You came to me with fire inside
Your movements and your pride
And asking to be rescued from
The pain you had become
I tore apart the prison and I hid you in my hand
In the blue light of Christmas-time, Santa Claus was kind
I wonder if you'll ever grow
Oh far enough to throw
Away the lies of no and yes
And love my quietness
Or will you only freeze and frown and lose what you have found?
In the white light of Easter seas'n will you live again?
Today the coin is in the air
And we are here and there
And where and when have caught us in
The web of violence
I pray to all the world as one that day will bring the sun
Well, let me tell all you pretty women
One tiny word of advice
Tell you pretty women
One tiny word of advice
Just do me one favor
Won't you please understand your man
Yeah, you should've gotta wake up in the mornin'
Keep your lovin' daddy by your side
You gotta wake up in the mornin'
Keep your lovin' daddy by your side
Just do me one favor
Won't you please understand your man
Well, let me tell you, Miss Molly
Tell you 'bout my lovin' back home
I got a sweet little woman, yeah
You know that she'd never make me roam, roam
She's the only woman
That I know ever understand her man
Understand
You gotta understand
Say, you'd understand
The padre told me all the hymns were born
Out of the saxophone
And I went down to face them all
Beneath the Tijuana moon
I saw [Incomprehensible]
Two broken lovers strong and strewn
I drank myself into a dream
About the Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon, my daddy, Tijuana moon
Oh my darlin', Tijuana moon
Lord, my daddy, Tijuana moon
Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana
You can keep the Texas blues
Tequila and the burning stone
But my amigo had nothing good
Against the Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon, talk about, daddy
Tijuana moon, talk about lovin'
Tijuana moon, talk about, daddy
Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon
Tijuana moon
I live by the river and I hide my house away
Then just like the river, I can change my ways
Oh, if you come to love me, you'll stay forever
Inside my heart, inside my dreams
And time will fade, in time we'll love
In the street we walk as beggars, in the alley, faithless kings
Ah, but it's the truth of life that chains us in between
Those lost moments we steal to keep our love alive
And our prize, so tired after all the pain
And time will fade, in time we'll love
I live by the river and I hide my house away
Then just like the river, I can change my ways
Oh, if you come to love me, you'll stay forever
Inside my heart, inside my dreams
Black, tan, brown and white
Repeat the order of nature
And we've tried all the lovely little steps
That hope to turn the eyes and footsteps of you
Friend to lend for once
Behold that healing festival
Complete for an instant
Under a loop of stars
In the vulgar cold
The dead airport lay
By the pebbles of the highway
Through the snail clouds
You soared to your lover
I hurried away my darling
With a howl in my throat
Hiding inside the weeds
In the orange grove
The black rooster crowed
Through the hollow of the midnight
With my shot blood
With stains on my fingers
I run with the damned, my darling
They have taught me to laugh
Just like the sun chase the moon around
Just like the fox, he chase the rabbit down
Well, I've been wantin' you woman
But it ain't no habit
No don't you come too near me
'Cause I'm a liable to grab it
'Cause I'm a stone in love
I can almost taste it, I can almost taste it
Lord, I'm a and I was born not to waste it
Born not to waste it Lord
Oh, now baby, I got midnight fever
You're young enough to catch me
And you're old enough to tease me
When we start shakin', down to the bone
I get so crazy, I can't leave you alone
Oh, now woman a we're gonna roll you
We're gonna' shake it on down to the bone
We're gonna party, honey
All night long
I am a bee out in the fields of winter
And though I memorized the slope of water,
Oblivion carries me on his shoulder:
Beyond the suns I speak and circuits shiver,
But though I shout the wisdom of the maps,
I am a salmon in the ring shape river.
Composer's notes. harmonic structure: a set of horizontal vocal lines
Is improvised in at least three ranges, the vertical effect
Of which is atonal tone clusters and arhythmic counterpoint.
Performance: the written melody is to be sung, after which
The lines of lyric are to be reordered at will and sung
To improvised melody, taking advantage of the opportunity
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
Sail to me, sail to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing
'Touch me not, touch me not
Come back tomorrow
Oh, my heart, oh, my heart
Shies from the sorrow'
I am as puzzled as the oyster
I am as troubled at the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing
'Swim to me, swim to me
Let me enfold you
Oh, my heart, oh, my heart
With your beautiful hair
And your sixteen years
You kissed me as I lay still
If I can see you never
Then I'll sleep forever
All my lonely love to kill
With your beautiful hair
And your sixteen years
You kissed me as I lay still
If I can see you never
I'll sleep forever
When I sing I can't bring everything on the wing
Flying down from dizzy air
To the ground because I care
You will be love and your love will live
When I smile I beguile all the while every mile
As I walk across the sky
of the clockwork of your eye
You will be love and your love will live
Casting spells from the well I can tell you the bells
listen to my magic voice
Learn the tune of children's toys
You will be love and your love will live
When I die do not cry hear my sigh passing by
after I have turned to win
I will try to help you then
I couldn't buy you with a hundred cattle
But you hike in shells and feathers
Up the african beach,
I am king here, tied to this hut by the king's chain
My power's like a tree and green taboo to me
The chameleon lies in your dusty fingers,
And blue flies circle your head like stars;
Jump into me now, I must not see the water,
Sefronia shook the black cat's bone at me
And I was only wax in the spell of fire
Oh my coal black sister,
When black coal burns it ripens
She pried the whip out of her master's hand
And lashed at her own skin
So she'd be master, how could she know
This was just a dream born,
Of a new knot in the bullwhip
Once I was a soldier
And I fought on foreign sands for you
Once I was a hunter
And I brought home fresh meat for you
Once I was a lover
And I searched behind your eyes for you
And soon there'll be another
To tell you I was just a lie
But sometimes I wonder
Just for a while
Will you ever remember me?
Though you have forgotten
All of our rubbish dreams
I find myself searching
Through the ashes of our ruins
For the days when we smiled
And the hours that ran wild
With the magic of our eyes
And the silence of our words
And sometimes I wonder
Just for a while
Will you ever, ever, ever remember me?
I was a nighthawkin' in my taxi
My fare was a shaky ol' lush
So I kicked it over and took off
Then he whipped out this switch blade
Straight outta nowhere level to my throat
He said 'see reb I've been over to the war boy'
I said 'i was a combat paratrooper daddy'
Well now he slupped back cool and he pocket that steel
I was lost without a song without a melody
You came into my hotel life
You made my room a home
Ah now, mama, don't you know what you done
Ah, you made the sunshine in the city
Oh, you warmed my heart
You changed an old man filled with pity
Back to a child again
Ah now, mama, can't you see what you done
So tell me darlin' if the feeling's wrong
Don't waste another day
Lord, the saddest thing I've ever known
Was to watch it die away
Ah now, mama, don't you lie don't you lie
Oh, how can my giving find the rhythm and the time of you
Unless you sing your songs to me
The smell of your sweet skin does entangle my dream
Oh may I stand here awhile living your smile
Oh, how could you ever know what you've done
You warmed my heart when I was so all alone
But all I have to give
Are my dreams of coming and going forever
Inside the rivers of time you'll find me waiting
For you to find peace in your mind
So we can love again
I feel what you feel,
If you feel what you feel,
And I see what you see,
If you see what you see,
So it goes on and on
On it goes, on and on
It's my heart and your heart,
It's our hearts together,
You sing and I'll bring,
We'll both love together,
And all I know is let it grow
All you'll find is peace of mind.
O whither has my lady wandered?
I'll search until I know I've found her
One green day she left her wings
And cut away her childhood strings
But dropping smiles along the trail
She left a trace I will not fail
O whither has my lady wandered?
I'll search until I know I've found her
When I catch my sudden maid
I'll deck her out in lace and jade
I will take her to her room
I will take her to her room
I love her upstairs
I love her downstairs
But I love my lady's chamber
O whither has my lady wandered?
