I know that it would make you cry to find that I have gone didn't even say foodbye
You'll hate me for a while because I promised love and left you just regret
I know that I could never be the kind of man that you have in your mind of me
Though you said we must part it would break your heart
But you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time will help you find a perfect man to really love you
And not a man like me who's like the wind and must be free
But a man who's worthy of you
For I could never settle down to just one way of life
One woman and one town so sad to part this way
You'll be glad someday for you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time...
Woman oh woman have you got cheating on your mind on your mind
There's something wrong between us that your laughter cannot hide
And you're afraid to let your eyes meet mine
And lately when I love you I know you're not satisfied
Woman oh tell me woman have you got cheating on your mind on your mind
I've seen the way men look at you when they think I don't see
And it hurts to have them think that you're that kind
But it's knowing that you're looking back that's really killing me
Oh woman oh tell me woman have you got cheating on your mind on your mind
A woman wears a certain look when she is on the move
And a man can always tell what's on her mind
I hate to have to say it but that look's all over you
Oh woman oh tell me woman have you got cheating on your mind
Oh woman oh tell me woman have you got cheating on your mind
I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin' in the wire, I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
When the sun came up this morning I took the time to watch it rise
And as its beauty struck the darkness from the sky
I thought how small and unimportant all my troubles seem to be
And how lucky another day belongs to me
And as the sleepy world around me woke up to greet the day
All its silent beauties seemed to say
So what my friend if all your dreams you have and realized
Just look around you you got a whole new day to try
Today is mine today is mine to do with what I will
Today is mine my own special cup to fill
To die a little that I might learn to live to take from life that I might learn to give
Today is mine
Like most men I cursed the present to avoid the peace of mind
And raise my thoughts beyond tomorrow and vision there more peace of mind
But as I view this day around me I can see the fool I've been
For today's the only garden we can tend
Today is mine...
Some day in some old familiar rain will come along and know my name
And then my shelter will be gone and I'll have to move along
But till I do I'll stay awhile and track the hidden country of your smile
Some day the man I used to be will come along and call on me
And then because I'm just a man you'll find my feet are made of sand
But till that time I'll tell you lies and chart the hidden boundrys of your eyes
Some day the world I used to know will come along and lead me go
Then I'll be leaving you behind for love is just a state of mind
But till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can
And till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can
He was born far away from home
In a troubled place in a distant land
He was guided by a reason as he searched for the truth
Questioning life as he tried to understand
Just who he was
Discipled by philosophy
A dead end street with no way through
Trusting education as the key to his soul
But the room that it opened held no clue
To who he was
Chorus
And the Wayward Son kept looking
For a path to lead him home
A new age revelation to give him hope
And the Wayward Son kept learning
But the wisdom never came
And he searched for years to find out
Who he was
At forty he was born again
In a peaceful place in a familiar land
Sheltered by a grace God revealed His truth
And day by day he grew to comprehend
Just who he was
Refashioned by the hand of love
In the image of God's only son
He was freed from the fall with the curse in
the dust
In Christ he found the essence
Of just who he was
Chorus
And the Wayward Son stopped looking
For a path to lead him home
He received a revelation that gave him hope
And the Wayward Son stopped yearning
For the wisdom of the wind
And he began to find out
Who he was
As a newborn son I'm walking
On the path that leads me home
You know the spirit's revelation gives me hope
As a newborn son I'm growing
In the wisdom of God's plan
I must lose myself to find out
Who I am
I am no longer the Wayward Son
If you see your brother standing by the road
with the heavy load from the seeds he sowed
and if you see your sister falling by the way
why don't you stop and say:
You're on the wrong way!
But you've got to try a little kindness
you show a little kindness
but you shine your light for every one to see
But if you try a little kindness
then you'll overlook the blindness
of the narrow minded people
on the narrow minded street
And don't you walk around the down and out
just lend a helping hand and settle.down
And the kindness that .you show every day
it's gonna help someone along life's way
But you've got to try a little kindness..
Where have you gone
My darling one
Are you on your own
Are you having fun
Is there someone to hold
When you need it bad
Is it uncontrolled
Like the love we had
Does a day go by
Like a memory
Do you ever try
To remember me
In an automobile
Or a crowded bar
Well I hope you're alright
Wherever you are
And if you're still within the sound of my voice
Over some radio
I just want you to know
You were always my only choice
And wherever you go
That I still love you so
If you're still within the sound of my voice
In the dead of night
Do you hear me call
Something's quite not right
No one's there at all
Did you make a mistake
Was it in your head
Or was it merely me talking
To your heart instead
And if you're still within the sound of my voice
Over some radio
I just want you to know
That it always made me rejoice
Just to have you so near
There's a place for you here
If you're still within the sound of my voice
I am calling like the echo
Of a passing train that cries
One last time before it fades into
The distant hills and dies
I am sending out a message
Like a ship out on the sea in distress
But only you can send a lifeline out to me
Are you still within the sound of my voice
Why don't you let me know
I just can't let you go
If it's wrong then I have no choice
But to love you until
I no longer have the will
If you're still within the sound of my voice
I am calling like the echo
Of a passing train that cries
One last time before it fades into
The distant hills and dies
She understands me and she cares how I feel
Cause she's always there to hold my hand
Somehow she knows it when this old world's got me down
Yes she understands her man
We've seen the rain and the sunshine together
Many times she's watched me stumble and fall
And she's always there by my side when I need her
Through the good through the bad through it all
And though how it hurts me when her dreams don't come true
When I can't give her all the things I planned
But Lord it ain't easy and she knows that's light
Thank God for my woman she understands
People get ready there's a train coming
You don't need no baggage you just get on board
All you need is some faith to hear the diesels humming
And you don't need a ticket you just thank the Lord
Let me tell you there ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who'd hurt all mankind just to save his own
Have some pity on those whose chances grow thinner
Cause there's no hidin' place against the kingdom's throne
People get ready
I'll let you people get ready for there's a train coming
You don't need a ticket you just get on board
I'll let you people get ready for there's a train coming
And you don't need no baggage you just get on board
You don't need no ticket you just thank the lord
Living for today is far of living for tomorrow
For tomorrow's something we'll all have to find
It's black on black of midnight so your pave must be the God light
To you raze the fear of darkness from your mind
You've got to pave your way into tomorrow
You've got to live in that your brother live as well
You've got to pave your way into tomorrow
And let your love of living cast its spell
Gentle raindrops falling people stream will keep on going
Till they build the raging river deep and wild
Now life is one way liver so the beachman is a giver
He might have to keep the ocean satisfied
You've got to pave your way into tomorrow...
And let your love of living cast its spell
Oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good yeah she does
My my woman she treats me like my woman should yeah she does
Well she's good as a woman can be anything to satisfy me
Yes oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good
Well she cleans my house she sews my britches scratches my back everytime it itches
Cooks my food and has my youngun's makes me proud that she's my woman yeah
She knows I like cornbread butter milk onions and tomatoes
White beans turnip greens Irish potatoes
Sets me a table that's fit for a king cause she loves just being my queen
Oh what a woman treats me uncommonly good
Well some fellows don't know when they take a wife
Just what kind of woman they're stuck with for life
Now I've known men who took their spouse
And she wound up wearin' the britches in the house
Yeah but now my little woman on the other hand can't do enough to please her man
Spends her time just bein' my girl and there's not another like her in the world no
Oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good yeah she does
My my woman she treats me like my woman should
Well she's good as a woman can be anything to satisfy me
Well oh what a woman treats me uncommon uncommonly good
I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
FADE
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know
Manhattan, Kansas ain't no place to have a baby
When you got no man to give it his last name
And her folks back in Manhattan didn't want her or her bundle
So she took her child and caught an evenin' train
She found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner
At least it buys her baby milk to drink
He once told her she was pretty but the only ring it got her
Was the ring of grease that runs around the sink
Yes she lay beside him gentle
'Cause he told her that he loved her
And he made her dance before the music played
But at least she didn't beg him
She'd rather wash her dishes
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean
At night she stands there thinkin'
'Bout the man back home in Kansas
And how her folks just turned away the shame
She stares down through the soap suds
Reaches down and pulls the drain plug
And watches as Manhattan drains away
Yes she lay beside him gentle
'Cause he told her that he loved her
And he made her dance before the music played
But at least she didn't beg him
She'd rather wash her dishes
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean
Yes it makes her feel as if her hands are clean
Spring was never waiting for us girl it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance
'Tween the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot fevered iron like a stripped pair of pants
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
And birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old man playing checkers by the trees
Mac Arturh Park is melting in the dark all the sweet green ising flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never had that recipe again oh no
There will be another songs for me for I will sing it
There will be another dream for me someone will bring it
I'll drink the wine while it is warm and never let you catch me looking in the sun
But after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life you'll still be the one
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passions flow like rivers through the sky
But after all the loves of my life oh after all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you and wondering why
Mac Arturh Park is melting...
Let me be a little kinder
Let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me
Let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary
Just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others
And a little less of me
Let me be a little braver
When temptation bids me waver
Let me strive a little harder
To be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker
With the brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbor
And a little less of me
Let me be when I am weary
Just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better
Those that I am strivin' for
Let me be a little meeker
With the brother that is weaker
Think a little more of others
And a little less of me
: Oh happy day
Oh happy day :¦
¦: Oh happy day :¦
Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
When Jesus washed
He washed my sins away!
¦: Oh happy day
Oh happy day :¦
¦: Oh happy day :¦
Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
When Jesus washed
He washed my sins away!
