In the hour when the sun shines shines bright
On my head in the city where I am alone,
I never think of that once told story
When two flowers almost were one.
But what to do?
I still think in the morning of you.
When darkness hovers and city lights take over
I am blinded to the words "I am alone".
It's useless to cry for a star in the sky,
For the city lights tell me there's none.
But what to do?
I still cry in the morning for you.
When my head touches my pillow I am too weary
To dare dream that I am alone.
Now I lay myself down to sleep,
I pray the Lord his soul to keep is my song.
But what to do?
I still dream in the morning for you.
What to do?
(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
(Melanie Safka)
What do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
A line from a poem of my childhood has said
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I'll still have a bowl of leftover wine
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
(and) what do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
I'm gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I'm gonna drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
And I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
(Melanie Safka)
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy
I will be your lovin one
Before the time I knew your face dear
I was doing very well
If I never knew your kisses
I'd never known that I'd been in hell
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
Once upon a christmas time
I lost christmas in my mind
I looked through all the windows 'round
To find a star I hadn't found
Then all at once
Before I knew
Christmas froze my soul into
A cryful night I had a dream
And saw a place I'd never seen
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
"God bless Mommy, I know that's right,
And wasn't it fun in the bath tonight,
The cold's so cold and the hot's so hot.
God bless Daddy, I quite forgot.
If I open my eyes just a little bit more
I can see Nanny's dressing-gown on the door;
It's a beautiful blue but it hasn't got a hood,
God bless Nanny and make her good.
Mine has a hood and I lie in bed
And I pull the hood right over my head,
And I shut my eyes and I curl up small
And nobody knows that I'm there at all.
Thank you God, for a lovely day,
And what was the other I wanted to say?
I said, `Bless Daddy', so what could it be?
Now I remember: God bless me".
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
Once I bought a curious bottle,
Once I bought a bottle for fun.
Tell me what you gonna do with the bottle
When the curiousity's done.
Well I brought it out to the Bo Bo's party
Then I got it in to the company,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backroom,
They got the knack to tune in on me,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold.
(A A Milne/Melanie Safka)
I had a little beetle
So that beetle was his name
And I called him Alexander
And he answered just the same
And I put him in a matchbox
And I kept him all the day
But nanny let my beetle out
Yes nanny let my beetle out
She went and let my beetle out
And beetle ran away
She said she didn't mean it
And I never said she did
She said she wanted matches
And she just took off the lid
She said I mustn't worry
And I really mustn't mind
That there's lots and lots of beetles
The she's certain we could find
She said I mustn't worry
But it's difficult to catch
An excited sort of beetle
You've mistaken for a match
If we looked in all the places
That a beetle might be near
And we made the kind of noises
That a beetle likes to hear
And I heard a kind of something
And I gave a sort of shout
It was a beetle house
And Alexander beetle coming out
It was Alexander beetle
I'm as certain as can be
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought it might be me
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought he ought to say
"I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away"
And nanny's very sorry too
Cause you know what she did
And she's writing Alexander
Very blackly on the lid
So nan and me are friends because
It's difficult to catch
An excited Alexander
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I ride my bike, I roller skate don't drive no care
Don't go too fast but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive
I been all around the world
Some people say, I done all right for a girl
Oh, yea, yea, oh, yea, yea, yea
Oh, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out to see
La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter cause it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and then she goes
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Don't ask her why she leaves to be so free
She's gonna tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
But such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Oh there's no time to lose I heard her say
You gotta catch your dreams before they run away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind
Is life unkind
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
well it's the only thing
that i could do half right
and it's turning out all wrong ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
well they picked it like a chicken bone
and i think i'm half insane ma
look what they done to my song
wish i could find a good book to live in
wish i could find a good book
well if i could find a real good book
i'd never have to come out and look at
what they done to my song
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
look what they done to my song
but maybe it'll all be alright ma
maybe it'll all be okay
well if the people are buying tears
i'll be rich someday ma
look what they done to my song
ils ont change ma chanson, ma
ils ont change ma chanson
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
well they tied it up in a plastic bag
and turned it upside down ma
look what they done to my song
c'est la seule chose que je peux faire
et ce n'est pas bon, ma.
ils ont change ma chanson.
