A song for you this evening, and it's not to make you sad,
Or for adding to the sorrow of a troubled Northern land.
But lately I've been thinking, and it just won't leave my mind.
I'll tell you now of two good friends. They were both good friends of
Mine.
Isaac Scott from Derry, he lived just across the fields.
A great man for the music and the dancing and the reels.
MacDonald came from South Armagh to court young Agnes fair.
It was then we'd meet on Ryan Road, and laughter filled the air.
Now, Isaac, he was Protestant and Sean was Catholic born.
But it never made a difference, for their friendship it was strong.
And sometimes in the evening when we heard the sound of drums,
We said "War won't divide us, we will always be as one.
For the land our fathers plow in, the soil it is the same.
And the places where we say our prayers have just got different
Names."
We talked about our friends who'd died, we hoped there'd be no more.
It was little then we realized the tragedy in store.
There were roses, roses, there were roses.
And the tears of the people ran together.
It was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came around.
There'd been another killing outside of Caplan town.
We knew that Isaac danced up there, we knew he liked the band.
We heard that he was dead, and we just could not understand.
We gathered at his graveside on a cold and rainy day.
The minister just closed his eyes, and for no revenge he prayed.
And those of us who knew him from along the Ryan Road,
Just bowed our heads and said a prayer for the resting of his soul.
There were roses, roses, there were roses.
And the tears of the people ran together.
Now fear it filled the countryside, and fear filled every home.
And late one night, a car came prowling round the Ryan Road.
A Catholic would be killed tonight to even up the score.
Oh Christ, it's young MacDonald that they've taken from the door.
"Isaac was my friend!" he cried, he begged them with his fear.
But centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear.
"An eye for an eye" was all that filled their minds.
And another eye for another eye, til everyone is blind.
There were roses, roses, there were roses.
And the tears of the people ran together.
Now I don't know where the moral is, or how this song should end.
But I wonder just how many wars are fought between good friends.
And the men who give the orders, well, they're not the ones who die.
It's Scott and MacDonald and the likes of you and I.
There were roses, roses, there were roses.
Sometimes I wonder what's the right thing
Maybe you could let me know
We were struck by lightning
A long time ago
No one else's vision
Ever let me see
How your good intentions
Cast their spell on me
Now there's a bridge I can't get over
There's a weight I can't get under
It's a dream I still remember
But it won't come true
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over
Between me and you
Love can take some crazy side streets
It can twist and turn you around
Looking for the straight and narrow
Doubt it can be found
When life's hesitation
Sets somebody free
Baby in your wisdom
Shine your grace on me
Now there's a bridge I can't get over
There's a weight I can't get under
It's a dream I still remember
But it won't come true
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over
Between me and you
And I have lived with indecision
And hoped without a reason
Now I'm tired of all this self-pity, baby
Give me the room to leave
If there's a lesson I would learn it
I would cross it now or burn it
But there's a bridge I can't get over
Between me and you
I come from the mountains, Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and the black bear so lately did roam
By the cool rushing waterfall the wildflowers dream
And through every green valley, there runs a clear stream
Now there's scenes of destruction on every hand
And only black waters run down through my land
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
Oh the quail, she's a pretty bird, she sings a sweet tongue
In the roots of tall timber she nests with her young
Then the hillside explodes with the dynamite's roar
And the voice of the small bird is heard there no more
Then the mountain comes tumbling so awful and grand
And the poison black waters run down through my land
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
In the coming of the springtime we planted our corn
In the ending of the springtime we buried a son
In the summer come a nice man, says everything's fine
My employer just requires a way to his mine
Then they blew down the timber and covered my corn
And the grave on the hillside's a mile deeper down
And the man stands and talks with his hat in his hand
As the poison black waters rise over my land
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
Well I don't have much money, not much of a home
I own my own land, but my land's not my own
But, if I had ten million, somewhere's thereabouts
Well, I'd buy Perry county and I'd drive 'em all out
Then I'd sit on the bank with my bait and my can
And watch the clear waters run down through my land
Well, wouldn't that be just like the old promised land?
