Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
She lived across the street on the fifteenth floor of the Gilmore building
I saw her in the shower reaching for some soap
I knew she had to be the girl for me
And to think I probably never would have found her
If I hadn't bought that telescope
Oh, Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
I just can't understand it
Why won't you return my phone calls
Are you still mad I gave a Mohawk to your cat
If you'd just say the word
I'm certain that our love would last forever and ever
Or are you too dumb to realize that
Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
How can you ignore me when you know that I can't live without you
I have to go through your garbage just to learn more about you
Melanie, ooh
Oh sweet Me-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
You weren't impressed when I tattooed your name across my forehead
You wouldn't listen when I promised to be true
I couldn't stand it so I jumped out from the sixteenth story window
Right above you
Now I may be dead but I still love you
Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
I'm singin' Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet, sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
I'm singin' Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Why won't you go out with me
I'm singin' Me-he-he-helanie
What can the problem be
Sweet Me-he-he-he-helanie
Melanie is sweet
A vision on her feet, so young so fair
A bridge of iron standing tall
Between two parted spheres
She's a novelty of reality
Though she tried so hard, my sweet, darling Melanie
She's glad for what she's had
Her mom and several dads so she complained
This modern love affair
With life can really get you down
She's a novelty of reality
But she tried so hard, my sweet, darling Melanie
Ooh, but life goes on
Ooh, the same old song
Ooh, but love's seems such a mystery
So you worked so hard and my sweet, darling Melanie
Over the horizon
Birds of paradise sit in her eyes
You can feel forever
On her sweet and silken sighs
She's novelty of reality
So she tried so hard and my sweet, darling Melanie
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
She's novelty of reality
So she tried so hard and my sweet, darling Melanie
So she tried so hard and my sweet, darling Melanie
(So she tried so hard, my sweet, darling Melanie)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
So she tried so hard and my sweet, darling Melanie
Watching
Driving through the night
I'm all alone
Empty
Endless road
A thousand miles to go
Midnight
Five million thoughts
Passing in a row
Will you
Still be waiting there?
God only knows
I can still see your face in my mind
With every turn I take
And the wind through my heart feels so cold
As it calls out your name
Melanie
Nothing but the touch of your hand can rescue me
Melanie
Reach inside this emptiness and you will set me free
Morning
Sun's in my eyes
I'm tied to your soul
One chance
One solitary life
How could I let you go?
Got a phonecall or was it a dream
A voice spoke to me
I could swear it was you that I heard
Crying desperately
I can still see your face in my mind
With every turn I take
And the wind through my heart feels so cold
Melanie is smilin' at the sky
If it were up to me
I'd give everythin' for that, oh
So many claims to know divine
Is it stupid to think
Am I jealous missin' that?
Would you be, would you define?
Bein' a crutch like this
Or grief like mine, ohh, ahh
Does it feel like
There's no bright side?
Do you want to
Place your fist in the wall?
I feel that warmth within me
Can't help but think it's all lies
So sadly strip down and thrust to the cold outside
Nothing can left to protect me
I wish I could believe this
(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
chorus
We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be your sister, your mother, your lover
We'll be friends during changes of weather
Let's be together on our own
Let's be together alone
We're believers, we've been hurt by believing
Needing people, we know looking's not seeing
I see needs that might be answered by forever
Together on our own
Let's be together alone
We'll learn living, like the words of a good song
We'll learn timing, balance and rhythm
We'll make it music
I don't want to sing it on my own
Let's be together
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be sister, mother and lover
We'll be friends
I'm tired of singing it alone
Some say I got devil, some say I got angel
But I'm just a girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm in danger
No, I know I'm not in danger
But some have tried to sell me
All kinds of things to save me
From hurting like a woman and crying like a baby
Something like a woman, crying like a baby
And all the things that I have seen
Qualify me for a part in your dream
Qualify me for this dream
And though I'd like to tell it, exactly how I feel it
Well, somehow the music just hides it and conceals it
Hides it and conceals it, oh, it hides
And all the things that I have in
Can be hidden in a part of my dream
Gonna hide it in my dream
Some say I've got devil and some say I got angel
But I'm just this girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm not in danger
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
well it's the only thing
that i could do half right
and it's turning out all wrong ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
well they picked it like a chicken bone
and i think i'm half insane ma
look what they done to my song
wish i could find a good book to live in
wish i could find a good book
well if i could find a real good book
i'd never have to come out and look at
what they done to my song
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
look what they done to my song
but maybe it'll all be alright ma
maybe it'll all be okay
well if the people are buying tears
i'll be rich someday ma
look what they done to my song
ils ont change ma chanson, ma
ils ont change ma chanson
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
well they tied it up in a plastic bag
and turned it upside down ma
look what they done to my song
c'est la seule chose que je peux faire
et ce n'est pas bon, ma.
ils ont change ma chanson.
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
it's the only thing i could do alright
and they turned it upside down
oh ma
(Melanie Safka)
I'm tired of seeing the picture
You're painting of yourself
You with the borrowed colors
That you picked from someone else
Maybe you're a movie
Or some best selling book
I know your mirrored mornings
In rehearsal of your looks
Oh your cause is oh so beautiful
You're ready to begin
You're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah you're building the halls with the outer walls
But you haven't got a thing within
The innocence of children
Is the manner you suppose
And you can describe in full detail
What we already know
Ah your cause is all so pretty
And we're ready to begin
We're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah we're building the halls with the outer walls
But we haven't got a thing within
But if we keep on trying
Though our purpose isn't clear
We just may move the universe
We'll learn to really care
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
By starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls within
By starting to build on the outside
We'll fill up the wallls within
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
And by starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls
I've been celebrating
'way too long and I've been drinking
I'm shamed to tell
still feel thirsty
I want to drink the water from the well
still feel thirsty
I want to drink and ring the living bell
ring the bell
ring the living bell.
still feel thirsty
I want to give and ring the living bell.
I'm not a magic lady
I wanna sing to help the light
descend on the earth today
beacuse it's gonna get warm tonight
sing for light
sing for living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Been walking down the street all night
and I been feeling kind of cold.
Still feel naked
I want to be warm before I get old
and I'm cold
and I'm feeling cold.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell.
Been celebrating 'way too long
and I have eaten much too well.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell
ring the bell
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong
'cause I pick up my head, can't tell where I belong.
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
I have a yearning for something that I never had.
Oh, sometimes I feel my life has come and then it's gone,
Sometimes I feel my life has come and gone.
I live in this world but I'm only looking on.
I can't understand, it's too far over my head,
I can't understand, it's too far over my head.
I'm living the life but I'm really dying instead, yeah.
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
'cause I lift up my head and I can't tell where I belong.
I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas
I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New-Year.
I want some figgy pudding, I want some figgy pudding
I want some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.
I won't go until I get some, I won't go until I get some,
I won't go until I get some, so bring it right here.
Once in a year it's not thought amiss
To visit our neighbours and sing out like this:
Our friendship and love, good neighbours, abound
And peace and good will the whole year around.
Pace, salude, friedmere, shalome,
The words mean the same whatever your home.
Why can't we have Christmas the whole year around?
(Melanie Safka)
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy
I will be your lovin one
Before the time I knew your face dear
I was doing very well
If I never knew your kisses
I'd never known that I'd been in hell
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
Once upon a christmas time
I lost christmas in my mind
I looked through all the windows 'round
To find a star I hadn't found
Then all at once
Before I knew
Christmas froze my soul into
A cryful night I had a dream
And saw a place I'd never seen
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy
(Melanie Safka)
What do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
A line from a poem of my childhood has said
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I'll still have a bowl of leftover wine
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
(and) what do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
I'm gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I'm gonna drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
And I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
In the hour when the sun shines shines bright
On my head in the city where I am alone,
I never think of that once told story
When two flowers almost were one.
But what to do?
I still think in the morning of you.
When darkness hovers and city lights take over
I am blinded to the words "I am alone".
It's useless to cry for a star in the sky,
For the city lights tell me there's none.
But what to do?
I still cry in the morning for you.