¦: Oh happy day
Oh happy day :¦
1. He taught me how
He taught me
Taught me how to watch
He taught me how to watch
and fight and pray
¦: fight and pray :¦
yes, fight and pray
2. And he'll rejoice
and He'll, and He'll
rejoice in things we say
and He'll rejoice
in things we say
¦: things we say :¦
yes, things we say
¦: Oh happy day, Oh happy day
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
Oh happy day :¦
Oh happy day
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins away
He tought me how
to watch, fight and pray
fight and pray
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins away
We´ll live rejoicing
ev´ry day, ev´ry day
Oh happy day, Oh happy day
When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
He washed my sins away
Bonnie was a waitress in a small cafe
Clyde Barrow was the rounder that took her away
They both robbed and killed until both loved and died
So goes the legend of Bonnie and Clyde
The poem that she wrote of the life that they led
Told of the lawmen left dying or dead
Some say that Clyde made her life a shame
But the legend made Bonnie the head of the game
The rampage grew wilder with each passing day
Their odds growing smaller with each get-away
The end getting closer the harder they fought
With blood on their hands they were bound to get caught
They drove back from town on one bright summer day
When a man they be-friended stepped out in the way
With no thought of dying they both took his side
But the death lay there waiting for Bonnie and Clyde
Now two years of running was ended that day
For robbing and killing they both had to pay
We'll always remember how they lived and died
So goes the legend of Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde
If you go away on this summer day then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the nights were long
And the moon stood still for the night bird's song
If you go away if you go away if you go away
But if you'll stay I'll make you a day like no day has been or will be again
We'll sail the sun we'll glide on the rain we'll talk to the trees and worship the wind
Then if you go I'll understand leave me just enough love to fill up my hand
If you go away if you go away if you go away
If you go away as I know you will you must tell the world to stop turning
Till you return again if you ever do for what good is love without loving you
Can I tell you now as you turn to go I'll be dying slow to the next hello
If you go away if you go away if you go away
If you go away as I know you might there'll be nothing left in the world to trust
Just an empty room full of empty space like the empty look I see on your face
I have been the shadow of your shadow
If I thought it might have kept me by your side
If you go away if you go away if you go away
But if you'll stay I'll make you a night like no night has been or will be again
I'll sail on your smile I'll glide on your touch I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much
But if you go I know I will cry and all the good is gone from the words goodbye
If you go away if you go away if you go away please don't go away
If not for you babe I couldn't even find the door and I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue if not for you
If not for you all night you'd see me wide awake Lord that surely have to break
But it would not be new if not for you
If not for you my sky would fall and rain would gather too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all I'd be lost if not for you
If not for you winter would have no spring I couldn't hear the robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue if not for you
[ guitar ]
If not for you my sky would fall...
Now sometimes at the end of the day
Before I head home I make a stop along the way
Have a couple of drinks and wait for the five o'clock rush to go by
And almost always there's a lady oh and it's so hard when she starts coming on
But I back it on up turn it around and take it on home
And sometimes I've gotta go out of town and I'll be gone for a couple of days
And this buddy of mine let me tell you he's a hound in the first degree
And almost always there's the ladies
Lord and it ain't easy boys when you're out and all alone
But I back it on up turn it around and take it on home
I take it on home to my woman who sticks by me
Cause I believe she'd do the same if she was me
And I would not know where to turn to Lord if she was gone no I wouldn't
And when I ain't a workin' no I don't hang out I take it on home
I back it on up turn it around and take it on home
Well funny it seems as how everyone knows him now
Suddenly they have found someone who's been around
Back to the fold they come seeking his wisdom from a far
I knew Jesus before he was a superstar
Well you know I'm a believer in all that he's ever been
Stories I've read of him things that were said of him
Songs that they glorify I used to play on my guitar yes I did
I knew Jesus before he was a superstar
I've known his goodness and mercy for all my days
I've seen his blessings around me in every way
In times of trouble when I had no hope in view
Who brought the sunlight the one light that I knew
Oh yes I knew he was always there answering every prayer
Fame will not change him much he won't be out of touch
Great as he is today big people stay the way they are yes they do
I knew Jesus before he was a superstar
I've known his goodness...
I knew Jesus before he was a superstar
I knew Jesus before he was a superstar
I'm sittin' in the railway station got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand
Every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one man band
Homeward bound I wish I was homeward bound
Home where my thought's escaping home where the music's playing
Home where my love was waitin' silently for me
Now every day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me for movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound...
[ strings ]
Tonight I'll sing my songs again I'll play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound...
He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wild world in his hands
He's got the whole wild world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands
He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands
He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands
He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got you and me brother...
He's got the whole world in his hands...
One day, little girl, the sadness will leave your face
As soon as you've won the fight to get justice done
Someday little girl you'll wonder what life's about
But other's have known few battles are won alone
So, you'll look around to find
Someone who's kind, someone who is fearless like you
The pain of it will ease a bit
When you find a man with true grit
One day you will rise and you won't believe your eyes
You'll wake up and see
A world that is fine and free
Though summer seems far away
You will find the sun one day
(If you only loved me half as much as I love you)
If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
And you're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
And I know that I could never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
(If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do)
Oh I know that I could never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
If you loved me half as much as I love you
The way I act don't seem like me
I'm not on top like I used to be
I'll give in when I know I should be strong
I still give in even though I know it's wrong, know it's wrong
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care
And breaking off wasn't hard to do
But I couldn't stay away from you
I feel love but not the way I did before
This time, girl, has got to be forever more, ever more
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care
And baby since we've been apart
Maybe I've found I had a heart
I couldn't let go even if I wanted to
You must know baby now it's only you, only you
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care
The sun comes up in the morning over the Neighboring Hill
Breeze sings the sing in the treetop in tune with Mr Whippoorwill
Got to have tenderness got to have tenderness we got to have love
Little white clouds are hurryin' somewhere along their way
Across the highways of blue skies they softly seem to say
Got to have tenderness got to have tenderness we got to have love
Everybody worries bout the place in the sun but nobody wirries bout love
But place in the sun won't be any fun well it's love the world needs much more of
Now the rain id falling out over the Neighboring Hill
Singing love song to each road in tune with Mr Whippoorwill
Got to have tenderness got to have tenderness we've got to have love
Yes we got to have tenderness oh got to have tenderness and we got to have love
I keep waiting for a song to come and sing you back to me
I never felt so free as when I had you
Our rhythm was the best that's touched the likes of me
I was really me when I had you
Give me back that old familiar feeling let me feeling like I was someone
Give me back that song we sang in harmony just you and me singing together
My radio still plays the songs you like to hear I wish you were here oh I need you
I'll take the time and tune the station in real clear as if you were here oh I love you
Give me back that old familiar feeling...
Give me back that old familiar feeling...
Give me back that old familiar feeling...
Friends are never earned
They're a gift from the loving God
And they're precious beyond human evaluation
But you dare not take them for granted
Or they'll drift away like a smoke
And the warmth of their caring will vanish
Like the chill of the endless nights
Most of my friends are unknowns
And they probably won't rate an obituary
Unless they live and die in small towns
Where nothing much ever happens
But a few of my friends are big people
They'd made the world ring with laughter
Down to it's gaseous burning core
They're famous, sensitive, talented
And their names are household words
Yet they're no more precious in God's eyes or in mine
Than those wonderful nobodys who live and die in small towns
Who is your friend?
He's someone who warms you with a nod
Or with the unspoken word in hard times
When you're hurting beyond words
Who is your friend?
She's someone who holds you to her breast
And sighs softly into your hair
When no other medicine can stop the pain
A friend is someone who clinks his glass against yours
Or answers the phone
At three in the morning when you're lost
And with a few words of encouragement and concern
Makes you realize that you aren't really lost at all
Friends come in both sexes and in all shapes and sizes
The most important thing they have in common
Is the ability to share with you, your most sky splitting joys
Or your deepest, most awesome sorrows
I was born in southland twenty some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time when I was four years old
I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back
I know every inch of highway every foot of backroad every mile of rairoad track
I got a gal Cincinnati I got a woman in San Antone
I've always loved the girl next door but any place is home
I'm a freeborn man...
Got me a worn out guitar I carry in an old coal sack
I've hocked it bout two hundred times but I always get it back
I'm a freeborn man...
[ guitar ]
You may not like my appearance may not like my song
May not like the way I talk but you'll like me when I'm gone
I'm a freeborn man...
I'm a freeborn man...
Like the first apartment that we had that bompy little couch that made into a bed
Shower down the hall and footsteps through the wood she said it's just fine
Times were hard for us for quite a while
But through those hungry days she faced it with a smile
Not wanting me to know she's carrying my child she tried to ease my mind
And for my woman's love for my woman's love
Each day I thank the Lord above for my sweet woman's love
Through the years of moving town to town
Still searching for a dream somehow we never found
And wondering if we would ever settle down her love never died
And if I have many things today I owe it to the love I had along the way
No matter what went wrong no matter come what may she stood by my side
And for my woman's love...
For my woman's love...
As I walk these narrow streets
Where a million passin' feet are before me
With my guitar in my hand
Suddenly I realize nobody knows me
Well, yesterday the motor toots screamed
And cried my name out for a song
Now the streets are empty
And the crowds they go on home
With the rain on my face
There's no place where I belong
And my whole life consists of a story
Of poem at a song
Now the truths I've tried to tell you
Are as distant as the moon
More than hundred years too late
Two hundred years too soon
I'm a child of the sage
Lord's been in the pages of a book
But when I'm dust and clay
Where other people stop and to look
And will they marvel and miracles
And perform into the high size to the spider
Oh, will they take the pages of the book to light of fire?
With the rain on my face
You must have faith in everything you do
Faith will help you find the way faith will see you through
Faith can move mountains and change the tide of the sea
You can follow the guiding light wherever you may be
Like the darkness come at the end of each day there must be an end to the night
And from the depths of your darkest moments faith will show you the lights
You must have faced yes in everything you do
Faith will help you find the way faith will see you through
You might wake up some morning
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something, I'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long abandonned ruins of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past you followed close by heavy breathing
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something, I'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Let me share your love even if it's only in your mind
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Dreams of happiness and secret pleasures we have yet to find
And though we're far apart won't you treat me in your heart
Till I'm back in your arms where I belong
And dream sweet dreams about me till I'm home
The time has come and it won't keep that flame on the ground much longer
I've got to say goodbye for a while
So hold me one more time cause hon I'm gonna miss you oh I miss you
So before I go just let me see your smile
And baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Let me share your love even if it's only in your mind
And though we're far apart...
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me till I'm home
She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterdayAnd thinks of the young man that she almost marriedWhat would he think if he saw her this way?She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion as something comes into her mindSlowly starts dancing rememb'ring her girlhoodAnd all of the boys she had waiting in line
(Mac Davis)
(From the movie 'Norwood')
The dogwood trees
The southern breeze
Sets my mind a'spinning
This is the only life
I've ever known.
Surrounded by the evening
And the kind of folks I love
Oh, it's good, Lord it's good
To be down home.
Down home
Where smiling faces shine
Like a morning dew
My fondest memories lie here
I was born here and I'll die here
With my heart full of happiness
And you.
Down home
Where smiling faces shine
Like a morning dew
My fondest memories lie here
I was born here and I'll die here
With my heart full of happiness
And you...
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams night time too
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do
Dream baby make me stop my dreamin', you can make my dreams come true
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
How (sha-da-da-da) long (sha-da-da-da) must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through (dream baby)
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams night time too (dream baby)
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do (dream baby)
Dream baby make me stop my dreamin', you can make my dreams come true
Aww, sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Yeah, yeah, swee-ee-et dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
How long must I dream
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
FADE
Sweet dream baby
I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
O,h you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you, crying over you.
Since you said so long, left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand that the touch of your hand
Can start me crying.
