Dont Wait

Don’t Wait by The Band from their final album Jubilation (1998). You can find the song here (starting at 4:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbIaKXci6bg (Harmonica intro) Well I was searchin’ by myself Singin’ old songs see if they help I took the low way along the sea Met an older man and he said to me ’Sing me a song son lay it down’ ’Bring it forth then stand your ground’ It smelled like winter it all felt fine In that dry bone hazy late November time. He said : ’I’ve known high times more than once’ ’Now I stick strictly to the honky tonks’ ’And I’ve known danger and I’ve known defeat’ ’I’ve seen whole generations fall to sleep’. ’I’ve danced with angels I’ve drank my fill’ ’I’ve talked with God out on the hill’ ’And I know my face but I live my name’ ’But I go by Charlie Hawker all the same’. Where are you goin’ tonight ? Where are you goin’ so late ? Your country needs you boy don’t wait Where are you goin’ ? Where are you goin’ ? And then he stopped : ’Come here to me’ ’So that I can look at you so that I can see’ But then he smiled he let me know And in that space lies all the things I’ll never know. And then the sun sank in the West He said : ’Boy you know you may never be at rest’ I turned around to face the light And with a heavy heart I walked into the night. Where are you goin’ tonight ? Where are you goin’ so late ? Your country needs you boy don’t wait Where are you goin’ ? Where are you goin’ ? La la la La la la La la la  la la la La la la La la la La la la  la la la La la la La la la La la la  la la la