When my head touches my pillow I am too weary
To dare dream that I am alone.
Now I lay myself down to sleep,
I pray the Lord his soul to keep is my song.
But what to do?
I still dream in the morning for you.
What to do?
I'm back in town.
You don't look so happy 'cause I'm back in town
You don't look like smiling, don't jump up and down on my toes.
I guess I better go, oh.
I'm very sure.
I should have knocked when I opened the door.
Pardon me, miss, but he's just a friend from before
Who never locked his door.
I opened without knocking like before.
You wrote me that all was the same
So I came,
But I can't find the love in your eyes.
I guess that you're surprised just like me.
I never thought you'd find another she
You liked as well as me,
But I guess I was wrong
So I'll be going home, oh.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.
You loved me once, you know.
I guess that you don't love me anymore, hm.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.
They told me when I was little
I'd go to heaven, if I was good.
Now I'm a long way from little
'Cause I tried to find heaven, 'cause I thought that I could
I thought that I could.
And I thought I loved Harold and I really loved John,
I really loved Alphy and I almost loved Tom.
I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Hallo, song of the willow,
The dreams under my pillow turned to tears that I cried.
Beauty and love are our riddle,
Never to answer but always to try,
And boy, did I try?
I tried with Harold and I tried with John,
I tried with Alphy and almost with Tom.
I left myself open for the whole world to see,
Now the world is the heaven that won't accept me.
I said goodbye to Harold and goodbye to John,
Goodbye to Alphy and goodbye to Tom
'Cause I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself? - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself! - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
To think I was a fool and I've been beaten -
A thought like that just kind of cramps my style.
But I'll get you some day for all your cheating
And from my face you're gonna see a smile.
You should have never told me
that you love me
You knew I'd start believing it some day.
And now you say
you're leaving me for lonely -
Someone else is gonna come my way.
you better take some time and think of what you're doing
Before you through away this harmony.
I don't think you know just who's been loosin'
'cause you've been foolin' yourself when you think you're foolin' me.
Now I'm the kind of girl who don't mind cryin'
But I ain't gonna shed a tear for you.
Unless you change your ways and stop your lying
I'm gonna change my mind about lovin' you.
You should have never told me
that you love me
. . .
You better take some time and think of what you're doin'
Before you through away this harmony.
'cause you don't realize just who's been loosing
Are you think you're foolin' me ?
Foolin'
foolin' yourself -
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?
While walking through life I would never fall
If I could be close to it all and all,
If I could be close to it all.
If I had my dream it would not fall down
If I could live high on the ground,
The sound of high is a good one to many around
When they wanna be close to it all,
And I wanna be close to it all and all,
I wanna be close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
If I had my dream I would fill a hall
And tell all the people tear down the wall
That keeps them from being a part of it all
'Cause they gotta get close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
There's just one more thing that I wanna say:
Everyone has got their own special way
That keeps them from getting too close to the day,
Accept and be part of it all and all;
Everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,
And everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,
by James Taylor
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something warm and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent last last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
With a holy host of others standing 'round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace
Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep, the dark away
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky, oh
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Oh Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I ride my bike, I roller skate don't drive no care
Don't go too fast but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive
I been all around the world
Some people say, I done all right for a girl
Oh, yea, yea, oh, yea, yea, yea
Oh, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out to see
La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
Oh, eat your animal crackers
'Cause my mother told me so long ago,
"If you eat your animal crackers,
The children in Europe won't starve anymore".
Ha ha hahaha hahaha.
Oh, once I went on a diet,
A carbohydrate diet ain't nice
'Cause you can't eat animal crackers.
So, I'm gonna stay a fatty for all of my life,
Ha ha hahaha hahahaha.
But some people think that fatties are nice, yeah.
I love eating icecream,
Chocolate, vanilla and butter pecan,
But I best love animal crackers
'Cause I love helping my fellow man.
Yeah, I really do.
Did you ever hear of Alice's restaurant?
I eat at Alice's restaurant year after year.
She makes an animal cracker pizza, ha
And she gives animal crackers out free with the beer.
Oh, let's give Alice a great big cheer.
She knows the age of the animal cracker is here.
Ah, animal crackers are in this year!
Ha ha hahaha.
(A A Milne/Melanie Safka)
I had a little beetle
So that beetle was his name
And I called him Alexander
And he answered just the same
And I put him in a matchbox
And I kept him all the day
But nanny let my beetle out
Yes nanny let my beetle out
She went and let my beetle out
And beetle ran away
She said she didn't mean it
And I never said she did
She said she wanted matches
And she just took off the lid
She said I mustn't worry
And I really mustn't mind
That there's lots and lots of beetles
The she's certain we could find
She said I mustn't worry
But it's difficult to catch
An excited sort of beetle
You've mistaken for a match
If we looked in all the places
That a beetle might be near
And we made the kind of noises
That a beetle likes to hear
And I heard a kind of something
And I gave a sort of shout
It was a beetle house
And Alexander beetle coming out
It was Alexander beetle
I'm as certain as can be
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought it might be me
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought he ought to say
"I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away"
And nanny's very sorry too
Cause you know what she did
And she's writing Alexander
Very blackly on the lid
So nan and me are friends because
It's difficult to catch
An excited Alexander
The song that kills me is playing lowly
Plays in my heart when you turn to go
Lights dim to black
Lets light candles only
It's only me in an afterglow
But to be the one
You turn to in the night
To be the one
Riding your shadow light
To be the one
I would believe again
To be the one
I would give anything
I remember a dawn coming through the window
And the black lines of a window frame
And you riding toward the old inn doorway
Leading to no more remembering
But to be the one
Right in this hear and now
To be the one
Who could live in your heart
To be the one
It would be real to dream
To be the one
I would give anything
It's my heart in these words
And there's truth in forever
Forever I'll love you
Beyond my time
The body of the song it goes on a journey
Only the singer can breathe it to life
But to be the one
Sharing your life and breath
To be the one
Filling your emptiness
One leap toward heaven
Please be my song to sing
To be the one
I would give anything
To be the one
Sharing your life and breath
To be the one
Filling your emptiness
One leap toward heaven
Please be my song
To be the one
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
"God bless Mommy, I know that's right,
And wasn't it fun in the bath tonight,
The cold's so cold and the hot's so hot.
God bless Daddy, I quite forgot.
If I open my eyes just a little bit more
I can see Nanny's dressing-gown on the door;
It's a beautiful blue but it hasn't got a hood,
God bless Nanny and make her good.
Mine has a hood and I lie in bed
And I pull the hood right over my head,
And I shut my eyes and I curl up small
And nobody knows that I'm there at all.
Thank you God, for a lovely day,
And what was the other I wanted to say?
I said, `Bless Daddy', so what could it be?
Now I remember: God bless me".
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
Once I bought a curious bottle,
Once I bought a bottle for fun.
Tell me what you gonna do with the bottle
When the curiousity's done.
Well I brought it out to the Bo Bo's party
Then I got it in to the company,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backroom,
They got the knack to tune in on me,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold.
She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter cause it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and then she goes
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Don't ask her why she leaves to be so free
She's gonna tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
But such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Oh there's no time to lose I heard her say
You gotta catch your dreams before they run away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind
Is life unkind
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Time goes by the inch and I work it by the mile
I'm gonna have to go much faster if I'm gonna get there
I loved you with abandon, I was careless with my life
I'm gonna have to lose this heartache if I'm gonna get there
If I'm gonna get there
At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
Without you by my side
And then I spent so many night
Thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to carry on
And now your back from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
With that sad look upon your face
I should've changed the lock
Should have made you leave your key
If I'd thought for just one minute
You'd be back to bother me
Alright now go
Walk out the door
Don't hang around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to hurt me with goodbyes
Did I stumble?
Did I break down and cry?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Just as long as I have heart enough
You know I'll say alive
I've got all my love to live
I've got all my life to give
I will survive
I will survive
It took all the strength I had
Not to fall apart
Just trying hard to mend
The pieces of my broken heart
'Cause I spent too many night
Just feelin' sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
If you see me
With someone new
I'm not that timid little person
Whose still in love with you
So you felt like dropin' in
And you expect me to be free
But I'm savin' all my lovin'
For someone whose lovin' me
Alright now go
Walk out the door
Don't hang around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with your lies
Did I stumble?