I thought that I was over you but it's true, so true
I love you even more than I did before
But darling, what can I do for you
No, don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you.
Yes, now you're gone but from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, oh crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you...
About five o'clock in the late afternoon sun's gettin' drowsy above me
Tonight I walk neath the sparkling moon with the girl who is happy to love me
She's my sweet country girl and she's all that I need
The whole world wears the smile when she's talking
Sweet country girl it's not hard to believe
Pretty flowers bloom wherever she's been walking uh-huh
Shadows erase in the last light of day night time is startin' to settle
Red colored stone Lord is leading my way to her cottage way down in the meadow
She's my sweet country girl...
Green trees and golden hay and sunshine here every day
Big cities far behind me well it's love with her to think I'm a gonna stay
About five o'clock in the late afternoon...
She's my sweet country girl yes she is
She's my sweet country girl and I love her she's my sweet country girl
Don't pull your love out on me baby
If you do, I think that maybe I'll just lay
Me down and cry for a hundred years
Don't pull your love out on me, honey
Take my heart, my soul, my money
But don't leave me here to drown in my own tears
You say you're gonna leave
Gonna take that big white bird
Gonna fly right out of here without a single word
But you know you'll break my heart
When I watch you close that door
'Cause I know I won't see you any more
(repeat chorus)
Haven't I been good to you
What about that brand new ring
Doesn't that mean love to you
Doesn't that mean anything
If I throw away my pride and I got down on my knees
Would you make me beg you pretty please
(Repeat chorus)
There's so much I want to do
I've got love enough for two
I'll never use it girl If I don't have you
(repeat chorus)
THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE
Glen Campbell
Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening by your side
Tell me you love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sigh
After you've loved me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
If you must go I won't grieve
If you just wait a life time before you leave
If you must go, I won't say "no"
Just so we can say that we tried
Tell me you love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Planted by God in a field without worth
We are but seeds in His eyes
So He nurtures with grace and His hands work the earth
That His fruit may be sanctified come harvest time.
Come harvest time what thanksgiving we will show
When the plowman brings freedom from the earth here below
Come harvest time, oh, what joy will be known
When He gathers the souls of the seeds He has sown.
So when doubt dries the land or the cold war winds blow
When the floods of indiff'ence rise
Oh, the roots that faith grew will keep us strong
'Til our last sunset leaves the sky come harvest time.
Come harvest time what thanksgiving we will show
When the plowman brings freedom from the earth here below
Come harvest time, oh, what joy will be known
When He gathers the souls of the seeds He has sown...
A touch of April in your smile July and Agust in your yellow hair
A sweet September in your eyes November notions in the clothes you wear
You're every season's work of art but there's a cold December in your heart
It seemed to me the day we met that all the flowers had begun to bloom
I thought you'd help me to forget the dusty shadows of my lonely room
I should have known right from the start about the cold December in your heart
I loved you more and more each day through every season of the year
Your lovin' laughter seemed to say your life was empty when I wasn't near
Old love would lead you to the grave I was a fool to think you loved my too
You always took but you never gave until you've taken all my love for you
I feel a chill I must depart and leave the cold December in your heart
In your heart in your heart
When you're weary feeling small when tears are in your eyes I will dry them all
I'm on your side oh when times get rough and friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl sail on by your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine oh if you need a friend I'm sailing out behind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind ease your mind
Baby oh baby tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Let me run outside and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind
Break my mind break my mind
No I just can't stand to hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind break my mind oh Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave a babblin' fool behind
Oh baby oh baby let me keep your suitcase off of the scales in time
Tell the man that you've suddenly developed a thing about flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me girl you're gonna break my mind
Break my mind break my mind...
Break my mind break my mind...
Baby break my mind break my mind...
Both Sides Now Lyrics
Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air
Feathered canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way
Now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now from up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusion I recall, I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and farris wheels. The dizzy dancing way you feel
When every fairytale comes real. I've looked at love that way
Now that's just another show you leave them laughing when you go
If you care don't let them know don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now from give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusion I recall I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud to say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I look at life that way
Now old friends are acting strange. They shake their heads they say I've changed
But something's lost and something's gained in living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now from win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusion I recall. I really don't know life at all
Met the girl I love
In a town way down in Dixie
Beneath the stars up above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see,
So I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the guitars played
The Bonaparte's Retreat.
--- Instrumental ---
All the world wa bright
As I held her on that night
And I heard her say
Please don't you go away.
So I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the bagpipe played
The Bonaparte's Retreat.
--- Instrumental ---
Well, I met the girl I love
In a town way down in Dixie
Beneath the stars up above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see.
So I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played
The Bonaparte's Retreat.
--- Instrumental ---
All the world wa bright
As I held her on that night
And I heard her say
Please don't you go away.
So I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
I kissed her while everybody played
The Bonaparte's Retreat.
--- Instrumental ---
Yes, I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
I kissed her while everybody's playin'
The Bonaparte's Retreat.
Yes, I held her in my arms
I told her of her many charms
And I kissed her while everybody's playin'...
Well I'm fallin' just about as far as I'm gonna fall
Well I've never been this slow before that I recall
And I'm gettin' tired of people picking on me
And I ain't a goin' down from here wait and see
There's gonna be a new dawn and a new day
From this moment on things are gonna break my way
I'm gonna wear a new smile and a new face
And then I'm goin' out and get back in the race
Well the people been a walkin' on me way too long
And the way I gotta figure I've been doin' it wrong
So from now on I'm a gonna look out from me
I'm gonna do what I want to be what I want to be
There's gonna be a new dawn...
Lost in the ashes of time
I find that old flame still burning
As I look back at the past, I know at last
I can't lose that old, old yearning.
The evening shines upon me
They said it wouldn't last
The dreams I knew while loving you
Were just ashes of the past.
If I could just recall the time
When that spark of love was mine
That sweet burning ember
Lost in the ashes of time...
Well, I never thought that I, could make it alone
Thought I would die but I seem to carry on
And I thought my life would surely leave
And though almost, I have not ceased to be.
And even though I thought I lost everything
Today I found, that the birds still sing in the morning
And the world keeps spinnin' 'round
And the world keeps spinnin' 'round.
When someone says goodbye, another dream ends
And just before you give up another dream begins
Someone changed their mind, tears fall to the ground
But you know that one man's smile is another's frown.
And the table will turn someday, that's how life is, I have no doubt
'Cause you know that time don't stand still
All the world keeps spinnin' 'round
Yes, the world keeps spinnin' 'round.
Dawn will find me here and I think about
One that I thought I couldn't live without
One day she was here, the next day gone
But the love that was never clear was just alone.
And how can you lose something you only thought, that you found
So you wipe away the tears with a smile
All the world keeps spinnin' 'round
Yes, the world keeps spinnin' 'round.
All the world keeps spinnin' 'round.
All the world keeps spinnin' 'round...
It's goin' t' take me such a long time to write this
Like you said, it's so hard
To write about the ocean
Well, this is about the ocean
About you.
There are so many words you never heard me say
So many songs you never heard me sing
I hope you'll hear them all one day
But castles are just for dreamin' for me any way
For keepin' demons away.
See through my eyes for just one time
There's more to this feeling than can be forgotten
'Cause you've been my friend
Have you been my friend
And I never thought I could be so unhappy
Bein' with you I thought that all was fine
So I stood across the line.
And never supposing you'd ever want to harm me
Just a few simple words to say you're sorry
But you know the time is such a passer by
And I hope that what I'm feeling now
Won't be the same as when we started out...
If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
I'm 500 miles away from home.
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord, I can't go back this a'way
This a'way, this a'way, this a'way, this a'way
Lord, I can't go back this a'way.
Well, I'm walking these ties with tears in my eyes
Trying to read a letter from my home
From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home
Trying to read a letter from my home.
If this train's running right I'll be home by Saturday night
I'm 500 miles away from home
Away from home, away from home, away from home. away from home
I'm 500 miles away from home...
I've gotten used to the cryin'
But at least we're alone
When I have to crawl
But darlin' when you say
That I'll find love again
I think I hate that most of all.
I've gotten used to the teardrops
And at least we're alone
When they start to fall
But darlin', darlin', when you say
I'll find love again
I think I hate that most of all.
I've gotten used to the cryin'
And at least we're alone
When I have to crawl
But darlin', darlin, goodbye
Takes so long to say
And I think I hate that most of all...
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
That midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
It means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry
I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Like you'd never been held before
I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away
Till you're in my arms once more
The stars up in the sky they know the reason why
I feel so blue when I'm away from you
I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms so darling please wait for me
The stars up in the sky yes they know they know the reason why
I feel so blue when I'm away yes when I'm away from you
(I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms)
Oh so darling please wait for me (please wait for me)
I will pass this way but once if there's any good that I can do
Let me do it now for I'll never pass this way again
I will see this day but once if there's any kindness I can show
Let me show it now for I'll never see this day again
Tomorrow may be too late my friend to do all the good that you planned
So reach out to those who need you and lend them a helping hand
I will know this world but once if there's any love that I can give
Let me give it now oh Lord please show me how
For I'll never know this world I'll never see this day
I'll never pass this way again
Take my hand for awhile explain it to be once again
Just for the sake of my broken heart
Look into my eyes and maybe I will understand
HOW love I counted on was never there
You see I've thought that you might love me
So you caught me it seems off BALANCE with a heart so full
Of love and pretty dreams that two should share
[ guitar + strings ]
And so I know but please before you go
Take my hand for awhile explain it to be once again
Just for the sake of my broken heart
I lose my blues honey when I'm with you
No one else could ever do you're in my heart to stay
But when I'm gone and I'm all alone
I'll be singing this song I want to be with you always
I'd be happy dear if you could always be here and always be near forever and a day
For my love is true my love is only for you
I'll never be blue if I could be with you always if I could be with you always
Take me back I'm begging please take me back I'm on my knees
For you to scold me hurt me hold me darling take me back
When you belonged to me I had a jealous mind
Too late I've learned that you were not the cheating kind
Take me back...
My jealous eyes have learned to take a look or two
They were too blind to see that I was losing you
[ guitar ]
They say you live and learn and though I've tried before
I promise never to be jealous anymore
Take me back...
Flowers have blooms
The ocean has waves
The sky has clouds
People have babes
I wanna live till I get old
I wanna watch all of this grow
I wanna live, live and let live
I want all the love this life has to give
I wanna smile and be friendly with you
I wanna live and let you live some too
Rover is big
Tabby is small
Betty is short
Jimmy is tall
They wanna live, live and let live
They want all the love this life has to give
They wanna smile and be friendly with you
They wanna live and let you live some too
Once I had a piece of paper
It was supposed to mean that you were mine
It looked like any other piece of paper,
But I thought there was love between the lines,
But it was...
