'll be drifting with me. all right, feel it drifting on a cloud, all gone, oh lord.
36 Year Old Lady
(Unknown)
going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. well, when i do you, going to do the old lady too. going without you, babe, going without you good deal. going without you, babe, going without you good deal. pretty little baby, but your mama's got more sex appeal. well, i came over one morning. i thought maybe i'd ask you to the picture show. i went up there and i rang on your doorbell. and your beautiful, succulent, well-developed, thirty six year old mother came and answered the door. she said, she said that she was very, very sorry. she said, she told me, she said you'd fallen down and that you'd skinned your knee. and let me tell you, that's when she popped the question on me. how would you like to go with me? how would you like to go with me, young man?
Stormy Monday Blues
(Crowder/Eckstine/Hines)
they call it stormy monday but tuesday's just as bad. they call it stormy monday but tuesday's just as bad. and wednesday's worse and thursday's oh so bad. the eagle flies on friday, saturday i go out to play. the eagle flies on friday, saturday i go out to play. sunday i go to church, going to kneel down and pray. lord, have mercy, lord, have mercy on me. lord, have mercy, lord, have mercy on me. though i'm trying and trying to find my baby, won't someone please send her home to me?
36 Year Old Lady (Reprise)
(Unknown)
you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. you really got a hold on me. it's higher. yes, i said i love you. what i want you to do is just hold me please. hold me please. hold me please. hold me. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. going to do you, babe, going to do you, little girl. well, when i do you, going to do the old lady too.
Mountain Venus
(Unknown)
hey, there, little lady, you sure got your nerve. don't be fooling around on a man like me. baby, baby, come, baby, you are my free, don't you. who knows what a woman will do if you let them be free? got to listen now, baby, when i first saw you. baby, you were standing there begging, baby, for a piece of bread. baby, but the times are changing, baby, you've forgotten. how you would love me, baby, playing 'round on me there. my mountain venus, man, you should have seen her. what came between us, i will never know. that cousin was wailing, then back to the city. now my empty house is standing where the victory goal. and i see diamonds, lord, when how you used to love me. in the fallen moonlight just me and you. now some other lover, baby, sure fast talked you. i'm catching pneumonia, baby, in the mountain. my mountain venus, man, you should have seen her. what came between us, i will never know. that cousin was wailing, it's the things that she did, then back to the city. now my empty house is standing where the victory goal. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? hey, hey, baby, won't you come on home? hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? come on, you're in the wings like an angel standing by. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home? come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. hey, hey, darling, won't you come on home?
Simple Sister
(Brooker/Reid)
simple sister, got whooping cough. have to burn her toys. take her treats, eat her sweets. scare off all the boys. simple sister, got whooping cough. have to put her out. wear her clothes, steal her bows. tell her that she's stout. simple sister, got whooping cough. lock her in a cell. throw the key into the sea. hope she never gets well.
The Rape Of Andre Lucia
(Unknown)
introduction/the people: if the daughter of the king of the sea. could wed the son of the king of the land. then there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. if the children of the land and the sea. should reach to take one another by the hand. then there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. what a dream. what a dream. if the children's children only understand. and if the children's children only let it be. well there'd be peace all over the world. forever, ever and ever. what a dream. what a dream. in the court of king edward: good king edward, he, he was the king. all the people, well, they bowed as he just walk by, he did. good king edward, lord, he, he always cared, yes, he did. all the people, all his people loved all the time. good king edward always saints beseech you. here's a chance for all to make a world together. good man, come walk among us, let us reach you. what is mine, what is yours is yours and mine. old king neptune has got one daughter and you've got a son, oh lord. listen to me, lord, no more falling rain if you let us unite as one, lord. take my son, take my son, take my son. take him, take him, take him. take my son, take my son, take my son. in the court of king neptune: say what you got to say. i'm a busy man, won't you get it underway? i know what your looking for is mine. just tell me what it is, won't you lay it on the line? but i think your all wrong. if you think i'm going to stand around and listen to your song and dance. now dig this. neptune, give us your daughter now. neptune, give us your daughter now. look, i think you must be high, baby. how can you ask me that and look me in the eye? peace suck, it don't mean anything to me. but andre lucia is everything, you see. no way, listen to my curse. if evil comes to her i'll wipe the world from the universe. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. my daughter means more than your heaven to me. the fallen angels: andre lucia, we can't let you go on. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. you're up to good, you're out to make this rotten world something to tell. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. andre lucia, we can't let you go on. you're up to good, you're out to make this rotten world a better place to live. listen to me now. we are fallen angels. no. i'm going to grab her. no, don't let her get away. going to grab her. no, she ain't going to get away. the rape: the night is full of funny things, i can feel the eyes. angels from the devil comes, i can feel the night all around me. knowing me, touching me, seeding me. helpless, held by many hands, i can feel the night all around me. seeding me, touching me, knowing me. the end of the world/neptune's revenge: neptune, look at your daughter now. neptune, look at your daughter now. this will be the end for man. this will be the end for man. nineteen ninety nine will be the end.