Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures
And when this flesh
and heart shall fail
and mortal life shall cease
I shall possess
within the vale
a life of joy and peace
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright, shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but not am found
All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking,
It's early morn
The taxi's waiting,
He's blowing' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could cry.
(Chorus)
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
There are so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.
(Chorus)
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes,
I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say,
(Chorus)
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
Every mother has to let he child go
Even though it may tear her apart
I can hear the lullabies I sang you
Now you stand taller than my heart
You know you can bread my heart so easily
You can make my day with just a smile
One word from you can melt the winter snow
Make me forget the longest mile
Whatever you're doin' for the rest of your life
I'm here to tell you, you can count on me
No use my worryin', I know you can fly
I've gotta let you go, gotta set you free
I've gotta set you free
The road we walked was never easy
I know I stumbled on the way
I thought I knew what I was doing
When I was wrong you had to pay
I hope by now, you can forgive me
And take the good I had to give
I was too young to be your teacher
We learned together how to live
Whatever you're doin' for the rest of your life
I'm here to tell you, you can count on me
No use my worryin', I know you can fly
I've gotta let you go, gotta set you free
I only hope you will be happy
I want the very best for you
The only prize that's worth the battle
Is finding love you know is true
Whatever you're doin' for the rest of your life
I'm here to tell you, you can count on me
No use my worryin', I know you can fly
Mama, mama, you know how it feels,
love never knows a season.
mama, tell me you understand,
the heart always has a reason.
Doin' ninety-five in the middle of the night on an open road,
time for a good ol' girl like me to be bedded down.
gotta get home before the kids find out i've been away,
i figure i'm gonna reach town just before dawn.
I can see the sun is gonna be comin' up real soon,
hope the children don't wake up and wonder where i am!
gotta get the older ones to school and play with the baby,
she's the apple of her mother's eye, and doesn't she know it!
Don't know how it happened one more time,
the money's running' out and the other kids are cryin!
somebody tell me i'm not crazy,
doin' what i can to raise my babies.
Mama, mama, you know how it feels,
love never knows a season.
mama, tell me you understand,
the heart always has a reason.
Wonder if you know just how it feels to be alone,
tryin' to raise a bunch of kids on nothin' but love and guts.
when the day is over i'm about as wrecked as a body can be,
i got my troubles, but again i need me some kind of lovin',
Don't know how it happened one more time,
the money's runnin' out and the other kids are cryin'.
somebody tell me i'm not crazy,
doin' what i can to raise my babies.
Mama, mama, you know how it feels,
love never knows a season.
mama, tell me you understand,
the heart always has a reason.
The doctor down in lincoln said i'd be all right,
he said he didn't want to help me but he'd do it just this once.
made me feel so bad i couldn't stop the tears from fallin',
made me wish he had to pay this kind of price for his lovin'.
Don't know how it happened one more time,
the money's runnin' out and the other kids are cryin'.
five kids are gonna drive me crazy,
lord, i can't have another baby.
Mama, mama, you know how it feels,
love never knows a season.
mama, tell me you understand,
The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather
Looking North to the sea she finds the weather fine
She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard
All the way from town
She watches seagulls fly
Silver on the ocean stitching through the waves
The edges of the sky
Many people wander up the hills
From all around you
Making up your memories and thinking they have found you
They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride
Young men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried
And tell you why
And ask you why
Any way you answer
Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies
Flowers from a Spanish friend of the family
The embroid'ry of your life holds you in
And keeps you out but you survive
Imprisoned in your bones
Behind the isinglass windows of your eyes
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain
Down the hills through the long grass to the sea
And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain
Come away alone
Even now by the gate with you long hair blowing
And the colors of the day that lie along your arms
You must barter your life to make sure you are living
And the crowd that has come
You give them the colors
And the bells and wind and the dream
Will there never be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountains
Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains
Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass
Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass?
Day and night and day again and people come and go away forever
While the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror
While you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign
The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain
Down the hills through the long grass to the sea
And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain
Come away alone
Turn around, don't whisper out my name
For like a breeze it'd stir a dying flame
I'll miss someone, if it eases you to know
But close the door lightly when you go
Who was the one that stole my mind?
Who was the one that robbed my time?
