Ashgrove

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 Lightninâ?
 And Reverend Gary too
 Well Iâ? d sit and stare and dream
 Of doinâ? what they could do.
 Well itâ? s been thirty years since the ashgrove burned down
 And Iâ? m out on this highway travelinâ? town to town
 Tryinâ? to make a livinâ?
 Tryinâ? to pay the rent
 Tryinâ? to figure out where my life went.
 I wanna go back to the ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I come from
 I wanna go back to the ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I belong.
 Well you donâ? t have to go searchinâ?
 Pretend to put on airs
 â? Cause the blues are gonna find you someday, somewhere
 Now my motherâ? s gone
 Now my fatherâ? s gone
 And all the old blues men have all passed on
 And Iâ? m out on this highway travelinâ? town to town
 Settinâ? up my gear and then Iâ? m tearinâ? it down
 Turninâ? up my guitar
 Standinâ? on the stage
 Iâ? m just tryinâ? to raise the ghosts up out of their graves.
 I wanna go back to the ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I come from
 Yeah I wanna go back to the ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I belong.
 Well I canâ? t say I been all sinner
 Canâ? t say I been all saint
 Iâ? ve done some good deeds and Iâ? 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 Iâ? m out on this highway travelinâ? town to town
 And the news on the radio just brings me down
 Intolerance and fear
 Ignorance and lies
 Itâ? s the same old same old I heard a million times
 And Iâ? m thinkinâ? of friends and lovers
 And how they come and go
 Like look-alike houses on the side of the road
 Full of everyday people tryinâ? to get ahead
 Tryinâ? to find a reason just to get out of bed
 â? Cause we all need somethinâ? just to get us through
 Well Iâ? m gonna play the blues tonight man
 â? Cause thatâ? s what I do.
 Iâ? m goinâ? back to the Ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I come from
 Iâ? m goinâ? back to the Ashgrove
 Thatâ? s where I belong.