Black waters, black waters no more in my land
Glo-glo-glo-glo-ria
Yeah
Ooh, oh, ooh oh, yeah
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plain
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Glo-glo-glo-glo-ria
In excelsis Deo
Ooh, no, yeah, yeah
Shepards, why this jubilee
Why your joyous song prolong
What the gladsome tidings be
That inspire your heavenly
Heavenly song, oh
Glo-glo-glo-glo-ria
In excelsis Deo
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, yeah
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come on adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord
Our newborn King
Glo-glo-glo-glo-ria
In excelsis Deo
Oh yeah
On the day
That Christ was born
The angels sang
Such a heavenly song
In excelsis Deo, ohh
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high
In excelsis Deo
In excelsis Deo
After all was said and done
There was nothin' left to do
The hardest mile I ever walked
Was the one I walked away from you
Maybe I'm a little ragged around the edges
And I've been keepin' a little more to myself these days
But I'm alright
Shot down but I'm still standing, yeah
I'm alright
A little banged up from the fall
Well, I'm alright
Still shaky from the landing, yeah
I'm alright
After all
You know, it's really not that bad
No matter, how bad it might feel
'Cause there ain't nothin' time won't fix
And this ain't nothin' that some time won't heal
So maybe I've been walkin' a little wounded
Move a little bit slower now but that's okay
'Cause I'm alright
Shot down but I'm still standing, yeah
I'm alright
A little banged up from the fall
Well, I'm alright
Still shaky from the landing, yeah
I'm alright
After all
Every now and then I think about you
Oh, every now and then I cross the line
I'm alright
Shot down and I'm still standin', yeah
I'm alright
A little banged up from the fall
Well, I'm alright
Still shaky from the landin', yeah
I'm alright
After all, after all
Oh, I'm alright
Early in the evening, just about supper time
Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind
Four kids on the corner, tryin' to bring you up
Willie picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp
Down on the corner, out in the street
Willie and the poor boy's are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet
Rooster hits the wash board, people just got to smile
Blinky thumps the gut-bass and he solos for a while
Poor boy twangs the rhythm out, on his Kalamazoo
Willie goes into a dance and he doubles on kazoo
Down on the corner, out in the street
Willie and the poor boy's are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet
You don't need a penny, just to hang around
But if you got a nickel, won't you lay your money down
Over on the corner, there's a happy noise
People come from all around to watch the magic boy
Down on the corner, out in the street
Willie and the poor boy's are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet
Down on the corner, out in the street
Poor boy's are playin', nickel, tap your feet
Down on the corner, out in the street
Poor boy's are playin', nickel, tap your feet
Down on the corner, out in the street
Willie and the poor boy's are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet
Down on the corner, out in the street
Willie and the poor boy's are playin'
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Christ, by highest heaven adored
Christ, the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold him come
Offspring of the Virgin's womb
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Hail the Heaven-born
Prince of Peace
Hail the Son of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Hark! the herald angels sing
This room used to be the room where you and me
Xame to love the slow mivin' nights
Just like the morning star we had that lovers' spark
Nothing could hide the fire in our eyes
Now we're reachin' in the dark for what we need
Runnin' into walls that we can't see
Who turned out the light who decided we weren't right
What took the shine off a brand new love
Who turned our gold to rust left us lyin' in the dust
Just when love was burnin' bright who turned out the light
Was it you or me who brought on this winter freeze
Baby did we move too fast too soon
And if we could trace our tracks could we feel our way back
The picture is fading but I remember you
Oh we're reachin' in the dark...
[ guitar ]
Just when love was burnin' bright who turned out the light
I remember the face of an angel
A love that was faithful and true
I left that dear boy in the mountains
For a ramblin' life, empty and blue
Sweet roses bloom where they're planted
Wild flowers seed on the wind
That valley was closer to heaven
Than any place this poor fool's been
It's a far cry from here to Virginia
But I'd crawl every inch of that ground
My teardrops fall like rain on the roof
Of that blue ridge home where I'm bound
This highway's a ribbon of lonesome
Don't care where I lay my head down
My Virginia boy died broken-hearted
My sweet mountain darlin' is gone
It's a far cry from here to Virginia
But I'd crawl every inch of that ground
My teardrops fall like rain on the roof
I'm from West 'by God' Virginia
And the high Kentucky hills
I'm dirty but I'm honest
I pay a poor man's bills
I'm prosperity and poverty
I'm a scoundrel and a saint
I'm loved, reviled, misunderstood
I'm hope in a hopeless place
Hello, my name is coal
And around here I'm the king
Some say I'm a savior
Some say death is what I bring
I've broke miner's backs & hearts
And I've wrestled for their souls
Let me introduce myself
Hello, my name is coal
Some men call me 'black gold'
You might have heard of me
My body is the mountain
My breath is kerosene
You might think I'm outta date
But if I'm out of style and old
Why do men still dig me
All around the globe?