Somewhere old memories
Echoed from the street in a crying hole
Just a song from long ago
When I lost my easy gods to the Harlem insect laws
I heard your baited moans
And the passing cars and the swirling
Songs and the black man's bones
Through the walls and the stalls and the cackling calls
You were there
You were an island behind the sun
Yes, an island
Where my love could live and life breathes
From deep inside
Deep, deep, deep, deep inside
Sittin' in a hong kong bar
Sweet dreams of you darling
Ah when we were sweet sixteen
Mama makin' love in the belly of an old freight train
Life was so simple and easy
Oh the sun went down
You took care of the children darlin'
Then you felt like movin' away,
Lord now you didn't stand and stare
You felt like movin' and leavin' darlin'
Didn't I treat you fair
It's all right now darlin'
Well, I wish I was your sweet little honey man
Just a hanging around the ol' rising sun
You know you can't hold out against a boy
Who is a, a whiskey fast and a honey slow
Lord, you can?t
I wish I was, Lord, I wish I was your
I wish I was your honey man, baby, Lord
Well, I wish I was your honey man
Well, I wish I was your sweet little honey man
And when the bee's inside the hive, woman
You gonna holler in the thick of love
Well, you know, I'll buy you all the Jag I can
This honey man wanna sting you again
I wish I was, Lord, I wish I was your
Well, I wish I was your honey, honey man, baby, Lord
Well, I wish I was your honey, honey man, baby, Lord
Well, I wish I was your, sweet little honey man
When I come a home to you, woman
Oh, your little eyes never flicker
Well, I wish I was that cool, honey
And then your love just wouldn't matter at all
Well, I wish I was your sweet little honey man
Just a hanging around the ol' rising sun
You know, you can't hold out against a boy
Who is a, a whiskey fast and a honey slow, Lord, you can?t
I wish I was, Lord, I wish I was your
Wish I was your honey man
Well, I wish I was your honey man
Well, I wish I was your sweet little honey man
I wish I was, I wish I was, I wish I was
Sweet little, sweet little, sweet little honey
Honey man, mama darling
Sweet little, sweet little, sweet little honey
Honey man, mama darling
Sweet little, sweet little, sweet little honey
Honey man, mama darling
Sweet little, sweet little
Sweet little honey, honey man
Well, well, Lord, when the bee's inside the hive, woman
Well, you gonna holler in the thick of love, woman
Well, Lord, I'll buy you all the Jag I can, baby
Well, when a man wanna sting
I can't betray no sheets, woman
No, I'm singing, woman, not to you
Baby, Lord, I'm singing, woman, woman
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Now don't, don't take it away, baby
Oh don't, don't you take it away from me, woman
Don't you, don't take it away from me, darling
Oh no, don't you, don't you, don't you take it away, oh no
No, don't take it away from me now
Oh don't, don't take it away from me now
Don't you, baby darling, take it away, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
Oh no, no, no, sweet little honey
Honey, honey, honey, honey, honey, man, Lord
Thank you, Lord
Ooh, it's a happy time inside my mind
When a melody does find a rhyme
And says to me, "I'm comin' home to stay
I'm comin' home to stay, I'm comin' home to stay"
Oh, now it's just the same old story
Somethin' about love for glory
A nickel and a dime, a dozen fame
Oh, it's such a shame, the way they use your name
Oh, but it's only mine to sing a song
Hopin' that you'd cross along my way
Before we have to move along
Oh, now move along, oh, but we will get back again
Oh, it's a happy time inside my mind
When a melody does find a rhyme
And says to me, "I'm comin' home to stay
I'm comin' home to stay, I'm comin' home to stay"
Oh, sleep late, my darling
Let the mornin' sun warm your bed
Sleep late, my darling
Let the wind blow through your head
The antique people are down in the dungeons
Run by machines and afraid of the tax
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks
Pretending forever their masquerade towers
Are not really riddled with widening cracks
And I wave goodbye to iron
And smile hello to the air
O the new children dance ------ I am young
All around the balloons ------ I will live
Swaying by chance ------ I am strong
To the breeze from the moon ------ I can give
Painting the sky ------ You the strange
With the colors of sun ------ Seed of day
Freely they fly ------ Feel the change
As all become one ------ Know the Way
The velocity addicts explode on the highways
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger
Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast
And I wave goodbye to speed
And smile hello to a rose
O the new children play ------ I am young
Under the juniper trees ------ I will live
Sky blue or gray ------ I am strong
They continue at ease ------ I can give
Moving so slow ------ You the strange
That serenely they can ------ Seed of day
Gracefully grow ------ Feel the change
And yes still understand ------ Know the Way
The king and the queen in their castle of billboards
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind
All their possessions and transient treasures
As they go to worship the electronic shrine
On which is playing the late late commercial
In that hollowest house of the opulent blind
And I wave goodbye to Mammon
And smile hello to a stream O the new children buy ------ I am young
All the world for a song ------ I will live
Without a dime ------ I am strong
To which they belong ------ I can give
Nobody owns ------ You the strange
Anything anywhere ------ Seed of day
Everyone's grown ------ Feel the change
Up so big they can share ------ Know the Way
The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage
And shatter their audience with submachine guns
And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons
While the tapdancing Emperor sings ";War is peace";
And Love the Magician disappears in the fun
And I wave goodbye to murder
And smile hello to the rain
O the new children can't ------ I am young
Tell a foe from a friend ------ I will live
Quick to enchant ------ I am strong
And so glad to extend ------ I can give
Handfuls of dawn ------ You the strange
To kaleidoscope men ------ Seed of day
Come from beyond ------ Feel the change
The Great Wall of Skin ------ Know the Way
The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives
And the men who aren't men leave the women alone
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies
And in secret divorce they will never survive
And I wave goodbye to ashes
And smile hello to a girl
O the new children kiss ------ I am young
They are so proud to learn ------ I will live
Womanwood bliss ------ I am strong
And the manfire that burns ------ I can give
Knowing no fear ------ You the strange
They take off their clothes ------ Seed of day
Honest and clear ------ Feel the change
As a river that flows ------ Know the Way
The antique people are fading out slowly
Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide
Godless and sexless directionless loons
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide
They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily
The new children will live for the elders have died
And I wave goodbye to America
And smile hello to the world
Lady, time fly away
I've been thinking 'bout my yesterday
Oh, please listen, darlin', to my empty prayers
Sleep inside my dreams tonight
All I need to know tonight are you and my child
Oh, is he a soldier or is he a dreamer?
Is he mama's little man?
Does he help you when he can?
Or does he ask about me?