Just another piece of paper
And it really didn't mean one little thing
To you from the very start
Just another piece of paper
Now I got another piece of paper
Your lawyer, he sent it in the mail today
It looks like any other piece of paper
But it says that you have gone away to stay
And it is...
Just another piece of paper
Blowing in an empty wind
That slows into my heart
Just another piece of paper
Tearing us apart
And it is...
I'd like to stay with you for a while but I have promisses to keep
I could be happy here with you but I'm a so wild oat to reap
My strenght tells me my weakness shows you make me think of coats and ties
Of babies home security and jobs that last from nine to five
I could conjure up the constant state of happiness
But I know that I am just another man
And in knowing that I know that I'll get more or less what I can get
So I'll do what I can
I have many steps to take reckless steps I cannot share
A mountain waits for me to climb and I must climb because it's there
I could conjure up...
But if you should not let me go and if you want me as I am
And for a while I'll be a God instead of just another man mhm
[Incomprehensible]
Oh, you tell me that you love me
Yes you tell me that you care
That tomorrow we'll be married, oh
But tomorrow's never there
Oh, tomorrow never, never comes
Oh, tomorrow never comes
Now you tell me that you love me, oh
But tomorrow never comes
Many weeks now have I waited
Oh, many, many long nights have I cried
Oh, just to see that happy morning, happy morning
When I have you right by my side
But tomorrow will never, never come, no, no
Tomorrow never gonna come
Now you tell me that you love me
But tomorrow never, never comes
So tomorrow I?ll be leaving
Yes tomorrow I?ll be gone
But tomorrow you'll be weeping, oh
But tomorrow will never, never come
Oh, tomorrow will never, never come
No, no, tomorrow ain't never gonna come
Yeah, yeah, you tell me, you tell me, you love me
(Your cheatin' heart will tell on you)
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry, you'll try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
And you'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
Your cheatin' heart will pine someday
And you'll crave the love you threw away
The time will come when you'll be blue
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
If the one you'd think is true ever turns his back on you
You've still got a place in my heart
If every road you take proves you made a big mistake
Baby you've still got a place in my heart
If I'm a fool to pray that you'll return some day
Well then I'll know of million fools that love has made that way
If the years should make you cry don't go on and live a lie
Baby you've still got a place in my heart
[ strings ]
If the years should make you cry...
You'd better sit down kids I'll tell you why kids
You might not understand kids just give it a try kids
Now how should I put this I've got something to say
Your mama is staying but I'm going away
No we're not mad kids and it's hard to say why
Your mother and I kids don't see eye to eye
Say your prayers before you go to bed make sure you get yourself to school on time
I know you'll do the things your mother ask
She's gonna need you most to stay in line
Keep in mind your mother's gonna need your help
A whole lot more than she ever did before
No more fights over little things cause I won't be there to stop them anymore
I know you don't want this but neither do we
But sometimes things happen that we can't forsee
So try to become kids and don't look so sad
Just cause I am leaving I'll still be your dad
But just remember I love you and though I'm not here
Just call if you'll need me and I'll always be near
Say your prayers before you go to bed...
Well I have to go now so kiss me goodbye my eyes are just red kids I'm too big to cry
Some day in some old familiar rain will come along and know my name
And then my shelter will be gone and I'll have to move along
But till I do I'll stay awhile and track the hidden country of your smile
Some day the man I used to be will come along and call on me
And then because I'm just a man you'll find my feet are made of sand
But till that time I'll tell you lies and chart the hidden boundrys of your eyes
Some day the world I used to know will come along and lead me go
Then I'll be leaving you behind for love is just a state of mind
But till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can
And till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can
You're my world you're every breath I take you're my world you're every move I make
Other eyes see star up in the skies but for me they shine within your eyes
As the trees reach for the sun above so my arms reach out to you for love
With your hand resting in mine I feel a power so divine
You're my world you are my night and day
You're my world you're every breath I breathe
If our love ceased to be then it's the end of my world for me
[ strings ]
With your hand resting in mine...
When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm there's a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart and you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk never walk alone
(Walk on walk on with hope in your heart) and you'll never walk alone
No you'll never walk never walk alone walk on
(What can I do you win again)
The news is out all over town that you've been seen out runnin' round
Now I know that I should leave but then I just can't go you win again
This heart of mine could never see what everybody knew but me
Lord just trusting you was my great sin what can I do you win again
(What can I do you win again)
I'm so sorry for your victim now for soon his head like mine will bow
Oh he'll give his heart but all in vain and someday say you win again
You have no heart you have no shame you take true love and give the blame
But I guess that I should not complain I love you still you won again
Together again my tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
And nothing else matters 'cause we're together again
Together again the gray skies are gone
You're back in my arms now where you belong
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters 'cause we're together again
Together again my tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters 'cause we're together again
Now there's a young girl that I know and her age is twenty-one
She comes from down in southern Colorado
I just got out of the service and I'm looking for some fun
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
Her parents could not like me cause I rides the rodeo
Her father thinks that I will leave her crying
But I know she would follow me right down the roughest road
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
And when I come to call her pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's cause he's just as wild in his younger days
So blow you ol' blue northern and blow me on my way
I'm driving in tonight from California
I love my damned old rodeo almost as much as I love her
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
I spend the night in a chair thinkin' she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wiped the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her
It's just no good anymore when you walk through the door of an empty room
And then you go inside and sat at the table for one
It's no fun when you spend the day without her
We burst the pretty baloon it took us to the Moon
Such a beautiful thing bit it's ended now
But it sounds like a lie if I say I'd rather die than live without her
[ ac.guitar - strings ]
I spend the night in a chair...
Where do you go when there's nowhere to go
And you don't want to be where you are
Where do you run when there's no run to run and you've already run too far
What good is love when you offer your love but nobody wants to buy
Why do I cry and why am I wondering why
What can you say when there's so much to say but nobody listens to you
And what good are dreams if there's no more than dreams
That don't have a chance to come true
And what can you do when love that you do will ease your troubled mind
And where do you go when you come to the end of the line
What can you say...
I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But dear I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
Now I'd planned a little cottage in the valley
And I even bought a little band of gold
I thought someday I'd place it on your finger
But now my future looks so dark and cold
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Now darling you know I love you so well yes I love you more than words could ever tell
I thought that you wanted me and always would be mine
But now you've gone and left me with trouble on my mind
Now someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you
Just keep right on walking it won't hurt you to cry
Just remember that I love you and I will the day I die
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying too as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you walking the floor
Who broke the circle first
Well that's a pointless question
We both know a circle can't be broken
You thought you told me something new but you were wrong
Sometimes the loudest words are unspoken
You ran away
Forgot the promise you made
A friendship is a terrible thing to waste
Cut your nose off just to spite your face
What a stupid thing to do
Once again you show the world you're lacking mental age
And still you wonder why no one likes you
You ran away
Forgot the promise you made
A friendship is a terrible thing to waste
Spend my time
Burning all the memories
And throwing ashes in the air
Spend my time
Burying the promises
And dancing on the grave we used to share
Who broke the circle first
Well thats a perfect question
We both know that a circle can be broken
Can be broken
Has been broken
One day, little girl
The sadness will leave your face
As soon as you've won
Your fight to get justice done
Someday little girl
you'll wonder what life's about
But other's have known
Few battles are won alone
So, you'll look around to find
Someone who's kind
Someone who is fearless like you
The pain of it will ease a bit
When you find a man with true grit
One day you will rise
And you won't believe your eyes
You'll wake up and see
A world that is fine and free
Though summer seems far away
You will find the sun one day
Though summer seems far away
I broke your heart dear I was untrue and now I've lost you what can I do
I hope you're happy baby for I'll get by too late to worry too blue to cry
Our love has ended you say we're through you found a new love that's all good to you
I'll always love you as days go by
It's too late to worry worry worry I'm too late to cry oh yeah
I am a lineman for the county
and I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin' in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
but it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south
won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you
and I want you for all time
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
And I need you more than want you
and I want you for all time
Some people run some people crawl some people don't even move at all
Some roads lead forward some roads lead back
Some roads are bathed in light and some wrapped in fearful black
Some people never get some never give some people never die and some never live
Some folks treat me mean some treat me kind
Most folks just go their way and don't pay me any mind
Time oh good good time where did you go time oh good good time where did you go
Sometimes I'm satisfied sometimes I'm not
Sometimes my face is cold and sometimes it's hot
At sunset I laugh sunrise I cry at midnight I'm in between and I'm wondering why
Time oh good good time where did you go time oh good good time where did you go
Where do I begin to tell the story of how greater love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love she brings to me where do I start
With her first hello she gave a meaning to this empty world of mine
There'll never be another love another time
She came into my life and made the living fine she fills my heart
She fills my heart with very special things
With angels songs with wild imagenings
She fills my soul with so much love
Everywhere I go I'm never lonely with her alone it could be only
I reach for her hand it's always there
How long does it last can love we measured by the hours in a day
I have no answers now but this much I can say
I know I'll need her till the stars all got away and she'll be there
How long does it last...
Maybe tomorrow I won't go home maybe she won't even care
At seven she'll throw a kiss towards the door and smile at my empty chair
For there's nothing there for a man to cling to nothing to pull me back home
Only a girl that's a stranger to me breathing on flames that are gone
Home isn't where I hang up my hat every night
And home isn't anything like cold arms holding me tight that's not right
And home isn't some place to go just to feel all alone that's not home
Maybe she might never see me again maybe that's the best way
I'll join myself to some south blowing wind leave her to find her own way
And maybe I'll find home someday
I know I'm not your first love
They're just a past memory
I'm the one who's got you now
And that's all that matters to me
I know other arms have held you
But I'm not jealous of these
Mine are the arms that hold you now
And that's all that matters to me
I came alive when you came along
Yes, you've brought life back to me
And I don't care what's in your past
You're as far as I can see
I know other lips have kissed you
And I know you've been thrilled and pleased
Mine are the lips that kiss you now
And that's all that matters to me
Yes, mine are the arms that hold you now
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny day
Sunflower, fair warning
I'm gonna love you if you come my way
Now, if there's a chance that romance can find you
It better not find you looking the other way
Now, isn't it time you finally take it
Make it so real it steals your breath away
Hey hey hey
Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny time
Sun morning, good morning
And someday, child, I'm gonna make you mine
Now, if there's a chance that romance can find you
It better not find you looking the other way
Now, isn't it time you finally take it
Make it so real it steals your breath away
Hey hey hey
Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny time
Sunflower, sweet morning
For every time I'm gonna make you mine
The Straight Life
Bobby Goldsboro
Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter,
Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines.
