I’m goin’ down to the police station
Just gonna turn myself in
For all the bad things I’ve been doin’
Maybe I won’t do ‘em again

Seven old dogs in the backyard
Six cat gut strings on an old guitar
Three days straight I’ve been puttin’
Everything I own in a mason jar

I went down to the Mobile Depot
Wanted to see Mr. Garfield’s train
All I saw was people crying
Creosote smoke and fallin’ rain

Seven last words to the faithful
Six shades of gray on a piece of wood
Three days straight I’ve been sinkin’
I ain’t been doin’ what I should

I went down to see the fortune teller
Was gonna get my future read
She looked at my hand, she said it’s bad
Crossed her eyes and fell back dead

Seven miles as the crow flies
Six blackbirds that fly somewhere
Three days straight I’ve been thirsty
It’s gettin’ to where I don’t care

So I’ve been standin’ in muddy water
Waitin’ for the sun to shine
I ain’t been doin’ what I oughta
Crystal ball don’t sympathize

Seven times seven is forty-nine
Six times nine is fifty-four
Three days straight I’ve been thinkin’
Well I ain’t gonna do that no more

(Think I got it. Rhythm is the same all the way through. Open for corrections.)

Written by: Ray Wylie Hubbard
CD: Ray Wylie Hubbard – Dangerous Spirits
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk

Intro: Am x3 D Am C Em Am

I have a crimson dragon tattoo
It burns on my arm like the truth
the red ink is in my skin its on my soul too
I have a crimson dragon tattoo

21 silver dollars is what it cost
Drawn by a fast left hand when I was lost
I did not choose a heart, a rose or a cross
21 silver dollars is what it cost

Sometimes it whispers my name
And tells me that this life is just a game
Whom the gods wish to destroy, first they drive insane
Sometimes it whispers my name

I have a crimson dragon tattoo
It burns on my arm like the truth
the red ink is in my skin its on my soul too
I have a crimson dragon tattoo
I have a crimson dragon tattoo

Ray Wylie Hubbard After All These Years written by Ray Wylie Hubbard

After all these years of our running wild
I believe I’ll take off my colors for a while
And just kick back and sing some blues
Instead of living them like I do
After all these years of our running wild
After all these years of our running wild
I believe I’ll take off for South Texas for a while
And look up some of my old friend

And try to make amends
After all these years of our running wild
And I suppose I fall somewhere in between
A lost soul and a romantic who believes
That if we live in forgiveness
We die in our dreams

SOLO

After all these years of our running wild
I believe I’ll take off my old leathers for a while
And with this life I live

Turn it over and forgive
After all these years of our running wild
And I suppose I fall somewhere in between
A lost soul and a romantic who believes
That if we live in forgiveness
We die in our dreams
And I suppose I fall somewhere in between
A lost soul and a romantic who believes
That if we live in forgiveness
We die in our dreams
We die in our dreams

From Ray Wylie Hubbard “Eternal And Lowdown”
Philo Records 2001
Mt Karma Music(BMI)

Ray Wylie Hubbard vocals/guitar
Gurf Morlix guitar
Bryan Standefer viola

Men who ride saddle broncs, drinkin’ in honky tonks
That I’m playin’ in; playin’ another night of wind.
Pretty girls with their perfume, dancin’ across the room
That I’m playin’ in; playin’ another night of wind.

CHORUS
Sawdust floors and dim blue lights
Fast movin’ cowgirls and fist fights
All for a West Texas Country Western Dance Band
West Texas Country Western Dance Band.

verse 2
I know the latest country song, and I play ‘em all night long
Till I cry sometimes; it’s a shame I can’t hide
Drink a coke with Wanda B. Harper, play a song by Jerry Jeff Walker
But that’s alright; he does one of mine.
Repeat Chorus

BRIDGE
I like the ladies with smokey hair
And ya know how easily they set a fire
With a lie.

verse 3
The lead player he got stoned, the drummer’s drunk he wants to go home
And nobody cares about the bass player at all
Soul searchin’ in a honky tonk dive, next morning you think you’re alive
Till you wake up and find you’re with another man’s wife.
Repeat chorus