Oh, just like a soldier boy
I've been out fighting wars
That the world never knows about
Oh, but I never win them loud
There's no crowds around me
Oh, when I get to thinkin'
'Bout the old days
When love was here to stay
I wonder if we'd ever tried
Way down on the borderline
Down where white folks tread easy
That sun beats so hot sun beats so hot
When a little girl pass by
You can smell the way she walks
You can smell, you can smell the way she walks
In late afternoon
Ah, in late
Little girl little girl little girl
Smile so brightly
Come on boy come on boy
I got so tired of meaningful looks
I got so tired of comin' up tame
I was so bothered by those balmy breezes
I was side swiped by smoke fever
They was a crawlin'
Oh down beneath my skin
Til mama come a runnin'
A mama came a runnin'
Mama came a runnin'
Lord said she got a recipe
Oh and she don't need no fancy sauce
Yah those devil eyes
Lord they stare right through me
Those devil eyes
Look right through me
Aww melt my soul down
Long for those devil eyes
The singer cries for people's lies
He will sing for the day to bring him night
The circus burns in carnival flame
And for a while you won't know my name at all
But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold
The juggling clown smiles to me
And every frown we agree is glad
The nighttime comes to bring the bums
From Bowery heat to Crimson Streets of wine
But magic lands will never touch our sands
Your children smile in single file
They learn mistakes that others make
They see although they cannot know
The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild
But dance and sing for others bring the shame
I was just a curly-haired mountain boy
On my way passing through
I heard a voice whisper, "Good evening"
I turned to a shadow and saw her there
So all alone
She had those sad China eyes
That sang each time she smiled
Ah, but the song it seemed to linger
So long it deepened my love for her
Until she called me near
And then we waltzed to our heart beat
All around the sea was swaying
The breeze was praying
Never to leave her alone
Alone
Oh, the time just slipped on by
And with the time so did our love
Ah, her every move like a fever, just like a fever
Seems like in every hip conversation honey
People brag about where they all come from
Seems like in every hip conversation, woman
I just end up sucking on my thumb
Lord I'm just a I'm just a pauper,
I been raised in a trailer park yeah,
Ain't got that much honey to brag about
I just drinkin' all alone in the dark
I said bring it on up
To my room woman
I can't carry this load alone
Well I don't need none of that phony moaning woman
No, I don't need it to get it on honey
No, take off your wig darlin' now
Throw away those pills now woman;
No, highway we're gonna roll;
Ah, you know that good king lovin' gonna make it
All right now honey, no,
Ah woman we--we're gonna' turn the tide around;
I know you're kind
You've been through the mill
Now you're standing in line
Too proud to beg and too tired to cry
About the one that got away
Your first love
Oh, he taught you how to pay
And now you're all alone
You've got your misery
You were not taught so well, sister
That's why you ended up with me
Now that you've found me
Oh, darling please don't tease me
All of my naked years
Are here in front of me
Come here darling, lay down by my side
Lovin' the way you do
Oh, woman won't you tell me
Tell me who, tell me who can deny you
You love and you lose
You're lost in the blue
Your turn again
You've paid your way
But it's under your skin and it'll never let you go
Under your skin so deep, it never really shows
You're all alone but you've got your misery
The sea is raging honey, reaching for you and me
Now that you've found me
Oh, honey please, please don't tease me
All of my naked years
Are here in front of me
Come here, lay down by my side
I'm lovin' the way you do
Oh, tell me, tell me please
Who, who can deny you
Oh, tell me, tell me please
Who, who can deny you
Oh, tell me, tell me please
Now you wanna know the reason
Why I cheated on you
Well I had to be a hunter again
This little man had to try
To make love feel new again
'cause there's just a few things honey
I'm not old enough to do for you
You just never care to show me
Showed him how to tango
And when they tangoed it'd send their hearts a flutter
Young and tender
Seemed to surrender in so sweet surrender
In sweet surrender
Ahh sweet surrender to love
But now you're gonna go out and get yourself
A reputation
But I'm gonna have to show you where to start
And then you're gonna bring back your little reputation
Photographs of guns and flame
Scarlet skull and distant game
Bayonet and jungle grin
Nightmares dreamed by bleeding men
Lookouts tremble on the shore
But no man can find the war
Tape recorders echo scream
Orders fly like bullet stream
Drums and cannons laugh aloud
Whistles come from ashen shroud
Leaders damn the world and roar
But no man can find the war
Is the war across the sea?
Is the war behind the sky?
Have you each and all gone blind
Is the war inside your mind?
Humans weep at human death
All the talkers lose their breath
Movies paint a chaos tale
Singers see and poets wail
All the world knows the score
You take the train from Yuma
Down to Mexicali
And by the crack of midnight
You've got that border town fever
Well, down at madam Woo's cafe
In back of she cat alley
Madam woos mix
Some Mexicali voodoo
Mexicali bella, bella voodoo
Americano don't you know what you do
Now three days later
In an elevator
Three days later
[Incomprehensible]met your maker
Mexicali bella, bella voodoo
Americano don't you know what you do
Just like a buzzin' fly I come into your life
Now I float away like honey in the sun
Was it right or wrong?
I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin', now I remember
How the sun shown down
And how it warmed your prayin' smile
When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
But sometimes honey in the mornin'
Oh, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home
That's how I know I found home
Oh, hear the mountains ringing
Lord, I can hear them singing, darling, out your name
And tell me if you know just how the river flows
Down to the sea
Now I wanna know
Mama, everything about you now
I wanna know
Mama, everything about you
What makes ya smile? What makes ya wild?
What makes ya love me this way
Mama, I wanna know
Darlin' I wanna know
You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey in the mornin'
Oh, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home
That's how I know I found a home
A walkin' hand in hand and all along the sand
Seabird knew your name now
I think he knows your love was growin' I think it knows it's flowin'
Mama, through you and me
Ah, tell me darlin'
If I should leave you
Ah, tell me darlin'
I never want to grieve you
Just like a buzzin' fly I'll come into your life
And I'll float away like honey in the sun
Was it right or wrong?
I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin', now I remember
How the sun shown down
And how it warmed your prayin' smile
When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey, in the mornin'
Oh, I miss you so
Oh darlin', I miss you so
Hey mama I miss you so
I miss you so, yeah
Ain't it peculiar, darlin'?
How our love goes on and on
Ain't it peculiar, honey?
We take the bad with the wrong
You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
Ain't it peculiar, woman?
You know we'll laugh our way through
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
You know I'm ready to say that?
Lord, you're the talk of the town
The next minute, you're busted
Just listenin' to that jail-house sound
You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
Ain't it peculiar, woman?
How we'll just laugh our way through
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
You know, double-talk is poison
But that's the rule of the game
Instead of backstabbing, they practice
All the little things that drive you insane
You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
Know, it's so peculiar
I can still laugh my way through it
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
When will this long night of a prison ever end?
Ain't it peculiar? Ain't it peculiar?
Ain't it peculiar? Ain't it peculiar?
As she steps near me, my blood feels the chance
All spinning and swirling, it yearns for the dance
To become part of me poor one, to take part of her
Don't say that tomorrow will bring me her love
Don't let me wait for words undestined from above
Let me laugh through her fingers and smile through her hair
Let me love the one I see, for I know that she's there
For tomorrow and today aren't here anymore
Sing songs for pennies, tip my hat, couldn't get many
All around the city are the Troubadours
Sing songs for pennies, tip my hat, couldn't get many
All around the city see the Troubadours
Singing songs sadly, sing songs so lonely
All around the city see the Troubadours
Town town, town, all around the town
Sing songs sadly
As she steps near me, my blood feels the chance
All spinning and whirling, it yearns for the dance
Just for you with your open hands
Waiting for the touch of man
Clutching with your blackened gloves
You try to capture all the doves
That flee into
The forest before you
You wish to catch and cage me now
I wonder if you remember how
Hard it was to say the names
Of mirror dreams and cheated games
And on the wall
You framed your first lover
Your form intrigues me with the glow
I'll remember you I know
Though I forgot to lock the chain
Around you with a prayer for rain
To bring the call
To drive you back into my bed
Ahhh....
She turns away
Telling me to follow for a while
Ahhh....
She waits
You'd be touched if you would touch
But you only reach and taunt
Will my taste stay grey and blue
I went down to the meat rack tavern
And I found myself a big old healthy girl
Now she was drinkin' alone, what a waste of sin
So I went down on over to sweet talk that girl
Lord, I moved on in, I whispered
Come on and move with me
Move with me, move with me
Move with me darlin', don't be shy
I'm gonna mess witcha, mess witcha, mess witcha
Mess witcha, mess witcha now
Well, I don't care if you tell me you're married
'Cause I can be your [Incomprehensible] man
When your husband ain't home
Now if he should walk in, you just tell him I'm your houseboy
And that you just can't stand to sleep here alone no more, oh, honey
I wanna move with you, move with you
Move with you, move with you darlin', all night long
I wanna mess witcha, mess witcha, mess witcha
Mess witcha, mess witcha mind
Well, now he finally walked in
And Lord, that man filled up the doorway
Well, he grabbed me by my throat
And he bounced me down the stair
And Lord, I swear
He broke every bone in my body
But it was worth every second that I was there
'Cause she would whisper to me, she'd tell me
Move with me, move with me
Move with me, move with me darlin', don't be shy, don't be shy
I'm gonna mess witcha, mess witcha, mess witcha
Mess witcha, mess witcha mind
Well, now I love it
Oh, I love a [Incomprehensible] woman
Oh, I love it [Incomprehensible]
Oh, I love [Incomprehensible] woman
I love a [Incomprehensible] woman
I love you, Lord, I do
I love the way she moves
I love that girl [Incomprehensible]
I love [Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible], Lord I
Let the sun sing in your smile
Let the wind hold your desire
Let your woman's voice run through your veins
Let her be your blood, don't feel ashamed
She's your home when no one wants you
She'll give you life when you're so tired
She'll ease your fears, ah, when you're a stranger
She's born to give faith to you
Oh, just to you
You're just a man on death's highways
It's life you owe, you're here to praise it
If love flows your way then be a river
And when it dries just stand and shiver
Oh, let the sun sing in your smile
Let the wind hold your desire
And let your woman's voice run through your veins
Let her be your blood, don't feel ashamed
It's her life you owe
When there's wine in your belly, love rhythm's on your tongue
For you are a woman and each man has been too young
But for me you were a lover, gently under your cover
Your sheet reeks of odors, oh, I came here to hold and be held for a while
I've been driftin', like a dream out on the sea
I've been driftin', in between you and me
Every time I think about you, I can't remember
What I said or did was right or wrong, you know I just don't remember
All I wanna be is what you mean to me
All I wanna be is what you mean to me
Late last night, as I dreamed in dizzy sunlight
I thought I heard your bare feet up the stairs
Just like a fool, just like a fool
And I've been driftin', like a dream out on the sea
And it happens every time
Give my love, she leaves me behind
Yes, it happens every time
The sorrow makes me lose my mind
If she'd only be as true as I am
And listen to my love that's sayin'
Oh baby, won't you stay mine
Your lovin' makes me feel so fine
And someday baby you'll find
My love was gentle and kind
Someday you'll know that leaving me was wrong
But don't bother all that time is gone
And it happens every time
Now I know it's not worth the tryin'
So baby, don't turn around
Let my tears fall to the ground
If she'd only be as true as I am
Summer princess, midnight maiden
When I first saw you, I just breathed
Into your smile my past went fadin'
Inside your voice, my mind was sheathed in lost lagoon
We waited, wadin' along the streets
We went paradin', never looking back to where we'd been
Autumn temptress, sundown angel
Inside your blood you aren't so young
I came to you a loving vandal
And heard your heart and touched your tongue
Day became a lighted candle, sky fell down
Beneath your sandal in your eye, I began to spin
Winter harlot, moon time lover
I can't speak when I feel this way
Don't keep your feelings undercover
Tell me what you want today
Don't leave me in the air to hover, sing it out
Don't make me suffer, don't be ashamed, love is no sin
Springtime woman, sunrise girl
I am hiding behind the sea
Trick or treat, the Halloween world
Hide and seek but you can't catch me
I won't chase you until you hurl your wing to me
Aren't you the girl who used to call me names?
