Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and she's always gone too long
anytime she goes away.
Wonder this time where she's gone,
wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away.
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
but ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
only darkness everyday.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Close to me
Said I want you close to me
I believe
I can bring you happiness
Get close to me
Get closer to the feelin'
Let's get down
And let the feelin' do the rest
Come ‘ere close to me
Anyway you want to
Let's let it be
What makes you feel the best
Feelin' high on love and full of energy
And I want you close to me
Said I want you close to me
Come ‘ere close to me
Anyway you want to
Get close to me
Come and take what you can get
Come ‘ere close to me
A little closer to the feelin
Get close to me
And make me shake and sweat
Feelin' high on love and full of energy
And I want you close to me
Come ‘ere close to me
Can we pretend
That from now on
There is no yesterday
Paint a portrait of tomorrow
With no colors from today
[Chorus:]
There's a light that shine in your face sometimes
That takes my feeling wraps them around your need
But there's shadow hiding in your heart sometimes
That makes my feelings turn back in on me
Can we pretend
The pain is gone
And go our merry way
Paint a portrait of tomorrow
With the colors bright and gay
You want to take me to a doctor
To talk to me about my mind
To try to give directions to some places
That I don't really want to find.
Trouble in me is not related
To things that I might say or do
I'm really not that complicated
Your good doctor friend, he oughta talk to you.
I notice that he can't remember
Things that he never should forget
And why does he spend his evenings
Smoking them funny cigarettes?
I have a friend that knows your best friend
He goes some places where she goes
He said he saw y'all at a party
Sniffing white powder up your nose.
You got the nerve to call me narrow-minded
Cause I'm not loose and indiscreet
But people lying down always get blinded
By people standing on their own two feet.
Life is just a shadow
That I just can't seem to find sometimes
But I guess I'll make it
Cause I found out that it's really in my mind.
You shouldn't take it too seriously
Cause it really ain't gone' last too long
You really only got two choices
You can lay down and be weak
Or you can stand up where you're at
And still be strong.
Tomorrow depends too much on today
And yesterday - all that gentleman is to you is gone
All you find out looking back
Is the fact that both of us was wrong
Both of us was wrong.
You're talking right to me
But you really ain't saying a thang
You're pouring muddy water on me
Trying to convince me it's rain
You're talking to me crazy
But you're trying to make me feel insane.
You're like a Sunday family
Digging animals in a zoo
But while you're looking at monkeys
Monkey's looking dead at you
Two people getting done
Trying to figure out who's doing who.
If you're throwing dirt at people
You got to get some dirt on you
I got to take a tone of lies
Just to get an ounce of truth from you
You're like a man loving Jesus
That says he can't stand a Jew.
Get on down and play the dozens
Talk about four folks
From your mamma to your cousins
You down there,
Looking at the pictures of the places that he?s been
Old man told me what he found
Said it don?t make no difference whether you?re out or whether you?re in
You know the world keeps going around and around
Going around and around
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
Then he turned the pictures upside down
Said it don?t make no difference how many places that you?ve been
Said the world keeps going around and around
Going around and around
Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin
He talked about his ups and downs
Said it don?t make no difference how many fixes you?ve been in
You know the world keeps going around and around
Going around and around
Betty Joe Johnson, don?t you pull no Daisy Mae on me
Daisy Mae she did me dirty, so I had to leave her for Anna Lee
Anna Lee she had big street feet, she spends her nights out on the road
So I started seeing Sally Jackson, I had to let old Anna Lee go
Sally Jackson was a player, had another man along with me
So I just took me one step backwards, checked up on old Anna Lee
Anna Lee still had them street feet
Like to dance all night and sleep all day
So I just took one more step backwards, checked up on old Daisy Mae
Daisy Mae is still doing dirty, so I tell you what I had to do
I had to go just one step further, Betty Joe Johnson
And that?s how I know you
Said he looked at the places, talk to the faces that he seen
Then he turned the pictures upside down
Said it don?t make no difference how many places that you?ve been
Said the world keeps going around and around
Sweet life, it just can't be paradise
But if you think it's alright
Ow baby, we could be sweet lovers in the night
I'd be faithful and I could treat you nice
Ow baby we could be sweet lovers in the night
If you think I might
be someone you could like
What if you were my lover?
[Chorus:]
I could spend my lifetime holding on to you, my lover
I could spend forever holding on to you
Spend my every nighttime holding on to you, my lover
Til the end of never holding on to you
Sweet life, just can't be paradise
But we can make it quite nice
Ow baby we could be sweet lovers in the night
If you think I might
Be someone you could like
What if you were my lover?
Watching you watching me
It's so easy to see
That it's my loving you
That puts the starlight in your eyes
Watching me watching you
It's so obviously true
That it's your loving me
That makes my life a paradise
When lovers meet and light a spark
Their eyes give the game away
Somehow it's a feeling you can never hide
No matter how hard you try
When lovers speak, it's from the heart
And all of the things they say
Are part of the magic and the mystery
You hear in a gentle sigh
Watching you watching me
Girl, ain't it easy to see?
That it's my loving you
That puts the starlight in your eyes
Watching me watching you
Girl, I believe that it's true
That it's your loving me
That makes my life a paradise
The times we had, the fun and games
The things that I can't forget
We share in those very special memories
All lovers do smile about
I'm so glad you feel the same
There's nothing to regret
It's free, for the simple love is there for you
To bring all the feelings out
Watching you watching me
Girl, ain't it easy to see?
That it's my loving you
That puts the starlight in your eyes
Watching me watching you
Girl, I believe that it's true
That it's your loving me
That makes my life a paradise
There's a language, spoken only by lovers
Words and phrases that they make with their eyes
You might try it but you'll never change things
No one comes [unverified]
Let's celebrate what life's about
Let's sing out the melody
The words and the music to our song of love
Are sweeter than anything
'Cause if we wait, we might lose out
On things that were meant to be
With all of the secrets that the heart can hold
Left dangling on a string
Watching you watching me
Girl, ain't it easy to see?
