- Ancient Rhymes - John Denver
- Two Shots - John Denver
- Late Night Radio - John Denver
- Cowboy¡¯s Delight - John Denver
- Whose Garden Was This? - John Denver
- Golden Slumbers - John Denver
- Eli¡¯s Song - John Denver
- Eleanor Rigby - John Denver
- Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight - John Denver
- Till You Opened My Eyes - John Denver
- Gravel On The Road - John Denver
- Easy, On Easy Street - John Denver
- Boy from the Country - John Denver
- Season Suite:(Summer / Fall / Winter / Spring) - John Denver
- Mother Nature¡¯s Son - John Denver
- Eagles And Horses (I¡¯m Flying Again) - John Denver
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open - John Denver
- A Baby Just Like You - John Denver
- It¡¯s A Possibility - John Denver
- Sweet Melinda - John Denver
- Life Is So Good - John Denver
- I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock) - John Denver
- On the Wings of a Dream - John Denver
- Dancing With The Mountains - John Denver
- Please Daddy (Don¡¯t Get Drunk This Christmas) - John Denver
- Angels From Montgomery - John Denver
- Annie¡¯s Other Song - John Denver
- You¡¯re So Beautiful - John Denver
- What S On Your Mind ? - John Denver
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams - John Denver
- I¡¯m In The Mood To Be Desired - John Denver
- It¡¯s About Time - John Denver
- I Can¡¯t Escape - John Denver
- Don¡¯t Close Your Eyes, Tonight - John Denver
- Love Again - John Denver
- Stonehaven Sunset - John Denver
- Sing Australia - John Denver
- Wild Montana Skies - John Denver
- I¡¯m Sorry - John Denver
- I¡¯d Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady¡¯s Chains) - John Denver
- I Guess He¡¯d Rather Be In Colorado - John Denver
- Thank God I¡¯m A Country Boy - John Denver
- It¡¯s Up To You - John Denver
- Grandma¡¯s Feather Bed - John Denver
- Potter¡¯s Wheel - John Denver
- Annie¡¯s Song - John Denver
- I¡¯ve Been Working On The Railroad - John Denver
- Daddy, What¡¯s A Train? - John Denver
- CHOO CHOO CH' BOOGIE - John Denver
- Wooden Indian - John Denver
- What child is this - John Denver
- What One Man Can Do - John Denver
- Tradewinds - John Denver
- SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT - John Denver
- Thank God I¡¯m A Country Boy - John Denver
- Thank God I'm Country Boy - John Denver
- SWEET SURRENDER - John Denver
- Sweet Misery - John Denver
- Junk - John Denver
- Somethin¡¯ About - John Denver
- Song for the Life - John Denver
- Sleepin¡¯ Alone - John Denver
- Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) - John Denver
- Silver Bells - John Denver
- Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada) - John Denver
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - John Denver
- Ripplin¡¯ Waters - John Denver
- Ponies - John Denver
- People Get Ready - John Denver
- On The Atchison, Topeka and The Sante Fe - John Denver
- Old Train - John Denver
- Music Is You - John Denver
- Mother Nature's Son - John Denver
- Me & My Uncle - John Denver
- Love Is the Master - John Denver
- Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everyone Goes To Mexico) - John Denver
- Leaving, On A Jet Plane - John Denver
- Johnny B. Goode - John Denver
- Jesse Dreamed of Trains (Reprise) - John Denver
- Im In The Mood To Be Desired - John Denver
- Im Sorry Jd - John Denver
- In A Far Away Land - John Denver
- I¡¯m Sorry - John Denver
- I Guess Hed Rather Be In Colorado - John Denver
- I Remember Romance - John Denver
- How Can I Leave You Again - John Denver
- Got My Heart Set On You - John Denver
- High Wind Blowin' - John Denver
- Freight Train Boogie - John Denver
- Healing time - John Denver
- Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate) - John Denver
- Four Strong Winds - John Denver
- Darcy Farrow - John Denver
- Blue Grass - John Denver
- Eclipse - John Denver
- Elis Song - John Denver
- Dreams - John Denver
- Deal With the Ladies - John Denver
- Dance Little Jean - John Denver
- Coventry Carol - John Denver
- Daddy, Whats A Train? - John Denver
- Cowboys Delight - John Denver
- Cool An¡¯ Green An¡¯ Shady - John Denver
- CIRCUS - John Denver
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - John Denver
- Catch Another Butterfly - John Denver
- Box - John Denver
- Annie¡¯s Song - John Denver
- Around and Around - John Denver
- Annie¡¯s Other Song - John Denver
- Angel From Montgomery - John Denver
- American Child - John Denver
- Along For The Ride (¡¯56 T-Bird) - John Denver
- All My Memories - John Denver
- Zachary and Jennifer - John Denver
- Yellowstone, Coming Home - John Denver
- Yellow Cat - John Denver
- Wish You Were Here - John Denver
- Winter - John Denver
- Wild Flowers In A Mason Jar - John Denver
- When The River Meets The Sea - John Denver
- When I'm Sixty-Four - John Denver
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas - John Denver
- Twelve Days Of Christmas - John Denver
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds - John Denver
- Tools - John Denver
- Toledo - John Denver
- Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life - John Denver
- The Wrangell Mountain Song - John Denver
- The Wandering Soul (Love Is The Answer) - John Denver
- The Peace Poem - John Denver
- The Peace Carol - John Denver
- The Love Of Common People - John Denver
- The Game Is Over - John Denver
- The Flower That Shattered The Stone - John Denver
- The first noel - John Denver
- The Coventry Carol - John Denver
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - John Denver
- The Children Of Bethlehem - John Denver
- The Ballad Of Spiro Agnew - John Denver
- The Ballad Of Gary Hart - John Denver
- That's The Way It's Gonna Be - John Denver
- Spring - John Denver
- Storms Of November - John Denver
- Sticky Summer Weather - John Denver
- Steel Rails - John Denver
- Somethin¡¯ About - John Denver
- Sleepin' Alone - John Denver
- Sixty Second Song For A Bank - John Denver
- Please Daddy (Dont Get Drunk This Christmas) - John Denver
- She'll Be Comin' 'round The Mountain - John Denver
- She Won't Let Me Fly Away - John Denver
- Please Daddy - John Denver
- Season Suite:( Fall Winter Spring) - John Denver
- Season Suite: Summer, Fall, Winter, Late Winter, Early Spring, Spring - John Denver
- Season Suite : - John Denver
- San Antonio Rose - John Denver
- Relatively Speaking - John Denver
- Readjustment Blues - John Denver
- Prisoners (Hard Life, Hard Times) - John Denver
- Postcard From Paris (I Wish You Were Here) - John Denver
- O Holy Night - John Denver
- On The Wings Of An Eagle - John Denver
- On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe - John Denver
- Little Drummer Boy - John Denver
- Noel: Christmas Eve 1913 - John Denver
- NO ONE LIKE YOU - John Denver
- My Old Man - John Denver
- Merry Christmas Little Zachary - John Denver
- Marvelous Toy - John Denver
- Little Saint Nick - John Denver
- Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?) - John Denver
- Let Us Begin - John Denver
- Lady - John Denver
- Joseph And Joe - John Denver
- Jessie Paints A Picture - John Denver
- It's Up To You - John Denver
- It's In Every One Of Us - John Denver
- It Amazes Me - John Denver
- If Ever - John Denver
- I'm Kissing You Goodbye - John Denver
- I'd Rather Be A Cowboy - John Denver
- I Wish I Could Have Been There - John Denver
- I Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady Chains) - John Denver
- Homegrown Tomatoes - John Denver
- Home On The Range - John Denver
- Hey There, Mister Lonely Heart - John Denver
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - John Denver
- Happy Trails - John Denver
- Gravel On The Ground - John Denver
- Gone Fishin' - John Denver
- Going Camping - John Denver
- Gimme Your Love - John Denver
- Freight Train Boogie Choo Choo Ch'boogie - John Denver
- For Baby - John Denver
- Flight - John Denver
- Fishin' Gone - John Denver
- Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning) - John Denver
- Farewell Andromeda - John Denver
- Falling Leaves - John Denver
- Everyday - John Denver
- And So It Goes... - John Denver
- El Paso - John Denver
- Earth Day Every Day - John Denver
- Eagles And Horses (I Flying Again) - John Denver
- Eagles And Horses - John Denver
- Dont Close Your Eyes, Tonight - John Denver
- Country Roads, Take Me Home - John Denver
- Country Roads (Der Richtige Text!!) - John Denver
- Cool An¡¯ Green An¡¯ Shady - John Denver
- Christmas Like A Lullaby - John Denver
- Christmas Is Coming - John Denver
- Choo Choo Ch - John Denver
- Annie's Other Song - John Denver
- Carolina In My Mind - John Denver
- Calypso - John Denver
- Blow Up Your Tv - John Denver
- Around - John Denver
- Anthem revelation - John Denver
- Amazon (Let This Be A Voice) - John Denver
- Along For The Ride (¡¯56 T-Bird) - John Denver
- Alaska and Me - John Denver
- 60 second Song For A Bank We Help You Today? - John Denver
- (You Dun Stomped) On My Heart - John Denver
- Down By The Old Mill Stream - John Denver
- Annie's Song - John Denver
- You're Still The One For Me - John Denver
- Wrangle Mountain Song - John Denver
- (you Dun Stomped) My Heart - John Denver
- Windsong - John Denver
- Whispering Jesse - John Denver
- Whalebones And Crosses - John Denver
- Waiting For A Train - John Denver
- Tremble If You Must - John Denver
- Trail Of Tears - John Denver
- Today - John Denver
- Thought of You - John Denver
- The Wings That Fly Us Home - John Denver
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - John Denver
- The Music Is You - John Denver
- My Sweet Lady - John Denver
- The Harder They Fall - John Denver
- The Gift You Are - John Denver
- The Eagle and the Hawk - John Denver
- Sleepin'alone - John Denver
- Thank God I'm A Country Boy - John Denver
- Tenderly Calling - John Denver
- Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
- Sweet Sweet Life - John Denver
- Singing Skies and Dancing Waters - John Denver
- Summer - John Denver
- Starwood In Aspen - John Denver
- Spirit - John Denver
- Songs Of.... - John Denver
- Song of Wyoming - John Denver
- Some Days Are Diamonds - John Denver
- Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio - John Denver
- San Francisco Mabel Joy - John Denver
- Sail Away Home - John Denver
- River - John Denver
- Ravens Child - John Denver
- Prisoners - John Denver
- Postcard From Paris - John Denver
- Perhaps Love - John Denver
- Opposite Tables - John Denver
- Oh Holy Night - John Denver
- Nothing But A Breeze - John Denver
- Nobody Can Take My Dreams From Me - John Denver
- Love Of The Common People - John Denver
- Love Is Everywhere - John Denver
- Lining Track - John Denver
- Like A Sad Song - John Denver
- Joseph & Joe - John Denver
- Jingle Bells - John Denver
- Jimmy Newman - John Denver
- Its A Sin To Tell A Lie - John Denver
- Islands - John Denver
- In My Heart - John Denver
- Ive Been Working On The Railroad - John Denver
- I'm Sorry - John Denver
- Hey Old Pal - John Denver
- I Watch You Sleeping - John Denver
- I Want to Live - John Denver
- I Remember You - John Denver
- Hold on to Me - John Denver
- Higher Ground - John Denver
- Grandmas Feather Bed - John Denver
- GARDEN SONG - John Denver
- Fugacity - John Denver
- Falling Leaves (the Refugees) - John Denver
- For You - John Denver
- Follow Me - John Denver
- Flying For Me - John Denver
- Fly Away - John Denver
- Durango Mountain Caballero - John Denver
- Don't Close Your Eyestonight - John Denver
- Deck The Halls - John Denver
- Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes - John Denver
- City Of New Orleans - John Denver
- Christmas For Cowboys - John Denver
- Chained To The Wheel - John Denver
- Carolina On My Mind - John Denver
- Bread and Roses - John Denver
- Along For The Ride - John Denver
- All This Joy - John Denver
- A Wild Heart Looking for Home - John Denver
- MOLLY - John Denver
- Druthers - John Denver
- Youre So Beautiful - John Denver
- You Say (That) The Battle Is Over - John Denver
- Welcome To My Morning - John Denver
- World Game - John Denver
- Wish You Were Here (Postcard Du Paris) - John Denver
- Wild Flowers In A Mason Jar (The Farm) - John Denver
- White Christmas - John Denver
- Whiskey Basin Blues - John Denver
- Whats On Your Mind - John Denver
- We Don't Live Here No More - John Denver
- Two Different Directions - John Denver
- True Love Takes Time - John Denver
- To the Wild Country - John Denver
- This Old Guitar - John Denver
- The Boy From The Country - John Denver
- Thirsty Boots - John Denver
- The Way I Am - John Denver
- The Wandering Soul - John Denver
- The Mountain Song - John Denver
- THE MARVELOUS TOY - John Denver
- The Little Engine That Could - John Denver
- The Gold and Beyond - John Denver
- The Foxfire Suite - John Denver
- The Cowboy and the Lady - John Denver
- The Christmas Wish - John Denver
- The Chosen Ones - John Denver
- The Box - John Denver
- The Ballad Of St. Anne's Reel - John Denver
- Thanks To You - John Denver
- Take Me To Tomorrow - John Denver
- Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
- Southwind - John Denver
- Shipmates and Cheyenne - John Denver
- Shanghai Breezes - John Denver
- Seasons of the Heart - John Denver
- Rusty Green - John Denver
- Rocky Mountain Suite - John Denver
- One World - John Denver
- Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
- River Of Love - John Denver
- Rita Ballou - John Denver
- Ripplin' Waters - John Denver
- Rhymes and Reasons - John Denver
- Potter's Wheel - John Denver
- Poems, Prayers and Promises - John Denver
- Pegasus - John Denver
- Paradise - John Denver
- On The Road - John Denver
- Old Folks - John Denver
- No One - John Denver
- Never A Doubt - John Denver
- Mr. Bojangles - John Denver
- Moreton Bay - John Denver
- Matthew - John Denver
- Looking For Space - John Denver
- Let It Be - John Denver
- Last Train Done Gone Down - John Denver
- Last Hobo - John Denver
- Jenny Dreamed Of Trains - John Denver
- It's About Time - John Denver
- Its A Possibility - John Denver
- It Makes Me Giggle - John Denver
- Isabel - John Denver
- Is It Love - John Denver
- In The Grand Way - John Denver
- Id Rather Be A Cowboy (Ladys Chains) - John Denver
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - John Denver
- I Cant Escape - John Denver
- How Mountain Girls Can Love - John Denver
- Home Grown Tomatoes - John Denver
- Hold On Tightly - John Denver
- Hitchhiker - John Denver
- High, Wide and Handsome - John Denver
- Hey There, Mr. Lonely Heart - John Denver
- Heart to Heart - John Denver
- Gospel Changes - John Denver
- Goodbye Again - John Denver
- Friends With You - John Denver
- Forest Lawn - John Denver
- FOR BABY (FOR BOBBIE) - John Denver
- Flight (The Higher We Fly) - John Denver
- Fire And Rain - John Denver
- Falling Out Of Love - John Denver
- Fall - John Denver
- Eagles And Horses (Im Flying Again) - John Denver
- Dreamland Express - John Denver
- Downhill Stuff - John Denver
- Dearest Esmeralda - John Denver
- Daydream - John Denver
- Country Roads - John Denver
- Country Love - John Denver
- Claudette - John Denver
- Children of the Universe - John Denver
- Casey's Last Ride - John Denver
- Bet On The Blues - John Denver
- Berkeley Woman - John Denver
- Back Home Again - John Denver
- AWAY IN THE MANGER - John Denver
- Autograph - John Denver
- Aspenglow - John Denver
- Amsterdam - John Denver
- amazon - John Denver
- All Of My Memories - John Denver
- Alfie: The Christmas Tree - John Denver
- African Sunrise - John Denver
- A Song For All Lovers - John Denver
- A Little Further North - John Denver
- A Country Girl In Paris - John Denver
Two days before the moon was round
You felt the urge of sun’s light beams
The muffled world of dolphin sound
Slipped down and back into your dreams
For nine full months that passed before
You learned of all of life’s ancient rhymes
Then mother sensed a farther shore
And brought you forth into these times
So taste the air of your new world
And gently guide us to your mind
It knows the winds and sails unfurled
And holds to heart the dolphin kind
Welcome precious earthmade child
We met you first in your father’s songs
And mother’s smile and waters wild
It’s in this place you now belong
I know you know of all these things
And feel the faith of a dolphin’s sigh
For you were born on silver wings
To taste the high blown crystal sky
To sing one day to all of us
The songs you learned in dolphin lair
Giving hope to life as all we must
I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands
Last night while I was out drinking
Trying to have a good time
The lady with whom I was speaking
Thought I was feeding her some old line
When I spoke of a cold winter’s morning
A duck blind and a river of gray
The sound of the snow softly falling
When I thought I heard somebody say
I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands
I could tell by the gaze of my comrades
That I was the one who had spoke
Their eyes held a message of patience
The thrill of the hunt and of hope
But when I spoke again how they listened
For the wisdom of what I might say
If the good Lord had meant us to shoot one
He’d surely send more ducks our way
I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands
Well the lady with whom I was speaking
She laughed lightly and she wandered away
My heart, like the snow in my story
Fell silent, I’d hoped she would stay
It’s so nice to talk to somebody
To find someone who’s willing to share
I know that this life is worth living
But sometimes it just isn’t fair
I took two shots, got no ducks, and cold, cold hands
There’s lonely hearts in Arkansas
There’s truckers in Des Moines
All there to keep me company in the early morn
A world unknown to daytime
Is forever going on
The airwaves of the nation
Between midnight and the dawn
Late night radio
Take it everywhere I go
My best friend when I’m lonely
Is my late night radio
Well I turn the dial
A little bit past one-o-one point two
In time to catch the news
And see who’s shooting who
Then I hunt around for old songs
They’re so good to hear again
To think of how it was
Imagine how it might have been
Late night radio
Take it everywhere I go
My best friend when I’m lonely
Is my late night radio
La La La I sing along
‘Cause I never know the words
La La La La La La La La
I’d love to call a talk show
But I haven’t got the nerve
La La La Oh Oh Oh radio
The Lord is still my shepherd
But these preachers got to go
This time of night my interest
Lies in U.F.O.’s
So I turn the dial a little
Past fifty-six point three
To find myself a lullaby
To rock me off to sleep
Late night radio
Take it everywhere I go
My best friend when I’m lonely
Is my late night radio
Late night radio
Take it everywhere I go
My best friend when I’m lonely
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Windsong album, and has also been released on the Country Classics album.
Sing songs of the sunrise into the night
The stars as your timepiece, make it all right
Make friends with the darkness, talk to the moon
And when the light lifts, you can let out a tune
I¡¯ve been to the mountains, climbed through the sky
Shouldered their whiteness, watched their gold fly
Shared in their treasures, shook at their might
Spoke softly of wonders, Cowboy¡¯s Delight
Sing songs of the sunrise into the night
A song of the mountain, Cowboy¡¯s Delight
The stars as your timepiece will make it all right
Sing songs of the mountains, Cowboy¡¯s Delight
By Bob Carpenter and David Holster
Whose garden was this?
It must have been lovely.
Did it have flowers?
I've seen pictures of flowers,
But I'd love to have smelled one.
Tell me again I need to know
Forests had trees, meadows were green,
oceans were blue, and birds really flew.
Can you swear that it's true?
Whose gray sky was this?
Or was it a blue one?
Did it have breezes?
I've heard records of breezes,
But I'd love to have felt one.
Tell me again I need to know
Forests had trees, meadows were green,
oceans were blue, and birds really flew.
Can you swear that it's true?
Whose river was this?
You say it ran freely.
Blue was its color.
I've seen blue in some pictures,
But I'd love to have been there.
Tell me again I need to know.
Tell me again I need to know.
Tell me again I need to know.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
This song was first released on the Spirit album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Born in the month of June
No silver spoon to help you out
Your Mother had you naturally
Naturally¡¯s the way you came out
You know your your own mind
And you show it to me
Give me the high sign
When you want to be free
And open up my eyes
To the wonders that you see
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don¡¯t you have a worry in the world
For the love that¡¯s been given you
Is the one thing time can¡¯t erase
And evryday it¡¯s growin¡¯
Like the knowin¡¯ smile upon your face
You¡¯re startin¡¯ out strong
You get a kick out of life
You like to sing songs
Be in the spotlight
And when everybody¡¯s watchin¡¯ you
You shine so bright
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don¡¯t you have a worry in the world
You know your your own mind
And you show it to me
Give me the high sign
When you want to be free
And open up my eyes
To the wonders that you see
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don¡¯t you have a worry in the world
Words and Music by Jack Williams
Ah, look at all the lonely people!
Ah, look at all the lonely people!
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church
Where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing a face
That she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon
That no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
When there's nobody there, what does he care?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people!
Ah, look at all the lonely people!
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried
Along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
I’ve been out on this highway now
Five days in a row
My words all run together
My feet are movin’ slow
I’ve got to stop and eat
While it’s still light
There’s a local angel sitting on my right
Do you believe in love at first sight
Baby, you look good to me tonight
I’m ordinarily very shy
And I’d be polite if I had time
Baby, you look good to me tonight
Tomorrow, I’ll be good and gone
Please don’t make me wait that long
Baby, you look good to me tonight
Down, down, down deeper into love
All around, I can feel your love
All my life I’ve been dreaming
Night into morning
Till you opened my eyes
Love, love, love such a mystery
Golden light shining down on me
Soft and warm as the warming
But I never saw it
Till you opened my eyes
Floating in circles, I’m flying
It feels so good that I’m crying
Down, down, down deep inside of me
Love sweet love’s all that I can see
Golden light keeps on shining
If our lives could lie before us
Like a straight and narrow highway
So that we could see forever
Long before we took the ride
We would never look to heaven
Make a wish or climb a mountain
'Cause we'd always know the answer
To what's on the other side
But life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
You pay for every mile you go
And you spread some dust around
But we all have destinations
And the dust will settle down
This life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
So let's walk the road together
Who knows what we'll find tomorrow
Maybe good times, maybe sorrow
Will be waitin' 'round the bend
Given time two hearts discover
What they're feelin' for each other
At the best we'll end up lovers
At the least we'll make a friend
But life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
You pay for every mile you go
And you spread some dust around
But we all have destinations
And the dust will settle down
This life ain't no easy freeway
My way was the hard way
Didn’t know it at the time
I could’ve made it by now
But I ’as too busy tryin’
Your way was too easy
Thank God you came along
You took me to a special place
Where nothing can go wrong
Easy, on easy street
You’re the one who gave me love
That made my love complete
Easy, on easy street
The dream I pictured in my mind
Could never be this sweet
Everything I’ll ever need
Is here with you on easy street
I know you’re up to something
What’s on your little heart
It really doesn’t matter, ’cause
I know I’ll love my part
Easy, on easy street
You’re the one who gave me love
That made my love complete
Easy, on easy street
The dream I pictured in my mind
Could never be this sweet
Everything I’ll ever need
Is here with you on easy street
Is here with you on easy street
The dream I pictured in my mind
Could never be this sweet
Everything I’ll ever need
Because he called the forest brother
Because he called the earth his mother
They drove him out into the rain
Some people even said the boy from the country was insane
Because he spoke with fish in the creek
He tried to tell us that the animals could speak
Who knows, perhaps they do
How do you know they don’t
Just because they’ve never spoken to you
Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young
Boy from the country, he loves the sun
He tried to tell us that we should love the land
We turned our heads and laughed
And we did not understand
Sometimes I think that the boy from the country
Is the only one who sees
Because the boy from the country
Doesn’t want to see the forest for the trees
Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young
This medley was first released on the Rocky Mountain High album. It is the only album it has been released on. Summer also appears on the An Evening With album.
Summer
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
Softly like a baby¡¯s breath a breeze begins to whisper
The sun is coming, quick you must be gone
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing
The promise of another sunny day
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine
I do believe that summer¡¯s here to stay
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, ther¡¯s no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we¡¯re still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Fall
Reflections on the water like shadows in my mind
Speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time
The falling leaves are whispering winter¡¯s on it¡¯s way
I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday
It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the winter
And more than that it¡¯s oh so sad to see the summer end
And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see
If it were mine to make the change I¡¯d let it be
But I don¡¯t remember hearing anybody asking me
Winter
It¡¯s cold and it¡¯s getting colder
It¡¯s gray and white and winter all around
And oh I must be getting older
All this snow is trying to get me down
There¡¯s a fire in the corner slowly dyin¡¯
Sometimes I just don¡¯t feel like goin¡¯ on
And yet I know it¡¯s more than worth the waiting
For another chance to see the summer sun
Come on, shine on me!
Late Winter, Early Spring
(When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
(Instrumental only)
Spring
Open up your eyes and see a brand new day
A clear blue sky and brightly shining sun
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say
Everything that¡¯s cold and gray has gone
Open up your hands and feel the rain come down
Taste the wind and smell the flowers¡¯ sweet perfume
Open up your mind and let the light come in
The earth has been reborn and life goes on
Do you care what¡¯s happening around you
Do your senses know the changes when they come
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons
Can you understand the need to carry on
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, there¡¯s no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we¡¯re still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel a part of everything I see
And oh I love the life within me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
Words and music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Rocky Mountain High album, and has also been released on the An Evening With John Denver album as a live version.
Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature¡¯s Son
All day long I¡¯m sitting singing songs for everyone
Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the sound of pretty music as she flies
Find me in my field of grass
Mother nature¡¯s son
Swaying Daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
This song appears on five albums, and was first released on The Flower That Shattered the Stone album. It has also appeared on the Stonehaven Sunrise, A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Take Me Home, Country Roads albums. A live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert album.
Horses are creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run, they are free
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like an old friend that¡¯s tried and been true
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I¡¯m flying again
Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They¡¯re the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I¡¯m flying again
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its master back home
Like an old that¡¯s tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I¡¯m flying again
Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Rocky Mountain Christmas album, and has also been released on the Christmas. Like A Lullaby album.
All through the year
We¡¯ve waited
Waited through spring and fall
To hear silver bells ringing
See winter time bringing
The happies season of all
Chestnuts roasting on a open fire
Jackfrost nippin¡¯ at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey, and some mistleoe
Will help o make he season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa¡¯s on his way
He¡¯s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother¡¯s child is going to spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I¡¯m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it¡¯s been said, many times
Many ways
Merry Christmas, to you
They know that Santa¡¯s on his way
He¡¯s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother¡¯s child is going to spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I¡¯m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it¡¯s been said, many times
Many ways
Merry Christmas, to you
Words and music by Mel Torme and Robert Wells
The season is upon us now
A time for gifts and giving
And as the year draws to its close
I think about my living
The Christmastime when I was young
The magic and the wonder
But colors dull and candles dim
And dark my standing under
Oh little angel, shining light
You’ve set my soul to dreaming
You’ve given back my joy in life
You' ve filled me with new meaning
A savior king was born that day
A baby just like you
And as the Magi came with gifts
I’ve come with my gift too
That peace on earth fills up your time
That brotherhood surrounds you
That you may know the warmth of love
And wrap it all around you
It’s just a wish, a dream I’m told
From days when I was young
Merry Christmas little Zachary
This song was first released on the One World Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
For all the times that you¡¯ve wondered why
The world turned out this way
And all of the times that you¡¯ve asked yourself
About the games that people play
About the politics of hunger
And the politics of need
How the politics of power
Seem to be the politics of greed
For all of the times that you¡¯ve struggled in an effort
To work your way back upstream
And all of the times you¡¯ve held on to it
When most of us had lost the dream
And for all of the ones who have walked with you
By your side or way back home
Maybe much more than any of us
You know that no one is really alone
Because the heart is still a hunter
It¡¯s like a beacon in the night
And though the heart is just a lover
It¡¯s never afraid to fight
We are fighting for more than survival
We are working for more than peace
We are giving ourselves to each other
Making sure all injustice is will someday cease
You can take a look around you
And you can see how far we¡¯ve come
All the separate parts
All the hundreds of hearts
That are beating together as one
It¡¯s a possibility
For many tomorrows
It¡¯s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It¡¯s a possibility
No more suffering and sorrow
It¡¯s a possibility
It¡¯s in everyone
It¡¯s a possibility
For many tomorrows
It¡¯s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It¡¯s a possibility
No more suffering and no more sorrow
It¡¯s a possibility
It¡¯s in everyone
Words and music by John Denver
Pulled out of Linden, Texas
Two days and nights ago
I’ve been livin’ on pills and burgies
Till the whites of my eyes don’t show
Southbound headlights are makin’ me blind
I’m too damn tired to blink
My toes are numb and my brains gone dumb
And I can just barely think
Sweet Melinda, my wife
The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
Cuts through me like a knife
’Cept for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
I been ridin’ on empty
Most all of my life
Two more hours of daylight
It’s startin’ to rain again
A sign up ahead says “Welcome to Paradise
Population Ten”
Well me and this truck and that old white line
Stumblin’ on and on
Like three old drinkin’ buddies
Life is so good
Life is so good these days
Life is so good these days
Life is so good
Life is so good
Life is so good these days
Life is so good these days
I wish I could have been there on the highway
When the people came from miles around to see
The children of the flowers come together
I wish I could have been there in the sunshine
With the sound of lovely laughter in the air
And the music makers first began to play
To hear them play
And I wish I could have been there in the rain
When the clouds were full of castles in the sky
And I wish I could have heard the people sing
As the rhytmn and the words came floating by
I wish I could have been there in the starlight
When the country side was trying once again
And the music and the makers the poets and the singers
Yesterday I had a dream about dying
About laying to rest and then flying
How the moment at hand is the only thing
We really own
And I lay in my bed and I wonder
After all has been said and is done for
Why is it thus we are here
And so soon we are gone
Is this life just a path to the place
That we all have come from
Does the heart know the way
And if not, can it ever be found
In a smile or a tear or a prayer
Or a sigh or a song
And if so, then I sing for my father
And in truth you must know I would rather
He were here by my side
We could fly on the wings of a dream
To a place where the spirit would find us
And the joy and surrender would bind us
We are one anyway
Anyway we are more than we seem
There are those who will lead us
Protect us each step of the way
From beginning to end
For each moment forever each day
Such a gift has been given
It can never be taken away
(Instrumental)
Though the body in passing must leave us
There is one who remains to receive us
There are those in this life
Who are friends from our heavenly home
So I listen to the voices inside me
For I know they are there just to guide me
And my faith will proclaim it is so
We are never alone
From the life to the light
From the dark of the night to the dawn
He is so in my heart
He is here he could never be gone
Though the singer is silent
There still is the truth of the song
In the song
Yesterday I had a dream about dying
About laying to rest and then flying
How the moment at hand is the only thing
We really own
And I lay in my bed and I wonder
After all has been said and is done for
Why is it thus we are here
And so soon we are gone
Oh, why is it thus we are here
Everybody’s got the dancin’ fever
Everbody’d love to rock and roll
Play it loud and baby play it better
Funky music gotta stretch your soul
Just relax and let the rhythm take you
Don’t you be afraid to lose control
If your heart has found some empty spaces
Dancin’s just a thing to make you whole
I am one who dances with the mountains
I am one who dances with the wind
I am one who dances on the ocean
My partner’s more than pieces more than friends
Were you there the night they lost the lightning
Were you there the day the earth stood still
Did you see the famous and the fighting
Did you hear the prophet tell his tale
We are one when dancing with the mountains
We are one when singing in the wind
We are one when thinking of each other
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda album, and has also been released on the Rocky Mountain Christmas and Country Classics albums.
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
And now I¡¯m almost eight as you can see
You came home at a quarter past eleven
Fell down underneath our Christmas tree
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Mumma smiled and looked outside the window
She told me son, you better go upstairs
Then you laughed and hollered Merry Christmas
I turned around and saw my Mumma¡¯s tears
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don¡¯t get drunk this Christmas
I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
No, I don¡¯t wanna see my Mumma cry
Words and music by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert
I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child's that's grown old
If dreams were lightning
And thunder were desire
This house would have burned down
A long time ago
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster from an old rodeo
Just give me one thing to hold on to
To believe in this living is a hard way to go
When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time
And no matter how I try
The years just flow by
Like a broken down dam
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster from an old rodeo
Just give me one thing to hold on to
To believe in this living is a hard way to go
There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin'
Since I woke up today
How the hell can a person
Go to work in the mornin'
Come home in the evenin'
And have nothing to say
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster from an old rodeo
Just give me one thing to hold on to
To believe in this living is a hard way to go
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the An Evening With John Denver Album, and has also been released on the Country Classics - The Very Best of John Denver Album. It has not been released as a studio track. It also appears on some of the variations of The Evening With John Denver Album.
I¡¯m bringin¡¯ me home to you
It¡¯s all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
It¡¯s you I choose to be with
Had a wonderful time in the city
I smile when I recall
The space, the songs, the company
I really had a ball
It¡¯s a funny set of circumstances
Is me out on the road alone
With the moon lookin¡¯ over my shoulder
I¡¯m findin¡¯ my way back home
I¡¯m bringin¡¯ me home to you
It¡¯s all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
It¡¯s you I choose to be with
Ridin¡¯ high in the Rocky Mountains
It¡¯s a quiet and peaceful time
I¡¯d swear the stars are smilin¡¯
Like they know what¡¯s on my mind
You see on any such an occasion
My thoughts will turn to you
The time I spend all by myself
I mostly spend with you
La la la.......
I¡¯m bringin¡¯ me home to you
It¡¯s all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
It¡¯s you I choose to be with
When I laid down beside you
And all the love that you showed
I want to live my life with you
It¡¯s all the dreams that I know
Bringin¡¯ me home to you
It¡¯s all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
It¡¯s you I choose to be with
It¡¯s you I choose to be with
It¡¯s you I want to live with
La la la.......
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the John Denver Album, and has also been released on the Reflections and The Country Roads Collection Albums.
Born on a quiet morning
Just a dream in someone¡¯s eyes
A dream that¡¯s like a promise meant to be
Giving rise to speculation
On a place called paradise
If I¡¯ve ever been there
It¡¯s when you were with me
You¡¯re so beautiful
I can¡¯t believe your eyes
Each time I see you again
You¡¯re so beautiful
That I¡¯m in paradise
Each time I see you again
I remember some hidden valley
Where the skies are never still
And alpine meadows burn in the evening light
I remember the path to glory
And the way around the hill
I remember true love¡¯s eyes
Shining in the night
You¡¯re so beautiful
I can¡¯t believe your eyes
Each time I see you again
You¡¯re so beautiful
That I¡¯m in paradise
Each time I see you again
And if paradise is everything you see
Then the place you must be coming from
Is ecstasy
You¡¯re so beautiful
I can¡¯t believe your eyes
Each time I see you again
You¡¯re so beautiful
That I¡¯m in paradise
Each time I see you again
Just want to see you again
I want to be with you again
I just need to love you again
Just wanna touch you again
I just need to love you again
I want to be with you again
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the John Denver Album. It has also been released on the Country Classics, Reflections and The Country Roads Collection Albums.
You know sometimes I can¡¯t get to sleep at night
I can¡¯t quiet my heart or my mind
I toss and turn, I ache and burn
I get caught in the passing of time
It¡¯s like too many miles, too many heartaches
Too much that needs to be done
Yes and too many sidewalks, too many people
Too many hours done
What¡¯s on your mind
What¡¯s on my mind
Is really quite the same
I¡¯ve been working so hard
And I¡¯m ready to play
I know just the right game
What¡¯s on your mind
Is what¡¯s on my mind
That¡¯s the way it¡¯s gonna be
I¡¯m gonna find me a place I can hide
I want you right next to me
On I¡¯ve never seen a more beautiful day
It¡¯s my favorite time of year
The colors are changing, she¡¯s rearranging
And I¡¯m so glad to be here
I¡¯ve been up and around, I¡¯ve been lost, I¡¯ve been found
I¡¯ve seen love face to face in my dreams
And the things that I know and the things that I show
Are not always just what they seem
What¡¯s on your mind
Is what¡¯s on my mind
It¡¯s just that way
It¡¯s like catching a ride
On a beautiful river
Let it carry us all away
What¡¯s on your mind
And what¡¯s on my mind
Is really nothing new
I want to get you alone
I want to make you my own
Baby, I want to make love with you
What¡¯s on your mind
And what¡¯s on my mind
Is really quite the same
I¡¯ve been working so hard
And I¡¯m ready to play
Baby, I know just the right game
What¡¯s on your mind
And what¡¯s on my mind
Is really nothing new
I want to get you alone
I want to make you my own
Baby, I want to make love with you
Words and music by John Denver
A country dance was being held in a garden
I felt a bump and heard an “Oh, beg your pardon”
Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams
All around a pug-nosed dream
The music started and was I the perplexed one
I held my breath and said “May I have the next one”
In my frightrnrd arms, polka dots and moonbeams
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream
There were questions in the eyes of other dancers
As we floated over the floor
There were questions but my heart knew all the answers
And perhaps a few things more
Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter
I know the meaning of the words “ever after”
And I’ll always see polka dots and moonbeams
This song was first released on the Dreamland Express album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Another day is over and I'm on my way home
Knowing you'll be waiting is all I need to know
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
Lost, in a world of ecstacy
Forget about my troubles
Forget about my woes
You're the one who comforts me
Whenever I feel low
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
Lost, in a world of ecstacy
You're everything I could imagine
Fillin' me up with such passion
Eternity is not long enough for you and me
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
Lost, in a world of ecstacy
Words and Music by Andre Martel and Katrina Walker
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the It¡¯s About Time album, and has also been released on the Country Classics album.
