Ain't Wastin' Time No More
Melissa
Ramblin' Man
Midnight Rider
Gregg Allman
high.pos.
chart entry
US
90
5/72
GB
-
D
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Ain't
Wastin' Time No More
(Gregory L. Allman)
Last
Sunday morning the sunshine felt
like rain
Week before they all seemed the
same
With the help of God and true
friends I come to realize
I still had two strong legs and
even wings to fly
And oh I, ain't wastin time no
more
'Cause time goes by like
hurricanes and faster things
Lord, lord Miss Sally, why all
your cryin'?
Been around here three long days
You're lookin' like you're dyin'
Just step yourself outside and
look up at the stars above
Go on downtown baby find somebody
to love
Meanwhile I ain't wastin' time no
more
'Cause time goes by like pouring
rain and much faster things
You don't need no gypsy to tell
you why
You can't let one precious day
slip by
Look inside yourself and if you
don't see what you want
Maybe sometimes then you don't
But leave your mind alone and just
get high
Well by and by, way after many
years have gone
And all the war freaks die off,
leavin' us alone
We'll raise our children in the
peaceful way we can
It's up to you and me brother to
try and try again
Well, hear us now, we ain't wastin'
time no more
'Cause time goes by like
hurricanes
Runnin' after subway trains
Don't forget the pouring rain
from Eat
A Peach (1972)
Melissa
(Gregory L. Allman/Stephen Alaimo)
Crossroads,
seem to come and go, yeah
The gypsy flies from coast to
coast
Knowing many, loving none
Bearing sorrow havin' fun
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa? Mmmm
Freight train, each car looks the
same, all the same
And no one knows the gypsy's name
No one hears his lonely sigh
There are no blankets where he
lies
In all his deepest dreams the
gypsy flies
With sweet Melissa? Mmmm
Again the morning's come
Again he's on the run
Sunbeams shining through his hair
Appearing not to have a care
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy
roll on, roll on
Crossroads, will you ever let him
go?, Lord, Lord
Will you hide the dead man's ghost
Or will he lie, beneath the clay
Or will his spirit roll away?
But I know that he won't stay
Without Melissa
Yes I know that he won't stay
Without Melissa
from Eat
A Peach (1972)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
2
8/73
GB
-
D
-
Ramblin'
Man
(Richard
Betts)
Lord, I
was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin'
the best I can
And when it's time for leavin'
I hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man
Well my father was a gambler down
in Georgia
He wound up on the wrong end of a
gun
And I was born in the back seat of
a Greyhound bus
Rollin' down highway 41
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin'
the best I can
And when it's time for leavin'
I hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man
I'm on my way to New Orleans this
mornin'
Leaving out of Nashville,
Tennessee
They're always having a good time
down on the bayou, Lord
Them Delta women think the world
of me
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin'
the best I can
And when it's time for leavin', I
hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
....
from
Brothers & Sisters (1973)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
20
12/73
GB
-
D
-
Midnight
Rider / Gregg
Allman
(Gregory L. Allman/Kim Payne)
Well,
I've got to run to keep from
hiding
And I'm bound to keep on riding
And I've got one more silver
dollar
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch
me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
And I don't own the clothes I'm
wearing
And the road goes on forever
And I've got one more silver
dollar
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch
me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
And I've gone by the point of
caring
Some old bed I'll soon be sharing
And I've got one more silver
dollar
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch
me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
No I'm not gonna let 'em catch me,
no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
No I'm not gonna let 'em catch me,
no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
No I'm not gonna let 'em catch me,
no
Not gonna let 'em catch the
Midnight Rider
from
Idlewild South (Allman Brothers
Band, 1970)
from Laid Back (Gregg Allman Band,
1973)
