The Unwelcome Guest-Billy Bragg/Wilco

[00:00.00] To the rich man's bright lodges [00:11.67]I ride in this wind [00:15.24]On my good horse, I call you [00:19.38]My shiny black Bess [00:23.25]To the playhouse of fortune [00:27.30]To take the bright silver [00:31.29]And gold you have taken [00:35.16]From somebody else [00:39.09]And as we go riding [00:42.60]In the damp foggy midnight [00:46.83]You snort, my good pony [00:50.37]And you give me your best [00:54.45]For you know and I know [00:58.41]Good horse 'mongst the rich ones [01:02.19]How oftimes we go there [01:06.18]An unwelcome guest [01:17.64]I never took food [01:21.03]From the widows and orphans [01:25.32]And never a hardworking man I oppressed [01:33.00]So take your pace easy [01:36.96]For home soon like lightning [01:40.80]We soon will be riding [01:44.04]My shiny black Bess [01:48.45]No fat rich man's pony [01:52.23]Can ever overtake you [01:55.77]And there's not a rider [01:59.52]From the east to the west [02:03.84]Could hold you a light [02:07.32]In this dark mist and midnight [02:11.25]When the potbellied thieves [02:14.04]Chase the unwelcome guest [02:27.12]I don't know, good horse [02:30.12]As we trot in this dark here [02:33.99]That robbing the rich [02:37.44]Is for worse or for best [02:41.49]They take it by stealing [02:45.27]And lying and gambling [02:49.14]And I take it my way [02:52.53]My shiny Black Bess [02:56.67]I treat horses good [02:59.85]And I'm friendly to strangers [03:04.23]I ride and your running [03:07.41]Makes my guns talk the best [03:11.76]And the rangers and deputies [03:15.60]Are hired by the rich man [03:19.32]To catch me and hang me [03:23.07]My shining black Bess [03:56.85]Yes, they'll catch me napping one day [04:02.22]And they'll kill me [04:05.28]And then I'll be gone [04:08.28]But that won't be my end [04:11.82]For my guns and my saddle [04:16.08]Will always be filled [04:19.89]By unwelcome travelers [04:23.79]And other brave men [04:27.60]And they'll take the money [04:31.17]And spread it out equal [04:35.34]Just like the Bible [04:38.58]And the prophets suggest [04:42.69]But men that go riding [04:46.38]To help these poor workers [04:50.22]The rich will cut down [04:53.70]Like an unwelcome guest