There¡¯s a full moon over India and Gandhi lives again
Who¡¯s to say you have to lose for someone else to win
In the eyes of all the people the look is much the same
For the first is just the last one when you play a deadly game
It¡¯s about time we realize it we¡¯re all in this together
It¡¯s about time we find out it¡¯s all of us or none
It¡¯s about time we recognize it these changes in the weather
It¡¯s about time, it¡¯s about changes and it¡¯s about time
There¡¯s a light in the Vatican window for all the world to see
And a voice cries in the wilderness and sometimes he speaks for me
I suppose I love him most of all when he kneels to kiss the land
With his lips upon our Mother¡¯s breast he makes his strongest stand
It¡¯s about time we start to see it the Earth is our only home
It¡¯s about time we start to face it we can¡¯t make it here all alone
It¡¯s about time we start to listen to the voices in the wind
It¡¯s about time, it¡¯s about changes and it¡¯s about time
There¡¯s a man who is my brother, I just don¡¯t know his name
But I know his home and family because I know we feel the same
And it hurts me when he¡¯s hungry and when his children cry
I too am a father and that little one is mine
It¡¯s about time we begin to turn the world around
It¡¯s about time we start to make it the dream we¡¯ve always known
It¡¯s about time we start to live the family of man
It¡¯s about time, it¡¯s about changes and it¡¯s about time
It¡¯s about peace and it¡¯s about plenty and it¡¯s about time
It¡¯s about you and me together and it¡¯s about time
Words by John Denver, music by John Denver and Glen D Hardin
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the One World Album. It has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
Funny thing about this little heart of mine
All the ways that it can say
(I love you)
Longer than forever
Till the end of time
No matter baby come what may
(I love you)
Look at me now sittin¡¯ all by myself
Face another sleepless night all alone
All I look forward to is lying here living this song
I can¡¯t escape thinking every day about you
Can¡¯t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can¡¯t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can¡¯t escape caring for you all of the time
Listen to the music on the radio
Top forty hits of yesterday
(I love you)
Leavin¡¯ on a Jet Plane
Blowin¡¯ in the Wind
The Silly Games that People Play
(I love you)
Each of them carries your memory still
I can still see that look in your eyes
The one that preceded your kisses and followed your sighs
I can¡¯t escape thinking every day about you
Can¡¯t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can¡¯t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can¡¯t escape caring for you all of the time
Every rain in the morning reminds me of you
Every night when it¡¯s cold outside
Every time that I ache inside
(I love you)
(I love you)
Sometimes I wish it was ten years ago
We were starting all over again
Yet the way that I feel is much more than just remembering when
I can¡¯t escape thinking every day about you
Can¡¯t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can¡¯t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can¡¯t escape caring for you all of the time
All of the time
All of the time
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Dreamland Express album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
There¡¯s a tenderness that I feel, it¡¯s very real you see
I can feel your body stir so deep within
Let it be an out of love tonight completely
And let me ask of you one thing
Don¡¯t close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don¡¯t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Well you can lie so close to someone and still feel alone
And though I heard you say you loved me so many times
While you give me love so beautiful and tender
Someone else is in your mind
Don¡¯t close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don¡¯t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Sorry if I cry - feelings run so deep
Many is a time when I¡¯ll wake up and find
That I¡¯m crying in my sleep
Look me in the eye, tell me what you see
I¡¯m the one who loves you, I¡¯m the one who needs you
Make this one for me
Don¡¯t close youe eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don¡¯t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Words and music by Richard Kerr and Frank Musker
I didn’t think it could happen again
I’m just too old and set in my ways
I was convinced I would always be lonely
All of the rest of my days
Maybe I gave up on romance
In my longing to give up the pain
I just didn’t believe I would ever love again
I was like one who had shut myself in
Closed the windows, locked all the doors
Afraid of the dark and the beat of my heart
Yet knowing there had to be more
Though it sounds like a great contradiction
It’s the easiest thing to explain
You see, I was afraid I might never love again
What does it take for a blind man to see
That there’s more there than just meets the eye
What are the ways that the magic comes in
That can turn a song into a sigh
Sometimes I think that I’m dreaming
Or maybe I’m going insane
Or maybe it’s just that I’m falling in love again
Here I am standing beside you
Oh life’s such a wonderful game
Look at me now, I’m falling in love
Look at me now, I’m falling in love
Stonehaven Sunset the water’s on fire
My true love of singing, we kiss and conspire
Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky
A song for tomorrow love sweet by and by
For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true
Sing a song for each other for me and for you
Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies
Sing of Stonehaven water home, Stonehaven Sunrise
Stonehaven Sunset the desert’s on fire
Christ on the cross again burns with desire
They are shooting at random though they aim at us all
It’s the children who rise up and children who fall
All the angels are weeping the sweetest of tears
Fall like rivers of mercy to wash all our fears
Sing a song for Old Glory and a future that dies
Sing of Stonehaven desert home, Stonehaven Sunrise
Stonehaven Sunset the city’s on fire
The soldiers just smile and say this gun’s for hire
Give in to the beast boy give in to the thrill
It’s just human nature to hunt and to kill
We all die together and yet somehow alone
Just together we have memories and many are gone
Singing songs for old soldiers a chorus of sighs
Sing of Stonehaven city home, Stonehaven Sunrise
Stonehaven Sunset the mountain’s on fire
My spirit is lifted, rising higher and higher
All the prophets are laughing they say we told you so
It’s one thing to play guessing games, another to know
For the needs of many are the sins of a few
And the day is forthcoming when accounting is due
Sing a song for sweet justice with a fire in her eyes
Sing of Stonehaven mountain home, Stonehaven Sunrise
Stonehaven Sunset the water’s on fire
My true love of singing, we kiss and conspire
Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky
A song for tomorrow love sweet by and by
For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true
Sing a song for each other for me and for you
Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies
I come to Australia as many people do
To see the old koala, hitch a ride on a kangaroo
To hear somebody call me mate and call somebody blue
To hear the aboriginee play a didgeridoo
Some of you came as prisoners two centuries ago
Some of you come as kings and queens your blessing to bestow
Some of you stand all swelled with pride, some with shattered wings
But all of us come with open hearts to hear Australia sing
In the desert, in the city
In the mountains and in the sea
In the stories and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Waltzing Matilda, the men of Galipoli
Clancy of the Overflow, Crocodile Dundee
The myth of all creation, the teaching of baiame
The legends of a dreamtime for all eternity
And in this celebration of a brief two hundred years
The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears
And if we stand divided, divided we will fall
But if we stand together we shall conquer all
In the desert, in the city
In the mountains and in the sea
In the stories and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia
In the sails on Sydney Harbour
He was born in the Bitterroot Valley in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water headin’ north and home again
Bringin’ a warm wind from the south
Bringin’ the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
He never knew his father and he never did ask why
He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
His mother’s brother took him in to family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
On the eve of his 21st birthday he set out on his own
He was 30 years and runnin’ when he found his way back home
Ridin’ a storm across the mountains and an aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
Now he never told a story of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a John
There was somethin’ in the city that he said he couldn’t breathe
And there was somethin’ in the country that he said he couldn’t leave
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
Now some say he was crazy and they’re glad that he is gone
But some of us miss him and we’ll try to carry on
Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies
Oh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
This song appears on eleven albums, and was first released on the Windsong Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), Country Classics, Reflections, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A new studio version has been released on the Love Again and A Celebration of Life Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
It¡¯s cold here in the city
It always seems that way
And I¡¯ve been thinking about you almost everyday
Thinking about the good times
Thinking about the rain
Thinking about how bad it feels alone again
I¡¯m sorry for the way things are in China
I¡¯m sorry things ain¡¯t what they used to be
But more than anything else
I¡¯m sorry for myself
¡®Cause you¡¯re not here with me
Our friends ask all about you
I say you¡¯re doing fine
And I expect to hear from you almost anytime
But they all know I¡¯m crying
I can¡¯t sleep at night
They all know I¡¯m dying down deep inside
I¡¯m sorry fro all the lies I told you
I¡¯m sorry for the things I didn¡¯t say
But more than anything else
I¡¯m sorry for myself
I can¡¯t believe you went away
I¡¯m sorry if I took some things for granted
I¡¯m sorry for the chains I put on you
But more than anything else
I¡¯m sorry for myself
For living without you
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago
After all our time together, it was hard to see her go
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come
Or livin¡¯ on an LA freeway, Ain¡¯t my kinda havin¡¯ fun
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
I think I¡¯d rather ride the reigns
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady¡¯s chains
We were just beginnin¡¯, it was such an easy way
Layin¡¯ back up in the mountains, makin¡¯ songs for summer days
She got tired of pickin¡¯ daisies, cookin¡¯ my meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, it¡¯s alright with me
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
I think I¡¯d rather ride the reigns
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady¡¯s chains
I¡¯d rather live on the side of a mountain
Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel
I¡¯d rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine
Then lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake alone
The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound
But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to know
I love her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
I think I¡¯d rather ride the reigns
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady¡¯s chains
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
I think I¡¯d rather ride the reigns
I think I¡¯d rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love lady¡¯s chains
Words and music by John Denver
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after the rain
Once again to see him walkinOnce again I hear him talkinTo the stars he makes
and askinthem for bus fares
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather play his banjo in the morning when the moon is scarcely gone
In the dawn the subway's cominIn the dawn I hear him hummin'
Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon
Guess he'd rather be in Colorado
Guess he'd rather be in Colorado
Guess he'd rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend
In the end up in his office
In the end a quiet cough is all he has to show
He lives in New York City
This song appears on thirteen albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again album. It has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, Voice of America, The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and Changes albums. It has been recorded for the Love Again album. Live versions appear on the An Evening With John Denver, Live In London, Country Classics, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD) and Live at the Syney Opera House albums.
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain¡¯t much an old country boy like me can¡¯t hack
It¡¯s early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin¡¯ me a family and workin¡¯ on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the sun¡¯s comin¡¯ up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ but a funy funny riddle
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
When the work¡¯s all done and the sun¡¯s settlin¡¯ low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
I¡¯d play ¡°Sally Goodin¡¯¡± all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn¡¯t take it very good
So I fiddle when I could, work when I should
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the sun¡¯s comin¡¯ up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ but a funy funny riddle
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well I wouldn¡¯t trade my life for diamonds and jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
Iid rather have my fiddle and my farmin¡¯ tools
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Yeah, city folk drivin¡¯ in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin¡¯ that¡¯s mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the sun¡¯s comin¡¯ up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ but a funy funny riddle
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy¡¯s till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
Said, ¡°Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you¡¯re a country boy
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the sun¡¯s comin¡¯ up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain¡¯t nothin¡¯ but a funy funny riddle
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Thank God I¡¯m a country boy
Words and music by John Martin Sommers
This song was first released on the Back Home Again album. It is the only album it has been released on.
You can do whatever you want to do
Wherever you want to go it¡¯s up to you
And wouldn¡¯t it be fine
Following your heart, playing your own part
You and me out on a farm, let the sun be our alarm
Kickin¡¯ off your shoes, doin¡¯ what we choose
And wouldn¡¯t it be fine
Knowing that your mine anytime you want to be
But I don¡¯t want to own you
I just want to hold you
I don¡¯t want to need you
I just like to see you smile and stay for awhile
And if the times get rough, being free might be enough
To see us through the storm and keep our feelings warm
And wouldn¡¯t it be fine
Looking back and knowing that we helped each other find
You can do whatever you want to do
Wherever you want to go it¡¯s up to you
And wouldn¡¯t it be fine
Following your heart knowing from the start
It¡¯s up to you
It¡¯s up to you
It¡¯s up to you
Words and music by Steve Weisberg
This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again album. It has been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, Changes, The Country Roads Collection and Rocky Mountain Holiday albums. Live versions also appear on the An Evening With John Denver, Live In London, Country Classics, The Very Best of John Denver (2 CD), The John Denver Collection - Rocky Mountain High and Live At The Sydney Opera House albums.
When I was a little bitty boy
Just up off-a floor
We used to go down to Grandma¡¯s house
Every monthend or so
We¡¯d chicken pie and country ham
¡®N homemade butter on the bread
But the best darn thing about Grandma¡¯s house
Was her great big feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-¡¯leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It¡¯d hold eight kids ¡®n¡¯ four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn¡¯t get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On Grandma¡¯s feather bed
After the supper we¡¯d sit around the fire
The old folks¡¯d spit and chew
Pa would talk about the farm and the war
And my Grann¡¯d sing a ballad or two
I¡¯d sit and listen and watch the fire
Till the cobwebs filled my head
Next thing I¡¯d know I¡¯d wake up in the morning
In the middle of the old feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-¡¯leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It¡¯d hold eight kids ¡®n¡¯ four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn¡¯t get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On Grandma¡¯s feather bed
Well I love my Ma, I love my Pa
Love Granny and Grandpa too
Been fishing with my uncle, I rassled with my cousin
I even kissed Aunt Lou
But if ever had to make a choice
I guess it ought to be said
That I¡¯d trade them all plus the gal down the road
For Grandma¡¯s feather bed
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-¡¯leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It¡¯d hold eight kids ¡®n¡¯ four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn¡¯t get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On Grandma¡¯s feather bed
Words and Music by Jim Connor
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Different Directions album, and has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Annie¡¯s Song album. It has also been released on The John Denver Collection - Calypso album, as a live version.
The world is fast becoming younger
The news is all they¡¯ve ever known
They¡¯ve seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger
How will they choose when they are grown
What do you tell forever¡¯s children
When it¡¯s their turn to hurt and heal
Whatever spins a grim tornedo
Can also turn a potters wheel
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Tell with your life the bloody story
Teach to they¡¯re dreams not burning steel
It¡¯s not in bombs where lies the glory
But in what¡¯s shattered on the field
The potter¡¯s wheel takes love and caring
Skill and patience fast and slow
The works it makes are easily broken
Once they survive the potter¡¯s throw
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Some day some children will be digging
In some long forgotten ground
And they¡¯ll find our civilisation
Or what¡¯s left of it to be found
They¡¯ll find the weapons of destruction
But buried deeper in the hole
They¡¯ll find a message and a promise
In the sand, the potter¡¯s bowl
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Earth and fire and wind conspire
With human hands, and love, and fire
Words and Music by Bill Danoff
This song appears on twenty albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again Album, and has also been released on the Changes, John Denver (Italian), Favourites, Greatest Hits Vol 2, Voice of America, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection, Reflections and Country Classics Albums. Live versions appear on An Evening With John Denver, Live In London,, Live at the Sydney Opera House, The Wildlife Concert and The Best of John Denver Live Albums. An updated studio version has been released on The Gift You Are, A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Annie¡¯s Song Albums. A further new version also appears on the Love Again Album.
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Words and music by John Denver
This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on.
I¡¯ve been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I¡¯ve been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can¡¯t you hear the whistle blowing
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah won¡¯t you blow
Dinah won¡¯t you blow
Dinah, won¡¯t you blow your horn
Dinah, won¡¯t you blow,
Dinah, won¡¯t you blow,
Dinah, won¡¯t you blow your horn
Someone¡¯s in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone¡¯s in the kitchen I know
Someone¡¯s in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Strumming on the old banjo
Traditional
This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Daddy, what¡¯s a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me ¡®Daddy, what¡¯s a train?¡¯
When I was just a boy and living by the track
Us kids would gather up the coal in big ¡¯ole gunnysacks
Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view
The engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through
She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears
And we counted cars just as high as we could go
I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream
A sound my little kids will never know
Daddy, what¡¯s a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me ¡®Daddy, what¡¯s a train?¡¯
I guess the times have changed, kids are different now
¡®Cause some don¡¯t even seem to know that milk comes from a cow
My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars
I remember how we memorized the names on railroad cars
The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC
The Nichel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe
Just names out of the past, I guess they¡¯re fading fast
Every time I hear my little boy say
Daddy, what¡¯s a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me ¡®Daddy, what¡¯s a train?¡¯
We climbed into the car, drove down into town
Right up to the depot house, but no one was around
We searched the yard together for something I could show
But I knew there hadn¡¯t been a train for a dozen years or so
All the things I did when I was just a kid
How far away those memories appear
I guess it¡¯s plain to see they still mean a lot to me
¡¯Cause my ambition was to be an engineer
Daddy, what¡¯s a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me ¡®Daddy, what¡¯s a train?¡¯
Words and Music by Bruce ¡°U. Utah¡± Phillips
This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on.
I¡¯m headed for the station with my pack on my back
I¡¯m tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I just love the rhythm of the clickety clack
I hear the whistle blowing, see the smoke from the stack
And pal around with democratic fellas named Mac
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch¡¯boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch¡¯boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch¡¯boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack
You reach your destination and alas and alack
You need some compensation to get back in the black
You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
And read the situation from the front to the back
The only job that¡¯s open needs a man with a knack
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch¡¯boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch¡¯boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch¡¯boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch¡¯boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch¡¯boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch¡¯boogie
He made the freight train boogie
As he rolled down the line
Words and music by Horton, Darling and Gabler
Well I was a red man
I was proud, I was strong
You were the white man
And you stole away my home
Now I am a wooden Indian
Painted dreams inside my head
Times THE WAY you bring me down
Make ME wish THAT I was dead
Na na na na nana.....
Ay, I was a red man
In my passing made no sound
You were the white man
And you drove me in the ground
Now I am a wooden Indian
Standing silent in the rain
Swear BY my grandfather's father
We're GONNA rise again
Na na na
Ay, I was a red man
I was proud, I was strong
You were the white man
And you stole away my home
Now I am a wooden Indian
Standing silent in the rain
Swear BY my grandfather's father
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear: for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come, peasant, king, to own him.
the King of kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
I suppose that there are those
Who’ll say he had it easy
Had it made in fact
Before he’d even begun
But they don’t know the things I know
I was always with him
It may sound strange
We were more than friends
It’s hard to tell the truth
When no one wants to listen
When no one really cares
What’s going on
And it’s hard to stand alone
When you need someone beside you
Your spirt, your faith
Must be strong
What one man can do is dream
What one man can do is love
What one man can do is change the world
And make it young again
Here you see what one man can do
As shaded as his eyes might be
That’s how bright his mind is
That’s how strong his love
For you and me
A friend to all the universe
Grandfather of the future
Everything I would like to be
What one man can do is dream
What one man can do is love
What one man can do is change the world
And make it new again
Here you see what one man can do
What one man can do is dream
What one man can do is love
What one man can do is change the world
And make it work again
Ridin’ on a tradewind
Fillin’ my sails with a soft and southerly breeze
Livin’ on the ocean blue
Dreaming’ of the islands
Rappin’ myself in the glow of a tropical moon
I never shiver when the sun goes down
All the Earth she sings to me
Every shallow, every tree
Surely my loves shining like the sea
I can make you happy
If I can I’ll take you away on a wave in my arms
Never leave you on the edge all alone
If you feel like dancin’
Rollin’ like the water across my sleepless night
Makin me a peaceful place
All my life to be with you
All I ever want to do
Knowing you are feeling that way too
Distant thunder, heavy seas
Rocky Mountain memories
Surely I was lost till I found thee
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven a far
Heavenly host sing Alleluia
Christ the saviour is born
Christ the saviour is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus lord at thy birth
This song appears on thirteen albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again album. It has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, Voice of America, The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and Changes albums. It has been recorded for the Love Again album. Live versions appear on the An Evening With John Denver, Live In London, Country Classics, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD) and Live at the Syney Opera House albums.
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Aint much an old country boy like me cant hack
Its early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God Im a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin me a family and workin on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God Im a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the suns comin up I got cakes on the griddle
Life aint nothin but a funy funny riddle
Thank God Im a country boy
When the works all done and the suns settlin low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God Im a country boy
Id play Sally Goodin all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldnt take it very good
So I fiddle when I could, work when I should
Thank God Im a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the suns comin up I got cakes on the griddle
Life aint nothin but a funy funny riddle
Thank God Im a country boy
Well I wouldnt trade my life for diamonds and jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
Iid rather have my fiddle and my farmin tools
Thank God Im a country boy
Yeah, city folk drivin in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin thats mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
Thank God Im a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the suns comin up I got cakes on the griddle
Life aint nothin but a funy funny riddle
Thank God Im a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddys till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
Said, Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God youre a country boy
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God Im a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me a fiddle
When the suns comin up I got cakes on the griddle
Life aint nothin but a funy funny riddle
Thank God Im a country boy
Thank God Im a country boy
Words and music by John Martin Sommers
Well life's on a farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can hack
It's early to rise early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy
A simple kind of life never did me no harm
Raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
When the work's all done and the sun is settin' low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
But the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy
I'd play Sally Goodin all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife...
[ fiddle ]
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah city folks drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people think that's mighty keen
Well folks let me tell you exactly what I mean
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife...
[ fiddle ]
Well my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
He said live a good life play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy
Well my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
He taught me how to love and how to give just a little
And thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife...
[ fiddle ]
Lost and alone on some forgotten highway
Traveled by many, remembered by few
Lookin’ for something that I can believe in
Lookin’ for something that I’d like to do with my life
There’s nothin’ behind me and nothin’ that ties me
To somethin’ that might have been true yesterday
Tomorrow is open; right now it seems to be more
Than enough to just be here today
And I don’t know what the future is holdin’ in store
I don’t know where I’m goin’, I’m not sure where I’ve been
There’s a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me
My life is worth the livin’, I don’t need to see the end
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Like a bird in the air
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Like a bird in the air
Lost and alone on some forgotten highway
Traveled by many, remembered by few
Lookin’ for something that I can believe in
Lookin’ for something that I’d like to do with my life
There’s nothin’ behind me and nothin’ that ties me
To somethin’ that might have been true yesterday
Tomorrow is open; right now it seems to be more
Than enough to just be here today
And I don’t know what the future is holdin’ in store
I don’t know where I’m goin’, I’m not sure where I’ve been
There’s a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me
My life is worth the livin’, I don’t need to see the end
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Like a bird in the air
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Like a bird in the air
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Like a bird in the air
Sweet, sweet surrender
Live, live without care
Like a fish in the water
Heard you had some trouble
Thought I'd try to help you
In my time I've had a little trouble too
If you let it get you down
You know I'll bet you
It will get you down and walk around on you
Sweet misery
She loves her company
She's in a crowd when she is all alone
She doesn't care - follow you ev'rywhere
She is most happy when she makes you moan
My dog had some puppies
Would you like to have one
He will be your friend and he will lick your face
He will never cheat you
He won't try to beat you
Help you be a winner in the human race
Sweet misery
She loves her company
She's in a crowd when she is all alone
She doesn't care - follow you ev'rywhere
She is most happy when she makes you moan
Heard you're feelin' better
Glad you found some happy
In my time I've had a little happy too
If let it get you up
I will get you up and keep you smilin' through
Sweet misery
Don't need your company
She's in a crowd when she is all alone
She doesn't care - follow you ev'rywhere
Motorcars, handlebars, bicycles for two
Brokenhearted jubilee
Parachutes, army boots, sleeping bags for two
Sentimental jamboree
Buy, Buy says the sign in the shop window
Why, why says the junk in the yard
Ya da da da da La da da da
Buy, Buy says the sign in the shop window
Why, why says the junk in the yard
Ya da da da da da da la la la la la
Candlesticks, building bricks,
something old and new
This song was first released on the Its About Time Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Theres somethin about the ocean rising up to meet the shoreline
Somethin about a river the way it runs to meet the sea
Theres somethin about a rainfall and its like the gift of living
Theres somethin about that water that makes me sing
Oh somethin about the mountains rising right straight up to heaven
And somethin about a canyon in the shade of a cottonwood tree
Somethin about the desert in the afterglow of evening
Theres somethin about the west that makes me sing
Theres somethin about the way you love me baby
Theres somethin about the way your lips meet mine
Theres somethin about the way you like to touch me
It really turns me on and makes my little light shine
Theres somethin about the way you love me baby
Theres somethin about the way your lips meet mine
Theres somethin about the way you like to touch me
It really turns me on and makes my little light shine
Theres somethin about the forest in the latter days of August
Theres somethin about the country on the very first day of springtime
Theres somethin about a wheatfield, oh you know I love the prairie
Theres somethin about the land that makes me sing
Words and music by John Denver
I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately it just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to
They pass quicker like when I's a child
Somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun goin' down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground
Don't the midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they flow like a breeze through your mind
And nothin' occurs in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time
Somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun goin' down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for a friend I have found
She keeps my feet on the ground
Somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the breeze dyin' down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
This song was first released on the Some Days Are Diamonds Album. It is the only album it appears on.
For someone whos got everything, life can still be rough
If things are what youre lookin for, theres never quite enough
And all the tea in China wont make a house a home
You can be a millionaire and still be sleepin alone
There might be some one night stands to ease the pain inside
Or someone you can call around if youve lost all your pride
Please dont be mistaken. I dont mean to put that down
I know theres times when anything is better than sleepin alone
Sleepin alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleepin alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
You know its not company you are lookin for
You know its not just pleasure, you know its somethin more
You know its not the answer if its not like comin home
If the one whos there doesnt really care, its worse than sleepin alone
Sleepin alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleepin alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
For someone whos got everything, life can still be rough
If things are what youre lookin for, theres never quite enough
And all the gold that glitters wont make a house a home
You can be a millionaire and still be sleepin alone
You might be a millionaire and still be sleepin alone
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on eight albums, and was first released on the Some Days Are
Diamonds album. It has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 3,
Favourites, Country Classics, The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads
Collection, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD) and Changes albums.
When you ask how I've been here without you
I like to say I've been fine and I do
But we both know the truth is hard to come by
And if I told the truth, that's not quite true
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Some time the hard times won't leave me alone
Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Now the face that I see in my mirror
More and more is a stranger to me
More and more I can see there's a danger
In becoming what I never thought I'd be
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Some time the hard times won't leave me alone
Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Words and music by Dick Feller
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you hear
Silver bells silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring a ling, hear them ring
Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride
To see the high country and learn of her people
The ways that they live there, the ways that they die
One is a teacher, and one a beginner
Just wanting to be there, wanting to know
And together they're trying to tell us a story
That should have been listened to long, long ago
How the life in the mountains is living in danger
From too many people, too many machines
And the time is upon us, today is forever
Tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams
Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds
The man and the mountains are brothers again
Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the skies
The Rockies are living, they never will die
Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride.
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Chrismas Eve
Santa came to say
"Rudolph, with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
Got ripplin waters to wake me
To be more than my woman in love
All pine trees are pointin to see easily
To see heaven above
Blue spruce flamin on the grate in the evening
Takes the chill away fine
Cut the telephone line
The storys the same
Theres a worn red chair by the window
That you found at a sale down the way
When some old women said that they
Needed more room for the winter
People like pullin at the stuffing
When they sit down
So it passes the time
Cut the telephone line
The storys the same
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when I hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
And you made the world a warmer place
By the sparkle of your diamond face
On a gray spot with a little lace
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain in sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
In a meadow of columbine
Oh little Gennifer
Id give a penny for
What youve got on your mind
Seems like most of the time youre lyin there dreamin
Maybe in your vision you see how
Our mission is slightly less than divine
Cut the telephone line
The storys the same
Now, ripplin waters flow through the ceiling
And the walls there, their keepin me warm
And the closest Ive been with my family for days
Is my music
But the silently stare in the morning sky
Is like hearing her calling my name
Cut the telephone line
The story might change
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when I hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
In a meadow of columbine
Words and music by Jimmy Ibotson
Somewhere out on the prairie
Is the greatest cowboy that's ever been
And when he lays his hands upon the ponies
They shudder with an understanding skin
And he says ponies
Now ponies don't you worry
I have not come to steal your fire away
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
Discover what begins each shining day
When the storm clouds in the west
Are quickly gathering
The ponies they run wild there
Before it rains
You'll see their sleek dark bodies
Brightly gleaming
You know the fire is flying through
Their brains
And he says ponies
Now ponies don't you worry
I have not come to steal your fire away
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
Discover what begins each shining day
And he says ponies
Now ponies don't you worry
I have not come to steal your fire away
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
Discover what begins each shining day
And he says ponies
Ponies don't you worry
I have not come to steal your fire away
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
Discover what begins each shining day
People get ready, there抯 a train acoming
You don抰 need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming
You don抰 need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
People get ready, for the train to Jordan
Picking up passengers from coast-to-coast
Faith is key, open up the doors and board them
There抯 hope for all among the loved the most
But there ain抰 no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind to save his own
Have pity on those whose choices grow thinner
There抯 no hiding place from the kingdom抯 throne
People get ready, there抯 a train acoming
You don抰 need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming
You don抰 need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
Thank the Lord
Words and music by Curtis Mayfield
Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that it’s Engine Number 49
She’s the only one that’ll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
See the old smoke rising ’round the bend
I reckon that she knows she’s gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Here she comes whoo oo oo oo
Hey Jim, you better get the rig whoo oo oo oo
She’s got a list of passengers that’s pretty big
And they’ll all want a lift to Brown’s Hotel
’Cause lots of them been traveling for quite a spell
All the way from Philadel phi a
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
All Aboard! All Aboard!
Let her rip, let her rip, Mr. Engineer
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here
While the man at the fire, shovels in the coals
Stick your head out the cab and watch the drivers roll
See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by
Fare-the-well Laramie and Rocky Mountain High
Yes sirree, here we are, going all the way
Mustn’t quit till we hit Califor ni a
See the old smoke rising ’round the bend
I reckon that she knows she’s gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts set the time of day
Old Train, I can hear your whistle blow
And I want to be jumping on again
Old Train, I've been everywhere you go
And I know what lies beyond each bend
Old Train, each time you pass
You’re older than the last
And it seems I’m too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
They cry with every mile
And I think I’ll stay awhile
Old Train, I grow weary at the miles
And I miss the freedom that was mine
Old Train, just to think about those times
I’ll smile when you’re highballing by
Old Train, each time you pass
You’re older than the last
And It seems I’m too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
They cry with every mile
Music makes pictures and often tells stories
All of it magic and all of it true
And all of this pictures and all of the stories
And all of the magic the music is you
Music makes pictures...
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Rocky Mountain High album, and has also been released on the An Evening With John Denver album as a live version.
Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature’s Son
All day long I’m sitting singing songs for everyone
Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the sound of pretty music as she flies
Find me in my field of grass
Mother nature’s son
Me and my uncle went a'ridin' down
from Colorado, West Texas bound
We stopped over in Santa Fe
The part of being about half way.
Besides it was the hottest part of the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
Went to a bar, boys.
Bought drinks for all.
Two days in the saddle, my body hurt,
IT being summer, took off my shirt,
and tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt.
West Texas cowboys, all over town,
with gold and silver, they're loaded down.
Just in FROM round up
You know it seemed a shame
And so my uncle starts a friendly game
High-low jack, the winner takes the game.
From the beginning my uncle started to win.
Them Texas cowboys they was mad as sin.
Some said "he's cheatin'!"
Ah, but that can't be, because my uncle, well, he's as honest as me.
AND I'm about as honest as a Denver man can be.
One of them cowboys, you know he started to draw.
I grabbed a bottle, slapped him on the jaw.
I had to shoot another, now he won't grow old
In the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold.
AND we hightailed it down to Mexico,
Mexico, way down to Mexico.
God bless cowboys
God bless gold
God bless my uncle, God rest his soul
He taught me well, boys
TAUGHT me all I know
Taught me so that I grabbed the gold
Almost exactly a year ago
I came here for the very first time
Looking up at the Spanish window
From a trail on the edge of the timberline
I’ve been off on a journey to find myself
Maybe find my way back home
Been many an hour all by myself
In the darkest of nights
I was never ever alone
Back in the San Juan Mountains again
On a ride with some good old boys
Telling stories around a campfire
The sound of laughter is the loudest noise
There’s something in a night in the wilderness
It’s a magical thing to me
Like the sky is just a little bit brighter
And your life is everything that you’d like it to be
There’ll be snow on the passes tomorrow
You can feel it in the chill of the wind
Let the rain wash away all my sorrow
Today is the day that my life starts all over again
I guess that it’s just about over now
Everything’s about to change
Everything’s a brand new number, darlin’
Everything’s a brand new game
And it’s funny I could even call you that
After all the pain we’ve been through
Ah, but time is the master of healing
Love is the master of everything that we do
There’ll be snow on the passes tomorrow
You can feel it in the chill of the wind
Let the rain wash away all my sorrow
No lyrics
All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say Good Bye.
But the dawn is breaking', It's early morn`,
The taxi's waiting, he's blowin' his horn.
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Till then ill see you in my dreams,
There's So many times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring.
Refrain
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time, let me kiss you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come,
When I won't have to leave alone,
About the times, when I won't have to say,
Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin mad of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode
He never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin’ a bell
Go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
Go Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
The engineers would see him sittin’ in the shade
Strummin’ to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would they would stop and say
Oh my but that little country boy can play
Go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
Go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
Well his mama told him some day you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big old band
Many people comin’ from miles around
Just to hear you play your music till the sun go down
Maybe some day your name will be in lights
Sayin’ Johnny B. Goode tonight
Go, go, go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
Go, go, go Johnny go
Go, go Johnny go
This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on.
When Jesse was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jesse counted boxcars instead of counting sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
Jesse laid a penny on the track one day
In God we trust she walked away
The very next morning all she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Jesse dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jesse dreamed of trains
Words and Music by Vince Gill and Guy Clark
(Additional words for Jesse by John Denver)
Another day is over and I'm on my way home
Knowing you'll be waiting is all I need to know
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
Lost, in a world of ecstacy
Forget about my troubles
Forget about my woes
You're the one who comforts me
Whenever I feel low
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
Lost, in a world of ecstacy
You're everything I could imagine
Fillin' me up with such passion
Eternity is not long enough for you and me
'Cause I'm in the mood to be desired
Wrap your arms around me
I'm in the mood
Let's build a fire
Till the embers retire, we'll be
I'm Sorry
John Denver
- words and music by John Denver
- from the album "Windsong"
It's cold here in the city
It always seems that way
And I've been thinking about you almost everyday
Thinking about the good times
Thinking about the rain
Thinking about how bad it feels alone again
I'm sorry for the way things are in China
I'm sorry things ain't what they used to be
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
'Cause you're not here with me
Our friends all ask about you
I say you're doing fine
And I expect to hear from you almost anytime
But they all know I'm crying
And I can't sleep at night
They all know I'm dying down deep inside
I'm sorry for all the lies I told you
I'm sorry for the things I didn't say
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
I can't believe you went away
I'm sorry if I took some things for granted
I'm sorry for the chains I put on you
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
For living without you
Copyright 1975 Cherry Lane Music Co. (ASCAP)
From the albums WINDSONG and John Denver's GREATEST HITS #2
In A Far Away Land, a song written by Luo Bin Wang, is sung, by John, in 1994 Australia concert. The visual footage is availabele on the John Denver "VIDEOKE" available only in Japan. Audio is available on Calypso Collection of The John Denver Collection, 1997 release by LaserLight Digital.
This song is a tradition Chinese folk song, written by Luo Bin Wang, who spent over the last 40+ years of his life studying the songs and lifestyles of the peoples in the Qing Hai area of China, an area that is similar to PrairieLands and GrassLands, where the Zhang people live a nomadic life, raising such livestock as goats and sheep.
Luo Bin Wang is considered the King of Chinese Folk/Country songs. He wrote over 100 songs. He has helped to preserve and to promote a very special part of China's social culture, and is regarded highly in China. Luo Bin Wang died in the late 1980's, but his music still lives, today.
There appear to be many more stanzas to this song, although John only sings one. In addition, the song seems to be well-known to the Chinese people, and, John's rendition appears to be somewhat humorous.
Courtesy extended to Rick Li Bao, for helping me with John's singing of this song, and for the historical perspective. If we have not done this song its due justice, please email us with any helpful modifications. Thanks.
There is a nice, pretty girl, in a far away land.
When people pass by her tent, they always stop and take a double-glimpse
(People said that she always keeps a lamb beside her)
I wish I can be a young lamb, running towards you, until I am by your side
I wish her narrow quirt always whips me gently
I wish I can be a young lamb, running towards you, until I am by your side
I wish her narrow quirt always whips me gently
I wish I can be a young lamb, running towards you, until I am by your side
I wish her narrow quirt always whips me gently
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This song appears on eleven albums, and was first released on the Windsong Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), Country Classics, Reflections, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A new studio version has been released on the Love Again and A Celebration of Life Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Its cold here in the city
It always seems that way
And Ive been thinking about you almost everyday
Thinking about the good times
Thinking about the rain
Thinking about how bad it feels alone again
Im sorry for the way things are in China
Im sorry things aint what they used to be
But more than anything else
Im sorry for myself
Cause youre not here with me
Our friends ask all about you
I say youre doing fine
And I expect to hear from you almost anytime
But they all know Im crying
I cant sleep at night
They all know Im dying down deep inside
Im sorry fro all the lies I told you
Im sorry for the things I didnt say
But more than anything else
Im sorry for myself
I cant believe you went away
Im sorry if I took some things for granted
Im sorry for the chains I put on you
But more than anything else
Im sorry for myself
For living without you
Words and music by John Denver
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after a rain
Once again I see him walking once again I hear him talking
To the stars he makes and asking them for busfare
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
He'd rather play his banjo in the morning when the moon is scarcely gone
In the dawn the subway's coming in the dawn I hear him humming
Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
[ ac.guitar ]
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
I guess he'd rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend
In the end up in his office
I remember romance
Bubblebaths at night
Breakfast in the afternoon
Love by candlelight
Love by candlelight
I remember romance
And lying in her arms
Her hair across my shoulder
Her breast upon my arm
So soft upon my arm
I remember romance
And laughing at the moon
Dancing at the rainbow’s end
And losing her too soon
And losing her too soon
I know we both are sorry
I know we both still care
Oh how could we have lost it
A love beyond compare
di di di di di
la la la la la la
In a spaceship over the mountains
chasing rainbows in the setting sun
Leaving heart and home
for the city of angels
I feel my life is undone
There are pathways winding below me
in pleasure I've gone where they go
In the quiet stillness
I can hear symphonies
the loveliest music I know
(chorus)
How can I leave you again?
I must be clear out of my mind
Lost in a storm I've gone blind
Oh how can I leave you again?
Oh it's been a long
time since I've listened
Still longer since
I've walked with you
For the first time
I know what I'm missing
Some answers are no longer true
So I question the
course that I follow
I'm doubtful and
deep in despair
My heart is full
of impossible notions
Can it be you no longer care?
Still I ride on the
wings of a high wind
Blowing steady and
strong behind me
As the clouds surrender
my fate is for certain
I'm a sailor who runs to the sea
Ever since the day I met you
I feel like I'm walking on air
And lately I'm convinced, it's no coincidence
I run into into you everywhere
And though I've heard your love is taken
I gotta believe what's in your eyes
Would I be out of line if I suggested a time
And we got together one of these nights
Got my heart set on you
You're everything I've ever wanted
Got my heart set on you
Can't be anything but love
Baby I'm bettin' on it
I don't want to give you the wrong impression
I'm not the kind who rushes in
But baby every time I see you, before I even leave you
I can hardly wait to see you again
Got my heart set on you
You're everything I've ever wanted
Got my heart set on you
Can't be anything but love
Baby I'm bettin' on it
I don't mean to be coming on strong
Or taking everything for granted
But love is a thing that just comes along
You don't understand how it got out of hand
But you're in it right from the start
Got my heart set on you
You're everything I've ever wanted
Got my heart set on you
Can't be anything but love
There's such a high wind blowing
It's snowing in my bed
Oh baby, you started flowers growing
where nothing grew instead.
I need some things to hide the failure
Of my garden, and the way it grew
Oh baby, I didn't know I could depend on you
There's such a high wind blowing
I won't get to sleep tonight
I think that warm wind feels alright
There's such a high wind blowing
I won't get to sleep at all,
I feel like I'm gonna fall
Into your fine high wind.