Did I break down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I have heart enough
You know I'll say alive
I got all my love to live
I've got all my life to give
I will survive
I will survive
Did you think I breakdown and die?
Or crumble, I will survive
Did you think I breakdown or crumble?
I will survive
Did you think I breakdown and die?
Well you know that I'm not a gambler
But I'm being gambled on
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Da-da-da-da
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Well, I don't mind that they're lucky
But it seems that they always win
And gamblin' is illegal in the state of mind I'm in
And if I had a nickel for each time that
I've been put on
I would be their nickel man
And I'd sing a little song
They're only putting in a nickel and
They want a dollar song
They're only putting in a little to
Get rid of a lot that's
Wrong.
Well I don't know so many things
But I know what's been goin' on
We're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
And if we had a nickel for each time that
We've been put on
We'd all be their nickel man
And we'd sing a nickel song
You know they're only putting in a nickel
And they win a dollar song
Oh, yeah, they're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
Oh, they're only putting in a nickel
The way you mistreat me, you torture and beat me
Well it doesn t even make me blue
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me like you do
The human condition, we honour the victim
So being a martyr does even make me blue
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me, oo-oo-oo
I just love you to loathe me like you do
The way you despise me, insult and criticise me
Ah each new insult gives me something new
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me oo-ah-ah
Well your chart says you're restless
With a long way to go
If your last life was easy
We may never know
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And welcome to the world
You have been born again
Don't fear the change
Well I've looked for the meaning
And I've looked through clear light
And I pray you find the grace to stay asleep at night
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And life is so much harder when you fear the change
Don't fear the change
Well your chart says you're restless
With a long way to go
If your last life was easy
We may never know
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And life is so much harder when you fear the change
Guess who's comin' to my house.
Guess who's ringing my bell.
Guess who's gonna come over.
Comin' to wish me well.
Oh, i don't have to be sad and
I don't have to cry anymore. oh...
Chorus
Life is gonna be beautiful
'cuz i'm lovin' the boy next door.
Life is gonna get easy now
Cuz' i'm lovin' the boy next door.
I don't have to go wanderin,
I don't have to hang out.
I don't have to get rained on,
Cuz' love is at my back door.
I just look out my window
'cuz i know that he's lookin' for more. oh...
Chorus
The grass is always greener
On the other side.
And everything is just sweeter
Since i opened my eyes.
The same things are different
And less is now lookin' like more. oh...
Chorus
Some get put in prison
Others put themselves in one
Pittsburgh, you're the living proof
Some kill themselves living
Others get killed for trying, trying hard
They kill the ones who break the rule
Row me down, row me down
Monongahela River
Water down the city's gloom
Oh the lamplight is frozen
On windows and Sundays
So we never see the darkest room
But the heartfire is burning
And I keep praying one day
We will see the light of truth
Row me down, row me down
Monongahela River
Water down the city's gloom
Row your boat to the shore
Monongahela River
Isn't water anymore
Some get put in prison
Other put themselves in one
I don't wanna lose the good thing that I got
'Cause if I do I will surely, I'll surely lose a lot
Oh your love is better than any love I've known
It's like thunder, lightnin'
The way you love me is frightenin'
I better knock on wood, baby
I'm not superstitious about it, I can't take no chance
You got me spinnin' around and around and I'm in a trance
'Cause your love is better than any other love I've known
It's just like thunder, lightnin'
The way you love me is frightenin'
I gonna knock on wood, baby
I'm gonna knock on, knock on
It's no secret that man of mine is my lovin' cup
Well he sees to it that I get filled up
'Cause your love is better than any love I've known
It's just like thunder and lightnin'
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock on wood, baby
I better knock, knock, baby baby, yeah
Knock on wood
I think I'm gonna knock, knock on wood
There's a chance you will be there
I'd like to know the truth
I'll find it out somehow
The chances aren't to strong
A chance you will be there
Please be there alone
Help me speak of love
Chances aren t enough
Ones to good to miss
Chances aren't to strong
Chance is all there is
There's a chance you will be there
Wondering what to do
How to play my role
I'll leave it up to you
If I disguise my smile
It gives too much away
What if we can't speak
What then shall I say
Don't you be too long
Something has gone wrong
The chances are all gone
There's a chance you will be there
Wondering what to do
How to play my role
I'll leave it up to you
If I disguise my smile
It gives too much away
What if we can't speak
What then shall I say
Don't you be too long
Something has gone wrong
If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a light on at your window
If you and I should have to part
Your light would be my star
If my heart should lose it's way
If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a dream under your pillow
We'll meet again at break of day
That dream is where I'll go
If my heart should lose it's way
Summon the gypsy thunder
Then Hell itself freezes over
I will be back, wings and all that, yeah
Beyond my wildest blunder
If my heart should lose it's way.
If my heart should lose it's way
Blow the winds of wonder
If ever I forget to know
That breeze will bring me home
If my heart should lose it's way
Summon the gypsy thunder
Then Hell itself freezes over
I will be back, wings and all that, yeah
Beyond my wildest blunder
If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a light on at your window
If you and I should have to part
Your light would be my star
I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
I never pick up no certified mail
You never know what it's for
If anybody asks you tell them I'm not home
I'm gonna take my number
Off this bugged telephone
You see I never did, I never knew, I never saw
On the lam from the law
I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
As if death wasn't enough boy
They never leave you alone
If anybody asks you don't know where I am
I don't know how I got myself into this terrible jam
You see I never did, I never knew, I never saw
On the lam from the law
No dirty words in my song
I drive with my seat belt on
Got sued and lost what a scam
See you in court
Get in line what a jam
I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
I never pick up no certified mail
You never know what it's for
If anybody asks you tell them you don't know where I am
I don't know how I got myself Into this terrible jam
I never did, I never knew, I never saw
I'm on the lam from the law
I'm on the lam from the law
I am not a poet, living is the poem
I am not a singer, I am in the song
And I've got a story that I cannot write down
And I'm with you but I'll always be alone
I may not be right, but I don't think I am wrong
Every note's an answer, every word's a sign
Every man's a dancer, following his own time
I've found a tearful language that translates what I am
And I cried out loud, but they didn't understand
I cried so hard I may never try again
I may never try, I may never try again
Cleansing in the water, heal me in the light
Mend you ageless daughter, I've been awake all night
'Cause if your sands are shifting, I'll need to know what I forgot
I don't want much, but I need an awful lot
I've found a tearful language that translates what I am
And I cried out loud, but you didn't understand
I cried so hard I may never try again
I may never try, I may never die again
I may never cry again
I may never try again
I may never die again
STONEGROUND WORDS
Sand me down to the nerve
Made to live on stouneground words
Imagine that, you've done all that
And I come back for more
Imagine that, I lived on that
And I will live for more
I entered dancing and looked for my partner
I thought the path could be a double road
You played my heart like a drum beating warning
Oh, I guess I'm gonna dance this one alone
I'll go to the garden that follows the seasons
Live in the field where the healing grass grows
Go to the mountains where air's clear for breathing
Clear is just another way to see
I feel to know
Cleanse in the ocean, bathe in the power
Live with the sea and I rise for the tide
Go to the place where the water will bring me
I'm the rivers lover, but I'll be the oceans bride
And they sand me down to the nerve
Make me live on stouneground words
Imagine that, you've done all that
And I come back for more
Imagine that, I lived on that
And I will live for more
SONG OF THE SOUTH, BASED ON A THEME FROM
SONG OF THE NORTH ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL
Let it flow
Let it flow
Let it go into the sea with me in it
Let it fly
Let it fly
Let it glide into the sky with me up there
With me, with me up there
With me up there, with me up there
Repeat
Maybe you're hurt, maybe you cried in love
Maybe you're living too rough
Maybe you're giving too much
Maybe the people want more
Maybe you're askin' "what for," "what for"
Oh, do da day
Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it fall unto the ground and cover me
Let it fall unto the ground and cover me
Maybe it's wrong
Maybe it's right tonight
Maybe we'll open the door
Maybe it's opened before
Maybe you're giving too much
Maybe you're living too rough
Oh, do day day
Repeat
Maybe the people want more
Maybe you're asking what for
Oh, do da day
Oh, do da day
MAYBE I WAS (A GOLF BALL)
I'm so tired that I can't sleep,
I already read the Bible inner deep
The preacher keeps me on my knees
To wander and to travel
And to sleep when I am able
Maybe I was an old path
Maybe I was a raincloud
Maybe I was a mountain inside of Russia
Maybe I was a good road
Maybe I was a secret
Maybe I was a river flowing in Russia.