Who was the one? Made me feel unkind
So fare thee well, sweet love of mine
Take your tears to someone else's eyes
They're made of glass and they cut like wounding lies
Memories are drifting like the snow
So, close the door lightly when you go
Who was the one that stole my mind?
Who was the one that robbed my time?
Who was the one? Made me feel unkind
So fare thee well, sweet love of mine
Don't look back to where you once had been
Look straight ahead when you're walking through the rain
And find a light, if the path gets dark and cold
But close the door lightly when you go
Who was the one that stole my mind?
Who was the one that robbed my time?
Who was the one? Made me feel unkind
So fare thee well, sweet love of mine
Turn around, don't whisper out my name
For like a breeze it'd stir a dying flame
I'll miss someone, if it eases you to know
But close the door lightly when you go
Close the door lightly when you go
You have many houses, one for every season
Mountains in your windows, violets in your hands
Through your English meadows your blue-eyed horses wander
You're in Colorado for the spring
When the winter finds you, you fly to where it's summer
Rooms that face the ocean, moonlight on your bed
Mermaids swift as dolphins paint the air with diamonds
You are like a seagull as you said
Why do you fly bright feathered sometimes in my dreams?
The shadows of your wings fall over my face
I can feel no air, I can find no peace
Brides in black ribbons, witches in white
Fly in through windows, fly out through the night
Why do I think I'm dying sometimes in my dreams
I see myself a child running through the trees
Searching for myself, looking for my life
Looking everywhere crawling on my knees
I cannot see the leaves, I cannot see the light
Then I see you walking just beyond the forest
Walking very quickly, walking by yourself
Your shoes are silver, your coat is made of velvet
Your eyes are shining, your voice is sweet and clear
"Come on", you say, "Come with me, I'm going to the castle"
All the bells are ringing, the weddings have begun
But I can only stand here, I cannot move to follow
I'm burning in the shadows and freezing in the sun
There are people with you living in your houses
People from your childhood who remember how you were
You were always flying, nightingale of sorry
What a beautiful day it is here
And how beautiful you look out there
Just look great
I packed up my bags
Put in my favorite Levis
Laid my mandolin beside the door
I said to momma
I won't be long
Don't worry about me
I'll be home before dark
I'll be alright
And you'll be fine without me
I'll be home before dark
Bought a ticket to New York city
One way out and no return
I watched the sun go down across the plains from Denver
Lord, how the western sky can burn
Met a boy in the darkness
Handsome, tall and heartless
Loved him like an eagle loves the wind
Till I heard him say
I won't be long
Don't worry about me
I'll be home before dark
I'll be home
I'll be alright
And you'll be fine without me
I'll be home before dark
My daughter looks like him they say
To me she looks like momma
I see an eagle's shadow in her eyes
Last night at her birthday
We blew the candles out together
I wonder will she take me by surprise
When she says momma
I won't be long
Don't worry about me
I'll be home before dark
I'll be home
I'll be alright
And you'll be fine without me
I'll be home before dark
Jacob's heart bent with fear
Like a bow with death for its arrow
In Vain he search for the final truth
To set his soul free of doubt
Over the mountains he walked
With his head bent searching for reasons
Then he called out to God
For help and climbed to the top of a hill
Wind swept the sunlight through the wheat fields
In the orchard the nightingale sang
While the plums that she broke with her brown beak
Tomorrow would turn in to songs
Then she flew up through the rain
With the sun silver bright on her feathers
Jacob put back his frowns and sighed and walked
Back down the hill
God doesn't answer me and
My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking 'fore I knew it and as he grew
He said, "I'm gonna be like you, dad
You know, I'm gonna be like you"
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home? I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know, we'll have a good time then
My child turned ten, the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's okay"
He turned away but his smile never dimmed
"I'm gonna be like him", he said
"Yes, I'm going to be like him"
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home? I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know, we'll have a good time then
When he came from college, the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"I'm proud of you, son, will you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and he said with a smile
"What I'd really like to do is to borrow the car keys
I'll see you later, can I have them please?"
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home? I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know, we'll have a good time then
Well, I've long since retired, my child moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time"
He said the new job's a hassle and the kid's got the flu
But it's so nice talking to you, dad
It's so nice talking to you
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
My boy's a lot like me, my boy's a lot like me
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home? I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know, we'll have a good time then
We'll get together then, son
Cathedral bells were tolling and our hearts rang on
Was this the thrill of Paris or the April dawn?