You look like twilight falling
On the ocean in the setting sun
Oh baby, do you know what you have done
I feel like you have changed my mind
About living the way I do
Oh baby, I didn't know I could depend on you
There's such a high wind blowing
I won't get to sleep tonight
I think that warm wind feels alright
There's such a high wind blowing
I won't get to sleep at all
I feel like I'm gonna fall
Casey Jones he was a mighty man
But now he’s resting in the promised land
The only thing he could understand
Was an eight wheel driver under his command
He made the freight train boogie
All the time
He made the freight train boogie
As he rolled down the line
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
He made the freight train boggle
Let the mountains talk
Let the rivers run
There is wisdom here
There is much to learn
There is much to know
Much to understand
In this healing time
All across the land
You have heard my songs
Oh so many years
You have laughed with me
Washed away my tears
You have shared my joy
You have felt my pain
In this healing time
Walk with me again
Through these darker days
On this narrow line
Help me find my way
Help me see the signs
I am not afraid
I am not alone
You have taught me well
You have brought me home
Let the mountains speak
Let the rivers run
As the world awakes
To the rising sun
In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
On our mother earth
Let the mountains talk
And let the rivers run
There is wisdom here
There's so much to learn
In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
For our mother earth
In each brand new day
In our own rebirth
In this healing time
Celebrate morning
The cry of a loon on a lake in the night
the dreams that are born in the dawn’s early light
Celebrate morning
Celebrate living
The laughter that sings in the heart of a child
The freedom that flies at the call of the wild
Celebrate living
Celebrate evening
The stars that appear in the loss of the sun
Four strong winds that blow slowly
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
Guess I'll go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the Fall
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for
Still I wish you'd change your mind
If I asked you one more time
But we've been thru that a hundred times or more
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
If I get there before the snow flies
and if things are going good
You could meet me if I send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
Nothing much for you to do
And the wind sure blows cold way out there
Four strong winds that blow slowly
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
Where the walker runs down to the Carson Valley Plain
There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was she
The sweetest flower that bloomed o’er the range
Her voice was as sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town
She was courted by Young Vandamere
A fine lad was he as I am to hear
He gave her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows came that year
But her pony did stumble and she did fall
Her dyin’ touched the hearts of us one and all
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain
And we buried them together as the snows began to fall
They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too
At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round
Instrumental - No Lyrics
The sun is slowly fadin’ in the western sky
Sometimes it takes forever for the day to end
Sometimes it takes a lifetime
Sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again
There’s a heavy smog between me and my mountains
It’s enough to make a grown man sit and cry
It’s enough to make you wonder
It’s enough to make the world roll up and die
I think it’s kind of interesting the way things get to be
The way that people work with their machines
Serenity’s a long time comin’ to me
The fact I don’t believe I know what it means
In the east a shaded moon is hangin’ lazily
I do believe I saw the old man smile
I do believe I did
I do believe he’s been laughin’ all the while
I think it’s kind of interesting the way things get to be
The way that people work with their machines
Serenity’s a long time comin’ to me
The fact I don’t believe I know what it means any more
When the sun is slowly fadin’ in the western sky
Sometimes it takes forever the day to end
Sometimes it takes a lifetime
Sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again
Born in the month of June
No silver spoon to help you out
Your mother had you nat'rally,
Nat'rally is the way you came out
You know your own mind
and you show it to me
Give me the high sign
When you want to be free
And open up your eyes
To the wonder that you see
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don't you have a worry in the world.
For the love that's been given you
is the one thing time can't erase
and ev'ry day it's growin'
like the knowin' smile upon your face
You're startin' out strong
you get a kick out of life
you like to sing song
be in the spotlight
And when ev'rybody's watchin' you
you shine so bright
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don't you have a worry in the world.
You know your own mind
and you show it to me
Give me the high sign
When you want to be free
And open up my eyes
like your mother did for me.
See the airplane fly
See the trees rush by
Be brave and strong when you hurt yourself
And don't you have a worry in the world.
There are dreams that sail away
To sea
And some that stay at home
There are dreams that stay inside
All day
And never see the light
And if dreams come true
I swear to you
I'll dream of you tonight
In a corner bar the local star
Destroys a passing chord
He sits behind a mason jar
And dreams of his reward
Then he takes one break
And counts his take
A dollar buys a bear
A quarter of his life is gone
And what's he doing here
Times are hard
The old backyard is covered
In cement
The people seem afraid to dream
And dreams don't cost a cent
There are dreams that stay inside
All day
And never see the light
And if dreams come true
I swear to you
I like to deal with the ladies
I like to give ‘em a real hard time
Like to make ‘em sigh
Like to make ‘em cry over me
I like to swing with the good times
I like to have me a real live ball
Doin’ what I can like a dirty old man
(Tee hee)
Like to have ‘em just hangin’ around
Wondering where I’ve been
Like to see ‘em with their big brown eyes
Just a drinkin’ me in
I like to deal with the ladies
I like to hang ‘em up on my line
Treat ‘em kinda rough
But they never got enough of me
Played a wedding for the money and I wish I could have told the bride and groom
Just what I think of marriage, what's in store after the honeymoon.
I was rumbling through the verses about how men and women ought to live apart,
How a promise never made could not be broken and would never break a heart.
Suddenly from out of nowhere this little girl came spinning across the floor
Her crinolines were billowing beneath the skirt of calico she wore.
As her joy fell on the honored guests each one of them was drawn into her dream
And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands and hollered at her, "Dance little Jean!"
They said:
Dance little Jean, this day is for you,
Two people that you love stood up to say 'I Do.'
Dance little Jean, the prayer that you had was answered today-
Your Momma's marrying your Dad.
Well this cynic's heart just melted as I figured what this get together meant
And how it ended years of tears and sad confusions that the little girl had spent.
They told the band to pack it up about the time the couple cut the cake
But we stayed and we played all night long for love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake
We played:
Dance little Jean, this day is for you,
Two people that you love stood up to say 'I Do.'
Dance little Jean, the prayer that you had was answered today-
Your Momma's marrying your Dad.
We sang:
Dance little Jean, this day is for you,
Two people that you love stood up to say 'I Do.'
Dance little Jean, the prayer that you had was answered today-
Your Momma's marrying your Dad.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
By-bye lully, lullay.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
By-bye lully, lullay.
O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day,
This poor Youngling for whom we sing
By-bye lully, lullay.
Herod the King, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day;
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young, to slay.
Then woe is me, poor Child, for Thee,
And ever mourn and say;
For Thy parting nor say nor sing,
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train?'
When I was just a boy and living by the track
Us kids would gather up the coal in big 'ole gunnysacks
Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view
The engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through
She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears
And we counted cars just as high as we could go
I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream
A sound my little kids will never know
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train?'
I guess the times have changed, kids are different now
'Cause some don't even seem to know the milk comes from a cow
My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars
I remember how I memorized the names on railroad cars
The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC
The Nickel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe
Just names out of the past, I guess they're fading fast
Every time I hear my little boy say
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train?'
We climbed into the car, drove down into town
Right out the depot house, but no one was around
We searched the yard togheter for something I could show
But I know there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so
All the things I did when I was just a kid
How far away those memories appear
I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me
'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train?'
Sing songs of the sunrise into the night
The stars as your timepiece, make it all right
Make friends with the darkness, talk to the moon
And when the light lifts, you can let out a tune
Been to the mountains, climbed through the sky
Shouldered their whiteness, watched the gold fly
Shared in their treasures, shook at their might
Spoke softly of wonders, Cowboy's Delight
Sing songs of the sunrise into the night
A song of the mountain, Cowboy's Delight
The stars as your timepiece make it alright
This song was first released on the Back Home Again album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Saturdays holidays, easy afternoon
Lazy days, summer days
Nothin much to do
Rainy days of better days
Hangin out inside
Rainy days and city ways
Make me want to hide some place
Cool an green an shady
Find yourself a piece of grassy ground
Lay down close your eyes
Find yourself and maybe lose yourself
While your free spirit flies
Find yourself a piece of grassy ground
Lay down close your eyes
Find yourself and maybe lose yourself
While your free spirit flies
August skies are lullabies, promises to keep
Dandelions and twisting vines
Clover at your feet
Memories of Aspen leaves
Trembling in the wind
Honeybees and fantasies
Where to start again some place
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Cool an green an shady
Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry
If I look like home to you
If I have to decide
Don't try to understand it girl
When I draw the line
It hasn't come to this
That you can say I waste my time
Lookin' everywhere
Goin' nowhere
For the skies, they look so lazy now
Heavy are the clouds
There's nothing here that I can learn
Of what it's all about
You haven't said a thing to me
You talk so very loud
Lookin' everywhere
Goin' nowhere
Well, I think I'll try the circus or go back to Mexico
It's time to make mistakes again
It's time to change the show
It's time and time and time again to find another way
It's time to gather forces
And get out of yesterday
Because I lost what I was lookin' for
There's nothing left to share
I need to take myself away
To be some other where
A face, a life, a minute more
I don't think I can spare
Lookin' everywhere
Goin' nowhere
'Cause I tell you when you hurt me
And you just don't seem to know
I inform you that I'm lonely
And you still don't think I'll go
So if I lie to you and smile a thought
That's only half-way here
It's just a circus and I'm singing
I'm never really near
If I look like home to you
If I'm your sign
Don' try to understand it girl
When I draw the line
It hasn't come to this
That you can say I waste my time
Lookin' everywhere
Lookin' everywhere
Lookin' everywhere
I’m headed for the station with my pack on my back
I’m tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I just love the rhythm of the clickety clack
I hear the whistle blowing, see the smoke from the stack
And pal around with democratic fellas named Mac
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch’boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch’boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch’boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack
You reach your destination and alas and alack
You need some compensation to get back in the black
You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
And read the situation from the front to the back
The only job that’s open needs a man with a knack
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch’boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch’boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch’boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch’boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch’boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch’boogie
He made the freight train boogie
Do you remember days
Not so very long ago
When the world was run by
People twice your size
And the days were full of laughter
And the nights were full of stars
And when you grew tired you
Could close your eyes
Yes the stars were were there for wishin’
And the wind was there for kites
And the morning sun was
There for rise and shine
And even if the sniffles
Kept you home from school in bed
You couldn't hardly
Stay there after nine
And I wonder if the
Smell of mornings faded
What happened to the robins
Song that sparkled in the sky
Where’s all the water gone
That tumbled down the stream
Will I ever catch another butterfly
Do you remember campouts
Right in your own backyard
Wondering how airplanes could fly
And the hours spent just playing
With a funny rock you found
With crystal specks as
Blue as all the sky
Now I watch my son
He’s playing with his toys
He’s happy and I
Give him all I can
But I can’t help feeling
Just a little tingly inside
When to hear him say
Once upon a time, in the land of hush-a-bye, around about the wondrous days of yore, they came across a kind of box, bound up with chains and locked with locks and labeled "Kindly do not touch it's war."
A decree was issued round about, and all with a flourish and a shout and a gaily-colored mascot tripping lightly on before. Don't fiddle with this deadly box, or break the chains, or pick the locks. And please don't ever play about with war.
Well, the children understood. Children happen to be good and they were just as good around the time of yore. They didn't try to pick the locks or break into that deadly box. They never tried to play about with war. Mommies didn't either, sisters, aunts, grannies neither. They were quiet, and sweet, and pretty in those wondrous days of yore. Well, very much the same as now, not the ones to blame somehow for opening up that deadly box of war.
But someone did. Someone battered in the lid and spilled the insides out across the floor. A sort of bouncy, bumpy ball made up of guns and flags and all the tears, and horror, and death that comes with war. It bounced right out and went bashing all about, bumping into everything in store. And what was sad and most unfair was that it didn't really seem to care much who it bumped, or why, or what, or for.
It bumped the children mainly. And I'll tell you this quite plainly, it bumps them every day and more, and more, and leaves them dead, and burned, and dying, thousands of them sick and crying. Cause when it bumps, it's really very sore.
Now there's a way to stop the ball. It isn't difficult at all. All it takes is wisdom, and I'm absolutely sure that we can get it back into the box, and bind the chains, and lock the locks. But no one seems to want to save the children anymore.
Well, that's the way it all appears, cause it's been bouncing round for years and years. In spite of all the wisdom €˜wiz since those wondrous days of yore and the time they came across the box, bound up with chains and locked with locks, and labeled "Kindly do not touch, it's war."
This song appears on twenty albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again Album, and has also been released on the Changes, John Denver (Italian), Favourites, Greatest Hits Vol 2, Voice of America, The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection, Reflections and Country Classics Albums. Live versions appear on An Evening With John Denver, Live In London,, Live at the Sydney Opera House, The Wildlife Concert and The Best of John Denver Live Albums. An updated studio version has been released on The Gift You Are, A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Annies Song Albums. A further new version also appears on the Love Again Album.
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Words and music by John Denver
This song was first released on the poems, prayers and promises album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Time as I’ve known it
Doesn’t take much time to pass by me
Minutes into days turn into months turn into years
They hurry by me
Still I love to see the sun go down
And the world go around
Dreams full of promises
Hopes for the future
I’ve had many
Dreams I can’t remember now
Hopes that I’ve forgotten
Faded memories
Still I love to see the sun go down
And the world go around
And I love to see the morning
As it steals across the sky
I love to remember
And I love to wonder why
And I hope that I’m around
So I can be there when I die
When I’m gone
I hope that you will think of me
In moments when you’re happy
And you’re smiling
That a thought will comfort you
On cold and cloudy days
If you are crying
Still I love to see the sun go down
And the world go around
And around and around
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the An Evening With John Denver Album, and has also been released on the Country Classics - The Very Best of John Denver Album. It has not been released as a studio track. It also appears on some of the variations of The Evening With John Denver Album.
Im bringin me home to you
Its all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
Its you I choose to be with
Had a wonderful time in the city
I smile when I recall
The space, the songs, the company
I really had a ball
Its a funny set of circumstances
Is me out on the road alone
With the moon lookin over my shoulder
Im findin my way back home
Im bringin me home to you
Its all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
Its you I choose to be with
Ridin high in the Rocky Mountains
Its a quiet and peaceful time
Id swear the stars are smilin
Like they know whats on my mind
You see on any such an occasion
My thoughts will turn to you
The time I spend all by myself
I mostly spend with you
La la la.......
Im bringin me home to you
Its all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
Its you I choose to be with
When I laid down beside you
And all the love that you showed
I want to live my life with you
Its all the dreams that I know
Bringin me home to you
Its all that I have to give
My life, my love, my everything
Its you I choose to be with
Its you I choose to be with
Its you I want to live with
La la la.......
Words and music by John Denver
I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning thunder were desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl well I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at just a free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam
Make me an angel...
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
How the hell kinda person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say
Make me an angel...
Make me an angel...
Make me an angel...
Make me an angel...
Goin’ up to Alaska
Up to the land of the midnight sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run
O’er the icy blue sea
Goin’ up to Alaska
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strength still survive
And a man can be free
American Child, does the call of the wild
Ever sing through the mist of your dreams
Does it fly with the wind when you waken again
When it’s gone do you know what it means
Can you picture the time when a man had to find
His own way through the cold
To come back again to all that you’ve been
Can’t you see that it’s time to come home
To the flowers and seas and the rivers and the trees
And the earth who’s the mother of all
A promise once made - will it shine, will it fade
Will we rise with the vision or fall
Goin’ up to Alaska
Up to the land of the midnight sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run
O’er the icy blue sea
Goin’ up to Alaska
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strength still survive
And a man can be free
Men can be free
Goin’ up to Alaska
Goin’ up to Alaska
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on One World album, and has also been released on the Country Classics album.
I had a '56 T-Bird
Then I was king of the highway
Trying to make it look fast and easy
And dreamin' of doin' it my way
Let's put the top down baby
Feel the wind in our hair
We were too young to know better
And too cool to care
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby you're only along for the ride
Only along for the ride
Rock and roll on the radio
Let's turn it up and get down
Convertible dreams running wild in the streets
In the all time American town
When you played the thrill queen, baby
I heard the jazz of joy
You were every girl in the world
But I wasn't every boy
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby, you're only along for the ride
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby, you're only along for the ride
Only along for the ride
Memory pink and charcoal grey
Are the clours I painted this song
You were 19 and perfect, baby
But no one stays perfect too long
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby you're only along for the ride
Only along for the ride
Words and Music by Danny OKeefe and Bill Braun
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Aerie Album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection Album.
All of my memories lay in the life of the highway
All of my nights in old motels a sleepin alone
All of my days on the road with no one beside me
All of my dreams of a place that I can call home
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin river
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm and a family
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
Cause Im tired of big cities and so tired of big city ways
Scrathin off sunset, and walkin around in the maze
Some sweet taxi dancer tryin to save me from bein alone
Ah its much worse than lonely there is no place that I really belong
I want to be home
Im leavin this city life In my mind Im flyin away
Im leavin tomorrow and all of the old yesterdays
Im leavin the trash cans the bright lights of telephone lines
Im leavin my sorrows of all of my memories behind
Ill see what I find
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin river
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm, a family
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
Somewhere to grow older, somewhere to laydown and die
Words and music by John Denver
Oh, we want to call him Zachary
We抣l raise him in the mountains
He抣l bathe in the crystal fountains
Shining laughter in the sun
And we want to call her Jennifer
She抣l dance in fields of flowers
She抣l sing in summer showers
Lending music to the time
Oh, we want to live forever
In this mirror sea tomorrow
All the joy and all the sorrow
We can only hope to share
Oh-ooo oh-ooo oh-ooo oh-ooo
Oh, the Yellowstone, Oh the buffalo free
Oh, my brother the wolf, my lover the moon
Oh, the little one, oh, the joy that I fell
Oh, the love in my heart, a wilderness song
Oh-ooo 0h-ooo oh-ooo oh-ooo
Oh, the waterfall, Oh the river that runs
Oh, my brother the wind, my sister the sea
Oh, the ocean shore, oh the castles of stone
Oh, the mountain top calling to me
Oh-ooo oh-ooo, coming home oh-ooo oh-ooo
Returning, forever returning, coming home
Belonging, forever belonging, never alone
Oh, the mystery, Oh the dreaming of dreams
Oh, my brother my own, my sister my own
Oh, the tenderness, Oh, the longing for love
Oh, the beautiful way, the sweet coming home
Oh-ooo oh-ooo, coming home oh-ooo oh-ooo
It's late December the New Years never coming
Time passes slowly in a two room walk up flat
The sun is silent there's a cold rain gonna come on
No one to talk to
But my ladys yellow cat
Rain drops falling on the flowers In the window box
Plastic roses that I planted yesterday
I didn't think they'd die so soon
But they're all withered now
Seems like everything I touch
Turns out that way
Well I guess I just go walking
The cats no good for talkin' to
He don't know what I'm saying
And the rain is always
Playing on my mind
On my mind
Street lights drifting through the blinds that cover window panes
Blending softly with the bare lights over head
Then together they run swiftly through my memory
And eerie image of a strange and empty bed
Wind is whipping up the papers in the streets below
Got some books to read
But it seems they've all been read
Clouds are crowded in a misty
Drifting sky above
And i wish to hell
I could remember what i said.
A crystal wine glass on a table filled with scarlet stains
Stands alone and empty where there once was two
The jug is silent on the table with my broken dreams
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the flower that shattered the stone album, and has also been released on the stonehaven sunrise and the john denver collection - caly
Lbums.
Dear friend of mine, the weather’s fine
Today I saw some ruins of the roman world’ decline
And I climbed all those spanish steps, you’ve heard of them no doubt
But rome has lost it’s glory, I don’t know what it’s about
I wish you were here
(when the shadows fall and all the rushing traffic stills)
I wish you were here
(and the bells are ringing on the seven hills)
I make my way to a small cafe
I wonder what you did today
Wish you were here
Dear one at home, I just flew in from rome
And paris is a postcard all decked in color chrome
And so I climbed the eiffel tower and prayed at notre dame
But I just can’t find the romance and I wonder why I came
I wish you were here
(on the champs elysees, lovers walking hand in hand)
I wish you were here
(they take one look at me and seem to understand)
This city of light is a lovely sight
The first bright star I see tonight
Wish you were here
Now I write this from the plane
Drinking cheap champagne
Wonderin’ why two people got so far apart
I wish you were here
(here in london where the rain is pouring down)
I wish you were here
(on this airplane headed back to new york town)
I’ll never leave you alone again
I’m coming home, but until then
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Words and music by jimmy webb
It's cold and it's getting cold - er
it's gray and white and winter all around.
And oh, I must be getting old - er
and all this snow is try'n' to get me down
There's a fire in the corner slowly dying
sometimes I just don't feel like goin' on
And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting
for another chance to see the summer sun
Come on shine on me
There's a fire in the corner slowly dying
sometimes I just don't feel like goin' on
And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting
for another chance to see the summer sun
Come on shine on me
January back in '55 we rode a Greyhound bus through the Georgia midnight
Grandpa was sleeping and the winter sky was clear
We hit a bump and his head jerked back a little and he mumbled something
He woke up smiling, but his eyes were bright with tears
Said, 'I dreamed I was back on the farm...
20 years have passed, boy, but the memory still warms me...
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar...'
He told me those old stories about that one-room cabin in Kentucky
The smell of the rain and the warm earth in his hands
He slowly turned and stared outside; his face was mirrored in the window
And his reflection flew across the moonlit land
And he dreamed he was back on the farm
Tilts his head and listens to the early sound of morning
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar
An old man and an eight-year-old boy rolling down that midnight highway
Kentucky memories from a winter Georgia night
I started drifting off and Grandpa tucked his coat around me
I think I tried to smile as I slowly closed my eyes
And I dreamed I was with him on the farm
'Grandpa, I can hear the evening wind out in the corn...
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar...
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar...
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar...'
And the bus rolled through the night...
When the mountain touches the valley
All the clouds are taught to fly
As our souls will leave this land most peacefully
Though our minds be filled with questions
In our hearts we'll understand
When the river meets the sea
Like a flower that has blossomed
In the dry & barren sand
We are born & born again most gracefully
Thus the winds of time will take us
With a sure and steady hand
When the river meets the sea
Patience, my brother and patience, my son
In that sweet and final hour
Truth and justice will be done
Like a baby when it is sleeping
In its loving mother's arms
What a newborn baby dreams is a mystery
But his life will find a purpose
And in time he'll understand
When the river meets the sea
When the river meets the almighty sea!!
When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now,
will you still be senting me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out 'till quarter to three, would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?
Hmmmmmmmmh.
You'll be older, too.
Aaah, and if you say the word, I could stay with you.
I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside, sunday mornings, go for a ride.
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight if it's not to dear.
We shall scrimp and save.
Ah, grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck, and Dave.
Send me a postcard, drop me a line stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting away.
Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
We want some figgy pudding
We want some figgy pudding
We want some figgy pudding
Please bring it right here!
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring it out here!
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year!
On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
A partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Ten lords a leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me:
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
(Drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweeds)
See them tumbling down pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I'll be found drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweeds
Cares of the past are behind nowhere to go but I'll find
Just where the trail will wind drifitng along with a tumbling tumbleweeds
I know when night has gone that a new world's born at dawn
I'll keep rolling along deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweeds
(I'm a roving cowboy riding all day long tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song)
Nights underneath the prairie moon I'll ride along and sing a tune
I'll keep rolling along deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweeds
(Drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweeds)
Tools was a baby rabbit he was a friend of mine
His momma and poppa brothers and sisters
Left him all behind
He came in to our house to brighten up a couple of days
Tools, you made me smile a lot
And I wish you could've stayed
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the An Evening With John Denver album as a live version, and it has also been released on the Changes album. This song is also referred to as Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio.
Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio, is like being nowhere at all
All through the day how the hours rush by
You sit in the park and you watch the grass die
Ah, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight
When shadows of night start to fall
They roll back the sidewalks precisely at ten
And people who live there are not seen again
Just two lonely truckers from Great Falls, Montana
And a salesman from places unknown - ces unknown
Oh add all together in downtown Toledo
To spend their big night all alone
You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio
Well I spent a week there one day
They've got entertainment to dazzle your eyes
Go visit the bakery and watch the buns rise
Ah, but let's not forget that the folks of Toledo
Unselfishly gave us the scales
No springs, honest weight, that's the promise they made
So smile and be thankful next time you get weighed
And wive and wet wive
Let this be our motto
Let's let the sleeping dogs lie - ping dogs lie
And here's to the dogs of Toledo, Ohio
Ladies, we bid you goodbye
Words and music by Randy Sparkes
Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life.
I wake as a child
To see the world begin.
On monarch wings
And birthday wonderings.
Want to put on faces.
Walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old.
To grow is to change.
To change is to be new.
To be new is to be young again.
I barely remember when
My memories are stolen by the morning.
Blotted out by the suns hypnotic eye.
Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life.
I wake as a child
To see the world begin.
On monarch wings
And birthday wonderings.
Want to put on faces.
Walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old.
Sunday and it's rainin' in Alaska,
seven days I haven't seen the sun
Flyin' bush, flyin' low along the shoreline
Doin' ev'rithing I can to make it home.
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
I can't wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
When I can't wait to get back home to you.
Three years from the war and settled down now,
I did my time and served my country well.
In the freedom I defended I fly beneath the North Star,
And I just don't know a better way to feel.
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
I can't wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
When I can't wait to get back home to you.
It's a quiet life out here among the mountains
In a cabin that was built with these two hands.
Carthy lies asleep beside the glacier,
It's colder now, winter's in the air.
If you think they're wild It's just because they can't be broken,
It's a strong and gentle people livin' there.
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
I can't wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
When I can't wait to get back home to you.
In this magic hour of softening light
The moments in between the day and the night
The instant when all shadows disappear
The distance in between the love and the fear
There's a longing deep within the wandering soul
It's like the half that understands it once was whole
Like the two who only dream of being one
Like the moon who's only light is in the sun
There's a danger in forever looking outside
You start to believe that all your prayers have been denied
And you'll forget the sound of your own name
Thus begins the suffering and the pain
I wanted an answer, I wanted a way
I wanna know just what to do and what to say
I wanted a reason, I wanna know why
Can there never be heaven right here on earth and peace inside
Inside my heart, deep in my soul
Within each part, and in the whole
There's a promise in the journeys of the mind
You begin to believe that there are miracles you will find
And that someday you'll remember who you are
The seed within a bright and shining star
It's like a flame that lives within a hungering heart
That only awaits the gift of love for it to spark
Into a fire that burns forever, endlessly
Like the river that can't help but meet the sea
In this magic hour between the dark and the dawn
In the space between the silence and the song
Suddenly the mystery is clear
That love is only letting go of fear
Love is the answer, love is the way
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
Love is the reason, and love is the why
And love is in heaven right here on Earth and peace inside
Inside your heart, deep in your soul
Within each part, and in the whole
Love is the answer, love is the way
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
Love is the reason, love is the why
And love is in heaven right here on Earth and peace inside.
There's a name for war and killing
there's a name for giving in
when you know another answer
for me the name is sin
but there's still time to turn around
and make all hatred cease
and give another name to living
and we could call it peace
And peace would be the road we walk
each step along the way
and peace would be the way we work
and peace the way we play
And in all we see that's different
and in all the things we know
peace would be the way we look
and peace the way we grow
There's a name for separation
there's a name for first and last
when it's all for us or nothing
for me the name is past
but there's still time to turn around
and make all hatred cease
and give a name to all the future
and we could call it peace
And if peace is what we pray for
and peace is what we give
then peace will be the way we are
and peace the way we live
Yes there still is the time to turn around
and make all hatred cease
and give another name to living
and we can call it peace
The garment of life, be it tattered and torn
The cloak of the soldier is withered and worn
But what child is this that was poverty-born
The peace of Christmas Day
CHORUS:
The branch that bears the bright holly
The dove that rests in yonder tree
The light that shines for all to see
The peace of Christmas Day
Verse 2:
The hope that has slumbered for 2000 years
The promise that silenced 1000 fears
A faith that can hobble an ocean of tears
The peace of Christmas Day
(chorus)
Verse 3:
Add all the grief that people may bear
Total the strife, the troubles and care
Put them in columns and leave them right there
The peace of Christmas Day
(chorus twice)
Living on free food tickets.
Water in the milk from the hole in the roof
Where the rain came through,
What can we do? Mmm.
Tears from your baby sister,
Cryin' 'cause she doesn't have a dress
Without a patch for the party to go,
Ah but you know she'll get by,
Because she's living in the love of the common people,
Smiles from the heart of a family man,
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to,
Mummy's gonna love you just as much as she can,
And she can.
It's a good thing you don't have busfare,
it would fall through the hole in your pocket
And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground,
Walking to the town to find a job.
Trying to keep your hands warm,
But the hole in your shoe lets the snow come through
And it chills to the bone,
Boy you better go home where it's warm.
And you can live in the love of the common people,
Smiles from the heart of a family man,
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to,
Mummy's gonna love you just as much as she can,
And she can.
Living on dreams ain't easy,
but the closer the knit the tighter the fit
And the chills stay away,
You take them in stride, family pride.
You know, faith is your foundation
With a whole lot of love
And a warm conversation and many a prayer,
making you strong where you belong.
Living in the love of the common people,
Smiles from the heart of a family man,
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to,
Mummy's gonna love you just as much as she can,
Yeah
Living in the love of the common people,
Smiles from the heart of a family man,
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to,
Mummy's gonna love you just as much as she can,
Yeah ... (repeat chorus and fade)
(or end with the following)
And she can.
Time, there was a time
You could talk to me without speaking
You would look at me and I'd know
All there was to know
Days, I think of you
And remember the lies we told
In the night, the love we knew
The things we shared when our hearts were beating together
Days, that were so few
Full of love and you
Gone, the days are gone now
Days, that seem so wrong now
Life, won't be the same
Without you to hold again in my arms
To ease the pain and remember
When our love was a reason for living
Days, that were so few
Full of love and you
The Earth is our mother just turning around
With the trees in the forest and roots underground
Our father above us whose sigh is the wind
Paint us a rainbow without any end
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children a pure love still grows
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone
Sparrows find freedom beholding the sun
In the infinite beauty we’re all joined in one
I reach out before me and look to the sky
Did I hear someone whisper? Did something pass by?
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children a pure love still grows
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
The first Noel, the angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
And by the light of that same star,
Three wise men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
This star drew night to the northwest,
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
Then entered in those wise men three,
Full reverently upon their knee;
And offered there in his presence,
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
By-bye lully, lullay.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
By-bye lully, lullay.
O sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day,
This poor Youngling for whom we sing
By-bye lully, lullay.
Herod the King, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day;
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young, to slay.
Then woe is me, poor Child, for Thee,
And ever mourn and say;
For Thy parting nor say nor sing,
By-bye lully, lullay.
We are sorry but we are not allowed to post The Christmas Song (chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire ) lyrics by John Denver either for privacy issues or copyright protection!
(Paxton)
The children of Bethlehem,
One cold winter's night,
Were wakened by singing,
And a heavenly light.
With whispers and murmurs,
On pattering feet,
The children of Bethlehem
Came into the street.
The people were sleeping,
All safely in bed.
The children heard singing
In the sky overhead.
They heard, 'Peace will be with you,
Whoever you are.
Oh, come to the stable
Come, follow the Star!'
And the children of Bethlehem,
That cold winter's night,
Came down to the stable;
They followed the light.
Now the roosters were crowing,
At the dawning of day.
The baby lay sleeping.
In the manger he lay.
The children of Bethlehem,
Came in two by two.
They came to the manger,
That the Star brought them to.
They came to the manger,
Where the sweet Baby lay.
The children of Bethlehem,
Showed us the way.
I?ll sing you a song of
Spiro Agnew
Who's that running down the alley
In the dark of Friday night
As he zippers up his trousers
In the inky slinky light
Why, of course, it's good old Gary
Leaping over someone's fence
Yes, it's good old Gary Hart
I wouldn't keep you in suspense
He likes going out to parties
He likes being a rolling stone
And he ran things for McGovern
So I guess we should have known
He likes warm and willing women
He likes being where they are
He couldn't sing, he couldn't dance
But he just had to be a star
So he went into the Politics Game
Yes, he went into the politics game
Warren Beatty told him 'looky'
You can get a lot of nookie
If you get into the politics game
When he made it to the Senate
Gary started making hay
Gary started making nearly
Everything that came his way
He liked taking a position
But when all is said and done
Gary's favorite position
Was the missionary one
Jimmy Dean was Gary's hero
And he studied him with care
How he stood and how he walked
And even how he wore his hair
But the thing that moved him most
And made him swear he'd never fail
If he made it to the White House
Think of all the chicks he'd nail
So he went into the Politics Game
Yes, he went into the politics game
Warren Beatty told him 'looky'
You can get a lot of nookie
If you get into the politics game
Well, he met her at a party
And her name was Donna Rice
She was Gary's kind of woman
She was pure 'Miami Vice'
She thought he was Gary Collins
And could get her on TV
She suggested monkey business
And the rest is history
When they caught him makin' whooppee
And the campaign had to cease
Gary went into seclusion
He just had to find some peace
He's been out in Colorado
Since, I can't remember when
But he must be gettin' horny
'Cause he's runnin' once again
So he's running into the Politics Game
Yes, he's running into the politics game
Warren Beatty told him 'looky'
You can get a lot of nookie
If you get into the politics game
If you say all the good times are gone,
If you say this rain will keep rainin' on--
I'll walk along with my head held high;
I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky--
I may be wrong but I'll live 'til I die.
That's the way it's gonna be.
Wait and see.
Even though you say hard times knock at my door,
Though you say I'll never smile any more--
I just imagine that I'm ten feet tall,
Then if I try I can climb the highest wall,
It doesn't matter if I slip down and fall:
That's the way it's gonna be.
Wait and see.
Just you wait and see.
Even though you say I've reached the end of the row,
Though you say my times are all running low--
It's been so long since I tried to frown,
That Old Man Trouble will never get me down.
It's all that easy when you know where you're bound.
That's the way it's gonna be.
Wait and see.
Even though you say all the good times are gone,
Though you say this rain will keep rainin' on--
I'll walk along with my head held high;
I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky--
Maybe I'm wrong but I'll live 'til I die.
That's the way it's gonna be.
Wait and see.
Just you wait and see.
Open up your eyes and see the brand new day
The clear blue sky and brightly shining sun
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say
Everything that's cold and gray is gone
Open up your hands and feel the rain come on down
Taste the wind and smell the flowers' sweet perfume
Open up your mind and let the light shine in
The earth has been reborn and life goes on
Do you care what's happening around you?
Do your senses know the changes when they come?
Do you see yourself reflected in the season?
Do you understand the need to carry on?
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences there's no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we're still the same
And oh, I love the life within me
I feel a part of everything I see
And oh, I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Just wait till November, the old sailors say
It's a terrible time of the year
If you wish to travel across Georgia Bay
You will have reason to fear
There's a danger when water and sky become one
And the fog makes you blind as can be
When the earth starts to tremble, a man wants to run
For the Storms of November are all that is fearful to me.
Once the voyagers came on a run from the woods
The canoes that were loaded with fur
Now the ships are like giants, and loaded with goods
Cause just weeks when the sea starts to stir
For the waters are driven by one straight from hell
And a fury takes over the sea
And the waves are like mountains, boy, mark my words well
The storms of November are all that is fearful to me.
They say she's a woman, this ship that I serve
She's a queen and a temptress to me.
With my mind and my muscle and all of my earth
I'll not give her up to the demon who lives in the sea.
Just wait till November, the old sailors say
It's a terrible time of the year
If you wish to travel across Georgia Bay
You will have reason to fear
For the waters are driven by one straight from hell
And a fury takes over the sea
And the waves are like mountains, boy, mark my words well
The storms of November are all that is fearful to me.
The storms of November are all that is fearful to me.
Sticky summer weather always pains me
It's like living beneath a blanket I can't breathe
The days are like an oven the nights forever
Nothing to do not much else to see
Then again, I can't stand the thought of winter
Ain't got a fire there's nobody to keep me warm
The night is grey and my coffee tastes so bitter
My memoreis go raging back to storm
Seems like twenty years ago in the springtime
The rain was sweet the wind was cool and clean
I had a girl she was a lady I could talk to
Now it's almost like she's never been
I've been a long time looking for rainbows
Trying to find a way to believe tomorrow
There was a time I think when I remember dreaming
There was a reason I can't find it now
As I recall it almost made my life worth living
It must be hiding like the sun behind a cloud
I've been a long time looking for rainbows
Trying to find a way to believe tomorrow
Sticky summer weather always pains me
It's like living beneath a blanket I can't breathe
The days are like an oven the nights forever
Nothing to do not much else to see
Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ’round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don’t mind not knowing what lies down the track
’Cause I’m looking out ahead
To keep my mind from turning back
It’s not the first time, I find myself alone at dawn
If I really had you once, I still have you when I'm gone
Whistle blowing, blowing lonesome in my mind
Calling me along that never ending double line
Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ’round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don’t mind not knowing what lies down the track
’Cause I’m looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back
The sun is shining through the open boxcar door
Lying in my mind with the things I’ve known before
And I’ve lost count of all the hours, days and time
Just the rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind
Steel Rails, chasing sunshine ’round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don’t mind not knowing what lies down the track
There’s somethin’ about the ocean rising up to meet the shoreline
Somethin’ about a river the way it runs to meet the sea
There’s somethin’ about a rainfall and it’s like the gift of living
There’s somethin’ about that water that makes me sing
Oh somethin’ about the mountains rising right straight up to heaven
And somethin’ about a canyon in the shade of a cottonwood tree
Somethin’ about the desert in the afterglow of evening
There’s somethin’ about the west that makes me sing
There’s somethin’ about the way you love me baby
There’s somethin’ about the way your lips meet mine
There’s somethin’ about the way you like to touch me
It really turns me on and makes my little light shine
There’s somethin’ about the way you love me baby
There’s somethin’ about the way your lips meet mine
There’s somethin’ about the way you like to touch me
It really turns me on and makes my little light shine
There’s somethin’ about the forest in the latter days of August
There’s somethin’ about the country on the very first day of springtime
There’s somethin’ about a wheatfield, oh you know I love the prairie
For someone who's got everything life can still be rough
If things are what you're looking for there's never quite enough
And all the tea in China wont make a house a home
'Cause you can be a mil-lionaire and still be sleeping alone
Oh there might be some one night stands to ease the pain inside
Or someone you can call around if you've lost all your pride
Please don't be mistaken, I don't mean to put that down.
I know there's times when any thing is better than sleeping alone
Sleeping alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleeping alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
You know that it's not company you are looking for
You know it's not just pleasure, you know it's something more
You know it's not the answer if it's not like coming home
If the one who's there doesn't really care, it's worse sleeping alone.
Sleeping alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleeping alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
For someone who's got everything life can still be rough
If things are what you're looking for there's never quite enough
And all the tea in China won't make a house a home
You can be a mil-lionaire and still be sleeping alone
You can be a mil-lionaire and still be sleeping alone
Oh I love the changing seasons
Green and growing all around
Smiling faces laughing children
Making such a joyful sound
In my dreams I see tomorrow
Time and children of my own
Someone who will stand beside me
Helping me to make ourselves a home
If your eyes can see tomorrow
Though it might seem far away
If you have some dreams to build on
May we help you today
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
And now I'm almost eight as you can see
You came home at a quarter past eleven
Fell down underneath our Christmas tree
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
Mumma smiled and looked outside the window
She told me son, you better go upstairs
Then you laughed and hollered Merry Christmas
I turned around and saw my Mumma's tears
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't wanna see my Mumma cry
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes, Yoohoo!
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes, Yoohoo!
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain,
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain,
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes, Yoohoo!
She'll be scolding her hair stylist
When she comes, will you please!
She'll be scolding her hair stylist
When she comes, will you please!
She'll be scolding her hair stylist
With some language that's the vilist
She'll be scolding her hair stylist
When she comes, will you please! Yoohoo!
She'll be followed by her fan club
When she comes, Yeah!, Miss Piggy!
She'll be followed by her fan club
When she comes, Yeah!, Miss Piggy!
She'll be followed by her fan club
And the local Superman club
She'll be followed by her fan club
When she comes
Yeah! Miss Piggy! Will you please! Yoo hoo!
She'll be towing her string section
When she comes, more violins!
She'll be towing her string section
When she comes, more violins!
She'll be towing her string section
While they play her pet selection
She'll be towing her string section
When she comes
More violins! Yeah! Miss Piggy!
Will you please! Yoo hoo!
She'll be hounded by photographers
When she comes, say cheese!
She'll be hounded by photographers
When she comes, say cheese!
She'll be hounded by photographers
Secretaries and stenographers
She'll be hounded by photographers
When she comes, say cheese! More violins!
