Biography:
Jesse Malin (born January 1968 in New York City) is an American singer-songwriter who started his performing career at the age of 12 in the 1980s in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack. After that Malin was the original frontman for the 90's punk/hard rock band D Generation. After that band broke up in 1999, Malin formed the alt. rock band Bellvue before he began to work on solo material. Malin's solo songs have displayed such influences as Paul Westerberg, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young.
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[Verse]
Am
Joey was a man from the other side
G
Came across the sea for a better life
F E
When he got close they made him change his name
Am
Push along a cart through the market place
G
Keep it in your heart when you're getting spades
F E
But that was so many years ago
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I lived in many places, I've fallen out of graces
C G
I tried to feed the fire for so long
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
Am
A Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat
G
Five hungry kids in a water flat
F E
Maybe I'll make a little more today
Am
A new world dream and some old school pride
G
He couldn't make a meet so he took his life
C E
I saw a photograph and made memories in my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I've fallen out of graces, I've ran so many races
C G
I tried to breathe the fire for so long
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C F C G C F C G
[Verse]
C
Well he was on the blacklist in '53
F
And he talked about the conspiracy
Am G
He said the next war is gonna blow us all away
C
I played in churches and I prayed in bars
F
A young kid with a sad guitar
Am G
To get close I had to go far away
C
Well I became a drifter
F
Sent postcards to my sister
Am G
And I can hear her smile even when I'm far away
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Well I drank with kings and danced with whores
F
On mountain tops and distant shores
Am G
But you made me feel like someone I wished to be
C
I tried to wear my father's clothes
F
I planted seeds that didn't grow
Am G
With a handful of thorns I thought that I was free
C
Worked in a bank, drove a diesel van
F
Even Sonny Wortzik had a plan
Am G
Do your time and get out of society
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world
F
Gonna blame it on the government or a girl
Am G
But there's somewhere else you know you'd rather be
C
Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store
F
Dreaming of picking up a '44
Am G
Tell me more about your fantasy
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C F C G C F C G
[Verse]
C
From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park
F
A lonely game of court and spark
Am G
I wrote a song, I figured it's the only way
C
And the girls from school all married stiffs
F
With a flat screen and couple kids
Am G
And they say a prayer in their own little way
C
Well a friend of mine became a priest
F
And we lost another in the Middle East
Am G
Well, you know it's dark when atheists start to pray
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Boxes in the corner neatly stacked
F
Parts of me, paper and wax
Am G
For a headline day to ride in that Cadillac
C
And when it's over and I've had my fill
F
They're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill
Am G
Near Houdini for the final disappearing act
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C
Hey man, whatcha doing
F
All along the road to ruin
C G G
You know it's dark when Atheists start to pray
[Verse]
F C G
From the fox holes to the quarter
C F C
Got your mojo workin'
G C F C
Or whatever you believe in, all your voodoo
G C F C
Well, the river runs deep and the river runs wide
[Outro]
F C G C F C G C
F C G C F C G C
F C G C F C
Am
Joey was a man from the other side
G
Came across the sea for a better life
F E
When he got close they made him change his name
Am
Push along a cart through the market place
G
Keep it in your heart when you're getting spades
F E
But that was so many years ago
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I lived in many places, I've fallen out of graces
C G
I tried to feed the fire for so long
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
Am
A Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat
G
Five hungry kids in a water flat
F E
Maybe I'll make a little more today
Am
A new world dream and some old school pride
G
He couldn't make a meet so he took his life
C E
I saw a photograph and made memories in my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I've fallen out of graces, I've ran so many races
C G
I tried to breathe the fire for so long
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C F C G C F C G
[Verse]
C
Well he was on the blacklist in '53
F
And he talked about the conspiracy
Am G
He said the next war is gonna blow us all away
C
I played in churches and I prayed in bars
F
A young kid with a sad guitar
Am G
To get close I had to go far away
C
Well I became a drifter
F
Sent postcards to my sister
Am G
And I can hear her smile even when I'm far away
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Well I drank with kings and danced with whores
F
On mountain tops and distant shores
Am G
But you made me feel like someone I wished to be
C
I tried to wear my father's clothes
F
I planted seeds that didn't grow
Am G
With a handful of thorns I thought that I was free
C
Worked in a bank, drove a diesel van
F
Even Sonny Wortzik had a plan
Am G
Do your time and get out of society
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world
F
Gonna blame it on the government or a girl
Am G
But there's somewhere else you know you'd rather be
C
Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store
F
Dreaming of picking up a '44
Am G
Tell me more about your fantasy
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C F C G C F C G
[Verse]
C
From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park
F
A lonely game of court and spark
Am G
I wrote a song, I figured it's the only way
C
And the girls from school all married stiffs
F
With a flat screen and couple kids
Am G
And they say a prayer in their own little way
C
Well a friend of mine became a priest
F
And we lost another in the Middle East
Am G
Well, you know it's dark when atheists start to pray
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
[Verse]
C
Boxes in the corner neatly stacked
F
Parts of me, paper and wax
Am G
For a headline day to ride in that Cadillac
C
And when it's over and I've had my fill
F
They're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill
Am G
Near Houdini for the final disappearing act
[Chorus]
C
Hey man, where you going
F
Up town the river's rolling
C G C
The sun comes, I'll be on my way
C
Hey man, whatcha doing
F
All along the road to ruin
C G G
You know it's dark when Atheists start to pray
[Verse]
F C G
From the fox holes to the quarter
C F C
Got your mojo workin'
G C F C
Or whatever you believe in, all your voodoo
G C F C
Well, the river runs deep and the river runs wide
[Outro]
F C G C F C G C
F C G C F C G C
F C G C F C
Jesse Rice
Jesse Rya
Jesse Sheehan
Jesse Stockton
Jesse Stutsman