The Crime Of The Century Podcast

I've gotta take my show on the road

Got to hit those fields and fields of love

Got to take my show on the road

I'm gonna take my show on the road

I'll be leaving town today

I'm gonna leave this town right away

I've got to be on my way

Well I got to pack my suitcase tonight

I've gotta be moving on

When I'm leaving this town

I've got to pack my suitcase tonight

I've gotta be moving on

When I'm leaving this town

I've got to pack my suitcase tonight

Chorus:

I'm getting ready, getting ready

To start my journey

Get my clothes and my things

Get my clothes and my things

I'm leaving this town

I'm taking my love with me

Well it's time I was leaving

Chorus:

I've got to take my show on the road

I'm gonna take my show on the road

I love this place

I love this town

How far is this town?

I can't seem to get there

How do I get there?

I need a sign or a map to get there

I don't want to be in love

I want to be in Portland

If you were the mayor

You'd be so great at Portland

If you were the mayor

You'd know the best way to Portland

If you were the Mayor,

You'd be so great at Portland,

I'm so sure I'd like to be

the mayor of Portland, Oregon

I'd be so great at Portland, Oregon.

I'd want the people of Portland

to know I love them

I want to be in Portland

I want to live there

I ain't seen her yet,

that's where she comes from,

she's a long way from home.

It is the summer, the fall is done

There's a winter that is on the way,

If you believe it then let me show you

Well I ain't seen her yet, she's a long way from home

She is out there in that darkness, but I ain't seen her yet

She must be out there, I don't see her yet.

What do I have to do to see her yet.

She is out there in that darkness,

but I ain't seen her yet.

Well, it is the summer, the fall is done

There's a winter that is on the way,

And if you believe it then let me show you

I ain't seen her yet, that's where she

comes from, she's a long way from home.

I'm not like other people, you know.

I am more like what I think of as the "Babel" of mankind

i don't know what is going on, so I do it.

I don't know who I am,

so I am what I am.

I don't have a mission.

I don't know how to read or write, so I just do.

That's it. I'm a bit out there,

and in no way related to what you think I am.

I'm the most original man in history,

although we've had a few others before me.

In the 70s we had

J.P. Gaunt

And in the 60s we had

Ralph Steady

I am so unapologetically different

that I have my own little language

To which I have a large collection.

I was given the job of building it,

and there's no one else in charge.

So I am not sure where it all goes.

It's hard to know where the Resistance is.

I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going there!I am The Resistance.

What is the Resistance?

i am The Resistance. 

This is where it's all going!

We'll see, maybe we'll never be free.  

I mean, if I'm free,  

i'm bound to nothing at all.

We're never free.

There's always someone to oppress us.So here I am

its not my fault I'm not an expert

there is a difference between being a expert and being a guru

we don't need a guru to take us to the moon

I'll tell you what happened to me

I was a big man with a big big ego

when I met you and I heard your story

it took the breath away I was blown away

Its not my fault that I have the greatest song

I'm not singing you love songs from olden days

I write from new dreams like a newborn baby

you sing songs old and new all day

Its not my fault my love has got a bad reputation

I'm not the one who'll break my heart in two

I'm the one who's going to live in your love

I'm the one who's going to be

Its not my fault this is an unusual case

you're not the one for me but I am the one for you

maybe some day you'll be a star

but until then I'll sing you a song

Its not my fault you don't want to be my woman

but I don't want to live without you

so I'm going to love you like a mother love her child

I'm going to keep you with me

Its not my fault my love has a bad reputation

I'm not the one who'll break my heart in two

I'm the one who's going to live in your love

I'm the one who's going to be

I’ve been in a bad place for about three years.

No, I guess four.

I’m being a bit lenient on myself

because three is a little too low of a number.

It’s been such a struggle to get out of bed

and get myself to do the things I have to do.

Has it gotten any better?

No, it’s always been pretty fucking bad.

It’s just that now I have to pay bills

and do all this other shit.

It gets in the way.

I just have to make myself do it.

If I don’t do it

then I’m gonna have to get a fucking job,

and that’s a fucking hassle

that I don’t need right now.

It sucks.

I feel depressed all the time.

I have to tell people that I have a

mental illness,

but I’m not really depressed.

It’s been so hard

getting this off my chest.

It sucks and it’s so awkward.

It’s like a big secret and I can’t really

let anyone in on it.

It’s like I can’t talk about it

because it just goes to show

that I’m weak.

I don’t want to have to hide it anymore.

It’s not my fault that I have this.

I’ve just been so depressed.

I am depressed.

And he said, "Come unto me and rest

The hour is late and my work for you to do

Come unto me and rest

And put your weary head upon my chest

And rest

I'll be the way you travel

The way you travel

I'll be the way you travel

The way you travel

I'll be the road you walk

The road you walk

I'll be the road you walk

The road you walk

I'll be the road you walk

I'll be the way you talk

it's been a long, long time comin' but i've been waitin'

now's the time, here i come

it's been a long, long time comin' but i've been waitin'

now's the time, here i come

here i come...

I was born in a delta blues house in the middle of a cotton field

my mama sang to me the blues, the way i was taught to see

but i never had a daddy to guide me so i turned to my elders

and now i'm a man,

a headstrong man who thinks i know a thing or two

i'm gonna be a great bluesman someday so i started to study

my music, how it was played and how it should be played

now's the time, here i come

here i come"

my daddy is dead

i lost my mama too

here i come, here i come

i never had no daddy to guide me so i turned to my elders

they taught me how to be and how to love

they taught me how to walk with my mind

now's the time, here i come"

"here i come"

Now's the time, here i come

Here i come...

now's the time, here i come

here i come...

"here i come"

Now's the time, here i come

Here i come...

"here i come"

Now's the time, here i come

here i come...

"here i come"

Now's the time, here i come

here i come...

"here i come"

Now's the time, here i come

here i come

You are to get your very own phone,

and you are to call me.

I will be in a recording studio next door,

 and you are to dial the number to hear my voice.

The moment I hear the phone,

I will make my way over to you,

and I will hand you the phone.

I have all sorts of rules.

 Like, you had to buy the phone,

and call me before midnight.

And you have to call me every year

and make sure I am still alive

and the same phone was in my name.

And you have to call me every year.

And you have to call me from your phone.

And I havw to answer the phone.

And you have to hang up before I can talk.

Because I don't like to talk on the phone.

There are lots of other rules.

 But if you follow them all,

I will let you keep all the phones.

I only want one.

But I want to have the one you used.

I hope you like this game.

I think it is really good,

but I am always wrong.

I would like you to play my game now,

I need it to be really good.

It's really a beautiful game

We should get started.

I saw you yesterday

The girl with a perfect body,

a perfect face and perfect hair.

I saw the girl I want.

But I'm sad

because I've already been there and done that.

And it's not what I want,

I just want to be a friend.

 but you're all that I need.

I want you to be a friend,

but you don't really care about me,

You just want my money.

you want the world,

but you don't really

want to give it to me.

There's a place we can go

To hear the sounds of life

We can be alone

Together

Oh my dear

My love for you

I have to go

You have to stay

No matter what

I'll love you more

I'm just not good

I love your soul

Don't stop me

Don't let me go

There's something I must know

There's a place we can go

To hear the sounds of life

We can be alone

Together

Oh my dear

My love for you

I have to go

You have to stay

But the future's bright

Where the sun will shine

I'm not the right one

But that's alright

Don't stop me

Don't let me go