Country Joe McDonald (born Joseph Allen McDonald; January 1, 1942) was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish. [read more] - Ring Of Fire
Love is a burning thingAnd it makes the fiery ringBound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fire.I fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, down and the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns, the ring...
- Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife
Well, she's a friend, she's a lover,She's a woman, she's a wife,She's the answer to the prayer that every lonely man dreams of.She's a temptress, she's a lady,She's the mother of my babyAnd I thank God that I'm the...
- Tonight I'm Singing Just For You
My goal was fame and fortune at the start,I played and sang to make my dreams come true.But darling, listen carefully with your heart,'Cause tonight I'm singing just for you,Yes, tonight I'm singing just for you.I...
- Heartaches By The Number
Heartache number one was when you left me,I never knew that I could feel this way.And heartache number two was when you came back again You came back but never meant to stay.Now I've got heartaches by the number,...
- Tiger By The Tail
I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see,And I won't be much when you get through with me.Well, I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale,And it looks like I have got a tiger by the tail.Well, I thought the day...
- Crazy Arms
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feelAnd the storms brewing in this heart of mine.This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real,You're someone else's love now, you're not mine.Crazy arms that reach to...
- Tennessee Stud
Long about eighteen twenty-fiveI left Tennessee very much alive.Never would've gotten through the Arkansas mudIf I hadn't been a-ridin' on a Tennessee stud.Tennessee stud was long and lean,The color of the sun, his...
- You've Done Me Wrong
Well, you tell me that you careBut now you're goneYou got me crying.No use denyingYou done me wrong.If I could look insideYour heart then maybe IWould know the reasonWhy you were leavingMe alone.Well, you knowIt's not...
- Oklahoma Hills
Many a month has come and goneSince I wandered from my homeIn those Oklahoma hills where I was born.Many a page in life has turned,Many a lesson I have learned,And I feel like in those hills I still belong.Now as I...
- All Of Me Belongs To You
All of me belongs to you all the time,You're the only one that's ever on my mind.There's no way that I could ever be untrue,There's not one single part of me that don't miss you through and through,'Cause all of me...
- Six Days On The Road
Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh rolling on the Eastern seaboard.I've got my diesel wound up and she's running like never before.There's a speed zone ahead on right and I don't see a cop in sight,Six days on the road,...
- Playing With Fire
Dynamite Charlie was a loserBuilding bombs in his flatFilled up his head with too many wordsYou know where that's at.One day while he was workingHe made a bad mistake.He was playing with firePlaying with fire,...
- Air Algiers
I hopped on a planeOakland New YorkOakland New YorkNew York to Marseilles.Yes, I hopped on a planeOakland, New York to MarseillesPigs on my trail,Hey, I got to make my getaway.Ah, when the man hollerYou sure got to...
- Mr. Big Pig
Mr. Big Pig, he thought he was tough,He learned how to swear, you know that he learned how to curse.He got himself a gun and he learned how to shoot,He even got a gas mask and put it on his snoot.With his gun and his...
- Hold On It's Coming No 1
Hmm, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.Hey!Picked up a hitchhiker the other day,He said he wasn't going far.He looked so strange I couldn't help myself,I asked, "Please, tell me who you are."He smiled politely and lit a...
- Only Love Is Worth This Pain
Baby, baby, won't you pleaseHelp me in my time of need.What I need to see me throughOnly your sweet love can do.Oh, you know we hurt each other soOh, baby, baby please don't go.Baby, I have been so cruelExpecting you...
- Joe's Blues
Mm mm mm mm mm...Mm mm... Woke up this morning,Feelin' 'round my bed;Lookin' for my baby,I found the blues instead.Oh yeah, feelin' around my bed.Oh yeah, ooh, I's feelin' 'round my bed. Lookin' for my baby,Great God!...
- Hold On It's Coming No 2
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.Picked up a hitchhiker the other day,He said he wasn't going far.He looked so strange I couldn't help myself,I asked, "Please, tell me who you are."He smiled politely and lit a cigarette,The...
- Balancing On The Edge Of Time
Here I sit all by myselfI put all my books back on the shelfI got no thoughts to trouble my mindBalancing on the edge of time.Then suddenly the light shines throughAnd I know just what to doI sing la la la, I sing la...
