YOU'VE BEEN AROUND TOO LONG
by Carole King
Oooh, I hear you say attitudes and times
have changed
And I know the feeling-it's long overdue
You say this is a time to right old wrongs
Tell me now, if it's true
You got the mind, you got the time
How long are you gonna wait to do
what you want to do now
You've been around too long
Not to notice what's going on in town
You've got to understand
I'm taking my life in my own hands
And gaining ground-look around
Peace of mind
You got yours.I want mine
If you really want to do right by me
See what you wnat to see
But let me be what I want to be
Cause you've been around too long
Not to realize what's going on inside
I'm just like you
I'm doing the best that I can do
to make my stride
YOU’RE THE ONE WHO KNOWS
by Carole King
Waking up alone I find my mind is reaching out to distant corners
Crystal mourners are drawing me to Babylon
Can you really stay yourself and flow with dedication
You’re the one who knows and now you’re gone
We got a feeling and I’m gonna try to keep it for a long time
It was a wrong time though we had so much to travel on
Can you hold the love I gave in joyful consummation
You’re the one who knows and now you’re gone
Can you see my reflection in the facets of the prisms that you gave me
One day I am yellow
One day I am blue-can you save me
I’ll be yours forever in the secret magic forest
That we dreamed about together
Can you see the color that I am today
I know I want to stay in a good way
Waking up alone I find my mind is calling out
And I know you feel me
You know the real me is whatever color love takes on
Can you live with someone who’s a mistress of illusion
You’re the one who knows and now you’re gone
Words and Music by
Carole King (Based on a track by Allstar & Joel Campbell)
You don't have to wear the weight of the
world on your shoulders
Don't you know I'll be there for you, always, always
You can tell me anything, and you know I'll understand
When you're down and out, and your soul is bare
You just turn around - you will find me there
You keep on giving everyone
so much more than your share
So many things you do in so many ways, always
But you need someone you can hold on to
When you're down and out, I will always care
You just turn around - you will find me there
When it's all gone wrong, it's falling down on you
Lean on me, I'll be strong
I will keep you safe, keep you warm
When you're down and out, I will always care
You just turn around - you will find me there
I will take your hand, I will dry your tears
I will comfort you when your hope has disappeared
When you're down and out, I will always care
You just turn around - you will find me right there
When you're down and out and you're in despair
You just turn around - you will find me there
When you're down and out, I will be right there
You just turn around, you will find me
You will find me there
© 1997 Lushmole Music (BMI) ~ Alâs Street Music, Inc. / Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (ASCAP) ~ Joel Campbell
YOU STILL WANT HER
by Carole King
From the shelter of your solitude you see her
Running circles round the emptiness within
And you wonder what it's been like to be her
As you feel yourself awakening
Though she fills her life between with new adventure
There's confusion in her eyes each time you meet
You don't think she's gonna last another winter
With all the snow she's rakin' in
CHORUS:
You can't believe you still want her
After all these years of knowing her so well
ALl the same you'd willingly consign yourself
To a life of hell
You would think by now you'de see it in perspective
She's too insecure to ever really change
You've convinced yourself this time you'll be objective
You won't need any breakin' in
There's no reason to believe it will be different
She's still playing games and running from herself
But you've always thought you love for her could save her
And that's how you get taken in
CHORUS
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
by Carole King
You light up my life
like sunrise in the morning
You make me believe anything is possible
I didn't have a dream to my name
Darkness was mine, it was such a shame
But you came to light up my life
You brought me faith, and hope,
and love, and light
With your tender smile
you brought me top the promise
Of life outside a world of nine to five
and Sunday
I didn't know how rich I could be
Until you gave your love to me
Don't you see, you light up my life
You give me faith, and hope,
and love, and light
You brought your sweet understanding
Like sun rays in my hazy sky
If you hadn't opened up my eyes
Love would have passed me right on by
I never knew how good OI could feel
Loving you's left me with nothing to conceal
Yeah.you really light up my life
You give me faith, and hope,
and love, and light
YOU GO YOUR WAY, I'LL GO MINE
by Carole King & David Palmer
You've put these distances between us
You've built these walls, they'ree your design
With sharp and angry lies, you've cut the binding ties
While making love seem so unkind
Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine
I'll get over you in time
There's nothing here to hold you now
Oh, It's your life, so make it shine
You go your way, I'll go mine
I've tried to justify your thinking
I've given in and been denied
Like a hundred times before, you take
and ask for more
The only thing you leave is compromise
Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine
I'll get over you in time
There's nothing here to hold you now
We left those dreams so far behind
You go your way, I'll go mine
Oh, there's no need for false amending
Things get so confusinf when you do
When love's become a loss, we spend our
nights defending
I feel so damn defeated when we're through
But all right, you go your way, I'll go mine
I'll get over you in time
There's nothing here to hold you now
I just can't fight your willful mind
You go your way, I'll go mine
YOU GENTLE ME
by Carole King & David Palmer
When tempers flare to flame
When no one cares to listen
while I'm tryin' to explain
You see the anger rise in me
Adn you calm me down again
CHORUS:
Like the first spring lilac rain, you gentle me
Like innocence regained, you gentle me
And the feeling that remains grows
stronger by degree
When you gentle to me
When rumor comes to call
Suspicion's taking over
and I'm back against the wall
You just smile assuringly
And my defenses fall
CHORUS
When life seems so relentless, you gentle me
When my strving seems so senseless, you gentle me
You lift my spirits, I get higher by degree
When you're gentle to me
When tension's taking shape
When I feel the pressure building and
it's just too much to take
You touch the anxious need in me
With love for lovin''s sake
CHORUS
Words and Music by
Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager & Babyface
The sun is shining but not on me
Another lonely day
What's the use in making plans
When nothing's gonna go my way
But there's a voice down deep inside me telling me what to say
[Chorus]
Don't you know that you can do anything
You can take anything and make it your own
Don't you know that you can do anything
And you don't have to do it alone
Searching for the girl I was
When I was sure and strong
When everything was easier
And I could do no wrong
If I could only believe in myself
I know I could find a way
[Chorus]
Sorry tears in my eyes
Got me down in confusion and doubt
Suddenly I realize
I'm no different than anyone working it out
We're all working it out
[Chorus]
The sun is shining but not on me
Another lonely day
What's the use in making plans
When nothing's gonna go my way
But there's a voice down deep inside me telling me what to say
[Chorus]
Don't you know that you can do anything
You can take anything and make it your own
Don't you know that you can do anything
And you don't have to do it alone
Searching for the girl I was
When I was sure and strong
When everything was easier
And I could do no wrong
If I could only believe in myself
I know I could find a way
[Chorus]
Sorry tears in my eyes
Got me down in confusion and doubt
Suddenly I realize
I'm no different than anyone working it out
We're all working it out
[Chorus]
© 1999 Lushmole Music (BMI) ~ All About Me Music / Adm. By Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) Sony/ATV Songs, LLC / Ecaf Music (BMI)
WISHFUL THINKING
by Carole King
I see you, but you don't see me
Like a ghost of the future hovering dark and dreamy
You fade in and out of the mist
Do you even exist, except in my wishful thinking
I reach for you, but I can't touch you
I feel you just beyond a star
Do you know how much you are all I ever wanted
Is it too much too soon
Am I foolishly dreaming
Just baying at the moon
Playing impossible visions like an elementary tune
How I wish that I could realize my heart
But it's only wishful thinking on my part.
WINGS OF LOVE
by Carole King & Rick Evers
You fill me with love I can give
You fill me with life I can live
You fill me with song I can sing
And truth that makes the kingdoms ring
On love's music we fly
We soar ever so high
Through clouds of harmony
And down through the sky
We flow to a place
Where people kiss each other's eyes
And the sweet sounding smell
That looks like a Rocky Mountain Spring
Blossoming Sighs
And the rainbow people build
bridges of life
That blend our hearts
For the eternal now
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE
by Carole King & Toni Stern
Yes, I know you've loved and lost
And you've been figurin' up the cost
of your last, your saddest goodbye
I'm gonna stay right here with you
So if you're looking for somethin' new
All you have to do is choose
What Have you got to lose
Yes it shows you need a change
And you've been feelin' very strange 'bout the
things that made you feel so good before
And I've been feelin' blue
'Cause I'm so much in love with you
And all you'd have to do is try something new
What have you got to lose
Na dwhen you're ready, let me know
Come to me, come, let your rivwer flow
When you're ready, aw give me a sign
it's time you stepped back out in the sunshine
Wouldn't you like to wake up and find
me every morning on your mind
Oh, come on, don't be shy
Come on, you don't have to hide
Coem on and get me
What have you got to lose
Come on and get me
What have you got to lose
Welcome to my living room
It's not a womb, it's not a tomb
Not a June bride or a December groom
Tonight, here in Hyannis, we'll be playing at a reasonable volume
Here in my living room
I'm gonna play some songs for you
There are so many I'd like to do
If I don't get to them all, I hope you'll forgive me
'Cause I'm 62, and there's so many I'd like to do, old and new
But I'll try to do all I can in the time they give me
Let's set aside all the fussing and fighting
And make this night about songwriting
Sing and play some favorite tunes
Welcome to my living room
WELCOME HOME
by Carole King
I have opened up my mind to things
I was afraid of
Done things I've never done before
Taken a chance and seen just what
the world is made of
Nothing is the same any more
At times I feel a golden spirit coming through me
Thinking of my life and what it's given to me
I will live within that spirit ever knowing
I'm where I'm supposed to be
Welcoem Home
In the waters I can see a clear refelection
Of the force that's all around
There's a harmony of season and direction
This is surely sacred ground
Sweet life is everywhere as we stand in the clover
Feel the circle magic, let it take us over
And through all that I've been blessed
with I feel certain
I'm where I'm supposed to be
Welcome Home
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
by Carole King & David Palmer
The just are seeking justice
The meek are reaching out
For something only children
Can really know about
And some men cry for mercy
While they deny their brothers' pain
And some men laugh for reasons
They can never quite explain
We are all in this together
And maybe we'll see that one day
When we conquer our fear together
When we finally find a way
And we all need forgiving
For all the damage done
For the things we do, not thinking
For the hurt that we've caused someone
But me, I keep on living
Caught soemwhere there between
The reason and the meaning
The vision and the dream
We are all in this together
I know that seems easy to say
But don't use the word "forever"
It's enough just to say "someday"
WE ALL HAVE TO BE ALONE
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Once I told you without feeling
When you came to me in sorrow
There's a truth that life's revealing
We all have to be alone
You only wanted someone tohold you
Tell you she'd be there tomorrow
But instead I only told you
We all have to be alone
Then I was amazed to see
How quickly you agreed with me
If that's the way it has to be
There's nothing left to say
No reason left to stay
Besides I've got a lot of better things
to do today
So my world grew so much colder
With a little love to lend or borrow
And I found out as I grew older
We all have to be alone
WASN’T BORN TO FOLLOW
by Gerry Goffin / Carole King
No I’d rather go and journey
where the diamond crescents flowing
And run across the valley
Beneath the sacred mountain
And wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms
That make the light up into colors
That no one know the names of
And when it’s time I’ll go and lay
Beside the legendary fountain
Till I see her form reflected
In its clear and gentle waters
And if you think I’m ready
You may lead me to the chasm
Where the rivers of our visions
Flow into one another
And I’ll stay awhile and wonder
At the mist that they created
And lose myself within it
Cleanse my mind and body
And I know at that moment
As I stand at cathedral
I will want to dive
Beneath the white cascading water
She may beg and she may plead
And she may argue with her logic
Mention all the things I’ll lose
That really have no value
Tho’ I doubt that she will ever
Come to understand my meaning
In the end she’ll surely know
I was not born to follow
WALK WITH ME (I'LL BE YOUR COMPANION)
by Carole King
I am me , who are you
I'm on my way to somewhere through tomorrow
If that's where you're going to
Would you care to walk with me today
Living for the moment
Feelin' what I feel
Nowhere in particular to go
And nothing to conceal
CHORUS:
Walk with me, I'll be your companion
Though I may not have an awful lot to say
You can be anything you want to
And any time you want to walk away-it's okay
Chances come, fortunes go
And I don't know what lies beyond the crossroad
Since I'm trying to travel light
I got no past or future on my mind
Through all my reflections
One thing is plain to see
Knowin' I am not alone
Means more than anything to me
CHORUS
VENUSIAN DIAMOND
by Carole King, Rick Evers & Navarro
On the thirty-first day of
the summer moon
In the marketplace
Soembody touched my hand and said
I was a woman of taste
Then with a flutter of wings
AAmid the clutter of things
I saw the Venusian Diamond
through a see of grace
I said "Lay all of your money down
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don't, you better
leave it alone"
Then there appeared a serpent hanging
Like a thunder rope
He said, "Pull me" -I did
And fell into the wrong end of a telescope
SO I began to run
I knew not to where I'd come
I could hear the Venusian Diamond
and it gave me hope
It said, "Shatter all your images
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don't, you better
leave it alone"
Selves
Selfish
Selfless
Self
UP ON THE ROOF
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right in to space
On the roof it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below can't bother me
Let me tell you now
When I come home feelin' tired and beat
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet
I get away from the hustling crowds
And all that rat race noise down in the street
On the roof's the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Oh, let's go
up on the roof
At night the stars put on a show for free
And darling, you can share it all with me
I keep a-telling you
Right smack dad in the middle of town
I found a paradise that's trouble proof
So if this world starts getting you down
there's room enough for two up on the roof
Up on the roof
Everyhting's all right
Up on the roof
Oh, come on baby
Up on the roof
Up on the roof
TOO MUCH RAIN
by Carole King and Toni Stern
If anyone asks you how I am
Just say I'm doin' fine
If you will do that for me
I'll do the same for you sometime
ANd if anyone asks you where I've gone
Just say I'm down the line
I don't want my friends to see me like this
Maybe some other time
Too much rain fallin'
Too much rain fallin'
There's just been too much rain down on me
One day I'm gonna understand
The way that my heart works
And then I'm gonna work it out
ASO that I won't get hurt
But if anyone asks you where I've gone
Oh, don't say where I am
Just say you saw me and I'm doin' fine
Cause I'm doin' the best I can
Too much rain fallin'
Too much rain fallin'
There's just been too much rain fallin' down on me
TO LOVE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Down the road a piece he was waiting
Yes, he was waiting and you know me
I had had my fill of hesitating
And I always knew it had to be
CHORUS:
To love,to love, to love, to love
All you need's the oportunity
To love, to love, to love, to love
Baby don't you make a fool of me
I never will forget our first encounter
Yes, I'm proud to say that it was all right
And I was so glad that I had found him
As ready as I was that night
CHORUS
There are those of us too cool for passion
They're the ones that it could do some good
And there are those who say it's out of fashion
They're the ones who only wish thay could
CHORUS
Baby don't you make a fool of me
Baby, don't you make a fool of me
To Know That I love You
by Carole King & Rick Evers
The winds of time set my mind at ease
Like a gentle breeze, they let me know
that I love you
Over and over again we light the flame
Rediscovering that we are the same
and I love you
Ah- it feels so good to know
that I love you
With each new morning it’s a good feeling
to know
there is something to look forward to
these days
As time sets in, we still begin to know
each other
Even now as we go our separate ways
Ever together
Like the sun and the moon we give each
other room
To shine and to glow and to grow and
I know that I love you
Ah- it feels so good to know
that I love you
TIME GONE BY
by Carole King
The rebel cry of desolation
To which we used to hearken
Echoes now in isolation
As the skies in fury darken
A thousand acts of desecration
Hundreds more continue
When y'know that you are all creation
You're gonna fight them with all that's in you
I remember time gone by
When peace and hope and dreams were high
We followed inner visions and touched the sky
Now we who still believe won't let them die
Waters dammed to overflowing
Like tears brimming over in our eyes
Sometimes it's so hard to keep on going
When promises turn to lies
Go ahead, give into confussion
And put aside your ideals too
Soon you'll see only illusion
Don't care who's hurt
As long as it's not you
CHORUS
Soemtimes a leader emerges
And is followed for a while
Doesn't matter what he encourages
Just as long as he's got style
Young ones conceived in a passion
Of directions we thought enlighted
Grown up they follow the mood in fashion
But beneathe their bravado
you know they're frightened
CHORUS
TIME ALONE
by Carole King
here we are in time alone
No one else’s feelings but our own
Seems to me that we have always known
What love was meant to be
Separately we stood before
Life was good but we knew there should
be more
Time alone could open up the door
And you came through for me
No sign of the changes we have come through
No mind of the strangers who think they
know you
Now as one we are the a light
Though sometimes we were blinded by the night
Here in time alone it all seems right
And I’m feeling wholly free
Won’t you stay in time alone with me
THIS TIME
by Carole King
I go through the motions of being with people
When deep in my soul, I want to be where you are
I know we speak every night
But words only go so far, I know
It feels like an ocean of time we're apart
I know that I've said it before
But this time when I come home
I will stay with you
This time's the last time that I'm gonna go
Just close your eyes and imagine me home again
It isn't so far away
Soon I'll be back, and you'll never be alone again
This time I mean to stay
I promise you this time I'll do whatever it takes
To stay right by your side
I would do anything, I would give you everything
'cause you are everything to me
But until then
Gotta keep our emotions under control
It won't be easy to do
'cause all I want to do is kiss you, touch you,
hold you, love you, promise, I promise
I promise you, I'll stay with you, but 'til then
Just close your eyes, and imagine me home again
I mean every word I say
Soon I'll be back, and you'll never be alone again
This time I mean to stay
Just close your eyes, and imagine me home again
Soon I will be on my way (never gonna go)
This time I mean it, you'll never be alone again
This time I mean to stay
LOCOMOTION
by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABC's
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby jump up jump back
Oh well, I think you've got the knack
Now that you can do it let's make a chain now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Chug-a-chug a motion like a railroad train now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it nice and easy now and don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Move around the floor in a locomotion
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it holdin' hands if you get the notion
Come on baby do the locomotion
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
Come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Today our dear friend
Chicken Soup
This very ordinary day
Boiled up a pot of
Chicken soup
And swallowed it away
A-lack! A-day!