But I'm so tired and I can't sleep,
I already read the Bible inner deep
A preacher keeps me on my knees
To wander and to travel
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you.
Since you're gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep calling baby, baby please
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every vow you break
I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
I'll be watching
Up on north to Detroit
South down 51 to Memphis
A pistol in his hand
Many a good man hidin' in the shadows
Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land
'Little Robert Dusty'
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
You should hear him when he sings
Double dealing at the crossroads
Him and his guitar, they say
Something's been playin' them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
And the stretched out wings
Passion be a memory, she says
Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her
Holdin' a picture, she's livin' again
Things she felt when he played for her
'Little Robert Dusty'
Been steelin' hearts so easily
You should hear him when he sings
Double dealing at the crossroads
Him and his guitar, they say
That something's been playing them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
And the stretched-out wings that he made
Won't so easily, won't so easily fade
The talk is, he still comes around
Hey from Mississippi when your road is dark as night
When nothing else gets to your sadness
He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right
'Little Robert Dusty'
And they stole his heart so easily
He's singin' 'all my love in vain'
Killin' at the crossroads
But him and his guitar, they say
That something's still playin' them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
Step inside the shoes I walk in
Walk them down onto a pasture
Where the green may have been yellow
But the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
Where we raged and reached for freedom
When we kissed and loved a stranger
And we asked our silly questions
And would not settle for the reasons
Did we rise up to the cause
Or did we cause the thing to happen?
When humanity awakens
Ah but the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
There's a power on a hillside
There was magic in the moment
It's a farm land that lies fallow
But the dream grows on forever
Cynics laugh and make it less then
The extraordinary wonder
When humanity awakens
Ah but the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
When humanity awakens
Some folks take their pleasure slow, others like it fast
And some folks lose their futures by living in the past
If you win by taking you might lose your chance to win
And if you lose of heartache you are bound to love again
Every single daytime loses out to night
And every bit of darkness well it uses up the light
You were my religion even though you're just a man
And man will go on lovin' so we're bound to lose again, lose again
My cat is meditating and my dog is scratching fleas
And me I think too much, most people think too much to see
We think too much of loving and we lose more than we win
And woman dies of giving but she's bound to live again
We think too much of loving to love all that we can
Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now
Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now
By the way, by the way
When we reach the preacher
I'll say with feeling
Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Through the back window of a fifty-nine wagon
I watched my best friend Jamie slipping further way
I kept on waving 'til I couldn't see her
And through my tears I asked again why we couldn't stay
Mama whispered softly "Baby, time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?"
I sat on our bed, he packed a suitcase
I held a picture of our wedding day
His hands were trembling, we both were crying
Then he kissed me gently and he quickly walked away
I called my mama, she said "Time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?"
Sitting with mama, alone in her bedroom
She opened her eyes and then squeezed my hand
She said "I have to go now, my time here is over"
And with her final words she tried to help me understand
Mama whispered softly "Time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt, it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try
You're amazing and I like your style
But then it's not just your behavior
You have this way of making me alive
I hope I stay this way forever
Then it occurs to me if you should fall
Will I go tumbling after
And what if I'm feeling no good at all
Will you bring me out and could we laugh about it
Don't really know you
But I do, I do admire the art of making things go your way
But if the day should come when you cannot
I hope you'll see it as a short delay
But if you ever find yourself in doubt
You can look in my direction
'Cause I'll remember, though I'll never count
I will tell you things you've done
And maybe we'll laugh the doubt away
So if you're broken, come to me
Come to me all blue
I'm saving everything you do
So anyway I've got it down for you
I'm saving everything you do
I will tell you things you've done
And maybe we'll laugh the doubt away
So if you're broken, come to me
Come to me all blue
I'm saving everything you do
So anyway I've got it down for you
I'm saving everything you do
And if it's you
You're gonna love me
And if it's not
I'm going to find you
But if I don't
I ll have to make it work for me
And if it's true
I m gonna follow
But if it breaks me
Ill go on broken
I ll dream of you
I ve got to make it work for me
And when the sun sets upside down
And the hands of the clock go the other way round
I know that it's not what the others might see
But I won't fall down from my vertigo dream
I found this way to fly, you see
By letting go and then holding on tight to nothing at all
And if it's you
In your magnificence
Or is it me who thinks you're heaven-sent?
I'll follow through
But I ve got to make it work for me
And if it's you
You're gonna love me
And if it's not
Then I will find you
But if I don't
I'm going to make it work for me
Until the real thing comes along
I'm gonna to make it work for me
And when the sun sets upside down
And the hands of the clock go the other way round
I know that it's not what the others might see
But I won't fall down from my vertigo dream
I found this way to fly, you see
If you need somebody to love
Just look into my eyes
I'll be there to make you feel right
If you're feeling sorry and sad
I'd really sympathize
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
If the sun has faded away
I'll try to make it shine
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
When I was young I broke every rule
'Cause the were made for the criminal and the fool, oh
I wasn't one of those
I had some wild oats to sow
I was a live coal
Don't kill the live coal
Hey now, seems like everywhere I go
Some joker is trying to kill the live coal
Oh, don't be one of those
I have some wild oats to sow
I am a live, alive'o
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
I said, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said oh, oh. Oh, don't be one of those
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
New ones, old ones, I've seen 'em blow
Fan the embers watch the lives ones glow
We've such a long way to go
So from the heart of my soul
Don't kill the love coal
Oh no, don't kill the live coal
I said, oh, oh, oh don't be one of those, oh no
I said oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those
When I was young I broke every rule
'Cause the were made for the criminal and the fool
Oh no, I wasn't one of those
I had some wild oats to sow
I am alive alive'o
Oh yeah, oh baby, don't kill the live coal, oh no
I say, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I say, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those, oh no
If you need somebody to love
Just look into my eyes
I'll be there to make you feel right
If you're feeling sorry and sad
I'd really sympathize
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
If the sun has faded away
I'll try to make it shine
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
I have climbed the highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
No I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in the fingertips
It burned like fire
A burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
No I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in the kingdom come
Where all the colours bleed into one
Bleed into one
Ah! I believe it
You broke the bonds, loosed the chains
Carried the cross and all my shame
All my shame
Oh, I m still runnin
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
Oh, I still haven't found it, what I'm looking for
I still haven't found it
I still haven t found it
And I believe
Yes I m still runnin
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Mamma used to rock you with a concertina
To the tune of a rock n roll band
You were such a little lady
A pretty little baby
Had the look that could undo a full grown man
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
You never went further than that first tondu
But your smile sure made em rave
I'll bet you made your mom and daddy proud of you
When that float drove by and you waved
You were everybody's dream
A cutie beauty queen
Destined for a life of romance
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do
Do a great song and dance
Well you made the grades in every class at school
It must've been your natural charm
When it was hot outside you always could stay cool
With that boy in your eye and the one in your arms
Never mind the arabesque
You do what you did best
Come on we're gonna give the girl a hand
Ah, you didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do
You d think I was doing good
With this smile upon my face
My rent is overdue
I leave here in disgrace
I know nobody loves me
And no one rings my phone
I m gonna get real good at, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
There s a woman on my corner
With her rags, bags and wine
She s laughing with nobody
Beating out the time
She sees me and she s smiling
Cause she knows I m coming home
I recognize my sister, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
Living well is the best revenge
Take pleasure where you can
Don t be too hard on yourself
Or your fellow man
And wear a smile upon your face
Till it becomes your own
And love your own sweet music
When you re jammin alone
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's gone so long
Any time he goes away
Wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder if he's going to stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away
I know
Hey, ought' a leave that thing alone
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
Only darkness every day
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's gone so long
Any time he goes away
Ain't no sunshine in the night
And ain't no sunshine in the day
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's always gone to long
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes...
