Armando Rodriguez

04:13 Lyrics

Yonder Stands a Stranger

Yonder Stands a Stranger

Yonder, yonder stands a stranger

Yonder stands a stranger

He’s dressed in white, don’t you see

His hair is long and amber

His sandals are old and worn out

From walkin’, oh, from walkin’ from town to town

He died for you and he died for me

In the dead of the night

His mother’s name, it was Mary

She was the finest lady

Oh, the finest lady you’d ever want to meet

Her hair was long and dark

Her skin was silky white

She cried for you and she cried for me

In the dead of the night

His father’s name, it was Joseph

His hands they were full of callouses

From doin’, oh, the same old thing

But you know, the man he never complained

Oh, he never complained

He goes by the name of Jesus

He goes by the name of the Lord

You can call him anything you want

Don’t you know that he’s my friend

He’s my friend

Don’t you know

He’s my friend

Don’t you know

He’s my friend

Oh, my friend

He’s my friend

06:33 Lyrics

Dream of Mine

Dream of Mine

Hundred million thousand stars, way up in the sky

Hundred million thousand stars, dancing in the night

Listen to the stories of the ones that came before

Listen to the stories and maybe save yourself, save yourself

A little girl, she stands alone in the pouring rain

She stands alone with her heart all full of pain

She looks up in the sky and she cries out in pain

Why do we cause it, yeQah, you and me

You and me, you and me, you and me

(Chorus)

Would it be too much to ask, that you put down your weapons

Would be it too much to say, that you stop all this killing

Would it be too much to ask, that you put down your weapons

Would it be too much to say, that you stop all this killing

And get down on your knees and pray

Hundred million thousand stars lined up in the sky

Hundred million thousand stars starring back at me

Listen to the stories of the ones that came before

Listen to the stories and maybe save yourself

Maybe save yourself, maybe save yourself, save yourself

Would it be too much to ask, that you put down your weapons

Would it be too much too say, that you stop all this killing

Would it be too much to ask, that you put down your weapons

Would it be too much to say, that you stop all this killing

(Repeat Chorus)

I said get down on your knees and pray, get down on your knees and pray

I dream of love, I dream of peace, and I dream of harmony

This is a dream of mine

04:16 Lyrics

Ten Pound Horses

Ten Pound Horses

There’s a train leavin’ out of here tonight

Headed down for Memphis,Tennessee

And as we make our way ‘round the bend and we sling shot down the rail

We’re goin’ down to Memphis

We’re goin’ to go see the King

I hear the clanking of the box carts on the rail

I hear the screeching of the wheels on the steel, on the steel

(Chorus)

And it’s days like this

That I feel like runnin’

‘Till there ain’t no more to go

With ten-pound horses

I look out the box cart door

And I see America passin’ me by

I see the old hobo man sittin’ next to me

Or is he a man with courage

That decided to do what he wanted to do

And am I a soul with courage

Or am I, oh, just a coward

Who follows everywhere so blindly

Like sheep being led to slaughter

(Repeat Chorus)

03:56 Lyrics

Born Too Late

Born To Late

You ask me, hey, do you love me

You ask me, so sincere

And I pretend not hear what you say

And slowly move into the next room

Then you follow me just like a little girl

And you ask me, hey, do you love me

(Chorus)

Do you love me, do you love me

I don’t know nothin’, about nothin’

Sometimes I don’t even know my own name

I’m just a boy who’s caught up in a wrong time

I was born too late

This crazy thing that we call love

Has brought me nothin’, but misery

So how can you expect me just to let my heart go

How can you expect me

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

03:34 Lyrics

Hey Babe

Hey Babe

Walkin’ down the street, late in the night

There ain’t nobody there, but you and the rain, hey baby (hey baby)

Look to your left and then look to your right

What do you see now, (hey, hey)

Hey, baby… Ah, now baby, hey

Well I told you before don’t wanna to see you comin’

I don’t wanna to hear you knockin’ on my door

Standing by the light post dead in the night

There ain’t nobody there, but you and the rain (hey baby)

You tellin’ yourself you wish you stayed home

You tellin’ yourself you wish you’d listened to your old man now (hey, hey, hey, hey)

Hey baby…Ah now baby, yeah

(Chorus)

