Dave Alvin - Ashgrove Lyrics
Dave Alvin(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)Well when I was a young boyI used to slip awayDown to the ashgroveTo hear the old blues men playThere was Big Joe and Lightnin'And Reverend Gary tooWell I'd sit and stare and dreamOf doin' what they could do.Well it's been thirty years since the ashgrove burned downAnd I'm out on this highway travelin' town to townTryin' to make a livin'Tryin' to pay the rentTryin' to figure out where my life went.I wanna go back to the ashgroveThat's where I come fromI wanna go back to the ashgroveThat's where I belong.Well you don't have to go searchin'Pretend to put on airsCause the blues are gonna find you someday, somewhereNow my mother's goneNow my father's goneAnd all the old blues men have all passed onAnd I'm out on this highway travelin' town to townSettin' up my gear and then I'm tearin' it downTurnin' up my guitarStandin' on the stageI'm just tryin' to raise the ghosts up out of their graves.I wanna go back to the ashgroveThat's where I come fromYeah I wanna go back to the ashgroveThat's where I belong.Well I can't say I been all sinnerCan't say I been all saintI've done some good deeds and I've made big mistakesI been in and out of loveSaid words I regretI been drunk, been soberSmoked too many cigarettesAnd I'm out on this highway travelin' town to townAnd the news on the radio just brings me downIntolerance and fearIgnorance and liesIt's the same old same old I heard a million timesAnd I'm thinkin' of friends and loversAnd how they come and goLike look-alike houses on the side of the roadFull of everyday people tryin' to get aheadTryin' to find a reason just to get out of bedCause we all need somethin' just to get us throughWell I'm gonna play the blues tonight manCause that's what I do.I'm goin' back to the AshgroveThat's where I come fromI'm goin' back to the AshgroveThat's where I belong.