O-Woe! Oy-Vey!
He swallowed it away!
Now listen to what I'm gonna say
A little bone, a bitty thing
No bigger than my pinky-
He swallowed hot
From out that pot
In quicker than a winky
He gulped that soup
Let out a whoop!
And fell down croaking
On the stoop
And he Choked!
And he SAGGED!
And he SMOTHERED!
And he GAGGED!
And he let out a SCREAM!
And he let out a MOAN!
Then he cried
'Cause he died
From choking on a bone
On such an ordinary day
Like today
A-lack! A-day!
O-Woe! Oy-Vey!
On an ordinary day
Chicken soup passed away!
THAT'S HOW THINGS GO DOWN
by Carole King
Here I am
Carrying the child of our sweet love
And you're far away
That's how things go down
But I want to see you again
Though I've known
Others in life who've made it on their own
I'm afraid
That's how things go down
But I want to see you again
Hey, with each day that passes by
I pray that I will see you soon
And you will be here with me
To see the child being born
Safe and sound
All I can do is wait and hope that you'll
Be around
That's how things go down
I want to see you again
In the end
All I can do is wait and hope that you'll
Be around
That's how things go down
I want to see you again
That's how things go down
I want to see you again
Vera comes home on Sunday morning after hanging with the boys all night
Laughing and drinking with them, thinking she's one of them
And that makes everything allright
She vaguely remembers going out in the parking lot
With the stone mason's son
Who had his way with her, then walked away when he was done
Sometimes she thinks about leaving - she tells herself, someday
You know, her daddy said she'd never amount to much
Of anything anyway
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
No, that ain't the way it's supposed to be
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
I've cried so many tears over man's unkindness to man
People say that's the way it is, but we gotta do what we can
Why does it have to be that way, I just don't understand
Rain falling from my eyes, rain falling from the sky
And I don't know why
A pack of jokers get their jollies beating up on a black king
There's outrage in the city for a while
But do you think it'll really change anything
Get rid of the gates, free the people
And let the games commence
We gotta take our power back
And use it in ways that make sense
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
If I could, I would change the course of history
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, rain washing over me
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, pain washing over me
Rain, wash it away, rain, wash it away
Wash the pain away, rain, wash it away
Oh, tears falling down on me
Oh, tears falling down on me
My tears are fallin' 'cause you've taken her away
And though it really hurts me so
There's something that I've gotta say
Take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Please don't ever make her blu-u-u-ue
Just tell her that you love her
Make sure you're thinking of her
In everything you say and do-o-o-o
Aww, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Now don't you ever make her cry-y-y-y
Just let your love surround her
Paint a rainbow all around her
Don't let her see a cloudy sky
Once upon a time that little girl was mine
If I'd been true, I know she'd never be with you
So, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Be just as kind as you can be-e-e-e
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me
Well, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Be just as kind as you can be-e-e-e
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me
Aww, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Well, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
[Fade]
Just, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
SWEET SWEETHEART
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
CHORUS:
You're a sweet sweetheart
You've been a real good friend
You're around when I'm down
to pick me up again
Tho' it could never been said
To my faults you're blind
You overlook the bad and
you keep all the good in mind
Now there have been times
When we couldn't get on
And tho't I'd have to admit
the feeling was gone
But you just closed your mind
to all the seeds of doubt
And somehow you found a way
to make it all work out
(CHORUS)
Now when you come home
at the close of the day
You gotta a way of lookin'
that sends message my way
What this message means
Any old fool could see
And the thing that make me feel so well
is you meant it just for me
(CHORUS)
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
And sometimes the blues get hold of you
Just when you thought you had made it
All around the block, people will talk
But I want to give it all that I've got
I just don't want to waste it
Talkin' 'bout sweet seasons on my mind
Sure does appeal to me
You know we can get there easily
Just like a sailboat sailin' on the sea
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
And most times you choose between the two
Wonderin', wonderin' if you have made it
But I'll have some kids and make my plans
And I'll watch the seasons run away
And I'll build me a life in the open
A life in the country
I'm talkin' 'bout sweet seasons on my mind
Sure does appeal to me
You know we can get there easily
Just like a sailboat sailin' on the sea
Talkin' 'bout sweet seasons
Talkin' 'bout sweet, sweet, sweet seasons
SWEET ADONIS
by Caroel King & David Palmer
Waiting on tables while waiting on fame
In a city filled with numbers, they've forgotten their names
Like a lonely broken people without title, without claim
When every day's survival is one more night
of shame, night of shame
Welcome home, sweet Adonis
Welcome back, my old friend
I'm glad to see you made it through your contests once again
Welcome nome, sweet Adonis
You heart needs time to mend
Welcome home, sweet Adonis, my old friend
Hoping for the promise, staying for the show
In a world of brief advantage, the victims come and go
Their faces seem so honest, tehir manners have such style
Oh, but when hunger means existence
There's a feast in every smile, every smile
So welcome home, sweet Adonis
Welcome back, my old friend
I'm glad to see you made it up that hard
road once again
Welcoem home, sweet Adonis
Your highway's found an end
Welcome home, sweet Adonis, welcome home
SUNBIRD
by Carole King & Rick Evers
Wind blow
Moon glow
You know the way to be
Touching everything
Going through to the second see
Starlight
Sunbird
The music inside us all
Touches everyone
Everyone listen for the call
Sunbird is enough just being
Fulfilled in its own existence
Can't we let it be
Why can't we just be
And let the time of Spring to Fall not be a distance
Reborn
New Dawn
Brings on another day
I'm no older now than yesterday
And I'm on my way
STILL HERE THINKING OF YOU
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
I ahve tried to untangled
All my thoughs from every angle
To know the one I loved the best
To dream of happiness and make that
dream come true
And I'm still here thinking of you
Yes I'm still here thinking of you
The city streets are colder
And I'm jsut a little bit older
My love has grown somehow
I can feel it now much more
than you ever knew
And I'm still here thinking of you
Yes I'm still here thinking of you
This road keeps winding
And I wake up finding
Somehow I've lost my way again
Someway I'd like to get through
SOmeday I'd like to get to
The road that's straight beyond the bend
I have tried to unravel
The paths we've both had to travel
And now that I have come to see
How much you meant to me
We might get to see a better view
Yes,I'm still here thinking of you
Still here thinking of you
I'm still here thinking of you
Yes I'm still here thinking of you
We met along the back streets where we would not be seen
Our bodies full of passion, with love our only dream
The neon flashed in our hotel room, but I never complained
Until the night you left me standing in the rain
I wondered what had happened, afraid to call your home
So I spent the night in the local bar, but I had to drink alone
I must have gotten in a fight, 'cause I woke up bleeding with pain
I had the midnight sun with you
Now I'm standing in the rain
Standing in the rain
Another woman answered when I called you in the morning
The sound of her voice came without a warning
The sun was coming up, but inside my soul was storming
I guess there are some promises you just can't keep
I'm still wandering down those back streets
But with a different point of view
'Cause I lost everything I had when I bet it all on you
I try not to think about it, or else I'll go insane
Sometimes I cry, wondering why you left me standing in the rain
Standing in the rain
Why did you leave me standing
Standing in the rain
STAND BEHIND ME
by Carole King
I was wanting someone to talk to
Needing to let myself out
Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me
There was nowhere but here to walk to
Letting the time go by
Trying to see if I could ever find me.
It didn't seem to make much sense
Thinking about the dent I'd made
in the world to date
Was I too late, you say
Should I create today
Or let it be
Now needing a hand to cling to
Lucky I was to find
SOmeone of similar mind to stand behind me
Not letting dazzlement blind me
Showing me where to find me
Willing to just be kind and stand behind me.
SOMEONE YOU NEVER MET BEFORE
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
When the sun goes down over the canyon
And you're feeling lost and abandoned
Some stranger may knock upon your door
And it may be like knowing
Someone you never met before
Now it may be a common sensation
It may lead to sadness or elation
But it's a chance that you never had before
And it may be like knowing
Someone you never met before
Don't be afraid-the game's not being played
Until you discover your love
She's waiting for you and all you gotta do
Is let ehr in and get her in
And don't live life lonely
So when the sun goes down on the city
Don't give in to feeling self pity
Your lover may be knocking on the door
And it may be like knowing
Someone you never met before
Someone you never met before
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOU
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
When there's a dark storm your horizon
And you think you cna't get through it
Just put your hand in my hand
And i'll show you how to do it
When your future looks uncertain
You can count on me to be there
And when your heart and soul are hurting
Just look and you'll see me there
Just follow ehre I lead
I'll give you what you need
A love that's always true
And some who believes in you
It's time to come alive
your moment has arrived
I'll bring out the best in you
We can have it all
No, we will never fall
Looking down from our celestial view
So when you're searching for that rainbow
I will help you find it
And when a mountain stands before you
I will help you climb it
Just follow where I lead
I'll give you what you need
ANd I'll tell you something else
You'll start believing in yourself
It's an easy thing to do
When you've got someone who
believes in you
Someone who believes
Someone who believes
I'm someone who believes
You've got someone who
believes in you
SO READY FOR LOVE
by Carole King
I've been waiting to find someone just like you
I knew whne I saw you
I'd be someone who could bring out the best in you
I would be good for you
I can tell
Though I don't know you well
You're so ready for love
The time is right
It's a new moon tonight
And you're so ready for love
Sure you say that you've been hurt by love
in the past
Well, Haven't we all been
Whatcha gonna do for the rest of your life
Hide your head in the sand
Well that won't last
Don't you hear love callin'
I can see
By the way you look at me
You're so ready for love
The time is right
It's a new moon tonight
And you're so ready for love
How many people get the chance to love again
Though you might think that you can do without it
But if you pass and lose soemone who's really
right for you
There won't be a thing that you can do about it
Maybe I've been coming on too heavy for you
But I believe we can do it
I can see
By the way you look at me
You're so ready for love
The time is right
It's a new moon tonight
And you're so ready for love
SEEING RED
by Carole King
Since a time before my memory
He's been without a home
Once he lived on an open plain
where wildlife grazed
And buffalo used to roam
Red was the sunrise
on the dawn of his creation
Now where is the road that will lead him
to his destination
It took so little time to destroy a way of life
They served his people well
Gifts that they gave in all good faith
Have been misused and shot to hell
You who want wisdom,
turn and face the four directions
For only those with one heart,
fall under the protection
In the future of my days ahead
I want to see it right
Oh, we got to make it right
When everybody
Screams and yells
Who calms them down?
Who rings their bells?
When everybody screams and yells
The enchanted one
That's me
When everybody screams and yells,
There's nothing to do!
There's nothing to see!
Who dreams up a place they'd like to be?
The enchanted one
That's me
It takes personality
A lot of personality
To make them see it my way
It takes personality
More personality
To turn twelve boring hours
Into a fascinating day!
I CAN DO IT!
That's a fact
I CAN DO IT!
Don't you see?
AND I'LL DO IT
ALL FOR FREE!
Do you know?
Can you guess
Who I simply have to be?
STOP SCREAMING AND YELLING
SCREAMING AND YELLING
SCREAMING AND YELLING
SCREAMING AND YELLING
AND I'LL TELL YOU ALREADY!
The enchanted one
That's me
SACRED HEART OF STONE
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
Even the sword of love cannot penetrate you
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
I used to love you
Now I think I hate you
When I was younger I believed your lies
Your shield and armor that would not compromise
You won your war with a ghostly kiss
Whoever thought it would come to this
Sacrd heart, sacred heart of stone
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
Maybe if I saw you shed a tear
The feeling of love might reappear
You're all alone now
You've got nothing to fear
It'll be your own doin'
To survive in the ruin
I think it's time for me to turn away
You invented the world we're living in today
When you inherit the earth and all its gold
It's not my hand you will get to hold
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
Even the sword of love cannot penetrate you
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stone
I used to love you
Now I think I hate you
Sacred heart of stone
I'm really Rosie
And I'm Rosie Real
You better believe me
I'm a great big deal!
BELIEVE ME!
I'm a star from afar
Off the golden coast
Beat the drum! Make that toast!
To Rosie the Most!
BELIEVE ME!
I can sing
Tea for Two and Two for Tea
I can act
To be or not to be
I can tap
Across the Tappan Zee
Hey, can't you see?
I'm terrific at everything!
No star shines so bright as me - Rosie!
BELIEVE ME!
I'm Really Rosie
I'm Rosie Real
I'm Really Rosie
BELIEVE ME!
READ BETWEEN THE LINES
by Carole King
I wrote you a letter the other day
And I told you I was happy for you
and your new love
Now there was much more
I wanted to say
But it's hard for me to get over
my last bit of pride
CHORUS:
But if you read between the lines
You will know that I still love you
Oh, and I'll love you
forever and always
When we were together I never thought
You would ever be anything else
but a friend and a true love
But time has thrown its net
and now I'm caught
And I'm helpless tot ell you
how much I miss you by my side
(CHORUS)
Do you remeber smiling at me
when I looked at yoy
And I first saw you
and I wanted you
and you wanted me
But it's over now and I just can't see
How I'm gonna live without you
(CHORUS)
As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire
Feeling the warmth as the flames grow higher
I think it's true that nothing
is really new under the sun
Watching a new love grow
from old love's embers
Yesterday's gone but today remembers
Doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone
(Chorus)
Only love is real
Everything else illusion
Adding to the confusion of the way we connive
At being alive
Tracing a line till we can define
The thing that allows us to feel
Only love is real
Childhood dreams like muddy waters
Flowing through me to my son and daughters
Everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me
Even as I see the way that I want to go now
Still I had wished I had known what I know now
Maybe I could have spared you
Giving your youth to me
(Chorus)
Only love is real
Everything else illusion
Adding to the confusion of the way we connive
At being alive
Tracing a line till we can define
The thing that allows us to feel
Only love is real
(One was Johnny)
1 was Johnny who lived by himself
2 was a rat who jumped on his shelf
3 was a cat who chased the rat
4 was a dog who came in and sat
5 was a turtle who bit the dog's tail
6 was a monkey who brought in the mail
7 a blackbird pecked poor Johnny's nose
(One was Johnny)
8 was a tiger out selling old clothes
9 was a robber who took an old shoe
10 was a puzzle - what should Johnny do
(One was Johnny)
He stood on a chair and said,
Here's what I'll do - I'll start to
Count backwards
And when I am through
If this house isn't empty, I'll eat
All of you!
9 was the robber who left looking pale
8 was the tiger who chased him to jail
7 was the blackbird flew off to Havana
6 was the monkey who stole the banana
5 was the turtle who crawled off to bed
4 was the dog who slid home on a sled
(One was Johnny)
3 was the cat who pounced on the rat
2 was the rat who left with the cat
(One was Johnny, one was Johnny,
One was Johnny)
1 was Johnny who lived by himself
And liked it like that!
(One was Johnny, one was Johnny)
ONE TO ONE
by Carole King & Cynthia Weil
If I am the question, you are the answer
If you are the music, i am the dancer
through all of the madness
And all of the sadness
Of day to day living
We gotta keep giving
One to one, me to you
Pure and simple, sweet and true
One to one, you to me
Sending the love so it's
spreading out endlessly
Now there are those moments
when life loses meaning
And we lose our faith
in the dreams we've been dreaming
When people seem mindless
and plain human kindness
Appears to be dying
We gotta keep trying
CHORUS
I know this world needs changing
I know the shape we're in
But with all the confusion
I've reached the conclusion
There's only one place to begin
And that's
CHORUS
ONE SMALL VOICE
by Carole King
The emperor's got no clothes on
No clothes-that can't be
He's the emperor
Take that child away
Don't let the people hear
the words he has to say
One small voice
Speakin' out in honesty
Sileneced but not for long
One small voice
Speakin' with the values
we were taught as children
So you walk way and say
Isn't he divine
DOn't those clothes look fine
On the emperor
And as you take your leave
You wonder why you're feeling
so ill at ease
Don't you know
Lies-take your soul
You can't hide from your self
Lies-take their toll on you
and everyone else
One small voice
Speakin' out in honesty
Sileneced but not for long
One small voice
Speakin' with the values
we were taught as children
Tell the truth
You can change the world
But you better be strong
The emperor's got no clothes on
No clothes
He doesn't want to know what goes on
Though everyone knows
One small voice can change the world
But y'better be strong
One fine day, you'll look at me
And you will know our love was, meant to be
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
The arms I long for, will open wide
And you'll be proud to have me
Walkin' right by your side
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl
Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting, and, someday darling
You'll come to me when you want to settle down
One fine day, we'll meet once more
And then you'll want the love you threw away before
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
One fine day, oh
Oooh, one fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
by Carole King
Poetic phrases come to mind
Whenever I find injustice being done
And I wonder, what am I gonna do
What can one do except be one
Talking to two, touching three
Growing to four million
Each of us is one – all of us are one
I go through phases when I realice
It wouldn’t be wise to try and
bring it down
And I wonder, what am I gonna do
What should one do except just
be around
Staying alive, putting out love
Growing to five billion
each of us is opne- all of us are one
Open your heart and let the love come
shining through
And you will do what you need to do
To know just where the other “you”
is coming from
He is one – she is one - A tree is one –
the earth is one – the universe is one
I am one – we are one
It just amazes me that I can be
Part of the energy it takes to serve each other....
And I wonder what am I gonna do ...