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
it's the only thing i could do alright
and they turned it upside down
oh ma
(Melanie Safka)
I'm tired of seeing the picture
You're painting of yourself
You with the borrowed colors
That you picked from someone else
Maybe you're a movie
Or some best selling book
I know your mirrored mornings
In rehearsal of your looks
Oh your cause is oh so beautiful
You're ready to begin
You're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah you're building the halls with the outer walls
But you haven't got a thing within
The innocence of children
Is the manner you suppose
And you can describe in full detail
What we already know
Ah your cause is all so pretty
And we're ready to begin
We're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah we're building the halls with the outer walls
But we haven't got a thing within
But if we keep on trying
Though our purpose isn't clear
We just may move the universe
We'll learn to really care
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
By starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls within
By starting to build on the outside
We'll fill up the wallls within
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
And by starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls
I've been celebrating
'way too long and I've been drinking
I'm shamed to tell
still feel thirsty
I want to drink the water from the well
still feel thirsty
I want to drink and ring the living bell
ring the bell
ring the living bell.
still feel thirsty
I want to give and ring the living bell.
I'm not a magic lady
I wanna sing to help the light
descend on the earth today
beacuse it's gonna get warm tonight
sing for light
sing for living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Been walking down the street all night
and I been feeling kind of cold.
Still feel naked
I want to be warm before I get old
and I'm cold
and I'm feeling cold.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell.
Been celebrating 'way too long
and I have eaten much too well.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell
ring the bell
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong
'cause I pick up my head, can't tell where I belong.
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
I have a yearning for something that I never had.
Oh, sometimes I feel my life has come and then it's gone,
Sometimes I feel my life has come and gone.
I live in this world but I'm only looking on.
I can't understand, it's too far over my head,
I can't understand, it's too far over my head.
I'm living the life but I'm really dying instead, yeah.
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
'cause I lift up my head and I can't tell where I belong.
I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas
I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New-Year.
I want some figgy pudding, I want some figgy pudding
I want some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.
I won't go until I get some, I won't go until I get some,
I won't go until I get some, so bring it right here.
Once in a year it's not thought amiss
To visit our neighbours and sing out like this:
Our friendship and love, good neighbours, abound
And peace and good will the whole year around.
Pace, salude, friedmere, shalome,
The words mean the same whatever your home.
Why can't we have Christmas the whole year around?
Peace Will Come (According To Plan)
Melanie
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
For sometimes when I am feeling as big as the land
With the velvet hill in the small of my back
And my hands are playing the sand
And my feet are swimming in all of the waters
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man
Well sometimes when I am feeling so grand
And I become the world
And the world becomes a man
And my song becomes a part of the river
I cry out to keep me just the way I am
According to plan
According to man, according to plan
According to man, according to plan
Oh there's a chance peace will come
In your life, please buy one
Oh there's a chance peace will come
In your life, please buy one
For sometimes when we have reached the end
With the velvet hill in the small of my backs
And our hands are clutching the sand
Will our blood become a part of the river
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one.
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
For sometime when we have reached the end
With the velvet hill in the small of my backs
And our hands are clutching the sand.
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one...
(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
chorus
Oh, eat your animal crackers
'Cause my mother told me so long ago,
"If you eat your animal crackers,
The children in Europe won't starve anymore".
Ha ha hahaha hahaha.
Oh, once I went on a diet,
A carbohydrate diet ain't nice
'Cause you can't eat animal crackers.
So, I'm gonna stay a fatty for all of my life,
Ha ha hahaha hahahaha.
But some people think that fatties are nice, yeah.
I love eating icecream,
Chocolate, vanilla and butter pecan,
But I best love animal crackers
'Cause I love helping my fellow man.
Yeah, I really do.
Did you ever hear of Alice's restaurant?
I eat at Alice's restaurant year after year.
She makes an animal cracker pizza, ha
And she gives animal crackers out free with the beer.
Oh, let's give Alice a great big cheer.
She knows the age of the animal cracker is here.
Ah, animal crackers are in this year!
Ha ha hahaha.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace
Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep, the dark away
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky, oh
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Oh Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
by James Taylor
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something warm and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent last last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm goin' 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 I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
While walking through life I would never fall
If I could be close to it all and all,
If I could be close to it all.