Any time he goes away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Any time he goes away
Wonder this times where he's gone
Wonder if he's gonna stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes...
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes away
I waited and waited...
And when no message came
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see, but not for me
I sit and watch as tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I ever hear is the sound
of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin' things I used to do,
they think they are new
I sit and watch as tears go by
I almost forgot your number
When I saw you passing by
But then it wasn't you at all
It was some other guy
I wake up with you in my dreams
Before I see the light
Someone else is by my side
I tell another lie
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
It's an unhealthy obsession
Un-adult and plebeian
I read all those books on letting go
But there you are again
I threw stones at your reflection
Though the waters all look calm
The rings have just reached China now
And I am still alone
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
Everyday is a heartache when I tell another lie
I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
Oh it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
Yeah it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
It just another lie
Someday I will find other inspiration
But for now this theme of missed connections
Is my stepping stone
Mostly I lead a normal life with one affliction
One small part of every day, I break down
Oh baby, everyday, everyday, everyday
I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
Oh, it's just another lie (I tell another lie)
Yeah, I tell another lie (I tell another lie)
You told me yourself you were a writer
You followed every line and theme right through
I never suspected I was a one nighter
But there was this line - I'm gonna keep it for you
'Cause you let it go, you let that line go
You let it go, and you call yourself a writer
You let it go, you let that line go
You let it go - I'm gonna keep it for you
Some people think you're quite amazing
They heard you do your songs on radio
But somewhere in that sweet there's bitter tasting
'Cause down; deep inside you know that somebody knows
'Cause you let it go, you let that line go
You let it go, and you call yourself a writer
You let it go, you let that line go
You let it go - I'm gonna keep it for you
I'm gonna play it out loud, I'm gonna do it one more time
I'm gonna do it my show, I want the world to know
It just takes one night to make a reputation
It just takes one lie to break a heart
And it just takes one line to make a song sing
But you let it go, I want the world to know - you let it go
So let me pose this question while you're posing
Let me wonder why - that's what I do
I saw you open your eyes while mine were closing
Did you take it all down from your point of view
Or did you let it go, you let that line go
You let it go, and you call yourself a writer
You let it go, you let that line go
You let it go - I'm gonna keep it for you
I'm gonna play it out loud, I'm gonna do it one more time
I'm gonna do it my show, I want the world to know
It just takes one night to make a reputation
It just takes one lie to break a heart
And it just takes one line to make a song sing
Where do I take it
Where will it go
I m scared to death of changing what I know for the unknown
Where will it lead and how will it end
If I become the lover of my friend
It s been a lifetime, maybe more
I think we were soldiers
It must have been war
We stood for something greater than life
You took it for me on the day that you died
Where will it lead and how will it end
If I become the lover of my friend
What is a friend
What makes a mother, father, husband, wife, sister
What makes a brother?
We just agree, and that s what we do
You stand by me and I ll stand by you
Where will it lead and how will it end
If I become the lover of my friend
Where will I take it
I know it s late, I know you re weary
I know your plans don t include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry, no one will care
Look at the stars so far away
We ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We ve got tonight
Why don t you stay?
Deep in my soul, I ve been so lonely
All of my hopes, fading away
I ve longed for love, like everyone else does
I know I ll keep searching, even after today
So there it is, I ve got it all now
And here we are, what do you say?
We ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We ve got tonight
Why don t you stay?
I know it s late, I know you re weary
I know your plans don t include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Both of us lonely
We ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
Let s make it last, let s find a way
Turn out the light, come take my hand now
We ve got tonight
Why don t you stay?
Why don t you stay?
Why don t you stay?
Why don t you stay?
We ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We ve got tonight
Babe rainbow keep your glow on
There's a show on you know
And they're all gonna be there
Put the gleam in your eyes
And do somethin' to your hair
Keep your glow on
Babe rainbow, oh you gotta go on
Babe rainbow keep your glow on
Though your hand has been held
Away too long
You're afraid to walk
Down the streets all alone
Keep your glow on
Babe rainbow oh you gotta go on
It must be hard lookin' up at the sun
When you know in your heart
You might never be warm
I know it's hard lookin' up at the sun
When you know deep inside
You might never be warm
Babe rainbow dancin' to a slow dance
At a memory affair
And all the boys were there
Put the gleam back in your eyes
And don't let 'em know you care
Keep your glow on
Babe Rainbow you gotta go on
It must be hard lookin' up at the sun
When you know in your heart
You might never be warm
I know it's hard lookin' right at the sun
When you know deep inside
You might never be warm
Babe rainbow keep your glow on
There's a show on you know
And they're all gonna be there
Put the gleam back in your eyes
And don't let 'em know that you care
Keep your glow on
Put the gleam back in your eyes
And do something to your hair
Keep your glow on
Babe rainbow you gotta go on
Oh you gotta go on
Oh does everybody live inside their heads
I know I do
But will I when I m dead
Does what go on inside go on
When I m, dead and gone
Everybody:
When we re dead and gone, oh
When we re dead and gone
Who s gonna love this world like I do
When we re dead and gone
I love to live inside of my rooms
To decorate
To trim and prune
But who s gonna do the things I m doing
When I m dead and gone
Everybody:
When we re dead and gone, oh
When we re dead and gone
Will they love this world like you and I do
When we re dead and gone
I worry about these things you see
Whose gonna take care for me
That my garden doesn t go to seed
When I m dead and gone
Everybody:
When we re dead and gone, oh
When we re dead and gone
Will they love this world like you and I do
When we re dead and gone
Oh, when we re dead and gone, oh
When we re dead and gone
Will they love this world like you and I do
When we re dead and gone
Oh, when we re dead and gone, oh
When we re dead and gone
Who s gonna love this world like I do
Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advise but there's no one by my side
And time washes clean, love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time
Caught in my fears, blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me 'cause you never let me near
And I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me for a long, long time
Wait for the day, you go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I have to pay
And love's fun lost, who knows the cost
Living in the memory of a love that never was
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time
I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna hurt me for a long, long time
I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And it's blue as in cerulean
It's the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there's nothing left to say
And it's true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
And get me through this night
Tragedy takes a number
Beauty takes to flight
Reason's on vacation
And it's killing me tonight
There's a row of oleander
That divides your house from mine
Stifles words of anger
And keeps the neighbors blind
There's a star set in the distance
Of a steely cold and gray
With lights on the horizon
As we look the other way -
And it's blue as in cerulean
It's the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there's nothing left to say
And it's true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
And get us through this night
Tragedy takes a number
Beauty takes to flight
Reason's on vacation
And it's killing me tonight
There's a music in the silence
Of a spring that plays no more
A desert in our future
And a knocking at the door
There's a peace for the unknowing
There's a warning to the wise
A smile upon the faces of our ruin in disguise
And it's blue as in cerulean
It's the scent of new mown hay
Laugh and turn the pages
When there's nothing left to say
And it's true that a thing of brilliance
Can be paled by dimmer light
Spin the tale of ages
Stop the car if I have come this far
Without learning how to make an unexpected turn
Learn to play the changes to the beat of time
Satisfaction never was a friend of mine
Perceive it and say goodbye to it
Don't hold on to any one moment
You've got to love it and then release it
Don't hold on to any one moment
Send a postcard if you go to France
Let me know if you're alive and doing fine
I have never loved by mail
So here's my chance
I would like to write it if I ever get the time
Perceive it and say goodbye to it
Don't hold on to any one moment
You've got to love it and then release it
Don't hold on to any one moment
Draw your boundaries and paint your signs
Though they say "alone"
At least I have a word to pray
And I follow needing all there is of time
Solo dancers learn their steps along the way
Perceive it and say goodbye to it
Don't hold on to any one moment
You've got to love it and then release it
Don't hold on to any one moment
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh etc
I'll be your companion
Your lover and friend
It's all I can promise
All that anyone can
But the world it was flat once
And now it is round
And love is forever
'Til one lover falls down
But as long as we stand
Just as long as we stand
We'll be together
As long as we stand
I bring this love with me
If I go, it will remain
A gift that brings pleasure
Can leave so much pain
But if form follows function
Then it's understood
The body is stone
And the heart is made of wood
But as long as we stand
For the heart and the soul of the living man
We'll be together
As long as we stand
As we stand
Just as long as we stand
We'll be together
As long as we stand
And the world gets hard
The world gets hard and cold
We got to answer back with our hearts
With our hearts and our souls
I have a dream
As long as we stand
The planet was whole, it was clean, it was good
'Til evil met the notion of boundaries and gold
And mankind grew watchful, we still hear the sound
From when someone got nervous and shot another man down
But as long as we stand
Long as we stand
Long as we stand
As we stand
As we stand
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong
'cause I pick up my head, can't tell where I belong.