Hello, my name is coal
And around here I'm the queen
Some say I'm cheap and easy
Oh but they still bow to me
Be careful, I'll break up your home
And I'll steal away your soul
It's dangerous to lust for me
Hello, my name is coal
They curse me now for what I am
But not that long ago
They sang my praises everywhere
Time after time, I've turned away from you
When all I had to do was surrender to your love
You've seen me stumble, you've watched me fall
And though I heard you call, I just wasn't strong enough
But there's an emptiness inside without you in my life
Lord, I hope you hear my prayer tonight
Won't you blind my eyes when all I see is temptation
Break my stride when I'm runnin' from the truth
An' tie my hands when I reach out with desire
Go on an' do what you must do
Whatever you must put me through, till I turn to you, yeah
I know others fall down on their knees for mercy
But you may have to hurt me before I see the light
'Cause I've gone as far as I can go all by myself
You know I need your help if I'm gonna get it right
Tired of strugglin' every day, Lord I wanna know the way
So, now the only prayer I wanna pray
Is just blind my eyes when all I see is temptation
Break my stride when I'm runnin' from the truth
An' tie my hands when I reach out with desire
Go on an' do what you must do
Whatever you must put me through, till I turn to you, yeah
Blind my eyes, break my stride
Let every want be denied, whatever you must do
An' tie my hands, ignore my demands
Build a wall that stands so high, I can't get through
An old friend lay on his dying bed
Held my hand to his bony breast
And he whispered low as I bent my head
Oh, they're calling me home
They're calling me home
My time has come to sail away
I know you'd love for me to stay
But I miss my friends of yesterday
Oh, they're calling me home
They're calling me home
I know you'll remember me when I'm gone
Remember my stories, remember my songs
I'll leave them on earth, sweet traces of gold
Oh, they're calling me home
They're calling me home
So friends gather 'round and bid me goodbye
My body's bound but my soul shall fly
My little light's shining from the sky
Oh, they're calling me home
They're calling me home
My time has come to sail away
I know you'd love for me to stay
But I miss my friends of yesterday
Oh, they're calling me home
I got a few words
For all you women out there
If you've ever been in love
Or if you're ever gonna be
There's nothing much sweeter
Than laying in the arms of your mortal man
But it ain't all wine and roses
You just listen to me
Yeah, you're gonna fight some
That means you're gonna cry some
Gonna look into his eyes
And wonder why some
If you're gonna love someone
And do it like it's s'pposed to be done
Yeah, you're gonna hurt some
Gonna wait up late some
Lay there wide awake some
As much as you wanna give
You're gonna have to take some
If you really love someone
You're in it for the long run
You're gonna hurt some
Yeah, you're gonna hurt some
Get down in the dirt some
Gonna have to roll up your sleeves
And really work some
If it's gonna be real some
Gonna need nerves of steel some
Might be sitting in the same damn room
And still feel lonesome
Yeah, you're gonna hurt some
Get down in the dirt some
Gonna have to roll up your sleeves
And really work some
If it's gonna be real some
Gonna need nerves of steel some
Might be sitting in the same, same damn room
And still feel lonesome, oh yeah
You're gonna cause a scene some
Sayin' what you mean some
Might get so mad, you feel like
You wanna scream some
If you really love someone
You know where I'm coming from
Yeah, you're gonna hurt some
I got a few words
For all you women out there
If you've ever been in love
I can't believe she had the nerve
To show her face again
I can't believe she got to you
And now you're givin' in
Remember how she walked away
For reasons she could not explain?
Now she says she's changed her mind
And wants you back after all this time
If that's what she calls lovin' you
If that's the best that she can do
Darlin', I can promise you
It's not what you're worthy of
Is that what you call livin' proof
Is that what you call a dream come true
Darlin', you're not dreamin' big enough
If that's what you call love
After all she put you through
She expects you to pretend
That she has never lied to you
And she never would again
Now that her world has fallen through
She figures she'll just fall back on you
She needs you now but don't be confused
She only wants what she can use
If that's what she calls lovin' you
If that's the best that she can do
Darlin', I can promise you
It's not what you're worthy of
Is that what you call livin' proof
Is that what you call a dream come true
Darlin', you're not dreamin' big enough
If that's what you call love
Is that what you call livin' proof
Is that what you call a dream come true
Darlin', you're not dreamin' big enough
A Midwest morning
October snowfall
She packed her Chevrolet
And she brushed the fear away
She's got a great big dream
And a history of playing small
And everybody seems to think
She'll be back before Christmas day
She hit that highway
With every ounce of faith she could summon
When courage finally comes
You never see it coming
Right outta nowhere
You open your heart
And that changes everything
You're going somewhere
And all you need to know
Is that you're free to go
A summer night
The soft smell of seashore
All the deadheads dancing
Out on the beach
He's got a ten-year tan
And his own little junk store
He says, some people got a lot to prove
And that's the way I used to be
Now I'm just an old hippie
With a half a dozen PhDs
Some choices hold you down
Some chances set you free
Right outta nowhere
You open your heart
And let go of everything
You're going somewhere
And all you need to know
Is that you're free to go
Dream and the way will be clear
Pray and the angels will hear
Leap and the net will appear
Right outta nowhere
You open your heart
And believe in everything
You're going somewhere
And all you need to know
Is that you're free
Right outta nowhere
You open your heart
And have faith in everything
You're going somewhere
And all you need to know
There's so much I don't know, there's so much I don't know
I don't understand why the summer's so hot
I don't understand why an apple core rots
And I have no idea when I'll see a rainbow
But there's one thing I do know
I know that God ain't no stained glass window
And I believe there is a Holy Ghost
I know that God ain't no stained glass window
'Cause He never keeps His window closed
There's so much I don't see, there's so much I don't see
I don't see how hair can turn silver gray
I don't see why my prayers can't get answered right away
I don't see why some folks keep a load in their mind
With a sharp axe to grind
And I don't understand why the truth takes a twist
I don't understand why there is loneliness
I don't know why they claim only man has a soul
But there's one thing I do know
I know that God ain't no stained glass window
And I believe there is a Holy Ghost
I know that God ain't no stained glass window
'Cause He never keeps His window closed
Wouldn't it be nice if we could take a trip?
May we head down to the ocean?