Aren't you the girl who used to play at games?
Weren't you the one who said she'd never fall?
Now you're the one who's cryin' not so tall
Oh, I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh, do you ache inside
Do your eyes want a cry?
Do you want me back again?
Yes you're the one
Shall I throw you a crumb?
Shall I come and pass you by?
Would that make you want to try?
Shall I come and kiss your lips?
Would that make your rain slip?
Shall I come and dry your eyes?
Will that make you realize?
Oh, I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh, do you ache inside
Do your eyes want a cry?
Do you want me back again?
Aren't you the girl who used to call me names?
Aren't you the girl who used to play at games?
Weren't you the one who used to run and hide?
Now you're the one who's cryin' way inside
Oh, I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh, do you ache inside
Do your eyes want a cry?
Now the sun
Sits on my hand
Oh, where
Are you?
Walking the wind
I fly above
The shore of the town
To the hills
Where I can hear
The harbor bells
Ring slavery
Where the fortune teller sighs to me
Oh, I see your woman in the raw
Ride
A mare of stone
And howl
I woke up
While morning built
The world
With light
Crossing their hearts
Twelve sailor boys
All stood in a ring
'Round our bed
Out of the grass
A dancer rose
Shivering
Oh, the sailor's pointing
Out to sea
And the dancer diving
Up the sky
Sing
'Til we forgot
You caught me staring
So gently you tease me
And turn away
Unlike the young ones
Your movements you savor
Like a tango
My hideaways
Are longing
For you
You slyly conjure
These moments surrounding
Keep me tonight
All your practiced ways
You secretly
Entice me
Come here woman
Like an old window
I need a little shade
Like an old tomcat
Lord, I love to parade
Like a broken old man
Lord, I need sun
Ah, I need you darlin'
'Cause I just ain't done
I need you darlin'
'Cause I just ain't done
While wheel waters set
Now my blood yearns
Your mouth opens woman
Give me broken lies
When you don't feel pain
Let me smell your thighs, mama
Let me drink down a little rain, man
While we're drifting cold
Out beyond the seas
Sometimes I think about Saturday's child
And all about the times when we were running wild
I've been out searching for the dolphins in the sea
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever, ever think of me
Ah, this old world will never change, ah, the way it's been
And all the ways of war just can't change it back again
I've been out searchin' for the dolphins in the sea
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever, ever think of me
Lord, I'm not the one to tell this old world how to get along
I only know that peace will come after all our hate is gone
I've been a-searchin' for the dolphins in the sea
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever, ever think of me
Ah, this old world will never change
Ah, this old world will never change
Ah, this old world will never change
I was lost without a song without a melody
You came into my hotel life
You made my room a home
Ah now, mama, don't you know what you done
Ah, you made the sunshine in the city
Oh, you warmed my heart
You changed an old man filled with pity
Back to a child again
Ah now, mama, can't you see what you done
So tell me darlin' if the feeling's wrong
Don't waste another day
Lord, the saddest thing I've ever known
Was to watch it die away
Ah now, mama, don't you lie don't you lie
Oh, how can my giving find the rhythm and the time of you
Unless you sing your songs to me
The smell of your sweet skin does entangle my dream
Oh may I stand here awhile living your smile
Oh, how could you ever know what you've done
You warmed my heart when I was so all alone
But all I have to give
Are my dreams of coming and going forever
Inside the rivers of time you'll find me waiting
For you to find peace in your mind
So we can love again
I feel what you feel,
If you feel what you feel,
And I see what you see,
If you see what you see,
So it goes on and on
On it goes, on and on
It's my heart and your heart,
It's our hearts together,
You sing and I'll bring,
We'll both love together,
And all I know is let it grow
All you'll find is peace of mind.
Well, I was born a blue melody
A little song, my mama sang to me
It was a blue melody
Sailing far away from me
Well, there ain't no wealth
That can buy my pride
And there ain't no pain
That can cleanse my soul
No, just a blue melody
Calling far away to me
One summer morning
I was raised but I don't know
One summer morning
I was left but I don't know
One summer morning, so alone
Late in the evening
I'll sing in your dream
And down from the mountain
Along with the breezes
So close inside
Our love grew smiles
So if you hear my blue melody
Oh, honey, won't you please
Send it home to me
It was a blue melody
Although you've spoken many times before
A sight of birth he leaves you by a door
And now you know he doesn't understand
And all you need is the warmth of his hand
And if he'd smile your loving blood would dance
One silent kiss leaves you in a trance
And now you know you cannot live alone
But you will find your future is unknown
One day the questions rise, on wings of chance you fly
And on that day your laughs and tears will die
And fall as free as seabirds climb the skies
And you will love when love comes your way
And when it comes there's nothing more to say
And now you know he doesn't understand
And now you know you don't need his hand
Now I woke up this morning, yes, there was rumbling in my mind
I was thinking about my baby, I left her so far behind, oh Lord
Yeah, now I wonder, Lord, I wonder deep in my heart
If this ever gonna stop this fooling, mama, don't you understand?
No, no, no, no, no
Well, the driver on that engine, oh Lordy, ain't no friend of mine
Ah, he done took away my baby, ohh and left her so far behind
Ah, but sometimes in the morning, oh, sweet lover
Don't you know that your boy's gone to his room? Yeah
Ah, I remember all about the good times, honey
Ah, and I forget all about the rain now
Well, you never did it for me, mama
How do you want your rolling done? Oh yes
You know, I do believe you wanna be rolled, be rolled
Be rolled from sun to sun, hey, now darling
Don't you know I cross that burning desert on my knees?
Bring my paycheck home every Friday night
Mama, don't I treat you right?
Yeah, that, that, that green, green rocky road, yeah
Ah, you got a promenade now, you got a promenade
Mama, who, who do you love?
Ah, who do you love? Who do you love?
Who do you love? Who do you love?
Hey brother, did you ever run up the mountain?