Yeah! Mis Piggy! Will you please! Yoo Hoo!
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes, when she comes
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes, when she comes
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain
When she comes
Well, I wake up late in the afternoon,
I eat my eggs to the evening news,
and the sun's gone down 'fore I find my shoes,
Music fills the air, but it's all the blues.
And she won't let me fly away
she won't let me fly away
Well, we got no heat and the window's broke,
The storm rains came, ev'rything got soaked
And there's no bread left, nothing here to smoke,
Then the Lord looks down sayin',
'Can't you take a joke?
The palm tree's just a picture on a postcard,
The ocean's just a mem'ry in my dream,
Then a man comes a T.V. sellin' soapsuds
To dirty up my rivers and my streams.
Like a myst'ry movie without an end,
When you think it's over, it just begins,
It's not always true that the good guy wins,
I been down so long that I got the bends.
And she won't let me fly away
she won't let me fly away
she won't let me fly away
she won't let me fly away
she won't let me fly away
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Please daddy don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Just last year when I was only seven.
Now I'm almost eight as you can see.
You came home a quarter past eleven.
Fell down underneath our Christmas tree.
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Please daddy don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Mamma smiled and looked outside the window.
She told me: 'Son, you better get upstairs.'
But then you laughed and hollered: 'Merry Christmas.'
I turned around and saw my mamma's tears.
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Please daddy don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Please daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
Please daddy don't get drunk this Christmas.
I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
No, I don't wanna see my mamma cry.
This medley was first released on the Rocky Mountain High album. It is the only album it has been released on. Summer also appears on the An Evening With album.
Summer
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
Softly like a baby's breath a breeze begins to whisper
The sun is coming, quick you must be gone
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing
The promise of another sunny day
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine
I do believe that summer's here to stay
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, ther's no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we're still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Fall
Reflections on the water like shadows in my mind
Speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time
The falling leaves are whispering winter's on it's way
I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday
It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the winter
And more than that it's oh so sad to see the summer end
And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see
If it were mine to make the change I'd let it be
But I don't remember hearing anybody asking me
Winter
It's cold and it's getting colder
It's gray and white and winter all around
And oh I must be getting older
All this snow is trying to get me down
There's a fire in the corner slowly dyin'
Sometimes I just don't feel like goin' on
And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting
For another chance to see the summer sun
Come on, shine on me!
Late Winter, Early Spring
(When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
(Instrumental only)
Spring
Open up your eyes and see a brand new day
A clear blue sky and brightly shining sun
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say
Everything that's cold and gray has gone
Open up your hands and feel the rain come down
Taste the wind and smell the flowers' sweet perfume
Open up your mind and let the light come in
The earth has been reborn and life goes on
Do you care what's happening around you
Do your senses know the changes when they come
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons
Can you understand the need to carry on
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we're still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel a part of everything I see
And oh I love the life within me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
Words and music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
(Denver/Taylor/Kniss)
[Summer]
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water, captive moonlight waiting for the dawn.
Softly like a baby's breath, a breeze begins to whisper.
The sun is coming quick you must be dawn.
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing, the promise of another sunny day.
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine, I do believe that summer's here to stay.
And do you care what's happening around you,
do your senses know the changes when they come?
Can you see yourself reflecting in the seasons, can you understand the need to carry on?
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see, so many ways and oh, so many things.
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me.
Yet as different as we are, we're still the same.
And oh, I love the life within me, I feel a part of everything I see.
And oh, I love the life around me, a part of everything is here in me.
A part of everything is here in me, a part of everything is here in me.
[Fall]
Reflections on the water, like shadows in my mind,
speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time.
The falling leaves are whispering, winter's on its way.
I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday.
It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the wind.
And more than that, it's oh, so sad to see the summer end.
And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see,
if it were mine to make the change I think I'd let it be.
But I don't remember hearing anybody asking me.
[Winter]
It's cold and it's getting colder. It's gray and white and winter all around.
And oh, I must be getting older, all this snow is trying to get me down.
There's a fire in the corner slowly dying, sometimes I just don't feel like going on anymore.
And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting for another chance to see the summer sun,
come on, shine on me.
There's a fire in the corner slowly dying, sometimes I just don't feel like going on anymore.
And yet I know it's more than worth the waiting for another chance to see the summer sun,
come on, shine on me.
[Spring]
Open up your eyes and see the brand new day, the clear blue sky and brightly shining sun.
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say, 'everything that's cold and gray is gone.'
Open up your hands and feel the rain come down,
taste the wind and smell the flowers' sweet perfume.
Open up your mind and let the light come in, the earth has been reborn and life goes on.
Do you care what's happening around you? Do your senses know the changes when they come?
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons? Can you understand the need to carry on?
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see, so many ways and oh, so many things.
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me.
Yet as different as we are, we're still the same.
And oh, I love the life within me, I feel a part of everything I see.
And oh, I love the life around me, a part of everything is here in me.
A part of everything is here in me, a part of everything is here in me.
(Derek, there were some good things in there...)
This medley was first released on the rocky mountain high album. it is the only album it has been released on. summer also appears on the an evening with album.
Summer
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
Softly like a baby’s breath a breeze begins to whisper
The sun is coming, quick you must be gone
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing
The promise of another sunny day
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine
I do believe that summer’s here to stay
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, ther’s no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we’re still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
A part of everything is here in me
Fall
Reflections on the water like shadows in my mind
Speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time
The falling leaves are whispering winter’s on it’s way
I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday
It seems a shame to see september swallowed by the winter
And more than that it’s oh so sad to see the summer end
And though the changing colors are a lovely thing to see
If it were mine to make the change I’d let it be
But I don’t remember hearing anybody asking me
Winter
It’s cold and it’s getting colder
It’s gray and white and winter all around
And oh I must be getting older
All this snow is trying to get me down
There’s a fire in the corner slowly dyin’
Sometimes I just don’t feel like goin’ on
And yet I know it’s more than worth the waiting
For another chance to see the summer sun
Come on, shine on me!
Late winter, early spring
(when everybody goes to mexico)
(instrumental only)
Spring
Open up your eyes and see a brand new day
A clear blue sky and brightly shining sun
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say
Everything that’s cold and gray has gone
Open up your hands and feel the rain come down
Taste the wind and smell the flowers’ sweet perfume
Open up your mind and let the light come in
The earth has been reborn and life goes on
Do you care what’s happening around you
Do your senses know the changes when they come
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons
Can you understand the need to carry on
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences, there’s no one just like me
Yet as different as we are we’re still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel a part of everything I see
And oh I love the life within me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
A part of everything is here in me
Words and music by john denver, mike taylor and dick kniss
Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory
Beneath the stars all alone
It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love
Moon in all your splendour
Hear only my heart
Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender
Like petals falling apart
Speak once again of my love, my own
Broken song, empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For the moonlit pass by the Alamo
Relatively speaking you make me who I am
I need you exactly like the ocean needs the land
I need you like the sunshine needs the shadows and the night
I need you the way love needs the savage hurtful fight
Relatively speaking I’m nothing without you
You are where I’ve been before you are where I’m going to
You are living out my dreams and you are all my fears
You evoke my laughter, you unleash every tear
The rich ones need the poor ones
The blind need those with sight
Sinners need the pure of heart
The black ones need the white
Relatively speaking the contrast makes it go
Every action taken is related in the flow
Stars and losers, kings and fools go dancing hand in hand
Relatively speaking you make me who I am
The sick ones need the well ones
The living need the dead
Heaven needs its hell you know
And love needs lonely beds
Relatively speaking the contrast makes it go
Every action taken is related in the flow
Stars and losers, kings and fools go dancing hand in hand
Relatively speaking you make me who I am
Just out of the infantry this morning,
I had to pay my dues across the sea,
But no one back in boot camp ever warned me,
What the readjustment blues would do to me.
'Welcome to Havannah', said the pilot,
'We must have made a wrong turn on the way.'
'Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet,
If they don't know we're here we'll get away.'
Just as I had realized he was joking,
I saw we were in Washington D.C.,
'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings.
Just like I had seen them on T.V.
It must have been a holiday,
'cause there was this parade.
People carried signs I couldn't read that they had made.
'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks;
There was a battle raging and
The air was filled with teargas and rocks.
There was the flag I'd fought against so often,
The one I fought for hanging upside down,
The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
It made the city sky look dark and brown.
I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
Except her hair was long and in her face,
She explained this was a demonstration,
Against the war and for the human race.
Now I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels,
Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore,
But I never thought I'd see so many people
Saying we don't want your + + + war!
The troops all had on uniforms
Just like the one I'd worn,
But they were all domestic and my duty chose war.
They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
Except this time I was the citizen
And they were pointing their guns at me,
Yes, I was just a citizen and
I was walking down the street,
And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues
Got through to me.
Josie works a counter at the downtown five and dime
Anything at all to help her pass the time
Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on
About the good times playing in his mind
It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
It's a long night sleepin' alone
It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
It's a long, long way home
Josie spends the evening with the people on the pages
Of the paperback she picked up at the store
Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter
Wo! they don't come too often anymore
It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
It's a long night sleepin' alone
It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
It's a long, long way home
I stare at the gray walls before me
I see her face in the dawn
I try to imagine our baby
I wish they would let me go home
I wish they would let me go home
I wish they would let me go home
It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
I wish they would let me go home
It's a long night sleepin' alone
I wish they would let me go home
It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
I wish they would let me go home
It's a long, long way home
I wish they would let me go home
It's a long, long way home
I wish they would let me go home
Bring me and the other boys home
I wish they would let me go home
Bring me and the other boys home
I wish they would let me go home
Bring me and the other boys home
(Intro)
Verse 1
Dear friend of mine, the weather's fine
Today I saw some ruins of the Roman world's decline
And I climbed all those Spanish Steps;
You've heard of them no doubt.
But Rome has lost its glory, I don't know what it's about
I wish you were here
(When the shadows fall and all the rushing traffic stills)
I wish you were here
(And the bells are ringing on the Seven Hills)
I make my way to a small cafe'
I wonder what you did today
Wish you were here
Verse 2
Dear one at home, I just flew in from Rome
Paris is a postcard all decked out in color chrome
And so I climbed the Eiffel Tower
And prayed at Notre Dame
But I just can't find the romance
And I wonder why I came
I wish you were here
(on the Champs-Elysees lovers walking hand in hand)
I wish you were here
(they take one look at me and seem to understand)
This city of light is a lovely sight
The first bright star I see tonight
Wish you were here
Now I write this from the plane,
Drinking cheap champagne
And wondering why two people
Got so far apart
I wish you were here
(Here in London where the rain is pouring down)
I wish you were here
(On this airplane headed back to New York town)
I'll never leave you alone again
I'm coming home but until then
Wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
(Traditional)
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining, it is the night of our dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices for yonder breaks a new glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, oh, hear the angels' voices, oh, night divine, oh night when Christ was born.
O night divine, oh night, oh night divine, oh night divine.
Oh, night divine, oh night when Christ was born.
O night divine, oh night, oh night divine, oh night divine.
Oh, my home is in the mountains.
Given wings to sail in gracefullness.
The sky, the sky.
Given a voice to sing in brethlessness.
I find that I can fly, fly away.
I've been a long time on the highway.
I've been a long time on the run.
And it gets to be like chaos
When I'm so long away from home.
And sometimes it's just to much to bare.
And I hide behind my eyes.
I can picture friendly faces.
And I can dream of friendly skies.
And I guess that I'm a lucky one.
For the truth of what I know.
For my heart had not denied me.
And I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner.
Touch steel and glass and stone.
If I leave I will return again
To my Rocky Mountain Home.
Oh, my home is in the mountains.
Given wings to sail in gracefullness.
The sky, the sky.
Given a voice to sing in brethlessness.
I find that I can fly, fly away.
In the hands of my father.
In the light of the sunshine.
On the wings of an eagle.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
I'm flying again.
(Mercer/Warren)
Do you hear that whistle down the line, I figure that it's Engine #49,
She's the only one that'll sound that way on The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe.
See the old smoke rising round the bend,
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend.
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From on The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe.
Here she comes, whoo oo oo oo, hey Jim, you better get the rig.
Whoo oo oo oo, she's got a list of passengers that's pretty big.
And they'll all want a lift to Brown's Hotel,
'cause lots of them been traveling for quite a spell
all the way from Philadelphia on The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe.
All aboard, all aboard, oo oo oo. Let her rip, let her rip, Mr. Engineer,
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here.
While the man at the fire shovels in the coals,
stick your head out the cab and watch the drivers roll.
See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by,
Fare thee well Laramie and Rocky Mountain High,
Yes sirree, here we are, going all the way, mustn't quit till we hit California.
See the old smoke rising round the bend,
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend.
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From on The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe.
Come they told me
pa rum pum pum pum
Our new born King to see,
pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring
pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before our King
pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him
pa rum pum pum pum,
when we come.
Little Baby
pa rum pum pum pum
pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give our King
pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you!
pa rum pum pum
on my drum.
Mary nodded
pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him
pa rum pum pum
I played my best for Him
pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me
pa rum pum pum pum
me and my drum.
A frosty Christmas Eve, when the stars where shining
I traveled for the home, where westward falls the hill
And for many, many a village, in the darkness of the valley
distant music reached me, peels of bells were ringing.
Then spread my thoughts to olden times, to that first of Christmases
when shepherds who were watching, heard music in the fields
and they sat there and they marveled, and they knew they could not tell
whether it were angels, or the bright stars a-singing
But to me heard a far, it was starry music
the singing of the angels, the comfort of our Lord
words of old that come a traveling, by the riches of the times
and I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill
and I softly listened, as I stood upon the hill
I like your eyes.
I like your nose.
I like your mouth.
Your ears, your hands, your toes.
I like you face.
It's really you.
I like the things you say and do.
There's not a single soul
Who sees the skies
The way you see them.
Through your eyes.
And aren't you glad.
You should be glad.
There's no one, no one
Exactly like you.
My old man had a round of soul
He’d hear an old freight train
Then he’d have to go
Said he’d been blessed with a gypsy bone
That’s the reason they guessed
He’d been cursed to roam
Came into town back before the war
Didn’t even know what it
Was he was looking for
He carried a tattered bag for his violin
It was full of lots of songs
Of places he had been
He talked real easy
Had a smiling way to pass abn^. to you
When his fiddle played
Making people drop their cares and woes
To hum out loud those tunes
That his fiddle howed
Till the people there began to join that sound
And everyone in town was
Laughing, singing, dancing round
Like the fiddlers tune was
All the years that passed
That love would keep them warm
All their lives they’d share
A dream come true
All because she danced while his fiddle tuned
My old man had a round of soul
He’d hear an old freight train
Then he’d have to go
All that I recall said when I was young
No one else could really
the season is upon us now
the time for gifts and giving
as the year draws to its close,
i think about my living.
the christmas time when i was young,
the magic and the wonder.
the colors dull, and candles dim
and dark, my standing under.
oh, little angel shining light
you've set my soul to dreaming
you've given back my joy in life
and filled me with new meaning.
a savior king was born that day
baby just like you
as the wise men came with gifts
i've come with my gift too.
that peace on earth fills up your time
and brotherhood surrounds you
that you may know the warmth of love
and wrap it all around you.
its just a wish,
a dream i'm told,
from days when i was young
merry christmas little zachary,
merry christams everyone...
merry christmas little zachary,
merry christmas... everyone.
When I was just a wee little boy, full of health and joy.
One Christmas morning I received The Marvellous Little Toy.
A wonder to behold it was with many colours bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it, it became my heart's delight.
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood
still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
The first time that I picked it up I had a big surprise.
For right on it's bottom were two big buttons that looked like big green eyes.
I first pushed one and then the other, then I twisted it's lid.
And when I set it down again, this is what it did.
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
It first marched left and then marched right, then marched under a chair
and when I looked where it had gone it wasn't even there.
I started to cry but my Daddy laughed 'cause he knew that I would find.
when i turned around my marvellous toy would be chugging from behind.
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrrrr when it stood
still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
The years have gone by too quickly it seems, I have my own little boy.
And yesterday I gave to him my marvellous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head and he gave a squeal of glee...
Neither one of us knows just what it is but he loves it just like me.
It still goes zip when it moves and bop when it stops, whirrrrr when it
stands still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
(Wilson)
Oo, merry Christmas, Santa only comes this time each year, oooo.
Well, way up north where the air gets cold,
there's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told.
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red,
and he spends the whole year working out on his sled,
it's a little Saint Nick, it's a little Saint Nick.
Just a little bobsled, calls it old Saint Nick,
But he sparks the buggy with a full speed stick.
He's candy apple red with a ski for a wheel,
Then he gives gas and just watch him peel, yeah,
it's a little Saint Nick, it's a little Saint Nick.
Run run reindeer, run run reindeer, run run reindeer,
run run reindeer, run run run, yeah!
He's rolling through the snow at a frightful speed
with a half dozen deer with Rudy to lead.
He's gotta wear his goggle cause the snow really flies,
and he's cruising every path with a little surprise,
it's a little Saint Nick, it's a little Saint Nick.
Oo, merry Christmas, Santa only comes this time each year,
(run run run run reindeer!)
Oo, merry Christmas, Santa only comes this time each year,
(run run run run reindeer!)
Oo, merry Christmas, Santa only comes this time each year,
(run run run run reindeer!) all right, that's nice. Sorry.
This song was first released on the One World Album. It is the only album it appears on.
I am the son of a grassland farmer
Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
I gave up my father to South Korea
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
There are four generations of blood in this topsoil
Four generations of love on this farm
Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
I had a son and my son was a soldier
He was so like my father, he was so much like me
To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
He gave up his future to revolution
His life to a battle that just can't be won
For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
A slave to the ways of the powers that be
And I fear for my children, as I fear for the for the future I see
Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
What does it take for a people to learn
If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
Have we forgotten
All the lives that were given
All the vows that were taken
Saying never again
Now for the first time
This could be the last time
If peace is our vision
Let us begin
Have we forgotten
All the lives that were given
All the vows that were taken
Saying never again, never again
Now for the first time
This could be the last time
If peace is our vision
Let us begin, let us begin
Words and music by John Denver
Western Oklahoma ninteen forty three
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
I gave up my father to South Korea
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
There are four generations of blood in this topsoil
Four generations of love on this farm
Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
I had a son and my son was a soldier
He was so like my father, he was so much like me
To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
He gave up his future to revolution
His life to a battle that just can't be won
For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
A slave to the ways of the powers that be
And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see
Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
What does it take for a people to learn
If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
Have we forgotten
All the lives that were given
All the vows that were taken
Saying never again
Now for the first time
This could be the last time
If peace is our vision
Let us begin
Have we forgotten
All the lives that were given
All the vows that were taken
Saying never again
Now for the first time
This could be the last time
If peace is our vision
Let us begin, Let us begin.
Lady, are you crying
Do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone
Lady, you've been dreaming
I'm as close as I can be
And I swear to you
Our time has just begun
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind
I promise I will stay right here beside you
Today our lives were joined, became entwined
I wish that you could know how much I love you
Lady, are you happy
Do you feel the way I do
Are there meanings that you've never seen before
Lady, my sweet lady
I just can't believe it's true
And it's like I've never, ever loved before
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind
I promise I will stay right here beside you
Today our lives were joined, became entwined
I wish that you could know how much I love you
Lady, are you crying
Do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone
Lady, my sweet lady
I'm as close as I can be
And I swear to you, our time has just begun
This song was first released on the John Denver Album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Joseph & Joe
The priest and the cowboy
The places they’ve been to
The places they’re in
For a time between storms
On the side of a mountain
With another man’s family
A family of friends
Joseph can give you
The keys to the kingdom
He’ll put you in touch with
The spirit of man
Joe love the desert
But lives in the mountains
His closest companion
A left-handed man
Where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Tell me how do you know
Joseph I lost you
In some other city
Our paths and our crossing
Were way out of time
Joe how the seasons
Have drifted between us
Or is it your vision
Much greater then mine
Take head of the darkness
Which gathers around us
A fire that consumes us
Forever to burn
Then look to the surf
For our father is with us
Our mother will teach us
What we need to learn
Where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Tell me how do you know
Tell me where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Tell me how do you know
Words and music by John Denver
From a phone booth in Vegas Jessie calls at 5 AM
To tell me how shes tired of all of them
She says baby I've been thinking about a trailer by the sea
We could go to Mexico you the cat and me
We'll drink tequila and look for seashells
Now doesn't that sound sweet
Jessie you always do this every time I get back on my feet
Jessie paint your pictures 'bout how it's gunna be
By now I should know better
Your dreams are never free
But tell me all about our little trailer by the sea
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me
Oh Jessie u can always sell any dream to me
She asked me how the cats been
I say Moses he's just fine
But he used to think about you all the time
We finally took your pictures down off the wall
Jessie how do you always seem to know just when to call
She says get yourself together
Bring Mose and drive real fast and I listen to her promise
I swear to God this time it's gunna last
Jessie paint your pictures 'bout how it's gunna be
By now I should know better
Your dreams are never free
But tell me all about our little trailor by the sea
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me
Oh, Jessie you can always sell any dream to me
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me
I'll love you in the sunshine
Lay you down in the warm white sand
And who knows maybe this time
Things'll turn out just the way you planned
Jessie paint your pictures about how it's gunna be
By now I should know better
Your dreams are never free
But tell me all about our little trailor by the sea
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me
Oh, Jessie u can always sell any dream to me
You can do whatever you want to do wherever you want to go it's up to you
And wouldn't it be fine following your heart playing your own part
You and me out on a farm let the sun be our alarm
Kicking off our shoes doing what we choose
And wouldn't it be fine knowing that you're mine anytime you want to be
I don't want to own you I just want to hold you
I just want to need you
I just like to see you smile and stay for awhile
If the times get rough bein' free might be enough
Keep our feelings warm see us through the storm
Wouldn't it be fine looking back and knowing that we helped each other find
You can do whatever you want to do wherever you want to go it's up to you
And wouldn't it be fine following your heart playing your own part
It's In Every one of us to be Wise
Find your heart,
Open up both your eyes.
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in every one of us, by and by
It's In Every one of us to be Wise
Find your heart, Open up both your eyes.
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in every one of us, by and by
It's in every one of us, by and by
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the I Want To Live Album. It has been released on The Rocky Mountain Collection, The Country Roads Collection and the Country Classics Albums.
You came looking for the answers
To some questions on his mind
Seeking truth and understanding
In the hope that he would find
A way to better serve his brothers
And his sisters in the sun
Sharing all that he has given
Giving all to everyone
Come and listen to the story
Of a journey once begun
Of a people and their plenty
And their season in the sun
And how they gave themselves to symbols
And things that they could hold
Living lives in desperation
In the fear of letting go
It amazes me
And I know the wind will surely one day
Blow it all away
It amazes me
And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way
For our plans have come together now
Where do we go from here
Will our differences divide us
Must we always live in fear
For there are things that we must move through
Some things to cast aside
But our father watches over us
Our mother will provide
It amazes me
And I know the wind will someday surely
Blow it all away
It amazes me
And I'm so very grateful that you made the world this way
It amazes me
It amazes me
It amazes me
Words and music by John Denver
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on Dreamland Express album, and has also been released on The Country Roads Collection album.
I'd sing you a song, without a word
Still you would hear my tune
I'd give you a day, without a time
So it won't end too soon
Anything, I would do
And that really is my point of view
If ever, my darling in my life
I ever had a chance to love you
I'd build you a world made of the dream
That dances on your head
Take a rainbow with colours bright
To hang over your head
Anything, I would do
And that really is my point of view
If ever, my darling in my life
I ever had a chance to love you
Fate's been waiting for the right time
To put us in each other's arms
But why should we sit and waste time
To start right now would do no harm
Give me a sign and I will show you
The magic of when I speak
Open your heart, let me come in
My love is yours to keep
Anything, I would do
And that really is my point of view
If ever, my darling in my life
I ever had a chance to love you
If I ever had a chance to love you
If I ever had a chance to love you
Words and Music by Stevie Wonder and Stephanie Andrews
Oh, at first it was just like heaven in your heart and in your arms
And paradise discovered in the sweetness of your charms
Yes, and every day a miracle to awake and be with you
And every night in your embrace another dream come true
But castles sometimes crumble some rivers still run dry
And fairy tales are witches tales when the truth becomes a lie'
And a pocket full of promises won't buy a diamond ring
And every word you said to me just didn't mean a thing
It's over now, you've gone too far I can't take anymore
Be careful now - don't hurt yourself when you walk through that door
I can hardly stand to look at you it makes me want to cry
Get your tongue out of my mouth because I'm kissing you goodbye!
Now I suppose I'll never know why things turned out this way
And why the one you love the most is the one you drove away?
Yes, and I suppose I'll never, ever really understand
How I could think that you'd make me a happy married man
So now I sit and contemplate the reason for it all
The climb to heights of ecstasy the failure and the fall
If a broken heart is purposeful it's in the lesson learned
No matter what the reason is it hurts when you get burned
Now I don't care, I don't think I'll ever love again
'Kemosabe' used to me good and trusted friend
But now it stands for therapy and all the tears I cry
Get your tongue out of my mouth 'Cause I'm kissing you goodbye!
Bye, Bye. Bye, Bye.
(Lady's Chains)
Jessie went away last summer, a couple of months ago.
After all our time together, it was hard to see her go.
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come,
but living on an LA freeway ain't my kind of having fun.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy, I think I'd rather ride the range.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.
When we were just beginning, it was such an easy way.
Laying back up in the mountains making love for sunny days.
She got tired of picking daisies and cooking my meals for me,
she can live the life she wants to, yes, it's all right with me.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy, I think I'd rather ride the range.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.
I'd rather live on the side of a mountain than wander through canyons of concrete and steel.
I'd rather laugh in the rain and sunshine and lay down my sundown in some starry field.
Oh, but I miss her in the morning when I awake alone.
The absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound.
But her memory always makes me smile and I want you to know,
I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy, I think I'd rather ride the range.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy, I think I'd rather ride the range.
I think I'd rather be a cowboy than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.
This song was first released on the whose garden was this? album. it is the only album it has been released on.
I wish I could have been there on the highway
When the people came from miles around to see
The children of the flowers come together
I wish I could have been there in the sunshine
With the sound of lovely laughter in the air
And the music makers first began to play
To hear them play
And I wish I could have been there in the rain
When the clouds were full of castles in the sky
And I wish I could have heard the people sing
As the rhytmn and the words came floating by
I wish I could have been there in the starlight
When the country side was trying once again
And the music and the makers the poets and the singers
And the children of the flowers have all gone
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on six albums, and was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album, and has also been released on the Changes, Country Classics, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. A live version also appears on The Best of John Denver Live Album.
Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago
After all our time together, it was hard to see her go
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come
Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the reigns
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an easy way
Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days
She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the reigns
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the side of a mountain
Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel
I'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine
Then lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake alone
The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound
But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to know
I love her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the reigns
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the reigns
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love lady's chains
Words and music by John Denver
There ain痶 nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n
home grown tomatoes Up in the mornin', out in the garden
Get you a ripe one, don痶 pick a hard 'un Plant 'em in the spring, eat 'em in
the summer All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer I forget all about the
sweatinand the digginEvery time I go out and pick me a big 'un Home grown
tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without home grown
tomatoes Only two things that money can痶 buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes You can go out to eat an that痵 for
sure But there痵 nothina home grown tomatoe won痶 cure Put 'em in a salad, put
'em in a stew
You can make your own tomatoe juice
You can eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy You can eat 'em with beans, pinto
or navy Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle Home grown tomatoes on a hot
cake griddle Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like
without home grown tomatoes Only two things that money can痶 buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes If I痵 to change this life I lead
You could call me Johnny Tomatoe Seed
'Cause I know what this country needs
Home grown tomatoes in every yard you see When I die don痶 bury me
In a box in a cold dark cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better
'Cause I could be pushin 'up a home grown tomatoe Home grown tomatoes, home
grown tomatoes What would life be like without home grown tomatoes Only two
things that money can痶 buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes
Words and music by Guy Clark
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
The red man was pressed from this part of the west
It's not likely he'll ever return
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
His flickering campfires still burn
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
How often at night when the heavens are bright
I see the light of those flickering stars
Have I laid there amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of love
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Hey there, Mr. lonely heart, if you could find the time,
I would like to sit and talk, to see if we could find
the answer to the mystery of love's most precious seed.
Is it in a touch or in a kiss or simply in the need?
Or is it really love itself that always wants to give
the heart and soul of all of us and everything that lives?
Hey there, Mr. cold, cold heart, I know I could be wrong
to think that life could be so sweet and love could be so strong as to gather everyone of us,
like one big family, to share with one another all we have all we see.
It's true the deepest part of us is everywhere, the same.
And that the only differences are really just the names.
We can join the children's song and show them that we care,
let them know we're on their side, no matter when or where.
We can free their hearts from fear and hunger, reconcile.
We can give a child a chance and give a child a smile.
True love is still the answer, and we are still the way,
the gift is in the giving, and in living, what we say.
And if you have a lonely heart, this song is just for you,
to ask for all that you can give and all that you can do.
Remember that the mystery of love's most precious seed
is in the heart of all of us, true love is all we need.
It's in the heart of all us, true love is all we need.
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need.
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need.
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need.
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need.
Intro:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on, your troubles will be miles away.
(4fr)
Here we are as in olden days,
happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
gather near to us once more.
Through the years we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smiling until then.
Who cares about the clouds if we're together,
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Happy trails to you, 'til we meet again.
This song was first released on the Some Days Are Diamonds album. It is the only album it has been released on.
If our lives could lie before us
Like a straight and narrow highway
So that we could see forever
Long before we took the ride
We would never look to heaven
Make a wish or climb a mountain
'Cause we'd always know the answer
To what's on the other side
But life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
You pay for every mile you go
And you spread some dust around
But we all have destinations
And the dust will settle down
This life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
So let's walk the road together
Who knows what we'll find tomorrow
Maybe good times, maybe sorrow
Will be waitin' 'round the bend
Given time two hearts discover
What they're feelin' for each other
At the best we'll end up lovers
At the least we'll make a friend
But life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
You pay for every mile you go
And you spread some dust around
But we all have destinations
And the dust will settle down
This life ain't no easy freeway
Just some gravel on the ground
Words and Music by Debbie Hupp and Rob Morrison
Gone fishin'
There's a sign upon your door
Gone fishin'
I ain't workin' anymore
There's a hoe out in the sun
Where you left a row half done
I said 'Hoe-in' ain't no fun'
You ain't got no ambition
Gone fishin' - by a shady, wady pool
Gone fishin', - man, you really play it cool
We don't wish to be annoyed, Mister John,
And Mister Floyd, we're fishin'
Instead of just a-wishin'
We're fishin' instead of just a-wishin'
Oh, yeah!
1 I got my gear in my pack
I got my pack on my back
Today's the day I'm going camping
Just got the goahead sign
the weather's gonna be fine
Today's the day I'm going camping
I'm gonna pitch me a tent
Won't have to pay any rent
It looks like ev'rything is 'A O.K.'
As far as I can see
I think it's gonna be a perfect camping day
2 The trees and animals
and clear blue skies
A waterfall comes tumbling right before my eyes
Birds that fly
above a mountain stream
It's absolutely perfect better than a dream
Peace and quiet
where the Good Lord smiled
Fields and fields of flowers growing wild
This is
just where I belong I'm a mother Nature's child
3 It's time to hit the trail
To hit the hill and dale
Oh, I love hiking in the mountains
It's great to reach the snow
And see the world below
Oh, I love hiking in the mountains
Each time we stop to eat
We get to rest our feet
And we'll make it if we take slow
'Cause the best way to climb
Is one step at a time and hicking is the only way to go
I got my gear in my pack
The trees and animals
It's time to hit the trail
I got my pack on my back
and clear blue skies
To hit the hill and dale
Today's the day I'm going camping
A waterfall comes tumbling right before my eyes
Oh, I love hiking in the mountains
Just got the goahead sign
Birds that fly
It's great to reach the snow
the weather's gonna be fine
above a moun-tain stream
And see the world below
Today's the day I'm goin' camping
It's absolutely perfect better than a dream
Oh, I love hiking in the mountains
I'm gonna pitch me a tent Won't
Peace and quiet
Each time we stop to eat
have to pay any rent
where the Good Lord smiled
We get to rest our feet
It looks like ev'rything is 'AO. K.'
Fields and fields of flowers growing wild
And we'll make it if we take it slow
As far as I can see
This is
'Cause the best way to climb
I think it's gonna be
just where I belong
Is one step at a time
a perfect camping day
I'm a mother Nature's child
and hicking is the only way to go
This song was first released on the Dreamland Express album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Oh, spring is here and love is in the air
Overflowing with life and I don't have a care
I'm gonna see you shining like your diamond ring
Every cell in our body is singing
Gimme your love forever
Gimme your love
Gimme your love forever
Oh, oh, gimme your love imme your love
All around I see signs of rebirth
Resurrection, renewal, celebration of life on earth
Baby won't you stay with me and watch your garden grow
I love you, I want you, please say you'll
Gimme your love forever
Gimme your love
Gimme your love forever
Oh, oh, gimme your love imme your love
People think I'm crazy as I walk along the street
I don't understand 'em anyway
All I know is since you came my life has been so sweet
And that's the way I know it's gonna stay
Baby won't you stay with me and watch your garden grow
I love you, I want you, please stay you'll
Gimme your love forever
Gimme your love
Gimme your love forever
Oh, oh, gimme your love imme your love
Words and Music by Jack Conrad and Frank Musker
(Griffin/Horton, Darling, Gabler)
Casey Jones was a mighty man, now he's resting in the Promised Land.
The only thing he could understand was an eight-wheel driver under his command.
He made the freight train boogie all the time.
He made the freight train boogie as he rolled down the line.
Woo woo, wah wah, woo woo, wah wah. Woo woo, wah wah, woo woo, wah wah.
He made the freight train boogie as he rolled down the line.
I'm headed for the station with my pack on my back,
I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack.
I just love the rhythm of the clickity-clack,
I hear the whistle blowing, see the smoke from the stack.
And pal around with democratic fellas named Mac,
Take me right back to the track, Jack.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie, woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie, take me right back to the track, Jack.
You reach your destination and alas and alack,
You need some compensation to get back in the black.
You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
and read the situation from the front to the back.
The only job that's open needs a man with a knack,
take me right back to the track, Jack.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie, woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie, take me right back to the track, Jack.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie, woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie.
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie,
He made the freight train boogie as he rolled down the line.
All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here,
Outside your door,
I hate to wake you up and say Good Bye.
But the done is breaking, surley moan,
The taxi is waiting, blown his horn.
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
Refrain:
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you wait for me,
Hold me, like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh Babe I hate to go.
So many times, I let you down,
So many times, I played around,
but I can tell you, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll thing of you,
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring.
Refrain
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time has come to kiss you,
Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Thing about the day will come,
When I won't have you leave alone,
About the day, when I won't have to stay.
Refrain
This song was first released on the it’s about time album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
I’ve wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence
Hovering there I’ve chased the shouting winds aloft
And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air
The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers
Up, up, the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor even eagle flew
And while with silent lifting mind I trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand and touched the face of god
The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers
Words by gillespie magee jr., john denver and joe henry
Music by lee holdridge
Adopted from the poem by john gillespie magee jr.
Gone fishin'
There's a sign upon your door
Gone fishin'
I ain't workin' anymore
There's a hoe out in the sun
Where you left a row half done
I said 'Hoe-in' ain't no fun'
You ain't got no ambition
Gone fishin' - by a shady, wady pool
Gone fishin', - man, you really play it cool
We don't wish to be annoyed, Mister John,
And Mister Floyd, we're fishin'
Instead of just a-wishin'
We're fishin' instead of just a-wishin'
Oh, yeah!
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
See what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
I wouldn’t change a thing
Welcome to my happiness
You know it makes me smile
And it pleases me to have you here
For just a little while
While we open up the spaces
Try to break some chains
And if the truth is told
They will never come again
Welcome to my evening
The closing of the day
I could try a million times
Never find a better way
To tell you that I love you
And all the songs I play
Are to thank you for allowing me
Inside this lovely day
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
Yes, I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
And see what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
This song appears on nine albums, and was first released on the farewell andromeda, this is john denver, john denver (italian), country classics, the country roads collection and the rocky mount
Ollection albums, and has also been rerecorded on greatest hits vol 2 and voice of america albums. live versions appear on the various versions of the an evening with john denver albums.
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
See what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
I wouldn’t change a thing
Welcome to my happiness
You know it makes me smile
And it pleases me to have you here
For just a little while
While we open up the spaces
Try to break some chains
And if the truth is told
They will never come again
Welcome to my evening
The closing of the day
I could try a million times
Never find a better way
To tell you that I love you
And all the songs I play
Are to thank you for allowing me
Inside this lovely day
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
Yes, I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
And see what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
I wouldn’t change a thing
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the higher ground album, and has also been released on the gift you are and the john denver collection - sunshine on my shoulder albu
Thank you for this precious day
These gifts you give to me
My heart so full of love for you
Sings praise for all I see
Oh sing for every mother’s child
For every childhood tear
Oh sing for all the stars above
The peace beyond all fear
This is for the refugees
The ones without a home
A boat out on the ocean
A city street alone
Are they not some dear mother’s child
Are they not you and i
Are we the ones to bear this shame
And they this sacrifice
Or are they just like falling leaves
Who give themselves away
From dust to dust from seed to shear
And to another day
If I could have one wish on earth
Of all I can conceive
T’would be to see another spring
And bless the falling leaves
Thank you for this precious day
These gifts you give to me
My heart so full of love for you
Sings praise for all I see
Oh sing for every mother’s child
For every childhood tear
Oh sing for all the stars above
The peace beyond all fear
Words and music by john denver
Everyday, it's a gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
Hey, hey, everyday, it's a gettin' faster
Everyone said go ahead and ask her
Love like yours will surely come my way
Hey, hey, hey, everyday, seems a little longer
And every way, love's a little stronger
Come what may, do you ever long for true love from me
Everyday, it's a gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
Hey, hey, hey
Everyday, seems a little longer
And every way, a love's a little stronger
Come what may, do you ever long for true love from me
Oh, everyday, it's a gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
Hey, hey, hey
A mansion on a hill is a lovely sight to see
but like any other house it's only temporary
Home is anywhere you choose to put your heart
if there's no love inside it'll soon fall apart.
Ashes to ashes, dust into dust
buildings will crumble, bridges will rust,
mountains will disappear, rivers will dry on
And so it goes with everything but love,
so it go--es, everything but love, so it go--es.
You can drive around in a long limousine
if you don't know where you're going, you don't mean a thing
He would walk a mile just to hold an empty hand
he knows what it means to be a wealthy man.
Ashes to ashes, dust into dust
colusses will crumble, bridges will rust,
mountains will disappear, rivers will dry on
And so it goes with everything but love,
so it go--es, everything but love, so it go--es.
Wordly treasures will all pass away
there's just one thing's put here to stay
Ashes to ashes, dust into dust
kingdoms will crumble, bridges will rust,
mountains will disappear, rivers will dry on
And so it goes with everything but love,
so it go--es, everything but love,
so it go--es, everything but love,
so it go--es, everything but love.