If I had my dream it would not fall down
If I could live high on the ground,
The sound of high is a good one to many around
When they wanna be close to it all,
And I wanna be close to it all and all,
I wanna be close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
If I had my dream I would fill a hall
And tell all the people tear down the wall
That keeps them from being a part of it all
'Cause they gotta get close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
There's just one more thing that I wanna say:
Everyone has got their own special way
That keeps them from getting too close to the day,
Accept and be part of it all and all;
Everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,
And everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself? - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself! - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
To think I was a fool and I've been beaten -
A thought like that just kind of cramps my style.
But I'll get you some day for all your cheating
And from my face you're gonna see a smile.
You should have never told me
that you love me
You knew I'd start believing it some day.
And now you say
you're leaving me for lonely -
Someone else is gonna come my way.
you better take some time and think of what you're doing
Before you through away this harmony.
I don't think you know just who's been loosin'
'cause you've been foolin' yourself when you think you're foolin' me.
Now I'm the kind of girl who don't mind cryin'
But I ain't gonna shed a tear for you.
Unless you change your ways and stop your lying
I'm gonna change my mind about lovin' you.
You should have never told me
that you love me
. . .
You better take some time and think of what you're doin'
Before you through away this harmony.
'cause you don't realize just who's been loosing
Are you think you're foolin' me ?
Foolin'
foolin' yourself -
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?
They told me when I was little
I'd go to heaven, if I was good.
Now I'm a long way from little
'Cause I tried to find heaven, 'cause I thought that I could
I thought that I could.
And I thought I loved Harold and I really loved John,
I really loved Alphy and I almost loved Tom.
I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Hallo, song of the willow,
The dreams under my pillow turned to tears that I cried.
Beauty and love are our riddle,
Never to answer but always to try,
And boy, did I try?
I tried with Harold and I tried with John,
I tried with Alphy and almost with Tom.
I left myself open for the whole world to see,
Now the world is the heaven that won't accept me.
I said goodbye to Harold and goodbye to John,
Goodbye to Alphy and goodbye to Tom
'Cause I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
Well you know that I'm not a gambler
But I'm being gambled on
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Da-da-da-da
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Well, I don't mind that they're lucky
But it seems that they always win
And gamblin' is illegal in the state of mind I'm in
And if I had a nickel for each time that
I've been put on
I would be their nickel man
And I'd sing a little song
They're only putting in a nickel and
They want a dollar song
They're only putting in a little to
Get rid of a lot that's
Wrong.
Well I don't know so many things
But I know what's been goin' on
We're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
And if we had a nickel for each time that
We've been put on
We'd all be their nickel man
And we'd sing a nickel song
You know they're only putting in a nickel
And they win a dollar song
Oh, yeah, they're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
Oh, they're only putting in a nickel
We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be your sister, your mother, your lover
We'll be friends during changes of weather
Let's be together on our own
Let's be together alone
We're believers, we've been hurt by believing
Needing people, we know looking's not seeing
I see needs that might be answered by forever
Together on our own
Let's be together alone
We'll learn living, like the words of a good song
We'll learn timing, balance and rhythm
We'll make it music
I don't want to sing it on my own
Let's be together
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be sister, mother and lover
We'll be friends
I'm tired of singing it alone
Some say I got devil, some say I got angel
But I'm just a girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm in danger
No, I know I'm not in danger
But some have tried to sell me
All kinds of things to save me
From hurting like a woman and crying like a baby
Something like a woman, crying like a baby
And all the things that I have seen
Qualify me for a part in your dream
Qualify me for this dream
And though I'd like to tell it, exactly how I feel it
Well, somehow the music just hides it and conceals it
Hides it and conceals it, oh, it hides
And all the things that I have in
Can be hidden in a part of my dream
Gonna hide it in my dream
Some say I've got devil and some say I got angel
But I'm just this girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm not in danger
I'm back in town.
You don't look so happy 'cause I'm back in town
You don't look like smiling, don't jump up and down on my toes.
I guess I better go, oh.
I'm very sure.
I should have knocked when I opened the door.
Pardon me, miss, but he's just a friend from before
Who never locked his door.
I opened without knocking like before.
You wrote me that all was the same
So I came,
But I can't find the love in your eyes.
I guess that you're surprised just like me.
I never thought you'd find another she
You liked as well as me,
But I guess I was wrong
So I'll be going home, oh.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.
You loved me once, you know.
I guess that you don't love me anymore, hm.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.
I do believe you don't need any proof
But that won't give me any truce, now
You see that nothing can appease me all the same
That's why I stand aloof
You lay awash and undecided
You're at the mercy of my moody tides
Why don't you drop your
cosy creed of solid thoughts
And change your point of view
By sitting on a treetop, and...
