California Comes to the Whistle Test The Old Grey Whistle Test

# Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

# Doo-doo, doo-doo. #

# Ooh, wish that I could come

# With the mornin' sun

# Shinin' through your window

# I could be the one

# To open up your day

# Ooh, words can't begin to say

# Feelings that are hidden in

# In such a special way And they're...

# Just for me and you

# Night-time comes searchin' blindly

# Been needin' some lovin' Now I find me

# Followin' my heart back to you

# Ooh, how it reminds me that I need no other lover

# This feelin' is like no other

# And though I can't be with you now, let...

# This song be another one...

# Just for me and you

# So let my heart go on a-singin'

# Let my song go on a-bringin'

# To you lovin' that you know is

# In my heart and clingin'

# To days that passed on by

# Need we stop, though, to wonder why

# You know I love you, baby

# The tears in my eyes are...

# Just for me and you

# Yes, they are

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Mmm-hmm-mmm-hmm

# Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm. #

# No-one likes us

# I don't know why

# We may not be perfect

# But heaven knows, we try

# But all around even our old friends put us down

# Let's drop the big one

# And see what happens

# We give them money

# But are they grateful?

# No, they're spiteful and they're hateful

# They don't respect us

# So let's surprise them

# We'll drop the big one and pulverise them

# Asia's crowded and Europe's too old

# Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold

# And South America stole our name

# Let's drop the big one There'll be no-one left to blame us

# We'll save Australia

# Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo

# We'll build an all-American amusement park there

# They got surfin', too

# Boom goes London, and boom Paris

# More room for you and more room for me

# And every city

# The whole world round

# Will just be another American town Oh, how peaceful it will be

# We'll set everybody free

# You'll wear a Japanese kimono, babe

# There'll be Italian shoes for me

# They all hate us anyhow

# So let's drop the big one now

# Let's drop the big one now. #

# Love rising from the mists

# Promise me...

# This and only this

# Holy breath touching me

# Like a wind song

# Sweet communion of a kiss

# Sun...

# Sifting through the grey

# Enter in, reach me with a ray

# Silently swooping down

# Just to show me

# How to give my heart away

# Once a crystal choir appeared while I was sleeping

# And called my name

# And when they came down nearer

# Saying, "Dying is done..."

# Then a new song was sung

# Until somewhere...

# We breathed as one

# And still I hear their whisper

# Stars bursting in the sky

# Hear the sad nova's dying cry

# Shimmering memory

# Come and hold me

# While you show me how to fly

# Sun...

# Sifting through the grey

# Enter in, reach me with a ray

# Silently swooping down

# Just to show me

# How to give my heart away

# Lately, sparkling hosts come fill my dreams

# Descending on fiery beams

# I've seen 'em come clear down

# Where our poor bodies lay

# Soothe us gently and say...

# Gonna wipe all your tears away

# And still I hear their whisper...

# Love, rising from the mists

# Promise me this and only this

# Holy breath touching me

# Like a wind song

# Sweet communion of a kiss. #

I'd like to play a Sleepy John Estes tune. Thank you very much,

by the way.

Goin' To Brownsville.