Dashing through meadows of yellow and green,
Trying to catch the impossible dream,
Leavin' the straight life behind.
Sometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico,
Drinkin' tequila goin' out of my mind.
Havin' a ball on a couple 'a bob,
Treatin' the ladies to corn on the cob,
Leavin' the straight life behind.
Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear,
She comes to me softly with crackers and beer,
Winkin' and blinkin' and blowin' in my ear,
Runnin' away with my mind.
It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinkin' of
Leavin' the straight life behind
I'm just playin' a game in my mind.
Doo do do do do do do do do
Once in a while in my mind I go bummin',
Goin' to nowhere, with no worry of time
Runnin' along chasin' after a train,
Hummin' a song in the sun and the rain,
Leavin' the straight life behind.
I can just see me on a tropical island,
Ridin' the surf and drinkin' coconut wine.
Havin' me fun with golden girls in the sand,
Chasin' the sun through an innocent land,
Leavin' the straight life behind.
Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear,
She comes to me softly with crackers and beer,
Winkin' and blinkin' and blowin' in my ear,
Runnin' away with my mind.
It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinkin' of
Leavin' the straight life behind,
I'm just playin' a game in my mind.
Do doo do do do do doo do do
Summer winter spring and fall these are the lonely times
For the times I miss you most of all are summer winter spring and fall
Your love for me is over but sweet me'ries I still recall
Each season brings its changes but in me there's been no change at all
Summer winter spring and fall these are the lonely times
I thought some day I'll forget you but the chances now seem very small
There's too much of you still here with me to ever forget you at all
Summer winter spring and fall these are the lonely times
For the times I miss you most of all are summer winter spring and fall
Well I could search from now to the end of the time never find another you
I'm so glad because I know you're mine someone to give my love to
Well I believe my love that you're one of the kind for there's no one else like you
You're the light of my life so let it shine someone to give my love to
Well I find happiness is lovin' you and I'll do my best to make your dreams come true
Now I will follow you to the end of the earth for my place will be with you
Well I have taken you for better or worse someone to give my love to
Well I find happiness is lovin' you and I'll do my best to make your dreams come true
Days of man-and-wife-time are precious few I will spend them all with you
Then beyond forever I'll wait for you someone to give my love to
Mhmm mhmm mhmm mhmm
Well you're the light of my life so let it shine shine on me my whole life through
Well you're the light of my life so let it shine I need someone like you
See the birds unfolding on the tress
See them blossom into leaves
Wise men know someone above has made it so
See the daffodil and crocus there
As they bow their heads in prayer
For they know someone above has made it so
When the raindrops fall, the flowers grow
And the rivers kiss the sea
But there'd be no rain, no river flow
If there live the fools like me
Man can build his city, plan his yard
Paint a picture called an art
But I know someone above has made it so
When the raindrops fall, the flowers grow
And the rivers kiss the sea
But there'd be no rain, no river flow
If there live the fools like me
Faded jaded fallen cowboy star
Pawn shops itching for your old guitar
Where you've gone, it ain't nobody knows
The sequins have fallen from your clothes
Once you heard the Opry crowd applaud
Now you're hanging out at 4th and Broad
On the rain wet sidewalk, remembering the time
When coffee with a friend was still a dime
Chorus:
Everything's been sold American
The early times are finished and the want ads are all read
Everyone's been sold American
Been dreaming dreams in a rollaway bed
Writing down your memoirs on some window in the frost
Roulette eyes reflecting another morning lost
Hauled in by the metro for killing time and pain
With a singing brakeman screaming through your veins
You told me you were born so much higher than life
I saw the faded pictures of your children and your wife
Now they're fumbling through your wallet & they're trying to find your name
It's almost like they raised the price of fame
Repeat chorus (x2) and end.
(She thinks I still care)
Just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today she thinks I still care
Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be she thinks I still care
But if she's happy thinking I still need her then let that silly notion bring her cheer
But how could she ever be so foolish oh where would she get such an idea
Just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just bacause I saw her then went all to pieces cause she thinks I still care
Yes she thinks I still care
She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I awoke and she was gone there's no more baby baby all night long
Well she called me baby baby all night long
She kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home and call me baby baby all night long
[ trumpet ]
She called me baby baby baby all night long
She held me up so high when things went wrong
Now each time in dreams just like a song I still hear baby baby all night long
Oh I hear baby baby baby all night long
Oh I hear baby baby baby all night long
Oh I hear baby baby baby all night long
Just running scared, each place we go
So afraid, that he might show
Yeah, running scared, what would I do
If he came back and wanted you?
Just running scared, feeling low
Running scared that you love him so
Just running scared, afraid to lose
If he came back, which one would you choose?
And then all at once, he was standing there
So sure of himself, his head in the air
While my heart was breaking, which one would it be?
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that's made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you all clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you just love me and always be mine
Just think of the tears the heartaches and sorrow you'll save
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
Cause I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
Sittin' in the morning sun I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watchin' the ships roll in then I watch 'em roll away again
'Msittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia headed for the Frisco Bay
I had nothin' to live for looked like nothing's gonna come my way
'Msittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time
Looks like nothin's gonna change everythin' still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do so I guess I'll remain the same
Sittin' here restin' my bones this loneliness won't leave me alone
two thousand miles I roamed just to make this dock my home
'Msittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time
One pair of hands built the mountains one pair of hands formed the sea
And one pair of hands made the sun and the moon every bird every flower every tree
One pair of hands formed the valleys the ocean the rivers and the sand
His hands are so strong so when life goes wrong
Put your faith in the one pair of hands
One pair of hands built the mountains...
One last time let me love you one last time
All I need is one more chance to say goodbye
One last kiss then I swer I'll let you go baby I need you I've got to see you
One more night stay with me till tomorrow
Just tonight let's pretend that tomorrow will never come (baby I need you)
One last time loving you before the end I can't face never seeing you again
One last look in your eyes to know we're through baby I need you I've got to see you
One more night stay with me till tomorrow
Just tonight let's pretend that tomorrow will never come
Baby I need you (one last time) I've got to see you (one last time)
Baby I need you (one last time) baby I need you (one last time)
Baby I want you (one last time) baby I want you (one last time)
Baby I want you (one last time) baby I want you (one last time)
Sometimes myself runs back to you I just can't tell me what to do
Cause I remember when how right it felt within
The shelter of your arms where I would stay
Once more with feeling once more with feeling
Won't you hold me till the night turns into day
I still remember when all wrapped up tight within
The shelter of your arms where I would stay
Sometimes I let me get these blues sometimes my old destroys my news
But I remember when all wrapped up tight within
The shelter of your arms I used to stay
Once more with feeling...
Once more with feeling...
Let me be a little kinder
Let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me
Let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary
Just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others
And a little less of me
Let me be a little braver
When temptation bids me waver
Let me strive a little harder
To be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker
With the brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbor
And a little less of me
Let me be when I am weary
Just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better
Those that I am strivin' for
Let me be a little meeker
With the brother that is weaker
Think a little more of others
And a little less of me
My baby's gone I have no one who needs me anymore
I can't go on I have no one to love me anymore
Time on my hands you on my mind giving in the broken dreams you left behind
Wherever I go whatever I do my heart keeps blinding me reminding me we're through
My baby's gone...
You took my hand and turned away leaving me withing the walls of yesterday
Wherever I go whatever I do there's no use trying I guess I'll never forget you
My baby's gone...
Won't you tell me oh my darlin' that you love none one else but me
For I love you oh my darlin' you are all the world to me
Oh tell me darlin' that you love me put your little hand in mine
Take my heart please oh my darlin' say that you will give me time
Molly there is sweetest and dearest look up darling tell me this
Do you love me oh darlin' let your answer be a kiss let your answer be a kiss
And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain
My friend I'll say it clear I'll state my case of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full I traveled each and every highway
And more much more than this I did it my way
Regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each chartered course each careful step along the byway
And more much more than this I did it my way
Yes there were times I'm sure you knew when I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
I've lived I've laughed and cried I've had my fill my share of losing
And now as tears subside I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that and may I say not in a shy way
Oh no oh no not me I did it my way
For what is a man what has he got if not himself then he has not
To say the things he truly feels and not the worlds of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way yes it was my way
I was just thinking about you today and the good times that we've had together
But I cannot get through to you find word to say to you darling we're so far away
Oh no I'm not crying these ain't tears in my eyes
I'm so happy I'm dying with laughter
If you don't leave from old love oh I'm sure that you'll see
We're not lonesome my cricket and me
[ ac.guitar ]
Oh your picture reminds me that I wanted to be free I hurt you I throw you away
If you'll just come back old love I'm sure that you'll see
We're not lonesome my cricket and me
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun the world has ended my baby's gone
I wake up almost every night and realize you're gone
I toss and turn and stare at darkness waiting for the dawn
I try to tell my lonely heart we'll make it all alone
But it cries the world has ended oh my baby's gone
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let that moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun
Though they know the world has ended my baby's gone
Though they know the world has ended cause my baby's gone
Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
Oh you said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years love just to give you a heart true and real
And I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
How many hearts will break how many will it take
Just to satisfy you just to satisfy you
Another love another fool to play your game
Another love another fool they're all the same
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Now don't be surprised if that someone is you
You're gonna find when it's too late a heart that just won't break
Just to satisfy you just to satisfy you
[ steel ]
You're gonna find when it's too late a heart that just won't break
Just to satisfy you oh just to satisfy you
What does it take to satisfy you just to satisfy you
Love me as though there were no tomorrow take me out of this world tonight
Take me make me forget my sorrow
So when I wake tomorrow I'll know our love was right
Kiss me as though it were now or never teach me all that our heart should know
Just love me as though there were no tomorrow
Oh my darling love me don't ever let me go
[ piano ]
Please love me as though there were no tomorrow
Oh my darling love me don't ever let me go
On a street in some big city lives the girl I love so well
She left me for another now there's nothing much to tell
As I try to fit my life in a different mode I find
That love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
I took a plane to back when I was just a child that played
Time sure changed this old town oh it's not the same today
As I try to meet old friends none do I find
Cause love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
[ strings ]
There's trees along this river that are overgrown with pines
There's pools along this river where the sun will never shine
As I look into my heart and count my loss I find
That love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
Yes love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
The last time I saw her face her eyes were bathed in starlight and her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me
Her lips were like the scented flowers inside a rain-drenched forest
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds
I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I walked with her her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun a voice that called to everyone
To love the ground we walked upon those were good days
[ strings ]
The last time I held her hand her touch was autumn spring and summer and winter too
The last time I let go of her she walked a way into the night
I lost her in the misty streets a thousand months a thousand years
When other lips will kiss her eyes a million miles beyond the moon that's where she is
The last time I saw her face her eyes were bathed in starlight and she walked alone
The last time she kissed my cheek her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still beneath a battered marking stone it lies forgotten
A lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning in your hand in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You've got reasons of plenty for going this I know Lord this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing please don't go please don't go
As I lie in my bed in the morning without you without you
Each song in my breast dies a borning without you Lord without you
Are you going away...
