At night, he sits alone and he's looking at the stars
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He listens to them playing guitars
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Him and Phil go back a long long way
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They talked about marching and dying all in one day
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They played songs together, they sit up past the dawn
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I wonder why this dream goes on
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You know Bob was there last week as well
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He's a quiet guy but he's got stories to tell
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Our hero sits and listens without asking why
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And teaches Bob A minor with a glint in his eye
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Bob used it on Hollis Brown, but that was sometime ago
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When is this dream gonna stop? Heaven knows
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Then our hero picks up his guitar
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To play them the only tune he knows
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He played it to me once
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He said 'Wes, it's short, but this is how it goes?'
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And then he sings
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'This is the only thing that really matters
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Keeps me going, retains my sanity
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The nights I spend alone when there's just
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Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me'
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Stevie died and David died
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But only to the papers that live outside
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Last Thursday they were in the room where he sits
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The three of them making jokes about the meager obits
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Steve and David smiled and they left quite soon
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He wonders about that dream as he looks at the stars and the moon
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Sometimes he has a party for him and the crew
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They turn up on time just cos they always do
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And Phil plays I Ain't Marching, it's his favorite song
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And Bob plays harmonica but he plays it all wrong
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And Steve harmonizes like he did with John Prine
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David just sits and looks blue all the time
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Then the time comes round again
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They all sit and listen to our hero playing
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He says 'You've heard it all before'
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But they like it so they shout 'encore'
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And then he sings, it's a dream come true
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'This is the only thing that really matters
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Keeps me going, retains my sanity
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The nights I spend alone when there's just
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Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me
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And me
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Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me'
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Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue And Me
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| John Wesley Harding |