Who knows if we shall meet again
But when the morning chimes ring sweet again
I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces all day through
In the small cafe, the park across the way
The children's carousel, the chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day
In everything that's bright and gay, I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon but I'll be seeing you
I'll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new
Well I met you on a midway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
You were playing on the horses, you were playing on the guitar strings
You were playing like a devil wearing wings
Wearing wings you looked so grand, wearing wings
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing?
Can you fly? I heard you can, can you fly?
Like an eagle doin' your hunting from the sky?
I followed with the sideshows to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
You were betting on some lover, you were shaking up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice
Once or twice, I heard you did, once or twice
Were you wondering, was the gamble worth the price?
Pack it in, I heard you did, pack it in
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win?
So lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
And a voice calls out the numbers and it sometimes mentions mine
And I feel like I've been working overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime
Always playin' one more hand for one more dime
Slowin' down, I'm getting tired, slowin' down
And I envy you the valley that you've found
Mommy, mommy, come and see
And look what I've found
A little way away from here
While digging in the ground
Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It's nothing but a picture book
They had before the war
Mommy, mommy, come and see
Your mommy hurry look
Just four or five Melinda girls
Inside this picture book
Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war
Mommy, mommy, come and see
Your mommy hurry do
There's someone grown up very tall
Who doesn't look like you
Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
Your father was a man like that
Before they had the war
Mommy, mommy, come and see
Such things I've never seen
There's happy faces all around
And all the grass is green
Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That's just the way it used to be
Before they had the war
Mommy, mommy, come and see
And tell me if you can
Why can it be the way it was
Before the war began?
Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
You've long been on the open road
You've been sleepin' in the rain
From dirty words and mud of the cells
Your clothes are soiled and stained
But the dirty words and the muddy cells
Will soon be judged insane
So only stop and rest yourself
And you'll be off again
And take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin'
And the mornin' in your eyes
Then tell me of the ones you see
As far as you could see
Across the plains from field to town
A marchin' to be free
And of the rusted prison gates
That tumble by degree
Like laughin' children one by one
They look like you and me
So take off your thirsty boots
And stay for awhile
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Lookin' for the evenin'
And the mornin' in your eyes
I know you are no stranger
Down the crooked rainbow trial
From dancing cliff edge, shattered sills
Of slander shackled jails
But the melodies drift up from below
As walls are bein' scaled
Yes and all of this and more my friend
Your song shall not be failed
And take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Just lookin' for the evenin'
And the mornin' in your eyes
And take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
Lookin' for the evenin'
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Prayers and promises won't bring you back
Come to me in dreams again
Wings of angels, tears of saints
I lost you on a winter's day
In that cold city far away
A city by a river deep
With promises you could not keep
A place where you had gone to try
A place where you had longed to fly
A city smiling when you cried
A city sleeping when you died
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Prayers and promises won't bring you back
Come to me in dreams again
Wings of angels, tears of saints
In that cathedral by the hill
We stood and talked in happier days
The fields along the river's edge
You fished and traveled hungrily
Your light burned in that sunny sky
Your voice above the river rang
I'd give it all, give all I have
For one more chance to hear you sing
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Prayers and promises won't bring you back
Come to me in dreams again
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Child of thunder in the dark
Child whose voice was like a lark
Child whose spirit burning bright
Child of many beauties
When the birds fly to the south
When the wind blows to the north
You are in the falling snow
You are beauty going forth
You are heat and you are light
Sun above the mountain's peak
I'd give it all, give all I have+
For one more chance to hear you speak
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Prayers and promises won't bring you back
Come to me in dreams again
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Prayers and promises won't bring you back
Come to me in dreams again
Wings of angels, tears of saints
Love don't say you can't forgive me
How can I bear to live if you say goodbye?
God has mercy, can't you spare some?
I am begging you to stay, if it's just a lie
I'll take the crumbs you leave at my door
I just can't bear not to see you anymore
Those years of love can't be gone
Take me with you, don't leave me here alone
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Nightmares come, I know, I've had one
Why can't I be awake? Say it's just a dream
This is all too real for dreaming
Like something in a play, truer then it seems
How did your face of love turn to hate?