The palpitating beast that beats within my battered breast
Burning and bedevilling, not allowing any rest
The thunder in my mind reflects the storm within my heart
A blasting, blaring sound that tears my soul apart
If this is love ... who needs it?
There's a tender, tempting feeling that is growing in my mind
Soothing and caressing a part of me that's blind
A warming worm that's mellowing and eating my resolve
Changing and challenging my cold heart to dissolve
If this is love ... I want it!
Now a flaming, flaring fire I feel has trapped me in it's trance
Flashing and flickering and forcing me to dance
I'm raised by its pure energy, aborning me anew
Blinding but enlightening, I know the fire is you
If this is love ... I need it
If this is love ... I want it
If this is what love is like ... oh yes, I need it
Oh if this is what love is like, I wanna have a taste of it
It's been so long darling since I had to go away
It's been so long darling and I'll never forget that day
Although you never mentioned it you cried the whole day long
It's been so long darling but now I'm coming home
It's been such a long time darling but it won't be long now
It's been so long darling and I've kept every vow
Oh I hope that you'll be waitin' as you did in days gone by
It's been so so long darling please don't blame me if I cry
It's been so long so long darling since I gazed into your eyes
It's been so long so long darling do you really realize
That just the thought of seeing you it scares me through and through
It's been so long so long darling since I had a kiss from you
(It's been so it's been so long darling)
To dream the impossible dream to fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow to run where the brave dare not go
To write the unwritable wrong to be better far than you are
To try when your arms are too weary to reach the unreachable star
This is my quest to follow that star no matter how hopeless no matter how far
And to fight for the right whithout question or pause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this that one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable star
If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
In a cast the dark of a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me and I won't ever be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see
If I could read your mind love what a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paper back novel the kind the drug stores sell
Then you reached the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me but heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take
I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script enter No 2
A movie queen to play the scene of bringin' all the good things out in me
But for now love let's be real
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin' is gone and I just can't get it back
If you could read my mind love...
But stories always end and If you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand the feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just can't get it back
Every time I see her passin' by all I do is hang my head and cry
And I can't forget her so I've tried all I do is hang my head and cry
This pride this pride well I have none you made me lose you made me lose my only one
And my worried worried mind keeps on asking why all I do is hang my head and cry
I can't understand she let go of my hand an' left me here facing the wall
I'd sure like to know why she did go but I can't get close to her at all
Though we kissed through the wild blazing nighttime she said she would never forget But now morning is clear it's like I ain't here she just acts like we never have met
If I didn't have to guess well I'd gladly confess to anything that I might have tried
If I was with her too long or I've done something wrong
I wish she'd tell me what it is I'll run and hide
From darkness dreams are deserted am I still dreaming yet
Well I wish she'd unlock her voice once and talk stead
Of acting like we never have met
If she ain't feeling well then why don't she tell stead of turning her back to my face
Without any doubt now she seems too far out for me to return to her chase
Though the night ran swirling and whirling I remember her whispering yet
But evidently she don't an' evidently she won't she just acts like we never have met
Well I'm leavin' today I'll be on my way of this I can't say very much
But if you want me to I can be just like you and pretend that we never have touched
And if anybody should ask me is it easy to forget
I'll say it's easily done you just pick anyone and pretend that you never have met
Everybody says you let me down I should be ashamed to take you round
Makes no difference what you used to do darling I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you were reckless yesterday but together we can find a brighter way
In my heart I know that you'll come true darling I could never be ashamed of you
(Darling I could never be ashamed of you)
All the happiness I've ever known came the day you said you'd be my own
And it matters not what we go through darling I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you were cheated in the past and perhaps old memories will always last
But in my heart I know that you'll come true darling I could never be ashamed of you
(I can't help it if I'm still in love with you)
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Then suddenly I got that old time feeling I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
(I can't help it if I'm still in love with you)
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you and hold you just the way I used to do
And heaven only knows how much I miss you I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
(How do I tell my heart not to break)
Today I met you on the street I smiled at you and then I tried to speak
But you just turned around and walked away
Tell me what could I do oh what can I say how do I tell my heart not to break
On down the street I saw you run to him
He seemed so happy holdin' you again how many times will he kiss you tonight
Tell me what could I do oh what can I say how do I tell my heart not to break
I know how to tell my eyes to stop crying
I know how to tell my hands not to shake
I know how to tell my friends not to be concerned
But how do I tell oh but what do I say how do I tell my heart not to break
Please don't break how do I tell my heart not to break
He can turn the ties and calm the angry sea
He alone besides who writes a symphony
He lights every star that makes a darkness bright
He keeps watch all through each long and lonely night
He still finds the time to hear a child's first prayer
Saint or sinner call and always find him there
Though it makes him sad to see the way we live he'll always say I forgive
(He can grab a wish or make a dream come true)
He can paint the clouds and turn the gray to blue)
He alone knows where to find a rainbow's end
He alone can see what lies beyond the bend
He can touch a tree and turn the leaves to gold
He knows every lie that you and I have told
Though it makes him sad to see the way we live he'll always say I forgive
Home again I turned my collar to the wind started home again
Home again a place where I can find the friends that's home again
Well I've seen everything that I wanted to see
And I finally see what's important to me I'm going home I'm going home
Home again I've been too long upon my way this way don't pay
Home again too many names I can't recall it's coming home
Well I've done everything I thought I wanted to do
When each step I took took me far away from you I'm going home I'm going home
Home again I can't extend by even time joys ain't crime
Home again somehow I know there's time enough enough to love
Well I've had everything that I thought I would need
Now I'm going home I'm gonna try my hand of freedom
I'm going home I'm going home I'm going home
Hey little one so far from home and so alone
Hey little one I'm just like you I'm lonely too
The road of life is a long long road when you walk alone
Then I found you I found a love a love I've never known a love I've never known
Hey hey hey hey little one don't go away tell me you'll stay
Hey hey hey hey little one I'm just like you I'm so lonely too
If you're looking for a new love here I am
If you're searching for a true love here I am
I'll hold you day and night no I'll never let you out of my sight
If you're looking for a true love here I am
Have you ever been lonely have you ever have you ever felt real blue
Does your heart need that someone who is kind faithful and true
If you're looking for that someone here I am
If you're searching for an only one well here I am
Oh I've never shared a true love and I've never ever had a real love
If you're looking for a good love here I am oh Lord here I am
Take the ribbons from your hair shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against my skin like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night
I don't care what's right or wrong now I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow Lord tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
I don't want to be alone help me make it through the night
[ ac.guitar ]
Lord it's sad to be alone please help me make it through the night
No I don't want to be alone please help me make it through the night
The road is long, with many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where, who knows where
But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy - he's my brother
So on we go, his welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bare, we'll get there
For I know he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy - he's my brother
If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart isn't filled with gladness of love for one another
It's a long long road from which there is no return
While we're on our way to there, why not share
And the load, it doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy - he's my brother
He ain't heavy - he's my brother, he's my brother, he's my brother
Have I stayed away too long have I stayed away too long
If I came home tonight would you still be my darling or have I stayed away too long
The love light that shone so strong sweet sweet love light that shone so strong
If I came home tonight would that same light be shining
Or have I stayed away too long or have I stayed away too long
Galveston oh Galveston
I still hear your seawinds blowing
I still see her dark eyes glowing
She was 21 when I left Galveston
Galveston oh Galveston
I still hear your seawaves crashing
While I watch the cannon's flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston
I still see her standing by the water
Standing there looking out to sea
And is she waiting there for me
On the beach where we used to run
Galveston oh Galveston
I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your seabirds flying in the sun
(Written by Glen Campbell)
(from the album 'Wichita Lineman')
Chorus:
Pity a man for he don't know
The trouble he'll pass going down life's road
When a man is one and twenty, he thinks he knows it all
He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall
But fall he will as he travels through life
With all its pitfalls troubles and strife
Now at fifty, he's going real strong
He has him a family and a nice little home
But old age is creeping up his spine
And the day is coming when the sun won't shine
Now at sixty, he won't have to guess
He's already missed the boat that leads to success
But he's done his best and he can't see why
The fame of life just passed him by
Now at seventy, he can see the light
And he knows he's never been very bright
But he's done his best as he's travelled by
And now all he can do is just sit and sigh
Repeat chorus...
Now at eighty, he's ready for the wreath
He's wore out his hair and two sets of teeth
He has rheumatism in his hands and feet
And nothing seems good to eat
So you can pity him as he goes up the line
As he wobbles on the spindle and he's almost blind
And you can tell by the way that he travels alone
That it won't be long before he's going home
But if he's kept the commandments as he's travelled through life
He'll have a home in heaven where there'll be no strife
He's worked all his life to get things the way he wants them
He comes here against his will and he goes away disappointed
You know, my love, my only wish is happiness for you
So I work real hard to strike it rich but everytime I do
I blow it all on some old witch I hardly ever knew
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you
When everything's ain't going right, I hurry home to you
You kiss my lips and you comfort me as only you can do
But the eagle flies on Friday night and my senses fly off too
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you
I dream of coming home to you; a knight in shining armour
'Cause it seems to me that you rate much more
Than a broken down, busted farmer
Everytime I get ahead, I act like someone new
I waste the whole night talking big and spending money too
Then I sneak in bed beside you; broke and blue
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you, ahhh
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you
(Dale Parker)
As far as I'm concerned I don't believe the words
They say about you as far as I'm concerned
I think it's time they learn that nothing I have heard
Could make me doubt you as far as I'm concerned.
As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you
Than to look for happiness with someone new
For always in my heart there'll be a flame that burns
For you alone dear as far as I'm concerned.
As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you
Than to look for happiness with someone new
For always in my heart there'll be a flame that burns
For you alone dear as far as I'm concerned...