That it's my loving you
That puts the starlight in your eyes
Watching me watching you
Girl, I believe you know that it's true
Sweet girl, that I love you
You make my life a paradise
Watching you watching me
It's so easy to see
That it's my loving you
That puts the starlight in your eyes
Watching me watching you
It's so obviously true
That it's your loving me
ohoh my friends
feel it's thier appionted dutey .
oh they keep tryna tell me hunhuah ,
all u wanna do is 2 use me
hey hey my answer hoho
hey hey and i wanna spread the news that if it feels this good gett'n used,oh u just keep on use'n me....
untill you use me up
hey hey till you use me up
hey my big brother,huh huh sit me down in the room and talked to me
yeah u know he told me yuh huh huh
hey that i autha not let u just walk on me
and i'm shure he ment well yeah uh huh
but when our talk was through,
hey i said brother if you only knew,you'ed wish you were in my shoes
you just keep on use'n me
untill you use me up
yeah hey till u use me up
hey u know some times
it's true u realy do abuse me
get me among your high-class friends hunhunhuh hey hey then u act real rude to me
huhhunh but oh baby ,baby baby baby when u loove me i can't get enough
hey and i wanna spread the news , that if it feels this good getting used oh u just keep on using me
hey hey till u use me up
hey hey untill u use me up
hey hey and now u talking bout use'n people
it all depend on what you do
it aint too bad the way your using me cause i shure am using you to do that thang you do
hey hey do that thang you do
thatthang yeauh heauh
Your love is like a chunk of gold
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hard to gain and hard to hold
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Like a rose that's so soft to touch
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Love has gone and it hurts so much
Hmm hmm hmm
Well and why?
Must the same love that made me laugh
Make me cry? Hmm hmm hmm
Well now you think of love as sittin' on a mountain
Think of it as bein' a great big rock
Won't you think before you started to roll it down?
Because once you start it, you can't make it stop, ah ha
I've given oh ho all I have to give
Hmm hmm hmm
And if you don't want me, I don't want to live
Hmm hmm hmm
Well and why?
Must the same love that made me laugh
Why you wanna make me cry? Hmm hmm hmm
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me lay in my pillow?
I'm just cryin' like a weepin' willow
An' why you make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry, ooh hoo?
Why you wanna make me mess in my pillow?
I'm just cryin' like a weepin' willow
Now why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry?
I hope you find in me
Something that turns you on
A tie that binds with me
And holds us together from now on
Oh! I want to be what you need. Ow baby yeah!
When it gets down to love
I want to be what you want me to be
When it gets down to love
Really want to be what you need
Wanna be the one that turns you on
Really want to be what you need
Wanna be the one that turns you on
I hope you find in me
Something that's peaceful and warm
Something that keeps us together
Til one of us is dead and gone
Oh! I want to be what you need
Ow baby yeah!
When it gets down to love
I want to be what you want me to be
When it gets down to love
Really want to be what you need
Wanna be the one that turns you on
Really want to be what you need
Wanna be the one that turns you on
I hope you find in me
Something that burns on and on
Something that keeps us together
Keeps our love still holding on
I want to be what you need
When it gets down to love
I want to be what you want me to be
When it gets down to love
Really want to be what you need
Wanna be the one that turns you on
Really want to be what you need
She spends the daytime being a lady
But when the nighttime rolls around
She's got some games to play
She wants to get on down
Get down, down
Get down, down
Get down, down, down, down, down
Don't fall in love, love;
Nothin' to say
Won't let your story get off the ground
Don't let your feelin's get in the way
She wants to get on down
Get down, down
Get down, down
Get down, down, down, down, down
Never could stand to be tied to a lover too long
Hurry to play but plan before the day to be gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone
Down, get down
Down, get down,
Down, get down
Down, get down, down, down, down, down
Don't fall in love, love;
Nothin' to say
Won't let your story get off the ground
Don't let your feelin's get in the way
Ad Lib
I was a little boy
Back in West Virginia
We lived very close to a railroad track
And I remember I used to dream about them trains
And where they might go
And the people that worked on the trains
And the train made music
It made you feel good
I can remember sometimes
I could just stand off all by myself
And just get funky list'nin' to the train
And I used to pick up a handful of gravels
And throw ‘em down on the ground for ties
Yeah and I'd make up songs
I'd sing
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
‘Til he stepped in front of the railroad train.
He rode across the plains
He rode on a fruit freight train
The hauled bananas to Savannah
And wore bandannas made in Old Japan.
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
Til he stepped in front of the railroad train.
He used to change his name
To every place he came
His name was Tex when he's in Texas
And Bangor when he went to Maine.
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
He was a railroad man
Til he stepped in front of the railroad train.
It's all right
Say you know it's all right
If you've ever been downtown
When you appeared in my imagination
I had no idea that you'd ever be real
Now you're my life, not just some fascination
And I love you now that you're here
Now that you are real not my imagination
But someone to love and I do love you dear
Long before love you were here in my memories
And I love you now that you're here
And now my dream talks to me
And fixes my coffee in the morning
And rubs my back when I'm weary
Thank you dear
And I love you now you're here
Now my dream talks to me
Fixes my coffee in the morning
And rubs my back when I'm weary
Thank you dear
And I love you now that you're here
Now that you are real not in my imagination
But someone to love and I do love you dear
Long before love you were here in my memories
And I love you now that you're here
Love is caring
And love is needing
Love is sharing
And love is feeling
Love is (love is caring)
Love is (love is needing)
Love is (love is sharing)
Don't you know that love (love is feeling)
Say that love (love is caring)
Is just talking some time (love is needing)
Easing your mine (love is sharing)
Don't you know that love (love is feeling)
Say that love (love is caring)
Love is sharing a smile (love is needing)
Every once in a while (love is sharing)
Don't you know that love (love is feeling)
Don't you want to feel it
Feel it coming down all around
Tell me! Wouldn't you like to feel it, feel it
Feel it coming down all around
(Love is caring) Love is lending a hand
(Love is needing) And helping your fellow man
(Love is sharing) OOh
Don't you know that love (love is feeling)
Love (love is caring)
Love (love is needing)
Preacher say love (love is sharing)
Jesus proved that love (love is feeling)
Sing love (love is caring)
Sing love (love is needing)
Sing love (love is sharing)
People singing love (love is feeling)
Don't you want to feel it
Feel it coming down all around
Tell me! Wouldn't you like to feel it, feel it
Love can make us happy
Open up your heart everyone
And the world we all share down here
Is bound to make us happy
Let's look to each other for love
Look on the brighter side of life
And the world that we share
Can make us happy
Look to one another for love
Look on the lighter side of life
And the way that we are
Can make us happy
Don't be afraid
To show that we need each other
‘Cause I need you in my life
Let's look ahead
With faith that things will be better
If we just look up to the light
Look to one another for love
And everything will be alright
And the world that we share
Can make us happy
Let's look to each other for love
Look on the brighter side of life
And the world that we share
Can make us happy
Don't be afraid
To show that we need each other
‘Cause I need you in my life
Let's look ahead
With faith that things will be better
May not know enough about you, babe
That can only come in time
Only know enough to make you stay
On my mind
Though I met you only yesterday
Only for a moment then
Knew I couldn't let you get away
I just came to see you girl
I can be the one you love
Oh, let me be the one you need
Take a look into your heart
Try to find a place for me
Can't say I can't live without you, babe
That's just some worn out loser's line