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
I have a yearning for something that I never had.
Oh, sometimes I feel my life has come and then it's gone,
Sometimes I feel my life has come and gone.
I live in this world but I'm only looking on.
I can't understand, it's too far over my head,
I can't understand, it's too far over my head.
I'm living the life but I'm really dying instead, yeah.
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
'cause I lift up my head and I can't tell where I belong.
Tonight you're mine, completely
You give your soul 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 in your sighs
And 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 if your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
I can't sleep, I can't write
I can't eat, I can't fight
This damned old apathy is killing me
I can't love, I can't hate
I can't run, I can't wait
This damned old apathy is killing me
Ooh oh babe, I'm feelin' so damned low
'Cause I've been waiting around here
And I can wait anymore
Ooh honey, you don't treat me nice at all
You lead me to the edge
And then you ask me why I fall
You ask me why I fall
I can't sleep, I can't write
I can't eat, I can't fight
This damned old apathy is killing me
I can't love, I can't hate
I can't run, I can't wait
This damned old apathy is killing me
Ooh oh babe, I don't care no more
I don't remember fighting
But I feel like I lost the war
Ooh child, I'm gonna leave you with this song
If you don't believe I'm leaving
Count the days I'm gone
Count the days I'm gone
Who needs this damned old apathy
It's wearing out my heart and drying out my brain
Oh set me free from this damned old apathy
This damned old apathy
I can t laugh, I can't cry
I can t live and I can't die
'Cause this damned old apathy is killing me
I can't end, I can't begin
I can t lose but I can' win
'Cause this damned old apathy is killing me
This damned old apathy is killing me
Ah this damned old apathy is killing me
This damned old apathy (Who needs apathy?)
You got to be careful who you care for
Beware the ones you love
For it seems even after you've said goodbye forever
They can find you in your dreams
They can find you in your dreams
And when the walls around you crumble
When your loose ends fly and fray
When your reason fails to arm you
Then your dreams they have their day
So you've got to be careful who you care for
Beware the ones you love for it seems
Even after you've said goodbye forever
They can find you in your dreams
They can find you in your dreams
Even the one who never loved you
Or the time you didn't let him know
Unfulfilled and unrequited
In your dreams you can't say no
So you've got to be careful who you care for
Beware the ones you love for it seems
Even after you've said goodbye forever
They can find you in your dreams
Then in a quiet room
Apart from the everyday
Far from the in and out of breathing
I turn down the noise in my head
Counter clockwise the life I live
And face a glimmer of my longing
What a crazy love
On the wild ride dove
It s my heart grown strong
From too many loves gone wrong
On those wild ride nights
With the sad, sad song
What a crazy love
We live in
There is no emptiness
Here in my emptiness
Where I drink my fill and I take it in
I turn the handle of the door
Outward
And Hello everyone
I m fine
And how are you
My desperation
What a crazy love
On the wild ride dove
It s a heart grown strong
From too many loves gone wrong
On those wild ride nights
With the sad, sad song
What a crazy love
Trouble me to tell your secret
Crouch down low and whisper why
Turn the lights down
Close the window
It s wild out there tonight
Come in from the storm and thunder
Wait it out til the coast is clear
Such a heavy cloud we re under
I thought I was alone in this
Alone in a room with your kiss
Alone in a room with your kiss
Further down the road I wander
leaving what I know behind
Gather me to roam beyond where
Protected from the winds and mist
Alone in a room with your kiss
Twisted branch cold and splinter
Devastating possibility
Flotsam, jetsam, muck wash over
How I long for clear, clean water
Bone and feather on the altar
Elemental weave and wander
Expectations spark to fly
Several ways with no direction
Missed its mark, made the hit
Deafening sound of nothingness
Alone in a room with your kiss
Autumn flower rhyme filtered through my mind
But I wouldn't begin to explain without help from a song
And the moon and the sun
Sometimes the wind that blows through life
Can stir up the darkness and pain
Oh I've been blown to the right and the left of the light
It's the wind but I still feel to blame
The Autumn Lady is laying now on a mountain of feathers and down, oh
She spent all her nights under raspberry lights
And her days, wrote her days into songs
Why has the maple gone brown on me
Has the falling already begun
I lay in the grass in the fields of the past
I was bored
I would not compromise
Wanted more
So I looked in your eyes
But it could have been any guy's
It could have been any guy's eyes
But your eyes were there
And they started to stare
But don't think that I care - No.
Now you got
The feeling you're great
Cause we shared
A few looks
And I made one mistake
But it could have been any one
I was looking for that kind of fun
And you were right there
In love, all is fair
But don't think that I care
Now you got
A new friend I know
So I'm packing my things
And I'm going to go
Please don't make a scene
Don't cry
You can't stop me if you try
I love being free
It's the best way to be
Is she as pretty as me, huh? (3x)
Is she as pretty as me, huh-huh?
Promises are hard to keep
She falls in love three times a week
And when she falls it s always deeper
Than the time before
Easier said and harder done
To love one only, only one
Sometimes head and heart succumb
To heaven in the making
And we fall, after being warned and told
After all, the days and nights of hot and cold
Knowing calls for closing eyes and healing words
I ll love you forever
Beholding to the heart in dreams
We fall in love with love, it seems
Believing in those movie scenes
And the happily ever after
Well some go on and some remain
In the winning losing loving game
And who we hurt in love s name
It haunts us in our dreaming
And we fall, after being warned and told
After all, the days and nights of hot and cold
Knowing calls for closing eyes and healing words
I ll love you forever
Through the door and down the aisle
Through the mind s eye the years and miles
And tell me dear, do you still smile
Cause this is how you ve spent your life tonight
And we fall, after being warned and told
After all, the days and nights of hot and cold
Knowing calls for closing eyes and healing words
Peace Will Come (According To Plan)
Melanie
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
For sometimes when I am feeling as big as the land
With the velvet hill in the small of my back
And my hands are playing the sand
And my feet are swimming in all of the waters
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man
Well sometimes when I am feeling so grand
And I become the world
And the world becomes a man
And my song becomes a part of the river
I cry out to keep me just the way I am
According to plan
According to man, according to plan
According to man, according to plan
Oh there's a chance peace will come
In your life, please buy one
Oh there's a chance peace will come
In your life, please buy one
For sometimes when we have reached the end
With the velvet hill in the small of my backs
And our hands are clutching the sand
Will our blood become a part of the river
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one.
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
For sometime when we have reached the end
With the velvet hill in the small of my backs
And our hands are clutching the sand.
There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one
Who will draw a ring around the moon,
Who will draw a line from star to star,
Who will sing a penny's worth of song
To tell them how in love we are?