Fill the daylight with your wild call
Leaves now whistle and quiver
To tell your own will not to stall
The sun will sting my eyes up here above
But I just keep exposing myself
The rain is holy water sprinkling
and it's heresy to shun it all
So I'll let its touch erode me
and I...
Fill the daylight with my fierce call
Branches are creaking and
assurance's breaking down
For all this time I've been trying
To grab the beauty of your laugh
And I get no rest in this beauty quest
Still your mystery makes off
You clear up my demeanour
I long for your embrace
All you can say is outspoken
Every moment's filled with grace
I wonder if there's something sweeter
Than sunday dawn kissing your eyes
Than letting you into my foamy river
To you my heart has no disguise
The healing that you gave me
Is making my soul sing
You crawled beneath my veins and from now on
Restless in my bones, too much lead
in my belly, oh
Into my headphones the thrill
of a hunter's song
As I look through the train and
the window and the raindrops
I get rid of a ghost haunting me
Every move used to be so slow,
trying to be like you
Any sign couldn't let me know,
'cause I had to see it through
I never thought I could get out
of this crowded hell
'Cause I'm not alone, I ain't the only one
Drowning in doubt,
hiding in my shell
If you could only see that
I am bearing all this fight
To be honest on every side
Every move used to be so slow,
trying to be like you
Any sign couldn't let me know,
'cause I had to see it through
That's what you get when you sacrify
your kid inside
To be someone you will never be
Years ago I used to wander
Felt so wonky on my knees
I was feeling down and tired
Always looking for relief
And for a savior
Who'd finally raise my darkest thoughts
To the sun
I used my teardrops
To wash myself clean
I had no restrain
Now I won't be no more waiting in vain
I know that I won't miss my train
Yet the mood I'm in is frailty
You're my force and my despair
Will oblivion always help me
Will you always be fair?
How many black nights
Of cold and ice that stroke me right
To the bone
I shed my teardrops
To make more room inside and let you in
Scared by the thought of going insane
Those fears have been wasting my brain
Years ago I used to wander
Still I can't depend on you
How long
Since I took a picture of you
Sweet comic the expression on your face
And all I remember of your last look
Is a love that I just cannot replace
How low
I've been falling since I lost you
Love for sale, so many parts to play
...and do I find it strange
how the thought of us two haunts me
I try in vain to wipe it all away
But in time you're always there
and I wonder
How will I keep on living without you
Leaving you,
I was not able to ponder
the pain I would be through
How long
can I still the pangs of hunger
for your love, or am I wrong
about your hate?
You too
could be waiting for the chance to
Break through this high and useless gate
And again you're always there...
How long
have you been deceiving your heart
trying hard to think
it was too late?
Sometimes it's hard, I know,
to set our habits apart
Otherwise you just cannot communicate.
In the beginning
you shone a brand
new limelight on me
I came out of darkness,
I came out of any vicious company
You drew me aside,
so satisfied with my pliancy
Free my soul tied
But don't you pass me by,
now that I believe
You're here to stay
So many times I've been trying
to make it real
I cannot say "I loved",
for who can say
he was shot yesterday?
So I keep my soul aside,
upon this tide,
afraid of my decay
May not be now,
but still somehow
you'll let me slip away
Years go by,
I know myself a little more
As I go, I know you more
than you'll ever know.
If I tried to think and talk on the level
I could blow a silent wave
that would break against
the grudge you bear me
And upon your ruthless rave
Got a dull ache in my stomach and my
tired heart is standing still
I stay out of your
mean daily wars
I beware of getting into your fights
I'm a flower underwater,
see against the light
My leaves are perfect green,
ain't gonna be no bruises
If I tried to draw in profile the shape
of those who vanish off the core
I could take aim and then strike
just like you did with me before
While instead I observe your colours
through my window painted blue
And I try to refine my sorrow,
so I slowly bask in gloom
So now I'm standing still in this
doubtful borderline.