[i] Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me in Rosa's cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl
[i] Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was deep for this Mexican maiden
I was in love but in vain I could tell
[ii] One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I loved
[iii] So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor
[i] Just for a moment I stood there in silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance, and that was to run
[ii] Out through the back door of Rosa's I ran
Out where the horses were tied
I caught a good one, it looked like it could run
Up on its back and away I did ride
[iii] Just as fast as I could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out to the badlands of New Mexico
[i] Back in El Paso my life would be worthless
Everything's gone in life, nothing is left
It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death
[ii] I saddled up and away I did go
Riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet will find me
Tonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heart
I can see Rosa's cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go
[i] Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting, I can't let them catch me
I have to make it to Rosa's back door
[ii] Something is dreadfully wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
I'm getting weary, unable to ride
[iii] But my love for Felina is strong and I rise where I've fallen
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
[i] From out of nowhere Felina has found me
Kissing my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that I'll die for
One little kiss, then Felina goodbye.
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the earth songs album. it is also on the albums the very best of john denver (single cd) and the john denver collection - sunshine on m
Ulder.
Celebrate morning
The cry of a loon on a lake in the night
The dreams that are born in the dawn’s early light
Celebrate morning
Celebrate living
The laughter that sings in the heart of a child
The freedom that flies at the call of the wild
Celebrate living
Celebrate evening
The stars that appear in the loss of the sun
Whispering winds, ¡°we are one, we are one¡±...
Celebrate earth day, every day
Celebrate earth day, every day
Celebrate land and sea
Celebrate you and me
Celebrate earth day, every day
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on five albums, and was first released on The Flower That Shattered the Stone album. It has also appeared on the Stonehaven Sunrise, A Portrait and The John Denver Collection - Take Me Home, Country Roads albums. A live version also appears on The Wildlife Concert album.
Horses are creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run, they are free
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like an old friend that's tried and been true
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I'm flying again
Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They're the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I'm flying again
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its master back home
Like an old that's tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I'm flying again
Words and music by John Denver and Joe Henry
This song appears on five albums, and was first released on the flower that shattered the stone album. it has also appeared on the stonehaven sunrise, a portrait and the john denver collection -
Me home, country roads albums. a live version also appears on the wildlife concert album.
Horses are creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run, they are free
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given it’s due
Like a pony that carries it’s rider back home
Like an old friend that’s tried and been true
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I’m flying again
Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They’re the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I’m flying again
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given it’s due
Like a pony that carries it’s master back home
Like an old that’s tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I’m flying again
Words and music by john denver and joe henry
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Dreamland Express album, and has also been released on the The Country Roads Collection album.
There's a tenderness that I feel, it's very real you see
I can feel your body stir so deep within
Let it be an out of love tonight completely
And let me ask of you one thing
Don't close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don't close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Well you can lie so close to someone and still feel alone
And though I heard you say you loved me so many times
While you give me love so beautiful and tender
Someone else is in your mind
Don't close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don't close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Sorry if I cry - feelings run so deep
Many is a time when I'll wake up and find
That I'm crying in my sleep
Look me in the eye, tell me what you see
I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one who needs you
Make this one for me
Don't close youe eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don't close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Words and music by Richard Kerr and Frank Musker
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees,
younger than the mountains
growin' like a breeze.
Ref.) country roads, Take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, Mountain momma, Country roads take me home
All my mem'ries, gather round her,
miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
misty taste of moonshine
teardrop in my eye.
Rit: country... Take me home,
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
the radio reminds me of my home far away
and driving down the road I get a feeling
that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Ref.) Country roads........
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue rich mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home,
To the place where I belong,
West Virginia, mountain mama.
Take me home, country roads.
All my mem'ries gather 'round her,
Miner's lady stranger to blue waters.
Dark and dusty painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye.
Country roads, take me ...
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
And driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday,
Yesterday.
Country roads, take me ...
Saturday's, holidays, easy afternoon
Lazy days, summer days, nothing much to do
Rainy days are better days, for hanging out inside
Rainy days and city ways make me want to hide
Someplace cool and green and shady.
Find yourself a piece of grassy ground
Lay down, close your eyes
Find yourself and maybe lose yourself
While your free spirit flies
(musical interlude)
August skies, lullabys, promises to keep
Dandelions and twisting vines, Clover at your feet
Memories of Aspen leaves, trembling on the wind
Honeybees and fantasies
Where to start again
Someplace cool and green and shady
Cool and green and shady
Cool and green and shady
Cool and green and shady
This song was first released on the christmas, like a lullaby album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
A breeze upon the waters, rainfall on the sand
We celebrate a baby born from spirit into man
And christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
It’s morning in australia; in fact it’s christmas day
And colorado never seemed so very far away
Back where night has fallen and it’s still christmas eve
And snow is in the mountains that I always hate to leave
But here I am down under with a brand new family
Christmas bells are ringing
There’s presents ’neath the tree
I know that it’s been said before and now I know it’s true
That home is where the heart is
And christmas lives there too
And on this morning peace on earth
Is still your fervent prayer
And I can feel it being
Whispered softly everywhere
And guns are are called to silence
And anger called to still
And brotherhood and sisterhood
Surrounded by goodwill
Christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
A breeze upon the waters, rainfall on the sand
We celebrate a baby born from spirit into man
And christmas like a lullaby steals across the land
Words and music by john denver
(Beers)
Scooter? Yes Ma'am. Gonzo? Check. Robin? Yes, Miss Piggy.
This is what we are going to sing. Ahem,
Christmas is coming, the geese is getting fast (nice),
please to put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha-penny will do,
if you haven't got a ha-penny than God bless you (good).
Now Scooter, you come in after my first line, and you two boys follow.
Christmas is coming, the geese is getting fast,
please to put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha-penny will do,
if you haven't got a ha-penny than God bless you.
Christmas is coming, the geese is getting fast,
please to put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha-penny will do,
if you haven't got a ha-penny than God bless you.
If you haven't got a ha-penny:uh Miss Piggy? We're finished.
Oh. I knew that.
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the Poems, Prayers and Promises album, is also available on The Country Roads Collection album and has also been rerecorded on All Aboard! album.
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinios Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail
All along a southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name
Freight yards full of old black men
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me I¡¯m your native son?
I¡¯m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Dealing cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain¡¯t no one keeping score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels a rumbling ¡¯neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers¡¯ magic carpet made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Rockin¡¯ to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying don¡¯t you know me, I'm your native son?
I¡¯m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I¡¯ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home and we¡¯ll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain¡¯t heard the news
The conductor sings his song again
The passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues
Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying don¡¯t you know me, I'm your native son?
I¡¯m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I¡¯ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Words and Music by Steve Goodman
I'm bringing me home to you,
That's all that I have to give,
My life, my love, my everything
It's you I choose to be with
Had a wonderful time in the city
I smile when I recall
The space, the songs, the company
I really had a ball
It's a funny set of circumstances
Sends me out on the road alone
With the moon looking over my shoulder
I'm finding my way back home
I'm bringing me home to you,
That's all that I have to give,
My life, my love, my everything
It's you I choose to be with
Riding high in the Rocky Mountains
They're quiet and peaceful times
I'd sweat the stars are smiling
Like they know what's on my mind
You see, on any such an occasion
My thoughts will turn to you
The time I spend all by myself
I mostly spend with you
I'm bringing me home to you,
That's all that I have to give,
My life, my love, my everything
It's you I choose to be with
La, la......
When I lay down beside you,
All the love that you show,
I wanna live my life with you
It's all the dreams that I know
I'm bringing me home to you,
That's all that I have to give,
My life, my love, my everything
It's you I choose to be with
It's you I choose to be with
It's you I choose to be with
It's you I want to live with
La, la, la......
(Taylor)
In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine,
can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
Karen she's a silver sun, you best walk her way and watch it shine,
watch her watch the morning come.
A silver tear's appearing now, I'm crying, ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
There ain't no doubt it no one's mind that loves the finest thing around,
whisper something soft and kind.
And hey, babe, the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine,
can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
Dark and silent late last night, I think I might have heard the highway call.
Geese in flight and dogs that bite.
Signs that might be omens say I'm going. I'm going, I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
With a holy host of others standing round me, still I'm on the dark side of the moon.
and it seems like it goes on like this forever, you must forgive me if it's up and
In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine,
can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I'm going to Carolina in my mind,
in my mind I'm going to Carolina.
Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moon shining?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind and I'm going to Carolina in my mind.
To sail on a dream on
a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest
of a wild raging storm
To work in the service
of life and the living
In search of the answers
to questions unknown
To be part of the movement
and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand
(chorus)
Aye calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
the stories you tell
Aye calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
so long and so well
Like the dolphin who guides you
you bring us beside you
To light up the darkness
and show us the way
For though we are strangers
in your silent world
To live on the land we
must learn from the sea
To be true as the tide
and free as the wind-swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be
She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
Well, she pressed her chest against me
About the time the jukebox broke
She give me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke
Blow Up Your TV, throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try and find Jesus on your own
I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
Cause I knew that topless lady, she had something up her sleeve
She danced around the room awhile and she did the hoochy cooch
Yea sing a song all night long tellin' me what to do
Blow Up Your TV, throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try and find Jesus on your own
But I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
Just as I was going she looked me in the face
I said 'You must know the answer'
She said 'No, but I'll give it a try'
And to this day we've been livin' our way
Here is the reason why
We blew up the TV, threw away the paper
Went to the country, built us a home
Had a lotta children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own
There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rollin' in
the afternoon is heavy on your shoulders.
There's a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away
the whinin' of his wheels just makes it colder.
He's an hour away from ridin' on your prayers up in the sky
and ten days on the road are barely gone.
There's a fire softly burning; supper's on the stove
but it's the light in your eyes that makes him warm.
Chorus:
Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Yes, 'n, hey it's good to be back home again
There's all the news to tell him: how's you spend your time?
And what's the latest thing the neighbors say
and your mother called last friday; "Sunshine" made her cry
and you felt the baby move just yesterday.
Chorus
Bridge:
And oh, the time that I can lay this tired old body down
and feel your fingers feather soft up-on me
the kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way
the happiness that livin' with you brings me.
It's the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you
it's the little things that make a house a home.
Like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove.
And the light in your eyes that makes me warm.
This song was first released on the take me to tomorrow album. it is the only album it has been released on.
See the sun rise
Open up your eyes
Today is the very first day
Watch the morning come
Now the night is gone
Yesterday’s so very far away
Trouble you get out of my sight
You know I can’t look at you
When the sun is so bright
You know everything’s coming together now can’t you see
And I live my life in celebration
That I’ve got a life to live
And I sing my song in revelation
That I’ve got a song that I can give to you
And you know I do
La la la
I was blind now I can see
You know I’m just learning how it feels to be free
You know I never really knew just what it could be
Before
And I live my life in celebration
That I’ve got a life to live
And I sing my song in revelation
That I’ve got a song that I can give to you
And you know I do
And you know it’s true
La la la
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the Different Directions Album, and has also been released on The Gift You Are and The John Denver Collection - Sunshine On My Shoulder Albums. A live version appears on The Wildlife Concert Album.
There is a river that runs from the mountains
That one river is all rivers
All rivers are that one
There is a tree that stands in the forest
That one tree is all forests
All trees are that one
There is a flower that blooms in the desert
That one blossom is all flowers
All flowers are that one
There is a bird that sings in the jungle
That one song is all music
All songs are that one
It is the song of life
It is the flower of faith
It is the tree of temptation
It is the river of no regret
There is a child that cries in the ghetto
That one child is all children
All children are that one
There is a vision that shines in the darkness
That one vision is all of our dreams
It is a vision of heaven
It is a child of promise
It is the song of life
It is the river of no regret
Let this be a voice for the mountains
Let this be a voice for the river
Let this be a voice for the forest
Let this be a voice for the flowers
Let this be a voice for the ocean
Let this be a voice for the desert
Let this be a voice for the children
Let this be a voice for the dreamers
Let this be a voice of no regret
Words and music by John Denver
(O'Keefe/Braun)
I had a '56 T-Bird, then I was king of the highway.
Trying to make it look fast and easy and dreaming of doing it my way.
Let's put the top down, baby, feel the wind in our hair.
We were too young to know better and to cool to care,
all I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.
Rock and roll on the radio, let's turn it up and get down.
Convertible dreams running wild in the streets in the all time American town.
When you played the thrill queen, baby, I heard the jazz of joy,
you were every girl in the world but I wasn't every boy.
All I wanted was you by side, baby, you're only along for the ride.
All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.
Memory pink and charcoal gray are the colors I painted this song.
You were 19 and perfect, baby, but no one stays perfect too long.
All I wanted was you by my side, baby, you're only along for the ride, only along for the ride.
When I was a child and I lived in the city
I dreamed of Alaska so far away
And I dreamed I was flying over mountains and glaciers
Somehow I knew I'd live there one day
Well it took me some growin', and a fair bit of schoolin'
And a little bit of trouble to get on the move
And I felt like a loser but I turned out the winner
When I came to Alaska the land that I love
Here's to Alaska, here's to the people
Here's to the wild and here's to the free
Here's to my life in a chosen country
Here's to Alaska and me
I was born in a cabin on Little Mulchatna
Raised in hard times but I had a good life
From the first time I flew with my father a singin'
I knew that I'd wind up a bush pilot's wife
We sleep near the sound of a slow running river
And wake up most mornings to a drizzling rain
And we live every day like the first or the last one
With nothin' to lose and heaven to gain
Here's to Alaska, here's to the people
Here's to the wild and here's to the free
Here's to my life in a chosen country
Here's to Alaska and me
Oh, for the fire on a cold winters night
Once more to gaze at the great northern lights
For all of the beauty my children will see
Here's to Alaska and me
Here's to Alaska, here's to the people
Here's to the wild and here's to the free
Here's to my life in a chosen country
Oh, I love the changing seasons. Green and growing all around.
Smiling faces, laughing children, making such a joyful sound.
In my dreams, I see tomorrow, time and children of my own.
Someone who will stand beside me, helping me to make ourselves a home.
If your eyes can see tomorrow, though it might seem far away.
If you have some dreams to build on, may we help you today?
I told you that I loved you.
You said that is so good.
I called you my darlin'.
I thought I always would.
But now you've gone and left me
I don't know what to do.
So my little darlin'
I write these words to you.
You dun stomped on my heart.
And you mashed that sucker flat.
You just sortta stomped on my aorta.
You started going out with guys.
I felt us drift apart.
And every step you took
Was a stomp on my heart.
I only hope that someday
You get them low down blues.
In some smokey honky tonk.
You looked down at your shoes.
You'll think about that tender heart
That you crushed beneath them soles.
With your cold bustin' stompers
You left my heart so full of holes.
You dun stomped on my heart.
And you mashed that sucker flat.
You just sortta stomped on my aorta.
You started going out with guys.
I felt us drift apart.
And every step you took
Was a stomp on my heart.
And every step you took
Was a stomp on my heart.
Down by the old (not the new but the old)
Mill stream (not the river but the stream),
Where I first (not the last but the first)
Met you. (Not me but you.)
With your eyes (not your ears, but your eyes)
Of blue (not green, but blue).
Dressed in ging- (not silk but ging-) -ham too. (Not one but two.)
And it was there (not here, but there),
I knew (not old, but new)
That you loved (not hate, but loved)
Me too. (Not one but two.)
You were sixteen (not seventeen, but sixteen)
My village queen! (Not the king, but the queen).
Down by the old (not the new, but the old),
Mill stream (not the river, but the stream).
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest.
Like the mountains in spring-time
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert
like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms.
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.
(instrumental plus some stanzas)
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest.
Like the mountains in spring-time
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert
like a sleepy blue ocean
Many moons have come and gone
No one else has come along
You're still the one for me
After all this time has passed
Only one thing seems to last
You're still the one for me
You would think that a year or two
Is time enough to heal anybody's broken heart
I keep remembering the way it used to feel
When I held you in my arms
I let you slip away
I'm gonna get you back someday
You're still the one for me
I finally figured out i made a big mistake
To ever let you leave
I'm gonna find you and I don't care what it takes
This fool needed time to see
I let you slip away
Gonna get you back someday
You're still the one for me
I'm gonna look through every town
Until I track you down
You're still the one for me
I'll leave no stone unturned
Gonna cross that bridge I burned
Sunday and it's rainin' in Alaska
Seven days, I haven't seen the sun
Flyin' bush, flyin' low along the shore line
Doin' everything I can to make it home
I can't wait to see the Wrangle Mountain
I can't wait to do what I will do
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
When I can't wait to get back home to you
Three years from the war and settled down now
I did my time and served my country well
In the freedom I defended I fly beneath the North Star
And I just don't know a better way to feel
I can't wait to see the Wrangle Mountain
I can't wait to do what I will do
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
When I can't wait to get back home to you
It's a quiet life out here among the mountains
In a cabin that was built with these two hands
McCarthey lies asleep beside the Glacier
It's colder now, winter's in the air
If you think they're wild it's just because they can't be broken
It's a strong and gentle people living there
I can't wait to see the Wrangle Mountain
I can't wait to do what I will do
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
I told you that I loved you
You said that is so good
I called you my darlin'
I thought I always would
But now you've gone and left me
I don't know what to do
So my little darlin'
I write these words to you
You dun stomped on my heart
And you mashed that sucker flat
You just sortta stomped on MY Aorta
You started going out with guys
I felt us DRIFT apart
And every step you took
Was a stomp upon my heart
I ONLY hope that someday
you get them low down blues
In some smokey honky tonk
You looked down at your shoes
You'll think about that tender heart
That you crushed beneath them soles
With your CLOD bustin' stompers
The wind is the whisper of our mother the earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky
The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures
The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly
The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings
The weaver of darkness, the bringer of dawn
The wind gives the rain, then builds us a rainbow
The wind is the singer who sang the first song
The wind is a twister of anger and warning
The wind brings the fragrance of freshly mown hay
The wind is a racer, a wild stallion running
The sweet taste of love on a slow summer’s day
The wind knows the songs of the cities and canyons
The thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea
The wind is the taker and giver of mornings
The wind is the symbol of all that is free
So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers
Follow her summons when she calls again
In your heart and your spirit let the breezes
surround you
I often have wandered in deep contemplation
It seems that the mind runs wild when you’re all alone
The way that it could be
The way that it should be
Thing’s I’d do differently if I could do them again
I’ve always loved spring time, the passing of winter
The green of the new leaves and life goin’ on
The promise of morning
The long days of summer
Warm nights of loving her beneath the bright stars
I’m just an old cowboy from high Colorado
I'm Too old to ride anymore, too blind to see
I sleep in the city now
Away from the mountains
Away from the cabin we always called home
I dream I left there
On an old Palomino
Whispering Jesse rode right by my side
I long to hold her
To hear her soft breathing
The touch of her cool hands on my fevered brow
Whispering Jesse still rides in the mountains
Still sings in the canyons
Whalebones and crosses
Stand against the Arctic sky
The wind blows through the graveyard
Where our fallen fathers lie
Eternal snow that covers them
The shadows of the sun
The mighty struggle on the seas
A way of life is run
I’ll sing for you my father
For the ancient sacred ways
How the hunter loved the hunted
How the night becomes the day
The circle of the mighty spirit
Keeps us in its fold
The warmth of understanding
Like a light shot through the cold
Then bring to me my people
Touch them with your loving hands
Lead them from confusion
Lead them back unto the land
For a sickness seems to block their path
It clouds my peoples’ eyes
The promise that an idle truth
Will reap a golden lie
Whalebones and crosses
Stand against the Arctic sky
The wind blows through the graveyard
Where our fallen fathers lie
The timeless hunt a journey back
To what we once came from
Compassion and nobility
Beneath the midnight sun
The mighty struggle of the seas
All around the water tower
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman
Just to give him a line of talk
He said if you’ve got money
I’ll see that you don’t walk
Well I haven’t got a nickel
Not a penny can 1 show
Get off, get off you railroad bum
And he slammed that boxcar door
Well, he put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Nor to lend me a helping hand
I’m on my way from Frisco
Going back to Dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I’m a thousand miles away from home
So tremble if you must
For the dust is still breathing
And the trees adjust just the leaves
On a big breathing blow.
And there's life in the rocks
And the seashells are listening
To the sound of the sea
No more beautiful moons may we spend on our land
In the north, the scarlet council talks of war
And the long knives have massacred the tribe and burned corn
We're not welcome in our homeland anymore
No more songs of the hunters on the baffalo plain
No more smoke from sacred fires touch these hills
And the numbers of the people grow fewer every mile
And our children will not leave the Great Spirit's ways
There will be a trail of tears
There will be a trail of pain
And Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
But for us the trail is all that will remain
On the streets of rapid City
On the road to Wounded Knee
There is whiskey for forgetting everything
But the old ones say there may be time learning from each other
The way that it had once been meant to be
There is still a trail of tears
There is still a trail of pain
And Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
But for us the trail of tears remains
And Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
I’ll be a dandy, and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory
I can’t live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment, now is my story
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
It’s been almost a year since that beautiful weekend
It was more than a lifetime ago
How it happens to mind after all of this time
And brings tears to my eyes I don’t know
It’s the thought of you
And the way that it hurts to be so much in love
The thought of you
Brings it all my way
I know that it’s late, I’m sorry I called
I’m surprised to have found you at home
It’s just once in awhile I remember your number
I was hoping that you’d be alone
For I thought of you
And the way you can turn it around with a smile
The thought of you
Brings it all my way
I know that it’s over, but I can’t discover a way to erase how I feel
I remember the nights and the passionate fights and I know that I love you and I always will
And I want you to know that I’m always here for you
Any day, any night, any time
It happened before, it could happen once more
There’s a chance that you might change your mind
For I thought of you
And the way that it feels to be safe in your arms
The thought of you
Brings it all my way
I know that it’s over, but I can’t discover a way to erase how I feel
I remember the nights and the passionate fights
And I know that I love you and I always will
It’s been almost a year since that beautiful weekend
There are many ways of being in this circle we call life
A wise man seeks an answer, burns his candle through the night
Is a jewel just a pebble that found a way to shine
Is a hero’s blood more righteous than a hobo’s sip of wine
Did I speak to you one morning on some distant world away
Did you save me from an arrow, did you lay me in a grave
Were we brothers on a journey, did you teach me how to run
Were we broken by the waters, did I lie you in the sun
I dreamed you were a prophet in a meadow
I dreamed I was a mountain in the wind
I dreamed you knelt and touched me with a flower
I awoke with this: a flower in my hand
I know that love is seeing all the infinite in one
In the brotherhood of creatures; who the father, who the son
The vision of your goodness will sustain me through the cold
Take my hand now to remember when you find yourself alone
And the spirit fills the darkness of the heavens
It fills the endless yearning of the soul
It lives within a star too far to dream of
It lives within each part and is the whole
It’s the fire and the wings that fly us home
Virgil Caine is the name, I served on the Danville Train
So much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the summer of sixty-five we were hungry just barely alive
By May the tenth Richmond had fell it's a time I remember so well
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na
Back home in Tennessee my wife called out for me
Say Virgil come quick and see there goes Robert E Lee
I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if da money ain't good
You take what you need and save the rest but they should never have taken the
very best
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na
Like my father before me he was a workin' man
Like my brother above me he took a rebel's stand
He was just eighteen proud and brave when a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood beneath my feet you can't raise a Caine back up when he's
in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin'
Music makes pictures and often tells stories
All of it magic and all of it true
And all of the pictures and all of the stories
All of the magic, the music is you
Music makes pictures and often tells stories
All of it magic and all of it true
And all of the pictures and all of the stories
Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone
Lady, you've been dreaming, I'm as close as I can be
I swear to you our time has just begun
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind
I promise I will stay right here beside you
Today our lives were joined, became entwined
I wish THAT you could know how much I love you
Lady, are you happy, do you feel the way I do
Are there meanings that you've never seen before
Lady, my sweet lady, I just can't believe it's true
And it's like I've never ever loved before
Close your eyes and rest your weary mind
I promise I will stay right here beside you
Today our lives were joined, became entwined
I wish THAT you could know how much I love you
Lady, are you crying, do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone
Lady, my sweet lady, I'm as close as I can be
Aspen, Colorado on a Saturday night
Jesse wishes she was at home
Upset because her baby just ain’t treatin’ her right
So afraid of being alone
Said she heard some stories he’s been runnin’ around
Said somehow she knows it’s all true
She says a breaking heart can make a terrible sound
She said she don’t know what to do
Think about a bad time, can’t get much worse
Think about a hard time, take it to the wall
This won’t be the last time, sure ain’t the first
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
You might say she’s caught between a rock and a hard place
You might say she just can’t win
Some just can’t recover from a slap in the face
Some just get right up and start all over again
Think about a bad time, can’t get much worse
Think about a hard time, take it to the wall
This won’t be the last time, sure ain’t the first
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Think about a bad time, can’t get much worse
Think about a hard time, take it to the wall
This won’t be the last time, sure ain’t the first
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Aspen, Colorado on a Saturday night
Jesse wishes she was at home
She’s mad because her baby just ain’t treatin’ her right
So afraid of being alone
So afraid of being alone
Nobody wants to be all alone
She don’t want to be all alone
So afraid of being alone
Imagine a month of Sundays
Each one a cloudy day
Imagine the moment the sun came shining through
Imagine that ray of sunshine as you
Remember your darkest hour
With dawn still far away
Remember the way that you longed for morning’s light
And think of yourself as a candle in the night
Make believe this is the first day
Everything all brand new
Make believe that the sun is your own lucky star
And then understand the kind of gift you are
The gift you are
like the very first breath of spring
The gift you are
all the joy that love can bring
The gift you are
all of our dreams come true
The gift you are
the gift of you
You are the promise of all the ages
You are the Prodigal Son
You are the vision of prophets and sages
You are the only one
Dream of a bright tomorrow
Know that your dream will come true
Carry your dream in a sparkling crystal jar
Then you will know the kind of gift you are
The gift you are
like the very first breath of spring
The gift you are
all the joy that love can bring
The gift you are
all of our dreams come true
The gift you are
the gift of you
The gift you are
like the very first breath of springtime
The gift you are
all the joy that love can bring
The gift you are
all of our dreams come true - yes they do
The gift you are
the gift of you
The gift you are
I am the eagle, I live in high country
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky
I am the hawk and there’s blood on my feathers
But time is still turning they soon will be dry
And all of those who see me, all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly
Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops
Sail o’er the canyons and up to the stars
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
For someone who’s got everything, life can still be rough
If things are what you’re lookin’ for, there’s never quite enough
And all the tea in China won’t make a house a home
You can be a millionaire and still be sleepin’ alone
There might be some one night stands to ease the pain inside
Or someone you can call around if you’ve lost all your pride
Please don’t be mistaken. I don’t mean to put that down
I know there’s times when anything is better than sleepin’ alone
Sleepin’ alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleepin’ alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
You know it’s not company you are lookin’ for
You know it’s not just pleasure, you know it’s somethin’ more
You know it’s not the answer if it’s not like comin’ home
If the one who’s there doesn’t really care, it’s worse than sleepin’ alone
Sleepin’ alone can make a bottle just about your dearest friend
Sleepin’ alone can make you swear to God this night will never end
For someone who’s got everything, life can still be rough
If things are what you’re lookin’ for, there’s never quite enough
And all the gold that glitters won’t make a house a home
You can be a millionaire and still be sleepin’ alone
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
I thank God I'm a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
I pull out the fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy
I'd play, Sally Goodin' all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can an' I work when I should
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy, ooo
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy
Yea, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Well son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's, till the day he died
And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side
Said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
An' thank God you're a country boy"
Well my daddy taught me young
How to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work, to play a tune on the fiddle
He taught me how to love an' how to give just a little
An' thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home
Sometimes when I’m feeling lonesome
And no one on earth seems to care
I’m all by myself in the darkness
With no one and nothing to share
Just when it feels like it’s hopeless
And I’ll never make it alone
I hear the voices of angels
Tenderly calling me home
Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home
I try to keep it together
I never let on that I’m scared
Still sometimes I fall to pieces
Scattered and lost everywhere
Just when it feels like there’s no one
To mend all my broken down dreams
I hear a voice deep inside me
Tenderly calling to me
Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home
So don’t be afraid of the darkness
And don’t run away from the storm
Stand up and face your reflection
The feelings you try to ignore
After the tempest is over
You’ve let yourself come on through
You’ll hear a voice in the silence
Tenderly calling to you
Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories, they gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eyes
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road I get a feelin'
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, West Virginia, mountain momma, oh momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, down country roads
Sweet sweet life
I'm living today
Don't bring me down
Don't go away
Give me just one more chance
To make you want to stay
Yea, sweet sweet sweet life
I'm living, I'm living today
Don't bring me down
Don't go away
Don't go away
So many years ago, I can’t remember now
Someone was waiting for me
I had the answers to all of my questions
Love was so easy to see, I didn’t know
When I was younger, I should have known better
I thought nothing was new
Through all the spaces, and all of the changes
What I lost sight of was you
I didn’t know, I didn’t know
I could see you in singing skies and dancing waters
laughing children growing old
And in the heart and in the spirit
And in the truth when it is told
My life became shady, and I grew afraid
And I needed to find my way home
I just couldn’t see you, I thought that I’d lost you
I never felt so much alone, are you still with me
Somehow in reason, I lost sight of seasons
I’m growin’ out, growin’ in
Sometimes in evenings, when daylight was needed
I thought I’d never see you again
Are you still with me, are you still with me
I’m with you in singing skies and dancing waters
laughing children growing old
And in the heart and in the spirit
And in the truth when it is told
If my faith should falter
And I should forsake you, and find myself turning away
Will you still be there, will you still be there
I’ll be there in singing skies and dancing waters
laughing children growing old
And in the heart and in the spirit
Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
Softly like a baby’s breath a breeze begins to whisper
The sun is coming, quick you must be gone
Smiling like a superstar the morning comes in singing
The promise of another sunny day
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine
I do believe that summer’s here to stay
Do you care what's happening around you
Do your sense know the changes when they come
Can you see yourselves reflected in the season
Can you understand the need to carry on
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
So many ways and oh so many things
Rejoicing in the differences
There's no one just like me
Yet as different as we are , we're still the same
And oh I love the life within me
I feel part of everything I see
And oh I love the life around me
It’s a long way from LA to Denver
It’s a long time to hang in the sky
It’s a long way home to Starwood in Aspen
A sweet Rocky Mountain paradise
Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise
Springtime is rollin’ ‘round slowly
Grey skies are bringin’ me down
I can’t remember when I’ve ever been so lonely
I forgot what it’s like to be home
Can’t remember what it’s like to be home
But I think on my lady’s sweet memories
I think on my children’s sweet smiles
I think on my home in Starwood in Aspen
All my friends and the snow covered hills
Oh, my friends are the snow covered hills
And I tell you I’m happy to be here
To share and consider this time
For I see here the shadows of changes
And a feeling of new friends to find
And I see here some new friends to find
But it’s a long way from this place to Denver
It’s a long time to hang in the sky
It’s a long way home to Starwood in Aspen
A sweet Rocky Mountain paradise
His spirit joined and so was formed
Ten thousand years ago
Between the swan and Hercules
Where even dark clouds glow
To live with grace, to ride the swell
To yet be strong of will
To love the wind, to learn it’s song
And empty space to fill
Apollo taught me to rhyme
Orpheus taught me to play
Andromeda cast down her sign
And Vega lights my way
Smoke rings in a galaxy
An endless flight through time
Lyra gave her harp to him
And left him free to climb
A winter’s journey from the moon
To reach the summer sun
To rise again, to sing for you
A song that’s yet unsung
Apollo taught me to rhyme
Orpheus taught me to play
Andromeda cast down her sign
And vega lights my way
His spirit joined and so was formed
Ten thousand years ago
Between the swan and Hercules
Where even dark clouds glow
To live with grace, to ride the swell
To yet be strong of will
To love the wind, to learn her song
Songs of the future
Songs of the past
Songs of the first day
Songs of the last
Songs of tomorrow
Songs of the play
Songs of the struggle
Songs of the way
Songs of the future
Songs of the past
Songs of the first day
Songs of the last
Songs of tomorrow
Songs of the play
Songs of the struggle
Well, I’m weary and tired, I’ve done my day’s ridin’
Nighttime is rollin’ my way
The sky’s all on fire and the light’s slowly fading
Peaceful and still ends the day
Out on the trail night birds are callin’
Singin’ their wild melody
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers
A Song of Wyoming for me
Well, I’ve wandered around the town and the city
Tried to figure the how and the why
Well, I’ve stopped all my schemin’
I’m just driftin’ and dreamin’
Watching the river roll by
Here comes that big ole prairie moon risin’
Shinin’ down bright as can be
Up on the hill there’s a coyote singin’
A Song of Wyoming for me
Now it’s whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
A lonesome old dogie am I
But wakin’ up on the range
Lord I feel like an angel
Free like I almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
Sing like a bird in the tree
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin’
A Song of Wyoming for me
When you ask how I've
been here without you
I like to say
I've been fine and I do
But we both know the
truth is hard to come by
And if I told the truth
that's not quite true
(chorus)
Some days are diamonds
some days are stone
Some time the hard times
won't leave you alone
Some times the cold winds
blow a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds
some days are stone
Now the face that
I see in my mirror
More and more is
a stranger to me
More and more I can
see there's a danger
In becoming what I
never thought i'd be
Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at all
All through the day how the hours rush by
You sit in the park and you watch the grass die!
Ah, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight
When shadows of night start to fall
They roll back the sidewalk precisely at ten
And people who live there are not seen again!
Just two lonely truckers from Great Falls, Montana
And a salesman from places unknown (-ces unknown)
All huddled together in downtown Toledo
To spend their big night all alone!
You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio? Well I spent a week there one day
They've got entertainment to dazzle your eyes
Go visit the bakery and watch the buns rise!
Ah, but let's not forget that the folks of Toledo
Unselfishly gave us the scale
No springs, honest weight, that's the promise they made
So smile and be thankful next time you get weighed!
And "wiv and wet wiv", let this be our motto
Let's let the sleeping dogs lie (-ping dogs lie)
And here's to the dogs of Toledo, Ohio
His Daddy was a simple man, just a red dirt Georgia farmer
And his Momma spent her young life havin’ kids and balin’ hay
He had fifteen years and an ache inside to wander
So he hopped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
Lord, the cold nights had no pity on a Waycross, Georgia farm boy
Most days he went hungry, then the summer came
He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco’s Mabel Joy
Destitutions child born of an L.A. street called “Shame”
Growin’ up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
Laughter found their mornings brought meaning to his life
Yes, the night before she left sleep came and left that Waycross, Georgia boy
With dreams of Georgia cotton and a California wife
Sunday morning found him standin’ neath the red light at her door
When a right cross sent him reelin’, put him face down on the floor
In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
Who growled, “Your Georgia neck is red but sonny, you’re still green”
He turned twenty-one in a gray rock fed’ral prison
The old judge had no mercy for a Waycross, Georgia boy
Starin’ at those four gray walls in silence he would listen
To that midnight freight he knew would take him back to Mabel Joy
Sunday mornin’ found him standin’ ’neath the red light at her door
With a bullet in his side, he cried, “Have you seen Mabel Joy?”
Stunned and shaken someone said, “Why, she’s not here no more
Sail away, sail away home
Sail away, till you are gone
You have so far to go
There's so much that you don't know
Dream away, see what you find yea
Dream away, it's all in your mind
Things that you like to see
Things that you like to be
Don't you know, it seems so wrong yea
Don't you know, it's gone on too long
I can't take the guns any more
I can't take the screams any more
I can't take the pain
It's got to stop, it's got to change
It can't go on, it can't go on
Don't you know, it's gone on too long, yes
Don't you know, it seems so wrong
I can't take the guns any more
I can't take the screams any more
I can't take the pain
It's got to stop, it's got to change
It can't go on, it can't go on
We'll find a way
I know you can
We'll find a way
I give you my hand
We're on our way back home
We've been a long time gone
Sail away, sail away home
Sail away, sail away home yea
Sail away, sail away home
Sail away, sail away home yea
River, there are no stars in the city
Here there is no telephone in the trees
Beautiful days all on the water
And all I can do is write you a letter
River, it's cold here in the morning
Later, I can see it in your eyes
Mild and white, we follow the canyons
Quiet at night, we stare at the sky
Leaving you now will never change things
Running away will just change the view
All I can see is the highway
All I can see is you.
River, you'll carry me thru the fire
Maybe you'll drown me in your arms
But if I die like that
It won't be like dying
When I rise again, the ashes are gone.
Leaving you now will never change me
Running away will just change the view
All I can see is the highway
Raven’s child
Is chasing salvation
Black beak turned white
From the crack and the snow
On the streets of despair
The answer is simple
A spoonful of mercy
Can set free the soul
The drug king sits
On his arrogant throne
Away and above and apart
Even children
Are twisted to serve him
And greed has corrupted
What once was a heart
Raven’s child
Keeps vigil for freedom
Trades for the arms
That once made her strong
With nuclear warheads
And lasers in heaven
fear does the choosing
Between right and wrong
The arms king sits
On his arrogant throne
Away and above and apart
Bankers assure him
That he needn’t care
And greed makes a stone of
What once was a heart
Raven’s child
Is washing the water
All of her wing-feathers
Blackened with tar
Prince William shoreline’s
An unwanted highway
Of asphalt and anger
An elegant scar
The oil king sits
On his arrogant throne
Away and above and apart
Lawyers have warned him
He mustn’t speak
And greed has made silent
What once was a heart
You know there are walls
That come tumbling down
For people who yearn to be free
Still there are hearts
That long to be opened
And eyes that are longing to see
Raven’s child is our constant companion
Sticks like a shadow
To all that is done
Try as we may
We just can’t escape him
The source of our sorrow and shame
We are one
The true King sits
On a heavenly throne
Never away nor above nor apart
With wisdom and mercy
And constant compassion
He lives in the love
Josie works the counter at the downtown five and dime
Anything at all to help her pass the time
Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on
About the good times playing in his mind
It’s a hard life livin’ when you’re lonely
It’s a long night sleepin’ alone
It’s a hard time waitin’ for tomorrow
It’s a long, long way home
Josie spends the evening with the people "on" the pages
Of the paperback she picked up "at" the store
Or sometimes it’s the TV or she’ll try to write a letter
But they don’t come too often anymore
It’s a hard life livin’ when you’re lonely
It’s a long night sleepin’ alone
It’s a hard time waitin’ for tomorrow
It’s a long, long way home
I stare at the gray walls before me
And I see her face in the stone
I try to imagine our baby
I wish they would let me go home
I wish they would let me go home
I wish they would let me go home
It’s a hard life livin’ when you’re lonely
I wish they would let me go home
It’s a long night sleepin’ alone
I wish they would let me go home
It’s a hard time waitin’ for tomorrow
I wish they would let me go home
It’s a long, long way home
I wish they would let me go home
It’s a long, long way home
I wish they would let me go home
Bring me and the other boys home
I wish they would let me go home
Dear friend of my mine
The Weather's fine
Today I saw some ruins of the Roman world's decline
And I climbed all those Spanish steps
You've heard of them no doubt
But Rome has lost its glory, I don't know what its about.
I wish you were here
When the shadows fall and all the rushing traffic's still
I wish you were here
When the bells are ringing on the seven hills
I make my way to a small cafe, I wonder what you did today
Wish you were here
Dear one at home.