Be honest with me dear whatever you do
Remember you're mine love so always be true
Wherever you wander baby on land or on sea if you really love me be honest with me
My poor heart would break babe dear if you were untrue
Asleep or awake love oh I'll dream about you
For you are my darling darling you're all that I see
If you really love me be honest with me
Someday I'll return oh and make you my own
And how I will yearn dear when I'm all alone
Oh I'll never ever forget you baby and your sweet sweet memory
If you really love me be honest with me
When somebody loves you it's no good unless she loves you all the way
Happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you all the way
Taller than the tallest tree is that's how it's got to be
And deeper than the deep blue sea is now that's how deep it goes if it's real
When somebody needs you it's no good unless she needs you all the way
Through the good or lean years and through all the end between it come what may
Who knows where the love will lead us only a fool would say
But if you let me love you it's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way
Darling all the way
(Who knows where the love will lead us only a fool would say)
But if you let me love you it's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
Today I may not have a thing at all except for just a dream or two
But I've got lots of plans for tomorrow and all my tomorrows belong to you
Right now it may not seem like spring at all we're drifting and the laughs are few
But I've got rainbows planned for tomorrow and all my tomorrows belong to you
No one knows better than I that love keeps passing me by that way
But with you there at my side I'll soon be turning the tide just away
As long as I've got arms to cling at all it's you I'll be clinging to
And all the dreams I dream beg or borrow on some bright tomorrow will all come true
And all my tomorrows belong to you
As long as I've got arms to cling at all...
You ask how much I need you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of Never I'll still be loving you
Hold me close never let me go hold me close melt my heart like April snow
I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'
I still see her dark eyes glowin'
She was 21 when I left Galveston
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston
I still see her standing by the water
Standing there lookin' out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run
Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston
Flowers have blooms
The ocean has waves
The sky has clouds
People have babes
I wanna live
Till I get old
I wanna watch all of this grow
I wanna live, live and let live
I want all the love this life has to give
I wanna smile and be friendly with you
I wanna live and let you live some too
Rover is big, Tabby is small
Betty is short, Jimmy is tall
They wanna live, live and let live
They want all the love this life has to give
They wanna smile and be friendly with you
They wanna live and let you live some too
We wanna live, but don't you
Honey, I know I've said it too many times before
I said I'd never say it again
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all
Since you're supposed to belong to him
But I just can't let you go
Without telling you just how much I love you
So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time
Honey come back, I just can't stand
Each lonely day's a little bit longer
Than the last time I held you
Seems like a hundred years ago
Back to his arms that never know
The joy of love that used to taste like
Honey come back for you belong to only me
Well I guess that's about I gotta say
I'm just gonna take my bags and I'm gonna walk
I know those bright lights are calling you honey
Big fine cars and fancy clothes
But if you ever want somebody to just love you
Some day you just may just give me a call
You know where I am and here's what I'll say
When first I saw the love light in your eyes
I thought the world held not the joy for me
And even though we've drifted far apart
I never dreamed but what I dreamed of thee
I love you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me in my dreams of love adored
I love you as I loved you when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen
I love you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me in my dreams of love adored
I love you as I loved you when you were sweet
Like a long lonely stream I keep running for the dream
Moving on, moving on
Like a branch on a tree I keep reaching to be free
Moving on, moving on
There's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun and before my life is done
Gotta find me a place in the sun
Like a dusty old road I get weary from the load
Moving on, moving on
Like this tired troubled earth I've been running since my birth
Moving on, moving on
There's a place in the sun where there's hope for everyone
Where my poor restless heart's gotta run
There's a place in the sun and before my life is done
Smile an everlasting smile
A smile could bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you're gone
'Cause that could bring a tear to me
This world has lost its glory
Let's start a brand new story now, my love
Right now there'll be no other time
And I can show you all my love
Talk in everlasting words
And dedicate them all to me
And I will give you all my life
I'm here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
To steal your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have
To steal your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have
Just another day
And I think I'll die before it ends
It's just another day
And I sure like to go see my baby again
Time was when I did not know
What they meant when they said a man was blue
But now I know because of you
What I know because of you
Sweet darlin' I am just wishin' I could be with you again
Right now, right now
Sweet darlin' I am just wishin' I could be with you again
Somehow, somehow
Sweet darlin' I am just wishin' now
Just another day
There ain't nothin' going down
Nothin' going down I already know
'Cos I already called around
I am worse, when I did not know
Just what they meant when they said a day went wrong
But now I know it's been too long
Since I knew it had been too long
Sweet darlin' I am just wishin' I could be with you again
Right now, right now
Sweet darlin' I am just wishin' I could be with you again
Somehow, somehow
Some days are diamonds
Some days are rocks
Some doors are open
Some roads are blocked
Sundown?s are golden
Then fade away
If I ever do nothing
I'll get you back some day
?Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold on forever
Even walls fall down
All around your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
It holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happy
And sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold on forever
Even walls fall down
Somethings are over
Somethings go on
Part of me you carry
Part of me is gone
And you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold on forever
Even walls fall down
You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold on forever
Well the seasons almost over
but the rain keeps falling down
The footprints of tomorrow
lay behind me on the ground
I've got ten thousand reasons
why I've walked this road before
but theres no way of understanding
why I should want for more
CHORUS
Theres been too many mornings coming down
Too many lonely nights
to turn your head around
Your truth will reward you in the end
and the love you are faithful to will comfort you again
As I look into the future
I can see a distant past
but the haze that lies before me
leaves me spinning in the night
Will me efforts be rewarded?
Will my light come shining through?
I'd give all of my tomorrows
just to walk along with you
CHORUS
CHORUS
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I?ll taste your strawberries, I?ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
?Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today
I?ll be a dandy, and I?ll be a rover
You?ll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I?ll feast at your table, I?ll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I?ll taste your strawberries, I?ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
?Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today
I can?t be contented with yesterday's glory
I can?t live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment, now is my story
I?ll laugh and I?ll cry and I?ll sing
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I?ll taste your strawberries, I?ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
?Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I?ll taste your strawberries, I?ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
This is what I wanna live for
This is where I wanna live
To give my life to you and to this feeling
That's alive today
And never let it go away
No matter what this is
This is, and how can I deny it
This is, and will not be denied
And you don't have to give an explanation
For the way you feel
I only wanna know it's real
No matter what this is
To give my life to you and to this feeling
That's alive today
And never let it go, never let it go away
No matter what this is
No matter, no matter what this is
I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to
I've stopped my rambling
I don't do too much gambling these days
These days
These days I seem to think about
How all the changes came about my way
And I wonder if I'll see another highway
I?ll keep on moving
I?m bound to be improving these days
These days
And if I seem to be afraid to live the life
That I have made and sown
It?s just that I've been healing so long
I've stopped my dreaming
I don't do too much dreaming these days
These days
These days I sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
He got here and wrinkled scared and cryin'
Then she took him up and held him to her breast
And he sure was glad to get what mama offered
Then he went to sleep and put his fears to rest
It didn't seem to matter what he needed
He could always count on mama to supply
And regardless of the sleep she might be losin'
He always found a twinkle in her eye
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation's most unique and precious pearl
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
She taught him all the attributes of greatness
That she knew he couldn't learn away from home
And by the time she wore the cover off her Bible
Her hair was gray and her little man was gone
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation's most unique and precious pearl
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
I had a dream and I saw you standin'
And you were shinin' just like an angel
I'd like to thank you for standing by me
When things were darker you held the candle
Do you remember when we took a dream
And then turned it into today together
Dreamin' seems to carry me back
To where I wanna be
Wrapped up in your arms and feeling better
Rivers will run, mountains will rise
I love you more than the stars in the skies
I'll never treat you wrong, won't make you cry
Just sing you sweet love songs, won't tell you lies
Wouldn't you like to go ridin' with me
Into tomorrow, oh, sweet fantasy
Rivers will run, mountains will rise
I love you more than the stars in the skies
Cherish what you sweet remember
Running through the sands of time
Cherish it with all that's in you
Rivers will run, mountains will rise
I love you more than the stars in the skies
Rivers will run, eagles will fly
I love you more than the stars in the skies
Southern nights
Have you ever felt a southern night?
Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees
Whistling tunes that you know and love so
Southern Nights
Just as good even when closed your eyes
I apologize...to any one who can truly say
that he has found a better way... hey
Southern Skies
Have you ever noticed southern skies?
Well it's precious beauty lies
just beyond the eye
It goes running thru your soul
like the stories told of old
Old man he and his dog that walk the old land
Every flower touched his cold hand
As he slowly walked by weeping willows
would cry for joy... joy!
Feels so good
Feels so good, it's frightening
Wish I could
stop this world from fighting
La Da Da Da Da Da
La Da Da Da Da Da
Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da
Mystery like this and many others in the trees
Blow in the night, in the southern skies
Southern Nights
They feel so good it's frightening
Wish I could
stop this world from fighting
La Da Da Da Da Da
La Da Da Da Da Da
Well he can't be more than seventy
She's not a day over sixty-five
But they'd returned to a plane in forty-three
And their fire's still burning bright
They'll be found holdin' hands at the picture show
Lookin' just like Juliet and Romeo
The sad song won't steal the beat away
They got a special kind of love that's here to stay
See the romance on the port of sea
Auburn hair grew a silver linin'
There's something in their eyes
You just don't see these days
I wanna love somebody like that, I wanna hold on forever
Two heart's become one with a love like that
I wanna love somebody like that
I wanna love somebody, yeah
I was head over heels in junior high
And it lasted a week or two
When my heart was destroyed I cried and cried
'Til I found me somebody new
Life without a real love is tragedy
That's why I'm gonna find a love that's right for me
I've gotta look beyond what my eyes can see
Until my dreams are reality
There's gotta be more to fallin' in love
Than fallin' away when the stayin' gets tough
I want my love to be young
When I'm old and gray
I wanna love somebody like that, I wanna hold on forever
Two heart's become one with a love like that
I wanna love somebody like that
I wanna love somebody, yeah
I wanna love somebody like that, I wanna hold on forever
Two heart's become one with a love like that
I wanna love somebody like that
I wanna love somebody
From the very first day that you were born
To the very last time you waved and honked your horn
I had no chance at all to watch you grow
Up so sadly, beautiful
Up so sadly, beautiful
Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes
?Cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes
I had no chance at all to let you know
Oh so sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
Well, you got your mother's hair
And you got your mother's nose
But you got my soul
Sadly, beautiful
From the very last time you waved and honked your horn
To a face that turned away so pale and worn
I had no chance at all to let you know
You left me sadly, beautiful
You left me sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
When you take you got to give so live and let live or let go
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
But what would it matter
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine girl there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
You better look before you leap still water runs deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away
Like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token
And a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see, oh, yeah
They're all of your rich friends who knew you in the city
And now they've finally brought, brought you home to me
When you left you know you told me that some day you'd be returnin'
In a fancy car all the town to see, oh, yeah
Well, now everyone is watching you, you finally had your dream
Yeah, and you're ridin' in a long black limousine
You know the papers told of how you lost your life, oh, yeah
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night
Well, the race upon the highway, oh, the curve you didn't see
When you're riding in that long black limousine
You're riding in that long black limousine
Through tear filled eyes I watch as you ride by, oh, yeah
A chauffeur, a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine
Well, I never, I never, never, never, oh, my heart, all my dreams
Yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Yeah, yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Writed by Jimmy Webb
I am a lineman for the county.
