Perspective On

Maria Christina

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Fiesta In Guadalajara

When it's fiesta time in Guadalajara
How I long to be back once again in old Mejico
Where we live for today, never giving a thought to tomorrow
And the strumming of guitars
In a hundred grubby bars
We would whisper: "Te amo."

The mariachis would serenade
And they would not shut up till they were paid
We ate, we drank, and we were merry
And we got typhoid and beri-beri

But best of all, I remember the plaza de toros
Whenever I start feeling morose
I revive by recalling that scene
And names like Ben Montero, Domingin and Manolente
If I live to be a hundred and tente
I'll never forget what they mean

Out stepped the matador who must have been potted or
Slightly insane but who looked rather bored
And the picadors, of course, each one on his horse
And I shouted "Ole!" every time one got gored
Then the matador did what we wanted him to
Raised his sword and his aim was true
In that moment of truth--
I suddenly knew--
That someone had stolen my wallet!

Now it's fiesta time in Akron, Ohio
But it's back to old Guadalajara I'm longing to go
Far away from the strikes of the AF of L and CIO
And the strumming of guitars
In a hundred grubby bars
And forget the Alamo!
In old Mejico!

Abilene

Abilene, Abilene
Prettiest town I've ever seen
Ain't nobody gonna treat you mean in Abilene

I don't know what I've been told
Get your lovin' before you get too old
High-toned woman ain't got no soul
Treat you mean, Oh, Abilene

Saddest day I ever seen
The day I caught the 219
Watched you wave and lost a dream
In Abilene, in Abilene

How well I remember
It's all coming back to me in

Abilene, Abilene
Prettiest town I've ever seen
Ain't nobody gonna treat you mean in Abilene

Ain't no fun bummin' 'round
One thing baby that I've found
A man's own cryin' is one mournful sound
Abilene, Abilene

Soft brown eyes, chestnut hair
Like an angel standin' there
Making people stop and stare
In Abilene, my Abilene

Abilene (Abilene), Abilene (Abilene)
Prettiest town I've ever seen
Ain't nobody gonna treat you mean in Abilene
Ain't nobody gonna treat you mean in Abilene

Ay, Jalisco

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I Never Will Marry

One day as I wandered down by the seashore
The wind it did whistle and the waves they did roar
I spied a fair maiden on the cliffs by the sea
And the song she was singing came crying to me

"I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I guess I'll stay single
All the days of my life."

Just as I came beside her with a moon soft and low
Straightaway she did vanish in the waters below
Across the white-rippling water
Through the mists on the sea
I could swear I can hear her still crying to me

"I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I guess I'll stay single
All the days of my life.
I guess I'll stay single
All the days of my life."

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

If today was not a crooked highway
If tonight I could finally stand tall
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

I can't see my reflection in the waters
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Don't remember the sound of my own name

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

There's beauty in the silver, singin' river
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

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Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Goin' To California

Well, I'm goin' to California
To stay in New York you got to be right out your mind
Yah, I'm headin' for California
I'm gonna leave all that old hustlin' behind

When I get me to California
I'll get a bongo drum and apricot beret
Oh, when I get to California
I'm gonna grow a beard and poetize away

Some hitch a ride on the highway
("Goin' West, Mister?")
Others zap out in a jet
I just don't care which route I travel
("Whyn't ya grab a subway?")
But California is the place I got to get

So I'm goin' to California
I'm gonna bypass Illinois and all the rest
And I'm aimin' for California
'Cuz the West Coast is the best coast in the West!
("Figures!")

Oh, when I got to California
I went to Frisco then I went down to LA
Yah when I got to California
I found that growin' beards and poetry don't pay

So I got stuck in California
I couldn't find a place to stretch at Muscle Beach
I'm stranded in California
And unemployment is upon me like a leech

I guess I'll just start selling houses
I still got a tie and a suit
I've noticed one thing's universal
All hustlers are rakin' up the loot

So I'm stayin' in California
I set a record sellin' houses so ya see
I just can't go from California
'Cuz they're gonna name a city after me

("Let's call it Travis City!"
"Let's call it Budville!"
Let's call it Bud this!"
Let's call it off!")

So Long, Stay Well

Little boy go ride the pale horse in the park
Count the golden butterflies and stay out till dawn
Never mind the grownups who sing their old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy, you're older, keep life while you can
Happy days and holidays so soon escape man
Soon you'll be a grownup and sing your old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy, your youth and the summer is done
You've got the sunset, though you've lost the sun
Now you are a grownup, so sing your old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy go ride the pale horse in the park
Count the golden butterflies and stay out till dawn
Never mind the grownups who sing their old song
Some other autumn will right all the wrongs

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Chords
(courtesy Mike Pumphrey)

B&T performed this in the key of G minor on Perspective, but they probably played it in Em position with a capo at the third fret. Chords are as follows:

So Long Stay Well

Take Off Your Old Coat

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

I folded my hands, I bowed down my head
But still there's no rest for those who weary
For all those who travel, for all heavy laden
And still there's no rest for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

Life's richest pleasures are bound all around us
Treasures too great to all be counted
But though we see moonlight, the moon has a dark side
And so it is here for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

Light me no candles, but join in the workin'
There's much to be done and few to do it
Those gone before us have left us our labors
And still there's no rest for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

Two Brothers

Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
One wore blue and one wore gray

One wore blue and one wore gray
As they marched along their way
A fife and a drum began to play
Oh, what a beautiful morning

One was gentle, one was kind
One was gentle, one was kind
One came home, one stayed behind
Cannonball don't pay no mind

Cannonball don't pay no mind
If he's gentle, if he's kind
Don't care for the folks he left behind
Oh, what a beautiful morning

Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
One wore blue and one wore black

One wore blue and one wore black
Waiting there by the railroad track
Waiting for their loved ones to come back
Oh, what a beautiful morning

Sabras Que Te Quiero

(w/ English Translation)

Cuando puedan mis noches hablarte y puedan decirte lo que eres en mi,
Que' de cosas iran a contarte...
Cuantas otras sabras tu de mi....

Que te quiero, sabras que te quiero
carino como este
jamas ekistio.
Que mis ojas
jamas han llorado
como aquelle noche
que te dije adios.

Que te quiero
volver a tu lado
tenerte conmigo
vivir nuestro amor.
Que te quiero,
sabras que te quiero
porque eres mi vida,
mi cielo,
mi dios.

You Will Know That I Love You

When my nights can talk to you and tell you what you are to me,
what things will they tell you ...
How many things will you know about me.

That I love you. You'll know that I love you
Love like this
never existed before.
That my eyes
never have cried
like that night
when I told you goodbye.

That I want to
return to your side;
have you next to me;
live our love.
That I love you. You'll know that I love you.
Because you are my life,
my sky,
my heaven.

Chords

Sabras Que Te Quiero

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