Well I told before don’t wanna to see you comin’

I don’t wanna hear you knockin’ on my door

(I don’t wanna to see your face mama… knockin’ on my door)

Tellin’ me you goin’ down to Houston town now

You got a friend livin’ by the coast (you say)

Tellin’ me that he don’t drink now

You tellin’ me that he don’t fool around now

You tellin’ me that he don’t smoke

Well tell me now baby, just what in the hell does he do (ah, for fun yeah)

Well I told before don’t wanna to see you comin’

I don’t wanna to hear you knockin’ on my door

No.. no no no no no

Well I told you before don’t want to see you comin’

I don’t want to hear you knockin’ on my door

No, no, no more I don’t wanna to see you

No, no, no more I don’t wanna to see you no, no, no more

I don’t wanna to see you no more (hey baby)

06:23 Lyrics

Begging Bowl

Begging Bowl

Wouldn’t it be a surprise

If you was to wake up in the morning

And you were a five-year-old child

Livin’ in Darfur, Africa

And your clothes were old and worn out

From the many years of use

And, oh the constant companion

The one that never leaves you alone

(Nadadadanada)

(Chorus)

Just like an old time friend that refuses to go home

I speak of the horrible hunger

I speak of the terrible pain

I’m just a five-year-old child

Livin’ in Darfur, Africa (Africa hahaha, Africa, Africa)

Livin’ a country that’s torn by war

There’s violence everywhere

And even the animals go hungry

They look at you with disdain

Tonight when you go to sleep

And you huddle next to your mother

And you look up in the sky

And you cry out in anguish

(Nadadanana)

(Repeat Chorus)

I speak of the horrible hunger

(How can you do this to me)

I speak of the terrible pain

(Don’t you know that I am just a five-year-old child)

I’m just a five year old child

(Look at you, look at you)

Livin’ Darfur Africa

Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa

04:24 Lyrics

What's Going On America

What’s Going on America?

Hey man, where are you bound

On such a cold and lonesome day

Hey man, where are you bound

On such a cold and lonesome day

Hey man, Hey man

You walkin’ down on a payment road, ‘til it turns to sand

You goin’ down to a place, oh, where the mountains, they touch the sky

(Chorus)

What’s goin’ on, America

What’s goin’ on, America (ha,ha,ha,ha)

Unemployment lines, they’re comin’ apart at the seams

And people thinkin’ when they get inside

Oh, their lives, they’re going’ to change (ain’t that a laugh)

I don’t mean to complain so much

But this life sure gets me down

Gets me down on the ground

(Repeat Chorus)

I’m not sayin’ that I’ve got the answer

I’m not sayin’ that I’ve got the plan

But I’ll be dammed if I stand around

Not throw my two cents worth in

(Repeat Chorus)

03:59 Lyrics

The Island Song

The Island Song

Every time that I feel like gettin’ away, I think of you

Every time that I feel like runnin’ away, I dream of you

Sometimes the noise and the rush become too much

I wonder how we stand it so (owowo)

Lalalala (Repeat)

The islands are such a paradise

There’s no such thing as a disguise

The islands they open up your eyes

The islands are such as a paradise

There’s no such thing as a disguise

The islands are

The blue of the ocean and the blue of the sky

Hey honey baby it just gets me high

The smile of the natives and the warmth of their touch

It’s sometimes just too much

Sometimes the noise and the rush become too much

I wonder how we stand it so (owowowo)

Lalalala

(Repeat Chorus)

04:02 Lyrics

Crossroads

Crossroads

Hey, there goes a shooting star

And, ah there goes another one

I think it’s callin’ out to me out to me

And when I see you layin’ next to me all quiet and still

And when I hear the beatin’ of your heart

It’s beatin’ along with mine along with mine

Ohohohohohohohoh

(Chorus)

But if I was to lose you along the way

And if we should fall apart some how

I want you to remember this my girl

You were the love of my life

When I was at the crossroads of my life

And when I see you smile I feel a gentleness inside

And when I see your runnin’ free and wild

I think I’m goin’ to stay here for a while

Stay here for a while

Ohohohohohohohoh

(Repeat Chorus)

Ten Pound Horses

by Armando Rodriguez

Ten Pound Horses

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