guy clark
I've always associated this song with "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and their hippiecontainer from Gilbert Shelton and Dave Sheridan's all time high cartoons ... maybe Guy Clark also did?
I first heard this song performed by Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; 1942–2020), who in November 1972 was the first one of many artists to record it, and I still cling to his version and arrangement. He also made "Desperados Waiting for a Train" famous. Guy Charles Clark (1941–2016) included both of them with his first album "Old No. 1" in 1975. He has released several albums on various labels, but is mainly estimated as a considerable songwriter ... and, in fact, a luthier.
go pack up all your dishes • make note of all good wishes
say goodbye to the landlord for me : sons of bitches they always bore me
throw out those L.A. papers and that moldy box of vanilla wafers
adios to all this concrete • gonna get me some dirt road back street
here's to you old skinny dennis : you're the one I think I will miss
I can hear that old bass singing deep and low like a gift you're bringing
go play it one more time now • gotta give it all we can now
I believe every word you're saying • keep on : just keep on playing
put the pink slip in the mailbox and leave the key in the old front door lock
they will find it likely as not with all the things that we have forgot
oh my lady don't you cry now • love's a gift truly handmade
and we got something to believe in and you know it is time we're leaving
... if I could just get off of that L.A. freeway without being killed or caught
down the road in a cloud of smoke for some land • some land that I ain't bought
if I could just get off of that L.A. freeway without being killed or caught ...
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G G7 C Am go pack up all your dishes make note of all good wishes G Em A7 D7 say goodbye to the landlord for me sons of bitches they always bore me G G7 C Am throw out those L.A. papers and that moldy box of vanilla wafers G Em A7 D7 adios to all this concrete gonna get me some dirt road back street C D7 G Bm C if I could just get off of that L.A. freeway without being killed or caught G Bm Em Am D7sus2 D7 down the road in a cloud of smoke for some land some land that I ain't bought C D7 G Bm C if I could just get off of that L.A. freeway without being killed or caught G...Bm...C...G...Am...D7sus2...D7...