May not know enough about you, babe
But you stayed on my mind
I can be the one you love
Oh, let me be the one you need
Take a look into your heart
Try to find a place for me
I can be the one you love
Let me be the one you need
Take a look into your heart
Try to find a place for me
I can be the one you love
Let me be the one you need
Take a look into your heart
Try to find a place for me
When I find myself in time of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking the words of wisdom, let it be
Lord, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Lord, let it be
Yeah, let it be, oh, let it be
Lord, let it be, Lord, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Lord, let it be
And when the brokenhearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
Lord, let it be
And though they may be parted
There is a-still a chance that they
might see
There will be an answer, let it be
Lord, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Lord, let it be, Lord, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Lord, let it be, Lord, let it be
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's
Always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things
You need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me)
Call me
I see the crystal raindrops fall
And the beauty of it all
when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind
When I think of you some time
And I want to spend some time with you
CHORUS:Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I
We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted waters's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow
Good things might come to those who wait
Not to those who wait to late
We got to go for all we know
CHORUS
I hear the crystal raindrops fall
On the window down the hall
And it becomes the morning dew
Darling, when the morning comes
And I see the morning sun
I want to be the one with you
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Building big castles way on high
Just the two of us
You and I
Just the two of us
Let's get together, baby
Just the two of usWe can make it
Just the two of us
We can make it
Just the two of us
Just the two of us we can make it
Grandma's hands
Clapped in church on Sunday morning
Grandma's hands
Played a tambourine so well
Grandma's hands
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, "Billy don't you run so fast
Might fall on a piece of glass
Might be snakes there in that grass"
Grandma's hands
Grandma's hands
Soothed a local unwed mother
Grandma's hands
Used to ache sometimes and swell
Grandma's hands
Used to lift her face and tell her
She'd say, "Baby, Grandma understands
That you really love that man
Put yourself in Jesus hands"
Grandma's hands
Grandma's hands
Used to hand me piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands
Boy, they really came in handy
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
What you want to spank him for?
He didn't drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore
If I get to Heaven I'll look for
I wish you flowers sunshine and smiles
I wish you children that grow to make you proud
I wish you pretty things to wear
Sweet things to smell
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you good friends that always treat you fair
Wanna wish you ribbons to tie around your hair
I wish you truckloads of cheer and many happy years
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
Wanna wish you freedom to do the things you love
I wish you blessings and kindness from above
Wanna wish you sunlight through the clouds
And I hope you laugh out loud
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
And I've sat in the sunshine in summers of sadness
and lived through the winter when lonely was here
And I've gone throught the motions of feeling for fear
that I never would find you my dear
And I'm thankful to whoever made it all possible for me to be with you while I lived
And spare you the grief if I passed on before you and i don't think I'd live if you died before me.
And I hope that the smell of these roses will follow you on in the time when the roses are gone...
I don't want you on my mind all the time
I believe that it shows a sign of weakness
I don't want no lonely nights that gets me cryin'
I found out I don't get nowhere with weakness, if I dream about you
I just wake up knowin' that I've got to do without you
I don't want you all the time doin' up my mind
I don't want you on my mind all the time
I don't want you on my mind all the time
I believe that it shows a sign of weakness
I don't want no lonely nights that gets me cryin'
I found out I don't get nowhere with weakness, if I dream about you
I just wake up knowin' that I got to do without you
I don't you want all the time doin' up my mind
I get a warm summer feeling walking through the snow
Even chilly darkness has the brightest glow
And I just love you so, sometimes I just don't know
Time just seems to help this wondrous feeling grow
Maybe I might wake up early one morning
And find it isn't so
I just love you so
Sometimes I just don't know
Feeling like a rich man haven't got a dime
Feeling like a young man but I'm old as father time
And I just love you so
Sometimes I just don't know
I can't write left-handed
Would you please write a letter, write a letter to my mother?
Tell her to tell, tell her to tell, tell her to tell the family lawyer
Trying to get, trying to get a deferment for my younger brother
Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me, Lord, Lord, Lord
I ain't gonna live, I don't believe I'm going to live to get much older
Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen
Bless his heart ain't never done nothing to, he done shot me in my shoulder
Boot camp we had classes
You know we talked about fighting, fighting everyday
And looking through rosy, rosy colored glasses
I must admit it seemed exciting anyway
Oh, but something that day overlooked to tell me, Lord
Bullets look better, I must say
Brother when they ain't coming at you
But going out the other way
And please call up the Reverend, call up, call up the Reverend Harris
Tell him to ask the Lord to do some good things for me
Tell him I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live
To get much older, oh Lord
Strange little man over here in Vietnam, I ain't never seen
Bless his heart ain't never done nothing to, he done shot me in my shoulder
Day after day I'm more confused
But I look for the light through the pouring rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
Now I'm feeling the straine
Aint it a shame?
(Chorus)
Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
Beginning to think that I'm wasting time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
I'm counting on you
To carry me through
(Chorus)
And when my mind is free you know melody can move me
And when I'm feeling blue the guitar's coming through to soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
Your rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You've helped me along
You're making me strong
(Chorus)
(Repeat chorus 2 times)
Now now now won't you take me?
Oh oh take me
Might be that we have, different views sometimes
But that's alright, you're still a friend of mine
Sometimes you go your way
Sometimes I go mine, but that's alright
You're still a friend of mine.
Might not like your lady, you might not like mine,
But that's alright,
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You're still a friend of mine
You changed my cloudy days to sunshine
I'm so glad you're a friend of mine
You make clear waters out of muddy
I'm so thankful that you're my buddy
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You changed my cloudy days to sunshine
I'm so glad you're a friend of mine
You make clear waters out of muddy
I'm so thankful that you my buddy
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
Dated till each of us runs out of time
Dedicated to you my love
And if I could think of a piece of a rhyme
Dedicated to you my love
And if the way I speak my love seems silly of me
It's only cause you got me feeling good and happy
And I must say it's neat my love that it really can be
I reach for love, reach out for love, and you let me
And if I could find me a mountain to climb
Dedicate it to you my love
I'd swim me an ocean if I had a mind
Dedicate it to you my love
And if the way I speak my love seems silly of me
It's only cause you got me feeling good and happy
And I must say it's neat my love that it can really be
Reach for love, reach out for love, and you let me
And if I could find me a mountain to climb
Dedicate it to you my love
I'd swim me an ocean if I had a mind
Dedicate it to you my love
Thanks for the feeling
Hope will last with you
Thanks for the time
Cold Baloney, and I'm home by myself.