Only a moment passed, now it is too late
Blind to the truth I have loved
Lost for now, I am helpless without you
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
High above, the moon is riding
Clouds covering her face so she can not see
Tears are falling from my own eyes
Hope dying in my heart, struggles to be free
I want to hide in the past
Where I thought that I'd found love at last
Love that would suffer my sins
Love that would let me begin to live
Don't say goodbye love
I couldn't bear to hear it
Don't say goodbye love
It's what I've always feared
Don't say goodbye
The rain is falling down
Along with the sky
The colors and remembered suns
Are pouring by
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
Come to the window
Put your arms around me again
If you don't hold me
I will wash away with the rain
What will I do with my arms
When they are empty?
I'll just stand here and watch
The sky fall while you put yourself together
While you gather up the time it took to
Make us think we would last forever
The window fills your face
With silver and grain
You're soaking up the sky
I'll never see it again
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
What will I do with my life
They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed them all
Where there was earth to plough or guns to bear
I was always there
Right out on the job
They used to tell me I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead
Why should I be standing in line?
Just waiting for bread
Once I built a railroad
Made it run
Made it race against time
Once I built a railroad
Now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower to the sun
Built of brick and mortar and love
Once I built a tower
Now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits
Gee, we looked fine
All of that yankee-doodle-ee die
Half a million boots went slogging through hell
And I was the kid with the drum
Oh say, don't you remember
They called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say, don't you remember
I'm your pal
Blood in all the streets, running like a flood
There's no where to hide, no where that I can go
I reach out my hand, touching death itself
Just a holy day in Sarajevo
I can hear my heart, pounding like a clock
Hiding from the planes and from the bombing
Fire from the sky, burning down my life
There is no more love and no more longing
But when I close my eyes
I dream of peace
I dream of flowers on the hill
I dream I see my mother smiling
When I close my eyes
I dream of peace
Once I had a home, once my life was good
Once my mother sang to me and held me
Then the fire came, falling from the sky
There is no one left who can protect me
War's a wicked bird that never comes to rest
Feeding on the dreams of all the children
War's an evil bird flying in the dark
Every holy promise has been broken
But when I close my eyes
I dream of peace
I dream of flowers on the hill
I dream I see my mother smiling
When I close my eyes
I dream of peace
Can't you stop the war, bring it to a close
You are tall and strong and I am just a child
Can't we live in peace, stop the flowing blood
Make a blessed world where I can be a child
When you close your eyes
Do you dream of peace?
Do you dream of flowers on the hill?
Do you dream, you see your mother smiling
When you close your eyes
Do you dream of peace?
When you close your eyes
Do you dream of peace?
Do you dream of flowers on the hill?
Do you dream, you see your mother smiling
When you close your eyes
Do you dream of peace?
The fisherman are pitchin' pennies
In the sand beside the sea
The sunrise hits their oilskin boots
And their painted boats and me
They seem to know the ocean
Like a man knows a woman
She makes him wait around
For half the mornin' for the tide to turn
Pull on the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing
They're drinkin' beer and laughin'
And squintin' at the sun
Waitin' for the gulls to tell them
When the fish will come
Their faces brown and weathered
From all the nets they've run
They've learned to wait
They always know that the tide will turn
Pull on the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing
Way out on the ocean
The big ships hunt for whales
The Japanese have caught so many
That now they hunt for snails
My fisherman's not greedy
They seem content to live
With the sun and the sand
And a net full of fishes when the tide turns
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
Day's for work and night's the time to go dancing
Pull in the ropes, Seine haul fisherman
Never catches more than he knows he can sell in a day
Pull in the nets, Seine haul fisherman
She is a weaver
Through her hands the bright thread travels
Blue green water, willows weeping, silver stars
She sings and sighs as the shuttle flies
Through the yarn like a Kerry dancer
Pink and purple velvet red for a lover's bed
Living north of San Francisco
With a man who built his house alone
Living peaceful in the country
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home
She is a spinner
In her hands the wooden wheel turns the wool around
Then around again
A gypsy from Bolinas
Sits and plays the mandolin
Faces smile in the firelight of a foggy night
Living north of San Francisco
Sometimes it's nice to be alone
She says, it's peaceful where she is living
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home
You can see the bridges of the city
Hanging in the air by steel and stone
She says, it's peaceful where she's living
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home
She is a weaver
Through her hand the bright thread travels