I stay out of your
mean daily wars
I beware of getting into your fights
I'm a flower underwater,
see against the light
My leaves are perfect green,
Even though my life
was not simple
I played a lot of tricks to make it up
Now I begin to think about things
I never thought
could be so clear
All these years
I've been waiting for your smile
Now when I wake up
I see you next to me
You came and found me, love,
And these beautiful days
you brought to me
Whatever it is,
I'll be strong, I will make it
Wherever you go,
I will follow your way
However, I know,
time will tell the way it's gonna be
Whenever you need
better days,
I'll light up your life
I was free from the troubles of my heart
But closed in a jail
by the sweetest wishes
And now the way I see is different
Driven by your light,
my eyes begin to shine
You came and found me, love
And these beautiful days
you brought to me
Whatever it is,
I belong to these places
Wherever I may go
you can be sure I'll be around
However, we know,
all the better days we had
Belong to you and me
The line we walk is just the same
And every step is like a game
How long will it last?
Sometimes I wonder how I'd feel
If time should ask to pay the bill
Of every whim
that made me nasty to you
But if you tried to make me see
That all the blame is down on me, boy
I wouldn't be convinced of it too
'Cause I will be devoted 'till the end of time
But I just can't deny what I need
And I need you everyday
To take all possible care
It's our love you have to pet and too feed
I'm giving you my love and my life
And everytime we're caught up in a strife
I'm giving all my best to make you out
So why don't you try, boy, to reach out
Well, I pretend the world is mine
But won't you give me little sign
You mean to help me to feel
sheltered and proud
So when I'm sure you've got it wrong
Don't take a stand and come along
Though I know I wouldn't pass in a crowd
Just say you'll be devoted 'till the end of time
In spite of any flaw we point out
'Cause I have many faults but I'm not a liar
And all I wanna do is reach out
For a hand to catch me if I fall
Is your hand stong enough to bring me
"Today" is such a deceptive word
For I spent all my days
grieving loud
I sang all my pain
so distressingly
Just to hush up any imploring shout
I couldn't speak
'cause the words I knew
Like rotten mushrooms dissolved
You came out of that
burring host of sounds
Brought me back
solid consonants and vowels
And now my skin is
so close-fitting
Keeps the line with all the rest,
since you came in
I used to dispel among the things
that people wanted me to do
I thought we got too familiar
To be lovers that
cherish the flame
All that we need
is attention
And I know I'll always give you the same
'Cause now my skin is so close-fitting
Blending with reality,
since you came in
Nothing ever moved me
like your patience
Sometimes I wonder how I'd feel
If time should ask to pay the bill
Of every whim
that made me nasty to you
But if you tried to make me see
That all the blame is down on me, boy
I wouldn't be convinced of it too
'Cause I will be devoted 'till the end of time
But I just can't deny what I need
And I need you everyday
To take all possible care
It's our love you have to pet and too feed
I'm giving you my love and my life
And everytime we're caught up in a strife
I'm giving all my best to make you out
So why don't you try, boy, to reach out
Well, I pretend the world is mine
But won't you give me little sign
You mean to help me to feel
sheltered and proud
So when I'm sure you've got it wrong
Don't take a stand and come along
Though I know I wouldn't pass in a crowd
Just say you'll be devoted 'till the end of time
In spite of any flaw we point out
'Cause I have many faults but I'm not a liar
And all I wanna do is reach out
For a hand to catch me if I fall
Is your hand stong enough to bring me
Talkin' deep, in a dim light,
we're passing thru time
Hiding from all the things around
to find them pure and sublime
Don't care if time keeps rushing by,
no matter if it's day or night
Ain't gonna be no one showing us
something more than this existence
We share our wonderful crime
I'm glidin' on higher ground
So high, so high, coming out of the flood
Denying my stifling bounds
Strange rhythms are shaking my blood
My look falls down on a morning-glory
I pause to make sure it won't dry
Down in the depths of our sweet-talking love
I swim in virgin waters
Leave all my worries behind
I'm glidin' on higher ground
So high, so high, coming out of the flood
Denying my stifling bounds
Strange rhythms are shaking my blood
'Till you draw me down again,
'cause you know I feel better
when I've got my feet back on the ground,
I'd be saving all my love
If you just wanted me to
And I'd give it to you,
don't you tear it apart
You can lay down on me
Anytime you think that you need
I'd be ready to feed
All the hunger in your heart
So come into my life
The door is open, you see
'Cause you can count on me
Can I count on you?
Come along and give me all the things
I can't do without
Show me what love is about,
if you want it too
And I'll be
by your side forever and ever
Every day,
every night,
all my life with you
You can take your time to think
About this really good deal
'Cause I can make you feel
Like a prince or a king
But you gotta do the same
And treat me like a princess
Don't you fake or finesse
I deserve my diamond ring
So come into my door
My heart is open, you see
And I'm ready to be
always by your side
Come along and be the one
That I kiss when I wake up
No I won't give you up, no no
And I swear I'm gonna be so fine
You're not gonna waste you time
So daddy won't you say you'll be mine?
