LITTLE FEAT

WAITING FOR COLUMBUS

Join the Band

Hey Lordy... (join the band, be good rascal...) 
Hey join the band, be good rascal and join the band 
Hey Lordy... 
Join the band, be a good rascal and join the band 
Oh huh oh ho ho ho 
Yeah, hah 
Oh huh oh ho ho ho 
Yeah 
Hey Lordy join the band, be a good rascal and join the band 
Hey join the band, be a good rascal and join the band 
Oh huh oh ho ho ho 
Yeah 
   

Fat Man in the Bathtub
-- George 

Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees 
He said "Hey momma, hey let me check your oil all right?" 
She said "No, no honey, not tonight 
Comeback Monday, comeback Tuesday, and then I might." 
  

I said Juanita, my sweet Jaunita, what are you up to? 
My Juanita 
I said Jaunita, my sweet taquita, what are you up to? 
My Juanita 
  

Don't want nobody who won't die for dance 
Don't want no speed cars 'cause I -- I might pass by 
And throw me a line, throw me a dime 
'Cause there's a fat man in the bathtub with the blues 
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan -- moan 
  

Billy he got so sad, dejected, put on his hat and start to run 
Runnin' down the street yellin' at the top of his lungs (oh yeah) 
All I want in this life and time is some good clean fun 
All I want in this life and time is some hit and run 
  

Said Juanita, my sweet Jaunita, what are you up to? 
My Juanita 
I said Jaunita, my sweet taquita, what are you up to? 
My Juanita 
  

Put my money in your meter baby so it won't run down 
But you got me in a squeeze play on the cheesy side of town 
Throw me a line, throw me a dime 
'Cause there's a fat man in the bathtub with the blues 
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan -- moan 
  

All That You Dream
-- Barrere, Payne 

I've been down, but not like this before 
Can't be 'round this kind of show no more 
  

All, all that you dream 
Comes to shine in silver lining 
And clouds, clouds change the scene 
Rain starts washing all loves cautions 
Right into your life, make you realize 
Just what is true, what else can I do 
Just follow the rule 
Keep your eyes on the road that's ahead of you 
  

I've been down, but not like this before 
Can't be 'round this kind of show no more 
  

All of the good, good times were ours 
In the land of milk and honey 
And time, time has its scars 
And those rainy days they turn to sunny ones 
Your livin' the life, livin' the life lovin' everyone 
  

I've been down, but not like this before 
Can't be 'round this kind of show no more 
  

Oh Atlanta
-- B. Payne 

They got a place down Kentucky 
Right down near Ohio 
Where you can watch the planes at night 
People line up just to watch them fly 
I wish I was on one 
I'm sittin' here thinkin' 'bout my girl back home 
If I could only see her tonight 
  

Oh Atlanta, Oh Atlanta! 
I said yeah! yeah! yeah! Atlanta, got to get back to you 
  

Well you can drop me off on Peach Street 
I got to feel that Georgia sun 
And the women there in Atlanta 
They make us both feel glad it's only hit and run 
I said watchin' them planes 
I wish I was on one 
I'm sittin' here thinking 'bout a girl back home 
  

Oh Atlanta, Oh Atlanta! 
I said yeah! yeah! yeah! Atlanta, got to get back to you 
  

You take a day o' nights it's just you and me 
Where the diesel plays all night 
They got the boogie man goin' 'round for hell 
And when they get to movin' they never stop 
You just keep on playin' that down home beat 
You just keep on layin' down high 
  

I wish I was on one 
Sittin' here thinkin' bout a girl back home 
If I could only, oh if I could... 
  

Oh Atlanta, Oh Atlanta! 
I said yeah! yeah! yeah! Atlanta, got to get back to you 
  

Old Folks Boogie
-- P. Barrere, G. P. Barrere 

Off our rockers, actin' crazy 
With the right medication we won't be lazy 
Doin' the old folks boogie 
Down on the farm 
Wheelchairs, they was locked arm in arm 
Paired off pacemakers with matchin' alarms 
Gives us jus' one more chance 
To spin one more yarn 
  

And you know that you're over the hill 
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill 
Doin' the old folks boogie 
And boogie we will 
'Cause to us the thought's as good as a thrill 
  

Back at the home, 
No time is your own, 
Facillities there, they're all out on loan 
The bank forclose, and your bankruptcy shows 
And your credit creeps to an all-time low 
So you know, that you're over the hill 
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill 
  

Try and get a rise from an atrophied muscle, 
And the nerves in your thigh just quivers and fizzles 
So you know, that you're over the hill 
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill 
  

Time Loves A Hero
-- Payne, Barrere, Gradney 

Well they say time loves a hero 
But only time will tell 
If he's real, he's a legend from heaven 
If he ain't he was sent here from hell 
  

Hear me well 
Seein' ain't always believin' 
Just make sure it's the truth that you're seein' 
Eyes sometimes lie, eyes sometimes lie 
They can be real deceivin' 
  

I got an Uncle in Puerto Rico 
Spends his days in the sun 
His nights in the casinos 
He left the States many years ago 
Took a fishin' boat to Puerto Rico 
Now my aunt, she is sad and lonely 
She'll never know that she drove him away 
As a coward I admire his courageous ways 
  

