You gave me all the love that's necessary
when two people try to find themselves,
love beyond all common sense
based on some sweet permanence
with only one
and baby I thought I needed you
in a changing world
baby I thought I needed you
Wanting some to give away,
important things I had to say
for many days,
suddenly you came along
helped me share my perfect song
in perfect ways,
and baby I thought I needed you
in a changing world,
I thought I needed you
The closer that we drew together
made our love seem like forever,
naturally,
and then I heard you sing the song
that I was singing all along
and failed to see,
baby,
the thing that I most fear
in a changing world:
I saw you disappear
Empty now and silently I face your struggle to be free
to be on your own,
to grow so very carefully
and suffer necessarily
for what I've done
to baby who wants to know the thing
in a changing world
When I was a young man
I ran away from home
I went to join the circus
I went to see the cotton candy world
And make me lots of money
On my own
For Molly oh my pretty Molly
She's waitin' all alone
Someday soon I will return to her
Then I made the big time
Bright lights show biz
I'm really in the circus
There's only one thing wrong
I haven't saved a penny on my own
For Molly ah my pretty Molly
But she's writing every day
Molly understands so it's okay
Ride a windy boxcar
And see a thousand children young and old.
Oh that greasepaint smile can hide you so
Here comes the carousel
Guess wich town it is
Feel the thrill
Greasepaint covers everything
But winter's chill
I'm reading Molly's letter
The ink is fading and
The page is turning yellow
Long ago
I promised Molly
Don't you know I
I will close my eyes
When i saw your face
It was like a space It was like a space
In my heart was filled In my heart was filled
It's like i knew It's like i knew
From the very start From the very start
That you were every other part of me That you were every other part of me
Chorus:
It's like I have loved you since It's like I have loved you since
From the moment when From the moment when
Since time began Since time began
You Ffill my heart You Ffill My Heart
Oh, love of mine Oh, love of mine
Why did it take so long to find Why did it take so long to find
Your touch Your Touch
Hope was never gone Hope was never gone
Even though it took so long Even though it took so long
Once there was a fellow
And his name was Buzz
He was just a rookie cop
Just a baby fuzz
He patrolled the Sunset Strip
In the land of the free
And the home of the hip
He protected you and me
Until he met a girl named Alice D.
Alice was the girl that all good hippies dread
And they called her Sweet Alice D. Head
Alice it was plain to see
Was full of pot and STP
She'd attract a great big crowd
Because her inner peace
Was much too loud
Good Buzz did the thing
That good fuzz must
Shoved his gun in Alice's chest
And said "Dis is a bust!"
Put the flashlight to her eyes
She began to hyp-no-tize
Buzz said "What a wild sensation
This must be halu-halu-sinay-sinay-shun-shun-shun."
Love is so sensational
When you fall in love
With eyes dilational
Buzz said "Alice, you I like.
Come take ride on my fuzzy bike.
Soon it will be gettin' dark
And we can watch the stars
From Griffith Park."
So they both went out and dug astrology
Through their mutual halucinology
Now they're taking pills and shots
And Buzz is not afraid of Watts
Buzz and Alice D have shown
The way of where the fuzz
Might be some day
Buzz is still a cop of course
He's the pusher on the force
He's protecting you and me
When I was a young man
I ran away from home
I went to join the circus
I went to see the cotton candy world
And make me lots of money
On my own
For Molly oh my pretty Molly
She's waitin' all alone
Someday soon I will return to her
Then I made the big time
Bright lights show biz
I'm really in the circus
There's only one thing wrong
I haven't saved a penny on my own
For Molly ah my pretty Molly
But she's writing every day
Molly understands so it's okay
Ride a windy boxcar
And see a thousand children young and old.
Oh that greasepaint smile can hide you so
Here comes the carousel
Guess wich town it is
Feel the thrill
Greasepaint covers everything
But winter's chill
I'm reading Molly's letter
The ink is fading and
The page is turning yellow
Long ago
I promised Molly
Don't you know I
I will close my eyes