For just once in our lives leave the world behind
And just chase the crazy notion
In a slow boat just you and me together
Nothing else to push us but the wind
In a slow boat, who knows what we'll discover
We might even find each other again
Forget about the house, forget about the job
Drop the kids off at your mothers
In just a couple of days we could be amazed
Even find time to be lovers
In a slow boat just you and me together
Nothing else to push us but the wind
In a slow boat, who knows what we'll discover
We might even find each other again
In a slow boat, who knows what we'll discover
Hey there little cactus flower your ways are sharper than a knife
And they cause the heart to bleed
You think that love is flower well baby you abused the right to rule over me
Cause love should keep you feeling warm and all right
But when I'm close to you I just get frostbite
I ain't gonna be the clown in your rodeo I ain't gonna be the freak in your fair
I ain't gonna be the floor for your do-si-do
No baby gonna dust you off and ride on out of here
Hey there little bronco buster
Did you think you had me trained to meet your every whim
Well hand me my feather duster
I'm cleaning house I'll end the game before my heart starts caving in
Cause this love affair has taken me through hell some
Now I believe that I've worn out my welcome
I ain't gonna be the clown...
[ dobro - fiddle ]
Cause love should keep...
West Virginia, oh my home
West Virginia, where I belong
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
I slip away, like a bird in flight
Back to those hills, the place that I call home
It's been years now, since I left there
And this city life's about got the best of me
I can't remember why I left so free
What I wanted to do, what I wanted to see
But I can sure remember where I come from
West Virginia, oh my home
West Virginia, where I belong
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
I slip away, like a bird in flight
Back to those hills, the place that I call home
Well I paid the price for the leavin'
And this life I have's not one I thought I'd find
Just let me live, love, let me cry
But when I go, just let me die
Among the friends who'll remember when I'm gone
West Virginia, oh my home
West Virginia, where I belong
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
I slip away, like a bird in flight
Back to those hills, the place that I call home
Home, home, home
Oh, I can see it so clear in my mind
Home, home, home
I can almost smell the honeysuckle vine
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet
I slip away, like a bird in flight
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here, they'll keep me
And never let me go
My daddy said "don't ever be a miner",
For a mines grave is all
I'll ever own
There's hard times everywhere
I can't find a dime to spare
These are the worst times I've ever known
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here, they'll keep me
And never let me go
So I'll move away into some crowded city.
In some northern factory town you'll find me there
Though I'll leave the past behind
I'll never change my mind
These troubled times are more than I can bear
But, the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here, they'll keep me
And never let me go
[Instrumental]
Someday, I'll go back to West Virginia
To those green, rolling hills I love so well
Oh, someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong
These hard times will follow me no more
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here, they'll keep me
And never let me go
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here, they'll keep me
And never let me go
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
Oh, my granddad's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
Said, "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive?"
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'
The sun goes down about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Till a man from the northeast arrived
But he never left Harlan alive
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pikeville
To a farm where big Richland river winds
Oh, I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive"
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
So he went and dug Harlan coal, sent the money back to granny
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up aboud ten in the mornin'
The sun goes down about three in the day
And you'll fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
When I was a curly headed baby
My daddy sat me down on his knee
He said, "son, go to school and get your letters,
Don't you be a dusty coal miner, boy, like me."
[Chorus:]
I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty row all empty
Because the l & n don't stop here anymore
I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
But now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as a February snow
[Chorus]
I never thought I'd learn to love the coal dust
I never thought I'd pray to hear that whistle roar
Oh, god, I wish the grass would turn to money
And those green backs would fill my pockets once more
[Chorus]
Last night I dreamed I went down to the office
To get my pay like a had done before
But them ol' kudzu vines were coverin' the door
And there were leaves and grass growin' right up through the floor
I remember the ways in the bygone days
when we was all in our prime
When us and John L. we give the old man hell
down in the Blue Diamond Mine
Well the whistle would blow 'for the rooster crow
full two hours before daylight
When a man done his best and earned his good rest
at seven dollars a night
In the mines in the mines
in the Blue Diamond Mines
I worked my life away
In the mines in the mines
In the Blue Diamond Mines
I fall on my knees and pray.
You old black gold you've taken my lung
your dust has darkened my home
And now I am old and you've turned your back
where else can an old miner go
Well it's Algomer Block and Big Leather Woods
now its Blue Diamond too
The bits are all closed get another job
what else can an old miner do?
Now the union is dead and they shake their heads
well mining has had it's day
But they're stripping off my mountain top
I can see the place where I came from
I can hear those sounds right now
I can find the path I used to run
And believe I still know how
Then I shake my head
Clearing my vision
I keep those scenes at bay
And I can see the place where I came from
Slipping further and further away
I can feel the way I used to feel
The world was small and green
And you sang a song of soft appeal
And I curled into my dream
Then I shake my head
Clearing my vision
I keep those scenes at bay
And I can feel the way I used to feel
Slippin' further and further away
Time keeps movin' faster and faster
I'm not losing track
Oh, I'm afraid that something's forgotten
So I keep looking back
I can hear the songs you used to sing
I can swear I won't let go
You were strong and you knew everything
Back before I had to know
Then I shake my head
Clearing my vision
I keep those scenes at bay
And I can hear the songs you used to sing
Slipping further and further away
Yes I can hear the songs you used to sing
So I stand here and gaze across the ocean
Knowin' that I may not ever hold you
Quite the way I told you
But the distance won't silence my devotion
'Cause I believe there is still a way to reach out
In my heart there's no doubt
Love travels the miles upon the wings of angels
Love finds you, I swear its true
I can love you from here - I'll love you from here.