Well they say time loves a hero 
But only time will tell 
If he's real, he's a legend from heaven 
If he ain't he was sent here from hell 
  

Some say my uncle, that he's a zero 
His life is as a shell, he left it back at Stateside 
I'd say he's doin' pretty well, without his shell 
Bumming 'round the beaches of Puerto Rico 
  

The beauty of the sunrise and sunset 
To his friends he wish he could tell 
They're at home still runnin' for bells 
Better San Juan than that blue collar hell 
  

Well they say time loves a hero 
But only time will tell 
If he's real, he's a legend from heaven 
If he ain't he was sent here from hell 
  

Day or Night
-- B. Payne, Tate 

You can say what you want 
People runnin', talkin', it's all going on up and down the street 
Young girls selling their wares, no cares 
Ah, history's left its mark, aha 
Old folks that were able 
Now can table it at their own expense 
They wouldn't miss it, they don't care if it's day or night 
  

Oh the city she makes 
Sometimes your soul to feel floating just like a leaf in the wind 
Street is stream so it carries you past your present schemes 'til there is no end 
Left right in the alley 
No one catches you but the gentle wind 
  

There ain't no Jane, no Jill, no Sally to see you through 
There ain't no Jane, no Jill, no Sally to see you through 
  

So you do what you want 
And pretend again that it's time to roam 'cause you can't go home 
Maybe you'll find your way today, 
But while you're at it you'll have some fun 
And through tears of laughter 
You know it's nothing until you find someone 
You wouldn't miss it 
You don't care if it's day or night 
  

Mercenary Territory
-- George, Hayward, George 

Is it the lies? 
Is it the style? 
  

It's a mercenary territory 
I wish you knew the story 
I've been out here so long dreamin up songs 
I'm temporarily qualmless and sinking 
  

I've did my time in that rodeo 
It's been so long and I've got nothing to show 
Well I'm so plain loco 
Fool that I am I'd do it all over again 
  

Is it the style? 
Is it the lies? 
Is it the days into nights 
Or the "I'm sorrys" into fights 
  

Now some kind of man, he can't do anything wrong 
If I see him I'll tell him you're waiting 
'Cause I'm devoted for sure but my days are a blur 
Well your nights turn into my mornings 
  

Well I did my time in that rodeo 
Fool that I am I'd do it all over again 
  

Is it love keeps you waiting so long 
Makes you say I'll see you around 
The forces that be, they just don't see 
While your nights turn into my mornings 
  

Is it the style? 
Is it the lies? 
Is it the days into nights 
Or the "I'm sorrys" into fights 
  

Spanish Moon
-- L. George 

(uh huh - the moon) 
  

Well the night that was high, we got into town 
Was the night of the rain, that froze on the ground 
Down the street I heard such a sorrowful tune 
Comin' from the place they call the Spanish Moon 
  

Well I stepped inside, and slipped by the door 
While a dark girl sang, and played the guitar 
There was hookers, and hustlers, they filled up the room 
I heard about this place they call the Spanish Moon 
  

There's whiskey, and bad cocaine 
Poison get you just the same 
And if that -- that don't -- kill you soon 
The women will down at the Spanish Moon 
  

Well I pawned my watch, and sold my ring 
Just to hear that girl singing, yeah, yeah 
I don't care who, you can wake up ruined 
You can lose it all down at the Spanish Moon 
  

There's whiskey, and bad cocaine 
Poison get you just the same 
And if that -- that don't -- kill you soon 
The women will down at the Spanish Moon 
    

Dixie Chicken
-- L. George, F. Martin 

I've seen the bright lights of Memphis 
And the Commodore Hotel 
Where underneath a street lamp I met a Southern belle 
She took me to the river, where she cast her spell 
And in that Southern moonlight, she sang a song so well 
  

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb 
And we can walk together down in dixieland 
Down in dixieland 
  

We made all the hot spots. My money flowed like wine 
Then that low down Southern whiskey began to fog my mind 
And I don't remember church bells or the money I put down 
On the white picket fence and boardwalk or the house at the end of town 
But boy do I remember the strain of her refrain 
The nights we spent together, and the way she called my name 
  

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb 
And we can walk together down in dixieland 
Down in dixieland 
  

Well it's been a year since she ran away 
Yes that guitar player sure could play 
She always liked to sing along 
He always handy with a song 
Then one night in the lobby of the Commodore Hotel 
I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well 
And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song 
And all the boys there, at the bar, began to sign along 
  

If you'll be my dixie chicken, I'll be your Tenessee lamb 
And we can walk together down in dixieland 
Down in dixieland 
  

Tripe Face Boogie
-- B. Payne, R. Hayward 

Well I was buffaloed in Buffalo 
And I was entertained in Houston 
New York, yew nork, you got to choose one 
Cause it's a tripe face boogie 
Going to boogie my sneakers away 
  

Well I don't want your money 
And I don't want your time 
Please don't tripe me honey and I'll give you 
Give you back your dime 
  