Lord, I went up to the top
See your lover from above, run down to the valley low
Listen to it ring, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Listen to it ring from above
You gotta run to the river, run to the river
Run to the river, Lord, and cleanse your soul
Cleanse your soul, cleanse your soul
I think that sooner or later we'll make it or break it
I mean your brother, I mean it ain't matter what the color
Lord, we both gotta get outta here
We gotta rise up, Lord, away from the skin
Lord, up there a while, you gotta look at your brother
Don't matter what the color, Lord, if you wanna get along
Everything will be, oh, green rocky road
You be promenade, promenade in green
Talking 'bout love now, talking 'bout love
Talking 'bout love now, talking 'bout love
Hey, you gotta walk to the river, brother
Swim in the river and cleanse your soul
You gotta sing, shout, singing hallelujah
Lord, if you want to get along
You gotta sing hallelujah, brother
Don't matter what the color
You gotta see the light all by yourself
You gotta run, shake and lie, ah, run, shake it on your own
You gotta run, shake and lie, oh, shake it on your own
There ain't no Moses, Jesus don't know the words
You gotta run, shake and lie, run, shake and lie now
Run, shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie
Shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie
Ah Lord, I woke up this morning, oh Lord, rumbling on my mind
I was thinking thinking 'bout my baby, I left her so far behind
Oh, sometimes in the morning, Lord, a voice comes ringing through
And I?m thinking, oh mama, Lord, I must be crazy, mama
Not to be home with you
I'm going home, I'm going home
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
You're the only Mexican girl in town I know honey
I know good and well we're gonna fit it like a glove now
I got a hand full of Spanish songs and wine
We're gonna get it in the back seat honey
Wanna make you mine
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Well I've been watching you all week honey
Walking up and down the hall
I got one to think about honey
And I know it ain't wrong
Whoa won't cha' come here while I watch you, Wanda Lu
Just let me get next to ya darlin'
Wanna try and tame you
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Wanda Lu could you ever be true?
Ah, tell me mama
Ah, tell me darlin'
Now that it's time for me to go
Ah, don't you hold me down
And kill the man you love
Sweet mama what you gonna do
Ah, now darlin' what you gonna do
Mama what you gonna do for love
Ah, when that sun shines
Ah, honey
And I'm living in your love again
Ah, won't you let me know
Do I stay or do I go
Oh, yeah,
Ah, darlin', what you gonna do now
I said now mama what you gonna do
Now mama what you gonna do for love
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
Ah, when I'm gone
Gone gone gone gone gone gone
When I'm gone
Darlin' so young and tender,
So quick to surrender
Everything that you don't own,
Know that you've got not
You make love like a skinned cat
Crawlin' across a highway
Tryin' to git to the other side,
Don't know why you just gotta try
Ah, when that devil
When that devil gets you honey
Oh, I want to know
That's when I'll come home and start to
Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do
Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do now
Aw daddy what you gonna do for love
When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, lord
When I'm gone, gone, gone, mama, when I'm gone
When I'm gone, yeah, sweet mama,
Yes, ah, when I'm gone
Get that devil get that devil
Gonna go back home, so long,
Just want to get some sun on my shoulder
And get a bit of sand in my shoes
I love you new york city, but I see that sun shinin'
And I don't want to stay here no more
Oh, what you gonna do
Oh, now my brother's been taken away
Gone are the old times when we used to say
Oh, a woman was younger, she knew what to do
Oh, but I look around me, now that's not so
I'm lost on that open road, no peace do I find
Maybe the wind'll blow a melody and, and ease my mind
Soon love is broken, they'll take you away
Oh, the wars they been growing as no relief
And the old men who ruled them, oh, they're just like thieves
They rob from the sunshine, oh, the air ain't so clean
Our rivers are dirty where once we could see
A smile of your lady friend looking down
Look at that river, hey, did you ever shiver?
Well, the earth is broken there is no one to save
I remember quite freely only yesterday
Ah, the letter I read from you, read this way
Take care lonesome Timmy, ah, don't you start
Thinking you're the only, one year that's gone
Out on your lonesome road, hey, lend a hand to your friend
Yes, he's just as lonely and the wind keeps you cold
Remember the rivers that once did flow clean
Ah, sometimes I wonder how this old world keeps spinning 'round?
All the old folks have gone west, Lord, preparing to die
All except for a few of us, hangers on
Living each day with trivial hearts
Just stop once in a while, cry over the news
In some foreign far city your brother's shot down
Because there was a reason, a gun had a hand
And the old man killed youth, squeezed down its hope
Now, I'm just waiting brother, waiting for the end
Soon in my country there won't be a friend
Each one is trying so hard to defend
That one, one last heartbeat before he's tugged away
Lost in the mechanized, efficient world, logical skies
Ah, but no song was written on without a tear in your eyes
I got this strange, strange feelin'
Deep down in my heart
I can't tell what it is, but it won't let go
It happens every time
I give you more than what I have
But now all I need is a little time, oh, to sing a song
And I think we're gonna find
A way to lose this strange feelin'
All around I feel ya, darlin', feel ya, darlin'
When you're home all alone
Oh, don't you need
Somebody to talk your troubles to
Ah, Lord, I know I wanna catch the morning train
Lord, break the day
Oh, I wanna hear you say we're gonna take that strange feelin'
Oh, take it all away
Well, it's just like a mockingbird-a singing on a hillside
He churping at his mornin' song
But don't you weep, don't you fret, don't you wail, don't you moan
Can't you hear that whiporwill-a callin'?
Now don't you worry, your daddy's comin' home
He's gonna chase those blues away
And believe me when I say
You've got the untortured mind of a woman
Who has answered all the questions before
You've got the free-givin' ways of a woman
Who has kicked all the heartache out the door
And Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
I brought to you my tired plans and wearied faith to you
And with a smile you took me in and showed me love again
Now it has to be say goodbye or stay that I don't know
But remember please I gave you love that's only mine to give
And Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
Yes, I truly love to be with you
If I wasn't with the one that I'm with
Yes, I truly love to lie by you
If I didn't have to give what I give
And Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
I brought to you my tired plans and wearied faith to you
And with a smile you took me in and showed me love again
Now it has to be say goodbye or stay that I don't know
But remember please I gave you love that's only mine to give
And Jainie, don't you know?
Jainie, don't you know I been tryin'?
Jainie, don't you know?
Oh, I don't get no letters
Nobody calls
Nobody comes 'round here no more
No pretty ladies
Nor pretty boys
Nobody comes 'round my door no more
It's just lonely
Mama, you don't know
It's just lonely
Mama, you don't know
Cops treat ya dirty
And the children are mean
This is the lowest town I've ever seen
People keep draggin'
Their bodies around
Ain't enough pride to even look around
It's just lonely, mama
Honey, you don't know, just don't know
It's just lonely
Mama, you don't know how
I'm lonely
Mama, you don't know
It's just lonely
Mama
Now honey, you got
On little light
Now you keep it burning
Burning bright
If you keep it
Lit every night
Someday a good man
Come and make it alright
But it's so lonely, mama
Darlin', you don't know, just don't know
It's so lonely, mama
In my heart is where I long for you
In my smile I search for you
Each time you turn and run away I cry inside
My silly way, too young to know any more
In my world the devil dances and dares
To leave my soul just anywhere
Until I find peace in this world
I'll sing my song everywhere, too young to know anymore
The wind covers me cold
The starry skies all around my eyes
Far behind the city moans
Well worthy of the people there, oh, the songs they love to hear
So please let me sing a song for you
One I've known so very long
Please let me sing a song for you
To help your day along, oh, please could you find the time?
In my heart is where I long for you
In my smile I search for you
Each time you turn and run away I cry inside
My silly way, too young to know any more
In my world the devil dances and dares
To leave my soul just anywhere
Until I find peace in this world
I'll sing a song everywhere, oh, please could you find the time?