I just flew in from Rome,
Paris is a postcard all decked out in colour chrome
And so I climbed the Eiffel Tower
And prayed at Notre Dame
But I just can't find the romance
And I wonder why I came
Wish you were here
On the Champs Elysees lovers walk hand in hand
Wish you were here
They take one look at me and seem to understand
This city of light is a lovely site, the first bright star I see tonight
Wish you were here
Now I write this from the plane
drinking cheap champagne
and wondering why two people got so far apart
Wish you were here, here in London where the rain the pouring down
Wish you were here
On this airplane headed back to New York Town
I'll never leave you alone again. I'm coming home but until then
Wish you were here
I wish you were here
Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm it exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm and in those times of trouble
When you are most alone the memory of love will bring you home
Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door it invites you to come close
It wants to show you more and even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do the memory of love will see you through
Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel for some a way of living
For some a way to feel and some say love is holding on
Some say letting go, some say love is everything
And some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the ocean full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when its cold outside or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
And some say love is holding on
Some say letting go, some say love is everything
And some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the mountains full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when its cold outside or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
Father on father please hear me
My song is a cry of desperation
All of the words I hear
Have lost their meaning
My life is a well of confusion
Drowned out by the sound of the lost and lonely
Only the voice inside
Speaks your name to me
If they only knew the things that I know
If they only could see the things that I see
My brothers at opposite tables
Like fire and water against each other
Only a fool can’t see
The obvious ending
Are we as ashes to wildwood
Is life just a fire that can only consume us
Is there no vision of love
To bind us together
If they only knew the things that I know
Oh Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt
its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and
glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the
angel voices.
Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine, Oh night
Oh Holy night
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the
angel voices
Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine, Oh night
Life is just too short for some folks
For other folks it just drags on
Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey
Others figure tea's too strong
Well, I'm the type of guy who wants to ride the middle
I don't like all this bouncing back and forth
Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie
And my head in the cool blue north
In a small suburban garden
Not a single neighbour knows our name
I know the woman wishes we would move some place
Where the houses aren't all the same
Jesse, I wish you would take me where the grass is greener
I couldn't really say where it may be
Oh, some place high on a mountain top
Or down by the deep blue sea
And there we'll do just as we please
It ain't nothing but a breeze
One day I'll be old gray Grandpa
All the pretty girls will call me "Sir"
Now where they're asking me how things are
Soon they'll ask me how things are
Well, I don't mind being an old gray Grandpa
As long as you'll be my gray Grandma
But I wish we would move with our tea and cookies
To the shade of the old pawpaw
There we'll do just as we please
It ain't nothing but a breeze
Life is just too short for some folks
For other folks it just drags on
Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey
Others figure tea's too strong
Well, I'm the type of guy who wants to ride in the middle
I don't like all this bouncing back and forth
Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie
They are minstrels and beggars
Always in the sight of the king
Sometimes they sleep in the daytime
Come out in the night time and sing
They come into the castle
Through whatever window they can find
They come into your mind
Dreams of flying
Dreams of being free
Nobody can take my dreams from me.
Nobody can take my dreams from me.
You can bind me in chains
Lock me up in a jailhouse to rot
And if you come to see me
You might think I'm there, but I am not
They can sail into prison
Find a way thru any basement door
They can offer you more
Dreams of flying
Dreams of being free
Nobody can take my dreams from me
Nobody can take my dreams from me
You can take my money
Take my reputation
Even take my colour TV
Nobody can take my dreams from me
Living on free food tickets
Watering the milk from the hole in the rool
Where the rain came through
What can we do?
Tears from your baby sister crying
Cause she doesn't have a dress
Without a patch for the party to go
Ah, but you know she'll get by because she's
Living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man
Daddy's going to buy you a dream to cling to
Mommy's gonna love you as much as she can, and she can
It's a good thing you don't have bus fare
It would fall through the hole in your pocket
And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground
Walkin' to town to find a job
Tryin' to keep your hands warm
But the hole in your shoe lets the snow come through
And it chills to the bone
Boy you better go home where it's warm
And you can live in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man
Daddy's goin' to buy you a dream to cling to
Mummy's goin' to love you as much as she can
And she can
Livin' on dreams ain't easy
But the closer the knit, the tighter the fit
And the chills stay away
You take them in stride, family pride
You know faith is your foundation
With a whole lot of love and a warm conversation
And many a prayer
Making you strong, where you belong
Living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man
Daddy's goin' to buy you a dream to cling to
Mummy's goin' to love you just as much as she can
Yeah
Living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of a family man
Daddy's goin' to buy you a dream to cling to
Mummy's goin' to love you just as much as she can
Love is everywhere, I see it
You are all that you can be, go on and be it
Life is perfect, I believe it *
Come and play the game with me
Open yourself to the first celebration
Open your eyes to the joy and pain
Life is the fruit of your own creation
Ev’ry new birth is a soul regained
Love is everywhere, I see it
You are all that you can be, go on and be it
Life is perfect, I believe it
Come and play the game with me
Drinkin’ my life from a silver fountain
Sweetwater running to the cold salt sea
Old man moon on a white-top mountain
Sound of the wind singin’ dreams for me
Love is everywhere, I see it
You are all that you can be, go on and be it
Life is perfect, I believe it
Come and play the game with me
Follow your heart like a flying stallion
Race with the sun to the edge of night
Form your truth like a gold medallion
Dance in the circle of the love and the light
Love is everywhere, I see it
You are all that you can be, go on and be it
Life is perfect, I believe it
Come and play the game with me
Mo boys, is you right
Done got it right
All I hate about linin’ track
These ol’ boys are gonna break my back
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Down in the holler below the fleld
Angels working on the chariot wheel
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Mary and the babe was a sittin’ in the shade
Thinking on the money that I ain’t made
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Gotta batten down the waves with a 2 by 4
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Now if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
All them disciples dead and gone
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
See Eloise gonna line ’em track
Mo boys, is you right
Done got it right
All I hate about lining track
These ol’ boys about to break my back
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can’t you line ’em (track a lack)
Usually in the morning
I’m filled with sweet belonging
And Everything is beautiful to see
Even when it’s raining
The sound of heaven singing
Is simply joyful music to me
Sometimes I feel like a sad song
Like I’m all alone without you
So many different places
A million smiling faces
Life Is so incredible to me
Especially to be near you
And how it is to touch you
Oh, paradise was made for you and me
Sometimes I feel like a sad song
Like I’m all alone without you
I know that life goes on just perfectly
Everything is just the way that it should be
Still there are times when my heart feel like breaking
And anywhere is where I’d rather be
Oh, and in the nighttime
I know that it's the right time
To hold you close and SAY (NOT TELL YOU) I love you so
To have someone to share with
And someone I can care with
And that is why I wanted you to know
Sometimes I feel like a sad song
Like I'm all alone without you
Joseph & Joe
The priest and the cowboy
The places they’ve been to
The places they’re in
For a time between storms
On the side of a mountain
With another man’s family
A family of friends
Joseph can give you
The keys to the kingdom
He’ll put you in touch with
The spirit of man
Joe love the desert
But lives in the mountains
His closest companion
A left-handed man
Where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Tell me how do you know
Joseph I lost you
In some other city
Our paths and our crossing
Were way out of time
Joe how the seasons
Have drifted between us
Or is it your vision
Much greater then mine
Take head of the darkness
Which gathers around us
A fire that consumes us
Forever to burn
Then look to the surf
For our father is with us
Our mother will teach us
What we need to learn
Where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Tell me how do you know
Tell me where do you go
If you’ve got no way to get there
Where do you go
How do you know
If you’ve never ever been there
How do you know
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O’er the fields where we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Get up Jimmy Newman the moming is come
The engines are rumbling
The coffees all brewed
Get up Jimmy Newman
There’s work to be done
And why do you lie shore still sleeping
There's waiting line fomming
To use the latnne
And the sun is just opening the skys
The breakfast their serving
And you've only to opon your eyes
Get up Jummy Newman my radios on
The news is all bad
But it's good for a laugh
The tent flap is loose
And the peg must be gone
You lie there still sleeping
Get up Jimmy Newman
They won’t take my word
I said you sleep hard
But there shaking their heads
Get up Jimmy Newman
And show them you heard
Ah Jimmy just show them your sleeping
A joke is a joke but there’s nothing to gain
I might slap you but I'm
To weak to nse
Get up dam it Jimmy
Your missing the plane
And you’ve only to open your eyes
And you’ve only to open your eyes
Oh my God Jimmy
Be sure it's true when you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken
I love you yes I do I love you
If you break my heart I'll die
So be sure that it's true
When you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Cross my heart and I hope to Die
I'll never, never, never tell another white lie
Took MY LITTLE GIRL OUT on a date last night
Next to her Gravel Gerty WOULD HAVE LOOKED alright
Now I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea
Cause I said baby you look good to me
I told her I loved her and oh how I lied
Now she's GETTING SET to be my blushing bride
If she leads me to the altar I'm sunk
Cause I CAN'T tell the preacher I was drunk
SO Lord have mercy on a no-count sinner
Give me one more chance to let another guy win her
Cross my heart and hope to die
I'll never, never, never tell A (ONE MORE TIME)
I'LL NEVER tell another white lie.
Islands call out to me
Like the highlands that I always see
In my dreams of home
I am never alone when I am there
Islands like so many dreams
Are like canyons but off the main stream
And there’s no one there
The dreamer is always alone
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Islands belong to the sea
Like the dark sands of my memory
When the morning comes
They are stepping stones to the sun
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
I don’t know why
We still live together
We’re so far apart
So much of the time
I don’t know why
This beautiful weather
Is breaking my spirit
And tearing my mind all apart
Are you so lonely
Are you so sad
Have you lost your purpose
The faith that you had
If life is a question
I don’t understand
If time is the reason
Then nobody can
In my heart it is just an illusion
It’s not even real
Much more than you think
It’s much more than you feel
My ears are still ringing
There’s nothing to say
Why look to the ocean
To wash me away
There goes my best friend
There goes my last dime
If love is the answer
I’m wasting my time
In my heart it is just an illusion
It’s not even real
Much more than you think
It’s much more than you feel
Do you feel
Is this real
How I feel
I’ve been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I’ve been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can’t you hear the whistle blowing
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah won’t you blow
Dinah won’t you blow
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone’s in the kitchen I know
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
It's cold here in the city
It always seems that way
And I've been thinking
about you almost everyday
Thinking about the good times
Thinking about the rain
Thinking about how bad
it feels alone again
I'm sorry for the way
things are in China
I'm sorry things ain't
what they used to be
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
Our friends ask all about you
I say you're doing fine
And I expect to hear
from you almost anytime
But they all know I'm crying
I can't sleep at night
They all know I'm
dying down deep inside
I'm sorry for all
the lies I told you
I'm sorry for the
things I didn't say
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
I can't believe you went away
I'm sorry if I took
some things for granted
I'm sorry for the
chains I put on you
But more than anything else
I'm sorry for myself
Hey old pal
How’ve you been doing
I’m really not foolin’
I’m so glad to see you
Hey old pal
My life’s been kind of crazy
I’m ready to be lazy
Hangin’ around with you
Well even in the very, very worst of times
There’s one thing that I know
The way to guarantee
A little peace of mind
Is a walk in the woods
A friend by your side
And here we go
Hey old pal
It’s great to be here with you
The thing I’d like to give you
Is a real good time
Hey old pal
I really can’t believe it
But now that you can see it
It looks just fine
What a chance to play and sing
And have some fun
The day should never end
This will be a Rocky Mountain holiday
With you and me
And all we can see
And all of our friends
Hey old pal
We must be daydreamin’
At least the things we’re seein’
Are a dream come true
Hey there gang
It’s great to be together
It just keeps gettin’ better
I can promise you
This is going to be
The very best of times
And we will make it so
No more hustle and bustle
And no more telephone lines
And now that we’re here
Let’s grab all our gear
I watch you sleeping little angel face
And on behalf of the human race
Welcome to this crazy place
I watch you sleeping innocent and free
I don't know what your dreams may be
You don't know what you mean to me
You have never heard thunder
You have never seen the rain
But you can still feel the wonder
You can still feel the pain
And sometimes you look at me
So wise and so sure
I could easily believe you have been here before
I watch you sleeping little angel face
And on behalf of the human race
Welcome to this crazy place
I won't be here forever
But as long as I'm around
I promise you I will never let you down
To help make a world you can feel worthy of
I will teach you to fly on the wings of my love
I watch you sleeping brave and unaware
You don't know yet so you don't care
I want you to know it's hard out there
I watch you sleeping little angel face
And on behalf of the human race
Welcome to this crazy place
I watch you sleeping
I watch you sleeping
I watch you sleeping
I watch you sleeping
I watch you sleeping
There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain
There are children raised beneath the golden sun
There are children of the water
And children of the sand
And they cry out through the universe
Their voices raised as one
I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I want to be I want to live
Have you gazed out on the ocean
Seen the breaching of a whale?
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away
Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home?
I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I want to be I want to live
For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
For the native and the wanderer in kind
For the maker and the user and the mother and her son
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine
We are standing all together
Face to face and arm in arm
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
No more hunger no more killing
No more wasting life away
It is simply an idea
And I know its time has come
I want to live I want to grow
I want to see I want to know
I want to share what I can give
I remember you
You're the one that made my dreams come true
Just a few kisses ago
I remember you
You're the one who said I love you too
Yes I do
Didn't you know
I remember too, a distant bell
And stars that fell, like the rain
Out of the blue
When my life is through
And the angels ask me to recall
The thril of them all
Then I will tell them I remember
Tell them I remember
Tell them I remember you
I remember too, a distant bell
And stars that fell, like the rain
Out of the blue
When my life is through
And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of them all
Then I will tell them I remember
Tell them I remember
We were live on arrival
Safe home at last
No cannon fire dockside
No flags half-mast
We were sold out for siver
And a string of black pearls
On the loneliest island
At the edge of the world
Like destiny’s children
Souls lost at sea
No room on the lifeboat
You can hold on to me
Now the voyage is over
We’re back on dry land
In our eyes are the stories
The rope and the brand
Like destiny’s children
Souls lost at sea
No room on the lifeboat
There are those who can live
With the things they don’t believe in
They are giving up their lives
For something that is less than it can be
Some have longed for a home
In a place of inspiration
Some will "fill" the emptiness inside
By giving it all "to" the things that they believe
They believe
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s just the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know that I’ll be reaching for higher ground
I will stand on my own
I will live up to "this" vision
I will trust in what I feel
I’d follow my heart until it brings me home
Brings me home
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s just the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know that I’ll be reaching for higher ground
Keep me through the night
Lead me to the light
Teach me the magic of wonder
Give me the spirit to fly
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s just the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know that I’ll be reaching for higher ground
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s just the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
VERSE 1:
When I was a little bitty boy just up off the floor
We used to go down to Grandma's house every month end or so
Have chicken pie and country ham, homemade butter on the bread
But the best darn thing about Grandma's house was a great big feather bed
CHORUS:
It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed
Didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's feather bed
VERSE 2:
After supper we'd sit around the fire, the old folks would spit and chew
Pa would talk about the farm and the war, Granny'd sing a ballad or two
And I'd sit and listen and watch the fire till the cobwebs filled my head
Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the mornin' in the middle of the old feather bed
CHORUS:
It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed
Didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's feather bed
VERSE 3:
Well I love my Ma, I love my Pa, I Love Granny and Grandpa too
I've Been fishing with my uncle, I've wrestled with my cousin, I even kissed Aunt Lou - eww!
But if I ever had to make a choice, I guess it ought to be said:
I'd trade 'em all plus the gal down the road for Grandma's feather bed
Yes I'd trade 'em all, plus the gal down the road -
Well, maybe I'd better reconsider about the gal down the road!
CHORUS:
It was nine feet high and six feet wide, and soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
It'd hold eight kids 'n' four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed
Didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's feather bed
Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground.
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
Till the rain comes tumblin' down
Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones
Man is made of dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own
'Cause the time is close at hand
Rainful rain, sun and rain
Find my way in nature's chain
Tune my body and my brain
To the music from the land
Plant your rows straight and long
Temper them with prayer and song
Mother Earth will make you strong
If you give her love and care
Old crow watchin' hungrily
From his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I'm as free
Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I awake as a child to see the world begin
On monarch wings and birthday wanderings.
I want to put on faces, walk in the wet and the cold
And look forward to my growing old...
To grow old is to change, and to change is to be new.
To be new is to be young again...I barely remember, when
My memory is stolen by the morning,
Blotted out by the sun's hypnotic LIGHT,
Out by the sun's hypnotic LIGHT.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I awake as a child to see the world begin
On monarch wings and birthday wanderings.
I want to put on faces, walk in the wet and the cold
Thank you for this precious day
These gifts you give to me
My heart so full of love for you
Sings praise for all I see
Oh sing for every mother’s child
For every childhood tear
Oh sing for all the stars above
The peace beyond all fear
This is for the refugees
The ones without a home
A boat out on the ocean
A city street alone
Are they not some dear mother’s child
Are they not you and I
Are we the ones to bear this shame
And they this sacrifice
Or are they just like falling leaves
Who give themselves away
From dust to dust from seed to shear
And to another day
If I could have one wish on Earth
Of all I can conceive
T’would be to see another spring
And bless the falling leaves
Thank you for this precious day
These gifts you give to me
My heart so full of love for you
Sings praise for all I see
Oh sing for every mother’s child
For every childhood tear
Oh sing for all the stars above
Just to look in your eyes again
Just to lay in your arms
Just to be the first one always there for you
Just to live in your laughter
Just to sing in your heart
Just to be everyone of your dreams come true
Just to sit by your window
Just to touch in the night
Just to offer a prayer each day for you
Just to long for your kisses
Just to dream of your sighs
Just to know that I’d give my life for you
For you, all the rest of my life
For you, all the best of my life
For you alone, only for you
Just to wake up each morning
Just you by my side
Just to know that you’re never really far away
Just a reason for living
Just to say I adore
Just to know that you’re here in my heart to stay
For you, all the rest of my life
For you, all the best of my life
For you alone, only for you
Just the words of a love song
Just the beat of my heart
It's by far the hardest
thing I've ever done
To be so in love
with you and so alone
(chorus)
Follow me where I go
what I do and who I know
Make it part of you
to be a part of me
Follow me up and down
all the way and all around
Take my hand and say
you'll follow me
It's long been on my mind
You know it's been
a long long time
I've tried to find the way
that I can make you understand
The way I feel about you
and just how much I need you
To be there where I can talk to you
when there's no one else around
(chorus)
You see I'd like to
share my life with you
and show you things I've seen
Places that I'm going to
places where I've been
To have you there beside
me and never be alone
And all the time
that you're with me
we will be at home
Well I guess that you probably know by now
I was one who wanted to fly
I wanted to ride on that arrow of fire right up into heaven
And I wanted to go for every man
Every child, every mother of children
I wanted to carry the dreams of all people right up to the stars
And I prayed that I’d find an answer there
Or maybe I would find a song
Giving a voice to all of the hearts that cannot be heard
And for all of the ones who live in fear
And all of those who stand apart
My being there would bring us a little step closer together
They were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone
They gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they could be
They were flying for me
They were flying for me
And I wanted to wish upon the Milky Way
And dance upon a falling star
I wanted to give myself and free myself, and join myself with it all
Given the chance to dream, it can be done
The promise of tomorrow is real
Children of spaceship Earth
The future belongs to us all
She was flying for me
She was flying for everyone
She was trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone
She gave us her light
She gave us her spirit and all she can be
She was flying for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for everyone
They were trying to see a brighter day for each and everyone
They gave us their light
They gave us their spirit and all they can be
They were flying for me
They were flying for me
They were flying for me
All of her days have
gone soft and cloudy
All of her dreams
have gone dry
All of her nights have
gone sad and shady
She's getting ready to fly
(chorus)
Fly away
fly away
fly away
Life in the city
can make you crazy
For sounds of the
sand and the sea
Life in a high-rise
can make you hungry
For things that
you can't even see
(chorus)
In this whole world there's
nobody as lonely as she
There's nowhere to go and
there's nowhere that she'd rather be
She's looking for lovers
and children playing
She's looking for
signs of the spring
She listens for laughter
and sounds of dancing
She listens for any old thing
You know I love the trail I’m on
And the friends who ride with me
The country that we’re passing through
Is a paradise to see
A haven for my spirit
The homeland of my dreams
My heart flies through the wilderness
And on an eagle’s wings
And oh I love the waterfall
And the way the river sings
From snowcapped peaks both proud and tall
Through forests deep and green
The highway of the mountains
The lifeblood of the land
I can hear my mother speak to me
And hold my father’s hand
Durango mountain caballero
Take me for a ride
On the backbone of this mighty land
The continental divide
To the place where earth and heaven meet
The mountains and the sky
In the heart of Colorado
Rocky mountain high
And oh I love the campfire
And the circle that I’m in
The stories and the laughter
They should never ever end
Forever in my memory
Forever in my song
On a San Juan mountain trail ride
There’s a tenderness that I feel, it’s very real you see
I can feel your body stir so deep within
Let it be an out of love tonight completely
And let me ask of you one thing
Don’t close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don’t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Well you can lie so close to someone and still feel alone
And though I heard you say you loved me so many times
While you give me love so beautiful and tender
Someone else is in your mind
Don’t close your eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don’t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Let it be me tonight
Sorry if I cry - feelings run so deep
Many is a time when I’ll wake up and find
That I’m crying in my sleep
Look me in the eye, tell me what you see
I’m the one who loves you, I’m the one who needs you
Make this one for me
Don’t close youe eyes tonight
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you
Don’t close your eyes tonight
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Troll the ancient yuletide carol, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
See the blazing yule before us, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Follow me in merry measure, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
While I tell of yuletide treasure, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Fast away the old year passes, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Hail the New Year, lads and lasses, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Sing we joyous, all together, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Heedless of the wind and weather, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
I guess growing isn’t hard to do
Just stand against the wall
Once I was just two feet high
Today I’m six feet tall
But knowing who to listen to
Is something else again
Words just whistle ‘round my head
Like seasons in the wind
All across the water the clouds are sailing
They won’t let me look at the sky
All I want to do is try and find myself
Come and let me look in your eyes
In searching for the way to go
I’ve followed all the rules
The way they say to chooses between
The wise men and the fools
I listen to the words they say
I read what I should read
I do whatever’s right to do
Try to be what I should be
Someone let me in I think the sky is falling
Seems I’ve gotten lost on my way
All I want to do is try and find myself
Come and let me look in your eyes
Ah, but wisdom isn’t underground
Nor on a mountainside
And where am I to take myself
There’s no place here to hide
All across the universe the stars are fading
Seems we’ve gotten lost on our way
All I want to do is try and find myself
Come and let me look in your eyes
Come and let me look in your eyes
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
There's fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twentyfive sacks of mail
They're all on a southbound oddyssey
And the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rollin' along past the houses, farms and fields
Passin' towns that have no names
And freightyards full of old grey men
The grave yards of the rusted automobiles
Singin' good mornin' America, how are you?
Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
I am dealin' cards with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point, aint no one keepin' score
Say won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle.
And I'm feelin' the wheels a rumblin' through the floor.
And the sons of Pullman Porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
And their days are full of restless and their dreams are full of memories
And the and the echos of the freight train whistle's clear
Singin' good mornin' America, how are you?
Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son.
Yes, I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when they day is done.
But its twilight on the City of New Orleans.
Talk about your pocket full of friends
Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin'
With no tomorrow waiting'round the bend
Singin' good night America, I love you,
Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
Singin' good morning America, how are you?
Sayin' don't you know me I'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Tall in the saddle, we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over snow
covered-plains.
All of the good gifts given today, ours is the sky and the wide open range.
Back in the cities they have different ways, football and eggnog and Christmas
parades.
I'll take a blanket, I'll take the reins, It's Christmas for cowboys wide-open
plains.
A campfire for warmth as we stop for the night, the stars overhead are
Christmas tree lights.
The wind sings a hymn as we bow down to pray, It's Christmas for cowboys,
wide-open plains.
It's tall in the saddle we spend Christmas Day, driving the cattle over
snow-covered plains.
So many gifts have been opened today, ours is the sky and the wide open range.
Know what you really need
You can?t get enough
Too many mouths to feed
Ain?t life enough
Call this survival
Don?t pray for a sign
Know what you really want
You can?t get it back
Down on the water front
Better watch out Jack
Nights on the mainline
Rust on the rail
I?ve seen ?em swindle this town
I?ve seen ?em tumble it down
I?ve seen red rivers, fire and steel
I?ve felt the thunder chained to the wheel
Know what you mean to me
Goes deeper than that
Can?t fight your destiny
Don?t know where it?s at
Don?t look for light'n
Or pray for a sign
I?ve heard the legends
I?ve watched the skies
I feel the power
The flame in your eyes
I?ve seen ?em swindle this town
I?ve seen ?em tumble it down
I?ve seen red rivers, fire and steel
In my mind I’m going to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
And I’m going to Carolina in my mind
Karen she’s a silver sun
You’d best walk away and watch it shine
Watch her watch the morning come
A silver tears appearing now
I’m cryin’, ain’t I
And I’m going to Carolina in my mind
There ain’t no doubt in no one’s mind
And love’s the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
Hey babe, the sky’s on fire
And dyin’, ain’t I
And I’m going to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I’m going to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
And I’m going to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent, late last night
I think I might have heard the highway call
Eastern flight, dogs that bight
Signs that might be omens
Say I’m goin, I’m goin’
I’m going to Carolina in my mind
With a holy host of others standing round me, yeah
Still I’m on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me, if it’s of an
In my mind I’m going to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
And I’m going to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I’m going to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, bread and roses
As we go marching, marching
We battle too for men
For they are women’s children
And we mother them again
Our lives shall not be sweetened
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses
As we go marching, marching
We bring the greater days
For the rising of the women
Means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler
Ten that toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life’s glories
I had a '56 T-Bird
Then I was king of the highway
Trying to make it look fast and easy
And dreamin' of doin' it my way
Let's put the top down baby
Feel the wind in our hair
We were too young to know better
And too cool to care
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby you're only along for the ride
Only along for the ride
Rock and roll on the radio
Let's turn it up and get down
Convertible dreams running wild in the streets
In the all time American town
When you played the thrill queen, baby
I heard the jazz of joy
You were every girl in the world
But I wasn't every boy
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby, you're only along for the ride
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby, you're only along for the ride
Only along for the ride
Memory pink and charcoal grey
Are the clours I painted this song
You were 19 and perfect, baby
But no one stays perfect too long
All I wanted was you by my side
Baby you're only along for the ride
All this joy, all this sorrow
All this promise, all this pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love
City of joy, city of sorrow
City of promise, city of pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love
World of joy, world of sorrow
World of promise, world of pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love
All this joy, all this sorrow
All this promise, all this pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love
Life in the city gets all closed in
When you stand in a crowd all alone
Wishing that someone would call out your number
Hoping that someone might phone
Nights in the city can drive you crazy
There’s so very much going on
Try to get quiet, you’ll miss out on something
Like someone who’s looking for
Someone who’s looking...
There, I almost got caught again
Lost in the night all alone
With nowhere to hide, crying inside
A wild heart looking for home
Sleeping without you is always cold
The nights are so dark and so long
Dreaming of touching your face in the moonlight
Filling the silence with song
Living without you the days are endless
The clock winding steadily down
Imagining footsteps, your hand at the gatepost
The wind shuts the open door
the wind shuts the open...
There, I almost got caught again
Lost in the night all alone
With nowhere to hide, crying inside
A wild heart looking for home
The songbird, she trembles all day long
She sings as if her poor heart must break
Watching the freedom that flies past her window
Dreaming won’t fit in a cage
Fly away songbird, the wind she loves you
Your prison is forsaken at last
Follow your dreaming, you’re bound up to heaven
You’re reaching for something more
Reaching for something...
There, I almost got caught again
Lost in the night all alone
With nowhere to hide, crying inside
A wild heart looking for home
There, I thought of your face again
A vision to have and to hold
My spirit still sings, I’m flying again
A wild heart looking for home
When I was a young man
I ran away trom home
I went to join the circus
Went to see the cotton candy whirl
And make me lots ot money on my own
For Molly, oh my pretty Molly
But she's waiting all alone
Someday soon I will return to her
Then I made the big time
Bright 11ghts show biz
I'm really in the circus
There's only one thing wrong
I haven saved a peony on my own
For Molly, oh my pretty Molly
But she's writing everyday
Molly understands so it's okay
Ride a windy box car
See a thousand children young and old
Oh that grease paint smile
Can hide your soul
Here comes a carrousel
Guess which town it is
Feel the thrill
Grease paint covers everything
But winters chill
I reading Molly letter
The ink is fading
And the page is fuming yellow
Long ago I promised Molly
Don't you know I
If I had my druthers I'd go fishin'
Find myself a lake and a lazy day
If I had my druthers I'd quit wishin'
Get off the old caboose get on my way.
Give me whole lots of laughter
Great big barrels of fun
Nightime full of romance
Daytime full of fun
If I had my druthers I'd go flyin' - oooh
Lookin' for the things I'd like to see - yeah
If I had my druthers I'd be tryin' tryin'
The only way to be what I can be
Give me somebody to love me
Make me feel like the only one
Something thst's worth doing Lord
I feel good when it's well done.
If I had my druthers I'd go sailin' - yes I would
Catch me campin' out on the open sea
If I had my druthers I'd be singin'
Just how good this good life feels to me - feels so good
You just need somesome to talk to
Something you can share
You don't need no reason for livin' Lord
It's already there - yes it is - oooh oooh
It makes me giggle
I can't sit down
Born on a quiet morning
Just a dream in someone’s eyes
A dream that’s like a promise meant to be
Giving rise to speculation
On a place called paradise
If I’ve ever been there
It’s when you were with me
You’re so beautiful
I can’t believe my eyes
Each time I see you again
You’re so beautiful
That I’m in paradise
Each time I see you again
I remember some hidden valley
Where the skies are never still
And alpine meadows burn in the evening light
I remember the path to glory
And the way around the hill
I remember true love’s eyes
Shining in the night
You’re so beautiful
I can’t believe my eyes
Each time I see you again
You’re so beautiful
That I’m in paradise
Each time I see you again
And if paradise is everything you see
Then the place you must be coming from
Is ecstasy
You’re so beautiful
That I can’t believe my eyes
Each time I see you again
You’re so beautiful
That I’m in paradise
Each time I see you again
Just want to see you again
I want to be with you again
I just need to love you again
Just wanna touch you again
I just need to love you again
I want to be with you again
touch you again
love you again
And you say that the battle is over
And you say that the war is all done
Go tell it to those
With the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gun
And write it on the sides
Of the great whaling ships
Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed
With the wild in their eyes
It is they who must die
And it’s we who must measure the loss
And you say that the battle is over
And finally the world is at peace
You mean no one is dying
And mothers don’t weep
Or it’s not in the papers at least
There are those who would deal
In the darkness of life
There are those who would tear down the sun
And most men are ruthless
But some will still weep
When the gifts we were given are gone
Now the blame cannot fall
On the heads of a few
It’s become such a part of the race
It’s eternally tragic
That that which is magic
Be killed at the end of the glorious chase
From young seals to great whales
From waters to wood
They will fall just like weeds in the wind
With fur coats and perfumes
And trophies on walls
What a hell of a race to call men
And you say that the battle is over
And you say that the war is all done
Go tell it to those
With the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gun
And write it on the sides
Of the great whaling ships
Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed
With the wild in their eyes
It is they who must die
And it’s we who must measure the loss
With the wild in their eyes
It is they who must die
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
See what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
I wouldn’t change a thing
Welcome to my happiness
You know it makes me smile
And it pleases me to have you here
For just a little while
While we open up the spaces
Try to break some chains
And if the truth is told
They will never come again
Welcome to my evening
The closing of the day
I could try a million times
Never find a better way
To tell you that I love you
And all the songs I play
Are to thank you for allowing me
Inside this lovely day
Welcome to my morning
Welcome to my day
I’m the one responsible
I made it just this way
To make myself some pictures
And see what they might bring
I think I made it perfectly
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better it’s ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more
Everywhere I’m going I see trouble
Everywhere I’m looking I see all kinds of pain
Maybe we can get back on the double
Maybe we can turn around and make it all change
They say it’s you against your neighbor
If it gets right down to it, you against your friend
I swear that this is not the answer
As far as I can see it is the way it all ends
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better it’s ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less and doing so much more
Hey man, you know me I don’t worry
Hey man, you know me I am never afraid
Only one thing can make me sorry
Something to say and then it never gets said
What kind of man turns on his brother
What kind of man turns his back on a friend
Who has the right to say it’s over
Who has the right to see how far it can bend
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better it’s ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more
Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah
Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah
Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah
Yaweh yaweh yaweh jah
You and me you and me
You and me you and me
I and I - I and I
I and I - I and I
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better it’s ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
I wish you were here
(when the shadows fall and all the rushing traffic stills)
I wish you were here
(and the bells are ringing on the seven hills)
I make my way to a small cafe
I wonder what you did today
Wish you were here
Dear one at home, I just flew in from Rome
And Paris is a postcard all decked in color chrome
And so I climbed the Eiffel Tower and prayed at Notre Dame
But I just can’t find the romance and I wonder why I came
I wish you were here
(on the Champs Elysees, lovers walking hand in hand)
I wish you were here
(they take one look at me and seem to understand)
This city of light is a lovely sight
The first bright star I see tonight
Wish you were here
Now I write this from the plane
Drinking cheap champagne
Wonderin’ why two people got so far apart
I wish you were here
(here in London where the rain is pouring down)
I wish you were here
(on this airplane headed back to New York town)
I’ll never leave you alone again
I’m coming home, but until then
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
January back in ’55 we rode a Greyhound bus through the Georgia midnight
Grandpa was sleeping and the winter sky was clear
We hit a bump and his head jerked back a little and he mumbled something
He woke up smiling but his eyes were bright with tears he said...
I dreamed I was back on the farm
Twenty years have passed boy
But the memory still warms me
Wild flowers in a mason jar
He told me those old stories ’bout that one room cabin in Kentucky
The smell of rain and the feel of the warm earth in his hands
He slowly turned and stared outside
His face was mirrored in the window
And his reflection flew across the moonlit land
And he dreamed he was back on the farm
He tilts his head and listens to the early sounds of morning
Wild flowers in a mason jar
An old man and an eight year old boy
Rolling down that midnight highway
Warm Kentucky memories from a winter Georgia night
I started drifting off and Grandpa tucked his coat around me
I think I tried to smile as I slowly closed my eyes
And I dreamed I was with him on the farm
Grandpa, I can hear the evening wind out in the corn
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten, and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmas’s be white
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
On a snow covered night
Up in Eastern Wyoming
Another lazy day
Lookin’ for the sun
In a draughty old cabin
Outside a whiskey basin
Another shining light
And a good man on the run
There’s a lady back in Laramie
And her reason no one else can see
For him to spend
The winter on his own
Nothing much for him to do tomorrow
Just a matter of survival
Another friendly fight
In a life chocked full of fun
Yodalling
It’s a special kind of medicine
And all that you can do is win
Though it tastes so sweet
You can refuse
Put your heart on the table
Fill your fountain with moonshine
Another empty case of
The Whiskey Basin Blues
You know sometimes I can’t get to sleep at night
I can’t quiet my heart or my mind
I toss and turn, I ache and burn
I get caught in the passing of time
It’s like too many miles, too many heartaches
Too much that needs to be done
Yes and too many sidewalks, too many people
Too many hours done
What’s on your mind
What’s on my mind
Is really quite the same
I’ve been working so hard
And I’m ready to play
I know just the right game
What’s on your mind
Is what’s on my mind
That’s the way it’s gonna be
I’m gonna find me a place I can hide
I want you right next to me
On I’ve never seen a more beautiful day
It’s my favorite time of year
The colors are changing, she’s rearranging
And I’m so glad to be here
I’ve been up and around, I’ve been lost, I’ve been found
I’ve seen love face to face in my dreams
And the things that I know and the things that I show
Are not always just what they seem
What’s on your mind
Is what’s on my mind
It’s just that way
It’s like catching a ride
On a beautiful river
Let it carry us all away
What’s on your mind
And what’s on my mind
Is really nothing new
I want to get you alone
I want to make you my own
Baby, I want to make love with you
What’s on your mind
And what’s on my mind
Is really quite the same
I’ve been working so hard
And I’m ready to play
Baby, I know just the right game
What’s on your mind
And what’s on my mind
Is really nothing new
I want to get you alone
I want to make you my own
Make believe your on a boat with no water around.
Picture yourself at a circus, without any clowns.
Pretend that you're on a highway, without any end.
Then empty the ashtray,
Sweep up the floor,
Put a lock on your door.
If somebody calls in the morning,
Just say we don't live here no more.
Draw me a picture of an island without any seas.
Show me a map of the whole world without boundaries.
Build me a home without windows or doors to go in.
Then empty the ashtray,
Sweep up the floor,
Put a lock on your door.
If somebody calls in the morning,
Just say we don't live here no more.
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Dream of a time when the tides ebbing now rise again.
Then you will know that to die is not really to end.
Living and dieing are both your most intimate friends.
So empty the ashtray,
Sweep up the floor,
Put a lock on your door.
If somebody calls in the morning,
Just say we don't live here no more.
If somebody calls in the morning,
They say they love each other
I’ve no doubt they do
They say they’ll always be together
That may not be true
They come from different places
Different points of view
They find themselves in different spaces
Everything is all brand new
Two different directions
Too many different ways
One always on the road somewhere
The other one always stays
Too often unhappy
Too often on your own
When you are moving in different directions
True love is all alone
Old stories start to surface
Patterns from long ago
And loving quickly turns to anger
For reasons they don’t even know
The strongest heart can be broken
With one insensitive word
The deepest feelings remain unspoken
No one is seen and nothing heard
Two different directions
Too many different ways
One always wants to work things out
The other one wants to play
To ready for changes
To much that just can’t wait
When you are moving in different directions
True love can turn to hate
If opposites attract each other
What’s the reason for
One being like an open window
One just like a closing door
Two different directions
Two many different ways
One likes to see the morning sunrise
The other one sleeps in late
To many tomorrows
To many times too late
When you are moving in different directions
True love may have to wait
If you are committed to different directions
As I travel down the road and search the empty sky
Waiting for the moment when my eyes will see
Many are the memories the mysteries of time
How they dance around and whisper endlessly
Yes I’ve travelled down this road before
Where so many men have come and gone
But you know it takes time
(True love takes time)
You know that true love takes time
(True love takes time)
And it’s so very hard to find
(True love takes time)
You know that love takes time
It seemed impossible that I could care again
So it seemed I had forgotten how to give
What is this miracle that brings me back my dreams
All at once I can remember how to live
Yes I’ve travelled down this road before
Where so many men have come and gone
But you know it takes time
(True love takes time)
You know that true love takes time
(True love takes time)
And it’s so very hard to find
(True love takes time)
You know that true love takes time
I have been too much alone for oh so many years
Looking for someone to sing with me
Sweet harmony
My heart is open now and tender to the touch
But there is love enough to heal me in your hands
I’ll give you all my nights
All my sun and rainy days
I’ll give you all the time it takes to understand
We’ve travelled down this road before
Where so many fools have come and gone
But you know it takes time
(True love takes time)
You know that true love takes time
(True love takes time)
And it’s so very hard to find
(True love takes time)
You know that true love takes time
(True love takes time)
(True love takes time)
There are times I fear I lose myself
I don’t know who I am
I get caught up in the struggle and the strain
With my back against a stonewall
My finger in the dam
Losin’ strength and goin’ down again
And I take a look around me
My eyes can’t find the sun
There’s nothing wild as far as I can see
Then my heart turns to Alaska
And freedom on the run
I can hear her spirit callin’ me
To the mountains, I can rest there
To the rivers, I will be strong
To the forest, I’ll find peace there
To the wild country, where I belong
Oh, I know some times I worry
On worldly ways and means
And I can see the future killing me
On a misbegotten highway
Of prophecies and dreams
A road to nowhere and eternity
And I know it’s just changes
Yes, and mankind marchin’ on
I know we can’t live in yesterday
But compared to what we’re losin’
And what it means to me
I’d give my life and throw the rest away
To the mountains, I can rest there
To the rivers, I will be strong
To the forest, I’ll find peace there
To the wild country, where I belong
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
And brightened up some days
It helped me make it through some lonely nights
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady
It opened up her eyes and ears to me
It brought us close together
And I guess it broke her heart
It opened up the space for us to be
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be
This old guitar gave me my life, my living
All the things you know, I love to do
To serenade the stars that shine
From a sunny mountainside
Most of all to sing my songs for you
I love to sing my songs for you
Because he called the forest brother,
Because he called the earth his mother,
They drove him out into the rain.