# Now I'm goin' to Brownsville

# Take that right-hand road

# Now I'm goin' to Brownsville

# Take that right-hand road

# Mmm, and I ain't gonna stop walkin'

# Till I get in sweet Mama's door

# Now the girl I'm lovin'

# She's got great long curly hair

# Mm, now that girl I'm lovin'

# She's got great long curly hair

# Mmm, and her mama and her papa

# Well, they sure don't allow me there

# Now if you catch my jumper, babe

# Hangin' upside your wall

# Mmmm Now, if you catch my jumper, babe

# Hangin' upside your wall

# And you know 'bout that, babe

# I need my ashes hauled

# Mm, now I'm goin' to Brownsville

# Take that right-hand road

# Mm, now I'm goin' to Brownsville

# Take that right-hand road

# Mm, and I ain't gonna stop walkin'

# Till I get in sweet Mama's door

# Mmmm, mmm-mm-mmm

# Mmm, mmm. #

# They were duellin''

# Doolin Dalton

# High or low, it was the same

# Easy money

# Faithless women

# Red-eye whiskey

# For the pain

# Go down, Bill Doolin

# Don't you wonder why

# Sooner or later

# We all have to die

# Sooner or later

# It's a stone-cold fact

# When four men ride out

# And only three ride back

# Better keep on runnin'

# Doolin Dalton

# Till your killers

# Set you free

# Cos if you're fast

# And if you're lucky

# You may never see that hangin' tree

# Oh, the towns lay out across the dusty plains

# Every one is filled with tombstones

# Just waitin' for their names

# Well, a man can use his back

# Or use his brains

# But some just went stir crazy

# Cos nothin' ever changed

# Keep on runnin'

# Doolin Dalton

# High or low, it's all the same

# Easy money

# And faithless women

# The red-eye whiskey

# For the pain

# No, there's really nothin'

# For the pain

# Is there gonna be anyone left?

# Is there gonna be anyone?

# How many miles does a bad man have to run?

# Is there gonna be anyone left?

# Is there gonna be anythin'?

# It's hard to feel at home

# In the scenery

# Is there gonna be anyone left?

# Is there gonna be

# Is there gonna be anyone left?

# Is there gonna be

# Is there gonna be anyone left?

# Is there gonna be anyone? #

The legendry Tim Buckley visited this country

for just a few days last week.

Basically, just a promotional visit, bringing his new album, Sefronia.

He came into the studio while he was in Britain

to record a session for Whistle Test,

accompanied by Charlie Whitney on guitar, Ian Wallace on drums,

and Tim Hinckley on bass.

# Sometimes I think about

# Saturday's child

# And all about the times

# When we were running wild

# I've been out searching

# For the dolphins

# In the sea

# Ah, but sometimes I wonder

# Do you ever

# Ever think of me

# Ah, this old world will never change

# The way it's been

# And all our ways of war

# Just can't change it back again

# I've been out searching

# For the dolphins

# In the sea

# Ah, but sometimes I wonder

# Do you ever

# Ever think of me

# Oh, Lord, I'm not the one to tell

# This old world how to get along

# I only know that peace will come

# When all our hate is gone

# I've been out searching

# For the dolphins

# In the sea

# Ah, but sometimes I wonder

# Do you ever

# Ever think of me

# Ah, this old world will never change

# Ah, this old world will never change

# Ah, this old world will never change

# Never change. #

# All I need is someone

# To awaken me

# Much of me has gone to sleep

# And I'm afraid to wake up

# Shake me by the shoulder

# If I'm lying with you now

# When they talk about the time I sleep away

# When it's hard to face the day

# When I think of all the love

# That's taken me

# How much do I get to keep

# And how much should I give up?

# Shake me by the shoulders

# I'm flying with you now

# But I'm listening to the lies inside my head

# Who can hurt you in your bed

# Fear of other people is a thing I hate

# I travel in a bubble and I can't relate

# Something is happening to my head

# Don't wanna hurt you But I never heard a word you said

# Has this empty hollow heart

# Forsaken me?

# I wonder if I'll ever get to feel like I did

# Before I grew up

# Shake me by the shoulder

# If I'm lying to you now

# But there is no time to waste another day

# Cos we watch them fly away. #

This is Little Feat and Rock & Roll Doctor.

# There was a woman in Georgia

# Didn't feel just right

# She had fever all day and chills at night

# Now things got worse Yes, a serious bind

# At times like this

# It take a man of such style Like you'd not often find

# A doctor of the heart And a doctor of mind

# If you like country with a boogie beat

# He's the man to meet

# Oh, yeah

# If you like the sound of shufflin' feet

# He can't be beat

# If you wanna feel real nice

# Just ask the rock'n'roll doctor's advice

# It's just a country town But patients come

# From Mobile to Moline From miles around

# Nagodoches to New Orleans

# In beat-up old cars Or in limousines

# To meet the doctor of soul He's got his very own thing, yeah

# Two degrees in be-bop A PhD in swing

# He's a master of rhythm He's a rock'n'roll king, yeah

# If you like country with a boogie beat

# He's the man to meet

Oh, he's the man to meet, yeah

# If you like the sound of shufflin' feet

# He can't be beat

I say, he can't be beat, ohhh

# I said up

# I said down

# I said in, I said out

# I said up, down, in, out

-# I said if you

-If you

-# If you wanna

-If you wanna

# If you wanna feel real nice

# Just ask the rock'n'roll doctor's advice. #

APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

# These men that I been seein', baby

# They got their soul up on a shelf

# No, they could never love me

# When they can't even love themselves

# But I need someone to love me

# Someone to really understand

# Who won't have to put himself above me

# Who can love me like a man

# I never seen such losers before

# Don't think I haven't tried

# To find a man to take me home

# Instead of takin' me for a ride

# Whoa, baby, I know you can

# Believe me when I tell you

# That you love me like a man

# They all want me to rock them

# Like my back ain't got no bone

# Want you to rock me

# Like mine was your own

# Whoo, baby, I know you can

# Believe me when I tell you

# That you love me like a man... #

All right, Alan, take it.