The wind covers me cold
The starry skies all around my eyes
Far behind the city moans
Well worthy of the people there, oh, the songs they love to hear
So please let me sing a song for you
One I've known so very long
Oh, please let me sing a song for you
She is the day that gives me time
To live and [unverified] love my life
Till night comes on with sundown scythe
To end the puzzle pantomime
She is a day of love
She is the day through which
I walk toward the bridge where she stands
She is the air, I breathe to sing
She is a smile without demands
She is the bridge on which
I wait to watch the river 'neath me flow
All spinning, surging far below
[Unverified]
She is a bridge of love
She is the day through which
I walk toward the bridge where she stands
She is the air, I breathe to sing
She is a smile without demands
She is the air I breathe [unverified]
Awake, asleep in [unverified] calm
A wind to wash my lifted palm
A sky that calls me out to dance
She is the air of love
She is the day through which
I walk toward the bridge where she stands
She is the air, I breathe to sing
She is a smile without demands
She is the smile that keeps me warm
With matchless laughter, eyes ablaze
A mischief mystery she plays
Upon the flute of early morn
She is a smile of love
She is the day through which
I walk toward the bridge where she stands
She is the air, I breathe to sing
Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Oh, Sally don't you go down
Oh, Sally don't you go down
The saddest thing in this whole wide world
Is to find your baby been laying with another girl
Sally, don't you do down, honey
Aw, Sally don't you go down town
Well, I'm going down town, Lord, I'm drinkin' tonight
I'm goin' down town, gonna be dancin' tonight
I'm goin down town, gonna drink myself blind
I'm goin' down town, I gotta keep that mood high
It's been a long time since I've had my way
It's been a long time since I've had my way at all
I want to do that drunken belly rub
I want to sing that jukebox melody
Now sally, don't you go down
I want to stroll like we used to stroll
Way back home in Baltimore
Singing, Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Sally go round the roses
Sally, don't you go down
Oh, baby don't you go down town
The saddest thing in this whole wide world
To find your baby been laying with another girl
Sally, don't you go down
Oh, darlin', don't you go down town
I'm singin', Sally go round the roses
I'm singin', Sally go round the roses
I'm singin', Sally go round the roses
I'm singin', Sally go round the roses
I'm singin', Sally go it around
Sally go it around
Sally go it around
Sally go it around
The roses, roses
Operator, number please
It's been so many years
She'll remember my old voice
While I fight the tears
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is ol' Tom Frost
Now I'm calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost
It's been twenty years or more
Now Martha please recall
And meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all
And those were days of roses
Of poetry and prose
And Martha all I had was you
And all you had was me
There was no tomorrow
We packed away our sorrows
And saved 'em for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you
I feel so much older now
You're much older too
How's the husband
And how's the kids
You know I got married too
Lucky that you found someone
Who makes you feel secure
We were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature
I was always so impulsive
Guess that I still am
But all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man
Guess that our bein' together
Was never meant to be
But Martha, Martha, I love you
Your sweet love is like a quicksand
Pullin' me under and I wonder
How deep does it go
Oh, the sky is closin' up above me
Every time you touch me
I'm like a tiger now, prowlin' in the moonlight
Sometimes love takes a funny turn around
You can make a paradise out of flat champagne
But once the party's started
Tell me who can complain
For love will find you
Find you walkin' on the shore
Inside the wind, it calls out to you
A longing melody to end your lonely hours
To stay in love with love
To live in love with love, with you
I'm tellin' you love is like a quicksand
Pullin' me under and I wonder
How deep does it go
Oh, you know the sky is closin' up above me
Every time you touch me
I'm like a tiger now, prowlin' in the moonlight
Strangers in the street could be lovers if they met along
But that's not the way this whole world is made upon
My only prayer is some day to see it burn with love
Oh it'll find you
Find you walkin' on the shore
Inside the wind it calls out to you
A longing melody to end your lonely hours
To stay in love with love
To live in love with love, with you
Oh, quicksand, oh, quicksand
I tell you quicksand lonely, pullin' me under
You don't remember what to say, Lord
You don't remember what to do, Lord
You don't remember where you've been
And you don't remember who to choose
You wheel and you steal
But you're feeling honey when you kneel down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down
All the stony people
Walking round in Christian licorice clothes
Lord, I can't hesitate
Lord, no way I can't wait for pleasant street
The pleasant street
The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying
Till you opened up your eyes, honey
And you found yourself falling
Back down to yesterday's lies
Hello, pleasant street, Lord we're back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down
All the stony people
Walking round in Christian licorice clothes
Lord, I can't hesitate
Lord, no way I can't wait for pleasant street
I love my little pleasant street
At twilight your lover comes to your room
He's gonna spin you darlin'
He's gonna weave 'em all, all around his emerald loom
But softly, he whisper all around your ear
Sweet lover, Lord, I love my pleasant street
Lord, I wheel and Lord, I steal and Lord, I feel
My way down to kneel
If a fiddler played you a song, my love
And if I gave you wheel
Would you spin for my heart and loneliness
Would you spin for my love
If I gave up all of my pride for you
And only loved you for now
Would you hide my fears and never say
"Tomorrow I must go"
Everywhere there's rain my love
Everywhere there's fear
If you tell me a lie, I'll cry for you
Or tell me of sin and I'll laugh
If you tell me of all the pain you've had
I'll never smile again
Everywhere there's rain my love
And everywhere there's fear
I can plainly see that our parts have changed
Our sands are shifting around
Need I beg to you for one more day
To find your lonely love
Everywhere there's rain my love
And everywhere there's fear
Well, I can plainly see that our parts have changed
Our sands are shifting around
Need I beg to you for one more day
To find your lonely love
Everywhere there's rain my love
I left my baby standing in the back door crying
I left my baby standing in the back door crying
She said, "You got a home as long as I got mine"
She said, "You got a home as long as I got mine"
And nobody walking, nobody talking
Ever pay the price I owe her
Ah, there ain't nobody living, nobody giving
Ever pay the price I owe her
But sometimes you gotta turn your back
Ah, sometimes you gotta turn your back
Just to show that little girl
That there is something she's gonna lack
Just to show that little girl
There's something more that you desire
Nobody walking, nobody talking
Ever pay the price
Nobody living, anybody giving
Ever pay the price I owe her
I don't need it, oh, to rain
I don't need it, oh, to rain now
I don't need it, oh, to rain
Oh, to rain
Well, I know you've been turning tricks, honey
Up and down the avenue
And I've been trying to tease you
Oh, honey, just to see what you'd do
I don't need it, oh, to rain
I don't need it to rain
Oh, no more, oh, no more
When that storm comes raining down
When that storm comes raining down
There ain't gonna be nobody, honey
Oh, to keep you warm, ain't gonna be nobody
Mama here to keep you warm
Oh, no more
Ah, there ain't nobody walking, nobody talking
Ever pay the price, not for you, honey
There ain't nobody living, nobody giving
Ever pay the price I owe you
No mama, no, no, no, no
Not to rain, not to rain, not to rain, not to rain
Mama, not to rain, no, no, no
'comme la chanson est belle'
Chantez la mademoiselle
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
'love is a leap' she sighed
'someday I'll be your bride,
When I leave the moulin rouge'
Je vais marier ma fille de danse
Et habiter en france
'comme la chanson est belle'
Chantez la mademoiselle
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
'oh la la la' she sang
Spinning till midnight swang,
Dancing in the moulin rouge
I love her love I do,
All of her children too,
Oh I thank you, moulin rouge!
