John Sebastian - The Four Of Us lyrics

Sitting 'round a fireplace We drew a smile across the states we packed our truck with all our stuff and four of us Two to drive and two to sleep Wrapped up in a rainbow sheet And in the front my love will keep me on the road and laughing On our way we met a man with healer-boxer-sculptor's hands We love him 'cause he understands the four of us Time, time with him was time in school Sitting in the backyard Teaching from his box of rusty tools And he could talk such magic at his clear-eyed 85 And just when you thought you got the picture he'd show you the joke inside. "Yeah", he said, "The joke's on you!" "You don't even know where you're going to!" Further south our truck stops ran to see the singing dolphin man and pancakes from a frying pan for four of us Somewhere there we got a brand new scheme Further south was islands like the kind you see in dreams So we left the truck and all or stuff and skipped across the see To emerald pools in paradise for four of us Domenica, Domenica What I'd give for just a week in Domenica I'd give anything Oh what I'd give for just a week in Domenica I said "Hey, Missy Breadfruit Lady Do ya have a papaya, maybe?" I said "Hey, Mrs Ice Cream Lady This year she say she got strawberry?" Domenica, Domenica What I'd give for just a week in Domenica Back across the ocean floor The four of us were ripe for more Paradise was nice but then you can't stay there forever Rollin' on up the beach Trace that smile from cheek to cheek New Orleans was our next stop When rollin' in..here comes the cops And the county jail had lovely cots for four of us Where are you, Lashes LaRue Don't you keep me waitin' Saw you smile right outside The Basin St. Bus Station I was stoned, far from home Diggin' where it isn't I was mailing kilo bags to my friends in prison As I was splittin' she was sitting ou front in the purple flowers She knocked me dead, I was breathless But we talked non-stop for an hour When up behind me came a voice and a great big hand He say "We opened up your mail Now you're goin' to the slam" I'm as far away from Lashes as a foreign power Where are you, Lashes La Rue You're makin' me so impatient, honey Saw your smile right outside The Basin St. Bus Station Yeah, your daddy was a carny and your mommy was a fortune-teller They used to brew up the bootleg beer down in the cellar Yeah but I got caught on a modern crime I was smokin' dynamite, now I'm servin' my time If you see Lashes LaRue You just got to tell her Mississippi Delta and across New Mexico And I remember how I held her as the desert turned to gold And I remember every time we stopped that dusty truck And stood together wondering "Is it all here for us?" You, you know I think it is You better go on up and tell the kids I can feel a question as we wander down the road Asking us how far away from life we wanna go Looking for a place to be alone Had led us to a foothill town the road map didn't show Red Wing, Colorado, taught me thing or two about you and just what you could do Red Wing, Colorado, isn't the kind of place you'd go to just for fun Just a lonely general store That's been bleached out in the sun But Red Wing was a teacher, it was like she had a voice You'd be surprised how much you learn Once you've got no choice And we were learning how to get along Red Wing, Colorado, showed us just how much is really unimpaired, still and country aired On a farm in Red Wing we lived from day to day Makin' do for us, just the two of us Makin' do for us, just the two of us Yeah and it sure felt good But we were getting lonely and heading for Hollywood Every place was more to sing But I can't tell you everything Yeah we finally made it home And now the family's on its own Babies come and numbers grow There's more of us Gee.....we really miss those times Seeing through each other's eyes Sure was nice So here's a little travelling song Of talk that comes from dusk till dawn So go and see and pa** it on Lest you miss it lest it's gone Every lover keep your driver on the road and laughing.