Текст песни «Dave Alvin - Ashgrove»

Dave Alvin
(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)

Well when I was a young boy
I used to slip away
Down to the ashgrove
To hear the old blues men play
There was Big Joe and Lightnina??
And Reverend Gary too
Well Ia??d sit and stare and dream
Of doina?? what they could do.

Well ita??s been thirty years since the ashgrove burned down
And Ia??m out on this highway travelina?? town to town
Tryina?? to make a livina??
Tryina?? to pay the rent
Tryina?? to figure out where my life went.

I wanna go back to the ashgrove
Thata??s where I come from
I wanna go back to the ashgrove
Thata??s where I belong.

Well you dona??t have to go searchina??
Pretend to put on airs
a??Cause the blues are gonna find you someday, somewhere
Now my mothera??s gone
Now my fathera??s gone
And all the old blues men have all passed on
And Ia??m out on this highway travelina?? town to town
Settina?? up my gear and then Ia??m tearina?? it down
Turnina?? up my guitar
Standina?? on the stage
Ia??m just tryina?? to raise the ghosts up out of their graves.

I wanna go back to the ashgrove
Thata??s where I come from
Yeah I wanna go back to the ashgrove
Thata??s where I belong.

Well I cana??t say I been all sinner
Cana??t say I been all saint
Ia??ve done some good deeds and Ia??ve made big mistakes
I been in and out of love
Said words I regret
I been drunk, been sober
Smoked too many cigarettes
And Ia??m out on this highway travelina?? town to town
And the news on the radio just brings me down
Intolerance and fear
Ignorance and lies
Ita??s the same old same old I heard a million times
And Ia??m thinkina?? of friends and lovers
And how they come and go
Like look-alike houses on the side of the road
Full of everyday people tryina?? to get ahead
Tryina?? to find a reason just to get out of bed
a??Cause we all need somethina?? just to get us through
Well Ia??m gonna play the blues tonight man
a??Cause thata??s what I do.

Ia??m goina?? back to the Ashgrove
Thata??s where I come from
Ia??m goina?? back to the Ashgrove
Thata??s where I belong.