Je vais marier ma fille de danse
Et habiter en france
'comme la chanson est belle'
Chantez la mademoiselle
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
Dansant dans le moulin rouge
I lit my purest candle close to my
Window, hoping it would catch the eye
Of any vagabond who passed it by
And I waited in my fleeting house
Before he came, I felt him drawing near
And as he neared, I felt the ancient fear
That he had come to wound my door and jeer
But I waited in my fleeting house
"Oh, tell me stories", I called to the Hobo
"Stories of old", I smiled at the Hobo
"Stories of cold", I wept to the Hobo
And I waited in my fleeting house
"No" said the Hobo, "No more tales of time
Don't ask me now to wash away the grime
I can't come in, it's just too high a climb"
And hestood before my fleeting house
"Then you be damned", I screamed to the Hobo
"Turn into stone", I wept to the Hobo
"Leave me alone", I knelt to the Hobo
I'm fitting out, I'm fitting in
And those diesel rings ah, they're rambling by
But I ain't blue now if I go lame
Ah, I just flag a ride
I'm looking out now for a street corner girl
I'm looking out for a street corner girl
And she's gonna beat me, whip me, spank me
Ah, make it right again
Trying a little trick honey, ah, that you never used before
I wanna be your victim, your sweet little victim of love
Come on and beat me, whip me, spank me
Mama, make it right again, oh no, no, no, no
Ah, make it right
It's been wrong too long
Oh, Johnny dreams
And you and my white queen been rolling again
But the talk around town is she might be burned out
But I know by midnight she gonna burn you down, oh yeah
Yeah, she gonna burn you down
But I'd been looking out in the wings for a street corner girl
I'd been looking out for a street corner girl
Ah, she's gonna beat me, whip me, spank me
Ah, make it right again
Trying a little trick, honey, you never used before
I wanna be your victim, your sweet little victim of love
Come on and beat me, spank me, whip me
Ah, mama, make it right again, oh mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama
Mama, make it right, ah, make it right, alright
Make it right, mama, make it right again
Ah, make it right, come on, make it right again
Come on and beat me, mama
Come on and whip me, mama
I wanna be your victim of love, ma
I wanna be your victim of love, ma
Come on and beat me, whip me
I was lost without a song without a melody
You came into my hotel life
You made my room a home
Ah now, mama, don't you know what you done
Ah, you made the sunshine in the city
Oh, you warmed my heart
You changed an old man filled with pity
Back to a child again
Ah now, mama, can't you see what you done
So tell me darlin' if the feeling's wrong
Don't waste another day
Lord, the saddest thing I've ever known
Was to watch it die away
Ah now, mama, don't you lie don't you lie
Oh, how can my giving find the rhythm and the time of you
Unless you sing your songs to me
The smell of your sweet skin does entangle my dream
Oh may I stand here awhile living your smile
Oh, how could you ever know what you've done
You warmed my heart when I was so all alone
But all I have to give
Are my dreams of coming and going forever
Inside the rivers of time you'll find me waiting
For you to find peace in your mind
So we can love again
I feel what you feel,
If you feel what you feel,
And I see what you see,
If you see what you see,
So it goes on and on
On it goes, on and on
It's my heart and your heart,
It's our hearts together,
You sing and I'll bring,
We'll both love together,
And all I know is let it grow
Each and every day, every little way
I've been lovin' you
I can't live without your lovin' at night
Makes it hard to say it's wrong
When I know it's right
Even though the years won't be kind
I love you more than I care about myself
I love ya, hate ya for what you're doin' to my health
I love ya, hate ya for all the love ya make me feel
I love ya, darlin' 'cause ya know I can't leave
But when you're gone
I'm little boy lost in the storm
With the wolves and flames all around
I talk to myself and pray to the rain
That this lonely curse won't drive me insane
I run into the sea but the sea only sighs
Look at the fool that love brings me
Look at the fool that love brings me
Look at the fool that love brings me
Each and every day, every little way
I've been lovin' you
I can't live without your lovin' me at night
Makes it hard to say it's wrong
When I know it's right
Even though the years won't be kind
I love you more than I care about myself
I love ya, hate ya for what you're doin' to my health
I love ya, hate ya for all the love ya make me feel
I love ya, darlin' 'cause ya know I just can't leave
Look at the fool that love brings me
Look at the fool that love brings me
Look at the fool that love brings me
Hey, I've been out walking
Ain't done too much talking these days
Ah Lord, I sit alone and weep all the time to hesitate
Ah, now darling don't you cry
I'm just waiting for the sun to shine
Ain't got no heart to sell you
Ain't got no time to tell you
All the answers you came to hear
I just came down from the mountains
And now you know me when
I was just a child in your heart
I been waiting so long to say it
I been losing but I been choosing
I've been living on borrowed time
Trying to pay back the debts I owe you
Ah, but I never show you
Why the river could be a woman
Why the sky will ever open
I just want to be here tonight love
I wanna take myself a plane back home
I got a sweet little woman, oh, but I'm gone now
And I wonder what my little darling does for love
She's walking all alone and here I'm trying to get back home
Hey, tell me is there a sadder place to be right now
Ah, but now I could here those mountains ringing all around me
I feel it won't take too long to get through it and sing a song
Ah, but I don't know if my love can last, oh no
You know I just came in on the rail
Ah, damn to keep me another shirt tail
And I been trying to make it ever since, oh love
I got a name but mama don't you know I'm ashamed
I been out walking now I ain't been too in much talking
Oh Lord, my heart's got too much to yield
Yes, but I bring you in now darling
Remember when I was so strong
How the liquor and women wore me down
I'm on my knees begging, oh please
Hear the mountains ringing, hear the birds a singing
Feel the sun shine on your hands
Just smell the river flow, well now
I know my love is growing hear the way the children smile
Makes you glad that you been choosing
Which time you been losing
Because of you, I face the world with pride,
Because you are the breeze I drift upon
In heaven flows from your eyes,
Even though I've told lies,
It always seems so long
Since we made love this strong,
I think it's time we tried,
To bring these dreams alive and drain 'em dry
Somehow, when I'm in your arms,
Deep in the blindness of love,
You become all the women,
I have ever known,
Searching your skin;
Because of you, I face the world with pride,
Because you are the breeze I drift upon
In heaven flows from your eyes,
Even though I've told lies,
It always seems so long
Since we made love this strong,
I think it's time we tried,
To bring these dreams alive and drain 'em dry
I hope you understand,
What makes this man,
O I never asked to be your mountain
I never asked to fly
Remember when you came to me
And told me of his lies
You didn't understand my love
You don't know why I try
And the rain was falling on that day
And damn the reason why
The flying pisces sails for time
And tells me of my child
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
He begs for just a smile
O he never asked to be her mountain
He never asked to fly
And through his eye he comes his love
And tells her not to cry
She says, "your scoundrel father flies
With a dancer called a queen
And with her stolen cards he plays
And laughs, but never wins"
O the child dreams to be his hands
In the counting of the rain
But only barren breasts he feels
For her milk will never drain
As I die I can't remember
Where I saw the rain:
Could it be that her laughter
Drove me down again?
Charming dancer will you stop,
Stop and talk to me?
Is there someone else you feel
In your dreams? you will, you see:
In midnight gazes
I've found you far from me:
If you lead me on
Please leave me down
O flying flying fish
Please flutter by my door:
Yes you can drink my lies
If first you read my eyes:
Each one is titled
"i'm drowning back to you":
I can't swim your waters
And you can't walk my lands:
I'm sailing all my sins
And I'm climbing all my fears
And soon now I'll fly
O I never asked to be your mountain
I never asked to fly
Remember when you came to me
And told me of his lies
You didn't understand my love
You don't know why I try
And the rain was falling on that day
And that's the reason why
Sweet lover, will you come back
And love me for a while?
Please take my hand
Leave all your fears behind
I've been gone too long
Now I'm home to stay
Please don't leave me
Again this way
Here I am believin' words again
Here I am tryin' to find your love again
Here I am down on my knees again
Prayin' for a love that we used to know
Both of us know how hard it is
To love and let it go
Both of us know how hard it is
To go on living that way
When so few understand what it means
To fall in love
And so few'll know how hard it is
To live without it
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind
To hold something real and not believe it
To live in her life and never trustin'
To give all you know and never feel it
To hold back each day, until it dies away
Both of us know how hard it is
To love and let it go
And both of us know how hard it is
To go on living that way
When so few understand what it means
To fall in love
So few know how hard it is
To live without it
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind
Lord, I must have been blind
I had a talk with my woman late last night
And she reassured me everything was alright
And time hung still like a falling rain
Now I know at last that my love is safe
Ah, but when I go away my love I leave
Lord I'm but half a man, without her by my side
She's this memory that I hold all around
She's this dream that I always hold to believe
I wanna go upon a mountain, oh, Lord
And sing my love, and sing my love
I wanna sing it high, sing it down low
Then I'm gonna know how long it's gonna last
Then I'm gonna know how long it's gonna last
Well, you know your Moses, oh Lord he lost his way
Ah, and Your Jesus don't remember the words
Well, then I guess it's just you and me brother
All alone in this cold world, all alone in this cold world
Ah, you gotta go upon on mountain
And learn to sing your love, learn to sing your love
You know I can sing it high, sing it down low
Then we gonna know how long it's gonna last
Then we gonna know how long she's gonna last
Hard rain, sweet rain, fall a little while longer
Wash down the city skies, Lord bring the streets alive
Make it like it was long before I was born
I don't know why
You bring my sense alive
You know you look so foxy wise
You turn my head around
You know the talk around town
You do a funky rumba
You make an old man stop
You make a young man wonder
Come on and love me
Until I'm helpless
Come on and love me
Until I'm
Helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
I don't know why
You bring my sense alive
Come on and love me
Until I'm helpless
Come on and love me
Until I'm
Helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway
I saw you walking
Only yesterday
When I ran to catch you
You disappeared
And the street was gray
The candle died
Now you are gone
For the flame was too bright
Now you are gone
I heard you laughing
With your laugh of gold
When I called out to you
Silence returned
And the air was cold
The castle fell
Now you are gone
And no more rings the bell
Now you are gone
I found a letter
On the day it rained
When I tore it open
There in my hands
Only ash remained
The castle fell
Now you are gone
And no more rings the bell
Now you are gone
I felt you breathing
As I fell asleep
When I reached out to touch you
No one was there
And the night was deep
The candle died
Now you are gone
For the flame was too bright
Now you are gone
I saw you walking
Only yesterday
When I ran to catch you
You disappeared
And the street was gray
The castle fell
Now you are gone
No more rings the bell
Yes I come around
Never know a little sooner
Casts a spell on me
Casts a spell on me
Casts a spell on me
Casts a spell on me....