So I gaze at the photograph before me
Wonderin' if you still believe I love you
I did what I had to do
Then I look and I swear I saw you smilin'
Well heaven makes these tender hearts the strongest
Mine beats for you as long as
Love travels the miles upon the wings of angels
Love finds you, I swear its true
I can love you from here
On moonbeams, on heartstrings
Love makes its way through anything
Love finds you, I swear it's true
I will always be near, I'll love you from here
Well time will never change me
You just gotta believe
Oh and the dream that saves me
Is that you're happy and that you're free
It'll fly through the air with the greatest of ease
As much as you want, now, as much as you need
Across every mountain and all seven seas
Oh the eagles'll carry it on God's gentle breeze
And I'll never give up (Never give up)
I'll never give in (Never give in)
And you'll know that it's me hear the voice singin'
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Sing it (Sing it)
Sing it (Sing it)
Sing it
Love travels the miles upon the wings of angels
Love finds you, I swear its true
I can love you from here
On moonbeams, on heartstrings
Love makes its way through anything
Love finds you, I swear it's true
I will always be near, and I'll love you from here.
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai
And my Lord, He said unto me
Do you like my garden so fair
You may live in this garden, if you keep the grasses green
And I'll return in the cool of the day
And my Lord, He said unto me
Do you like my garden so pure
You may live in this garden, if you keep the waters clean
And I'll return in the cool of the day
Now is the cool of the day
Now is the cool of the day
Oh this earth it is a garden, the garden of my Lord
And he walks in his garden
In the cool of the day
And my Lord, He said unto me
Do you like my pastures so green
You may live in this garden if you will feed my lambs
And I'll return in the cool of the day
And my Lord, He said unto me
Do you like my garden so free
You may live in this garden if you keep the people free
And I'll return in the cool of the day
Now is the cool of the day
Now is the cool of the day
Oh, this earth is a garden, the garden of my Lord
And he walks in his garden
In the cool of the day
Yes he walks in His garden
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Oh say, did you see him, it was early this morning
He passed all your houses on his way to the coal
He was tall, he was slender, and his dark eyes so tender
His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
It was just before twelve, I was feeding the children
Ben Moseley came running to bring us the news
Number eight is all flooded, many men are in danger
And we don't know their number, but we fear they're all doomed
So I picked up the baby, and I left all the others
To comfort each other and to pray for their own
There's Tommy, fourteen, and there's John not much younger
Their own time soon will be coming to go down the black hole
What will I say to his poor little children?
And what will I tell his dear mother at home?
And what will I say to my heart that's clear broken?
To my heart that's clear broken if my baby is gone?
Now, if I had the money to do more than just feed them
I'd give them good learning, the best could be found
So when they growed up they'd be checkers and weighers
And not spend their life digging in the dark underground
Say, did you see him going, it was early this morning
He passed all your houses on his way to the coal
He was tall, he was slender, and his dark eyes so tender
Oh, you weary restless heart
Peace come to you now
Still your wild and wishful soul
Calm your troubled brow
Loose your crippled body's ties
Let your spirit soar
Friends and loved ones guiding you
To new freedom's shore
Think of when you were a child
Dreams unbound by pain
Climbing up the Agate Hill
Wild and free again
It will be as then
Your mama's watching over you
Even from afar
All your children now are here
With you in your hour
Oh, the words we've left unsaid
Flood into my soul
And I know you hear them now
Even as you go
Think of when you were a child
Dreams unbound by pain
Climbing up the Agate Hill
Wild and free again
Oh, it will be as then
Climbing up the Agate Hill
When you moved out this mornin' without any warnin'
You said my heart would mend
Then you told me goodbye and said I shouldn't cry
'Coz you and I can still be friends
Well, that's easy for you to say
Easy for you to feel that way
You think love's a place to hang your hat
But it's not like that for me
You told me our love was all wrong
That it's time for you to move along
Well, it's hard for me to feel that way
But it's easy for you to say
It never crossed my mind you were the leavin' kind
You really had me fooled
As you drove away I heard you say
You're sure I'll find somebody new
Well, that's easy for you to say
Easy for you to feel that way
You think love's a place to hang your hat
But it's not like that for me
You told me our love was all wrong
That it's time for you to move along
Well, it's hard for me to feel that way
But it's easy for you to say
Well, that's easy for you to say
Easy for you to feel that way
You think love's a place to hang your hat
But it's not like that for me
You told me our love was all wrong
That it's time for you to move along
Well, it's hard for me to feel that way
But it's easy for you to say
Well, that's easy for you to say
Easy for you to feel that way
You think love's a place to hang your hat
But it's not like that for me
If this life should lead you down a lonely road
And you need someone at your side
I'd like to be the one to share your load
The loving arms where you can come and hide
When the world weighs on your shoulders
When your heart is down and blue
And that old Kentucky wind keeps blowing colder
I'll take care of you
I'll take care of you every night and every day
Through the years we'll watch our love grow
Hand in hand together every step along the way
Without a doubt, darling, you will know
When the world weighs on your shoulders
When your heart is down and blue
And that old Kentucky wind keeps blowing colder
I'll take care of you
When that old Kentucky wind keeps blowing colder
Oh, come all you young fellers, young and so fine
Seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mine
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew
Danger is double, pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls, the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
Well, I pray when I'm dead and the ages shall roll
That my body will blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner digging my bones
Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew
Danger is double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls, the sun never shines
There's a full moon up and rising,
And there's a whisper of a breeze.