Some people even said
The boy from the country was insane.
CHORUS:
The boy from the country left his home when he was young.
The boy from the country, he loved the sun.
You know he spoke to the fish in the creek
He tried to tell us that the animals could speak.
And who knows, perhaps they do.
How do you know they don't,
Just because they've never spoken to you?
CHORUS
You've long been on the open road and sleepin' in the rain
From dirty words and muddy cells your clothes are soiled and stained
But the dirty words and the muddy cells will soon be judged insane
So only stop and rest yourself and you'll be off again
Oh take off your thirsty boots
And stay for awhile
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Lookin' for the evenin'
And the mornin' in your eyes
Then tell me of the ones you saw
As far as you could see
Across the plains from field to town
Marchin' to be free
And of the rusted prison gates that tumble by the breeze
Like laughing children one by one
They look like you and me
So take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
I know you are no stranger down the crooked rainbow trails
From dancing cliff edge and shattered sills, this land of shackled jails
Where the voices drift up from below as walls are bein' scaled
Yes all of this and more my friend your song shall not be failed
Oh take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile
Your feet are hot and weary, from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh, and maybe I can try
Just lookin for the evenin' and the mornin' in your eyes
So take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile
Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh and maybe I can try
I love the ocean on a peaceful morning
I love the freedom of a single man
I love the woman who just drives me crazy
I just can’t help it that’s the way I am
I don’t like war
I don’t like politicians
Don’t like the one who has an angry hand
I don’t like guns
I don’t like nuclear missiles
Don’t like the one who doesn’t give a damn
It’s all right, it’s all right
We can make love, we can fight
It’s all right, it’s all right
We can make love, we can fight
We can make love
I love the Lord
I love the little people
I love the one who is a gentle man
I love the rivers in the Rocky Mountains
I just can’t help it that’s the way I am
I’ve been to Boston and I’ve been to China
I’ve been around the world and back again
I’ve got a hunger that just keeps me running
I just can’t help it that’s the way I am
It’s all right, it’s all right
We can make love, we can fight
It’s all right, it’s all right
We can make love, we can fight
In this magic hour of softening light
The moments in between the day and the night
The instant when all shadows disappear
The distance in between the love and the fear
There's a longing deep within the wandering soul
It's like the half that understands it once was whole
Like the two who only dream of being one
Like the moon whose only light is in the sun
There's a danger in forever looking outside
You start to believe that all your prayers have been denied
And you forget the sound of your own name
And thus begins the suffering and the pain
I wanted an answer, I wanted a way
I wanted to know just what to do and what to say
I wanted a reason, I want(ed) to know why
Can there never be heaven right here on Earth and peace inside
Inside my heart
Deep in my soul
Within each part
And in the whole
There's a promise in the journeys of the mind
You begin to believe that there are miracles you will find
And that someday you'll remember who you are
The seed within a bright and shining star
That's like the flame that lives within a hungering heart
That only awaits a gift of love for it to spark
Into a fire that burns forever, endlessly
Like the river that can't help but meet the sea
In this magic hour between the dark and the dawn
In the space between the silence and the song
Suddenly the mystery is clear
That love is only letting go of fear
Love is the answer and love is the way
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
And love is the reason, love is the why
And love is in heaven right here on Earth and peace inside
Inside your heart
Deep in your soul
Within each part
And in the whole
Love is the answer and love is the way
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
Love is the reason, love is the why
I came here from the city
A thousand miles away
I came just for a little while
You know I never meant to stay
I meant to take my pleasure
Have a good time and be gone
But I fell in love with a lady
Now I sing a mountain song
I listened to the music
Of the night wind in the pines
I saw the quiet slendour
Of a field of columbine
I skied on crystal pathways
To a mountain peak so tall
And I walked the mighty summits
With the one who made it all
And I fell in love with a lady
’Cause I’ve seen her at her best
And I’ve walked her wild and rugged paths
Through her open wilderness
And now I never can betray her
Steal her riches and be gone
’Cause when you love a mountain lady
You’re gonna sing a mountain song
Now people come from everywhere
To see what they can find
And some take lots of pictures
And some just take their time
But they’re some who take her beauty
That can’t be bought or sold
And they think of only money
While destroying wealth untold
But you fall in love with a lady
When you’ve slept upon her breast
And I’ve walked her wild and rugged paths
To her open wilderness
And you never can betray her
Steal her riches and be gone
’Cause when you love a mountain lady
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood
still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
now The first time that I picked it up I had a big surprise.
For right on the bottom were two big buttons that looked like big green eyes.
I first pushed one and then the other, then I twisted it's lid.
And when I set it down again, well here is what it did.
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped whirrrrr when it stood still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
It first marched left and then marched right, then marched under the chair
and when I looked where it had gone it wasn't even there.
I started to cry my Daddy laughed he knew just what i'd find.
when i turned around my marvellous toy came chugging from behind.
It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrrrr when it stood
still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
Well The years have gone by too quickly it seems, I have my own little boy.
And yesterday I gave to him my marvellous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head and he gave a squeal of glee...
Neither one of us knows just what it is but he loves it just like me.
It still goes zip when it moves and bop when it stops, whirrrrr when it
stands still
There was a little railroad train with loads and loads of toys
All starting out to find a home with little girls and boys
And as that little railroad train began to chug along
The little engine up in front was heard to sing this song
Choo, choo, choo, choo
Choo, choo, choo, choo
I feel so good today
Oh hear the track
Oh clickety clack
I’ll go my merry way
The little train went rousing on so fast it seemed to fly
Until it reached a mountain that went almost to the sky
The Little engine moaned and groaned and huffed and puffed away
But halfway to the top it just gave up and seemed to say
I can’t go
I can’t go
I’m weary as can be
I can’t go
I can’t go
This job is not for me
The toys got out to push but all in vain alas alack
And then a great big engine came a whistling down the track
They asked if it would kindly pull them up the mountain side
But with a high and mighty sneer it scornfully replied I
Don’t bother me
Don’t bother me
To pull the likes of you
Don’t bother me
Don’t bother me
I’ve better things to do
The toys all started crying ’cause that engine was so mean
And then there came another one, the smallest ever seen
And though it seemed that she could hardly pull herself along
She hitched on to the train and as she pulled she sang this song
I think I can
I think I can
I think I have a plan
And I can do most anything
If I only think I can
Then up that great big mountain with the cars all full of toys
And soon they reached the waiting arms of little girls and boy
And though that ends the story it will do you lots of good
To take a lesson from the little engine that could
Just think you can
Just think you can
Just have that understood
And very soon you’ll start to say
I always knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
I knew I could
On a snow crystal morning
Some place close to heaven
On the side of a mountain
In a race for the sun
In a matter of moments
The dream of a lifetime is won
There’s a fire in the heart
And it feels like the hunger
The spirit is burning
Consumed by the flame
To be one of the best
Of the best in the world
Is its name
To be faster and farther
Than anyone’s ever before
To be braver and stronger
And truer and then even more
To be all that you can be
And all that you’ve ever longed for
In the eyes of a mountain
All people are equal
In the eyes of all people
Our souls can be seen
In the course of our struggle
We’ll know what humanity means
To be all that you can be
And all that you’ve ever longed for
We gather together
To face one another
We gather in silence
And sing in the sun
We gather in peace
Spring is alive in Carolina
Deep in the forest where the foxfire glows
High on a mountain, down in a holler
Thunder and lightnin' so it goes
Over a hundred years ago we came to Carolina
Far across the water, it's a long hard road
With little more than courage
We came seeking independence
A little less than nothin' is a heavy load
From the heather to the highlands
We have found the smokie mountains
Hard work and simple ways
And life is good, life is good
Spring is alive in Carolina
Deep in the forest where the foxfire glows
High on a mountain, down in a holler
Thunder and lightnin' so it goes
You are every mornin' sunrise
You are every rain
You are every peal of laughter
You are every cry of pain
You are all the summer flowers
You are all the falling leaves
You are everyone rejoicin'
You are everyone who grieves
You are all my unknown secrets
You are all my hidden fears
You are known in lover's kisses
You are seen in childhood tears
You are where the stars are shinin'
You are where the rainbow ends
You are why the war is over
You are how the peace begins
Whisper the wind over the water
Whisper the wind all through the night
Whisper the wind along the canyon
Whisper the wind into the light
Whisper the wind brothers and sisters
Whisper the wind all the same
Whisper the wind love one another
Whisper the wind your precious name
Spring is alive in Carolina
Deep in the forest where the foxfire glows
High on a mountain, down in a holler
Thunder and lightnin' so it goes
Spring is alive in Carolina
Deep in the forest where the foxfire glows
High on a mountain, down in a holler
In the airport lounge she sat in a fancy feather hat
The grandest lady I have ever seen
Outside the heavy rains had grounded all the planes
So I asked her if she'd like some company.
In my rhinestone studded suit, my cowboy hat and boots
I must have been a sight for her to see
But she said "pull up a chair" as she fumbled with her hair
A more unlikely pair you'll never see.
I was Mogan David wine, she was Chablis fifty-nine
But there we sat, the cowboy and the lady
She was evenings at the opera and summers in Paree
I was Grand Ole Opry, Nashville Tennessee.
The cowboy and the lady, as different as could be
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennessee.
Then somewhere in between her Harvey's Bristol Creme
And the beer I drank, and the easy company
We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather
Now there's a little bit of class in this ole cowboy
There's a little bit of cowboy in the lady
The cowboy and the lady, as different as could be
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennessee.
We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather
Now there's a little bit of class in this ole cowboy
I don't know if you believe in Christmas
or if you have presents underneath a Christmas tree
but if you believe in love
that will be more than enough
for you to come and celebrate with me
for I have held the precious gift that love brings
even though I never saw a Christmas star
I know there is a light I have felt it burn inside
and I have seen it shining from afar
Christmas is the time to come together
a time to put all differences aside
and I reach out my hand to the family of man
to share the joy I feel at Christmas time
for the truth that binds us all together
I would like to say a simple prayer
that at this special time you will have true peace of mind
and love to last throughout the coming year
and if you believe in love
that will be more than enough
for peace to last throughout the coming year
I heard how all the lights went out in Memphis
On the death night anniversary of the king
The pretenders talking dirty in the palace
But it doesn’t have that old familiar ring
I see there’s been some changes in the valley
All the renegades have finally settled down
Now they worship in the temples of their rivals
And desecrate the holy heart of town
Can’t you hear all those sweet voices singing
Takin’ care of the chosen ones
Can’t you hear all those mission bells ringin’
Say a prayer for the chosen ones
I read they’re pourin’ oil on troubled waters
Yet they cast a giant shadow on the land
Let’s spend another night across the border
And bury all our secrets in the sand
Now they claim there is a message in the Bible
They swear there is no master and his slave
But the future’s lookin’ dim for the lonesome cowboy
Once upon a time in the land of Hushabye
Around about the wondrous days of yore
They came across a sort of box
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
And labeled, "Kindly do not touch, it's war"
Decree was issued round about all with a flourish and a shout
And a gaily colored mascot tripping lightly on the fore
"Don't fiddle with this deadly box
Or break the chains, or pick the locks
And please, don't ever play about with war"
Well, the children understood, children happen to be good
They were just as good around the time of yore
They didn't try to pick the locks
Or break into that deadly box
They never tried to play about with war
Mommies didn't either, sisters, aunts, grannies neither
'Cause they were quiet and sweet and pretty
In those wondrous days of yore
Well, very much the same as now, not the ones to blame somehow
For opening up that deadly box of war
But someone did, someone battered in the lid
And spilled the insides out across the floor
A sort of bouncy bumpy ball made up of guns and flags
And all the tears and horror and the death that goes with war
It bounced right out and went bashing all about
And bumping into everything in store
And what was sad and most unfair
Is that it didn't really seem to care
Much who it bumped, or why, or what, or for
It bumped the children mainly, and I'll tell you this quite plainly
It bumps them everyday and more and more
And leaves them dead and burned and dying
Thousands of them sick and crying
'Cause when it bumps, it's really very sore
Now there's a way to stop the ball, it isn't difficult at all
All it takes is wisdom
I'm absolutely sure that we could get it back into the box
And bind the chains and lock the locks
No one seems to want to save the children anymore
Well, that's the way it all appears
'Cause it's been bouncing 'round for years and years
In spite of all the wisdom whizzed since those wondrous days of yore
And the time they came across the box
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
He was stranded in some tiny town on fair Prince Edward Isle
Awaiting for a ship to come and find him
A one-horse place, a friendly face, some coffee and a tiny trace
Of fiddling in the distance far behind him
A dime across the counter, then a shy hello, a brand new friend
A walk along the street in the wintry weather
A yellow light, an open door, a welcome friend, there's room for more
And then they're standing there inside together
He said, "I've heard that tune before somewhere, but I can't remember when
Was it on some other friendly shore or did I hear it on the wind?
Was it written on the sky above? I think I heard it from someone I love
But I never heard it sound so sweet since then"
Now his feet begin to tap, a little boy says, "I'll take your hat"
He's caught up in the magic of her smile
And leap the heart inside him went, and off across the floor he sent
His clumsy body graceful as a child
He said, "There's magic in the fiddler's arm, there's magic in this town
There's magic in the dancers' feet and the way they put them down
People smiling everywhere, boots and ribbons, locks of hair
And laughter and old blue suits and Easter gowns"
Now the sailor's gone, the room is bare, the old piano's sitting there
Someone's hat's left hanging on the rack
And empty chairs, the wooden floor that feels the touch of shoes no more
Awaiting for the dancers to come back
And the fiddle's in the closet of some daughter of the town
The strings are broke and the bow is gone and the cover's buttoned down
But sometimes on December nights
When the air is cold and the wind is right
Not so long ago, I packed my bags a hundred times
Didn’t seem to know how to stop or to unwind
Goin’ nowhere, a man without a dream
Guess my lucky star fell the day you came along
To my lonely heart you are like a special song
Singing sweetly your tender melody
Thanks to you
The child in me lives again
Thanks to you
I have found a peace within
I know where I’m goin’ and what I want to do
Thanks to you
Lying in you arms I found my greatest pleasure
I look into your eyes and dream about forever
Wakin’ up with you and lookin’ forward to the day
What we plan to do, knowin’ anything at all’s okay
A life has a meaning
Love has got a name
Thanks to you
The child in me lives again
Thanks to you
I have found a peace within
I know where I’m goin’ and what I want to do
Thanks to you
Thanks to you
The child in me lives again
Thanks to you
I have found a peace within
I know where I’m goin’ and what I want to do
Hey everybody, tell me how do you feel
Are you satisfied with your life
Do you think it's real
Tell me how is your head
What are your dreams
Do you have any plans
Do you have any schemes
Do you care about - about anybody
I'd like to know
Is the answer no
Take me to tomorrow
Take me there today
I've had my fill of sorrow and living this way
Take me to tomorrow
That's where I'd like to be
The day after tomorrow is waiting for me
Hey everybody, what's on your mind
Do you think there's nowhere else to go
There's nothing left to find
Are you happy where you are
Do you have anything to share
Do you think you're going to waste your life
Spending it there
Would you like to find a way out
Do think it's worth a try
I'd like to know
Is the answer no well maybe so
Take me to tomorrow
Take me there today
I've had my fill of sorrow and living this way
Take me to tomorrow
That's where I'd like to be
The day after tomorrow is waiting for me
Take me to tomorrow
Take me there today
I've had my fill of sorrow and living your way
Take me to tomorrow
That's where I'd like to be
The day after tomorrow is waiting
The day after tomorrow is waiting
This song appears on twenty-one albums, and was first released on the Poems, Prayers and Promises album. This version has also been released on The Very Best of John Denver (Double CD), This Is John Denver, Reflections: Songs of Love and Life, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection albums. It has been rerecorded on the Greatest Hits Vol 1, Take Me Home Country Roads & Other Hits, Favourites, Voice of America, John Denver (Italian) and Country Classics. It has been rerecorded again on the Earth Songs, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD), The John Denver Collection - Sunshine On My Shoulder and A Portrait albums, and again on the Love Again and A Celebration of Life albums. Live versions also appear on the Live In London, The Wildlife Concert and The Best of John Denver Live albums.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a day that I could give you
I'd give to you a day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
I'd sing a song to make you feel this way
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a tale that I could tell you
I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high
Sunshine almost always
The wheels go down
I’m back in town
Three months full of summer
And nothing to do
It’s been a strain at the reins
But the picture remains
Southwind’s blowin’ my love to you
Southwind’s blowin’ my love
For sixty-one days
I got caught in the maze
Twenty thousand watching
The songs go by
The lights go down
In an east Texas town
Southwind’s blowin’ my love to you
Southwind’s blowin’ my love
I couldn’t wait until
Till I got back home to you
Oh to get my fill
Of those California summer nights
It’s good to be home
My how the children have grown
Screen door’s barking out
That old familiar tune
Games at the park
But honey wait until dark
Southwind’s blowin’ my love to you
Southwind’s blowin’ my love
I couldn’t wait until
Till I got back home to you
Oh to get my fill
Of those California summer nights
The wheels go down
I’m back in town
Three months full of summer
And nothing to do
It’s been a strain at the reins
But the picture remains
Southwind’s blowin’ my love to you
Shipmates and Cheyenne, raindrops and cryin'
Haunt the dreams of an old, old man
Candles and church bells, laughter and farewells
Revolve in his thoughts like a wind
Stallions and blizzards, steelies and lizards
Drift in the meadows of time
No sense of progression, of age or direction
No meter, no form, no rhyme
I'll hold me one, just one risin' sun
Long after daylight is gone
I'll hold me one just one risin' sun
'Till my daylight and darkness is done
Kingdoms and covers, losers and lovers
And evenin's of blackberry wine
Fallin' like sands, the memories of hands
And kisses and whispers and sighs
I'll hold me one, just one risin' sun
'Till long after daylight is gone
I'll hold me one just one risin' sun
'Till my daylight and darkness is done
I'll hold me one, one more risin' sun
It's funny how you sound as
though you're right next door
When you're really half a world away
I just can't seem to find
the words I'm looking for
To say the things that I want to say
I can't remember when
I felt so close to you
It's almost more than I can bear
And though I seem half
a million miles from you
You are in my heart and living there
(chorus)
And the moon and the stars
are the same ones you see
It's the same old sun up in the sky
And your voice in my
ear is like heaven to me
Like the breezes here in old Shanghai
There are lovers who walk
hand in hand in the park
And lovers who walk all alone
There are lovers who lie
unafraid in the dark
and lovers who long for home
Oh I couldn't leave you
even if I wanted to
You're in my dreams and always near
And especially when I
sing the songs I wrote for you
You are in my heart and living there
(chorus)
Shanghai breezes cool and
clearing evening's sweet caress
Shanghai breezes soft and gentle
remind me of your tenderness
(chorus 2x)
Of course we have our differences
You shouldn’t be surprised
It’s as natural as changes
In the seasons and the skies
Sometimes we grow together
Sometimes we drift apart
A wiser man than I might know
The seasons of the heart
And I’m walking here beside you
In the early evening chill
A thing we’ve always loved to do
I know we always will
We have so much in common
So many things we share
That I can’t believe my heart
When it implies that you’re not there
Love is why I came here in the first place
Love is now the reason I must go
Love is all I ever hoped to find here
Love is still the only dream I know
So I don’t know how to tell you
It’s difficult to say
I never in my wildest dreams
Imagined it this way
But sometimes I just don’t know you
There’s a stranger in our home
When I’m lying right beside you
Is when I’m most alone
And I think my heart is broken
There’s an emptiness inside
So many things I’ve longed for
Have so often been denied
Still I wouldn’t try to change you
There’s no one that’s to blame
It’s just some things that mean so much
And we just don’t feel the same
Love is why I came here in the first place
Love is now the reason I must go
Love is all I ever hoped to find here
Love is still the only dream I know
Rusty green summer’s almost gone, I see winds clouding up the sun
And I can’t find my way, everything’s grey
Rusty green eyes on my mind, memories someplace out of time
All the things we would do ,I still love you
It’s a sad song to sing, painted rusty green
Up in a mountain in Jasper Alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride
To see the high country and learn of her people
The ways that they lived there, the ways that they died
And one is a teacher one a beginner
Just wanting to be there and wanting to know
And together they're trying to tell us a story
That should have been listened to long long ago
Now the life in the mountains is living in danger
From too many people too many machines
And the time is upon us today is forever
Tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams
Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds
The men and the mountains are brothers again
Clear waters are laughing they sing to the sky
The Rockies are living they will never die
Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta
Don’t want to live in New York City, man
Don’t want to live in Tokyo
I want to stay in my own village, man
Is nowhere else I need to go
Is nothing that I want for myself
That I don’t want for everyone
To work in peace to live in freedom
To look and never see a gun
Why are you calling this the Third World
I only know that it is my world
Maybe someday it can be our world
Can you imagine one world, one world
My heart it hurts more than my belly
So hard to live in poverty
I want to work for my own living, man
Don’t want someone to care for me
Don’t want to speak to revolution
It starts to sounding like a fight
I give myself to evolution
One world will make it be all right
Why are you calling this the Third World
I only know that it is my world
Maybe someday it can be our world
Can you imagine one world, one world
This world is made for everybody
This life is gift for everyone
This earth is bound to keep on turning
This day is flowers in the sunshine, sunshine
Why are you calling this the Third World
I only know that it is my world
Maybe someday it will be our world
Can you imagine someday one world, one world
Why are you calling this the Third World
I only know that it is my world
Maybe someday it can be our world
He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
Left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
Might say he found a key for ev'ry door
When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin' by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
Keeps changin' fast, it don't last for long
Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight
Is softer than a lullaby
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high
He climbed cathedral mountains
Saw silver clouds below
Saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once
And he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
Now, he walks in quiet solitude
The forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside
Himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
The Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
You talk to God, listen to the casual reply
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high
Now his life is full of wonder
But his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down
To bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
He know he'd be a poorer man
If he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky Mountain high
It's the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire
Everybody's high
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high
All of my life I've been so happy
While I have had you by my side
And now you say you're gonna leave me
For to become someone else's bride
Oh the river of love it has gone muddy
And the flowers they are dying on the shore
And the blue skies have all turned to darkness
And the nightingales will sing no more
What can I do to hide my sorrow?
What can I do to ease my pain?
And how can I keep these tears from fallin'?
Oh darlin' won't you come back hpme again?
Oh the river of love it has gone muddy
And the flowers they are dying on the shore
And the blue skies have all turned to darkness
And the nightingales will sing no more
Tomorrow I will take you to the station
And see that you're safely on that train
And when that 2:19 has departed
I'll never ever see your smile again
Oh the river of love it has gone muddy
And the flowers they are dying on the shore
And the blue skies have all turned to darkness
And the nightingales will sing no more
And the blue skies have all turned to darkness
Now she could dance that slow Uvalde shuffle to some cowboy hustle
How she makes them trophy buckles shine,shine,shine
Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered, trickin'dumb ol' cousin Willard
Into thinkin' that he's got her this time
Chorus:
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture walkin' talkin' Texas texture
High timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of cowboys look at ol' Willard grinnin' now, boys
You'd a-thought there's less fools in this world
Chorus:
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
Good luck, Willard, and here's to ya
Here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya
right all night
Lord, I wish I was the fool in your shoes
Chorus
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Got ripplin’ waters to wake me
To be more than my woman in love
All pine trees are pointin’ to see easily
To see heaven above
Blue spruce flamin’ on the grate in the evening
Takes the chill away fine
Cut the telephone line
The story’s the same
There’s a worn red chair by the window
That you found at a sale down the way
When some old women said that they
Needed more room for the winter
People like pullin’ at the stuffing
When they sit down
So it passes the time
Cut the telephone line
The story’s the same
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when I hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
And you made the world a warmer place
By the sparkle of your diamond face
On a gray spot with a little lace
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain in sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
In a meadow of columbine
Oh little Gennifer
I’d give a penny for
What you’ve got on your mind
Seems like most of the time you’re lyin’ there dreamin’
Maybe in your vision you see how
Our mission is slightly less than divine
Cut the telephone line
The story’s the same
Now, ripplin’ waters flow through the ceiling
And the walls there, their keepin’ me warm
And the closest I’ve been with my family for days
Is my music
But the silently stare in the morning sky
Is like hearing her calling my name
Cut the telephone line
The story might change
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day
Start to flutter when I hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
Warm as a mountain sunshine
On the edge of the snowline
So you speak to me of sadness
And the coming of the winter
Fear that is within you now
It seems to never end
And the dreams that have escaped you
And the hope that you’ve forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
You want to be my friend
And you wonder where we’re going
Where’s the rhyme and where’s the reason
And it’s you who cannot accept
It is here we must begin
To seek the wisdom of the children
And the graceful way of flowers in the wind
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
Like the music of the mountains
And the colours of the rainbow
They’re a promise of the future
And a blessing for today
Though the cities start to crumble
And the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading
And it’s colder than the sea
It is written from the desert
To the mountains they shall lead us
By the hand and by the heart
They will comfort you and me
In their innocence and trusting
They will teach us to be free
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
And the song that I am singing
Is a prayer to non believers
Come and stand beside us
The world is fast becoming younger
The news is all they’ve ever known
They’ve seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger
How will they choose when they are grown
What do you tell forever’s children
When it’s their turn to hurt and heal
Whatever spins a grim tornedo
Can also turn a potters wheel
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Tell with your life the bloody story
Teach to they’re dreams not burning steel
It’s not in bombs where lies the glory
But in what’s shattered on the field
The potter’s wheel takes love and caring
Skill and patience fast and slow
The works it makes are easily broken
Once they survive the potter’s throw
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Some day some children will be digging
In some long forgotten ground
And they’ll find our civilisation
Or what’s left of it to be found
They’ll find the weapons of destruction
But buried deeper in the hole
They’ll find a message and a promise
In the sand, the potter’s bowl
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Earth and fire and wind conspire
I've been lately thinking
about my life's time
All the things I've done
and how it's been
And I can't help believing
in my own mind
I know I'm gonna hate to see it end
I've seen a lot of sunshine
slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
I've known my lady's pleasures
Had myself some friends
and spent a time or two in my own home
And I have to say it now
it's been a good life all in all
It's really fine
to have a chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
and watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
sit and pass the pipe around
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
and things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
how right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday
and what about tomorrow
And what about our dreams
and all the memories we share
The days they pass so quickly now
nights are seldom long
And time around me whispers when it's cold
the changes somehow frighten me
Still I have to smile
it turns me on to think of growing old
For though my life's been good to me
there's still so much to do
So many things my mind has never known
I'd like to raise a family
I'd like to sail away
and dance across the mountains on the moon
I have to say it now
it's been a good life all in all
It's really fine
to have the chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
and watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
sit and pass the pipe around
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
and things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
how right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday
what about tomorrow
What about our dreams
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
Pegasus and flying fish and woodsmen made of tin
A kid knows what he wants to be before he’s nine or ten
Cowboys, clowns, and men of war and someone else’s friend
But nine grows into big boys’ pants and then to scars and pain
Twenty’s fast and hard as nails but doesn’t come again
There’s days to fall and days to rise and days for making haste
Days for seeking out yourself but no days you can waste
Nighttimes filled with love so good it aches to rest it down
Endless hallways dark with sleep and rivers dark with sound
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
Pegasus and flying fish and woodsmen made of tin
Children climbing on my arms and pigeons on my head
Get thee up my little man and dream a dream instead
dream a dream of rocking chairs and flying through the night
Dream until the morning’s gone and turned the dark to light
Then come and get your daddy if he hasn’t blown away
Rock him in your children’s hands and help him find his way
Take him to your hiding place and let him come inside
He’ll never tell your secret, cross my heart and hope to die
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
Tell the story that you told of sailors drinking tea
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
When I was a child, my family would travel
Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my mem'ries are worn
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
And the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Back in 1958 we drove an old V8 and when it’d gone a hundred thou’ we got out and pushed it a mile
We didn’t know who we were, we didn’t know what we did
We were just on the road
Headin’ down from Canada on a gravel road a mile from Montana
Then my Daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction
I asked my Daddy where are we goin’, he said we’ll just follow
Our nose, so I looked out the window and dreamed I was a cowboy
We didn’t know who we were, we didn’t know what we did
We were just on the road
I met a girl in a truck cafe, fell in love almost right away
Then the Mercury was ready to go and I had to leave her
Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo
Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo-Sh-doo
Go home said the man in the moon go home
Go home said the man in the moon go home
Because it’s gettin’sorta late and I’ll soon turn out my light
Go home said the man in the moon
Go home
We didn’t know who we were, we didn’t know what we did
We were just on the road
We didn’t know who we were, we didn’t know what we did
We were just a ridin’ on
The old folks don't talk much
They talk so slowly when they do
They are rich they are poor
Their illusions are gone
They share one heart for two
Their homes all smell of time
Of old photographs
and an old fashioned song
Though you may live in town
You live so far away
when you've lived too long
Have they laughed too much
Do their dry voices crack
talking of things gone by
have they cried too much
A tear or two still always seems
To cloud the eye
They tremble as they watch the old silver clock
When day is through
tick tock oh so slow
It says yes it says no
It says I wait for you
The old folks dream no more
Their books have gone to sleep
the piano's out of tune
the little cat is dead
and no more do they sing on a sunday afternoon
The old folks move no more
Their world become to small
their bodies feel like lead
they might look out a window
or else sit it a chair
or else they stay in bed
and if they still go out
arm in arm, arm in arm
in the morning chill
its to have a good cry
to say their last goodbye
to one who's older still
and then they go home
to the old silver clock
when day is through
tick tock so so slow
it says yes it says no
it says I wait for you
the old folks never die
they just put down their heads
and go to sleep one day
they will hold each others hands
like children in the dark
but one will get lost anyway
and the other will remain
just sitting in a room
which makes no sound
it doesn't matter now
the song has died away
and echo's all around
you'll see them as they walk
through the sun filled parks
where children run and play
it hurst to much to smile
it hurts so much
but life goes on for still another day
as they try to escape the old silver clock
when day is through
tick tock oh so slow
it says yes it says no
it says I wait for you
the old old silver clock
thats hanging on the wall
I came into this lovely city about three weeks ago today,
and I've been trying to find someone that I can talk to, a friendly face to
turn my way.
I walk these streets in silent sorrow, I walk my feet into the ground,
and all I see are cloudy, cold, suspicious faces, I swear to God it brings me
down.
Is there no one with a smile for me, no one with a hello in their eyes?
Is there no one who will love me and help me through the dark and lonely night?
The park's so green and full of flowers and lovers lying on the lawn.
I wish I had a lady here that I could laugh with, sweet Jesus Christ, it hurts
me so to be alone.
Is there no one with a smile for me, no one with a hello in their eyes?
Is there no one who will love me and help me through the dark and lonely night?
Singing la la la la la la, Singing la la la la la la.
This life is hard and full of trouble, it's painful just to live from day to
day.
But if you're weary and afraid don't turn away now,
there's no reason why we have to feel this way.
Is there no one with a smile for me, no one with a hello in their eyes?
Is there no one who will love me and help me through the dark and lonely night?
Singing la la la la la la, Singing la la la la la la.
I just need someone to talk to. It hurts to be alone.
I just need someone to laugh with. It hurts to be alone.
I just want someone to love me. I need someone to talk to. And it hurts to be
alone.
Singing la la la la la la, Singing la la la la la la.
There was never a doubt, never a doubt in my mind
We weren’t meant to be lonely
Never a doubt I knew that I’d find you some day
There was never a doubt, after all of those nights alone
All those desperate mornings
Never a doubt, there was never a doubt in my mind
I suppose there have been times when you felt like a room filled with darkness
Not a window around
There must have been moments you felt you were truly alone
Then again each of us knows, in a night of unbearable sadness
Still a light can be found
In each morning the promise that someday your true love will come
I suppose there are some people who never believe in the magic
Oh the magic of love
They think nothing is precious and life is just pleasure and pain
Then again each of us knows, when a heart has been broken it’s tragic
Oh the magic of love
Even that which is broken with love can be mended again
All the things that you fear, at the most they mean nothing
All the sorrow and sadness can just disappear
There was never a doubt, never a doubt in my mind
We weren’t meant to be lonely
Never a doubt I knew that I’d find you some day
There was never a doubt, after all of those nights alone
All those desperate mornings
Never a doubt, there was never a doubt in my mind
There was never a doubt in my mind
Knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
In worn out shoes
Silver hair ragged shirt and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high
He jumped so high
And he'd lightly touched down
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles dance
Met him in a cell
New Orleans he was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age as he
He spoke right out
He talked about life
He talked of life
He lightly slapped his leg instead
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick
Across the cell
He grabbed his pants and took a stance
And he jumped so high
He clicked his heels
And he let go a laugh
He let go a laugh
Shook his clothes all around
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles dance
We danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout the south
We spoke in tears of fifteen years
How his dog and him
They travelled about
The dog up and died
He up and died
After twenty years he still grieves
They said I dance now at every chance and honky tonks
For drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
Cause I drinks a bit
And he shook his head now
He shook his head
And I heard someone ask please
One Sunday morning as I went walking
By Brisbane Waters I chanced to stray
I heard a convict his fate bewailing
As on the sunny riverbank he lay
I am a native of Erin's Ireland
But banished now from my native shore
They stole me from my aged parents
And from the maiden whom I do adore
I've been a prisoner at Port Macquarie
At Norfolk Island and Emu Plains
At Castle Hill and the cursed Toongabbie
At all these settlements I've been in chains
But of all places of condemnation
And penal stations in New South Wales
To Moreton Bay I have found no equal
Excessive tyranny each day prevails
For three long years I was beastly treated
And heavy irons on my legs I wore
My back from flogging was lacerated
And oft times painted with my crimson gore
And many a man from downright starvation
Lies mouldering now underneath the clay
And Captain Logan he had us mangled
All On the triangles of Moreton Bay
Like the Egyptians and ancient Hebrews
We were oppressed under Logan's yoke
Till a native black lying there in ambush
Did deal this tyrant with his mortal stroke
My fellow prisoners be exhilarated
That all such monsters such a death may find
And when from bondage we're liberated
Had an uncle named Matthew
Was his fathers only boy
Born just south of Colby, Kansas
Was his mothers pride and joy
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas summer sky
All the stories that he told me
Back when I was just a lad
All the memories that he gave me
All the good times that he had
Growing up a Kansas farmboy
Life was mostly having fun
Riding on his Daddys shoulders
Behind a mule beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue is just a Kansas summer sky
Well, I guess there were some hard times
And I'm told some years were lean
They had a storm in forty-seven
A twister came and stripped them clean
He lost the farm and lost his family
He lost the wheat and lost his home
But he found the family Bible
Faith as solid as a stone
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas summer sky
So he came to live at our house
And he came to work the land
He came to ease my Daddys burden
And he came to be my friend
So, I wrote this down for Matthew
And it's for him the song is sung
Riding on his Daddy's shoulders
Behind a Mule beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue,was just a Kansas summer sky
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
On the road of experience trying to find my own way
Sometimes I wish that I could fly away
When I think that I?m moving then suddenly things stand still
I?m afraid ?cause I think they always will
And I?m looking for space and to find out who I am
And I?m looking to know and understand
It?s a sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I?m almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle, sometimes I?m deep in despair
All alone in the universe, sometimes that?s how it seems
I get lost in the sadness and the screams
Then I look in the center, suddenly everything?s clear
I find myself in the sunshine and my dreams
And I?m looking for space and to find out who I am
And I?m looking to know and understand
It?s a sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I?m almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I?m deep in despair
On the road of experience join in the living day
If there?s an answer it?s just that it?s just that way
When you?re looking for space and to find out who you are
When you?re looking to try and reach the stars
It?s a sweet, sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I?m almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I?m deep in despair
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And all the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
And I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
That last train done gone down
My sweet baby’s on that train
My sweet baby’s on that train
I wonder if I will see her again
That last train done gone down
I heard that whistle moanin’ low
I heard that whistle moanin’ low
I’m begging and pleading, please don’t go
That last train done gone down
I’m sorry for what I’ve done
I’m sorry for what I’ve done
Too late good-bye, my sweet baby cried
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
I heard that whistle moanin’ low
He was born in International Falls a long, long time ago
Moved to Tucumcan when the ironwork got show
He was cornbread and hard scrabble and scratching for every dime
’Till he threw it in and he kilt the road to walk that endless line
Now he’s The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving here
Now he’s The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
He tried his hand at lots of jobs and he did ’em all with pride
From shoeing mules to driving trucks, he mastered what he tried
It must have been Ramona, she was all he cared about
When she ran away and left him you could see the fire go out
Now he’s The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
We hardly ever see him
Once or twice and he would stay a day or two
He’d ask about Ramona
Then he’d say that he was only passing through
Now he knows every railroad bull along the right of way
And every hobo jungle from New York to Santa Fe
He’s looked for his Ramona on the far side of the hill
Now his sun is sinking lower and he’s looking for her still
Now he’s The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving from here
Now he’s The Last Hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
When Jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jenny counted boxcars instead of counting sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
All she ever talked about was getting on to ride
She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes
And every day after school she’d head down to the track
Waiting for the train that was never coming back
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
The depot’s been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust
There hasn’t been a train through here since the mill went bust
No one believed her when she said she heard the train
Said she was just a little girl acting kind of strange
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
In God we trust she walked away
The very next morning all she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
Nobody knew how she made it come true
There’s a full moon over India and Gandhi lives again
Who’s to say you have to lose for someone else to win
In the eyes of all the people the look is much the same
For the first is just the last one when you play a deadly game
It’s about time we realize it we’re all in this together
It’s about time we find out it’s all of us or none
It’s about time we recognize it these changes in the weather
It’s about time, it’s about changes and it’s about time
There’s a light in the Vatican window for all the world to see
And a voice cries in the wilderness and sometimes he speaks for me
I suppose I love him most of all when he kneels to kiss the land
With his lips upon our Mother’s breast he makes his strongest stand
It’s about time we start to see it the Earth is our only home
It’s about time we start to face it we can’t make it here all alone
It’s about time we start to listen to the voices in the wind
It’s about time, it’s about changes and it’s about time
There’s a man who is my brother, I just don’t know his name
But I know his home and family because I know we feel the same
And it hurts me when he’s hungry and when his children cry
I too am a father and that little one is mine
It’s about time we begin to turn the world around
It’s about time we start to make it the dream we’ve always known
It’s about time we start to live the family of man
It’s about time, it’s about changes and it’s about time
It’s about peace and it’s about plenty and it’s about time
For all the times that you’ve wondered why
The world turned out this way
And all of the times that you’ve asked yourself
About the games that people play
About the politics of hunger
And the politics of need
How the politics of power
Seem to be the politics of greed
For all of the times that you’ve struggled in an effort
To work your way back upstream
And all of the times you’ve held on to it
When most of us had lost the dream
And for all of the ones who have walked with you
By your side or way back home
Maybe much more than any of us
You know that no one is really alone
Because the heart is still a hunter
It’s like a beacon in the night
And though the heart is just a lover
It’s never afraid to fight
We are fighting for more than survival
We are working for more than peace
We are giving ourselves to each other
Making sure all injustice is will someday cease
You can take a look around you
And you can see how far we’ve come
All the separate parts
All the hundreds of hearts
That are beating together as one
It’s a possibility
For many tomorrows
It’s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It’s a possibility
No more suffering and sorrow
It’s a possibility
It’s in everyone
It’s a possibility
For many tomorrows
It’s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It’s a possibility
No more suffering and no more sorrow
It’s a possibility
It makes me giggle
It makes me giggle
Just havin’ my baby around me
It makes me giggle
Sometimes I wiggle
‘Cause I’m so glad she found me
Sometimes I wake up feelin’ crabby
She gives me love as sweet as candy
It makes me giggle
It makes me giggle
Everytime I see my little boy child
It makes me giggle
Sometimes I wiggle
Sometimes I even jump for joy, child
He knows just how to make me happy
He gives me love and calls me Daddy
If I ever felt better I can’t seem to recall
It just blows me away to be part of it all
It makes me giggle
It makes me giggle
Just singin’ these love songs for you
It makes me giggle
Sometimes I wiggle
There ain’t nothin’ that I’d rather do
I’d like to give one to the whole human race
If I ever felt better I can’t seem to recall
Isabel is waiting
In a room of many shadows
Her eyes like flashing diamonds
Shining brightly from the sea
Her hair in silken tresses
Like a robe around her shoulders
Hiding tantalising treasures
That the sun has never seen
Isabel is watching
Like a princess from the mountains
For the first soft snows of winter
And the icy winds they bring
With a whisper of her sadness
In the passing of the summer
Her crown is wild red roses
With a lace of forest green
And she wraps her arms around me and she sighs
And she sing to me in silence with her eyes
And her hair upon my pillow comforts me
Isabel is weeping
And her eyes are full of wonder
She knows that it's the time for her
And she cannot understand
She's a mistress of the moonlight
To the stars she is a sister
And the morning now awaits her
To betray her once again
And she whispers as she sadly slips away
Then she smiles because there's nothing left to say
I know how it feels to be head over heels
To be lost in true love and the light of the moon
When everything seems to be coming up roses
And every word seems to be rhyming with June
Suddenly, all of your dreams have come true
Happiness lives in your heart
Then out of nowhere, one becomes two
And everything seems to be falling apart
Is it love? When your heart, feels like it’s broken
Is it love? And you just can’t take anymore
Is it love? When there’s nothing left to be spoken
Is it love? And there’s nothing worth listening for
Is it love? ooh ooh
I know what it means to get caught up in dreams
And in prayers that are answered with each passing day
When loving and laughter are birds of a feather
And sharing and caring is one simple way
You know you’ll never be alone
That someone will always be near
Then you turn around when your best friend is gone
Oh, where do they go? When they just disappear?