Nothing to recall
What if I just cannot give a name
To what I think there is to blame
I'm only
freezing it out
Castaway too
numb to feel
Hail or silk or burning steel
I'm wounded by wars
I never really fought
Danny says it happens
but I would rather say
I'm deserving my time
to breathe and scream it out
And how would anyone expect me
here to shout
"I'm glad myself is back"
I long to cry out loud
I've been outside myself
and frosting in your doubts
But I won't trail along with...
Lithium as I wake up
Coffee to anaesthetize my shame
Doctors make it harder,
I'd only smoke it away
How can I throw it all to waist,
that bitter taste
And now it's my turn
to spread it all about
You thought you'd get away
with all your lies so proud?
But I won't trail along
It's time to breathe and scream it out
I've been outside myself
and frosting in your doubts
(chang)
Let's get down to business
To defeat the huns
Did they send me daughters
When I asked for sons
You're the saddest bunch I've ever met
But you can bet
Before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you
Tranquil as a forest
I'm gonna find within
Once you find your center
You are sure to win
You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of you
(men)
I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Why was I a fool in school for cutting gym
This guy's got me scared to death
(mulan)
Hope he doesn't see right through me
(men)
Now I really wish I knew how to swim
Be a man
(chang)
We must be swift as the coursing river
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
Time is racing toward us
Till the huns arrive
Heed my every order
And you might survive
You are soon for the rage of war
So I got to hold you through
How could I make a man out of you
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
You must be swift as the coursing river
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(men)
Be a man
(chang)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
look at me,
I will never pass for a perfect bride, or a perfect daughter
can it be,
I'm not meant to play this part?
now I see,
that if I were truly to be myself,it would break my familys heart,
who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me
why is my reflection someone I don't know?
somehow I cannot hide who I am, though I tried
when will my reflection show who I am inside
how I pray,
that a time will come I can free myself, and meet their expectations
on that day,
I'll discover someway to free myself, and to make my family proud
they want a docile lamb, no one knows who I am
must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?
must I pretend that I'm someone else, for all time
when will my reflection show who I am inside?
when will my reflection show who I am inside
[Mulan]-One alone is not enough.
You need both together.
Winter,summer.
Moon and sun.
Lesson number one.
[all]-wow!
[Mulan]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
You must be hard, huh-huh.
Like an oak, mmmuh.
You must stand firm, huh-huh.
Cut quick like my blade.
Think fast, huh-huh
Unafraid.
[all]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
I must be hard, huh-huh.
Like an oak, mmmuh.
I must stand firm, huh-huh.
Cut quick like my blade.
Think fast, huh-huh
Unafraid.
speaken-
[Sha-Ron]-Okey Mulan, I'm ready!
[Mulan]-Uh-huh. But you're still out of balance.
You're only halfway there.
[Mulan]-Like a cloud.
You are soft.
Like bamboo.
You bend in the wind.
Creeping slow.
You're at peace because you know.
It's okey to be afraid.
[all]-Like a cloud.
I am soft.
Like bamboo.
I bend in the wind.
Creeping slow.
I'm at peace because I know.
It's okey to be afraid.
[Mulan]-One alone is not enough.
[all]-(One alone is not enough.)
[Mulan]-You need both together.
[all]-(You need both together.)
[Mulan]-Winter,summer.Moon and sun.
[all]-(Winter,summer.Moon and sun.)
[Mulan]-Lesson # 1!
[Group 1]-Like a cloud.
[Group 2]-Like a rock, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-I am soft.
[Group 2]-I must be hard, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-Like bamboo.
[Group 2]-Like an oak, mmmuh.
[Group 1]-I bend in the wind.
[Mulan]-(You can fly!)
[Group 2]-I must stand firm, huh-huh.
[Group 1]-Creeping slow.I'm at peace because I know.
[Group 2]-Cut quick like my blade.Think fast, huh-huh
[Group 1]-It's okey to be afraid.
[Group 2]-Unafraid.
[Mulan]-You have begun!
[all]-Lesson # one (x5)
Lesson # 1!!