- Jamila
She's one of the Eastern ladies, the hand of Fatima protects her.She is a living Shiva, hell of belly-dancer.Her body is hanging the silver ringsAnd when she's moving you can hear them ringShe moves her hips and she...
- Travelling
I lost my baby in outer spaceShe's up there past the moon.Searching the heavens for her faceI hope that I find her soon.We both took rocket up past the skyI lost her somewhere above.I feel so lonesome I could crySince...
- Standing At The Crossroads
Put my heart inside a bottleand place it on the shelfI'm savin' my love for you babeand for no one elseThough miles may come between usmy love for you still lives onThe days gone by can never dieno matter how long I'm...
- Blues For Michael
Hey, hey, Michael won't you play the blues for meHey, hey, Michael won't you play the blues for meTo hear you play would be so heavenly Hey, hey, Michael I bet you're over on cloud nineHey, hey, Michael I bet you're...
- Eunicita
Out on the tundra the lions play their little gamesof life and deathAnd while the father lay sleeping the mother lies nearwith cubs at her breast It's not what you donot what you sayEunicita believes in life before...
- Clara Barton
Every time in the world someone receives first aidYou can thank Clara Barton for the life that is savedShe lived out her life in a world ruled by menEvery time they knocked her down she got back up againClara Barton...
- Cocaine (Rock)
Hey everybody listen carefullyA bad habit starts casually withCocaineRock CocaineEvery little bit adds up in timeBefore you know it you've lost your mind onCocaineRock Cocaine Bit by bit and day by daySlowly wasting...
- Superstitious Blues
I'm feelin' superstitious when it comes to loving you.I'm feelin' superstitious when it comes to loving youBecause I've had some bad luck and I know what that can do. To check my situation I read my horoscope each...
- Starship Ride
Oh, get your self togetherOh, leave your troubles behindOh, don't worry 'bout the weatherWe'll be going on a starship ride. Oh, the moon is callin'Come pack your troubles awayOut where the stars are fallin'We'll be...
- Blues For Breakfast
Woke up this morning with a pain in my headHad the blues for breakfast and got back in bed Woke up this morning with a pain in my headWoke up this morning with a pain in my headHad the blues for breakfast and got back...
- Going Home
I'm going home, oh yesI'm going home, oh yesI'm going home, oh yesI'm going home,I'm going home, oh yesI'm going home. My old mother's cryin'My old mother's cryin'Son come home, oh yeaSon come home,Son come home, oh...
- Carry On
Oh, when our struggle's over and we all are free, When the new day's dawnin', think of me.It's been a long time comin' but I won't be there,When you see the sun risin' think of me. Oh, think of me and carry on!Oh,...
- Hold On To Each Other
We are all just little childrenWalking through a wicked land.We are all just little childrenWalking through a very, very wicked land.We are all just little childrenWalking through a very wicked land.We've got to hold...
- Pretty Boy Floyd
Come gather round me children,A story I will tellAbout Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw,Oklahoma knew him well.It was in the town of Shawnee,It was a Saturday afternoon,His wife beside him in the wagonAs into town they...
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?Manned by hard fighting men of both honor and fameShe flew the Stars and Stripes of the Land of the FreeBut tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the...
- Talkin' Dust Bowl
Back in nineteen twenty sevenI had a little farm, I called that Heaven.The prices up and the rain come downAnd I hauled my crops all into town,I got the moneyBought clothes and groceriesFed the kids and raised a big...
- When The Curfew Blows
Oh the lonesomest sound, boysI ever heard sound, boys,On the stroke of midnightHear the curfew blow.My body will hang, boys,On the hangman's rope, boys,On the gallows pole, boys,When the curfew blows.Hear the curfew...
- Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road
I'm blowing down this old dusty roadI'm blowing down this old dusty roadI'm blowing down this old dusty roadI ain't gonna be treated this-a way.They say I'm a dust bowl refugeeThey say I'm a dust bowl refugeeThey say...
- Pastures Of Plenty
It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands has hoedMy poor feet has traveled a hot dusty roadOut of your dustbowl and westward we rodeAnd your deserts was hot and your mountains was cold.I worked in your orchards of...
- Roll On Columbia
Green Douglas firs where the water cut throughDown her wild mountains and canyons she flewCanadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,It's roll on, Columbia, roll on.Roll on, Columbia, roll on,Roll on, Columbia, roll...