Well I'm five years old, and it sure is cold
Mama's out cookin' steak for someone else
Sure am sleepy, but I'm gonna wait till my mama comes
Well if the rich folks don't eat up all that good meat,
Mama's gonna brings me some.
Talking about that cold baloney, mayonnaise, and bread
Well if it wasn't for cold baloney, you know I would have been dead.
Poor mama, she sure looks tired
She said "what you eatin' son?"
"I believe that cold baloney sandwich looks good.
Would you please fix you mama one?"
Talking about cold baloney, mayonnaise, and bread
Well if it wasn't for cold baloney, you know I would have been dead
Baloney was good enough for my father, good enough for my mother
That baloney saved me and my brother
She couldn't stand me anymore
So she just took the kids and went
You see, I've got a drinkin' problem
All the money that we had I spent
Now I must die by my own hand
'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone
She's better off without me
And I'm better off dead now that she's gone
She gave the most, took the least
And she even had the priest come to our home
And I cried and prayed and promised God
That I'd leave the stuff alone
Now I must die by my own hand
'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone
She's better off without me
And I'm better off dead now that she's gone
She used to call her friend and cry
Then the man cut off the telephone
She'd sit and cry while I went out
And pawned the things we owned
Now I must die by my own hand
'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone
She's better off without me
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She always gone too long anytime she goes away
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
This house just ain't no home anytime she goes away
I know
I know
I know
Hey, I oughta leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
This house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
I know
I know
I know
Hey, I oughta leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
This house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
When I wake up in the mornin', love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And somethin' without warnin', love
Bears heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
And when someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
I love the story in your love song
Buildin' them castles in your mind
You come down here lookin' for a feelin'
Someday I know you're gonna find
I wanna lay down now beside you
But first we ought to take some time
Before I make love to your body
I wanna make love to your mind
I wanna feel good just like you do
I haven't love in quite some time
I have some phases that I've been through
Where I've just loved and left behind
I'm just too tired of feeling guilty
I don't wanna be unkind
But before I make love to your body
Make a smile for me
Lately I've been so lonely
And a smile from you
Might make these blues go away
Stay awhile with me
Can't you tell I've been lonely
And a smile from you
Might make it a nicer day
Close your eyes and dream of a sunny place
Watch the world light up when you smile
Stay with me and smile at me, sunny face
Chase the clouds away with your smile
Close your eyes and dream of a sunny place
Watch the world light up when you smile
Stay with me and smile at me, sunny face
It's a lovely night for dancing
And I get this feeling from a love song
And oh, from sunset to sunrise
You know the feelin' from the music turns me on
And oh, from the twilight to the blue skies
You know I feel like dancin' all night long
Such a lovely night for dancing
And I get this weakness from a love song
And oh, from sunset to sunrise
No more weakness for the music turns me on
And oh, from the twilight to the blue skies,
You know I feel like dancin' all night long
Get up and dance with me
Get up and dance with me
Get up and dance with me
Sometimes a song is funky
Cause you feel that way
A song might be easy and melancholy on another day
Sometimes a song gets mean and evil cause it ain't goin' right
Sometimes a song just try to get nervous cause you might be uptight
Sometimes a song is tender
Sometimes a song is sad
Maybe that evening that you wrote this song that's all the feeling you had
Sometimes a song just feels real good and lays right there in the groove
Sometimes a song might make you just wanna get up and move
Sometimes a song is somethin'
That you never forget
But you keep on thinking that you ain't wrote the song yet
Whatever happens
We'll have some love along the way
But it ain't easy
We'll look for some words of love to say
And smile, mmm
And be happy, anyway
And we'll kiss before we say goodnight
And whatever happens
There'll be some times along the way
When it ain't easy
It just can't be sunshine every day
We'll smile, mmm
And be happy, anyway
And we'll kiss before we say goodnight
I've got you in my life
Together we can reach the higher ground
We'll be alright, just as long as you're around
Girl, I won't let you down
Whatever happens
There'll be some good times and some bad
But it ain't easy
Let's just remember the good times that we had
And smile, mmm
And be happy, anyway
And we'll kiss before we say goodnight
Who will buy a glad story
That a young man has to tell?
Come into my house of glory
And I will treat you well.
Who will buy a sad story
That a widow has to tell?
Come into my house of lonely
And I will treat you well.
Young and old, we all have stories
That we all must try to sell
Tales of how you get to heaven
And how we been through hell
Who will buy a perfumed story
That a young girl has to tell?
Sleep with me on satin pillows
San Francisco morning coming clear and cold
Don?t know if I?m waking or I?m dreaming
Riding with Fats Waller on the Super Chief
He said, "Music?s real, the rest is seeming"
Oh, deep pain
Feelings that won?t go away
Left the sound of his soul in the air
I can hear it out there and I know
They left those soul shadows
On my mind, on my mind, on my mind
They left a soul shadow
On my mind, on my mind, on my mind
Standing by the window as the fog rolls in
I swear I can hear a far off music
Jelly Roll is playing down in Storyville
And Satchmo is wailing in Chicago
You ought to heard ?em play
Feelings that won?t go away
Left the sound of their souls in the air
I can hear it out there and I know
They left those soul shadows
On my mind, on my mind, on my mind
They left a soul shadow
A man we passed just tried to stare me down
And when I looked at you
You looked at the ground
I don't know who he is
But I think that you do
Dadgummit
Who is he, and what is he to you?
Something in my heart and in your eye
Tells me he's not someone just passing by
And when you cleared your throat
Was that your cue?
Dadgummit
Who is he, and what is he to you?
Ahh now
When I add the sum of you and me
I get confused when I keep coming up with 3
You're too much for one man
But not enough for two
Dadgummit
Who is he and what is he to you?
Well
You tell me men don't have much intuition
Is that what you really thinkin girl
Or are you wishing?
Before you wreck your old home
And searcht another new
Dadgummit
Who is he, and what is he to you?