# Come home sad and lonely

# Feel like I wanna cry

# I need a man to hold me

# Don't need a fool that has to know why

# Cos I need love

# Baby, won't you understand

# Don't go puttin' yourself above me

# Just try to love me like a man

# Oooooh! #

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

# I been warped by the rain Driven by the snow

# I'm drunk and dirty, Don't you know

# But I'm still

# Willin'

# Out on the road late last night

# I'd see my pretty Alice In every headlight

# Alice

# Dallas Alice

# And I've been From Tucson to Tucumcari

# Tehachapi to Tonopah

# 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 you show me a sign

# And I'll be willin'

# To be movin'

# And I've been kicked by the wind Robbed by the sleet

# Had my head stove in But I'm still on my feet

# And I'm still

# Willin'

# And I smuggled some smokes And folks from Mexico

# Baked by the sun Every time I go to Mexico

# Ah, but I'm still

# And I've been From Tucson to Tucumcari

# Tehachapi to Tonopah

# 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 you show me a sign

# And I'll be willin'

# To be movin'. #

APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

# Keep a fire burning in your eye

# Pay attention to the open sky

# You never know What will be coming down

# I don't remember Losing track of you

# You were always dancing In and out of view

# I must have thought You'd always be around

# Always keeping things real By playing the clown

# Now you're nowhere to be found

# I don't know what happens When people die

# Can't seem to grasp it As hard as I try

# It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear

# That I can't sing I can't help listening

# And I can't help feeling stupid Standing round

# Crying as they ease you down

# Cos I know that you'd rather We were dancing

# Dancing our sorrow away

# Right on dancing

# There's nothing You can do about it anyway

# Just do the steps That you've been shown

# By everyone you've ever known

# Until the dance Becomes your very own

# No matter how close to yours

# Another's steps have grown

# In the end there is one dance You'll do alone

# Keep a fire for the human race

# Let your prayers Go drifting into space

# You never know What will be coming down

# Perhaps a better world Is drawing near

# And just as easily It could all disappear

# Along with whatever meaning You might have found

# Don't let the uncertainty

# Turn you around

# Go on and make a joyful sound

# Into a dancer you have grown

# From a seed Somebody else has thrown

# Go on ahead And throw some seeds of your own

# And somewhere between The time you arrive

# And the time you go

# May lie a reason you were alive

# But you'll never know. #

APPLAUSE

# Everybody's restless

# And they've got no place to go

# Someone's always Trying to tell them

# Something they already know

# So their anger and resentment flow

# But don't it make you Want to rock and roll

# All night long?

# Mohammed's radio

# I heard somebody singing Sweet and soulful

# On the radio

# Mohammed's radio

# You know, the Sheriff's Got his problems too

# He will surely take them out on you

# In walks the village idiot

# And his face is all aglow

# For he's been up all night Listening to Mohammed's radio

# Don't it make you Want to rock and roll

# All night long?

# Mohammed's radio

# I heard somebody Singing sweet and soulful

# On the radio

# Mohammed's radio

# Everybody's desperate Trying to make ends meet

# Work all day, still can't pay

# The price of gasoline and meat

# Alas, their lives

# Are incomplete

# Don't it make you Want to rock and roll

# All night long?

# Mohammed's radio

# I heard somebody Singing sweet and soulful

# On the radio

# Mohammed's radio

# You've been up all night Listening for his drum

# Hoping that the righteous

# Might just, might just, Might just come

# I heard the general Whisper to his aide-de-camp

# "Be watchful

# "For Mohammed's lamp"

# Don't it make you want To rock and roll

# All night long?

# Mohammed's radio

# I heard somebody Singing sweet and soulful

# On the radio

# Mohammed's radio

# Mohammed's radio-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. #

APPLAUSE Thank you.

