Ashgrove Lyrics

Artist: Dave Alvin
Album: Ashgrove

Dave Alvin
(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)

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 do.

Well 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 went.

I wanna go back to the ashgrove
That€™s where I come from
I wanna go back to the ashgrove
That€™s where I belong.

Well 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 father€™s gone
And all the old blues men have all passed on
And 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€™ on the stage
I€™m just tryin€™ to raise the ghosts up out of their graves.

I wanna go back to the ashgrove
That€™s where I come from
Yeah I wanna go back to the ashgrove
That€™s where I belong.

Well 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 been in and out of love
Said words I regret
I been drunk, been sober
Smoked too many cigarettes
And 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 times
And 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 do.

I€™m goin€™ back to the Ashgrove
That€™s where I come from
I€™m goin€™ back to the Ashgrove
That€™s where I belong.

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