What can one do except be one
Each of us is one- all of us are one
We are one
What am I gonna do - Be one
Words and Music by
Gerry Goffin & Carole King
When my friends told me you had someone new
I didn't believe a single word was true
I showed them all I had faith in you
I just kept on saying
[Chorus]
Oh no not my baby
Oh no not my sweet baby
You're not like those other guys
Who lead you on and tell you lies
My mama told me when rumors spread
There's truth somewhere and I should use my head
But I didn't listen to what she said
I just kept on saying
[Chorus]
You're not like those other boys
Who play with hearts like they were toys
You and I we got a special thing
We go together just like summer and spring
They're all jealous of the love you bring
And I'm gonna keep on saying
[Chorus]
© 1964 Screen Gems ö EMI Music, Inc. (BMI)
NO EASY WAY DOWN
by Gerry goffin & Carole King
Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky
But now it must fall to the ground
Now your sad eyes reveal
Just how badly you feel
‘Cause there is no easy way down
The view from the cliffs must have been exciting
And up to the peaks you were bound
Now you’re stranded alone
And the path is unknown
And there is no easy way down
No, it isn’t very easy
When you’re left on your own
No, it isn’t very easy
When each road you take
Is one more mistake
And there’s no one to break your fall
And lead you back home
We all like to climb to the heights, I know
Where a (our?) fantasy world can be found
But you must know in the end
When it’s time to descend
There is no easy way down
You know you’re gonna find
There is no easy way down
Here's where it all began
Here's where I heard that beat
Here's where I tapped that tap
With my natural rhythm feet
In my simple humble neighborhood
On my simple humble street
Here's where the dreams I had
Were crowded on a stoop
Were pecked and pushed and hustled
Just like chickens in a coop
Life wasn't always neat
In my simple humble neighborhood
On my simple humble street
Here's where I learned the rules
Of Rosie's way
Of how to play
A magic game
That changed the same
Old sheepy bleat
In my simple humble neighborhood
On my simple humble street
Here's where I made up folks
Who came to visit me
Not just ordinary folks
Coming unexpectedly
TALENT SCOUTS! PRODUCERS! DIRECTORS!
GLAMOUR BOYS!
In other words
THE HOY-POLOYS!
THE GRAND ELITE!
To make them green with envy
In my simple humble neighborhood
On my simple humble street
Here's where it all began
Here's where I heard that tune
Here's where I sang of sailing
In a carnival balloon
Life was so darn sweet
In my simple humble neighborhood
On my simple humble street
MY MY SHE CRIES
by Carole King & Toni Stern
My my she cries, everyone dies
She waits, but can't get an answer
And all he wants to do is dance,
dance, dance, dance
All he wants to do is dance.
My my he lies, look at those eyes
While moving in a little closer
Moving in on the girl he hardly knows
oh, oh, oh
See how she flies, under the skies
He waits, but she no longer hears him
She's gone,, gone, she's gone
she's flown away
See how she flies, breaking all ties
Did anybody really knows her?
Oh, did anybody really know?
MY LOVIN' EYES
by Carole King & David Palmer
It's hard enough to hear you
Express your sympathy
But it's harder still to feel the things
My eyes refuse to see
Oh, my lovin' eyes
When you look upon them darlin' like you do
You bring these tears into
my lovin' eyes
I watch you take my self respect
Accepting each excuse
When I've never seen the reason
For your moods or abuse
Oh, my lovin' eyes
They hold you like the heaven holds the sun
But look what you've done to
my lovin' eyes
Like a man whose way is righteous
His faith in life resigned
I'm a child whose eyes are sightless
And my faith in you is truly blind
It's sad to think of living
As pain that we must feel
But it's sadder still to think of love
As something you conceal
Oh, my lovin' eyes
When you look upon them darlin' like you do
You bring these tears into
my lovin' eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the longing in your eyes
When you look at me
I want it to be the way it used to be
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to feel the passion in your touch
I want to feel the burning love I need so much
When I reach for you
I want you to hold me like you used to do
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
You used to walk with me on the street of dreams
I remember you telling me
You said nothing is what is seems
Now as I walk alone, cold in the morning after
Thoughts of you in someone else's arms
In someone else's bed
Explode inside my head
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the fire back in your eyes
When you look at me
I want it to be the way it used to be
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
I want to see the lovelight in your eyes
Words and Music by
Carole King, Paul Brady & Mark Hudson
Yesterday was a perfect day
Living in make-believe, perfect together
In your eyes I was number one
And you were all the world to me forever,
ever and ever
But you have another life
You're going to somewhere I don't belong
[Chorus]
I can't think about Monday
I can't think about watching you walk away
I only want to be with you,
I just want to be with you
I can't think about anything else but Sunday
and the touch of you
I only want to be with you,
I can't think about Monday without you
In an empty room
Waiting for a reason why
Trying, crying, dying
I know that it's over
But I don't want to hear you say goodbye
[Chorus]
© 1997 Lushmole Music (BMI) Universal-MCA Music Publishing, A Div. Of Universal Studios, Inc. / Rondor Music, Ltd. (PRS) Universal-MCA Music Publishing, A Div. Of Universal Studios, Inc. / Beef Puppet Music (ASCAP)
The flashing neon excites my blood
Breathing in the carnival air
That old street of dreams has got my head spinning
Being there at the pleasure fair
I'm no stranger to danger
He's been my lifelong friend
I can feel the pulse of the city
Who knows how it will end
Midnight flyer, higher and higher
And the sun won't rise till five
And I don't care if I'm spending my money
At least I feel alive
Midnight flyer
Suburban village has gone to sleep
But I'm just waking up
The night holds a promise I intend to keep
To fill my loving cup
I know it's a long shot
But tonight I'm gonna take a chance
I can feel the rhythm of the city
It's my turn to dance
Midnight flyer, higher and higher
And the sun won't rise till five
I don't care if I'm spending my money
At least I feel alive
Midnight flyer, I'm on fire
Nothin's gonna stand in my way
I'm gonna keep on moving to the beat of the city
Until the break of day
Midnight flyer, I'm on fire
Midnight flyer, I'm on fire
Nothin's gonna stand in my way
Midnight flyer
MAIN STREET, SATURDAY NIGHT
by Carole King
See them drivin' by
Look at them fancy wheels
Headlights winkin'
checkin' each other out
the Great American Pastime
is still the automobile
Cruisin' on the white line
Is the only way to make time
Down on Main Street, Saturday night
Eevrybody thinks they're so cool
On Main Street Saturday night
Don't you mess with him (her), Daddy,
he's (she's) nobody's fool
Look at the blonde beauties,
givin' all they got
Maybe if you hit on one,
you might luck out
Soem of them are foxy
some of them are not
But all of them will get down
If the right thing comes around
Here comes Little Willie
higher than a kite
He's been doin' some
heavy duty hangin' out
If Willie's got a line on
some of the best
It's got to be dynamite
You know you can trust him
If the Law don't bust him
I was just leaving - the night was winding down
You touched my shoulder and I turned around
Here we are - the hardest part is done
And all that's left is loving you forever
My heart stopped beating - I couldn't let it show
You were as unexpected as roses in the snow
Just like that I knew you were the one
Now all that's left is loving you forever
In this world we're lucky if we find
A spark that sparks one time
Like when we are together
And in that moment, it happened so fast
My prayers were answered - I found love at last
Take my hand - our life has begun
And all that's left is loving you forever
Here we are - the hardest part is done
And all that's left is loving you forever
There was trouble in my mind tonight
Somethin' inside didn't feel quite right
Then I saw your face in the moonlight
And I was right beside U
Don't need words that we useta use
It goes deeper than the words we choose
Can't lose - I wanna spread the news
U got love inside U
Some days it's hard to know what you're feelin'
I've been down that road before
I can't stop believing
Love makes the world go 'round
As long as you're a part of me
Nothin's gonna take me down, oh
Yeah
Last winter when the snowfall hit
Cold city - it was hard to commit
You were out there lookin' for the perfect fit
And I was right beside U
Nothin' real comes overnight
U weren't sure if it felt right
But sometimes a love can move your life
If U let it guide U
Baby, U got to take love where you can find it
Just walk right through that door
I can't stop believing
Love makes the world go 'round
As long as I'm a part of U
Nothin's gonna take U down, oh
LOVE FOR THE LAST TIME
by Carole King
Seems funny now to think of how I call you up
to talk about all the little things
that were in my mind
You were a friend,
you listened to all I dreamed of
I wanted a real love,
the good old fashioned kind.
It was you all along
You who kept me strong.
I wonder how I could've been so blind
You kissed me like a lover,
loved me like a friend
And I'm in love for the last time.
I got burned,seems like everybody does,by romance
Still I yearn and though I didn't know just what it was,
I got a second chance.
Just think of it,
If we had missed the moment,
we might have spent the years ahead
believing love had passed
I found a love to last a lifetime
I'm in love for the last time,
and time will make it last.
It was you all along,
You who kept me strong
I don't know how I could've been so blind.
You kissed me like a lover,
loved me like a friend
And I'm in love for the last time
It was you all along
you who kept me strong...
LITTLE PRINCE
by Carole King
Little Prince- living in a dream world
Using everybody at your beck & call
You could have it all
If only knew who you really are
Little Prince- living in a fantasy
You're lonely, though illusion keeps you company
Take a look around
Does your little town exist
Or is it just too far from your reality
I know it can't be very easy
To be brought up treated royalty
To have so-called friends all around
Who cater to you loyally
DOn't it make you wonder
As you listen to the thunder
Little Prince- though you may deny it
There's something int he quiet
of your deepest soul
that's an empty hole
Though I know you don't want to hear it
You will never find your spirit
Until you see and be who you really are
Little Prince, Oh, Little Prince
You know who you are
LIFE WITHOUT LOVE
by Gerry Goffin/Louise Goffin/Warren Pash
it ain't no contest
And it sure ain't no conquest
It's giving and sharing
And a whole lot of caring
It's a look in his eye
That needs no explanation
And I feel sorrow for the ones who
haven't had this sensation
Life without love
ain't no life at all
Just take that road
Adn you're bound to fall
Life without love
Is one dead end street
Just thank you lucky stars
We happened to meet
Now to sum up all the pages
They've written about it
You're better off with it
Than you are without it
This moment is our chance
And I hope we don't lose it
We might live to regret it
If we should refuse it
Life without love
ain't no life at all
Just take that road
Adn you're bound to fall
Life without love
Is one dead end street
Just thank you lucky stars
We happened to meet
Sure you can make it alone
And live in a world of your own
But it hurts to keep feelings inside
I know because we both tried
And life without love
Ain't no life at all
Just take that road
And you're bound to fall
Life without love
Is so bittersweet
Just thank you lucky stars
We happened to meet
You used to be as a child
Full of hope and wonder
Hey, now, do you remember those days
Your mind was free and running wild
Now the sound of thunder
Has got you trapped in a corner hiding out
You're running in a rat maze
You better think about the legacy
That you want to leave behind
It's all getting burnt-out, used-up
Bought and sold to the bottom line
That ain't the way it's gotta be
You can leave a better world than you find
You can look down, turn aside, run away
But you can't put it out of your mind
'Cause it's your legacy
Don't it make your heart bleed
Passing through the meadowland
Wheel of fortune jackpot is what it looks like
That's okay, go on, run your motor at high speed
Rev it up to five grand
Shades on, top down
But as you barrel down the turnpike
You better think about the legacy
That you're gonna leave behind
Things are getting wasted out of hand
People stealing each other blind
Hey, that ain't the way it oughta be
You can leave a better world than you find
You can look down, turn around, run away
But you can't put it out of your mind
'Cause it's your legacy
It isn't easy when you think your voice
Doesn't matter to anyone
Maybe you believe there's nothing you can do
But if you just do nothing, you've made a choice
To perpetuate the destruction
Why don't you stand up, dig in
When it all comes down, it's gotta begin with you
It's you
It's your legacy
Baby, whatcha gonna do about it
You better think about the legacy
That you want to leave behind
Things are getting wasted, out-of-hand, burnt-out, used-up
Sold to the bottom line
Hey, that ain't the way it's gotta be
Oh, don't you want to leave a better world than you find
You can look down, turn aside, run away and hide
But you can't put it out of your mind
'Cause it's your legacy
Oh, your legacy
Look here
It's gotta start somewhere, Jack
If you don't go forward, you're gonna go back
Hey, you better get a plan of attack
'Cause that's the only way that you're gonna keep track
Of your legacy
As I walk away
My world comes tumbling down
That's allright
You'll go home again without me
Where will I go tomorrow
It doesn't matter, if you want me to stay
Should I turn around, come back to you
Or should I keep on walking away
It feels so good with you
It feels so right with you
But I will bring you sorrow
If I stay with you
Now if I hurt you, forgive me
Try not to lose faith in me
You know I would never hurt you intentionally
What will I do tomorrow
Without your love I would surely lose my way
And rush headlong into nowhere
On a ghost highway
It feels so good with you
It feels so right with you
But I will bring you sorrow
If I stay with you
I would lay down my life for you
I kept going on, when going on
Made no real sense at all
But it's no good now, it's all clear to me
Now that my back is against the wall
How will you get through tomorrow
It doesn't matter, I know you will
And we'll be together forever
Bound by the way we made each other feel
And I will lay down my life for you
I will lay down my life for you
'Cause it feels so good with you
Yes, it feels so right with you
I will lay down my life for you
LABYRINTH
by Carole King
What do you think, are we gonna stay lost in the maze
Of mind games and power plays
Or are we gonna take the chance of a lifetime to see the light of day
What’ll we see when we’ve used up the last supplies
Of rainbows and butterflies
I keep believing if we all work together
We will surely find a way
We are lost in a labyrinth
There’s only one thing to do
Just break down the walls
And reach out your hand to your brother
We can lead each other
To where destiny calls
Faith and lovin’ energy will see us through
After a while we will see
The labyrinth isn’t anyplace we need to be
Then we can come out from the heart of the darkness into a brighter day
One of these days we will know
The heart will take us anywhere we want to go
I only hope it’s not too late for the purpose
Though just what that is I can’t say
we are lost in a labyrinth
There’s only one thing to do
Just know in your mind
You want to stand behind your brother
Reach out and lead each other
To a new age in time
faith and lovin’ energy will free your mind
Holding it together with barely any motion
Like so many motes of dust
My dreams keep stirring in me
But all I see are
Rivers of violence
Running red on the streets below me
While passionate strangers whisper desire
All I know is I'm on fire
I need just one thing I can believe in
Oh, just one thing
Just one thing I can believe in
Hiding in the shadows
I want to stand in the light
Trust is unknown to me
I've been betrayed by the night so long
I can never belong to anyone any more
Why does everybody think they know me
I go through the motions, playing my role
Nobody knows what's deep in my soul
I need just one thing I can believe in
Give me just one thing
Oh, just one thing I can believe in
Love let me down
I wanted to believe that love was the one thing
But every time I turned around, love let me down
In my imagination
I come out of the darkness
The moon in my fantasy smiles down on me
I am a child running wild and free
But then the fight for survival
Takes me out of my illusion
And I'm back in the emptiness, fear and defeat
Trapped in a rhythm I don't want to repeat
The taste of freedom is so close and sweet
I've just gotta find a way off this dead-end street
I need just one thing I can believe in
I gotta find one thing
Just one thing I can believe in
I need one thing I can believe in
Let me find one thing
Gotta find one thing
Just one thing I can believe in
I used to watch all the couples going by
Feeling left out and so alone
But now I feel so much a part of them
Because I've got a man of my own
It's never too late to fall in love again
And I know, and I know
That it's true
You treat me with so much tenderness, love and respect
And I just love everything that you do
When I needed the comfort of a strong man's arms
You chased away my blues
Remember the first time when we made love
Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news
It's never too late to fall in love again
It don't pay, it don't pay
To sit there remembering when
No matter how much pain and heartache you've known
It's never too late
Never too late to love again
It's never too late to fall in love again
It's never too late to fall in love again
It's never too late to fall in love again
And I know, and I know
That it's true
It's never too late to fall in love again
I just love every little thing that you do
It's never too late to love again
IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE
by Carole King
CHORUS:
We've been putting each other
Through a hard time
And it's a mighty good feeling to
Know we're gonna work it out
It's gonna work out
Yeah, it's gonna work out fine
Take a look at the way it's going now
Makes you want to give a sigh of relief
You know the last thing I ever
Wanted to do
WAs to give you any grief
I guess it was a situation
That was bound to come up someday
But our feeling for each other won out
And I'm oh so glad to say
CHORUS
Even the best of relationships
Run the risk of going awry
There's a lot two people who care
about each other
Can do to make each other cry
Ain't it funny how it took a reunion
To help us to really see
With each other is the only way we can ever be
CHORUS
It's going to take some time this time
To get myself in shape.
I really fell out of line this time,
I really missed the gate.
The birds on the telephone like, (next time)
Are cryin' out to me, (next time)
And I won't be so blind next time,
And I'll find some harmony.
But it's going to take some time this time,
And I can't make demands.
But, like the young trees in the winter time,
I'll learn how to bend.
After all the tears we've spent,
How could we make amends?
So, it's one more round for experience
And I'm on the road again,
And it's going to take some time this time.
It's going to take some time this time,
No matter what I've planned.
And, like the young trees in the winter time,
I'll learn how to bend.
After all the tears we've spent,
How could we make amends?
So, it's one more round for experience
And I'm on the road again
And it's going to take some time this time.
IT'S A WAR
by Carole King
The moon is full and I'm awake
And I don't know how much I can take
Before I get too angry to be sad
Too many people thinkin' mean
Good ones few and far between
Takin' out on you what they never had
CHORUS:
It's a war, war, war, any more
It's a war, war, war, every day
You've got to keep your guard up
If soemone else is hard up
He'll try to steal your dreams away
Once I thought of compaison as
A feelin' everybody has
Do unto others-that's the golden rule
But I found to my regret
People I had never met
Were out to get me- I was just a fool
(CHORUS)
What shall I write?
What can I say?
How can I tell you how much I miss you?