Ever since you came into my life
You have been so wonderful to me
That's why where you are is where I want to be
Life is so much easier now
Since you are sharing it with me
That's why where you are is where I want to be
And the sun shines wherever you are
And I must say that I don't blame the sun
It's a good day wherever you are
And a good night when the day is done
Ever since you came in my life
The world's a lovely place to be
That's why where you are is where I want to be
That's why where you are is where I want to be
It's got something to do with the weather
That I'm feeling the way that I do
And It's got something to do with the time of my life
it's got something to do with you
It's got something to do with the feeling
That we get when we do what we do
And it's got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it's got something to do with you
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can't get enough
You've got the stuff to pick me up
Deep inside I don't want to hide my feelings
And I just gotta tell you that I love you
Got that little movement in your hip (so in love with you)
Got that lil pucker in your lip (don't know what to do)
Get that 'lil twinkle in your eye (that's the reason why)
Gonna find it hard to pass you by
It's got something to do with being peaceful
No regrets, just a memory or two
And it's got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it's got something to do with you
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You've got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can't get enough
Looking at what I see
What does living mean to me
All that I can ever be is just a man
And the most you can ever do is the best you can
Riding on the world go round
Being me and a what I am
What I am, I'm just a man
And the most you can ever do is the best you can
And what I've found is mostly worth it all
The wisdom of the future is the past
In city brouges and wise old southern drawls
The words that say the most say things that last
Riding on the world go round
Being me and a what I am
And what I am, I'm just a man
And the most you can ever do is the best you can
And the most you can ever do is the best you can
(Hmm) (hum) (hum)
Ah, she keeps me moanin', groanin', hey, because I feel so good,
Feel real good.
Why can't nobody love me like my baby does?
Young girl turned out to be two times quite the woman that I thought she was.
Oh she keeps me moanin', groanin', hey, because I feel is good. I feel real good.
Oh, can't nobody do, no, no, no, what my baby's done.
Said, if she ain't the best in the world, she's good as the goodest one,
And she keeps me moanin', groanin', hey, because
I feel real good.
I feel real good.
Oh, oh, eh, hey, oh, ho, oh, ho,
You just can't smile it away
It's more than passion
Oh! It's love, and I've heard some people say
They've seen love move mountains
You just can't laugh it away
It's too deep inside your feelings
Oh! It's love not just some game you can play
For a laugh then go on your way
Let's sit and talk it over
And work it out
I love you so
Can't we just talk it over
And see what we can do?
Can't we just talk it over
And work it out
I love you so
Can't we just talk it over
And see what we can do?
You just can't pass it away
Like some silly fashion
Oh! It's love, and I've heard some people say
They've seen love move mountains
Oh! It's love, and I've heard some people say
Wonder who is waiting for me
At the end of Heartbreak Road
Hope that she'll be tender
Someone I can know.
Heartaches just don't last forever
But it's a lonely road
A road we all must travel
Once before we go.
I believe that love's a good teacher
When you're in it
And even if it don't work out
You ain't gone never understand it
‘Til you're all down in it
And find out what it's all about
But that's all right because
Heartaches just don't last forever
But it's a lonely road
A road we all must travel
Crazy hours, party nights
Lady power, hardly right
Oh! The showers cold and light
Hot! And lonely every night
You try to find a love
You keep holding on, wanting love
You try to find love
You keep holding on,
Just hanging out
Searching for love in the night
Searching for love in the night
Out and easy every night
How you see me is hardly right
A one and only, would be nice
Hot! And lonely every night
You try to find a love
You keep holding on, wanting love
You try to find love
You keep holding on,
Just hanging out
Searching for love in the night
In the wintertime the grass is brown and the sky is gray, the sky is gray
Ah, hah, but that don't mean little brother that you have to feel the same way
Look the sky is cryin' see the tear rollin' down on the ground, down on the ground
Ah, hah but that don't mean little brother that your life can't turn around
Cover up your body but the cold steady rubbin' on your skin, rubbin' on your skin
Ah, hah, you stay alive little brother from the warm fire within
This little brother is what the seasons are tryin' to say
The snow will surely be melted when the sun punches in for the day
See the cold steady rubbin', rubbin' on your skin rubbin' round your skin
Ah hah you're stayin' alive, little brother from the warm fire within
This little brother is what the seasons are tryin' to say
The snow will surely be melted when the sun punches in for the day
See the cold steady rubbin', rubbin' on your skin rubbin' round your skin
Memories take you back
To the good times
When it's over
And the sad times disappear
Memories are that way, memories are that way
Memories tell you that
All the best times
In your lifetime
Are the times of yesteryear
Memories are that way, memories are that way
Memories are that way
Memories are the words to love songs
Sung throughout the years
Memories of the herds of love songs
Sung through smiles and tears
Memories take you back
To the lean times
In between times
And the times when you knew fear
Sweet and tender things
Are so much nicer than silly games
Softness
Makes it easier to smile
It's better to remember things
That make the sun shine in your memory
There's clouds enough for you to see
Smile for me and take a look around
And you know that you're in love when things
Are better than you thought they'd ever be
Won't you smile for me
I like what's going down
[hum interlude]
And you know that you're in love when things
Are better than you thought they'd ever be
Make a pretty smile for me
I like what's going down (since you've been around)
Sweet and tender things
Makes you feel better than playing games
Softness
Makes it easier to smile
You're in love when things
Are better than you thought they'd ever be
Smile for me
In a room with soft satin pillows,
Cracklin' fireplace keeps us warm.
Whisprin' wind through weepin' willows,
And sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms.
In a soft light her eyes are gleamin'
Pretty little hand covers up her mouth when she yawns.
Wake me up, I must be dreamin' that
Sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms.
Sleepy kisses, warm me softly
Get much warmer later on.
I reach for the light and turn it off,
Uh, huh, sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms.
Sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms
Sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms
Closer to me,
Let that look in your eye
Say that love making love is really on your mind
Then you smile at me
And I know that love is in the makin'
Lovely lady
Looks at me, I get high
And some earthshakin' love is really on my mind
Then you smile at me
And I know it's there for the takin'
Lovely lady loves to smile
And a smile is in her eyes
Lady lets me know
It's time for love by smilin'
Closer to me,
Let that look in your eye
Say that love making love is really on your mind
Then you smile at me
And I know that love is in the makin'
Lovely lady
Looks at me, I get high
And some earth shakin' love is really on my mind
Then you smile at me
And I know it's there for the takin'
Lovely lady loves to smile
And a smile is in her eyes
Lady lets me know
You can fill up a room with idle conversation
You can stir up a whole darn nation with your mouth
But before you start to show your indignation about a situation
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.
You can create a boom with catchy information
You can shake up a lot of people if you shout
But before you begin to grin about the success of your creation
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.
You can make out a plan with aimless dedication
You can hang up a million slogans in you house
But before you put it into operation, before you man your station
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.
You ought to take it all in and check it all out, find out what it's all about
Staring at shadows on the wall
Wish I knew of someone I could call
Someone who might understand it all
Ruby Lee, I show wish you was here with me.
Someone's lying with me in my bed
Some stranger who don't understand my head
Wish it was you lying here instead
Ruby Lee, I show wish you was here with me.
Drowning in a sea of pretty faces
Being quite the man about the town
Packing up and going different places
But I show miss having you around.