# Well, the sun is surely sinking down

# But the moon is slowly rising

# So this old world Must still be spinning round

# And I still love you

# So close your eyes

# You can close your eyes It's all right

# I don't know no love songs

# And I can't Sing the blues any more

# But I can sing this song

# And you can sing this song

# When I'm gone

# It won't be long before another day

# We gonna have a good time

# And no-one's gonna Take that time away

# You can stay as long as you like

# So close your eyes

# You can close your eyes It's all right

# I don't know no love songs

# And I can't sing the blues any more

# Ah, but I can sing this song

# And you can sing this song When I'm gone. #

# Short people got no reason

# Short people got no reason

# Short people got no reason to live

# They got little hands

# Little eyes

# They walk around

# Tellin' great big lies

# They got little noses

# And tiny little teeth

# They wear platform shoes

# On their nasty little feet

# Well, I don't want no short people

# Don't want no short people

# Don't want no short people Round here... #

This is the nice, friendly part coming up here.

# Short people are just the same

# As you and I

# A fool such as I All men are brothers

# Until the day they die

# It's wonderful world

# Short people got nobody

# Short people got nobody

# Short people got nobody

# To love

# They got little baby legs

# That stand so low

# You got to pick 'em up Just to say hello

# They got little cars That go "beep, beep, beep"

# They got little voices Goin' "peep, peep, peep"

# They got grubby little fingers And dirty little minds

# They're gonna get you every time

# Well, I don't want no short people

# Don't want no short people

# Don't want no short people Round here. #

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

# Been atop of the New York skyline

# Sailed across the ocean blue

# Been alone on a desert island

# And I've been a guru too

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# I met the girls in every city

# Every town that I passed thru

# You won't find one half as pretty

# Or one with a heart so true

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# If you leave her now he'll get her

# Then I know you'll change your mind

# You won't find one better

# Can't you see that love is blind?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see?

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her off like that

# Don't you write her o-o-o-o-off

# She's a real fine lady Don't you see? #

This is an old wino's lullaby.

# Sticks and stones

# Will break my bones

# But I always will be true

# And when your mama is dead and gone

# I'll sing this lullaby

# Just for you

# And what becomes of little boys

# Who never comb their hair?

# They're sleepin' like a baby

# They're on the nickel over there

# So ring around the roses

# You're sleepin' in the rain

# And you're always late for supper

# And, man, you let me down again

# I thought I heard a mockingbird

# Roosevelt knows where

# They're lined up all around the block

# They're on the nickel over there

# So what becomes of little boys

# Who run away from home?

# Well, the world keeps gettin' bigger

# When you get out on your own

# But you never know how rich you are

# You haven't got a prayer

# And it's heads you win and tails they lose

# You're on the nickel And over there. #

APPLAUSE

-# Little sister, don't you

-Please, please, please

-# Little sister

-Don't you cheat on me

# Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice

-# Say it's very nice and then you

-Run

# Ooh-hoo

# Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done

# Well, I dated your big sister

# And I took her to a show

# I went out for some candy

# In came Jim Dandy

# And they snuck right out the door

-# Little sister, don't you

-Please, please, please

-# Little sister, don't you

-Cheat on me

# Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice

-# Say it's very nice and then you

-Run

# Whoo-hoo

# Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done

# Every time I see your sister

# Seems like she's got somebody new

# Well, she's mean and evil

# Like that little old boll weevil

# Got to try my luck with you

-# Little sister, don't you

-Please, please, please

-# Little sister, don't you

-Cheat on me

# Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice

-# Say it's very nice and then you

-Run

# Sing it

# Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done

# Well, now I used to pull your pigtails

# And I pinched your turned-up nose

# Oooh, but baby you been a-growin' Yes, it's been a-showin'

# From your head down to your toes

# Please, please, please

-# Little sister, don't you

-Cheat on me

# Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice

-# Say it's very nice and then you

-Run

# Ooh-hoo

# Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done

-# Little sister, don't you

-Please, please, please

-# Little sister, don't you

-Cheat on me

# Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice

-# Say it's very nice and then you

-Run

# Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done

# Don't you do what your big sister done

# Don't you do what your big sister done

# Don't you do what your big sister done. #

APPLAUSE