Blowing through the tangled silver,
Hanging from the cypress trees.
There's a river made of moonlight,
Flowing clear across the lake.
And there's a million stars just waitin',
To fall for any wish we make.
Darlin' tonight I am reminded,
How much these two hearts need romance.
You know it isn't all that often,
We get this kind of chance.
Why don't we get caught in this moment?
Be victims of sweet circumstance?
Tonight I feel like all creation,
Is asking us to dance.
There'll be time enough tomorrow,
To get back to our daily bread.
But there's something 'bout this evening,
That's put this notion in my head.
That heaven and the earth are meeting,
Tonight upon this very spot.
And all the things on earth worth havin',
Are things that we've already got.
Darlin' tonight I am reminded,
How much these two hearts need romance.
You know it isn't all that often,
We get this kind of chance.
Why don't we get caught in this moment?
Be victims of sweet circumstance?
Tonight I feel like all creation,
Is asking us to dance.
Why don't we get caught in this moment?
Be victims of sweet circumstance?
Tonight I feel like all creation,
Dreams drift away like leaves on the water
They roll down the river and slip out of sight
Too many times we do what we ought
Put off 'till tomorrow what we'd really rather do tonight
And later realize
Time passes by
People pass on
At the drop of a tear
They're gone
Let's do what we dare
Do what we like
And love while we're here
Before time passes by
Thoughts are like pennies we keep in our pockets
They're never worth nothing 'til we give them away
Love's like a promise in an unopened letter
Where nights full of pleasure seldom see the light of day
When life gets in the way
Time passes by
People pass on
At the drop of a tear
They're gone
Let's do what we dare
Do what we like
And love while we're here
Before time passes by
Time passes by
People pass on
At the drop of a tear
They're gone
Let's do what we dare
Do what we like
And love while we're here
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
She really made the Woolworth counter shine
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars
And kept young Rita out late at night
So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee
Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hands
So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
Oh but he was back by June, singin' a different tune
And sportin' miss Rita back by is side. And he sang...
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
Eddie traveled with the barroom bands till arthritis took his hands
Now he sells insurance on the side
Rita's got a house to keep, dimestore novels and a love so sweet
They dance to the radio late at night. And they sing:
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, hey it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
She really made the Woolworth counter shine
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
Friends I could count on, I could count on one hand
with a left over finger or two...
I took 'em for granted, let 'em all slip away...
now where they are, I wish I knew...
They roll by just like water, and I guess we never learn.
we go through life, parched and empty,
standin' knee deep in a river, and dying of thirst...
Sometimes I remember sweethearts I've known...
some I've forgotten I suppose...
one or two still linger, Oh and I wonder now...
why I ever let them go...
They roll by just like water, and I guess we never learn.
we go through life, parched and empty
standin' knee deep in a river, and dying of thirst...
So the sidewalk is crowded, the city goes by...
and I rush through another day...
and a world full of strangers, turn their eyes to me.
but I just look the other way...
They roll by just like water, and I guess we never learn.
we go through life, parched and empty
standin' knee deep in a river, and dying of thirst...
They roll by just like water, and I guess we never learn.
we go through life, parched and empty
She came from Fort Worth, Fort Worth couldn't hold her
Her dreams were bigger than the Texas sky
She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder
And it won't take long to say goodbye
She was workin' at a diner just a week ago
When a man from Colorado smiled and said 'hello'
And he turned her head with stories about a cabin in the trees
Where the wind can sing you love songs
Beneath snow-capped mountain peaks
Now she's packed her fade two jeans and her favorite cowboy boots
Left her apron at the diner for someone else to use
One last look in the mirror at the girl she used to be
Then the driver takes her ticket and she tries to fall asleep
She came from Fort Worth, Fort Worth couldn't hold her
Her dreams were bigger than the Texas sky
She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder
And it won't take long to say goodbye
And somewhere in the long, dark night, the snow began to fall
Oh, the world outside was sparkling white when she heard the driver call
"Everyone off now for Boulder and have a real nice day"
He was waitin' on the platform and he raised his hand to wave
And she offered no resistance as he took her to his cabin
And that diner in the distance seemed just like it never happened
She came from Fort Worth, Fort Worth couldn't hold her
Her dreams were bigger than the Texas sky
She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder
And it won't take long to say goodbye
She's got a one-way ticket on the next bus for Boulder
Love comes unbidden
Can't be forbidden
It takes you and shakes you
Right down to your shoes
It knows heartache and trial
But accepts no denial
You can't choose who you love
Love chooses you
In the wink of an eye
Love loses an arrow
We control it no more
Than the flight of the sparrow
The swell of the tide
Or the light of the moon
You can't choose who you love
Love chooses you
Tell me now if I'm wrong
Are you feelin' the same?