- So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh
I've sung this song but I'll sing it againOf the place that I lived on the wild, windy plainsIn the month of April, the county called GrayHere's what all of the people there say, Well it's so long it's been good to...
- Tom Joad
Tom Joad got out of that old McAlester pen'Twas there that he got his paroleAfter four long years on a man killing chargeTom Joad came a-walking down the road, poor boy,Tom Joad came a-walking down the road.It was...
- This Land Is Your Land
As I went walking that ribbon of highwayI saw above me that endless skywayI saw below me that golden valleyThis land was made for you and me.This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California to the New York...
- What Wondrous Love Is This
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, that knows no prejudice,But seeks an earthly bliss for all souls, for all souls,Yet seeks an earthly...
- Picks And Lasers (Live)
(This next song is called "Picks and Lasers", it's a science fiction war song about a guy some time in the future who's mining ore on Mars and hears about an intergalactic war. He goes up and he enlists in the...
- Lady With The Lamp
I don't mind, please don't misunderstandI know the score of war.A soldiers' life is give and giveAnd then they ask for more.Walking on the picket lineWhere my comrades fell,Holding up the thin-red-lineIn the shot and...
- My Last Song
Well now the party's overFood and dishes all put awayFamily and guests are all off in their bedsLooks like the end of the day.Just you and I together,And I don't know what to say.It feels so strange, the same old...
- Stolen Heart Blues
My friends tried to tell me, I wouldn't believe,Better guard your emotions, that woman's a thief, She'll steal away your heart,She'll steal away your heart.When you're not looking,She'll steal away your heart. I asked...
- Maria
Maria, I'm growing so tired of fighting this war,Maria, I feel like I just can't go on anymore.The sounds we make as they're dyingHearing their screams and their cryingThe children, their eyes are weepingWe filled...
- Doctor Of Electricity
Things just don't seem the sameI'm not saying who's to blameYou might say my loss is your gainIt's all in vain.I've been walking all across creationAll across the nationJust to get back home(Just to get back home)To...
- My Girl
My girl goes to sleep at nightAt the end of a long, lonely day.I know things will turn out all rightWhen I come home to stay.True love is so very strongTime cannot fade it awayI will love you in a songWhen I'm far, so...
- War Widow
'Twas with a heart of leaden woePoor Alphonze went to war;And though it's true he did not knowWhat he was fighting for,He grieved because unto MarieHe'd been but three weeks wed:Tough luck! Another three and heWas...
- The Munition Maker
I am the Cannon king, behold!I perish on a throne of gold.With forest far and turret high,Renowned and rajah-rich am I.My father was and his before,With wealth we owe to war on war;But let no potentate be...
- The March Of The Dead
The cruel war was over ? oh, the triumph was so sweet!We watched the troops returning, through our tears;There was triumph, triumph, triumph down the scarlet glittering streetAnd you scarce could hear the music for...
- Jean Desprez
Oh, ye whose hearts are resonant, and ring to War's romance,Hear ye the story of a boy, a peasant boy of France,A lad uncouth and warped with toil, yet who, when trial came,Could feel within his soul upleap and soar...
- Forward
I've tinkered at my bits of rhymesIn weary, woeful, waiting times;And doleful hours of battle-dinEre yet they brought the wounded in;Through vigils of the fateful nightsIn lousy barns by candle-light;And dug-outs,...
- The Man From Athabasca
Oh the wife she tried to tell me that 'twas nothing but the thrummingOf a woodpecker a-rapping on the hollow of a tree;And she thought that I was fooling when I said it was the drummingOf the mustering of legions and...
- Young Fellow, My Lad
"Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,On this glittering morn of May?""I'm going to join the Colors, Dad,They're looking for men, they say.""But you're only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad,You aren't obliged to...
- The Call
Far and near, high and clear,Hark to the call of War.Over the gorse and the golden dells,Ringing and swinging the clamorous bells,Praying and saying of wild farewells:War! War! War!High and low, all must go:Hark to...
- The Twins
There were two brothers John and James,And when the town went up in flames,To save the house of James dashed John,Then turned, and lo! His own was gone.And when the great World War began,To volunteer John promptly...
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