Gypsy woman
Gypsy woman
Gypsy woman....
Well, you were out trying to turn the tide this morning
Now mama don't you lie
You knew it was in the moon and you knew it was in the sky
Oh, gypsy woman
Tell me please, gypsy woman
Casts a spell on me, darlin'
Casts a spell on me, mama
Casts a spell on me, darlin'
Oh, gypsy woman
Mama, everytime you turn around the fire
Mama, keep me inbetween the devil and the sky
And every time you look my way
Mama how you hypnotize
Tell me please, gypsy woman
Casts a spell on me, darlin'
Casts a spell on me, mama
Casts a spell on me
That gypsy woman casts a spell on me
But if you come runnin' with desire
Oh, gypsy woman knows how to get your blood hot higher
Well, asked your daddy
Your papa wouldn't deny it
Asked your mama
Lord, she was quick to agree
I didn't have to fight your brother
And your sister's still standin' in line
Oh, please tell me gypsy woman
How do you hypnotize me?
We're gonna go down to the river
Walk in the water
Oh, we're gonna get all clean
Then we're gonna do, gonna do
Exactly darlin' what you
Came and set your mind on
Casts a spell on me
Casts a spell on me...
Well, you were out trying to turn the tide this morning
Now mama don't you lie
You knew it was in the moon and you knew it was in the sky
Tell me please, gypsy woman
Casts a spell on me, darlin'
Casts a spell on me, mama
I've got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
Got grief in my soul nobody knows
I've got heartaches, I got stingin' water fallin' out of the sky
I've got heartbreaks, I got a long lost lover, got a reason to die
I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
I got grief in my soul nobody knows
I got sorrow, I'm in a storm that'll spare no travelin' man
I fear tomorrow, got a love that died long before it began
I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
Got grief in my soul nobody knows
I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
Got grief in my soul nobody knows
I've got a cold chain, I got rain fallin' on my head from above
I've got a bad pain, I got a gal don't know the meaning of love
I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
I got grief in my soul nobody knows
I've got heartaches, I got stingin' water fallin' out of the sky
I've got heartbreaks, I got a long lost lover, got a reason to die
I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes
The antique people are down in the dungeons
Run by machines and afraid of the tax
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks
Pretending forever their masquerade towers
Are not really riddled with widening cracks
And I wave goodbye to iron
And smile hello to the air
Oh the new children dance
I am young all around the balloons
I will live swaying by chance
I am strong to the breeze from the moon
I can give painting the sky
You the strange with the colors of sun
Seed of day freely they fly
Feel the change as all become one
Know the way, know the way
The velocity addicts explode on the highways
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger
Into nowhere at all and then look up aghast
And I wave goodbye to speed
And smile hello to a rose
Oh the new children play
I am young under the juniper trees
I will live sky blue or gray
I am strong they continue at ease
I can give moving so slow
You the strange that serenely they can
Seed of day gracefully grow
Feel the change and yes still understand
Know the way, know the way, know the way
King and the queen in their castle of billboards
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind
All their possessions and transient treasures
As they go to worship the electronic shrine
On which is playing the late late commercial
That hollowest house of the opulent blind
And I wave goodbye to Mammon
And smile hello to a stream
Oh the new children buy
I am young all the world for a song
I will live without a dime
I am strong to which they belong
I can give nobody owns
You the strange anything, anywhere
Seed of day everyone's grown
Feel the change up so big they can share
Know the way, know the way
The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage
And shatter their audience with submachine guns
And freedom and violence the acrobat clowns
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons
While the tap dancing emperor sings War is peace
And love the magician disappears in the fun
And I wave goodbye to murder
And smile hello to the rain
Oh the new children can't
I am young tell a foe from a friend
I will live quick to enchant
I am strong and so glad to extend
I can give handfuls of dawn
You the strange to kaleidoscope men
Seed of day come from beyond
Feel the change The Great Wall of Skin
Know the way, know the way
The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives
And the men who aren't men, leave the women alone
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies
And in secret divorce they will never survive
And I wave goodbye to ashes
And smile hello to a girl
Oh the new children kiss
I am young they are so proud to learn
I will live womanhood bliss
I am strong and the man fire that burns
I can give knowing no fear
You the strange they take off their clothes
Seed of day honest and clear
Feel the change as a river that flows
Know the way, know the way, know the way
The antique people are fading out slowly
Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide
Godless and sexless direction less loons
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide
They put on their death masks, compromise daily
The new children will live for the elders have died
And I wave goodbye to America
Like a slow burn slow burn,
Ya move that mama over to me
Get on top of me woman
Get on top
Let me see what you learned tonight
Then I talk in tongues mama
Oh when I love you
Yes I talk in tongues
Get on top of me woman
Get on top,
Get on top of me woman
I just wanna see what you learned
Well like a bitch dog in heat we had those bed springs a
Squeakin' all day long
I never swallowed that cheap booze
I keep my distance from straight dudes
I joined the army just to get more fame
I love my Bluesy 'cause she walks so strange
Well, you know I think we ought to have a party
Just to break up the day
Come on and meet me on an easy exit
Of our brand new freeway
I've got the freeway, it's sublime rocket ship blues
I got the tug boat high steppin' star studded blues
I got the kite flyin' double on Sunday school blues
I got the pony-tail bump and grind money makin' blues
Ah, come on down and play in the traffic
And watch the cars go crazy
We'll pull all over the starlight
And disappear in the haze
I've got the hot dog hanky pankin' all night long blues
I've got the cop car shoot out whistle pig blues
I've got the rose bowl low tide, lawn mower blues
I've got the freeway Dixieland rocket ship blues
I never swallowed that cheap booze
I keep my distance from straight dudes
I joined the army just to get more fame
I love my Bluesy 'cause she goes so strange
Yeah, we oughta have a party
Yeah, just to break up the day
Down in the street
There's a gunshot warnin'
Here comes the blue parade
Ready to save the day
Down in the street
Man, the whole block's burning
Outraged for rent control
I ride the gang patrol
Oh, it's just another sign that summer's coming
City wars, flash floods and tornadoes
Festivals for rock ?n? roll season
Beach talk, baseball and a handy household hymns
Yes, it's true in the U.S. of A
There?s lots of room at the top
Oh, but you can't sit down
Oh no, you can't sit down
And don't you know that boudoir
Looks just like a ball and chain
Oh no, you can't sit down
Oh no, you can't sit down
All through the night
You hear gunshot warnings
This time it wasn't you
You never paid your dues
All through the night
You hear the city moaning
Must be a tomcat prowling
Or maybe your stomach growling
It's just another sign that summer's coming
City wars, flash floods and tornadoes
Festivals for rock ?n? roll season
Beach talk baseball and a handy household hymns
Summertime, summertime
Summertime, summertime
Summertime, summertime
Well, come along and walk with me
And learn the songs that lovers sing
When they believe
We'll dance along the river's edge
Just arm and arm along the moonlit shore
The midnight cries
Well, I just came to chase
The blues away
For a while
Just like a child, you'll cling to me
From every sound along
That rushes near
It's just the breeze
That licks your skin and rubs your breast
And as we lay our river's flow away
Your woman fear
Well, I just came to chase
The blues away
For a while
With the morning sun, we'll wake
And lift our eyes and watch the eagle fly
Up mountain high
Then on his wings, our love will climb
And never fail until he soars and dives
Oh, he'll take your breath away
Oh, I just came to chase
The blues away
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