Ashgrove lyrics

Dave Alvin

(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)





Well when I was a young boy

I used to slip away

Down to the ashgrove

To hear the old blues men play

There was Big Joe and Lightnin`

And Reverend Gary too

Well I`d sit and stare and dream

Of doin` what they could do.



Well it`s been thirty years since the ashgrove burned down

And I`m out on this highway travelin` town to town

Tryin` to make a livin`

Tryin` to pay the rent

Tryin` to figure out where my life went.



I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That`s where I come from

I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That`s where I belong.



Well you don`t have to go searchin`

Pretend to put on airs

‘Cause the blues are gonna find you someday, somewhere

Now my mother`s gone

Now my father`s gone

And all the old blues men have all passed on

And I`m out on this highway travelin` town to town

Settin` up my gear and then I`m tearin` it down

Turnin` up my guitar

Standin` on the stage

I`m just tryin` to raise the ghosts up out of their graves.



I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That`s where I come from

Yeah I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That`s where I belong.



Well I can`t say I been all sinner

Can`t say I been all saint

I`ve done some good deeds and I`ve made big mistakes

I been in and out of love

Said words I regret

I been drunk, been sober

Smoked too many cigarettes

And I`m out on this highway travelin` town to town

And the news on the radio just brings me down

Intolerance and fear

Ignorance and lies

It`s the same old same old I heard a million times

And I`m thinkin` of friends and lovers

And how they come and go

Like look-alike houses on the side of the road

Full of everyday people tryin` to get ahead

Tryin` to find a reason just to get out of bed

‘Cause we all need somethin` just to get us through

Well I`m gonna play the blues tonight man

‘Cause that`s what I do.



I`m goin` back to the Ashgrove

That`s where I come from

I`m goin` back to the Ashgrove

That`s where I belong.
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