Rainy Mountain Blues

When you're sick of all the phonies
Feelin' sorry like Holden.
When you're too tired of holdin'
On to to what you need to forget,
Your only regret,
The only thing you remember
Past your last cigarette.
When the world's got ya down
And you're wearin' a frown,
You feel like a clown
On the wrong side of town
Up on stage in nothin but a gown.
When the wind whips you sideways,
sends you reelin,
You start feelin quite yellow
like the banana you're peelin'.
Can't quite get back up on your feet
Stuck in the street,
Feel like you need to start rockin
To a whole different beat.
You need to find a beat so sweet
That carries you off your feet,
You need to find beauty
And, babe, it ain't in some cutie
livin' uptown.
Downtown
Upside down.
It's in the world around you,
In these West Virginia hills.
In the hard workin' people
and the factories and mills.
In the leaves on the ground,
Scattered all around.
In the trains on the tracks,
You know you can always hop one
And never come back.
But that's not what you really want,
That's not where it's at,
That's not what you need.
All you need is me.
All you need is to see,
To be where you need to be,
You ain't gotta go nowhere,
Just look around yourself.