I listen to the noises down the hall
Think I'll move out of here in the fall
I ain't exactly having me a ball
I...smile...when Rosie comes to see me
And I'm sad when Rosie goes away
Cuz, Rosie brings the sunshine
I...smile...cuz Rosie let's me be me
Love grows with Rosie every day
Cuz Rosie brings the sunshine
And I'm in love with Rosie
Cuz Rosie treats me good
Making people smile that's Roses art
I fell in love with Rosie
Anybody would...Rosie grows like flowers in my heart
I...smile...when Rosie comes to see me
And I'm sad when Rosie goes away
Cuz Rosie brings the sunshine.
[synthesizer instrumental]
Sometimes you stare and the look that's in your eyes
Says that you care and gives me butterflies
Oh yeah! What a pure delight
Oh yeah! I'm in love alright
Oh yeah! What a perfect night
Why don't we stay here together?
Sometimes it's there in the way you say hello
Sometimes the answer is yes when you say no
Oh yeah! What a pure delight
Oh yeah! I'm in love alright
Oh yeah! What a perfect night
Why don't we stay here together?
Why don't you stay forever in my life
Time for the shoes and rice
‘Cause I think you're very nice
And I want you in my life, oh baby!
Oh yeah! What a pure delight
Oh yeah! I'm in love alright
Oh yeah! What a perfect night
Why don't we stay here together?
Heaven lies here asleep and sweet
Naked and warm (said I feel naked and warm)
Heaven lies here with me
and I feel naked and warm
Wise men follow love and call it feelin'
But I sleep with love and call it heaven
Heaven makes love to me and I feel
Naked and warm (said I feel naked and warm)
And when I have a need for softness
I pull an angel to my breast and I call out
She's a different kind of lady
She's not often understood
She's a doin' kind of lady
And what she's doin' does some good
But she lonely
But she lonely
She lonely
But she lonely
Free and easy kind of lady
And the books she reads are good
Let me be me kind of lady
And she's being what she should
But she lonely
She lonely
Pretty little girl is lonely
She lonely
Yeah, pretty little girl is lonely
It's a well kept secret
Pretty little girl is lonely
Pretty little girl is lonely
She's a different kind of lady
She's not often understood
She's a doin' kind of lady
And what she's doin' does some good
But she lonely
But she lonely
She lonely
You can live your life in a crowded city,
You can walk along a crowded street.
But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly
People, friendly people that you meet.
You might be a sweet young, sweet young pretty, pretty,
And at the dances you can't keep your seat.
But, if dances don't lead to romances,
You might as well be born, be born with two left feet.
You might be a sweet-toned sure ‘nuff high-class talker,
You might be a stone, stone expert at kissing.
But it don't do too much good to be talkin',
Brother, when there ain't no, ain't nobody lis'nin'.
And if you are shy, just not much of a talker,
Don't impress the people that you meet.
[NARRATION:]
Probably one of the nicest affections in the world
Is that feeling that's there between a worldly old
Uncle and very innocent young niece.
Liza, won't you lay your head on my shoulder
Cry if you want to, I don't mind
Seems as if you need some love and kindness
And all I've got is time.
Wiser is the way when you grown older
Nothing heals a broken heart but time
I know what it means to need a shoulder
So lay your head on mine.
La, la, la
La, la
I only want to love you
Please don?t push me away
Let me in your life
I wasn?t even there when he hurt you
So why should I have to pay
Let me in your life
I want to share your tomorrows
So I must beg you today
If he?s the cause of your sorrows
Be glad that he?s gone away
I need someone, let me love you
Please don?t push me away
Let me in your life
La, la, la
La, la
La, la, la
Love, everybody needs you sometimes
Why do I have to call on you
When I'm only feeling sad and lonely
Let's just love awhile and smile
Love, can we just be happy one time
Why must it always end with you and I
Only feeling sad and lonely
Let's just love awhile and smile
Love, help me shake it
Can we make it right (love can make it right)
We can make it (love can make it right)
Help me make it right (love can make it right)
We can make it (love can make it right)
If we make it right
Love, everybody needs but one time
Try not to make it end with you and I
Only feeling sad and lonely
Let's just love awhile and smile
Love, help me shake it
Can we make it right (love can make it right)
We can make it (love can make it right)
Help me make it right (love can make it right)
We can make it (love can make it right)
On just an old ordinary day
No reason, no reason for a fuss
But even though it isn't Christmas
Let us love one another, let us love
On just a day, just a day
No special name, no pretty presents
Pretty presents to exchange
Make it a good day just the same
Let us love one another, let us love, yeah
No special greeting, special greeting for today
No Happy Easter, no Merry Christmas
Only how are you today
Make it a good day anyway
Let us help one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Let us love, let us love
Hey now, let us love
Love one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Let us love
Now let us love
Love one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Yeah, you might not
Feel so good sometimes
Want you to still be
A friend of mine
Hey, now let us love
Love one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Hey, let us love
Let us love, yeah
Now let us help
Help one another
Love your neighbor
He's your brother
Now let us love
Y'all help us out a little bit
Hey, now let us love
Now let us love
Hey, now let us love
Love one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Now let us love
Now let us love
Appreciate y'all coming out
Thank you
Bill Withers, ladies and gentlemen
One more time, Bill Withers
Let's hear it for Bill Withers
Let us love one another
Help your neighbor
He's your brother
Now let us love, let us love
When I need some affection you're not there,
I close my eyes and use my recollection,
And in one moment there's my fav'rite scene,
Taken from the place where I keep my dreams,
In my heart, in my heart.
It's a lovely lovely lovely lovely thing to see,
The picture in the birthday wallet that you gave to me.
But a man can lose a photograph, so just in case,
I keep your portrait close to me in a special place,
In my heart, in my heart, in my heart, in my heart,
If I didn't mean you well
I'd go and find another place to play
I'd entertain myself a better way
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
If I didn't mean you well
I'm aware you just can't tell
If people really mean the things they say
But I've been lied to, too much in my day
To play games that way
How do you do, Lucy?
You sure been hard to find
I heard you had a daughter six years old
And I just can keep from crying
Six years and Lucy
Lord, have mercy
That's a long time
That's a long time
Is she pretty? Has she grown?
Does she sleep well in a room of her own?
Can I see her? Does she know
That I'm her daddy? I'm her daddy
Did you give her love, love, one of my pictures?
Does she carry, yeah, yeah, picture with her?