The weather here has been as nice as it can be
Althought it doesn't really matter much to me
For all the fun I'll have while you're so far away
It might as well rain until September
I don't need sunny skies for thing I like to do
'Cause I stay home the whole day long and think of you
As far as I'm concerned each day's a rainy day
So It might as well rain until September
Taken from
My friends look forward to their picnics on the beach
Yes everybody loves the summertime
But you know darling while your arms are out of reach
The summer isn't any friend of mine
It doesn't matter whethee skies are grey or blue
It's raining in my heart 'cause I can't be with you
I'm only living for the day you're home to stay
So It might as well rain until September
September, September, oh
It might as well rain until September
Words and Music by
Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster
Do you know that you know me like nobody else
All of my secrets and lies
Do you know that you made me believe in myself
Made me believe I could fly
All the things that you say
That I wait for each day
You're almost too good to be true
[Chorus]
It could have been anyone, oh, anyone
A stranger out of the blue
It could have been anyone, oh anyone
That I gave my heart up to
But it was you
Well you just never know when
the moment will come
When love is about to begin
Something about someone reaching out
And letting someone in
And I'm glad I was there
When out of thin air
We both had nothing to do
[Chorus]
One day we'll find out
Why you were sent to me
Now we're together
It must be the way it was meant to be
[Chorus]
© 1999 Lushmole Music (BMI) ~ All About Me Music / Adm. By Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) One Four Three Music / Adm. By Peermusic (BMI)
In The name Of Love
by Carole King
Do the things you believe in
In the name of love
And know that you aren’t alone
We all have doubts and fears
Know throughout every season
You are the name of love
And you’ll keep on feeling at home
Throughout the coming years
Change is for certain
This is we all know
Each day opening the curtain
On a brand new show
Through your sorrow and grieving
Don’t forget the name of love
It goes on without any end
Forever
Birth and life and death make a circle
We are all part of
To see the light ever lasting
Live in the name of love
Forever
Woke up this mornin' feelin' fine
There's somethin' special on my mind
Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah
Somethin' tells me I'm into something good
(Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
She's the kind of girl who's not too shy
And I can tell I'm her kind of guy
She danced close to me like I hoped she would
(She danced with me like I hoped she would)
Somethin' tells me I'm into something good
(Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
We only danced for a minute or two
But then she stuck close to me the whole night through
Can I be fallin' in love
She's everything I've been dreamin' of
She's everything I've been dreamin' of
I walked her home and she held my hand
I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand
So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could
(I asked to see her and she told me I could)
Somethin' tells me I'm into something good
(Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
Somethin' tells me I'm into something good
(Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
To something good, oh yeah, something good
(Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
To something good, something good, something good
I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOU BETTER
by Carole King
I'd like to know you better
There's so much about you I can see
There's a love as good as gold in you
I can feel it when I'm holding you
I want ot be your friend, your lover
I'd like to know you better
Being with you feel so good to me
In a world of distraught humanity
You have brought me to my sanity
How lucky you are
We seem to get along so well
Whether or not we'll stay that way
It's much to early to tell
But I'd like to know you better
Though I alrready feel as if I do
Meeting you has been so good for me
And if only temporarily
I want ot be your friend, your lover
Yes, I'd like to know you better
Words and Music by
Carole King & Carole Bayer Sager
When I met you, I let you know
I didn't want to go the way I'd gone before
That door was closed - I was just looking for fun
And you were the right one, you got it
So we could just play around
We wouldn't get serious or mysterious
When it's done it would just be done
[Chorus]
I wasn't gonna fall in love, no I wasn't gonna fall
I wasn't gonna fall in love, till I fell in love with you
Well, you got down, saw through me
You read me like a book
You took me over and over again
And you turned my head around
I found I didn't know what I thought I knew
I was caught up in you so fast
Emotional, love potional
I want to make every moment last
[Chorus]
Never know what's gonna, never know
what's gonna come along
To change your mind, change your way
Play the game you said you'd never play
Never thought that we, never thought
you and I would be together
Well I thought I could,
but I guess you can't, you can't
You can't ever, never say never
[Chorus]
© 1999 Lushmole Music (BMI) ~ All About Me Music / Adm. By Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
I THINK I CAN HEAR YOU
by Carole King
What must i do, how can I serve you
Is it true what I do is the way to be near you
I'm listening, though sometimes I can't hear you.
Looikng around fills me with wonder
At the way you can keep this old world running smoothly
Thinking of you always seems to soothe me
I know you're probably not a aman or a woman
or a time or a season
But I'm here and life is dear
And I guess that's a good enough reason to say
Just let me do what you put me here to
Let me be what you want me to be
And I hope it'll cheer you
I'm listening and I think I can hear you
Even when I thought I didn't believe
You believed in me
And everyone is a part of you
And anyone can know you
All they've got to do is be
I'm listening, and I think I can hear you.
A candle's burning in my window
And it's burning just for you
I had some big plans for tomorrow
But you had something else to do
You came to me right out of nowhere
You gave me shelter in your eyes
And though you let the walls come caving in
When the cold wind blew
I can't stop thinking about you
You let me walk into your dream world
You gave me things I couldn't steal
And in the wee hours of the morning
I still believe the dream was real
Why did you show me all your colors
When you knew that I was blind
Still I keep looking for the reasons
That'll see me through
I can't stop thinking about you
I can't stop thinking about you
I can't stop thinking about you
The night is dark, indeed
Ah, but I can't hide
There are voices in my house
But nobody's inside
I'll hit the town tonight
But even if I do
The party lights won't shine tonight
'Cause I can't stop thinking about you
I CAN'T HEAR YOU NO MORE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Here you are again
Tellin' me you're sorry, baby
Tellin' me you wanna come on back home
Where you belong
There you go again
Lyin' and alibiin'
Singin' that same old worn out song
Here it comes now
I can't hear you no more
I've heard it all before
You ain't a reachin' me no how
No way, no time until dooms day
I can't hear you no more
I can't hear you no more
You walked out on me
Once too often baby
And I can't take no more of your jive
And that's the truth
I ain't about to let you
Run me into the ground
I'm not gonna throw away my youth
no not hardly
I can't hear you no more
I've heard it all before
You ain't a reachin' me no how
No way, no time until dooms day
I can't hear you no more
I can't hear you no more
You ain't a reachin' me no how
No way, no time until dooms day
I can't hear you no more
I can't hear you no more
You gotta speak out louder
you gotta speak out louder
Cause I can't hear you no more
I can't hear you no more
Just a little bit louder
Everybody's got a little child inside
Still looking for love
Everything we do is in search of it
Everything we say or think of
And every time we reach for somebody
We're reaching out for love
Everybody's looking for love
Everybody is looking for love
When someone says a kind word
It's music to your ears
Yet somewhere inside you're wondering
If you really deserve to let go of your fears
You want to make a connection, you're looking for a way
To escape the loneliness and the tears
That you've had for years
Everybody's looking for love
Everybody is looking for love
But you know you gotta
Hold out, don't settle for less
Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing
Hold out, you deserve the best
Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing
Hold out for love
Maybe you're looking for security
But without a doubt
You're gonna miss the love you wish you had
'Cause love is what life is all about
Well, if it don't feel right, then don't do it
If the night is dark, don't sell your soul to get through it
Listen to your heart, it'll tell you how to do it
Love will be worth the wait
Everybody's looking for love
Everybody is looking for love
But you know you gotta
Hold out, don't settle for less
Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing
Hold out, you deserve the best
Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing
Hold out for love
HOLD ON
by Carole King & Rick Evers
Heavy chains have been broken
The old ones have spoken
Old young friend of ours
It won’t be long until we can touch the stars
Like a quick silver flash, your liquid light
Flows into our hearts and makes us feel all right
Hold on until qe can get there
You know when we get there
All dark forces will be gone
We need each other now more than ever
Our love is the sun-young lord of the light
It’s a shame that one such as you
Should have to walk this cold and lonely night
Hold on until we can get there
You know when we get there
All dark forces will be gone
HI DE HO
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Hi de ho, hi de hi
Gonna get me a piece of the sky
Gotta find me some o’ that old sweet roll
A singin’
Hi de hi de hi de hi de ho
I’ve been down so long
Bottom looked like up
Once I thought that second saves
Was enough to fill my cup
Now I offered all I got
And that ain’t no way to live
Bein’ taken by the ones
who got the least amount to give
(CHORUS)
Once I met the devil – he was mighty slick
Tempted me with wordly goods
And said you could have your pick
But when he laid the paper on me
And he showed me where to sign
I said, “Thank you very kindly
but I’m in too great a need of mind.”
(CHORUS)
Hey, girl, I want you to know
I'm gonna miss you so much if you go
And, hey, girl, I tell you no lie
Something deep inside of me's going to die
If you say so long
If this is goodbye
Hey girl, this can't be true
How am I supposed to exist without you?
And hey, girl, now don't put me on
What's gonna happen to me when you're gone?
How will I live?
How can I go on?
How can I go on?
Hey, girl
Hey, girl, now sit yourself down
I'm not ashamed to get down on the ground
And then beg you to stay
Don't go away
Hey, girl
GROWING AWAY FROM ME
by Carole King
You've been my life to me
My very soul and my heart
But lately something's come over you
And it's tearing me apart
CHORUS:
Darlin' I feel you growing away from me
More and more each day
Whatever you want me to be I'll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me
Even whe you say you love me
The feeling's no longer there
I know there's somebody else
And it's more than I can bear
CHORUS
Believe me, I would let you go if I could
But I don't know if it's worse thing being lonely
Than having you here in body only
It's no use pretending
When the love you used to feel is gone
Yet even though I'm losing you
I can't help tryin' to hold on
CHORUS
I feel you
Growing away from me
GOOD MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
by Carole King
I've seen people just because they'd had some schooling
Think they know all there is to know
Well, I've done some movin' around in my time and I ain't foolin'
One of my favourite places to go
Is where there's
CHROUS:
Good Mountain People
who make you feel so fine
Good mountain people they sure know
how to have a rockin' good time
I've travelled in vehicles
over miles of country
Too fast to stop and look around
But I'm like a child again
I'm learning how to run free
It's good to feel my feet back on the ground
Livin' with those
CHORUS
It's quite a sight to see rednecks and long hairs
After years on the opposite sides of the fence
Helpin' each other in time of need
Knowin' they both belong there
Workin' in out with old common sense
Just because they're
CHORUS
GOLDEN MAN
by Carole King
Golden man
You hold my heart in your hand
You made me understand
The pain the earth is feeling
YOu know what love is worth
You're real and you know
your purpose on earth
And i can see the sun
shining in your eyes
Golden man
Beneath the crescent moon you stand
You speak to the wind and
unmistakeably it answers
And just like two dancers
We move together
in perfect harmony
And I can see the sun
shining in your eyes
Sun, lover, brother
father and friend
From the mountain
you've come down
You wrap your lvoe around me
And I know my soul has found me
By the way we blend again
and again and again
Golden man
My now and forever's planned
The land is our destiny and
you have brought me home to it
Together we'll build our dream
I know that we can do it
'Cause I can see the sun
shining in your eyes
GOAT ANNIE
by Carole King
When I was young I used to see her
Herdin' her goats on a hillside
No one knows and she ain't telling her age
I'd say she's just about seventy five
She's an old timer
Tryin' to hold on to what she's got
They call her Goat Annie
I still remember the stories
The townspeople told to each other
Just because she liked her goats
better than people
They said the devil was her brother
She never paid them no mind
She just kept on bein' herself
Goat Annie
She's real individual
One of a dying breed
Everything she's got right now
Is all she'll ever need
One day the government decided
They had to have the land she lived on
They came with the papers
polite as could be
They said she had just thirty days
to get gone
You could see them smirking
"We're just doin' our job here
You understand, Goat Annie"
She said 2I was born and raised here
Ain't never done wrong to no one
You ain't gonna throw me off my land,
not me or my goats or my shotgun"
Then she leveled her 12-guage
with a blast she sent'em packin'
Go, Goat Annie
Next day they came with the lawmen
But that didn't get'em nowhere
Rather than shoot at a poor old lady
They decided to let her
live her days out there
It doesn't happen very often
But there are still some people
with heart
Like Goat Annie
Go away, little girl. Go away, little girl.
I'm not supposed to be alone with you.
I know that your lips are sweet,
But our lips must never meet.
I belong to someone else, and I must be true.
Oh, go away, little girl. Go away, little girl.
It's hurtin' me more each minute that you delay.
When you are near me like this,
You're much too hard to resist.
So, go away, little girl, before I beg you to stay.'
Go away.
Please don't stay.
It'll never work out.
When you are near me like this,
You're much too hard to resist.
So, go away, little girl.
Call it a day, little girl.
Oh, please, go away, little girl,
Before I beg you to stay.
Go away.
In Friday's tie-dye nightmare
I was trying to get from here to there
Walking to, passing through people everywhere
I got on at my station, running through the fire
Looking for an elevation that would get me a little higher
News of people dying, someone lying on the stair
Crying for the nation, can we offer up a prayer
There'll be a coronation, a fancy dress affair
We'll be lined up in formation, but we won't be going anywhere
Down the hellhole, trying to make my way
I couldn't get where I wanted, due to an unforeseen delay
The man was apologetic as he turned his head to say
Sorry, kid, you're not gonna make it home today
Hey mister, why'd you take my ticket away
Even more to the point, how come I let you
I could blame it all on you, or make up my mind to stay
I wish I knew a way I could forget you
I didn't read the fine print, y'gotta be on the ball
Some days I'm less confident, up against a wall
I wonder where my mind went, I should have made the call
I like to think I'm innocent, but then, don't we all
I got to the next location, hoping for the best
But another situation put me to the test
A man in black pants, a white shirt, and a red vest
Had fallen on the track and no one even got depressed
Or even guessed he wasn't putting on an act
Someone said he'd drunk too much
'Cause he was lying on his back
It was also duly noted that he happened to be black
There was a serious lack of anything right at all here
What's the difference - I didn't stop
The very least I could have done was call a cop
But I passed the news vendor, pursuing my agenda
And I like everyone else, I dropped the ball here
Still trying to get home, I saw a telephone
And put some coins I had found
They were supposed to work, they did for the man beside me
But when I dropped them in, they wouldn't go down
What is going on here
Will I ever know the truth
How do to deal with the time stealing away your daddy's youth
Story after story of disaster barely missed
You see, common miracles somehow do exist
And anyone can be kissed by lady fortune
So I gathered up my skirt and tucked my wallet in
Grabbed my bag and the sling I carried my girl child in
Funny she didn't cry, she wasn't scared at all
She could see a happy outcome in the patterns on the wall
And y'know
The next train was the right one, but not for the vested man
I try, but there's too many things I'll never understand
Y'gotta keep on going knowing someone's got a plan
For Friday's tie-dye nightmare and Monday's promised land
And there it is
THE FIRTS DAY IN AUGUST
by Carole King & Charles Larkey
On the first day in August
I want to wake up by your side
After sleeping with you
on the last night in July
In the morning
We'll catch the sun rising
And we'll chase it from the mountains
to the bottom of the sea
When the day is over
ANd the night air comes to chill us
You'll build a fire
And we'll watch the flames dancing
You'll fall asleep
With your arm around my shoulder
And nothing will come between us
On the first night In August
The first day In August
FANTASY (END)
by Carole King
Now that I've expressed ny soul
I'll step back to my real-life role
And hope I've brought you back across the line
You may think there's nothing you can do
To change what's all too true
But all you have to do is use your mind
In fantasy you can be anything you
want to be
And someday our reality will be as good as
never never land
EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SPIRIT
by CArole King
You can feel it in the air
Like a circle growing
You can tune right into it
If you know what you're looking for
If you want to be a part of it
Open the door to your heart and your mind
You can't help but find
As you begin to soar
Everybody's got the spirit
Yeah, you know what I mean
Working together, keeping it nice and easy
Keeping it free
There'sa train pulling in
To the nearest station
Fare is low
You can go if you want to
If you're gonna get on board
Now is the time, 'cause it's on the move
The music is soothing
The ryhtm is grooving
People growing all the time in every way
Learning where they are in terms of every day
Might as well keep moving, time won't elt you stay
Everybody's got the spirit
EAGLE
by Carole King
CHORUS:
Eagle wants to fly again
Though she's been shot down
You can see her tryin'
Though her wings still touch the ground
Soon she's gonna rise up
With a pure and joyfoul sound
Fly, Eagle
Strong heart feels abandoned
He's been away from waht he loves the best
But his spirit isn't broken
He feels content around the Eagle's nest
Ah, but you can feel his patience
And you know whatever strong heart does
he never longs for what was
He lives each moment to the end
CHORUS
Through it all she tends her young ones
Doing what she can to help them grow
Maybe they will fly away before her
And her only choice is just to let them go
Eagle sees her sister
Living free up on the mountain top
So she doubles her effort
till you think that she is bound to drop
But Eagle has the courage
You can tell that she's been felled before
She was born to soar
And she's gonna soar again
Everything's lost in illusion
I keep moving, but I can't seem to get out of the shadows
Out into the light of day
Everyone's out in the afternoon
Turning their faces up to the sun like a spotlight
What's wrong with me, I don't want to play
You're my obsession, I just can't get you out of my mind
I look around and I see all the signs
They say danger
I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness
Down to the darkness
Oh, but I want you to
I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness
Down to the darkness
Oh, but you know I want you to
Oh, yes I want you to
I'm afraid of the dark
Oh, but I'm attracted to it
I'm afraid of the dark
I want to run away, but I can't do it
Through my hazy confusion
I close my eyes, but your image is indelibly burned there
Seared into my memory
Now as I stand on the edge of the precipice
Looking down into the black abyss
I know I'll be lost with just one kiss
But I want to be
Even as the tongues of fire lick at me from below
No turning back, I just can't let go of the danger
I know you're gonna take me down
I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness
Oh, but I want you to
I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness
Oh, down to the darkness
Oh, but you know I want you to
Oh, yes I want you to
I want you to take me down to the darkness
Down, down, down to the darkness
She lives in the land of the used to be
These days, baby that's all she's got
She tries so hard just to stay in touch
But auld acquaintance long forgot
A half cup of coffee steaming in her hand
Too bad things didn't turn out quite the way she planned
She had hold of the brass ring but it came back sand
And broken promises
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
Yesterday I ran into an old friend
Standing on a corner in a cold sweat
So I took him walking down on Deal Street
To make a payment on a years-old debt
He told me what he's feeling; I told him all I know
He told me all about the fear when the night winds blow
Hey you don't need to hold on to wrongs of long ago
And broken promises
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
You write your life story in your dreams at night
And hope your life turns out that way
In your racy lacy underwear you long for love
But love eludes you every day
All the old suspicions well up in your mind
You always look for trouble, so trouble's what you find
But you got the power to get out of the line
Of broken promises
Y'got to get out, get out, get out of the line
Do you feel love
Do you feel love tonight
Do you feel love,
Do you feel love tonight
DISCO TECH
by Carole King & Navarro
If you want to get a real education
Come to the friendliest shool in the nation
Rhythm is a way fo comunication
You won't ever want to take a vacation
You can meet the Dean of Boogaloo
He's gonna get down and boogie with you
At Disco Tech
Let me be your teacher
Disco Tech
Why don't you take home a diploma
from Disco Tech
We won't give you pomp and circumstance
All you're gonna need to do is dance
Why don't you enroll, give your soul a chance
You might even find a new romance
Everybody here is graded "A"
The only school records are the ones we play
At Disco Tech
Let me be your teacher
Disco Tech,Come On, Come On, Come On
Disco Tech
Why don't you take home a diploma
from Disco Tech
DANCING
by Carole King
I dance a little closer to you
and watch you dance away
Hard selling what we both know
tomorrow you may not be able to give away
And as I leave the stage
Dancing through my rage
I feel helpless as the music goes on,
and we turn another page
Dancing-everybody's dancing
Moving through the ballet
Never missing a cue
How sad, but how beautiful it can be
To watch the choreography
As we play out our fantasy
Red hair flashing
under amber colored lights
You pirouette too smoothly
And you move around your ladies
And you fear of lonely nights
As you leap across the air
You're so perfectly aware
Of your audience in rapt attention
As you hang suspended there
You do have a tender side
I can feel it, though you've always
tried to hide it from me
cause you know that I'm one woman
who's strong enough to see you
As you've always been afraid to be
Dancing-everybody's dancing
DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Never been the kind to stay at home
Even when I'm feeling down
So every night I go out on the town
Circulating around
Well I thought I could forget about you
But every night I find
It's not easy as I thought it would be
To dance you out of my mind
You've got me dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
You've got me dancing with a hurt in my soul
I can't control my emotions
Ever since we said our goodbyes
Don't you know you can find me any old time
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Now anything can happen in this day and age
Just take a look at me
My body keeps moving to the happy beat
While my spirit's in misery
You can't see it with the strobe lights flashing
No, I don't look out of place
But there's a whole different picture you'll see of me
When you get a look at my face
You'll see me dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
You'll see me dancing with a hurt in my soul
I can't control my emotions
Ever since we said our goodbyes
Don't you know you can find me
You know you can find me
Don't you know you can find me any old time
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Dancing with tears in my eyes
CRAZY
by Carole King
Y' get up every morning see the same old face
Y'get in your car and drive it down to the same old place
Well do you ever wonder what it's all about
Something they call freedom of choice
That yu should not live without
CHORUS:
Me, I'm feelin' lazy
And it's me that' on the line
I may be crazy
But I've been crazy for a long time
You take your action in weekends at a time
But you can make all week your own
If you set your mind
You see secy¡urity in the chrome American dream
But I don't believe in livin' in the middle
With available extremes
CHORUS
Now there's many people see the truth in what I'm sayin'
But it's hard to make up your mind with a programmed brain
You who know better, but you're just gonna wait and see
Why don't you do it now, you may never get another opportunity
COMPUTER EYES
by gerry goffin & Carole King
Computer Eyes-it hurts to tell you
I don't really want you
But I know if I leave you
It won't really grieve you
Casue y'really don't have a soul to haunt you
Computer Eyes-you made me happy for a while
But bow I'm going
The coldness that you show me
Tells me you don't know me
And that leaves our love so little room for growing
don't want to program making love
I like it real and with feeling
And every time y'say you love me
Or you're thinking of me
It's like I kind of get the feeling that I'm stealing
Computer Eyes-I must have been crazy
To ever try you
Y'see, I'm just a human being
And I don't like what I'm seeing
So you're gonna have to find another computer eyes
to lie to
Computer Eyes-you're gonna have to learn to cry
Live in the colour of your dreams
Know everything you see is not quite what it seems
Take everything you have to give
If you believe it, you can make it what you want to
All you gotta do is say you will
Go for the vision in your mind
Throw all your doubt away, just leave it all behind
You are the owner of the game
Nothing will ever be the same once you have played it
You know you're gonna win if you just say you will
Oh, everything you'll ever need you already know
Oh, the only place to go
Is where angels ride the sunset and heaven lies below
So dream of the day when you will fly
And let the wings of your destiny carry you through the sky
Take everything you have to give
If you believe it, you can make it what you want to
And be living in the colour of your dreams
CHANGES
by Carole King
With my limited vision
I don't understand
Why anybody has to lose a friend
Everybody has to follow their heart
But it can hurt so bad
To see changes
I believed in something
I thought you did too
But I didn't know what you wee going through
How can people be so close, yet apart
There's no wrong or right
It's just changes
Once I experienced the other end
I lost a friend or two
Doing what was true for me
Even though I know that time will make it right
I miss the way things used to be
I'm only human
And I may never know
All the reasons why people come and go
I guess if we can love it all transcends
There's enough to give
We've got our lives to live
Through changes
Meet me on the highway
Meet me on the road
As long as you've got to travel
Don't you want someone to help you carry your load?