And I drive the mainroad.
Lookin' in the sun for another overload.
I hear you singing in the wire.
Chorus 1
I can hear you thru the whine.
And the Wichita Lineman,
is still on the line.
I know I need a small vacation.
But it don't look like rain.
And if it snows that stretch down south,
won't ever stand the strain.
And I need you more than want you.
Chorus 2
And I want you for all time.
And the Wichita Lineman,
is still on the line.
If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day to shine a morning light
Make us realize our night is over
When you walk away from me there is no place to put my hand
Except to shade my eyes against the sun that rises o'er the land
I watch you walk away somehow I have to let you go
Now it's over
If you knew just how I really feel you might return and yet
There are so many times that people have to love and then forget
Though there might have been a way
I have to force myself to say it's over
So I turn my back I turn my collar to the wind
Move along in silence tryin' not to think at all
Send my tired feet before me walk the silent street before me
I believe for every drop of rain
That falls a flower grows
I believe that somewhere
In the darkest night a candle glows
And I believe for every one who goes astray
Someone will come to show the way
I believe, yes I believe
I believe above the storm
The smallest prayer will still be heard
I believe that someone in the great
Somewhere hears every word
Every time I hear a new born baby cry
Or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why I believe
I believe above the storm
I know a place between life and death for you and me
Let's take hold on the threshold of eternity
And see the ghost on the canvas
People don't see us ghost on the canvas
People don't know when they're looking at souls
In between here and there there's a place that we can grow
Spirits make love in a wheat field with crows
Like a ghost on a canvas people don't see them
Ghost on a canvas no oh oh oh
They never see souls
Ring around the rosary pocketful of prosary
Ashes to ashes we all fall in love
With ghost on the canvas
We dream in colour others they colour their dreams
Takes one to know one a Spirit always knows when it's seen
Like a ghost on a canvas never can happen
Ghost on a canvas
It's the so oh oh ul that makes them goohhhhhh
People don't know ohh ohhh ohhh
When they're looking in so oh oh uls
Better take ho oooh ooh ld
It's knowing that your door is always open
and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my
sleeping bag rolled up and stashed
behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by
forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have
dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
by the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world
will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the backroads
by the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's crying to her mother
cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you
walking on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of of soup back from a gurgling
crackling cauldron in some train yard
My beard a roughened coal pile and a dirty hat
pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're wavin' from the backroads
by the rivers of my memory
I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were
Tryin' to make a livin' out of black land dirt
We'd get together in a family circle and sing out loud
(Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
Now one of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join that family circle at the throne
No, the circle won't be broken by
And by, Lord, by and by
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
I remember after work mama would call in all of us
And you could hear us singin' for a country mile
Now little brother has done gone on but I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a while
(Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
Now one of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join that family circle at the throne
No, the circle won't be broken by
And by, Lord, by and by
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
I was alright for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
Oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you, crying over you
Since you said so long left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand that the touch of your hand can start me crying
I thought that I was over you but it's true so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling, what can I do for you?
No, don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes, now you're gone but from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, oh crying, crying
Livin' in the city
Ain't never been my idea of gettin' it on
But the job demands that you make new plans
Before your big chance is gone
You get a house in the hills
You're payin' everyone's bills
And they tell you that you're gonna go far
But in the back of my mind
I hear it time after time
Is that who you really are?
Country boy, you got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee
Lookin' back, I can remember the time
When I sang my songs for free
Country boy, you got your feet in L.A.
Take a look at everything you own
But now and then, my heart keeps goin' home
Talkin' on the telephone
Settin' up another day of people to meet
You've gotta do what's right
You've gotta spend the night
Stayin' in touch with the street
When you're surrounded by friends
They say the fun never ends
But I guess I'll never figure it out
'Cause in the back of my mind
I hear it time after time
Is this what it's all about?
Country boy, you got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee
Lookin' back, I can remember the time
When I sang my songs for free
Country boy, you got your feet in L.A.
Take a look at everything you own
In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty I want to be
In the warm hold of your lovin' mind
To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing would make me sing
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind
For standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising
And she'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
And she'll laugh when she reads the parts that says "I'm leavin'"
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before
And by the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working
And she'll probably stop at lunch
Lord and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep right on and ringin'
Off the wall and that's all
And by the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name loud
Lord and she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Though time and time I try to tell her so, God know
Guess she just didn't know that I would really go
No, she didn't know I'd go
Found some letters that you wrote me this morning
And they told of a love we once knew
Now they're gone, I've burned them to ashes
Don't want nothing to remind me of you
Burning bridges behind me
It's too late to turn back now
Burning bridges behind me
All I want is to forget you somehow
Sold the house we once planned together
I said goodbye to the friends we once knew
Then I moved to a faraway city
Trying hard to forget about you
Burning bridges behind me
It's too late to turn back now
Burning bridges behind me
All I want is to forget you somehow
Way down in Bowling Green
Prettiest girls you've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
To love down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green folks treat you kind
They let you think your own mind
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
In Bowling Green you walk your own line
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold
It warms the body and I know it touches the soul
Blue Grass is fine, Kentucky owns my mind
And fields down in Bowling Green
Have the softest grass you've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
To lie down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green girls treat you right
They wear dresses, cut country tie
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
If he's seen the Bowling Green light
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold
It warms the body and I know it touches the soul
Blue grass is fine, Kentucky owns my mind
Way down in Bowling Green
Prettiest girls you've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
To love down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Bowling Green
Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now
Packing up and disappearing into thin air
Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take root
'Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere
I need lots of sunshine and I need lots of raindrops
And I need to breathe the open air
I hope to beg your pardon, your town just ain't my garden
Bad seed won't grow just anywhere
So honey, kiss goodbye to your bad seed
My love is not the kind that you need
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
'Cause bad seed don't grow just anywhere
And you're looking at the baddest of the bad seed
Next stop is Jacksonville, now I don't know but I've got the feelin'
And I might just kinda like it somewhere 'round there
I hear tell there's fertile land and white pearly silver sand
And bad seed won't grow just anywhere
So honey, kiss goodbye to your bad seed
My love is not the kind that you need
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
'Cause bad seed don't grow just anywhere
And you're looking at the baddest of the bad seed
Hmm, let me tell you honey, I'm the bad seed
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Was back home in Arkansas
All those boyhood memories
Lakes and rivers and Backwood trees
Gentle mountains, it reached to the sky
Oh, how I hated to say goodbye to
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Was back home in Arkansas
Dirt roads that lead nowhere
Except the houses that need repairing
And front porch people wearing a smile
And they cover every mile of
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Was back home in Arkansas
I can see my Dad back home
Working Park County, sandy lawn
Mama callin' me from the door
Oh, how I wanna go once more to
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Was back home in Arkansas
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Glen Campbell
Any which way you can
(Listened to song and wrote down what I think is the words but one line I couldn’t make out- if anyone knows please let me know)-----------------------------------------------------------------?
It’s hard for a back street affair to be easy
For each hour of happiness there’s two hours of pain
We meet in the shadows because all that matters
Is spending the night with you once again.
You leave with a promise you’ll call me tomorrow
But I never know when the next time will be
And each time you leave me I can’t help but wonder
Was tonight the last night for you and for me
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(Chorus)
Any which way you can
Just love me any which way you can
My loves not the choking kind
You’ve got your life and I’ve got mine
So if you can never be free
Darling I’ll understand
But when you’re lying next to me
Just love me any which way you can
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Now you’re on your way home
And I’m all alone
I’m feeling as empty as this double bed
It’s so hard to be strong
When I know I belong in your arms but I’m lying here lonely instead
I know, I'll never meet another hunk or woman like my Ann
She makes me feel like a great big man
I'm gonna go tell her mama what I think about her
Say, thank you ma'am for giving me your daughter Ann
She sure is stacked from her toes to the birdie little nape of her neck
She's packed like a seed in a grape, she's smooth as marble skin
When I see her I believe, I'm a real young guy
And every time I go to work, I think I might die if I can't hurry home again
If the good Lord worked all night at makin' me a female plan
I'd say, no thanks Lord, I'll just keep Ann
How could I ever look at any other woman when I've got Ann
I feel so good when she takes my hand, yeah
I'm gonna go tell her daddy what I think about her
Say, thank you man, for giving me your daughter Ann
When I come home and I feel like I've been run over by a ten-ton truck
She can rub my shoulder and ease my aches and pains
If I lose my job and I'm down to a silver dollar and I feel like
A dried up gourd in a holler, she soothes my brow like summer rain
If the good Lord worked a hundred years at makin' me a female plan
I'd say, no, thanks, Lord, I'll just keep Ann
I know, I'll never meet another hunk or woman like my Ann
She makes me feel like a great big man
If the good Lord worked a hundred years at makin' me a female plan
I'd say, no, thanks, Lord, I'll just keep Ann
Amazing grace, Lord, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
Oh, the hour I first believed
When we've, when we've been there, Lord, ten thousand years
Bright shining, bright shining as the sun
We've no less days, Lord to sing God's praise
Adoration, adoration
Baby, when will you get your fill
Adulation, adulation
You know baby, I don't think you ever will
You're always talkin' about just livin' for the moment
An' bein' a romantic in you, you talk about freedom
But you don't know what freedom is
No, you don't know where freedom lives
You, you don't know, exactly what you feel
No you, you don't know, exactly what is real
But I'm gonna show you how it feels
To feel goodbye
Desolation, desolation
You finally brought it down to the same foreground
Desperation, desperation
You don't know how crazy you sound
You're always talkin' about, my like of class
The way I, hold my glass
And even though the way I smoke and
Lord, I didn't even smoke, Lord, I didn't even smoke
But I, I met you and you had to change my hair
And I, I met you and you had to show me what to wear
But I'm gonna show you how it feels
You might think there's some big reason
Why I took this time to write
The cards and letters there been too few of those
But I just stopped to realize, how long did I been home
There's a few small things I need to know
Dear Daddy, do the Whippoorwill still echo through the night?
Does the sound of silence squeeze the morning light?
And have you cropped the field in the pond just down the road
I miss you so
Well, the years keeps slipping by
Like the miles out on the road
Well, I don't guess I'll change my way of life
There's no harm in holdin' memories
So please tell me if you can
I need to bring them old times inside
Dear Momma, can you still find the dipper in stars?
And do the roads still go for hours without cars?
And does the frost still shine, cold morning
On the grass outside the door
Just like before, tell me more
And I'll be back to see you sometimes soon
Can you still reach out and almost touch the moon?
And do the old songs still ring out
Through the hills for days and days
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