Ting-ting)
the life of a princess
from her birth is well defined
she must humbly surve her country
play the part she's been asside
she guards the hopes of her people
we care mighty, rich and poor
who could ever ask for more
who could ever ask for
who could ever ask for more
(May&Su;)
I wanna be like other girls
Climb up a tree like other girls can
Just to be free like other girls
Get to be
(May&Su;)
To slouch when I sit
To eat a whole cake
Feel the sun on my feet
(May&Su;)
Get dirty
Act silly
Be anything I want to be
dance around
In my underwear
(May&Su;)
To run really fast
get rid of this fan
To eat a whole cake
Get crazy
With frosting
(May&Su;)
No escorts
No manners
No nursemaids
No worrys
No hands folded perfect,
like holding a lily
(Ting-Ting)
No pinchy shoes?
(May,Su,Ting-Ting)
I wanna be like other girls
Scrape up my knee like other girls can
Just to be free,
like other girls
Get to be
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
To speak for myself
To sing way off key
Marry someone I've met,
who loves me for me
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
No escorts
No manners
No nursemaids
No worrys
No hands folded perfect,
like holding a lily
No pinchy shoes
(May,Su,Ting Ting)
I wanna be like other girls
Climb up a tree like other girls can
Just to be free like other girls
Get to be
Live life day by day
never knowin' whats going to happen
Live life Never Knowin'
live life day by day
oohh
so live life
I'm stuck in dreams still thinkin'
you're alive
But still reality punches me in the face
you are gone
it is still so unfair
live, live
why can't you just live
in my dreams i see flashes of you dying
in my dreams i see you fading away
but still i live
im stuck in reality soo
why cant i die
unfinished
Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride
or a perfect daughter.
Can it be, I'm not ment to play this part?
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself
I would break my fathers heart.
Who is that girl I see? Staring straight back at me. Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Some how I cannot hide who I am, though I've tried.
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
For a long time we've been marching off to battle.
In our thundering herd we feel a lot like cattle.
Like the pounding beat our aching feet aren't easy to ignor.
Hey think of instead a girl worth fighting for
huh?
Thats what I said! a girl worth fighting for!
I want her paler than the moon, with eyes that shine like stars.
My girl will marvel at my strength adore my battel scars.
I couldent care less what she'll wear or what she looks like!It all depends on what she cooks like beef pork chiken!mmmmm
Bet the local girls thought you were quite a charmer!
And I bet the ladies love a man in armour!
You can guess what we have missed the most since we went off to war!
What do we want?A girl worth fighting for.
My girl will think I have no flaws that I'm a major find.
How 'bout a girl who's got brain and always speaks her mind?
Nah
My manly ways and turn a frase are sure to thrill her.
He thinks he's such a lady killer.
I've a girl back home who's unlike any other.
Yeah the only girl who'd love him is his mother.
But when we come home in victory. They'll be lining at the door.What do we want?A girl worth fighting for.Wish that I had a girl worth fighting f--
Uh huh
Yeah ma Con-stant-tine
Know what I mean
That's how we do
Me and Show get together
You gotta deal with that B
Know what I mean
[Milano]
Time and again I see I gotta vomit on men
Cause it don't really seem that they acknowledge these gems
Give me seven days I write a whole ablum to press
Bet your thou(sand) on me and triple the amount that you spend
Fear us with a fountain pen take the feather an dip
Unless I'm out on the strip volcano leverage is Cris'
Mo(et) in the club bag me a roni and breeze
And if you hungry ma my timbs is macaroni and cheese
You know it's me Lan
The same old Arican cat
Got to thank my pops cause he on to still having his stacks
Pimped in and out of state shit he ???? that
I'm conning whitey out that cake down on Madison Ave
Now if you ain't copped my tape I should embarass your ass
Niggaz who copped the bootleg their fam cracked them in half
Like I didn't know it was Constantine
You better pardon the chief
Cause even worse I have ???? carding your seeds
Cause I don't like you
I'm about start charging niggaz to breath
Or paying a fee on any block they walk in Manhattan
Matter fact pack your bags and flee off my planet
Cause y'all mad I'm ????? and you just can't stand it
[Hook]
Deal with a feeling y'all niggaz ain't real appealing
street anthem got them amped hands near the ceiling
Milano shit feel it like Saprano hits
If y'all know it y'all niggaz ain't got no ends [x2]
[Milano]
I lost my patients cause niggaz done lost the basics
Of rhymes and beats that's why niggaz admiring me
My entourage twenty deep of cats dying to eat
And they all won't mind throwing the iron to your cheek