First time out is a heady feeling
White clouds under my feet
Sailin' along like a south wind
Over fields of whispering wheat
Thinkin' alone on a Thursday morning
Of peace and love and war
I still don't have any answer
But I don't get high anymore
Meet me on the highway
Meet me on the road
As long as you've got to travel
Don't you want someone to help you carry your load?
Some folks are forever movin'
And some folks gotta be still
Don't let it get you, there's joy in either
So do what you will
Everyone knows it's the same old feeling
Worlds below the sea
Just you and me and easy
Is where I want to be
Meet me on the road
As long as you've got to travel
Don't you want someone to help you carry your load?
CAN'T YOU BE REAL
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Long ago we had our dreams
And that was all that we needed
Then all at once we got to see
The cycles we repeated
Baby can't you be real
I said Baby can't you be real?
Anyone can look into your eyes
And tell you what you're missin'
It's been told to you many times before
But you refuse to listen
Baby can't you be real?
Oh Baby can't you be real?
I said Baby can't you be real?
Baby can't you be real?
BITTER WITH THE SWEET
by Carole King
SOmetimes I'm tired and I wonder
what's so all-fired important
About being someplace at some time
Oh, but I don't really mind
Cause I could be on Easy Street
and I know that
You've got to take the bitter with the sweet
I guess it gets to everyone,
you think you're not having fun
And you wonder what you're doing
playing the games you play
Hey, well, it's true what they say
If ou want to feel complete
don't you know that
You've got to take the bitter with the sweet
A friend of mine once told me
And I know he knows all about feelin' down
He said everything good in life
you've got to pay for
But feelin' good is waht you're
paving the way for
So, don't let it get you down, my friend
though it seems the blues will never end
On this you can depend, they always do
And I can tell you that it's true
it's a feeling that can't be beat
And you've got to do it
You've got to take the bitter with the sweet
Happy Birthday
Celebrate your day in style
Happy Birthday
Tonight I want to see you smile
Your whole life is in front of you, you've only just begun
So Happy Birthday
The best is yet to come
Happy Birthday to you
The good things I could say about you are infinite
But I will only take a minute
To say the world is a better place with you in it
With you in it
Happy Birthday
You know just how to be
Happy Birthday
I'm glad you're you with me
To know you is to love you, to love you is to be blessed
So Happy Birthday
You deserve the best
Every time I ever reach out for you
You never let me down
Any time you're ever in need of a friend
I will always be around
Happy Birthday
You are everything that's good
You are everything that matters
I would give you the world if I could
You will always be a part of me and all that I go through
So Happy Birthday, dear friend
May all your dreams come true
Happy birthday to you
BEING AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER
by Carole King
Everyone comes from one father, one mother
So why do we complicate our lives so much
By being at war with each other
Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't understand it
Why do we seem to vote to dig more holes
It's such a waste of a planet
There must be a reason that I can't see
Maybe somebody else knows better than me
All I know is
Everyone else is a sister or brother
So we've got to look around again and stop
Being at war with each other
In dreams
It seems
I always see
Avenue P
As it ought to be
In a four-star movie
Directed by me
And starring, of course,
Yours truly,
Rosie
In this fabulous movie
You're all gonna see
An entirely different Avenue P
Imagine me
In a jungle gown!
And Avenue P, a jungle town!
With King Kong
Swinging out of a tree
And carrying me
Over that jungle Avenue P
Right!
You don't have to sit
With your face in a droop
On the stoop
'Cause your mama the boss
Says you better not cross
That old Avenue P
In a jungle you're free!
The tom-tom beats
The tiger carouses
The jungle creeps over the red brick houses
And for chillers and thrillers
I train giant gorillas
To chase mamas and papas
Clippety-cloppety
Thumping their breasts
Roaring, GET OFF MY PROPERTY!
No one's allowed
Who says maybe or no
They gotta get out
They just gotta go
Right!
In dreams
It seems
I always see
Avenue P
As it ought to be
A terrific place
For people like me
You'll see
I'll make it that way
Someday
Avenue P as it ought to be
Avenue P as it ought to be
AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE
by Carole King
At this time in my life very conscious of who I am
I know that who I am doesn't matter
All the chatter that goes on between
As we talked around what we really mean
Really makes me wonder
At this time in my life
(At this time in my life)
A feeling I can't control
is creeping up inside my soul and growing
What is it all about
Wouldn't knowing help me to work it out
I can't be afraid of thunder
At this time in my life
(At this time in my life x2)
At this time in my life let me stop
let me take control of myself and be me
I can see me in a few years
trying to see where reality has gone
I won't let it take me under
At this time in my life
I won't let it take me under
At this time in my life
Words and Music by
Carole King, Rob Hyman & Rich Wayland
Why do we isolate each other
All the walls we build between us
Make it so hard to be together
How can we tear at one another
When the thing we have in common
Is an uncommon love
Walls can fall, tears can mend
So why can't we reach across the line
And touch each other
Here on two sides of the truth
We've a middle ground in common
We have an uncommon love
Time can heal, hearts can mend
So why can't we reach across the line
And touch each other
When will we ever learn
That the thing we have in common
Is an uncommon love
We have an uncommon love
An uncommon love
© 1998 Lushmole Music (BMI) Dubnotes Music / Adm. By Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (ASCAP) ~Illegal Songs (BMI)
A - alligators all around
B - bursting balloons
C - catching colds
D - doing dishes
E - entertaining elephants
F - forever fooling
G - getting giggles
H - having headaches
I - imitating Indians
J - juggling jellybeans
K - keeping kangaroos
L - looking like lions
M - making macaroni
N - never napping
O - ordering oatmeal
P - pushing people
Q - quite quarrelsome
R - riding reindeer
S - shockingly spoiled
T - throwing tantrums
U - usually upside down
V - very vain
W - wearing wigs
X - x-ing x's
Y - yackety-yacking
Z - zippity zound
A - alligators ALL around!
ALABASTER LADY
by Carole King
Alabaster Lady
I have always wanted to be a girl like you
Long of leg and seeing the world the way you do
But you're in tiny golden chains
Somehow I think you know it don't make sense for you
To let your wings be held by someone
who's too intense for you
Alabaster Lady
You are such a sweet and sensual spirit
There's a joy within him singing
Adn he loves you cause he knows that you can hear it
Still the child within remains
And though he knows that you have pains to talk about
He sees your soul as you walk about
And doesn't dare to let himself-get near it
You're so very young
Your life is just beginning
Your consciousness begun
Like a sleepy child awakening
As you reach out for me
With confidence still to come
Can you teach me to be free
Of my fear of being struck down by the pendulum
Alabaster Lady
As you weave a web of love with azure flowers
The early morning hours
Bring to you the misty light of dawn
And he, knowing you'll be gone, only tries
to hold you closer to him
If you only knew your powers
You could save him
You could save him by just sayin' "NO SIR" to him
Come on Alabaster Lady
You say that you love him-just be yourself
You can save him if you try
Come on Alabaster Lady
Y'know just where you're going
Keep on growing
And let yourself just fly
Come on Alabaster Lady
Come on now, Alabaster Lady
Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you've got it made
Everything changes on you
Ain't that the way
Nothing is stranger than the truth
And how it comes to you
Ain't that the way
In this life we are living
Moment to moment, day by day
And through all our tribulations
We reach out for each other
And if we're lucky, someone cares enough to say
Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you're in control
Everything turns around
Ain't that the way
One day you're flying
Next day you're on the ground
Ain't that the way
So it goes
You never know what's gonna happen
You never know, but something always does
And sometimes in quiet desperation
You realize it's never gonna be the way it was
Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you've got it all
There's a wall in front of you
Ain't that the way
You gotta go through it, it's life
And it's all okay
Ain't that the way
Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel uninspired
And when I knew I had to face another day
Lord, it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you, life was so unkind
but your love was the key to my peace of mind
cause you make me feel
you make me feel
you make me feel
like a natural woman
And when my soul was in the lost-and-found
You came along to claim it
I didn't know just what was wrong with me
till your kiss helped me name it
now I'm no longer doubtful
of what I'm living for
cause if I make you happy I don't need to do more
you make me feel
you make me feel
you make me feel
like a natural woman
oh baby what you've done to me (what you've done to me)
you make me feel so good inside (good inside)
and I just wanna be (wanna be)
close to you you make me feel so alive
you make me feel
you make me feel
you make me feel
like a natural, natural woman
you make me feel
you know you make me feel
you make me feel
like a natural woman
you know you
you make me feel
you make me feel
you make me feel
like a natural woman
natural woman
(LOVE IS LIKE A) BOOMERANG
by Carole King
If you want to give your heart
Don't be afraid to try
Love is like a boomerang
It comes right back to you
YOu've got a need for company
Someone you know will be there
Don't let your bruised and
battered soul deny it
My scars are plain to see
But ,ove's been good to me
And I know it's because
I was willing to try it
So if you want to love again
Don't hesitate any more
Love is like a boomerang
It comes right back to you
Throw it out -let it fly
Let it soar -watch it
sail acroos the sky
Mountains are there for you to climb
People are doing it all the time
You can make it to the top
If you make your attempt a strong one
So if you want to give your heart
Don't be afraid to try
Love is like a boomerang
it comes right back to you
Comes right back to you
Right back-let it fly
Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel uninspired
And when I knew I had to face another day
Lord, it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you, life was so unkind
But your love was the key to peace of mind
Cause you make me feel, you make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woman
When my soul was in the lost-and-found
You came along to claim it
I didn't know just what was wrong with me
Till your kiss helped me name it
Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for
And if I make you happy I don't need to do more
Cause you make me feel, you make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woman
Oh, baby, what you've done to me
You make me feel so good inside
And I just want to be close to you
You make me feel so alive
Cause you make me feel, you make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woman
Stayed in bed all mornin'
Just to pass the time
There's somethin' wrong here
There can be no denying
One of us is changin'
Or maybe we just stopped trying
And it's too late, baby,
Now it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no...
It used to be so easy
Livin' here with you.
You were light and breezy
And I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy
And I feel like a fool
And it's too late, baby,
Now it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no...
There'll be good times again
For me and you,
But we just can't stay together
Can't you feel it too?
Still I'm glad for what we had
And how I once loved you,
But it's too late, baby,
Now it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no...
It's too late, baby
It's too late, now, darlin'
It's too late
When I left the world behind me
Retreating through the past
You reached out to find me
And brought me back at last
You've shown me something
Beyond my looking glass
Now love's in my reflection
In the shadow that you cast on me and you
You're something new
You're something new
Under the sun
Under the moon, you're the light of creation
And I knew
That I'd come to love you
Life seemed oh so temporary
A case of 'Here and gone'
And I survived just barely
Until you came along
But now each day I'm given
Is one more day I know
A love that's so unselfish
It's a pleasure just to show my love to you
You're something new
You're something new
Under the sun
Under the moon, you're the light of creation
And I knew
That I'd come to love you
You're something new
Under the sun
Under the moon, you're the light of creation
And I knew
You're something new
Under the sun
Under the moon, you're the light
You're the light, you're the light
You're something new
Under the sun
Under the moon, you're the light of creation
And I knew
You're something new
My mama loves me, she's my best friend
I know my daddy's with me right to the end
Oh, but my baby's got the final say
And what he says, it turns me every way
But loose, he say now
Oo-ee baby, wrap around joy
What it takes to save me, that wrap around joy
I believe in salvation, I don't doubt what I've found
I just can't do without it
Oh, that good old wrap around
My baby calls me late Friday night
He sounds so crazy but he feels so right
He says, "Get ready mama, now lighten your load
And I'll be right over for the next episode"
Here we go now
Oo-ee baby, wrap around joy
That's what he gave me, that wrap around boy
He's been my undoin' I've been coming unwound
But I don't mind unwindin' for some
Good old wrap around
Oo-ee, baby, wrap around joy
That's what he gave me, that wrap around boy
Wrap around boy, wrap around joy
That's what he gave me, that wrap around boy
Wrap wrap wrap around, wrap around joy
Oo-ee, baby, wrap around joy
Tonight you're mine, completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?
Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sighs
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?