I will draw a ring around the moon,
I will draw a line from star to star,
I will sing a penny's worth of song
They all said it was bound to happen
Was as just a matter of time
Now I've come to my decision
And it's one of the painful kind
Well, it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular girl wouldn't do
Now baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you
I really got to hand it to you
Boy you really tried
But for every time that we spent laughing
There were two times that I cried
'Cause I never was much of a martyr before,
And I ain't gonna start nothing new
Oh baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you
Tables are meant for turning
And people are bound to change
Bridges are meant for burning
When people and memories aren't one and the same
Still I hope that you can find another
Who could take what I could not
She would have to be a supergirl
Or maybe a Joan of Arc
Now I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't gonna start nothing new
Oh baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you
I won't hang upon a lover's cross for you, oh baby
I can't hang upon a lover's cross for you
Tables are meant for turning
And people are bound to change
Bridges are meant for burning
When people and memories aren't one and the same
Still I hope that you can find another
Who could take what I could not
She would have to be a supergirl
Or maybe a Joan of Arc
Now I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't gonna start nothing new
No baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for
I won't hang upon a lover's cross, no baby
Freedom pulls my heartstrings
As I board another plane
It's not leaving I am wanting
But freedom knows my name
Friends turn into strangers
Strangers can be cold
I've been blessed with angels
At least I'm not alone
And they come to me in a sunrise
In the words of some old song
In the name of all creation
In a life long out of bounds
Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name
Tender roots grow deep with longing
To the core of solid ground
Mine go left of center
And slightly off the ground
Through the war torn ages
Scenes of freedom's fight
Drawn on hidden pages
Haunt our dreams at night
Freedom knows my name
Freedom knows my name
To the child without a promise
To the frightened and the tame
Although it's just a whisper
You d think I was doing good
With this smile upon my face
My rent is overdue
I leave here in disgrace
I know nobody loves me
And no one rings my phone
I m gonna get real good at, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
There s a woman on my corner
With her rags, bags and wine
She s laughing with nobody
Beating out the time
She sees me and she s smiling
Cause she knows I m coming home
I recognize my sister, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
Living well is the best revenge
Take pleasure where you can
Don t be too hard on yourself
Or your fellow man
And wear a smile upon your face
Till it becomes your own
And love your own sweet music
When you re jammin alone
There's a light
A certain kind of light
That never shone on me
I want my life to be
Lit with you, lit with you
There's a way
I hear the people say
To do each and every little thing
But what good does it bring
If I ain't got you, if I ain't got you
You don't know what it's like
Baby, you don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody
The way I love you
In my pain
I see your face again
I play it in my mind
Well I see you soft and kind
But is that you, is that you?
As a man
Can t you see what I am?
I live and breath for you
But what good does it do
If I ain t got you, if I ain t got you
You don't know what it's like
Baby you don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody
The way I love you
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody
The way I love you
You don't know what it's like
You don't know ya know, ya know, ya know
To love somebody, to love somebody
I bless the day I found you,
I want to stay around you
and so I begging,
Let it be me
Don't every leave me lonely
Tell me you'll love me only
Now and for ever
Let it be me
Each time we meet love,
I find complete love.
Without your sweet love
What would life be?
Don't take this heaven from one,
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever
Let it be me
Each time we meet love,
I find complete love.
Without your sweet love
What would life be?
Don't every leave me lonely
Tell me you'll love me only
And that you'll always, darling
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the breaks of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on
Don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
And it ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
Like you never done before
It ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinking and a-wond'rin' walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don't think twice, it's all right
So long honey, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
People in love
They go a long way
They do the wrong things sometimes
They let their hearts lead them astray
They give the ones they love
The benefit of the doubt
They work it out
I used to work it out
But I'm not in love anymore
Never mind it
I'm not in love anymore
People in love
They reign in sunshine
They give their hearts to burning
And then they have a laugh
I'm always amazed
At what passion can do
To any man, but not to me I'm past it
'Cause I'm not in love anymore
Never mind it
I'm not in love anymore
I'm not in love anymore
Don't talk to me about loneliness
I never minded
It's just a fleeting moment of my heart
That don't beat that way no more, no more
No no, I'm not in love anymore
Never mind it
I'm not in love anymore
I'm not in love anymore
I'm not in love anymore
I'm not in love anymore
I'm not in love anymore
People in love
They go a long way
They do the wrong things sometimes
They let their hearts lead them astray
They give the ones they love
The benefit of the doubt
They work it out
I used to work it out
I'm not in love anymore
Tonight's the kind of night
Where all things come together
Tonight's the kind of night
Where nothing need be said
Tonight's the kind of night
Where all the lamps are burning
And nobody wants to go to bed
Some will have crackers and
Some will have pudding
Soup and crispies and home made bread
And no one will go hungry
And lovers will be faithful
We'll sip a little cup and
Then we'll sip another and we'll sing
Come all ye faithful tonight, sing out
Merry Christmas, oh yeah!
Ave Maria we'll try, one more time
Merry Christmas
Mommy's and Daddy's are loving all their children
And from a distant room
We can hear then giggling
One of them is dreaming
The world a little brighter
And everyone is listening
To the song in their head, and they sing
Come all ye faithful tonight, sing out
Merry Christmas, oh yeah!
Ave Maria we'll try, one more time
Merry Christmas
Tonight's the kind of night
The world won't hold us down here
From planet to planet
From star to star
We'll shire our little light
That everyone can follow
Tonight's the kind of night
Where all the lamps are burning
And no one will go hungry
And lovers will be faithful
Tonight's the kind of night
Where all things come together
Tonight I make a promise
That I will sing forever
Tonight the kisses fly from all out little fingers
And nobody wants to go to bed
Come all ye faithful tonight, sing out
Merry Christmas, oh yeah!
Ave Maria we'll try, one more time
Merry Christmas
Come all ye faithful tonight, sing out
Merry Christmas, oh yeah!
Ave Maria we'll try, one more time
Merry Christmas
Childhood living, it isn't hard to do
All the things you wanted,
I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know that I won't let you
Slip right through my hand
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses,
We're gonna ride them someday
We're gonna ride them someda-a-y
You know I dreamed you
A sin and a lie
I have got my freedom
Mut I don't have much time
Faith has been broken,
Some tears must be cried
We're gonna do some living
After we die
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses,
We're gonna ride them someday
Oh mine eyes have seen the glory of the theories of Freud,
He has taught me all the evils that my ego must avoid.
Repression of the impulses resuling paranoid
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on
There was a man who thought his friends to him were all superior
And this complex he imagined made life drearier and drearier
Till his analyst assured him that he really was inferior
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on
Do you drown your superego in a flood of alcohol - or something else -
And go running after women till you're just about to fall.
You may think you're having fun but you're not having fun at all
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on
Oh sad is the masochism, the vagaries of sex
Have turned half the population into total nervous wrecks.
But your analyst will cure you, long as you can pay the cheques
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on
Is your body plagued by aches and pains that you can't understand
Compound fractures ingrown toenails, floating kidneys, trembling hands,
There's a secret to your trouble: you're in love with your old man
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Glory glory now we can be free as the id goes marching on
Freud's mystic world of meaning needn't have us mystified
It's really very simple what the psyche tries to hide:
A thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide
As the id goes marching on.
