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That Other Mile c. 1975

(all songs written by Randall Bramblett)

1. THAT OTHER MILE

Somebody said “when the other man hit you
You just turn your face and give him back a smile”
And when somebody tells you
“Come on and go with me for a while”
He says you ought to go that other mile

Baby when we first met and you saw that I loved you
Seemed your heart was already turning cold
And I think you’re just waiting
And you’re setting your trap
For someone who’ll walk that other mile

Good luck is a wheel
Every day it rolls and rolls
Good luck is a wheel
You never can tell
Good luck is a wheel
Seems like every day it roll and rolls
And it rolls to the weak 
Like it rolls to the powerful

I wish I could run away where no one with find me
Wish I could change my name
Start all over again
You don’t know your strength 
Over those who are melted in your heat

You don’t know that
Good luck is a wheel
Everyday it rolls and rolls
Good luck is a wheel
You never can tell
It rolls and rolls and rolls and rolls 

2. CRAZY WORLD

You know the blood wants to cool
And the knees want to shake
The world gets so heavy 
That the heart wants to break

Chorus:
Baby what kind of world is this
Lord, what kind of world is this
Will you give us a break one time

The arm gets flabby 
And the hand won’t write
The finger won’t point 
And the tooth won’t bite

Chorus

You know you start our screaming
The world’s goin to slow
And you end up cryin
Please don’t let it go

I get you in bed 
The trailer starts to shake
The camera man said 
We need one more take

Baby what kind of world is this
Lord, what kind of world is this
Give me a break one time

3. YOU CAINT

Don’t lock me out 
Don’t lock it
I just got to get inside tonight

Chorus:
You cain’t shit the shitter
Quit the quitter
Please don’t shit the shitter
Quit the quitter

Oh…

Had to spend the night on Dauphine Street
The cops was rough I couldn’t get no sleep
The knocked me down and they called me son
I hate to tell but I’m on the run

Don’t lock me out
I just got to get inside tonight

Chorus

Oh…

I know you’re runnin with another man
Did you forget about the past and the thing we had
Your new man will buy you everything in sight
Please don’t let him keep you shut so tight

Don’t lock me out
I just got to get inside tonight

Chorus

Oh…

4. DRIFTING INTO A WOMAN’S ARMS

When Moses was a baby
The baby cried and he want to be found

See he was drifting drifting into a woman’s arms 
Oh no

And the woman she will feed him
Give him all the things he’s crying for
All the tears in the world could not stop him

Chorus:
You see he was drifting drifting into a woman’s arms 
Oh no
You see he was drifting drifting into a woman’s arms 
Oh no

And the reeds stand in the water
Carry the baby in broken arms
All the tears in the world could not drown him

Chorus 

5. NO STONE UNTURNED

Remember the rock that they call Gibraltar
Remember the circle of the great Stonehenge
What about the temples of the ancient man
Didn’t they have to turn back to sand

Chorus:
He will not leave no stone unturned
He will not leave no bridge unburned
I guess he believes everything returns
‘Cause he will not leave no stone unturned

Here we are walking around in modern times
Here we are trying to make a living and trying to stay alive
Seems like a movie but you know it’s for real
You know all the actors and you’ve heard all their spiels

And you wish somebody would turn on the lights
And you wish somebody would set the whole thing right
And you wish somebody would just cut you some slack yeah yeah yeah

Chorus

Remember the rock that they call Gibraltar
And the circle of the great Stonehenge
All the skyscrapers
All the big highways
All the big cars…
 

6. BACK TO THE BEGINNING AGAIN

It was election day in Montego Bay
I was sucking on a quart bottle of rum
And the ocean was looking bright
And the native was having fun

The old mayor drove in a big limousine
In fact he pulled out on the boating dock
And he gathered all the people around with a grin
Back to the beginning again
Is what he say he say

Chorus:
Back back back back back
Back to the beginning again to the beginning again

The opponent he cried that the mayor had lied
And that really only he was bona fide
To put on the old blue jeans
And to keep the government clean

But the crowd escaping him one by one
So the opponent and me is the only ones
And I’m buying the poor man a beer
Wanna tell him he really really is sincere
Oh..

Chorus

The opponent he carried a little card that read
“All you want to do is keep your big mouth fed”
So I’m sitting alone on the pier
Belafonte whispering in my ear
Yeah he said

Chorus

7. I’M CALLIN’

You know I’m callin for your thunderstorm
And I’m hopin that you won’t be long

Say goodbye to the top of the world
Hello good friend I believe your head is about to whirl

Because I’m callin for your tidal wave
We’ll be lookin for your darkest cave

Say hello to the middle of the night
It’s pitch black dark and there ain’t nobody else in sight

Chorus:
You know it’s a one horse show
You got to ride him when he’s ready to go
So fall on out and get yourself a deal

We’re gonna be fixin up the biggest the room
And you’ll be waltzin with the west side soon

Say hello to the middle of the night
It’s pitch black dark and there ain’t nobody else in sight

Chorus

8. EVERYBODY GOT IT ON THE INSIDE

Chorus:
You know everybody
Everybody got something that they can’t hide
Everybody got it on the inside

Man’s got the business and the business got the man
Man gets the feelin like he don’t understand
Woman gets the baby the baby gets the friend
Woman gets the feeling like the world will end

You see everybody got it on the inside

Chorus

Aunt’s got religion and uncle got sin
Cousin don’t worry ‘bout who’s goin to win
Some like the night and some like the day
I ain’t goin talk about the only way

Call up the monkey we’re goin to have a show
We’re goin do a little thing they call the Kokomo

Chorus

9. PAINTING ON THE WALL

The painting on the wall
Used to look like a waterfall
Today nobody had the proof

A young boy saw a flame 
Burning inside the picture frame
An old man saw the fountain of youth

Chorus:
Baby we’re goin to send you away to school
You ain’t goin to be such a fool

Mr Big and Brother Small
In a giant concert hall
I heard they was doin so well
Every night when the curtain’s drawn
Mr Big he says “what’s wrong”
And Small he says “you can’t never tell”

Chorus

And the painting on the wall 
Used to look like a waterfall
But today it was the fountain of youth
Oh yeah
Today it was the fountain of youth
 

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