Are your feet on the ground?
Are you callin' my name?
Do you lie awake nights?
Please say you do
'Cause you can't choose who you love
Love chooses you
Love cuts like a torch
To a heart behind steel
And though you may hide it
Love knows how you feel
And though you may trespass
On the laws of the land
Your heart has to follow
When love takes your hand
And it seems we're two people
Within the same circle
It's drawn tighter and tighter
Till you're all that I see
I'm full and I'm empty
And you're pourin' through me
Like a warm rain fallin'
Through the leaves on a tree
Tell me now if I'm wrong
Are you feelin' the same?
Are your feet on the ground?
Are you callin' my name?
Do you lie awake nights?
Please say you do
'Cause you can't choose who you love
Love chooses you
No, you can't choose who you love
Look at me, look at you
Laugh at them, yeah, we should laugh at us, too
Make a wish we wanna come true
Gonna get us an angel, maybe get us two
Goin' for the brass ring
Yeah, we got such big plans
Got our own dreams
You know the Big Guy's gonna give us a hand
Trouble with angels
Is you can never find one when you want one
The trouble with angels is I really want one
Trouble with angels is they're never around
Do you really need one? Yeah, I really need one
Got a feelin' it's gonna be okay
'Coz whatever happen? s gonna happen anyway
Make a wish and it may come true
An angel? s gonna come down, gonna get us through
Goin' for the brass ring
Yeah, we got such big plans
Got our own dreams
You know the Big Guy's gonna give us a hand
Trouble with angels
Is you can never find one when you want one
The trouble with angels is I really want one
Trouble with angels is they're never around
Do you really need one? I really need one
Goin' for the brass ring
Yeah, we got such big plans
Got our own dreams
The Big Guy's gonna give us a hand
Yeah, the Big Guy's gonna give us a hand
Trouble with angels
Is you can never find one when you want one
The trouble with angels is I really want one
Trouble with angels is they're never around
Do you really need one? I need one
Trouble with angels
Trouble with angels
Trouble with angels
There's a red Ford pickup following me headlights off too close to see
I feel you all around taking me down the streets of your town
Sweet magnolias just in bloom black light decals quarter moon
I thought I heard a howlin' sound calling out from the streets of your town
The pavement swells beneath my feet it's a oneway ticket no retreat
I'm a walking billboard looking to settle down
One of the lost and found on the streets of your town
Looking at memories from the first time traces of what I hope to find
I am captive I am bound to keep on walking the streets of your town
Oh the pavement swells...
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Love has no reason it has no mind the heart leads and we follow it blind
Oh the pavement swells...
I'm a walking billboard...
Ev'ry time you come around
I hear that lonesome sound
Ooh, train of memories
Boxcars go flyin' by
With all my dreams inside
Ooh, train of memories
I see you wavin'
Hear you say goodbye
Rollin' down the tracks
Of the tears you made me cry
Ooh, train of memories
This locomotion runs on pain
So it's a never ending thing
Ooh, train of memories
Rumblin' through my mind
Pullin' the past behind
Ooh, train of memories
I see you wavin'
Hear you say goodbye
Rollin' down the tracks
Of the tears you made me cry
Ooh, train of memories
Ooh, here it comes again
Ooh, it's more than I can stand
No matter what I do
It brings me back to you
Ooh, train of memories
Ooh, train of memories
I'm tired, so tired, it's time to give it up
I've been draggin' his memory around long enough
It's weighin' heavy like a stone around my neck
I've got to find a way to forgive and forget
Forgive and forget that's what I've got to do
Forgive and forget all the hurt he's put me through
I know the only way I'll lay my burdens down to rest
Is if I can forgive and forget
To live in peace, be free of the past
I close my eyes and sweet-dreams is all that I ask
But if I die and peace has not come yet
Write on my stone, I tried to forgive and forget
Forgive and forget that's what I've got to do
Forgive and forget all the hurt he's put me through
I know the only way I'll lay my burdens down to rest
Is if I can forgive and forget
Forgive and forget that's what I've got to do
Forgive and forget all the hurt he's put me through
I know the only way I'll lay my burdens down to rest
Is if I can forgive and forget
Yeah, I know the only way I'll lay my burdens down to rest
My baby never was a cheating kind
But it wasn't 'cause the ladies didn't try
Now everywhere we go, we're walking 'round and slow
Giving him a flutter and a sigh
Now I got him pass that redhead in Atlanta
Lord, I walked all over that black eyed Cajun Queen
But outside Amarillo, he found his thrill I tell you
Oh, I lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine
Oh, Amarillo, what you want my baby for?
Oh, Amarillo, now I won't come home no more
You don't play the trick on me, hooked him in the first degree
While I could not recall which Dalian imported
By the wrecks of 50, 000 on the pinball machine
If we only hadn't stopped in there for coffee
If someone hadn't played the window of the bug
He'd still be mine today but he heard those fiddles play
One look and then I knew this must be love
Oh, that pinball machine was in the corner
Well, he saw the lights and he had to hear 'em ring
And he never was the same after he won his first big game
Oh, I lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine
Oh, Amarillo, what you want my baby for?