Does she show it to the baby sitter
And say, see that man, that's my daddy
That's my daddy, yeah
You should have told me, Lucy
You should have told me, Lucy
You should have told me, Lucy
Poor Lucy, poor Lucy, poor Lucy, oh Lucy
You should have told me, Lucy
Woh! I'll be with you,
Yes ‘till heaven comes and takes me away
Or you decide that your life would be
Better without me,
Woh! I'll be with you
Woh! I'll be with you,
Yes forever if you want me to stay,
As long as I don't get in your way
I want to be with you
Woh! I'll be with you
Woh! I'll be with you
Yes forever if you want me to stay
‘Till never turns into yesterday
I want to be with you
Woh! I'll be with you
And I want to be with you because you make me smile
Let it be me with you forever and a while
Woh! I'll be with you,
Yes forever if you want me to stay,
As long as I don't get in your way
I want to be with you
When I?m kissing my love
I can hear a thump thumping in my head
When I?m kissing my love
I close my eyes and see a pretty city
With a million flower beds
I can hear the angels sing
Songs that only angels sing
And I can feel my heart
Just a-thumping and a-skipping
When I?m kissing my love
When I?m kissing my love
I feel the blood pump-pumping in my veins
When I?m kissing my love
She?s such a tender send
With a sweet young frame
She?s so good at what she does
All she wants to do is kiss and hug
She?s got me in love
And I can feel my heart
Just a-thumping and a skipping
It ain't because of me, baby
That you're bein' alone
Nobody's fault but your own
If you've been lonely
Because if only, reach out for me
You'll reach out for me, baby
I'm as close as your phone
Ever since you've been gone
I've been home
And home ain't home
Without that feelin' without that smile
Without your love baby it's all not worthwhile
And I need that feelin' I need that smile
To make my life worth livin
Oh sweet honey chile
Sweet, sweet honey chile
Let's get together
There is only one love in your lifetime
There is only one lover can only do right
When they love you until the daylight
They put their heart on your life
There is only one love in your lifetime
Keeps on turning you on when you turn out the light
And they love you with all their might
They put their heart on your life
Put a little heart in your life oh
Put a little heart in your life
Put a little heart in your life
They put their heart in your life
Hold on! I'm in love and only love
What she can do tonight
Hold on! When the lover in your life
They put their heart in your life
There is only love in the nighttime
Keep on turning you on when you turn out the light
When they do unto you to do right
Put the heart on in your life
There is only one love in your lifetime
There is only one lover can only do right
When they love you until the daylight
They put their heart on your life
Put a little heart in your life oh
Put a little heart in your life
Put a little heart in your life
Summer night in Harlem
Man it's really hot
Well it's too hot to sleep and too cold to eat
I don't care if I die or not
Winter night in Harlem
Oh oh radiator won't get hot
And that mean old landlord
He don't care if I freeze to death or not
Saturday night in Harlem
Oh every thing's alright
You can really swing and shake your pretty thing
The parties are out of sight
Sunday morning here in Harlem
Now every body's all dressed up
The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party
And the good folk just got up
Our crooked delegation wants a donation
To send the preacher to the holy land
Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money
To that lyin', cheatin' man
Saturday night in Harlem
Hey hey, every thing's alright
You can really swing and shake your pretty thing
The parties are out of sight
Sunday morning here in Harlem
Now every body's all dressed up
The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party
And the good folk just got up
Our crooked delegation wants a donation
To send the preacher to the holy land
Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money
Looking out at the people looking in
Feeling good must be some kind of sin
Looking in at the people looking out
Feeling guilty - scared to move about
Looking up at the people looking down
Taking tranquilizers by the pound
Looking down at the people looking up
Getting mad ‘cause they can't get enough.
Ah, but that green grass on the other side
Is just an illusion
We all have our own confusion.
Rich people watching the people poor
Trying to figure out how to get some more
Poor people watching people rich
You know, they call them dirty you-know-which.
Ugly people watching the people pretty
Say they can't get down to the nitty-gritty
Pretty people watching people ugly
Say I show couldn't stand you to kiss and hug me.
Ah, but that green grass on the other side
Is just an illusion
Maybe the lateness of the hour
Makes me seem bluer than I am
But in my heart there is a shower
I hope she'll be happier with him
Maybe the darkness of the hour
Makes me seem lonelier than I am
But over the darkness I have no power
Hope she'll be happier with him
I can't believe that she don't wanna see me
We lived and loved with each other so long
I never thought that she really would leave me
But she's gone
Maybe the lateness of the hour
Makes me seem bluer than I am
But in my heart there is a shower
Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind
People stop, starin' at me
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadow of their eyes
Going where the sun keeps a-shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off the northeast wind
Sailin' on a summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone
Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
I said, everybody keeps talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin', now
Only the echoes of my mind
People stop, starin' at me
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadow of their eyes
Skippin', skippin', skippin', skip, skip
Over the ocean like a stone
I said, why, why, why?
Staring at shadows
Calling them faces
Characters in the stories in your mind
They only live in your imagination
And dreams, I say dreams
Are good as the real thing sometimes
Take a look at your hero
Try changing places
You might discover that you're two of a kind
Busy hanging curtains
Children in the way
Woh! That's what the future holds with me
Don't you want to stay?
Better talk to Billy
His doggie died today
Woh! That's what the future holds with me
Don't you want to stay?
Don't you want to stay?
Woh! Don't you want to stay?
That's what the future holds with me
Don't you want to stay?
Sundays in the meadow
see the children play
Woh! That's what the future holds with me
Don't you want to stay?
Don't you want to stay?
Woh! Don't you want to stay?
That's what the future holds with me
It's only 'cause you're waiting
If it's ever in your mind
If it's ever meant to happen
If it's just a waste of time
If you think it might be wonderful
But you feel you have to fight
Is it gonna take a miracle
To make love to you tonight
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
Don't make me wait, take this moment in the night
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
Don't make me wait, let's make love tonight
If it's only feeling guilty
If it's just a case of fright
If you think it's something filthy
Something evil in the night
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
Don't make me wait, take this moment in the night
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
Don't make me wait, let's make love tonight
If it's love it's so sweet and gentle
When you're making love in the night
If it's love it's so very simple
Hold on! Hold on!
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
Don't make me wait, take this moment in the night
Don't make me wait, take some time for love
(Do it good)
(Do it good)
(Do it good)
If you want to kiss a funky beagle,
Hitch a ride upon an eagle
Read a catalog from Spiegel
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Hey do it, do it to it,
But do it good.
