Released: April 23, 1991
Songwriter: Robert Hunter Bob Weir
Producer: Bruce Hornsby and the Range Eddie King
[Verse 1]
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours 'cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go
Keep on rollin', my old buddy, you're movin' much too slow
[Verse 2]
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, ain't that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as well be me
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
And one's for sport and one's for blood at the point of a knife
And now the die is shaken, now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in the game, he don't go home with all
Not with all
[Verse 3]
Leavin' Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
[Verse 4]
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
He dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy, you're moving much too slow
[Outro]
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share the women, we can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours 'cause we done shared all of mine
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go
Keep on rollin', my old buddy, you're movin' much too slow
[Verse 2]
I just jumped the watchman, right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change, ain't that Heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon, burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon, might as well be me
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
We used to play for silver, now we play for life
And one's for sport and one's for blood at the point of a knife
And now the die is shaken, now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in the game, he don't go home with all
Not with all
[Verse 3]
Leavin' Texas, fourth day of July
Sun so hot, the clouds so low, the eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning out of Santa Fe
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne, from sea to shining sea
[Verse 4]
Gotta go to Tulsa, first train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
He dug for him a shallow grave
And laid his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy, you're moving much too slow
[Outro]
We can share the women, we can share the wine
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Bruce Hornsby and the Range popular songs
- The Way It Is
- Mandolin Rain
- The Valley Road
- Barren Ground
- These Arms of Mine
- Fire on the Cross
- Down the Road Tonight
- Jack Straw
- The Red Plains
- Carry the Water
- Set Me in Motion (single version).mp3
- The Wild Frontier
- The Road Not Taken
- Stranded on Easy Street
- Lost Soul
- The Long Race
- I Will Walk With You
- A Night on the Town
- Defenders of the Flag
- Set Me in Motion (LP version).mp3
- Till the Dreaming’s Done
- The Old Playground
- Another Day
- The River Runs Low