I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
On the first day in August
I wanna wake up by your side
After sleeping with you
On the last night in July
In the morning
We'll catch the sun rising
And we'll chase it from the mountains
To the bottom of the sea
When the day is over
And the night air comes to chill us
You'll build a fire
And we'll watch the flames dancing
You'll fall asleep
With your arm around my shoulder
And nothing will come between us
On the first night in August
Hard times, hand to mouth, down and out
All those hard times
But we've seen the seasons turning
As we weathered every storm
And the climate of our loving
Is so tender and so warm
And the best is yet to come
This is only the beginning
And we've only just begun
To realize the best is yet to come
Heartache, more or less useless
All the heartache
But when the flood of sudden tears came down
We smiled and stood our ground
And the laughter we'd been counting on
It finally came around
And the best is yet to come
And it's getting so much better
Than anything I've known
My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
An everlasting vision of the ever changing view
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold
Once amid the soft silver sadness in the sky
There came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by
He wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide
And a coat of many colors, yellow-green on either side
He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand came down empty
Soon within my tapestry along the rutted road
He sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad
It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well
As I watched in sorrow, there suddenly appeared
A figure gray and ghostly beneath a flowing beard
In times of deepest darkness, I've seen him dressed in black
Now my tapestry's unraveling, he's come to take me back
High on her snow covered mountain
From her throne she looks down at the clowns
Who think youth can be found in a fountain
High on the wings of her rhythms
She will smile at the guys who come on
With their eyes but she'll never dance with them
And in smoke filled rooms of electric sound
A legend is built around the Snow Queen
You may believe you're a winner
But with her you'll soon bite the dust
And discover you're just a beginner
You may not think you're a loser
But in mid-air you'll be hung while
You trip on your tongue and it'll only amuse her
In the morning haze you are frozen there
Caught in the icy stare of the Snow Queen
No my friend she doesn't want what you're selling
Go my friend there must be a place you can hide
And into the night you'll fade knowing you've lost the game
Now, Smackwater Jack he bought a shotgun
'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation
He just a-let it all hang loose, he didn't think about the noose
He couldn't take no more abuse so he shot down the congregation
You can't talk to a man
With a shotgun in his hand
Now, big Jim the chief, stood for law and order
He called for the guard to come and surround the border
And now from his bulldog mouth as he led the posse South
Came the cry, "We got to ride to clean up the streets
For our wives and our daughters"
You can't talk to a man
When he don't wanna understand
No, no, no, no, no
The account of the capture wasn't in the papers
But you know, they hanged ol' Smack right then instead of later
You know, the people were quite pleased
'Cause the outlaw had been seized and on the whole
It was a very good year for the undertaker
You know, you know, you can't talk to a man
With a shotgun in his hand
A shotgun in his hand
Smackwater Jack bought a shotgun
Yeah, Smackwater Jack bought a shotgun
Oh, Smackwater Jack, yeah
Talkin' 'bout Smackwater Jack, yeah
Talkin' 'bout a-Smackwater Jack, now
Talkin' 'bout Smack, talkin' 'bout Jack
Smackwater Jack, yeah
Wouldn't you like to come with me
On a regular old-fashioned fantasy?
Let the music come and carry you along
Let your mind just wander
Do you want to go for a ride?
Let out the secrets you're keeping inside
It's a miracle to just be alive
Come on, come on, come on, ride the music
There's no magic or mystery
You gotta give yourself a break occasionally
And let the music come and carry you along
I'm really Rosie
And I'm Rosie real
You better believe me
I'm a great big deal
Believe me
Believe me
I'm a star from afar
Off the golden coast
Beat that drum, make that toast
To Rosie the most
Believe me
Pieces of toast raspberry jam
Laid out on the breakfast table
It's time, it's time to begin again
Way down in the valley
Where the rivers flow
Lives a girl named Sally
Who loves to watch things grow
Pieces of toast raspberry jam
Laid out on the breakfast table
It's time, it's time to begin again
Now Sally has five children
And a good old man
And they all sit down together
For their toast and their raspberry jam
Raspberry jam
Oh, how they love
Pieces of toast raspberry jam
Laid out on the breakfast table
The local rock group down the street
Is trying hard to learn their song
They serenade the weekend squire
Who just came out to mow his lawn
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
And no one seems to care
See Mrs. Gray, she's proud today
Because her roses are in bloom
And Mr. Green, he's so serene
He's got a TV in every room
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Mothers complain about how hard life is
And the kids just don't understand
Creature comfort goals
They only numb my soul
And make it hard for me to see
My thoughts all seem to stray
To places far away
I need a change of scenery
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Looking out my window
Peace in the valley just don't come
Though I know that man's my brother
And that I'm the selfish one
The hour is getting later
It's time we had begun
Knowing something's one thing
But the race must still be run
Take care of little jealousies
And talk that kills for fun
And hold your heart in readiness
It's so easy to come undone
But I think I saw a brand new light
Coming over the horizon
Brighter than all the others
And it says, "All men are brothers under the skin
Brothers under the skin"
Looking out my window
Peace in the valley just don't come
Though I know that she's my sister
And that I'm the selfish one
And I look at all the people
And I love the ones I can
And I wonder if the dream will be
Or be turned into sand
Still I think I saw a brand new light
Coming over the horizon
Brighter than all the others
And it says, "All men are brothers under the skin
Brothers under the skin"
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Peace in the valley just don't come
Like some night bird homeward wingin'
He seeks the sheltered nest
Like the sailor's lost horizon
He needs some place to rest
The songs that he's been singin'
No longer make much sense
And those stranger's cold perceptions
They've killed his confidence
Nightingale, she sails away upon a sea of song
Nightingale, she serenades his lonely, lonely life along
When his tired voice is broken, his golden hope is gone
She makes a lost soul's simple longing, somehow not so wrong
Nightingale, nightingale
He was strong, but he was taken
By the thought of his success
Those spotlights shadows how they lured him
And took him like all the rest
But that old dream don't look good now
No it don't seem quite the same
He needs to hear a tender word
Won't you sing him home again?
Nightingale, she sails away up on a sea of song
Nightingale, she serenades his lonely, lonely life along
When his strength is slowly going his pride is all but gone
She makes a foolish dreamer listen to one last song
Nightingale ooh sing sweet nightingale
Oh, na, na, na, na, na
Nightingale, oh nightingale, oh nightingale
Music is playing inside my head
Over and over and over again
My friend, there's no end to the music
Ah, summer is over
But the music keeps playing
And won't let the cold get me down
Pictures are forming inside my brain
Soon with the colors they'll rain together and grow
Then don't you know, don't you know there'll be music
Ah, it's not always easy
But the music keeps playing
And won't let the world get me down
Music is playing inside my head
Music is playing inside
Music is playing inside
Music is playing inside
Music is playing inside
Sometimes I feel like I've been living much too long
And I've wasted too much time
I think, I've lost the inner harmony that flows through me
And my body and mind
Like the shoreline that divides the sea and sand
I'm a surface ever-changing
I get burdened by the things I just don't understand
And all the mountains left to climb
But then the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it's good to be alive
It's gonna be a golden day, wings unfoldin' day
Green trees, blue sky
If I can only learn the lesson of the seasons
Of a balance re-arranging
Though they may not always come just when I want them to
Still they come and keep me high
And the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it's good to be alive
It's gonna be a golden day, wings unfoldin' day
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
Come on baby do the locomotion
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABC's
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby, a jump up, jump back
Oh well, I think you've got the knack, oh, oh
Now that you can do it, let's make a chain now
Come on baby do the locomotion
A-chug-a-chug a motion like a railroad train now
Come on baby do the locomotion
Do it nice and easy now and don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
A yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on baby, jump up, jump back
You know, I think you've got the knack, yeah, yeah
Move around the floor in a locomotion, let me hear ya
Come on baby do the locomotion
Let's do holdin' hands if you get the notion
Come on baby do the locomotion
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me
Come on do the locomotion, come on do the locomotion
Come on do the locomotion, come on do the locomotion
Come on do the locomotion, come on do the locomotion
Come on do the locomotion, come on do the locomotion
I don't know if it's hot in Texas
And I don't know if it's cold in Hell
I don't know if God is watching
I just know that I love you
People say, bad man's gonna getcha
Trade my shoes for a simple soul
Throw away your burnt sienna
'Cause I just know that I love you
Sticks and stones get gone in a hurry
Jack say, Jill, you never looked so fine
Dancing on Boardwalk, what me worry?
As long as I know you're mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, you're mine
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
And if everybody had someone to care about
What a world
What a wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful world this would be, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't care who's in the World Series
Or who does what in their own bedroom
News is blues and it doesn't really matter
I just know that, I just know that I love you, watch it
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
(Don?t know, don?t know, don?t know, don?t know)
I don't know, I don't know
High out of time
I wish the years away
Look into your eyes
And you look into mine
All my sorrows disappear
When I'm high out of time
High out of time
Is a place I like to be
I'm a part of you
And you're a part of me
And I can hold you near
When I'm high out of time
No use wondering where the years have gone
Time waits for no one, we all have to go on
But every now and then I look up an old friend
And come home to some place I used to belong
High out of time
The world becomes so new
Horizons that we've crossed
I cross again with you
Traveling through the years
When I'm high out of time
Traveling through the years
When I'm high out of time
Traveling through the years
Mama doesn't like him
'Cause he never cuts his hair
Daddy doesn't like him
'Cause he says he heard him swear
He's a bad boy
But I don't care
He's not happy working
He's got no use for school
Never feels the least bit sorry
When he treats me cruel
He's a bad boy
But I'm a fool
Don't it kinda break your heart
Now don't it make you sad
When the boy you love so much
Turns out to be so bad
He's a bad boy
A bad boy, oh yeah
Don't it kinda break your heart
Now don't it make you sad
When the boy you love so much
Turns out to be so bad
He's a bad boy
He's a bad boy
He's a bad boy
We've been knowing each other
For many a year, it's true
And I can't think of anyone else
Can make me feel as good as you
Yeah you, you make my day
A little bit brighter in every way
I'm so glad to have you
In this old troubled time
When true love and understanding, child
Are so hard to find
Yes you, you make my way
A little bit brighter every day
Some people live in darkness
Their whole life through
I just know that I'd have been one of them
If it hadn't have been for you
Now sometimes I feel afraid
As we all tend to do
But I think of the loving good times we've had
And I know we're gonna make it through
'Cause you, you make my day
A little bit brighter in every way
Hey, hey
Now you, you make my day
Hey, a little bit brighter in every
Every, every, every way
Now you, you make my day
A little bit brighter in every way
Looking for a way to say
The things I think about day by day
Listen to their meaning if you can
I may step outside myself
And speak as if I were someone else
That's one way I know you'll understand
In fantasy
I can be black or white
Was a time I remember, hope flashed and went dim
When assassins just happened to do the right people in
And love was a slogan coincidently
And they told us they'd work it out eventually
In the swing of changing times, a man cried out for his
And every, every politician said, "He was telling us like it is"
Yes, they walked down the angry streets
To have themselves a look see
And they told us they'd work it out eventually
I see the choking cities, I see them tearing up the earth
I see people feeling that their lives have little worth
And I know that the future depends on you and me
I just hope we can work it out eventually
I just hope we can work it out eventually
Hey maybe someday
Hey maybe someday
Corazon--mi corazon
Corazon--micorazon
Yo te quiero--mi corazon
Corazon--mi corazon
Yo te quiero--mi corazon
Corazon--mi corazon
Yo te quiero--mi corazon
Espero que tu me quieras tambien
Corazon
Corazon--mi corazon
Corazon--mi corazon
Ayudame--mi corazon
Yo te quiero--mi corazon
Ayudame, te quiero, te quiero
Although you see the world different than me
Sometimes I can touch upon the wonders that you see
And all the new colors and pictures you've designed
Oh, yes sweet darling, so glad you are a child of mine
Child of mine, child of mine
Oh, yes sweet darling, so glad you are a child of mine
You don't need direction, you know which way to go
And I don't want to hold you back, I just want to watch you grow
You're the one who taught me you don't have to look behind
Oh, yes sweet darling, so glad you are a child of mine
Nobody's gonna steal your dreams
Or tell you how to live your life
They'll always be people to make it hard for awhile
But you'll change their heads when they see you smile
The times you were born in may not have been the best
But you can make the times to come better than the rest
I know you will be honest if you can't always be kind
Oh, yes sweet darling, so glad you are a child of mine
Child of mine, child of mine
Oh, yes sweet darling, so glad you are a child of mine
Child of mine, child of mine
In January it's so nice
While slippin' on the slidin' ice
To sip hot chicken soup with rice
Sippin' once, sippin' twice
Sippin' chicken soup with rice
In February it will be
My snowman's anniversary
With cake for him and soup for me
Happy once, happy twice
Happy chicken soup with rice
In March the wind blows down the door
And spills my soup upon the floor
It laps it up and roars for more
Blowin' once, blowin' twice
Blowin' chicken soup with rice
In April I will go away
To far off Spain or old Bombay
And dream about hot soup all day
Oh, my once, oh, my twice
Oh, my oh chicken soup with rice
In May I truly think it best
To be a Robin lightly dressed
Concoctin' soup inside my nest
Mix it once, mix it twice
Mix that chicken soup with rice
In June I saw a charmin' group
Of roses all begin to droop
I pepped them up with chicken soup
Sprinkle once, sprinkle twice
Sprinkle chicken soup with rice
In July I'll take a peep
Into the cool and fishy deep
Where chicken soup is sellin' cheap
Sellin' once ah, sellin' twice
Sellin' chicken soup with rice
In August it will be so hot
I will become a cookin' pot
Cookin' soup of course why not?
Cookin' once, cookin' twice
Cookin' chicken soup with rice
In September, for a while
I will ride a crocodile
Down the chicken soupy Nile
Paddle once, paddle twice
Paddle chicken soup with rice
In October I'll be host
To witches, goblins and a ghost
I'll serve them chicken soup on toast
Whoopy once, whoopy twice
Whoopy chicken soup with rice
In November's gusty gale
I will flop my flippy tail
And spout hot soup I'll be a whale
Spoutin' once, spoutin' twice
Spoutin' chicken soup with rice
In December I will be
A baubled, bangled Christmas tree
With soup bowls draped all over me
Merry once, merry twice
Merry chicken soup with, merry chicken soup with
Merry chicken soup with rice
I told you once, I told you twice
All seasons of the year are nice
For eatin' chicken soup, eatin' chicken soup with rice
You and I
We ought to try to face the fact
The things we thought had value
They've all been taken back
We've been losing track of time
But time's no easy mark
I can see you've got a change in mind
But what we need is a change of heart
I can see you've got a change in mind
But what we need's a change of heart
You and me
It seems that we've been holding out
The things that once held meaning
We're no longer sure about
We've been moving down the line
Losing what time we've got
And since you say you've had a change in mind
Why don't you try a little change of heart
I can see you've got a change in mind
But what we need's a change of heart
Now I'm not asking anymore of you
Than I ask of myself
Oh, but when I say we need a new approach
Well, I don't mean to someone else
Change they say it's the only way we grow
Oh, but the change we're showing
Let me tell you I just don't know
Seems to me that we could find some other way to start
Beginning with a change, a change in mind
And ending with a change, a change of heart
Oh begin it with a change, a change in mind
And end it with a change, a change of heart
I can see you've got a change in mind
But what we need is a change of heart
I can see you've got a change in mind
You've got to get up every morning
With a smile on your face
And show the world
All the love in your heart
Then people gonna treat you better
You're gonna find, yes you will
That you're beautiful as you feel
Waiting at the station with a workday wind blowing
I've got nothing to do but watch the passers-by
Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing
And they don't see it showing, why do I?
You've got to get up every morning
With a smile on your face
And show the world
All the love in your heart
Then people gonna treat you better
You're gonna find, yes you will
That you're beautiful as you feel
I have often asked my self the reason for the sadness
In a world where tears are just a lullaby
If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try
You've got to get up every morning
With a smile on your face
And show the world
All the love in your heart
Then people gonna treat you better
You're gonna find, yes you will
That you're beautiful, you're beautiful
You're beautiful as you feel
Today our dear friend
Chicken soup
This very ordinary day
Boiled up a pot of
Chicken soup
And swallowed it away
A-lack! A-day!
O-Woe! Oy-Vey!
He swallowed it away
Now listen to what I'm gonna say
A little bone, a bitty thing
No bigger than my pinky
He swallowed hot
From out that pot
In quicker than a winky
He gulped that soup
Let out a whoop
And fell down croakin'
On the stoop
And he choked
And he sagged
And he smothered
And he gagged
And he let out a scream
And he let out a moan
Then he cried
'Cause he died
From choking on a bone
On such an ordinary day
Like today
A-lack! A-day!
O-Woe! Oy-Vey!
On an ordinary day
Funny how I feel
More myself with you
Than anybody else that I ever knew
I hear it in your voice, see it in your face
You've become the memory I can't erase
You could've been anyone at all
A stranger calling out of the blue
I'm so glad it was you
It wasn't in the plan
Not that I could see
Suddenly a miracle came to me
Safe within your arms
I can say what's true
Nothing in the world I would keep from you
You could've been anyone at all
An old friend falling out of the blue
I'm so glad it was you
Words can hurt you
If you let them
People say them and forget them
Words can promise
Words can lie
But your words make me feel like I can fly
You could've been anyone at all
A net that catches me when I fall
I'm so glad it was you
You could've been anyone at all
An old friend calling out of the blue
In the fields of sweet Ambrosia I've been told
You can sit down by the river and watch yourself unfold
You can drink right from the river
And purify your soul
Oh, Ambrosia, pour it sweet and slow
I need to be replenished, I need to overflow
Let my senses know your power, let your holy mix distill
Oh, Ambrosia, let my spirit drink it's fill
Oh, I've been like those people who need pain to feel alive
But now I'm kind of like a child who's been slowly reconciled
To waiting on the wisdom that he knows will soon arrive
In the hills above Ambrosia I have seen
A lovely place of mystery with meadows emerald green
And the colors of Ambrosia are as real as any dream
Just as real as any dream
Oh, Ambrosia, pour it sweet and slow
I need to be replenished, I need to overflow
Let my senses know your power, let your holy mix distill
All I want is a quiet place to live
Where I can enjoy the fruits of my labor
Read the paper and not have to cry out loud
In my mind I can see it crystal clear
Sharing my dreams with the people around me
Now they surround me and I'm just a part of the crowd
What will become of us?
What about the children?
What will they do to us next time around?
What will the answer be?
What will it mean to me?