Glory glory psychotherapy, glory glory sexuality,
Who put the smile on my face
Somebody sound an alarm
I go to sleep now with one eye open
And dream with the one light on
I'm gonna figure it out later on
I want to see if I shouldn't or should
But I can't seem to follow the reasons
Or love for my own damn good
But it's my love
And I'll do what I want when I want to with it
It's my love
And I'll wear it like a flag
It's my heart
But I'll break it to pieces
Before it breaks me down
Who put the smile on my face
Somebody sound an alarm
I go to sleep now with one eye open
And dream with the one light on
Who's sneakin' up from behind
Who's gonna cover my eyes
Whose gonna be the first one to hear
The scream of my surprise
But it's my love
And I'll do what I want when I want to with it
It's my love
And I'll wear it like a flag
It's my heart
But I'll break it to pieces
Before it breaks me down
Who put the smile on my face
Somebody sound an alarm
I go to sleep now with one eye open
And dream with the one light on
I'm gonna call you back later for sure
But I do what I do when I can
I'm gonna love you to death and if that don't kill ya
Wait 'til I catch my second wind
But it's my love
And I'll do what I want when I want to with it
It's my love
And I'll wear it like a flag
It's my heart
But I'll break it to pieces
Before it breaks me down
Who put the smile on my face
Somebody sound an alarm
I go to sleep now with one eye open
Hold tight cyclone
Found love in the music but lost in the overtones
Sweat on the brow, blood on the lips, love for the money
And gold at the fingertips... at the fingertips
Hold tight cyclone
A fool to continue but love keeps me holding on
And it feels good real slow
I love you to hurt but pain makes me let you go
Makes me let you go
Hold tight cyclone
Don't need no religion to look for the kingdom come
Gotta feel for the ground, reach for the sky, leap off the edge
To see if you fall or fly if you fall or fly
I wait for the day to burn into night
And then I wait for dawn
And I open my eyes when it gets bright
And know I must be home
I know I must be home
I know I must be home
Hold tight cyclone
Found love in the music but lost in the overtones
Sweat on the brow, blood on the lips, love for the money
And gold at the fingertips... at the fingertips
Cyclone - lost in the overtones
Cyclone - lost in the overtones
Cyclone - lost in the overtones
Lost in the overtones
Nothing for me to do
But be alone
Tonight
Maybe I'll sit and write
'Cause if I don't
The ones I met won't
Be my friends for life
Where did I put my paper and pen
Well, I'm looking around
Again
My room is a mess
I can't find the address
Of the ones I like best
Again
Nothing for me to do
But be alone
Again
Where did I put my friend
I lost the address
Of the place I like best
And I'm looking around
Again
Nothing for me to do
Well, I'm looking around
Again
Where did I put my friend
I lost the address
Of the place I like best
And I'm looking around
Again
Nothing for me to do
But be alone
Tonight
Maybe I'll sit and write
'Cause if I don't
The ones I met won't
Cold days since you're gone
Make a move to give him up and go on
Feel the message in the chill of my bones
Let him go from you
'Cause it only goes to show you
Love only goes to show you
Love only goes
It only goes to show you
Still here, still alive
Lost it all
And showed the poor survive
I had money and I watched it slide
There go my friends too
But they only go to show you
They only go
They only go
They only go to show you
They only go
Lord only knows
It only goes to show you
I've been born at least twice
Maybe more but I lose track of time
Let it go and then when life quits buyin'
Let it go too
'Cause it only goes
It only goes to show you
It only goes
Lord only knows
It only goes to show you
It only goes
Lord only knows
It only goes to show you
Too much singing for my living tonight
Do a song for friends and company
Too much is the matter with giving on spite
Here's one for the giving and the other for free
The straw that broke the camel's back
Is blown upon my window sill
I may look beaten but I don't look back
When you break my heart
You feed my will
This should be an instrumental
But it seems I've made up words
Though they have a way of getting in the way
What a way to be absurd
It's a way of being heard
Too much is the matter with giving on spite
Here's one for the giving and the other for free
Too much time for resting easy
Not enough to sleep all night
In the shooting star I take the dreaming weighs me down
The doctor's right, is the doctor ever right
Oh god I need to swallow you whole again
I've gotta mend the old soul again all I need is some inner peace
Oh god I need to swallow you whole again
I've gotta mend the old soul again all I need is some inner peace
Oh god I need to swallow you whole again
I've gotta mend the old soul again all I need is some inner peace
Give the soul a way to fly... sooth the eyes of memory
Let's give it all for an answer why
If you reach the heaven the spirit's on me
Too much singing for my living tonight
Do a song for friends and company
Too much is the matter with giving on spite
You said you were leavin
And I said go on
I don't know exactly what it is
But something went wrong
It wasn't for nothing
It made a sad rhyme
I'm sorry I saw you
I meant to stay blind
And I'm gonna go out steppin' with my new man tonight
Gonna go out steppin' with my new man tonight
If my mother should ask me where you've gone
Gonna tell her that you joined the Marines
And she'll say c'mon
And then she'll start laughing
And so will I
I'm glad that I'm laughing
It's a good way to die
And I'm gonna go out steppin' with my new man tonight
Gonna go out steppin' with my new man tonight
When I finish my laundry and air out my head
Gonna look for another long-haired man to help me make my bed
You know that I'll miss you, but, strangely I'm glad
Gonna make it without you
And that's what's so sad
Gonna make it alone and that's what sad
Gonna make it alone and that's what sad
'Cause you know that I'll miss you
But strangely I'm glad
Gonna make it alone
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away
When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
A telephone can't take the place of your smile
But you know I won't be travelling forever
It's cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so wanna give you
It's only a heartbeat away
It's not easy when the road is your driver
That's a heavy load that we bear
But you know I won't be travelling a lifetime
It's cold out, but hold out, and do like I do
When I need you
I close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away
I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hands
And I'm with you darlin'
All that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away
When I need love
I just hold out my hand and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
So just hold out your hand
Just hold out your hand
I'll be with you darlin'
All that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away
We just hold out our hands
Hold out our hands
And I'm with you darlin'
You live in the same world as I do
But somehow I never noticed
You before today
I'm ashamed to say
Beautiful people
We share the same back door
And it isn't right
We never met before
But then
We may never meet again
If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me
I would run and take all your hands
And I'd gather everyone together for a day
And when we gather'd
I'll pass buttons out that say
Beautiful people
Then you'd never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in everything you do.
Beautiful people
You ride the same subway
As I do ev'ry morning
That's got to tell you something
We've got so much in common
I go the same direction that you do
So if you take care of me
Maybe I'll take care of you
Beautiful people
You look like friends of mine
And it's about time
That someone said it here and now
I make a vow that some time, somehow
I'll have a meeting
Invite ev'ryone you know
I'll pass out buttons to
The ones who come to show
Beautiful people
Never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in ev'rything you do
He may be sitting right next to you
He may be beautiful people too
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you
And if you take care of him
Sie war wie alle andren war'n
Voll Lebensdurst, doch unerfahr'n.
In ihren Augen brannte heiss die Glut, die Glut, die Glut.
Wo was los war, war auch sie.
Man nannte sie nur Melanie.
Sie ging die Wege zwischen schlecht
Und gut und gut und gut und gut und gut.
Zu Hause war sie fortgerannt,
Weil man nicht gleiche Worte fand.
Und Liebe spuerte sie nie - Melanie ! Melanie !
Ihr Vater hatte niemals Zeit und
Wenn er da war, gab es Streit.
So ein Leben wollte sie nie mehr,
nie mehr, nie mehr, nie mehr.
Zu Hause war sie fortgerannt,
Weil man nicht gleiche Worte fand.
Und Liebe spuerte sie nie - Melanie ! Melanie !
Mal blieb sie von der Arbeit weg und
Suchte Halt in manchem Bett.
Doch was sie fand erlosch bei Tageslicht.
Ein Kind - sie wusste nicht von wem.
Sie wollte es trotz alledem.
Die Traenen, die sie weinte, sah man nicht.
Traenen sah man bei ihr nie.
Man misst das Leben nicht nach Jahren.
Doch sie, als ich sie wiedersah.
Das Kind an ihrer Seite lachte und
Can't you win
when I think
about know has won
into spin around to disappear
I'll be here
just for one
I'll get it across to you
and you, you wrote the book
and have to look
down people like they were fuss
now you, end up the hook
for what you do
it's for what should I be?
To talk in twice
pay you price
sacrifice just to what you suposse to do
take my advice,
play it right
best two dice,
just to sold like a nice cold view
and you, you're in the clouds,
well send it right
do you know where you going to?
but you, you still insist,
but you're miss,
never wanted to wait for you
More that a million times,
you're saying million lies
I can not memories,
Melanie
Why don't you take a slice
of someone elses life
and try an effort size,
Melanie
Nothing more to see
there's no other way
that I see as my love for you
what would never be true
but no give away
what you're feeling
down deep inside...
Melanie!
More that a million times,
you're saying million lies
I can not memories,
Melanie
Why don't you take a slice
of someone elses life
and try an effort size,