Ah, fish was made for hook-in',
And grits was made for cookin'
And eyes were made for lookin',
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
One of us has to say he's sorry
Or we will never be friends again
Lets have a drink and talk it over
I want to keep you for my friend
We're here today and gone tomorrow
None of us knows when life will end
I've said some things that caused you sorrow
But I want to keep you for my friend
I will follow my dreams wherever
They take me
I will stand upon the mountain and look down upon the seashores
But I'll always remember
The family table
If I don't ever go there anymore
I will stand up when it seems
That my troubles might break me
I will listen even though I know I've
Heard it all before
But I'll always remember
The family table
If you don't look into your mind
And find out what you're runnin' from
Tomorrow might just be another day to run
If you just sit and waste your time
You'll be goin' where you're comin' from, think about that
Tomorrow might be just another day to run
Someone must control your mind, you're the one
Dark confusion's what you find if you run
I don't want to waste your time
But I'm talkin' to you like a son
Tomorrow might be just another day to run
Oh now, walkin' down the road of life, lookin' for direction
Sometime my mind gets so mixed up, I can't tell lust from affection
Gonna stop in to a roadside church, get my mind a rest
And Lord Jesus, help me get my soul together in the process
Oh now, pretty ladies stand in line, waitin' for inspection
Ragged old men drinkin' wine, tryin' to drown rejection
I've been wastin' too much time, I'm gonna lose my mind
Unless Lord Jesus, You help me get my soul together in the process
Oh now, Tony Jr. filled up his arm with dope
And he dreams about a valley
But the poor boy lives in an alley
Filled with papers that's thrown away
Lord, Lord, Lord, oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Tell me Tony, tell me Tony, tell me Tony, tell me Tony
Tell me why, he wanna get high enough to die
Well, he's long on dreams and short on hope
Sometimes he goes to rallies, stops by to see Sally
Lord, just to pass the time away
Lord, Lord, oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Tell me Tony, tell me Tony, tell me Tony
A sparkle in my eye
Satisfied
All because of you pretty one
A bubble in my desire
And I've suddenly become
High as birds that fly above the clouds that rain on you and me
Deep as words you never say out loud but whisper tenderly
La, la, la
A spark that lights my fire
Takes me high
All because of you pretty one
A bubble I can't deny
And I've suddenly become
High as birds that fly above the clouds that rain on you and me
Deep as words you never say out loud but whisper tenderly
A spark that lights my fire
Takes me high
All because of you pretty one
A bubble I can't deny
And I've suddenly become
High as birds that fly above the clouds that rain on you and me
Ever since you came into my life
You have been so wonderful to me
That's why where you are is where I want to be
Life is so much easier now
Since you are sharing it with me
That's why where you are is where I want to be
And the sun shines wherever you are
And I must say that I don't blame the sun
It's a good day wherever you are
And a good night when the day is done
Ever since you came in my life
The world's a lovely place to be
That's why where you are is where I want to be
That's why where you are is where I want to be
Steppin' right along
Like it ain't nothing, baby
Something just, something blew your mind
Something come along
To make you stronger, baby
But you know it got to take time
Talk a little deep
To make you wonder, baby
And it's not that same old line
Whoa, look out now
Something some time
Come along and blow your mind
Watch out, girl
Somebody hot (hot!)
Make you give up everything you got
Steppin' right along
Like it ain't nothing, baby
Something just, something just blew you mind
Something come along
That kick like thunder, baby
You know got to give it up for them
Right on time
'Would it be wise or weak?'
You wonder, baby
Goodbye Reason, Hello Rhyme
Look out, girl
Something some time
Come along and blow your mind
Watch out, girl
Somebody hot (hot!)
Make you give up everything you got
Steppin' right along
Like it ain't nothing, baby
Something come along
And just blew your mind
'Some kind of magic spell?'
You wonder, baby
Make a drink of muddy water
Taste like wine
And 'Would it be wise or weak?'
You wonder, baby
Goodbye Reason, Hello Rhyme
'Love made me do it!'
Something some time
Come along and blow your mind
Watch out, girl
Somebody hot (hot!)
Make you give up everything you got
Said Our Father who art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy Holy Name
'Til the Kingdom come
Thy will be done
Down here on earth
Just like it is in Heaven
Give us this day
Ourâ¦daily bread
Forgive us our sins
We forgive our brothers
Lead us far away, every day,
From temptation
Heavenly Father
Deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom
And the Power
And the Glory
Forever!
Heavenly Father
Sweet Heavenly Father
Heavenly Father
Sweet sweet Heavenly Father
City of the angels spread your wings for me
I've been other places lookin for my dream
Eastern cities move to fast
Southern ones to slow
I can't go back to my past
And I need someplace to grow
City of the Angels
Clear your cloudy skies for me
I heard you got some places that I oughta see
Heard you got a disneyland not too far away
When it rains I understand the skies are clear all day
LA, LA, find a place for me
Gimme all your spaces please
It's where I wanna be
City of the Angels spread your wings for me
I heard you got some places an old man like me should see
Heard 'bout your disneyland not too far away from town
When it rains I understand the skies are clear all day
LA, LA, find a place for me
Gimme all your spaces please
It's where I wanna be
I heard you got a disneyland not to far away
And when it rains I understand the skies are clear all day
LA, LA, find a place for me
Gimme all your spaces please
I will lay around sometimes and show some sadness,
For people whom I've known that now are gone,
And, I will cry to show you, try to show you, when I'm happy
And, when things are going wrong.
I will try my best to be there when you need me,
And give you strength when you need someone that's strong,
And I'll sit and cry with you, my dear, if need be,
And, I'll PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song.
I will PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song,
I will PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song,
Tell you tales of life as I see it,
And I'll PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song.
(I said) I'm gonna try my best to be there when you need me,
And I'm gonna give you strength when you need someone strong,
And I'll sit cry with you my dear, if need be,
And, I'll PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song
(I said) I'm gonna PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song,
I am gonna PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song,
Tell you tales of life as I see it,
And I'll PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song.
(I said) I'm gonna PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song, with a song, with a song,
I am gonna paint you babe, PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song,
Tell you tales of life as I see it,
And I'll paint your pretty picture with a song, I'll paint your pretty picture, I'll PAINT YOUR PRETTY PICTURE with a song.
Hello like before
I'd never come here
If I'd known that you were here
I must admit though
That's it's nice to see you, dear
You look like you've been doing well
Hello like before
I hope we've grown
'Cause we were only children then
For laughs I guess we both can say
'I knew YOU when'
But then again, that's kiss and tell
Hello like before
I guess it's different
'Cause we know each other now
I guess I've always known
We'd meet again somehow
I want to spend the night
With you
Forever
Every time we wind up spending the night
Together
Do you ever feel it?
I wanna share my life
With you
Forever
Ever time we wind sharing a night
Together
Do you ever feel it?
And when I stay away from you
I never get to sleep
I try to hug my pillow
And pretend that you're with me
But I can't feel it
Then when we are together
It's right there for me to see
I can't keep looking at loneliness
And trying to call it freedom
Do you ever feel it?
I want to spend the night
With you
Forever
Every time we wind up spending the night
Together
Do you ever feel it?
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