Ashgrove

Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:

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 doWell 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 wentI wanna go back to the ashgrove

That's where I come from

I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That's where I belongWell 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 fathers gone

And all the old blues men have all passed onAnd 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' up on the stage

I'm just tryin' to raise the ghosts up out of their gravesI wanna go back to the ashgrove

That's where I come from

Yeah I wanna go back to the ashgrove

That's where I belongWell 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've been in and out of love, said words I regret

I've been drunk, been sober smoked too many cigarettesAnd 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 timesAnd 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 doI'm goin' back to the ashgrove

That's where I come from

I'm goin' back to the ashgrove

That's where I belong