Dave Alvin Ashgrove Lyrics

Ashgrove Lyrics

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.