Oh, Amarillo, no I won't come home no more
You don't play the trick on me, hooked him in the first degree
While I could not recall which Dalian imported
By the wrecks of 50, 000 on the pinball machine
Oh, Amarillo, what you want my baby for?
Oh, Amarillo, now I won't come home no more
You don't play the trick on me, hooked him in the first degree
While I could not recall which Dalian imported
In the shade of this old tree
In the summer of my dreams
By the tall grass, by the wild rose
Where the trees dance as the wind blows
As the days go, oh, so slowly
As the sun shines, oh, so holy
On the good and gracious green
In the summer of my dreams
By the banks of this old stream
In the summer of my dreams
By the deep pool where the fish wait
For the old fool with the wrong bait
There's a field of purple clover
There's a small cloud passing over
And then the rain comes washing clean
On the summer of my dreams
See the raindrops on the grass now
Just like diamonds lying there
By the old road where I pass now
There's a twilight in the air
And as the sun sets down before me
I see my true love waiting for me
Standing by the back porch screen
In the summer of my dreams
In the shade of this old tree
In the summer of my dreams
By the tall grass, by the wild rose
Where the trees dance as the beans grow
As the days go, oh, so slowly
As the sun shines, oh, so holy
On the good and gracious green
Claire had all but given up
When she and Edwin fell in love
She touched his face and shook her head
In disbelief she sighed and said
In many dreams I've held you near
Now, at last, you're really here
Where've you been
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been
I'm just not myself when you're away
He asked her for her hand for life
And she became a salesman's wife
He was home each night by eight
But one stormy evening he was late
Her frightened tears fell to the floor
Until his key turned in the door
Where've you been
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been
I'm just not myself when you're away
They'd never spent a night apart
For sixty years she heard him snore
Now they're in a hospital
In seperate beds on different floors
Claire soon lost her memory
Forgot the names of family
She never spoke a word again
Then, one day, they wheeled him in
He held her hand and stroked her head
In a fragile voice she said
Where've you been
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been
I'm just not myself when you're away
Where've you been
I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been
I'm just not myself when you're away
Baby king, Baby king
You've got to get ready for a Baby king
You might dance, daddy, you might sing
But you've never seen nothin' like a Baby king
It was a bright and sunny sunny morn
(Get ready for a Baby king)
It wasn't too long 'fore He was born
And you could hardly tell by the look
on His face
That pretty soon He was gonna run
the place
Now He is strong, and He is wise
You know He sees right though your
old disguise
Cause you might think you
got it down
Just wait till Baby King comes to town
Baby king, Baby king
You've got to get ready for a Baby king
You might dance, daddy, you might sing
But you've never seen nothin' like a Baby king
You know the Virgin Mary brought Him here
The angels whispered in His tiny little ear
And then they sent Him down from up above
Hail the blest morn, when the great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descends
Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger
Lo, for His guard, the bright angels attends
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid
Star in the east, the horizon adorning
Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid
Cold on His cradle the dew drops are shining
Low lies His bed with the beasts of the stall
Angels adore Him, in slumbers reclining
Now that our mountain is growing
With people hungry for wealth
How come it's you that's a going
And I'm left all alone by myself?
We used to hunt the cool caverns
Deep in our forest of green
Then came the road and the taverns
And you found a new love it seems
Once I had you and the wild wood
Now it's just dusty roads
And I can't help but blamin' your goin'
On the coming, the coming of the roads
Look how they've cut all to pieces
Our ancient redwood and oak
And the hillsides are stained with the greases
That burned up the heavens with smoke
You used to curse the bold crewmen
Who stripped our earth of its ore
Now you've changed and you've gone over to them
And you've learned to love what you hated before
Once I thanked God for our treasure
Now like rust it corrodes
And I can't help but blamin' your goin'
On the coming, the coming of the roads
Once I thanked God for our treasure
Now like rust it corrodes
And I can't help but blamin' your goin'
On the coming, the coming of the roads
No, I can't help but blamin' your goin'
You'd better sit down
I've got something to confess to you
I can make you walk out
But I think I owe us both the truth
We've been going through some changes
And it don't feel the way it felt
And before you even ask me
I have to say there's someone else
I'm in love with another man
The man you used to be when our love began
I'm in love with another man
The man you were and could be again
The man that I love
Would always let me know he cared
When it comes to us
You hardly let me know you're there
So can you really blame me
If he's the one who has my heart?
I just wish I could be with him
It hurts so much to be apart
I'm in love with another man
The man you used to be when our love began
I'm in love with another man
The man you were and could be again
I'm in love with another man
Surprise goodbyes and tears unanswered
Promises that fall
Can leave your precious dreams defenseless
Back against the wall
But I will hold them tenderly
Your secrets are a part of me
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in
A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart
As long as you need a love that time won't take away
Baby, you have it made as long as I have a heart
A hail of dew, can you think your thoughts in?
A garden where they grow
A peaceful place to settle down in
Away from winds that blow
My love will always hold you near
No matter where you go, you're here
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in
A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart
As long as you need a love that time can't take away
Baby, you have it made as long as I have a heart
Your family ties are tightly sewn
My arms will always be your home
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in
A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart
As long as you need a love that time won't take away
