Wishing Stone

WISHING STONE

1. Voodoo Chili

2. Nao

4. Yul

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Shake that evil woman's curse
Can't let temptation do me worse
Don't take no hex no black cat bone
No jungle root No wishing stone
Only way to leave no doubt
Is shake it down and kick it out

Mojo mixin' powder stir
Got that voodoo vixen cure
Snake-eyed spell but not for long
Fever's high but the pulse is strong
Answer from the inside out
Shake it down and kick it out

Thunder rumbles lightning strikes
Known to hit the same place twice
Set me reeling round the block
Knock the shoes right off my socks
Pick me up from down and out
Shake it down and kick it out

Now some folks say it can't be done
Read the signs and tell someone
Bar the windows lock the door
Prepare yourself for what's in store
Feed the fire that won't go out
Shake it down and kick it out

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2. Nao (5:50)

Spent a lifetime lookin' but I couldn't find the prize
Finally found the answer written in the old man's eyes
Saw myself staring back at a stranger I once knew
Whose innocence had long past gone from faded days of blue

Always heard the music but I couldn't find the groove
Worried so about the steps and how to make the move
Till I listened to the angel singing through her tears
"It's not about the years in life It's about the the life in years"

Chorus:
So here it is
And there it went
Every moment saving time
is another minute spent
Sometimes it's hard to find what's always there

Dreams and nightmares might come true where distant pathways meet
But looking 'round will make you miss the ground that's underfeet
Behind-the-shoulder glances never lessened any load
And you can't see direction when your back is to the road

When I was young I thought I had the golden keyhole view
But then I saw the more I learned the less I found I knew
Next week soon becomes last month For chances lost we yearn
But nao keeps right on happening through every twist and turn

Chorus

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3. Louie To Frisco (3:32)

I'm as free as a bird now
Flighty as a bumble bee
I'm here today and gone tomorrow
Footloose child and fancy free
I'm absolutely independent
Nothin' at all is gonna worry me

Well I believe I was born to travel
The open road is gonna bring me close
To come to know some way out people
To say the least I dig the most
Who live and love across both borders
Trip east and west from coast to coast

I've only got one cradle to rock now
And I'm gonna rock it everywhere I go
From St. Louis to San Francisco
And from Canada to Mexico
I'm gonna let my cradle rock now
Till it just won't rock no more

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4. Yul (4:18)

The king said, "I'll go outside today
Maybe right across the way
No one knows that I'm not playin' around"

"And all the castles built in the sand
tumble down with a wave of my hand
See how easily everything falls to the ground"

Chorus:
Oh, here you go again
Oh, living on a limb
What goes around once
always comes back twice
And you'd think by now old friend,
you wouldn't play a game that you can't win

I heard the tale through the lady's veil
"More and more are going to jail
But please, sir, don't you ever fail to try"

From underneath my shelter stare
at the glow in the nighttime air
The fireworks that light the evening sky

Chorus

The knight sat down to a game of chance
And cut the cards with a sideways glance
And then he stared at the hand he drew

The king said, "Now I'll call your bluff
You know I think you've had enough
The stakes are grand but I bet my life, do you?"

Chorus

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5. Honeybee Blues (7:35)

I had the blues this morning
as I crawled on outta bed
I had the blues this morning
as I crawled on outta bed
I keep hearing what went down last night
Just keep on ringing in my aching head

You said you have no sympathy
for a man without a home
You said you have no sympathy
But baby, I gotta roam
I got the blues this morning cause I'm leaving
I'm gonna miss your sweet, sweet moan

I have the blues this morning
as I walk on 'cross the floor
I have the blues this morning
as I'm heading out towards the door
Ain't no tear upon your tender cheek
You know I'll be coming back for more

I'm singing me a melody
as I'm traveling down the road
Just dreaming 'bout my Honey Bee
as I'm buzzing down the road
When I taste you sweet love on my lips
you know it's gonna ease my heavy load

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6. Slip Away (4:16)

Sunshine Peaking through the trees
Windchimes Singing to the trees
Moonshine Brings me to my knees

Come on take a chance and walk with me
There's everywhere to go and nowhere we need to be

Cause there's a place to go that we've all been to
In some forgotten days in other times
It ain't no place I can tell direction
Destination lies behind your eyes

Chorus:
Slip Away Slip Away Slip away
Don't it seem like we were just here yesterday
Slip Away Slip Away Slip away
Don't it seem like we were just here yesterday

Sunshine Here it comes again
Sometimes, don't know why or when
Nighttime, come back rolling in

Open your eyes see from the other side
We can ride the wind we can fly the tide

But understand now why I can't go with you
'Cause I don't know how far you need to go
But that don't mean beside you I won't be there
So we can learn what we already know

Chorus

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All songs © 1991 written by Blue Dixie except "Louie To Frisco" © 1968 written by Chuck Berry