John Sebastian

A Song A Day In Nashville Lyrics

Well there's one more out-of-towner
In Nashville, Tennessee
He's come with all his hopes up high
And a list of folks to see
Cause pedal steels and take-out-meals
Have lured another soul
And a song a day in Nashville
Was what he's send back home
His lists were all familiar names
They've turned him down before
But that was with a pick-up band
And tunes that weren't his owns
But he was on his feet again
A girl had hepled him sail
A song a day in Nasville
And then the come back trail

Chorus: There's a song a day in Nasville
That's how it's gonna be
There'll be no hangin' round these bars
Competin' with TV
Cause pedal steels and take-out meals
Are callin' me to go
And a song a day in Nashville
Is what I'll send back home

Yes, I'll take my songs to Nashville
I know they'll play 'em right
TThey'll be signed "Love from Nashville
Be back tomorrow night"
Cause you're the one that let me go
Without an achin' brain
Your faith in me has set me free
To write these songs again

There's a song a day in Nasville
That's how it's gonna be
There'll be no hangin' round these bars
Competin' with TV
Cause pedal steels and take-out meals
Are callin' me to go
And a song a day in Nashville
Is what I'll send back home

Ten days and I'll be home
And a song a day in Nashville
Ten days and I'll be home

I Needed Her Most When I Told Her to Go Lyrics

In the fever of a fire
I said things I don't mean
I guess at times in love like this
I'm a kid of sixteen
And in a rage I pushed away
The one that loved me so
Chorus: But I needed her most
When I told her to go, yeah

Crazy thoughts were buzzin' round
Like bees around a comb
Was it all a fantasy
The way we got along
I know you so well
But you know me and now we fight
Same thing made us fall in love
Made us mad enough to cry

Ooh we, it makes me want to jump and shout
I love you more today
For having had to work it out

In the evening when you're lyin'
Close by my side
And we're filled with thoughts of love
And memories of good times

I'll remember the day
You walked as far as the door
You know I needed you most
When I told you to go, yes
I needed you most when I told you to go

Hideaway Lyrics

Watchinґ from her basement window
Peopleґs feet goinґ by
Hidinґ away, my favorite buddy and I
People walkinґ by outside
Donґt even know weґre around
But weґre livinґ in our own
Little piece of this world
In a clubhouse underground

Chorus: Hideaway, come on along and hideaway
Hideaway, in our own little hideaway

We can get a chance
To talk about a romance or two
This is the place
Iґll meet you here after school

And I can ask a secret question
Iґve been wantinґ to know
And you can hideaway until youґre ready
To let your feelings show

She's Funny Lyrics

She's sexy, charm the bark right off a tree
She's lovely, anybody else can see
But that's not why she makes me sigh
She's funny

She's country with the touch of city poise
She can get it so much better than the boys
But that's not why I hear her voice
Above the noise
She's funny

Funny how my troubles fly
When it's her I'm thinkin' of
Funny how I find myself
Just fallin' more in love

It's funny but I find as time goes on
Someone funny is what I wanted all along
I guess that's why she makes me sigh
She's funny

It's funny but now I know I wasn't wrong
Someone funny is what I wanted all along
I guess that's why she makes me sigh
She's funny

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Lyrics

Baby, Baby, Baby, I got trouble in mind
I can't hide what I see
But I wish that I was blind
We're dancin' to the music and we're both in time
But when the music's over
I find that I've been left behind

Chorus: One step forward, two steps back
It's a crazy dance
Darlin' do you think that there's
A chance for our romance
Baby, Baby, Baby, we're comin' apart I fear
Cause each time I take one step forward
You take two to the rear

The Foreign Legion, the Sudan region
The Bedouins front and rear
The captain turned to the ranks
And he said I need one volunteer here
Volunteer take one step forward
Everyone else stand still
Well you do the rest
They took one step forward
And I had to go up the hill

One step forward, two steps back
It's a crazy dance
Darlin' do you think that there's
A chance for our romance
Soldier, soldier, soldier
Didn't you know from the first
Volunteer take one step forward
You take two in reverse

One step forward, two steps back
The situation, the aggrevation
It's gettin' worse every day
Every time I go to leave
She tells me I should stay
I'd almost changed my mind
I'd started to unpack
But as my feet took one step forward
She took two steps back

Let This Be Our Time to Get Along Lyrics

Let this be our time to get along.
Let this be our time to get along.

Grumpy Little Christmas Lyrics

Chorus:
I'm gonna have a grumpy little Christmas

Stories We Could Tell Lyrics

Talkin' to myself again
Wondering if this travelin' is good
Is there something better we'd be doing if we could
And oh the stories we could tell
And if this all blows up and goes to hell
I can still see us sittin' on the bed in some motel
Listenin' to the stories we could tell

Remember that guitar in a museum in Tennessee
And the nameplate on the glass brought back twenty melodies
And the scratches on the face
Told of all the times he fell
Singin' every story he could tell
And oh the stories it could tell
And I bet you it still rings like a bell
And I wish we could sit back on the bed in some motel
And listen to the stories we could tell

So if you're on the road tracking down here every night
And you're singin' for a livin' 'neath the brightly colored lights
And if you ever wonder why you ride this carousel
You did it for the stories you could tell
And oh the stories we could tell
And if this all blows up and goes to hell
I can still see us sittin' on the bed in some motel
Listenin' to the stories we could tell
I can still see us sittin' on the bed in some motel
Listenin' to the stories we could tell

Welcome Back (Alternate Master) Lyrics

Welcome back
Your dreams were your ticket out
Welcome back
To that same old place that you laughed about
Well the names have all changed since you hung around
But those dreams have remained and they've turned around
Who'd have thought they'd lead ya
(who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Back here where we need ya
(back here where we need ya)
Yeah, we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back

You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine Lyrics

Mom and Dad had trouble just gettin' along
So they split each in their own way
Now one lives here and one lives there
And my wife's folks did the same
Now we got a son
He's got next to no one
Everybody's so spread out
He's got his next of kin right next to him
But after that we've learned to say

Chorus: You go your way and I'll go mine
Ain't that how it is nowadays
People drift away in time
You go your way and I'll go mine

I had a secret love
She used to wake me up in the mornin'
With her kiss of fire
But then the fire cooled
She moved away to school
I couldn't help but think the timin' was right
It was the other day
I saw an older face and stopped
To see if we could still be friends
You know her special one
He wasn't havin' none
He said haven't you learned to say

You go your way....

So if there's just one person
In the whole wide world
And you love ém like an only friend
You better let ém know, you better tell èm so
A better chance may never come again
Now there's friends and lovers and hangers out
And one thing that makes them all the same
That's in this lonely life
You take this boy's advice
You better watch how many times you say

You go your way...