But honestly you could save all the wonders you tell
For all those you killed in your rhyme you should be under the jail
Or under survailance
Or how about under arraignment
Cause when some real niggaz find you you'll be under the pavement
Or under some acres
Listen son I'm done with the favours
Cause next time they come and get you they going to run to your neighbours
I'm just a smooth criminal looking mean with the gators
Me getting locked I hit the judge off and wink at the bailiff
A week later catch me wet silly and wet willies
Mommy let me catch sex feelings while she blessing the philly
That really mean nothing to me unless you stuffing the key
Run it to DC and have them numbing the fiends
It's trouble when the D's come you still bubblling cheese
How you think we bubblin Zs looking snuggly means
As long as I recoup my buzz and double the fee
It's all the proof your love is here
You fucking with me
Yeah
[Hook x2]
Stepped in the door
Long mink draggin' the floor
Constantine the man you want a part of your squad
You gotta deal with this Arican cat matter of fact
Shit's looped
Ohh it feels so good to me
It feels like extasy
when your laying here next to me
It feels so right to me
you gave new life to me
It feels so good to me
I want you to know
I love you boy
(check this out ma)
The first time I saw you
I knew I had to have ya
I wanted to kiss you baby
I also wanted to grab ya
I want to get to know ya some things
I'll like to show ya you look smart (so game)
I'm about to throw ya
and before we be together
lets get our mind together
and before we sleep together
lets spend some time together
you and your (other marriage) not in a million (lathers)
you got that natural beauty but still that model status
I'm attracted to your mind I like your conversation
you want to know about me not about my occupation
your not the club type not on the (lime like)
you go to school read your books you got your mind right
you got that inner beauty I see your inner glow
and so I took a couple minutes just to let you know
about the way i feel cuz what we got is real
now represent for me mommy let them know the deal
Ohh it feels so good to me
It feels like extasy
when your laying here next to me
It feels so right to me
You gave new life to me
It feels so good to me
I want you to know
I love you boy
From the moment that I saw your face boy
I knew that it was my faith boy
I knew that everything be right cuz it felt like love at first sight
and all these wanna be players tyin' to get with me
but it doesn't mean s**t to me cuz I know what we got is right
I think that I'm everything that he put you in my life
Ohh it feels so good to me
It feels like extasy
when your laying here next to me
It feels so right to me
You gave new life to me
It feels so good to me
I want you to know
I love you boy
Yea mommy your da one I got to lock it down
and anything you ever wanted yea you got it now
and girl are gonna stare when you walk cuz your (prada) down
the 430 (hook) top down you got to clown
the blue diamonds you shining carrots all around
on vacations head Paris flew all around
and girls are gonna ask if your single
yea it's apparent now a son and daughter
gotta a family yea were parents now
and all your guards all your shoes I had to tear down
a night on the town ain't no park or horse carriage now
the brides of maids throwing rice theirs a marriage now
I'm being faithful only one love I cherish now
a good thing came into my life I inherit now
and for me to lose you I couldn't bear it now
because baby I love you like a rock
my lovin is solid mommy and it ain't gonna stop
(sing it)
Ohh it feels so good to me
It feels like extasy
when your laying here next to me
It feels so right to me
You gave new life to me
It feels so good to me
I want you to know
I could tell my friends,
But they think I've lost it anyway
That this is just a passing phase
And the running will wither down
To the place I'm supposed to go
In the lines I'm supposed to know
I haven't yet figured out
That they all look at me
They let me go and
They watch me moving
This time I'll try to be be more beautfiul and more
amusing
Oh, why can't you just be cool?
Why do you have to lose it?
Losing it to your losing me,
Refuse to use, I choose to run
Catch me
Every want, you can increase your momemtum
Catch me
There is more I want to mention
I could tell my friends,
But I thjink I'll find another way
To catch myself another day
In the roadblocks that I've found
So I have to gather up my mind
Bits and pieces hard to find
If it moves, it will come around
Chasing down the fair lane
Heavy pouring, no coincidence,
Propelling my body for what elevation in the distance
Oh, why can't you just be cool?
Why do you have to lose it?
Losing it to your losing me,
Refuse to use, I choose to run
Catch me
Every want, you can increase your momemtum
Catch me
There is nothing left to mention
Catch me
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