When are they gonna see we're underground
Here underground
And all I want is a quiet place to live
Where I can be free in a world of my making
Instead of taking what they decided to give
I wouldn't want what they have no
When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon i will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
Wanting you the way I do
I only want to be with you
And I would go to the ends of the earth
'Cause darling to me that's what you're worth
Where you lead, I will follow
Anywhere that you tell me to
If you need, you need me to be with you
I will follow where you lead
If you're out on the road
Feeling lonely and so cold
All you have to do is call my name
And I'll be there on the next train
Where you lead, I will follow
Anywhere that you tell me to
If you need, you need me to be with you
I will follow where you lead
I always wanted a real home
With flowers on the window sill
But if you want to live in New York City
Honey, you know I will
Yes I will, yes I will
I never thought I could get satisfaction
From just one man
But if anyone can keep me happy
You're the one who can
Where you lead, I will follow
Anywhere that you tell me to
If you need, you need me to be with you
I will follow, oh, oh
Where you lead, I will follow
Anywhere that you tell me to
If you need, you need me to be with you
I will follow where you lead
Oh baby, ooh
I'm gonna follow where you lead
I'm gonna follow where you lead
I'm gonna follow where you lead
Welfare workers prying into her life
Was she really someone's wife and where was he?
She often cried as they left her without a shred of pride
She had so many things to think about
So many children to feed
She had need of something that would ease her mind
Store front religion, play the numbers
She had trouble in her time, in her time, in her time
Weekday mornings, coffee smell in the air
After you've gone and the children have left for school
I'm alone and I think about all the plans we made
I think about all the dreams I had and I wonder if I'm a fool
Weekday midday, I've got the marketing done
Plenty to do but nothing to tax my mind that's all right, it's a habit
Heaven knows I can always watch the daytime shows
And wonder which story's mine
She loved a man she knew little about
After so many years of trying
So many years of doing without
Oh, but what's the use of crying?
Weekday evenings, we sit and I realize
You've dreamed too and I kind of understand
I've been with you and you need me to take care of you
But we'll work it out so I'm a person too
And we'll help each other, the best that we can
Way over yonder is a place that I know
Where I can find shelter from the hunger and cold
And the sweet tasting good life is easily found
Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound, that's where I'm bound
I know when I get there, the first thing I'll see
Is the sun shinin' golden, shinin' right down on me
Then trouble's gonna lose me, worry, leave me behind
And I'll stand up proudly in true peace of mind
Talkin' about, talkin' about
Way over yonder is the place I have seen
In the garden of wisdom from some long ago dream
And maybe tomorrow, I'll find my way
To the land where the honey runs in rivers each day
And the sweet tasting good life is so easily found, yes it is
Way over yonder, that's where I'm
That's where I'm bound, talkin' about, talkin' about
Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound
When the Jazzman's testifying, a faithless man believes, he can sing you
into paradise or bring you to your knees.
It's a gospel kind-a feeling, a touch of Georgia slide, a song of pure
revival and a style that sanctified.
Jazzman, take my blues away. Make my pain the same as yours with every
change you play. Jazzman, oh Jazzman.
When the Jazzman's signifying and the band is winding low. It's the late
night side of morning in the darkness of his soul.
He can fill a room with sadness as he fills his horn with tears. He can
cry like a fallen angel when risin' time is near.
Jazzman, take my blues away. Make my pain the same as yours with every
change you play.
Oh, lift me, won't you lift me with every turn around. Play it sweetly,
Getting off the freeway
Shaking off a bad day
Got to change the feeling
And it doesn?t matter how
Suddenly I see you
Pulling in the driveway
I can?t wait to hold you
And it doesn?t matter now
I go to kiss you on the shoulder
But I feel you leave, you moving away
You've got to tell me what you?re thinking
How else am I supposed to know?
We've got to put our hearts together
And let the love between us grow, two hearts
Standing in the kitchen
Just passed the doorway
I reach out to touch you
But you just turn away
I wanna make you happy
And I?ll do it your way
Whatever it is, just tell me
We can?t go on this way
Everyday we're both a little older
Don?t you feel the time rushing away?
You've got to tell me what you?re thinking
How else am I supposed to know?
We've got to put our hearts together
And let the love between us grow, two hearts
Beating together, two hearts
Standing alone, two hearts
Each one believing
Take a look at us, take a look at us
Take a look at these two hearts
Everyday we're both a little older
Don?t you feel the time rushing away?
You've got to tell me what you?re thinking
How else am I supposed to know?
We've got to put our hearts together
And let the love between us grow, two hearts
Beating together, two hearts
Standing alone, two hearts
Each one believing, two hearts
Every time I've needed you
You've been there for me
But now I feel a boundary has been drawn
I can see from all you do
That you still care for me
I know the feelin' hasn't gone
But there's a space between us
A place that I can't go
Unless you step across and meet me halfway
We've been friends for much too long
And the feelin's much too strong to let it go astray
Reach out and make the space between us go away
I know a little bit of space between two friends
Can sometimes do them good
But once in a while we need to touch
The way that people should
Love can tie you down, I know
'Cause you know I've been there
But I've been workin' on a way to love
And still be free to care
You love your lady
And I know just what you're thinkin'
Was a time I used to be just where you are
But I've since found my freedom
And I've finally let it sink in
The distance very isn't very far
There's a space between us
A place that I can't go
Unless you step across and meet me halfway
We've been friends for much too long
And the feeling's much too strong to let it go astray
Reach out and make the space between us go away
I want you to reach out and make the space between us go away
I want you to reach out and make the space between us go away
I want you to reach out, I know that you can hear me
Come on and reach out, I need to feel you near me
I want you to reach out and make the space between us go away
I want you to reach out and make the space between us go away
Come on and reach out and make the space between us go away
I figured it out
I was high and low and everything in between
I was wicked and wild and baby, you know what I mean
Till there was you, yeah, you
Something went wrong
I made a deal with the Devil for an empty I.O.U.
Been to Hell and back, but an Angel was looking through
It was you, yeah, you, it's all because of you
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
You are the reason, the reason
In the middle of the night
I'm going down
?Cause I adore you
I want to floor you
I'm giving it up
No more running around spinning my wheel
You came out of my dream and made it real
I know what I feel, it's you, it's all because of you
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
You are the reason, the reason
In the middle of the night
I'm going down
?Cause I want you
I want to touch you
I want to floor you, you are the reason, baby
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
The awful truth concerning me
The creature-feature mystery
Is simply this
In the worst way
I wanna play
Mrs. Dracula
The challenge is tough
But I know
I've got the stuff
To be just spectacular
Can't you see it in lights?
Rosie really meets Dracula
So close your eyes and visualize
Me in a cape
And fangs in my head
Loving a guy who's mostly dead
I don't see him often
'Cause he sleeps in a coffin
Nothing could be zanier
Than our lives in Transylvania
We're fabulous one day
And rotten the next
Variety says
Those two must be hexed
At six in the morning
When my sweetie is yawning
I feed all the bats, a mush made of rats
Then I tidy the tomb
Cover all the trap doors
And wash any old blood stains off-a the floors
Don't you see
This juicy part was meant for me?
I got the looks
I got the style
I got bloodshot eyes
And a ghastly smile
It's the dream of my life
To play Dracula's wife
The reviews will all rave
This movie's a whopper
A super show-stopper
And no one can top her
Not Rosie
Dear Academy, take note
I should get the Oscar vote
If I don't, I'll bite your throat
Signin' off now
So you think you've got the
weight of the world on your shoulders
And it's getting too hard to bear
You feel like you're getting older
and older and nobody seems to care
It isn't what you do
it's who you know
ain't that the way it is anymore
Makes you keep on wondering
don't it make you wonder now
What are you living for.
Well it's a sweet life baby
don't you think maybe
You could give it another try
It's your life baby
but I'm not ready to say goodbye
We got a sweet life baby
why don't you take a good look around
It's a sweet life baby
don't let it get you down.
You say you feel snowed under
by circumstances you can
make of it what you will
You can look at the down side or
take your chances and try to make it uphill
you can't keep living inside
your head in a prison cell all your own
Just let yourself go
get your
body out of bed you don't
have to do it all alone.
Well it's a sweet life baby
don't you think maybe
You could give it another try
It's your life baby
but I'm not ready to say goodbye
We got a sweet life baby
why don't you take a good look around
It's a sweet life baby
don't let it get you down.
Well it's a sweet life baby
don't you think maybe
You could give it another try
It's your life baby
but I'm not ready to say goodbye
You know this is real life baby
why don't you take another look around
It's a sweet life baby
don't let it get you down.
It's a sweet life baby
don't you think maybe
you can stop and taste the honey
It's a sweet life baby
it's all about the sugar
it ain't about money.
It's a sweet life baby
don't you think maybe
You could give it another try
It's a sweet life baby
but I'm not ready to say goodbye
Surely you know how I stand
On the question of my loving you
Haven't I proved it in so many ways
Surely you can tell by the way
I kiss your lips that I want you
More surely than my words can say
I see you stand and accuse me
Of no longer wanting you
Misunderstanding what others have seen
Surely you won't let idle people
With nothing else to rely on
Tear down all our hopes and our dreams
Tell me, does the rain fall
(Surely, surely)
And does the summer always follow spring
How does a turtle go
(Slowly, surely)
That's how my love grows, surely, surely, surely
(Surely, surely, surely)
Darling, if your head misleads you
Just listen to your heart, it knows I need you
Just as surely as the sun is gonna rise
(Surely)
Just as surely as the birds are gonna sing
(Surely)
Just as surely as everything is part of everything
I'm a part of you
Surely I know that I'm a part of you
And surely you know that I love you
What a life it is
The hardships, the tears
The desperate years
Such sufferin', such sufferin'
Gimme a Bufferin
And what have I got?
True, it's a lot but so what?
There's got to be more to being so great
To looking first-rate and staying out late
Just look at the state I'm in
Oh, such sufferin'
My days are full of sufferin'
And Bufferin
I've really learned the hard way
That pastas and cakes
And French fries and steaks
Are not such great shakes
That castles in Spain
Are just a big pain
That life is inane
If you're sufferin'
I'm not blufferin'
Can't wonders like me
Learn how to be happy and grateful
For just a mere plateful
Of life's simple goodies?
I wish it were so
But the answer is no
So I suffer, get tougher
And don't get enough o' anything
Us Super-Dupers
Are regular troopers
We give all we got
And believe it or not
That's a lot
The standing ovations
The keys to all nations
Bermuda vacations, money, success
I'd settle for less
If I could stop this sufferin'
Oh, such sufferin'
Foo on such sufferin'
Poo on such sufferin'
Oh, nuts to all this sufferin'
Decades pass in just one year and your illusions disappear
And you fear the speeding time
You find a dream that you embrace, look the other way and it's a race
Trying to keep pace with the speeding time
Don't see no one dancin' on the street
And it's not easy to laugh at your defeat
But hang in, hold on, there will be relief
You gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time
Get your feet on solid ground, it's a nightmare you have found
The howling sound of speeding time
You hear the cries behind stone walls, decipher echoes down the halls
But don't you fall in the speeding time
Drifting back is no way to begin
You gotta try to find the strength within
And hang in, hold on, there will be relief
You gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time,
You never listened when the prophet said
Prepare yourself for times that lie ahead
Now that you know they didn't speak a lie
There's nothing for you to do except to try
And hang in, hold on, oh, hang in, hold on, there will be relief
You gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time, this speeding time
Gotta try to keep your love alive
Baby, you're so frazzled
Spinnin' around in a busby swirl
With all that razzle dazzle
I know at heart you want a down home girl
Oh, you know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch them do a few laps around the sun
But if you don't go in for far out places
I'll take you home with me when the day is done
Baby, you're so scattered
Your span of attention is shrinkin' fast
Your brain's been battered
By all the disappointments of the recent past
Oh, you know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch them do a few laps around the sun
If you don't go in for far out places
I'll take you home with me
Didn't I see you walking on main street
Lookin' in windows waitin' by turnstiles
Thinkin' of things you thought you'd like to buy
Livin' off dreams stored up in film cans
Lookin' at screens just waitin' your turn while
You looked up and saw a rocket in the sky
Oh, you know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch them do a few laps around the sun
But if you don't go in for far out places
I'll take you home with me when the day is done
Whispering wind came uninvited
Looking for somewhere else to go
Here is a lamp I've left unlighted
Aren't you someone I should know?
Memory's flame is soon ignited
Lighting my lamp with amber glow
Quietly friends are reunited
Singing a song of long ago
Cry, cry for someone
Who just can't be happy
And be glad you can feel enough to cry
Younger than always, time descended
Bringing me brand new seeds to sow
Now that they've been a long time planted
What must I do to help them grow?
If it had been as I intended
I wouldn't have the peace I know
Loving the people I've befriended
Singin' a song of long ago
As it began, so I will end it
Singing a song of long ago
Loving the people I've befriended
All you have to do is touch my hand
To show me you understand
And something happens to me
That's some kind of wonderful
Anytime my little world is blue
I just have to look at you
And everything seems to be
Some kind of wonderful
I know I can't express
This feeling of tenderness
There's so much I want to say
But the right words just don't come my way
I just know when I'm in your embrace
This world is a happy place
And something happens to me
That's some kind of wonderful
Some kind of wonderful
(Sweet lips)
Some kind of wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful
(Warm eyes)
(Soft sighs)
Some kind of wonderful
Some kind of wonderful
(Sweet lips)
Some kind of wonderful
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
(Warm eyes)
Some kind of wonderful
So many ways, so many ways
To show you love someone
So many ways, so many ways
To show someone you care
We have so much in common
Although we come from places worlds apart
When you reach out and touch my hand
Without a word you say I love you
You're beautiful, you are in my heart
So many ways, so many ways
To show you love someone
So many ways, oh, so many ways
To show someone you care
Since I've been spending all my time with you
You've taught me something new every day
And I just want to say
The music comes from you and me
And it's plain to see that we both know
So many ways, so many ways
To show you love someone
So many ways, oh, so many ways
To show someone you care
So far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know that you're just time away
Long ago, I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
Oh, how I wish I could
But you're so far away, yeah
One more song about movin' along the highway
I can't say much of anything that's new
But if I could only work this life out my way
I'd rather spend it bein' close to you
Really you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know, you're so far away
So far away
Yeah, you're so far away
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Travelin' around sure gets me down and lonely
Nothin' else to do but close my mind
And I sure hope the road don't get to own me
There's so many dreams that I've yet to find
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know you're so far away
You're so far away
Oh, you're so far away
You're so far away
Oh, I need to get in touch with you baby
You're so very, very, very far away
Simple things mean a lot to me
Some things only children can see
Simple things like horses running free
And easy acceptance of life
Simple things never compromise
All things have a rhythm I can't realize
I feel content in my freedom
And I feel my freedom is right
I never want to stop being a child
I want to see the flowers
Growing wild on the hillside
To see the sun rise in the morning
Sunlight growing, filling the skies
Simple things of the earth don't die
They just grow and change as time goes by
There are no questions without answers
I've found my answer to life is living
No friends, no dreams, no pocket money
There's a wall around my body, a fence around my kind
Nothing comes to me easily not leastwise peace of mind
Still, I keep movin' tryin' to break on through
I don't know nothin' else to do
Peelin' paint above my head is just another sign
Black clouds in the distance gettin' closer all the time
I just gotta keep movin' tryin' to break on through
I don't know nothin' else to do
Sometimes when I think that things
Are bad as they can be
I see a fella standing
Lower down on the ladder than me
Now I'm alive and kickin'
Dust behind my heel
Long as I got my soul
I'm on the good end of the deal
And I'm gonna keep movin'
Tryin' to break on through
I don't know nothin' else to do
I gotta keep movin'
No friends, no dreams
No pocket money
So I'm gonna keep movin'
There was once a boy named Pierre
Who only would say,"I don't care!"
Read his story, my friend, for you'll find
At the end that a suitable
Moral lies there
One day his mother said
When Pierre climbed out of bed
"Good morning, darling boy, you are my only joy"
Pierre said, "I don't care!"
"What would you like to eat?"
"I don't care!"
"Some lovely cream of wheat?"
"I don't care!"
"Don't sit backwards on your chair"
"I don't care!"
"Or pour syrup on your hair"
"I don't care!"
"You are acting like a clown"
"I don't care!"
"And we have to go to town"
"I don't care!"
"Don't you want to come, my dear?"
"I don't care!"
"Would you rather stay right here?"
"I don't care!"
So his mother left him there
His father said, "Get off your head
Or I will march you up to bed!"
Pierre said, "I don't care!"
"I would think that you could see"
"I don't care!"
"Your head is where your feet should be!"
"I don't care!"
"If you keep standing upside down"
"I don't care!"
"We'll never ever get to town"
"I don't care!"
"If only you would say, I care"
"I don't care!"
"I'd let you fold the folding chair"
"I don't care!"
So his parents left him there
They didn't take him anywhere
Now as the night began to fall
A hungry lion paid a call
He looked Pierre right in the eye
And asked him if he'd like to die
And Pierre said, "I don't care!"
"I can eat you, don't you see?"
"I don't care!"
"And you will be inside of me"
"I don't care!"
"Then you'll never have to bother"
"I don't care!"
"With a mother and a father"
"I don't care!"
"Is that all you have to say?"
"I don't care!"
"Then I'll eat you, if I may"
"I don't care!"
So the lion ate Pierre
Arriving home at six O'clock
His parents had a dreadful shock!
They found the lion sick in bed and cried
"Pierre is surely dead!"
They pulled the lion by the hair
They hit him with the folding chair
His mother asked, "Where is Pierre?"
And the lion answered "I don't care!"
His father said, "Pierre's in there!"
They rushed the lion into town
The doctor shook him up and down
And when the lion gave a roar
Pierre fell out upon the floor
He rubbed his eyes and scratched his head
And laughed because he wasn't dead
His mother cried and held him tight
His father asked, "Are you allright?"
Pierre said, "I am feeling fine
Please take me home, it's half past nine"
The lion said, "If you would care
To climb on me, I'll take you there"
Then everyone looked at Pierre
Who shouted "Yes, indeed, I care!"