Is it love? When your heart, feels like it’s broken
Is it love? And you just can’t take anymore
Is it love? When the good times have all been forgotten
Is it love? And you fear there won’t be anymore
Is it love? ooh ooh
There’s no answer, there seems to be nothing to say
In your anger would you even hear anyway
It was magic but somehow you’ve broken the spell
It was heaven and somehow it’s turned into hell
Is it love? When you know that your heart has been broken
Is it love? And you just can’t take it anymore
Is it love? When you feel more than you could imagine
Is it love? Now there’s nothing that’s worth living for
Is it love? ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Another expression of love....
You could be falling in love...
Oh, to be in love.... I want to be in love....
C'mere darlin' lets's talk about it......
Come on right over here
In the grand way, she loves me
The way she holds me close to rest with me
And to know she is my life to me
My empty days are done
My running days are run
For the first time I love the morning
Burning sundowns, colored autumn trees
Mountain rivers, country livers put my mind at ease
And to realize such perfect harmony
Standing in the dawn
Of a new day coming on
I’m looking for no tomorrow
I can still hear the lonely sound
The engines of the midnight freight train northward bound
And to feel my life, my life slowly losing ground
I never quite understood
Though I see it for the good
It seems like I've just been dreaming
The way she holds me close to comfort me
My empty days are done
My running days are run
For the first time I love the morning
For the first time I love the morning
Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago
After all our time together, it was hard to see her go
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come
Or livin' on an LA freeway, Ain't my kinda havin' fun
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the range
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
We were just beginnin', it was such an easy way
Layin' back up in the mountains, makin' songs for summer days
She got tired of pickin' daisies, cookin' my meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's alright with me
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the range
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I'd rather live on the side of a mountain
Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel
I'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine
Then lay down my sun down in some starry field
Oh, but I miss her in the morning, when I awake alone
The absence of her laughter, is a cold and empty sound
But her memory always makes me smile, and I want you to know
I love her yes I love her, just enough to let her go
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the range
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
Then to lay me down and love the lady's chains
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
I think I'd rather ride the range
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
And I wish I knew how
It would feel to be free
I wish that I could break
All the chains holding me
I wish I could say
All the things that I'd like to say
Say ’em loud say ’em clear
For the whole round world to hear
I wish I could share
All the love that’s in my heart
Remove every doubt that keeps us apart
And I wish you could know
What it means to be me
Then you’d see and agree
Every man should be free
I wish I could live
Like I’m longin’ to live
I wish I could give
What I’m longin’ to give
And I wish I could do
All the things I’d like to do
You know they still are quite a few
Yes Sir...
And I’m way way over due
I wish I could be like a bird up in the sky
How sweet it would be
If I found out I could fly
So long to the sun
And look down upon Ihe sea
And I sing because I know
how it feels to be
And I sing because I know
how it feels to be
And I sing because I know
how it feels to be free
Funny thing about this little heart of mine
All the ways that it can say
(I love you)
Longer than forever
Till the end of time
No matter baby come what may
(I love you)
Look at me now sittin’ all by myself
Face another sleepless night all alone
All I look forward to is lying here living this song
I can’t escape thinking every day about you
Can’t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can’t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can’t escape caring for you all of the time
Listen to the music on the radio
Top forty hits of yesterday
(I love you)
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
Blowin’ in the Wind
The Silly Games that People Play
(I love you)
Each of them carries your memory still
I can still see that look in your eyes
The one that preceded your kisses and followed your sighs
I can’t escape thinking every day about you
Can’t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can’t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can’t escape caring for you all of the time
Every rain in the morning reminds me of you
Every night when it’s cold outside
Every time that I ache inside
(I love you)
(I love you)
Sometimes I wish it was ten years ago
We were starting all over again
Yet the way that I feel is much more than just remembering when
I can’t escape thinking every day about you
Can’t escape wishing dear you were still mine
Can’t escape thinking maybe I still love you
Can’t escape caring for you all of the time
All of the time
Get at ’em boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right, never wrong
How mountain girls can love
Ridin’ at night in a high cold wind
On the trail of the old lonesome pine
Thinking of you baby
Feelin’ so blue
Wondering why I left you behind
Get at ’em boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right, never wrong
How mountain girls can love
There’s a lake in the hill
Where my true love goes
That’s when she’s thinkin’ of me
Why I’m not there only heaven knows
Heaven knows that’s where I’d rather be
Get at ’em boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right, never wrong
There ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin', out in the garden
Get you a ripe one, don't pick a hard 'un
All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer
I forgot all about the sweatin' and the diggin'
Every time I go out and pick me a big 'un
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and homegrown tomatoes.
You can go out to eat and that's for sure
But there's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure
Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew
You can make your own tomato juice
You can eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy
Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle
Homegrown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle.
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What would like be without homegrown tomatoes?
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and homegrown tomatoes.
If I's to change this life I lead
You could call me Johnny Tomatoseed
Cause I know what this country needs
Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cold dark cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better
'Cause I could be pushin' up a homegrown tomato.
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What would like be without homegrown tomatoes?
Only two things that money can't buy
Lost in a boat on the ocean
Lost in a ship out at sea
Lost in the dark of misfortune
Where is a light I can see
Where is a light I can see
Where is the highway to heaven
Where is the love we all need
Where is the peace that we long for
Where is the man who is free
Here in the heart there is freedom
Here in the heart there is peace
Here in the heart is the answer
To questions much deeper than these
You’ve got to hold on tightly
Let go lightly
It’s only surrender, it’s all in the game
If you just hold on tightly
Let go lightly
There’s always forgiveness and no one to blame
Some will take fame over fortune
Some will take love over gold
Some will pray only for power
Some never want to grow old
Some see the day that is coming
Some only see what has passed
Someone will always be first in line
Someone will always be last
Here in the heart there is freedom
Here in the heart there is peace
Here in the heart is the answer
To questions much deeper than these
You’ve got to hold on tightly
Let go lightly
It’s only surrender, it’s all in the game
If you just hold on tightly
Let go lightly
If your drivin’ down the road and you come across an old man
Holdin’ out his thumb in the wind
His clothes are old and dirty and dirty that doesn’t matter
It’s his eyes that tell where he’s been
If you’re not afraid to take your chances on a stranger
He might have some company to lend
Why don’t you pull off to the side and let that old man have a ride
He can tell you all the crazy things he’s seen
I’m an old hitchhiker
The highway is the only home I know
Where you’re headed I don’t mind
I ain’t been there in some time
And it’s just exactly where I want to go
I can tell you how I started in the circus as a barker
Drawin’ people in from far and wide
They never did regret the dollar that it cost ‘em
We always left ‘em feelin’ good inside
We were headed for Montana when we hired us a dancer
Her beauty it was more than I can say
Then one summer night she set my soul on fire
Lord, I wish that she was here with me today
I’m an old hitchhiker, I wonder what’s a waitin’ ‘round the bend
I don’t know what I might see and I don’t need no guarantee
Just a ride from here to there and back again
I was only seventeen when I took the open highway
Took it for my teacher and a friend
I’ve been thirty years a-thumbin’
Some might call it bummin’
But it’s better than just cryin’ in the wind
So if you’re drivin’ down the road and you come across an old man holdin’ out his thumb in the rain
Why don’t you pull off to the side let the poor boy have a ride
He can tell you all the crazy things he’s seen
I’m an old hitchhiker lookin’ to the far side of the hill
Some people say I’ll settle down
Build a home in some small town
But within my heart I know I never will
High, Wide and Handsome
Down from the great white north
More than enough and then some
Swept her up on his horse
Tumbleweeds were meant to
Get stuck up on a fence
Heaven must have sent you
You've got no wire to roll against
Keep her steady cowgirl
Don't let go of the reins
You are ready now girl
Never mind the growin' pains
Worlds out there are waiting
Big and wild as the sky
No more hesitating
It's now or never, do or die
Keep her steady cowgirl
Don't let go of the reigns
You are ready now girl
Never mind the growin' pains
As hard as you imagined
It being without me
We'll both be wishing it were that easy
Don't give me a pull, give me some room
When this round up is through, I'll be coming back home
Wide open spaces
Between these two prairie hearts
Wonderin' where their place is
In a world so far apart
Keep her steady cowgirl
Don't let go of the reigns
You are ready now girl
Never mind the growin' pains
Keep her steady cowgirl
Don't let go of the reigns
You are ready now girl
Hey there, Mr. Lonely Heart, if you could find the time
I would like to sit and talk, to see if we could find
The answer to the mystery of love’s most precious seed
Is it in a touch or in a kiss or simply in the need
Or is it really love itself that always wants to give
The heart and soul of all of us and everything that lives
Hey there, Mr. Cold, Cold Heart, I know I could be wrong
To think that life could be so sweet and love could be so strong
As to gather everyone of us, like one big family
To share with one another all we have and all we see
It’s true the deepest part of us is everywhere the same
And that the only differences are really just the names
We can join the children’s song and show them that we care
Let them know we’re on their side, no matter when or where
We can free their hearts from fear and hunger reconcile
We can give a child a chance and give a child a smile
True love is still the answer, and we are still the way
The gift is in the giving, and in living what we say
And if you have a lonely heart, this song is just for you
To ask for all that you can give and all that you can do
Remember that the mystery of love’s most precious seed
Is in the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
It’s in the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
Within the heart of all of us, true love is all we need
I haven’t seen all there is to see
But I’ve seen quite a bit
Some things I’ll always remember
Some things I wish that I could forget
I haven’t quite been around the world
But I’ve been around the block
I know that distances are meaningless
Like the hands that move around a clock
And I know that love is everywhere
Always safe, always true
And exactly where it comes from
Is where it’s going to
Your heart to mine
My heart to yours
Talk about opening windows
Talk about opening doors
My heart to yours
Your heart to mine
Love is a light that shines
From heart to heart
Here I am sitting in old Hong Kong
The harbor and the lights
They’re like diamonds in the heavens
Enough to brighten the darkest of nights
There’s another side to sorrow
As there is to everything
Like the other side of lonely
Is falling in love again
And then you know that there’s an answer
To the suffering we see
And though it isn’t easy
It’s still as simple as you and me
And you’ll know that love is everywhere
Always safe, always true
And exactly where it comes from
Is where it’s going to
Your heart to mine
My heart to yours
Talk about opening windows
Talk about opening doors
My heart to yours
Your heart to mine
Love is a light that shines
From heart to heart
Your heart to mine
My heart to yours
Talk about opening windows
Talk about opening doors
My heart to yours
Your heart to mine
Love is a light that shines
The prodigal son he'd been away awhile
He was workin' his way back home now
Over many a ragged mile
When he finally crossed the river
And his father saw him near
There was a joyful sound for all the world to hear
Chorus:
I listened to what the Good Book said
And it made good sense to me
Talkin' 'bout reapin' what you're sowin'
People tryin' to be free
Now we got new names and faces
This time around
Gospel changes, Lord
Still goin' down
Jesus--He did not doubt His gift
Though He knew that He had not long to live
He took care of the business,
Of teaching us how to fly
Then He bowed His head
And laid down to die
(Chorus)
Jerusalem I see is standing high
But if you lose your salvation
There'll be no tears left to cry
Now some men worship a golden calf
While others are bought and sold
And if we live like that,
Brother we pay the toll
It’s five o’clock this morning, and the sun is on the rise
There’s frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes
The stars are fading quietly, night is nearly gone
And so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come
And it’s goodbye again, I’m sorry to be leavin’ you
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know
It’s goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go
It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm
I long to lay me down again, to hold you in my arms
I long to kiss the tears away, "and" give you back the smile
"But" other voices beckon me, "and for" a little while
/It’s goodbye again, I’m sorry to be leavin’ you
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know
It’s goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go
"I" have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don’t know
"And" some who aren’t familiar with my name,
It’s something that’s inside of me not hard to understand
It’s anyone who listens to me sing
And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame
You think if I were always here, our love would be the same
As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone
And lying by your side, the greatest peace I’ve ever known
But it’s goodbye again, I’m sorry to be leavin’ you
Goodbye again, as if you didn’t know
It’s goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
What a friend we have in time
Gives us children, makes us wine
Tells us what to take or leave behind
And the gifts of growing old
Are the stories to be told
Of the feelings more precious than gold
Friends I will remember you, think of you
Pray for you
And when another day is through
I'll still be friends with you
Babies days are never long
Mother's laugh is baby's song
Gives us all the hope to carry on
Friends I will remember you, think of you
Pray for you
And when another day is through
I'll still be friends with you
Friends I will remember you,
Think of you, pray for you
And when another day is through
I'll still be Friends with You
Friends I will remember you,
Think of you, pray for you
And when another day is through
Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,
Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.
Let the drum and bugle corps play taps while cannons roar
And sixteen liveried employees sell souvenirs from the funeral store.
I want to go simply when I go,
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know,
With a casket lined in fleece
And fireworks spelling out "Rest in Peace."
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn, they understand there.
They have a heavenly choir and a military band there.
Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there
With sixteen planes in a last salute they'll drop a cross in a parachute.
I want to go simply when I go,
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know:
With a hundred strolling strings
And topless dancers with golden wings!
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
Oh, come, come, come, come,
Come to the church in the wildwood,
Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.
Be as simple and as trusting as a child would
And we'll sell you the church in the dale.
To find a simple resting place is my desire;
To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.
My likeness cast in brass will stand in plastic grass
While hidden weights and springs tip its hat to the mourners filing past!
I want to go simply when I go.
They'll give me a simple funeral there I know.
I'll lie beneath the sand
With piped in tapes of Billy Graham.
Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
I'll walk in the rain by your side
I'll cling to the warmth of your hand
I'll do anything to keep you satisfied
I'll love you more than anybody can
And the wind will whisper your name to me
Little birds will sing along in time
Leaves will bow down when you walk by
And morning bells will chime
I'll be there when you're feelin' down
To kiss away the fears if you cry
I'll share with you all the happiness Ive found
A reflection of the love in your eyes
And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow
A whisper of the joy that is mine
And leaves will bow down when you walk by
And morning bells will chime
I'll walk in the rain by your side
I'll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand
I'll do anything to help you understand
And I'll love you more than anybody can
And the wind will whisper your name to me
Little birds will sing along in time
Leaves will bow down when you walk by
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
I’ve wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence
Hovering there I’ve chased the shouting winds aloft
And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air
The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers
Up, up, the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor even eagle flew
And while with silent lifting mind I trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand and touched the face of God
The higher we fly, the farther we go
The closer we are to each other
The darker the night, the brighter the star
In peace go my sisters and brothers
Words by Gillespie Magee Jr., John Denver and Joe Henry
Music by Lee Holdridge
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I woke up this morning and wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand
You just got to see me through another day
My body's aching, my time is at hand
I just can't make it any other way
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you again
I've been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned t'wards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it will turn your head around
There's hours of time on the telephone line they'll talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
This is what it’s like falling out of love
This is the way you lose your very best friend
This is how it feels when it’s all over
This is just the way true love ends
First of all there’s no one you can talk to
When there is they just don’t seem to hear
Words don’t seem to matter much anyway
They can’t describe the pain
They can’t explain the fear
Then the nights grow cold and hard to live through
Still you hate to see the morning come
Somehow tomorrow doesn’t matter much anymore
The future holds no promise
Your life’s already done
This is what it’s like falling out of love
This is the way you lose your very best friend
This is how it feels when it’s all over
This is just the way true love ends
The you find your heart no longer flutters
You no longer look through a lover’s eyes
What’s to see when the world falls down around you
You simply can’t believe it
But it comes as no surprise
This is what it’s like falling out of love
This is the way you lose your very best friend
This is how it feels when it’s all over
This is just the way true love ends
What’s this sense of failure
It’s such an incredible loss
It’s all the things you’ll never do
And all the dreams that will never come true
This is what it’s like falling out of love
This is the way you lose your very best friend
This is how it feels when it’s all over
This is just the way true love ends
Oh this is just the way a true love ends
Reflections in the water like shadows in my mind,
speak to me of passing days & nights of passing time.
The falling leaves are whispering: "Winter's on its way"
I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday.
It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the wind.
And more than that, it's oh, so sad to see the Summer end.
Tho' the changing colors are a lovely thing to see,
if it were mine to make a change, I think I'd let it be.
Horses are creatures who worship the earth
As they gallop on feet of ivory
Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
The horses still run, they are free
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like an old friend that’s tried and been true
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I’m flying again
Eagles inhabit the heavenly heights
They know neither limit nor bound
They’re the guardian angels of darkness and light
They see all and hear every sound
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
On eagles and horses I’m flying again
My body is merely the shell of my soul
But the flesh must be given its due
Like a pony that carries its master back home
Like an old that’s tried and been true
My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings
I had a vision of eagles and horses
High on a ridge in a race with the wind
Going higher and higher and faster and faster
I caught a ride on the Dreamland Express last night
I was sailing on an ocean of blue
And right there by my side, much to my surprise, was you
I said, come over here baby, let me look in your eyes
Let me see the very heart of you
And I couldn’t believe it, TO conceive that my dream would come true
Cause you said, hey there sweet daddy, everything is alright
for miles there’s not a telephone line
There’s not a soul to disturb us dont be nervous
Just come and be mine
You said, let me be the end of your rainbow
Let me be the stars up above
Let me be the one that you long forgotten
Let me be the one that you love, oh, oh
Let me be the one that you love
And now it’s four in the mornin’,Honey I can’t sleep
I can't seemed to get you out of my mind
I keep tossin’ and turnin’, I’m yearnin’ for the sun to shine
I’d like to send you a ticket on the Dreamland Express
And take you far away with me
I’ve got a vision of heaven and you livin’ there with me
Let me be the end of your rainbow
Let me be the stars up above
Let me be the one that you dream of baby
Let me be the one that you love, oh, oh
Let me be the one that you love
Let me be the end of your rainbow
Let me be the stars up above
Let me be the one that you dream of baby
Let me be the one that you love, oh, oh
Blue river blues
I’d rather be outside
Here I am inside
Watching it rain
Blue river blues
I’d rather be somewhere
Here I am nowhere
Watching it rain
Some people like that downhill stuff
They like it fast and breezy
Some people walk on the other side
They like it slow and easy
Some people run on a mountain trail
Some like it wild and rough
Some like to fly and some like to sail
Some like the downhill stuff
There’s work in what we practice
Work in the things we say
Sometime we work just to try to make a livin’
Or we’re workin’ just to make it pay
Sometimes we’re tryin’ to work our will
But that won’t work anyway
I only know that I’m workin’ still
Just to get another chance to play
Some people like that downhill stuff
They like it fast and breezy
Some people walk on the other side
They like it slow and easy
Some people run on a mountain trail
Some like it wild and rough
Some like to fly and some like to sail
Some like the downhill stuff
Keep a movin’ in a forward direction
Like a river rollin’ down to the sea
If you wanna make different selection
Honey let yourself go with gravity
Oh everybody’s lookin’ for heaven
Everybody’s lookin’ for hope
Everybody lookin’ for higher and higher
But nobody wants to be lookin’ alone
Everybody’s tryin’ to get down to it
Everybody’s tryin’ to sing
Whatever it is we’re all gonna do it
But whatever we do
We gotta do our own thing
Some people like that downhill stuff
They like it fast and breezy
Some people walk on the other side
They like it slow and easy
Some people run on a mountain trail
Some like it wild and rough
Some like to fly and some like to sail
Dearest Esmeralda, in another age
Antiques would be modern, we would be the rage
Silk would be in fashion, we would dress in lace
Love would be the passion and the saving grace
I slept one rainy night with you in Paris
Made up for a thousand wasted years
Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic
I close my eyes and you make love appear
Dancing in the shimmer of a crystal chandelier
Shadows singin’ so low only we could hear
Moving to the glimmer, shaking to the storm
Outside it was raging, but inside it was warm
We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder
Now I wake and find you’re never there
I’m becoming old enough to wonder
Happy that I’m still too young to care
Masterpieces crumble, empires tumble down
Refugees and fantasies go underground
Romance lasts forever, love don’t fade away
They may take our future, but they don’t stop yesterday
‘Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris
we were part of some artist’s design
Dearest Esmeralda, you are magic
In the gray around me how you shine
Yes I've been dreaming about you every day
Each and every day
Had I been thinking about you all night long
I even wrote a song
Just to try to tell you how I really feel
To make you understand my love is real
That you're on my mind all the time
I wish to God you were mine once again
I remember talkin' to you
I remember walkin' with you
I remember laughin' all the time
And you were mine
Now the days seem so long
I can't face a night alone
I beg you please won't you please come home
I remember talkin' to you
I remember walkin' with you
I remember laughin' all the time
I remember singin' to you
I remember dreamin' with you
I remember lovin' you alone
And now the days seem so long
I can't face a night all alone
Almost heaven West Virgina blue rich mountain,tended to old river
Live is older than, older than the creek, younger than the mountians
Brolling like the breeze
Country roads take me home to the place I belong West Virginia
Mountain mama, take me home Country roads
All my memoires, I get around her, by this lady, stranged to blue water
Darking dusk see, paint in all this sky, mister taste the Moonshine,teardrods in my eyes
Country roads take me home to the place, I belong West Virginia
Mountain mama, take me home Country roads
I hear her voice in the morning are she calle's me,radio the minds me on my hold far away.Driving do
Country roads take me home to the place I belong West Virginia
Mountain mama, take me home Country roads
Country roads take me home to the place I belong West Virginia
Mountain mama, take me home Country roads
Nashville tears are lonely signs that point to broken hearts
Broken lives and families that love has split apart
Children who miss daddy, mommy’s on the run
The pleasure that is painful and hidden from the sun
Nashville hearts are lonely words that speak of love gone wrong
Sad and soulful stories and beautiful love songs
For each and every melody of happiness denied
You know that there’s another one that shows the other side
Country love is kisses in the kitchen
Country love is honest and it’s true
Country love is home with your family
County love’s the way that I love you
Country love is silky nights and warm familiar hands
Someone who’s been there before and always understands
Nashville nights are lonely roads that we’ve all travelled on
Sometimes they take you far away or they can bring you home
If you’re lost out on the highway, do not deny the dove
When Nashville night’s the question, the answer’s country love
Country love is kisses in the kitchen
Country love is honest and it’s true
Country love is home with your family
County love’s the way that I love you
Country love is kisses in the kitchen
Country love is honest and it’s true
Country love is home with your family
Oh, Oh Claudette
Oh, Oh Claudette
I got a brand new baby and I feel so good
She loves me better than I thought she would
I'm on my way to her house and I'm all out of breath
And when I see her tonight I'm gonna squeeze her to death
Claudette
Pretty little pet, Claudette
Never let me fret, Claudette
Well she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met
I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get, from Claudette
Oh, oh Claudette
Well I'm a lucky man - my baby treats me right
She's gonna let me hug and kiss and hold her tight
When the date is over and I'm at her front door
And when I kiss her goodnight I holler more, more, more
Claudette
Pretty little pet, Claudette
Never let me fret, Claudette
Well she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met
I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get, from Claudette
Oh, oh Claudette
When me and my new baby have a date or three
I'm gonna ask my baby if she'll marry me
I'm gonna be so happy for the rest of my life
When my brand new baby is my brand new wife
Claudette
Pretty little pet, Claudette
Never let me fret, Claudette
Well she's the prettiest little girl that I have ever met
I get the best lovin' that I'll ever get, from Claudette
Oh, oh Claudette
Mmm, mmm Claudette
Oh, oh Claudette
A heritage of vision
Was given to us all
To smell the rose’s fragrance
To hear the songbird’s call
To watch the distant moonlight fill
The coming of the tides
To understand that life is more
Than always choosing sides
And some have seen what can be seen
Of sailing ships and kings
And some are given feet of clay
And some are given wings
And some must struggle just to breathe
Some have a golden spoon
And some will never leave the nest
While some walk on the moon
And don’t you know the life that lives
Within the silent hills
Is just as rich and beautiful
And just as unfulfilled
As man with all his intellect
His reason and his choice
Oh, who’s to say the nightingale
Has any less a voice
The silver dolphins twist and dance
And sing to one another
The cosmic ocean knows no bounds
For all that lives are brothers
The whippoorwill, the grizzly bear
The elephant, the whale
All children of the universe
All weavers of the tale
So palomino lie back down
And dream yourself to sleep
The hawk flies with the morning dove
The lion with the sheep
As far away as you may go
We’ll never be apart
It’s in your dreams that you will know
Casey joins the hallow sound of silent people walking down
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below
Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors
Of silent desperation never speaking to a soul
The poison air he’s breathing has a dirty smell of dying
Cause it’s never seen the sunshine and it’s never felt the rain
But Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
Of the clicking of the turnstyle and the rattle of his chain
Oh she said, Casey it’s been so long since I’ve seen you
Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile
See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you
Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the Golden Crown
For something wet to wipe away the chill that’s on his bones
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for anything thay can to keep from going home
Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passin’ by
And he stumbles as he’s leavin’ and he wonders if the reason
Is the beer that’s in his belly or the tear that’s in his eye
Oh she said, I suppose you seldom think about me
Now she said, now that you’ve a family of your own
Still she said, it’s so blessed good to feel your body
Lord she said, Casey it’s a shame to be alone
Oh she said, Casey it’s been so long since I’ve seen you
Here she said, just a kiss to make a body smile
See she said, I put on new stockings just to please you
Lord she said, Casey can you only stay a while
Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll
lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues.
Find a man who thinks he's over the hump,
I'm here to tell you he's a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet
on the blues.
Lucky old sun is shining today. Even money says you'll be paying some dues, bet
on the blues.
You say you found your lady fair.
Eight to five she's wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues.
Five hundred'll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you'll
lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you're a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you're looking to get an inside slant,
if you're looking for something so good you can't refuse, bet on the blues, bet
on the blues,
I saw a Berkley woman
Sittin’ in her rockin’ chair
A dulcimer in her lap
A feather in her hair
Her breasts swayed freely
With the rhythm of the rockin’ chair
She was a-sittin’ and a-singin’ and a-swayin’
Her cheeks were red I declare
Twas hard to believe
What my eyes showed me then
The colour in her cheeks
Was just her natural skin
She wore no makeup
To make her look that way
She was a natural mama with the red cheeks
What more can I say
Well I finally realised
There was hunger in my stare
In my mind I was swayin’
With the woman in the rockin’ chair
But the lady I was livin’ with
Was standin’ right by my side
She saw my stare and she saw my hunger
And Lord it made her cry
So with anger on her face
Yes and the hurt in her eyes
She scratched me and she clawed me
She screamed and she cried
“Oh you don’t give me near
All the lovin’ that you should
Yet you’re ready to go and lay with her
There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rollin' in
The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders
There's a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away
The whinin' of his wheels just makes it colder
He's an hour away from ridin' on your prayers up in the sky
And ten days on the road are barely gone
There's a fire softly burning, supper's on the stove
It's the light in your eyes that makes him warm
Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Yes, an', hey, it's good to be back home again
There's all the news to tell him, how do you spend your time?
What's the latest thing the neighbors say
And your mother called last Friday, sunshine made her cry
You felt the baby move just yesterday
Hey, it's good to be back home again, yes, it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Yes, an', hey, it's good to be back home again
Oh the time that I can lay this tired old body down
Feel your fingers feather soft upon me
The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way
The happiness that livin' with you brings me
It's the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you
It's the little things that make a house a home
Like a fire softly burning the supper on the stove
The light in your eyes, it makes me warm
Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Yes, an', hey, it's good to be back home again
Hey, it's good to be back home again, you know it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Hey, it's good to be back home again
Away in a manger, no crib for his bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus look down from the sky
And stay by my side until morning is nigh
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me I pray
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care
And take us to heaven, to live with Thee there
Away in a manger, no crib for his bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay
Here I am and closing my eyes again
Trying so hard not to see
All the things that I see
Almost willing to lie again
I swear that it just isn’t so
It just isn’t me
We are never alone
Even though we’d like to be
The I go and open my eyes again
Love in your eyes is the thing
That I’d most like to see
I’d be willing to die again
To know of a place and a time
That it always would be
To be always with you
And you always with me
This is my autograph
Here in the songs that I sing
Here in my cry, in my laugh
Here in the love that I bring
To be always with you
And you always with me
Say a prayer and open your heart again
You are the love and the light
That we all need to see
Always willing to shine and then
Peace on this earth is the way
That it always can be
To be always with you
And you always with me
This is my autograph
Here in the songs that I sing
Here in my cry, in my laugh
Here in the love that I bring
To be always with you
See the sunlight through the pine
Taste the warm of winter wine
Dream of softly falling snow
Winter's gold, Aspenglow
As the winter days unfold
Hearts grow warmer with the cold
Peace of mind is all you know
Winter's gold, Aspenglow
Aspen is a life to live
See how much there is to give
See how strongly you believe
See how much you may receive
Smiling faces all around
Laughter is the only sound
Memories that can't grow old
Winter's gold, Aspenglow
Aspen is a life to live
See how much there is to give
See how strongly you believe
See how much you may receive
See the sunlight through the pine
Taste the warm of winter wine
Dream of softly falling snow
Winter's gold, Aspenglow
In the port Of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea
In the port of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who sleeps
While the river bank weeps to the old willow tree
In the port of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who dies
Full of beer, full of cries in a drunken down fight
But in the port of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who’s born
On a muggy, hot morn by the dawns early light
In the port of Amsterdam where the sailors all meet
There’s a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails
He will show you his teeth that have rotted too soon
That can swallow the moon that can haul up the sails
And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide
Bring me more fish, put it down by my side
And he wants so to belch, but he’s too full to try
So he gets up and he laughs, and he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam you can see sailors dance
paunches bursting their pants, grinding women to pot
They’ve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croak
Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes
And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust
To the rancid sounds of the accordion burst
Then their out into the night with their pride in their pants
With a slut that they tow underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam there’s a sailor who drinks
And he drinks, and he drinks, and he drinks once again
He drinks to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
Who have promised their love to a thousand other men
And they bargain their bodies, and their virtue long gone
For a few dirty coins and then when he can’t go on
He plants his nose in the sky and he wipes it up above
And he spits like I'd cry for an unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam,
In the port of Amsterdam
There is a river that runs from the mountains
That one river is all rivers
All rivers are that one
There is a tree that stands in the forest
That one tree is all forests
All trees are that one
There is a flower that blooms in the desert
That one blossom is all flowers
All flowers are that one
There is a bird that sings in the jungle
That one song is all music
All songs are that one
It is the song of life
It is the flower of faith
It is the tree of temptation
It is the river of no regret
There is a child that cries in the ghetto
That one child is all children
All children are that one
There is a vision that shines in the darkness
That one vision is all of our dreams
It is a vision of heaven
It is a child of promise
It is the song of life
It is the river of no regret
Let this be a voice for the mountains
Let this be a voice for the river
Let this be a voice for the forest
Let this be a voice for the flowers
Let this be a voice for the ocean
Let this be a voice for the desert
Let this be a voice for the children
Let this be a voice for the dreamers
All of my memories lay in the life of the highway
All of my nights in old motels a sleepin’ alone
All of my days on the road with no one beside me
All of my dreams of a place that I can call home
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin’ river
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm and a family
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
‘Cause I’m tired of big cities and so tired of big city ways
Scrathin’ off sunset, and walkin’ around in the maze
Some sweet taxi dancer tryin’ to save me from bein’ alone
Ah it’s much worse than lonely there is no place that I really belong
I want to be home
I’m leavin’ this city life In my mind I’m flyin’ away
I’m leavin’ tomorrow and all of the old yesterdays
I’m leavin’ the trash cans the bright lights of telephone lines
I’m leavin’ my sorrows of all of my memories behind
I’ll see what I find
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin’ river
Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky
Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm, a family
Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
Did you ever hear the story of the Christmas tree
Who just didn’t want to change the show
He liked living in the woods and playing with squirrels
He liked icycles and snow
He liked wolves and eagles and grizzly bears
And critters and creatures that crawled
Why bugs were some of his very best friends
Spiders and ants and all
Now that’s not to say that he ever looked down
On a vision of twinkled lights
Or on mirrored bubbles and peppermint canes
And a thousand other delights
And he often had dreams of tiny reindeer
And a jolly old man in a sleigh
Full of toys and presents and wonderful things
And a story of Christmas Day
Oh, Alfie believed in Christmas alright
He was full of Christmas cheer
All of each and every day
And all throughout the year
To him it was more than a special time
Much more than a special day
It was more than a special story, it was more than a beautiful story
It was a special kind of way
You see some folks have never heard a jingle bell ring
And they’ve never heard of Santa Claus
They’ve never heard the story of the Son of God
That made Alfie pause
Did that mean that they’d never know of peace on Earth
Or the Brotherhood of Man
Or know how to love, or know how to give
If they can’t no one can
You see, life is a very special kind of thing
Not just for a chosen few
But for each and every living, breathing thing
Not just me and you
So when you’re at Christmas prayers this year
Alfie asked me if I’d ask you
Say a prayer for the wind and the water and the wood
African sunrise, shine on a brand new day
African sunrise, show us a brand new way
Give us a brand new morning
Show us forever beginning to stand on our own
African sunrise, smile on my African home
In this hour of quiet contemplation
The stillness of the dawning calms my mind
I face the day with heartfelt exaltation
The light is both a promise and a sign
In the darkness we have lost the son of our sister
Though the beauty of his spirit lingers still
This was a child of love, a child of laughter
Who cannot understand the way I feel
Is it not the sun that gives the seasons
Is it not the sun that brings the rain
Our throats are choled with dust, but we’re still singing
Our song will not be silenced by the rain
All around the village I could hear the roosters crowing
There was a time it was like music to my ears
Now all I can hear is the sound of hungry babies crying
I pray for rain to wash away their tears
African sunrise, light of a brand new day
African sunrise, light of a brand new way
With one who will be our brother
And one who will be our partner and teach us to know
African sunrise, smile on my African home
African sunrise.....
I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight
Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun
I hear them singing a song for all lovers
A song for the two hearts beating only as one
Imagine the morning no longer alone
The arms of another, a place to belong
No longer the struggle, no longer the night
And ever becoming in the quickening light
To see the darkness, to listen within
To answer in kindness, to ever begin
To ever be gentle, to always be strong
To walk in the wonder, to live in the song
In a place of enchantment where the wild things are known
Will the future remember when the lovers are gone?
And I see them dancing somewhere in the moonlight
Somewhere in Alaska, somewhere in the sun
I hear them singing a song for all lovers
A song for the two hearts beating only as one
he sun sinks behind me in the west
This is the time of day I love best
Salt breezes murmur through the coconut palm
As the colors change, they set a scene of tropic calm
Seagulls headed back to land
Over the mangrove and the salt pan
By a lazy creek with a six pack and a fishin’ line
Win back some memories and losin’ track of time
I head a little further north each year
Leave the cities behind, out of sight out of mind
Up where my troubles can all disappear
I head a little further north each year
Feeling the night wrap around me
Eases my mind’s serenity
Ocean waves are hummin’ on the outer reef
These balmy days and sultry nights are a welcome relief
I head a little further north each year
Leave the cities behind, out of sight out of mind
Up where my troubles can all disappear
I head a little further north each year
I head a little further north each year
Taking my mind to an easier time,
Up where there’s silence and the night sky is clear
A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine
Memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain
It’s such a contradiction, a heart that’s filled with pain
A country girl in Paris, dreamin’ Nashville in the rain
She walks along the boulevard, Champs Alysee
Thinks about a country boy three thousand miles away
Pride is such a hard thing, it’s such a price to pay
To be all alone in Paris with true love so far away
Up upon Mont Martre when she stops to rest awhile
All the artists look at her and they long to paint her smile
For even in her sorrow there’s something in her eyes
That makes the young men jealous, makes the old men sigh
They say the loss of innocence is always linked to pain
For once the heart is opened nothing ever is the same
And so the evening lends itself to lovers and romance
The way to heal a broken heart is to give true love
One more chance
A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine
Memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain
It’s such a contradiction, a heart that’s filled with pain
A country girl in Paris, dreamin’ Nashville in the rain
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