It's a hype face boogie 
going to boogie my sneakers away 
  

Now I don't dig potato chips 
And I can't dig torts 
Well tripe my guacamole baby (it's a guaca) 
Tripe my shorts 
It's a tripe face boogie gonna boogie my sneakers away 
  

It's a hype boogie, tripe boogie, hype boogie 
All night long 
  

You bring your guitar, I'll bring the wine 
We'll tripe my guacamole baby just a one more time 
It's a hype boogie 
I said give tripe face his way 
I said lookout! 
I said give tripe face away 
I said lookout! 
I said give tripe face away 
  

Rocket in My Pocket
-- L. George 

My baby called me up 
She said, "Why don't you ever take me out? 
Pick me up in your brand new car 
You shake the short change from your old fruit jar" 
  

I put on my dancin' shoes 
We headed straight for the rhythm and blues 
The music was hot, but my baby was not 
  

I've got a rocket in my pocket, I said rocket 
Ya fingers in the socket 
Fingers in the socket, fingers in the socket 
  

No way for you to stop it 
That rocket c'mon, you get off it oh 
Rocket, said rocket, said rocket, said rocket, said rocket, said rocket 
  

Don't understand that girl, I can't explain 
She got one foot on the platform, the other on the train 
I got a rocket in my pocket, yeah I said rocket 
Finger in the socket 
  

Willin'
-- Lowell George 

I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow 
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, oh I'm still 
Out on the road late at night, I seen my pretty Alice in every head light 
Alice, Dallas Alice 
  

I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari 
Tehachapi to Tonapah 
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made 
Now I driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed 
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine 
and you show me a sign 
I'll be willin', to be movin' 
  

Now I smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico 
baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico, and I'm still 
And I've been kicked be the wind, robbed by the sleet 
Had my head stoved in and I'm still on my feet and I'm willin', oh I'm willin' 
  

And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari 
Tehachapi to Tonapah 
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made 
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed 
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine 
and then you show me a sign 
I'll be willin', to be movin' 
  

Don't Bogart That Joint
-- E. Ingbar, L. Wagner 

  
  
Apolitical Blues
-- L. George 

Well my telephone was ringing 
And they told me it was Chairman Mao 
Well my telephone was ringing 
And they told me it was Chairman Mao 
I don't care who it is 
I just don't wanna talk to him now 
  

I've got the a - I got the apolitical blues 
Apolitical blues -- the meanest blues of all 
I don't care if it's the unholy four, John Wayne and Dorothy Lamour 
I just don't wanna talk to him now 
  

Telephone was ringing 
They told me, told me it was Chairman Mao 
My telephone was ringing... 
Do you hear it ringing? Do you hear it ringing? 
Do you hear it ringing? All right! 
I don't care who it is 
I just don't wanna talk 
I said I just don't wanna talk 
I just don't wanna 
I just don't wanna talk to him now 
  

Sailin' Shoes
-- Lowell George 

Lady in a turban, cocaine tree 
Does a dance so rhythmically 
She's cryin', and a singin' and having a time 
and gee that cocaine tree look fine 
  

You've got to put on your sailin shoes 
Put on your sailing shoes 
Everyone will start to cheer 
When you put on your sailin' shoes 
  

Jedidiah, he's got a dime 
Says he catch a more fish, every time 
Well I've got a line, and you've got a pole 
And I'll meet you at the fishin' hole 
  

You've got to put on your sailin shoes 
Put on your sailing shoes 
Everyone will start to cheer 
When you put on your sailin' shoes 
  

Doctor, doctor, I feel so bad 
This is the worst day, I ever had 
Have you this misery a very long time? 
Well if you if, I'll lay it on the line 
  

You've got to put on your sailin shoes 
Put on your sailing shoes 
Everyone will start to cheer 
When you put on your sailin' shoes 
  

Feats Don't Fail Me Now
-- Barrere, George, Martin 

Your daddy says I'm no good 
Your momma says keep away 
Got to tell you truthful girl you can never make me stay 
I got something up and down this coast 
Bet you my last dollar girl I can love your love the most 
  

Don't the sunrise look so pretty 
Never such a sight 
Like a rollin' into New York City 
With the skylight in the morning light 
Roll right through the night 
I said Roll 
Roll right through the night 
I said Roll 
  

Semi-smokin mama, you got to give me some 
Heard you got the biggest, biggest truck in town 
Right on through to Baltimore you got to love me now 
Give it to me gently, oh its feets don't fail me now 
Feets don't fail me now 
Feets don't fail me now 
  

Don't the sunrise look so pretty 
Never such a sight 
Like a rollin' into New York City 
With the skylight in the morning light 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night, Roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night, Roll on 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll 
Roll right through the night 
I said Roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll 
Roll right through the night 
Said roll, yeah roll 
Roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
I said roll right through the night 
Roll right through the night 
Right right right 
Roll roll 
Roll on, I said roll on 
I said roll roll roll roll on 
Roll roll roll roll roll roll 
Roll right through the night 
Roll 
I said roll 
I said roll 
Right through 
The night