The lion took them home to rest
And stayed on as a weekend guest
May you travel bright and cheery
The many roads ahead you'll have to blaze
Gonna be hard times to make you weary
It's a part of the passing of the days
With all the people in the middle
Selling things that self-destruct and make us bleed
One day it's all gonna fall down
Then you'll find out you're all you really need
May you wander through the changes
With the warmth of the sun behind the haze
When your lifestyle quickly re-arranges
May you follow the passing of the days
We trade our money for magic words
Like Dumbo flying high in the nightly show
You think you can't fly without them
But someday when it happens you will know
May you travel bright and cheery
The many roads ahead you'll have to blaze
Gonna be hard times to make you weary
It's all part of the passing of the days
Now and forever
you are a part of me
And the memory cuts like a knife
Didnt we find the ecstacy
Didnt we share the daylight
When you walked into my life
Now and forever
I'll remember all the promises still unbroken
And think about all the words between us
That never needed to be spoken
We had a moment
Just one moment
That will last beyond a dream,
Beyond a lifetime
We are the lucky ones
Some people never get to do
All we got to do
Now and forever
I will always think of you
Didnt we come together
Didnt we live together
Didnt we cry together
Didnt we play together
Didnt we love together
And together we lit up the world
I miss the tears
I miss the laughter
I miss the day we met
and all that followed after
Sometimes I wish I
could always be with you
The way we used to do
Now and forever
I will always think of you
Now and forever
I've got my man on my mind again
I've got my mind on my man
He's everything to me.......
And my mind is on my man
featuring DINA CARROLL
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here
There can be no denying
One of us is changing
Or maybe we've just stopped trying
And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it
It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy
And I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy
And I feel like a fool
And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
and I can't hide it
And I just can't fake it
There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together
Don't you feel it too
Still I'm glad for what we had
And how I once loved you
And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and
I can't hide it I just can't fake it
Don't you know that I...
I just can't fake it
Oh it's too late my baby
Too late my baby
You know
It's too late my baby
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down
I feel my heart start to tremblin'
Whenever you're around
Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darlin', I can't stand it
When you look at me that way
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down
I feel my heart start to tremblin'
Whenever you're around
Ooh darlin', when you're near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can't tame
I've just got to have you, baby
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down, a tumblin' down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down, a tumblin' down
I just a lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold
All over, all over, all over, all over
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down, a tumblin' down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumblin' down, a tumblin' down
A tumblin' down, a tumblin' down, a tumblin' down
The lantern moon hung high and gold in the cold November sky
The locust sang a midnight song and starlight wind was a sigh
And you moved me with no hand like the moon moves the sea
What I wouldn't give for the love that used to be
The icy roofs below me now shelter all the souls within
But oh, nothing shelters me from the thought of what could have been
Why does laughter remembered always lead me to tears
I've got the life I want, but I don't have what I need
Homeless heart, why do you do this to yourself?
Homeless heart, you ought to leave the dust on the shelf
Homeless heart, there must be someone else in the dark
With a homeless, homeless, homeless heart
I ache in a place so deep, I can't hide, even in my sleep
Slow torture, if you walked in on me right now
I'd love you so hard you'd wonder how
You let me go, why did you let me go
The telephone, just sitting there brings your number to my mind
Another piece of yesterday that I should be leaving behind
Will I make it to the morning without hearing your voice
Or will I surrender to my?
Homeless heart, why do you do this to yourself?
Homeless heart, you ought to leave the dust on the shelf
Homeless heart, there must be someone else in the dark
Sometimes I wonder
If I'm ever gonna make it home again
It's so far and out of sight
I really need someone to talk to
And nobody else
Knows how to comfort me tonight
Snow is cold, rain is wet
Chills my soul right to the marrow
I won't be happy till I see you alone again
Till I'm home again and feeling right
Snow is cold, rain is wet
Chills my soul right to the marrow
I won't be happy till I see you alone again
Till I'm home again and feeling right
Till I'm home again and feeling right
I wanna be home again and feeling right
Haywood, where have you been, tell me now?
Haywood, you've been on the street again, I know, I know
Haywood, that man's not your friend, haven't you had enough of the stuff
Oh, you know it's got to do you in
Remember John, John, how mama stayed awake all night
All night, the night they brought him in
She cried and said she always knew that he was up to no good
It broke her heart the night he died
And she made me promise
I'd stand by your side
And try to protect you from the
Evil in the neighborhood
Haywood, where have you been, tell me now?
Haywood, you've been on the street again, I know, I know
Haywood, hangin' out with your so-called friends
What makes you think that you'll be the one to put it down
Use your ears, use your eyes
Just look around
Everyone's dying
Everyone's going down
Just think of Vallorie, she's always been
So good to you and you, you, you've never let her down
What about the life you planned
Well it can still come true, it's all up to you
I know it's hard to shake it
But you gotta be a man and take it
I know that this is no way to make it
Downtown anywhere in the USA
You can find yourself a Hard Rock Cafe
Put your money on a number anyone can play
Come on and tell us all about what happened to you today
At the Hard Rock Cafe
come to the Hard Rock Cafe
I hope you can find your way to the Hard Rock Cafe
After a hard day's work I guarantee
there just isn't anywhere better to be
If you're unable to find good company
You can always sit down and watch the color TV
At the Hard Rock Cafe
come to the Hard Rock Cafe
The regulars can't keep away from the Hard Rock Cafe
And if you feeling just a little bit lonely
don't sit at home just hoping
Come on down to where the spirit flows so free
You know that door is always open
At the Hard Rock Cafe
come to the Hard Rock Cafe
They will help keep your blues at day at the Hard Rock Cafe
They tell me, when I've got my life on my mind
They're sorry but they can't do a thing about it till tomorrow
I tell them, now I don't want a lot of your time
Maybe they listen, oh, but what do they know of my pain and my sorrow
What will it cost you after how many tears I've cried
How much longer, how much longer must I try?
Directions presenting themselves every day are bypassed
'Cause of somebody else's foolish limitations
Rejections, many have I had in my way but I go on, yes I do now
And try to overcome the bad vibrations
What does it get you stealing somebody else's pride
How much longer, how much longer must I try?
I can see all the things of which I dreamed
If I dream any longer tell me what will it mean?
Reflections of all I have wanted so long
Still are with me as I ask myself how much longer must I try?
It's a gray, gray gloomy day, a strange and moody blues day
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day
Corn yellow silk and golden sunlight I remember
As we walked together, you and I
Love like a sweet flaming glow inside
Now has been denied and I've cried till I can't remember why
I gotta get through, gotta get through some way
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day
Will Tuesday be 'Good news day' or another 'Paying dues day'
It's a strange and moody blues day anyway
Some say that time brings a better understanding
Of the ryme and reason to it all
Still the flame keeps burning through the lonely night
It's just not all right and I wonder if I'll make it till you call
I gotta get through, gotta get through some way
It's a gray, gray gloomy day, a strange and moody blues day
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day
Don't it seem like time goes on
And here we are still carryin' on
Reaching out for one another
Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother
And you are there to share this song in the making
Goodbye don't mean I'm gone
I know how alone you are
When it's so hard to be so far
From the ones who mean the most to you
When you would so much rather have them close to you
I hope you know you haven't been forsaken
Goodbye don't mean I'm gone
I'll never be what you think you see in me
If I can help you deal with what you see as real
That makes me glad to have known you
Missing you the way I do
You know I'd like to see more of you
But it's all I can do to be a mother
My baby's in one hand, I've a pen in the other
You know my love is always there for the taking
And goodbye don't mean I'm gone
Oh hon', you know my love is always there for the taking
And goodbye don't mean I'm gone
Goodbye don't mean I'm gone
I think I'm goin' back
To the things I learned so well in my youth
I think I'm returning to
Those days when i was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games to only pass the time
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb
Thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall a time
When I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think I've got
A lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be my magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
A little bit of courage is all we lack
Looks to me like
I'm flyin' in a pattern I want to break
Sometimes I feel like
I've given enough, now I want to take
It's makin' me crazy
Thinkin' about where it's all gonna lead
And I wonder
If we're gonna get what we need
God only knows
You're travelin' easy
Keeping your mind in an amber haze
But there's so much between you
And the natural land up on which you were raised
It's easy to turn your head
And not think about when it all comes down
Don't you wonder
If you're gonna be around
God only knows
Maybe it's not for me to understand
Maybe destruction is part of the plan
Well, I don't really see how it can be
Why it should be? I don't know
I just don't know
I can't stop dreamin'
About leavin' it all behind
Maybe I'll never get there
Except in my mind
It sure makes me angry
To realize that I'm caught in a game
I used to love everybody
Now it's so hard to do through this pain
And I wonder
If I'll ever be the same
I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson road
Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am
Yes, I'm gonna wade in a cold rocky stream
So I will be sure not to give a damn
No one ever loses anybody
Sometimes it's so hard to get along
I don't want to hang on to anybody
So before you say you're leaving, I'll be gone
Yes, I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson road
Find myself a spot where the sun shines through
I'll throw some old mattress in the back of my bus
And get a good head start on forgetting you
You know I've never known anybody
Who could ever make me feel this way
Aah, but no one gets to own anybody
You see, I have good reason when I say
I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson road
Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am
Yes, I'm gonna wade in a cold rocky stream
So I will be sure not to give a damn
I will be sure not to give a damn
Feeling sad tonight but everything's all right
And we'll find some other place to go
Feeling sad tonight, oh, but everything's all right
Let's turn all our cares down low
Come on, let's go downtown
Let's take a trip back to the past
Running down the bright night
Driving a little too fast
Oh, I'm counting on you
Sitting on a barstool I'm a fool
Always feeling half right and half safe
Halfway dreaming of some safe place
Away from school, oh, I'm counting on you
Silly sometimes I'm a fool
Feeling sad tonight but everything's all right
And we'll find some other place to go
Feeling sad tonight, oh, but everything's all right
Let's turn all the lights and all our cares way down low
There is a space between us
Which we cross
To touch each other softly
And so make up our loss
Some things take so long to learn
No matter how we try
Still we try and keep it open
And we get by
Everything's all right
And we'll find some other place to go
Feeling sad tonight, oh, but everything's all right
Feeling sad
Feeling so sad tonight
I'm feeling sad tonight
Feeling sad
Evening is falling, velvety black
Another day is over and you're still not back
Quarter moon is rising up over my head
With stars for companions and clouds for a bed
Dreamlike I wander through my life without you
I know that you wish me well and I wish the same for you
But oh, y'know how I miss you
Your kiss, the touch of your hand
Why did you leave me?
I just don't understand
Don't know every morning
If the dawn's gray or gold
All I know is another night is over
And my bed is empty and cold
I can't forget you
Can't set myself free
I hope you find peace of mind
Daughter of light
You're a welcome sight
To a weary soul
Seeing you just lifts me out of the cold
It's only temporary
You have to go away
But you're beautiful
And you never fail to make my day
Daughter of light
You smile and all the
Sadness leaves my heart
It's an easy course for sailing that you chart
But it's only temporary
You have to go away
You're too beautiful
And you know I'd never ask you to stay
Riding on the beach at sunset
Dreaming of the world that waits for you
That's where my minds eye sees you
In a world that frees you
To do anything that you want to do
Do anything that you want to do
Daughter of light
Though you can only
Be a sometime friend
You restore my faith in love again
And that's not temporary
Even though you go away
You're too beautiful
Much more than words can say
Daughter of light
I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from Heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide the tears I hope you'll never see
Crying, crying in the rain
Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool, but till then, darling
You'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Crying, crying in the rain
Daytime run away
Night times seem so long
I'm all right in the sunshine
But the evenings let me down
It sure is good to see you now
I'm really glad you came
And I would tell you what I need
But it never feels the same
So, come down easy
Let it come down slow
I've been alone so long
That I just don't know what to do
And I don't want to lose you
How my life slips away
How the time goes by
And I know I belong here
Yes, I know, though I don't know why
Riding along with a friend of mine
Got enough space, got enough time
Pieces of fruit and glasses of wine
And love comes in the summertime
And I don't want to lose you
God bless the children
God bless us all
We are the children of Paradise
On our own now since the fall
All the things that are worth having
Are never ours to keep
Still I can see today could be
A good time for you and me
If you come down easy
Let it come down slow
I've been alone so long
That I just don't know, what to do
And I don't want to lose you
Come down easy
Let it come down slow
Come down easy
Come down easy
Come down easy
River wind is icy
Chills run through my bones
Tides of life are ebbing out
Between the cobblestones
The streets are on fire
With the burning sunrise
And over the water I look in vain
For love on someone's eyes
city streets
The stories that they tell -
city streets
They can be heaven
they can be hell.
Winter colored morning
Gray and dirty brown
Reflecting the mood I'm in
Despair is all around.
I long for sweet oblivion
To make me from my pain
Maybe bring me dreams of hope and faith
So I can break this chain.
city streets
The stories that they tell -
city streets
They can be heaven
they can be hell
Lovers with their arms entwined
Silhouettes against the light.
A warm bed is waiting as they head home
After staying up all night.
For them the city is magic
That's all they 've ever know.
I wish I could find the magic
But I'm scared and I'm feeling so alone.
city streets
The stories that they tell -
city streets
They can be heaven
they can be hell.
city streets
The stories they have known
city streets
city streets
Chalice Borealis, lighting up the night
No wonderland for Alice, she don't have the right
Chalice Borealis, how does your garden glow?
Molly, don't work in Dallas but the river has to go
Oh, whatcha gonna do
When time runs out on you?
Run down, ghost town
Barren pastures all around
How you gonna explain it to your grandkids?
Where did the mountain go?
How you gonna tell them you sold it?
Where did the mountain go?
Didn't turn out quite the way you wanted
How were you to know?
Boom town broke down, what a let down
Where did the mountain go?
Chalice Borealis, will you ever learn?
Your mother bears you no malice
But she will have her turn
Chalice Borealis, lighting up the sky
No wonderland for Alice
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
I can't run around 'cause I'm not free
Whoa, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
Now believe me when I tell you
I think you're fine, yes I do
I'd like to love you
But I can't break away from all of these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
I wanna tell you, now baby
Your lips, they look so sweet
You know I'd like to kiss you
But I can't break away from all these chains
My baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind, oh, no, that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, chains of love
Chains of love, chains of love
Whoa, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you've been layin' back a long time
But I love you, love you like no other
Oh, brother, brother, brother
I've been watching everything you do
And i've been wishing only good for you
All you've got to do is just want it to
And it's gonna come, it's gonna come to you
Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you've been hangin' on a long time
But I love you, love you, love you like no other
Oh, brother, brother, brother of mine
You have always been so good to me
And though you didn't always talk to me
There wasn't much my lovin' eyes could not see
And I don't believe you need all your misery
Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you've been hangin' on a long time
You know I love you, love you, love you like no other
Oh, brother, brother, brother, brother, brother
Oh, brother, brother, brother
If you read the papers you may see
History in the making
You'll read what they say life is all about
They say it's there for the taking
Yea, you should really check it out
If you want to know what's shaking
But don't tell me 'bout the things you've heard
Maybe I'm wrong but I want to believe in humanity
I know it's often true, sad to say
We have been unkind to one another
Tell me how many times has the golden rule
Been applied by man to his brother
Well I believe if I really looked at what's going on
I would lose faith I never could recover
So don't tell me 'bout the things you've heard
Maybe I'm wrong but I want to believe in humanity
Maybe I'm living with my head in the sand
I just want to see people giving
I want to believe in my fellow man
Green fields and rolling hills
Room enough to do what we will
Sweet dreams of yestertime
Are running though my mind
Of a place I left behind
Been so long, I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan
And I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then
'Cause I've been to Canaan and I
I won't rest until, I go back again
Though I'm content with myself
Sometimes I long to be somewhere else
I try to do what I can
But with our day to day demands
We all need a promised land
And it's been so long, I can't remember when
I've been to Canaan
And I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then
'Cause I've been to Canaan and I
I won't rest until, I go back again
Oh I want to be there
In the wintertime
With a fireplace burning
To warm me
And you to hold me when it's stormy
Been so long, I can't remember when
But I've been to Canaan
And I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then
I've been to Canaan and I
I won't rest until, I go back again
I've been to Canaan and I
I've been feelin' down in Atlanta, immobile in Alabama
I'd rather be in traction than to be here where I am
Oh you Georgia red clay and green Virginia pines
I got to make it home somehow before I lose my mind
So won't you carry me back to California?
I've been on the road too long
Take me to the west coast, daddy
And let me be where I belong
Hey now, Philly, you street city been down by the railroad track
I know you can be a sweet city but I won't soon be back
Haystack towns and a smokestack cities are nothin' I want to see
My own house on a high ground is the only place I want to be
So won't you carry me back to California?
I've been on the road too long
Take me to the west coast, daddy
And let me be, oh let me be where I belong
Funny how I feel more myself with you
Than anybody else that I ever knew
I hear in your voice, see it in your face
You’ve become the memory I can’t erase
Ref.:
You could have been anyone at all
A stranger falling out the blue
I’m so glad it was you
It wasn‘t in the plan not that I could see
Suddenly a miracle came to me
Safe within your arms I can say what’s true
Nothing in the world I would keep from you
Ref.:
You could have been anyone at all
An old friend falling out of the blue
I’m so glad it was you
Words can hurt you if you let them
People say them and forget them
Words can promise
Words can lie
But your words make me feel like I can fly
Ref.:
You could have been anyone at all
And that that catches me when I fall
I’m so glad it was you
Ref.:
You could have been anyone at all
An old friend falling out of the blue
I’m so glad it was you
Anyone at all
I remember one young sister with rainbows in her eyes
Standing on the corner with the afternoon's supply
She spoke of other places, perhaps a better road
Then she asked if I could tell her where they kept the mother lode
Like a night this side of dying
Her days inside the dropper on the shelf
When she hears her lifeline crying
Not a thing you say can stop her
When she just can't stop herself
I remember that July, the panic and the heat
The savage shine of summer, the strychnine in the street
The way thay sold each other for a favor in glassine
The best of friends sold brothers for a dime of quinine dreams
Like a night this side of dying
Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf
Like the shelter she's been buying
Not a thing I've got can save her
When she just can't save herself
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