Blue green water, willows weeping, silver stars
She is my sister
The baby born when I was older
Her hands are light, her hair is bright as the summer sun
Living north of San Francisco
Sometimes it's nice to be alone
She says, it's peaceful in the country
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home
My grandmother's house is still there
But it isn't the same
A plain wooden cottage
A patch of brown lawn
And a fence that hangs standing
And sighing in the Seattle rain
I drive by with strangers
And wish they could see what I see
A tangle of summer birds
Flying in sunlight
A forest of lillies
An orchard of apricot trees
Secret Gardens of the heart
Where the flowers bloom forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter
Great grandfather's farm is still there
But it isn't the same
The barn is torn down
And the fences are gone
The Idaho wind blows
The topsoil away every Spring
I still see the ghosts
Of the people I knew long ago
Inside the old kitchen
They bend and sigh
My life passed them up
And the world passed them by
Secret Gardens of the heart
Where the old stay young forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter
But most of all
It is me that has changed
And yet I'm still the same
That's me at the weddings
That's me at the graves
Dressed like the people
Who once looked so grown-up and brave
I look in the mirror
Throught the eyes of the child that was me
I see willows bending
The season is Spring
And the silver blue sailing birds
Fly with the sun on their wings
Secret Gardens of the heart
Where dreams live on forever
I see you shining through the night
While riding on a train goin' west
I fell asleep for to take my rest
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
Concerning myself and the first few friends I've had
With half-damp eyes I stared to the room
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon
Where we together weathered many a storm
Laughin' and singin' till the early hours of the morn
By the old wooden stove where our hats were hung
Our words were told and our songs were sung
Where we longed for nothin' and were quite satisfied
Talkin' and jokin' about the wicked world outside
With haunted hearts through the heat and the cold
We never thought we could ever get old
We thought we could sit forever in fun
But our chances really were a million to one
As easy as it was to tell black from white
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right
And our choices were few but the thought never hit
That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split
Now many a year has passed and gone
Many a gamble has been lost and won
And many a road taken by many a friend
And each one I've never seen again
Oh, I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
That we could sit simply in that room again
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
It seems I've always been in charge before;
I made the rules and they were followed.
The men I loved would gather at my door
To wait the word for the day.
I must admit I had my moments
When I wished the world would suddenly go mad.
But then I'd come back to my senses,
And think how sweet was that freedom I thought I had.
Out of control you send me,
I never know where it will end for me.
You put the lights in my head,
A song in my bed.
Oh, nothing I say can change you;
You know your way,
Life is clear to you.
All I can do when you call me is follow.
Oh, I am a woman as sensible as can be.
Out of control, you spin me;
Take me again, your love is winning me.
I'd follow you anywhere you say.
I didn't even know the man
I didn't know the man himself
Even though his music filled my life
As it has so many others
I knew that he had died that week
After fighting death a year or more
But I had, had a rule before
That funerals were a waste of flowers
But something said, I had to go
To be a witness to his gift of love
A man who never once gave up on life
Until death took him in his tracks
The people stood around the church
Ten thousand people there, they say, or more
Black and white, rich and poor
Together they were there to say farewell
In New York city it had rained that day
The streets were silver and the sky was grey
But in the church the music soared and sang
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun
The man was a hero
He played the music of our souls
He knew that we all have in us
A place where beauty always grows
Outside in the streets again
The people wandered through the falling rain
They waved their hands and dried their tears
And turned to go about their lives again
But none of us will be the same
If we hear the things his music says
That loving is the gift of life
And making music was his way of love
The man was a hero
He played the music of our souls
He knew that we all have in us
Grandaddy look at the gypsies dancing in the firelight
burning so brightly
how do they keep themselves warm on such a night
see all the fiddlers twirling while he plays his violin
laughing and shouting
have you seen anything like it in all your life
Grandma was cold and chide when we get in
she'll wanna know what we've done and where we've been
promise me you'll never tell, ya know your secret's safe with me
i can be trusted
wrap me up in your winter coat
wrap me up so tight
i never will feel the cold
i'll be safe tonight
Can we go down to the railroad track and watch the train go by
shining like silver
i hear the whistle, the train is on it's way
hold me up over your shoulder so that i can see the light
over the pine trees
how i would like to go riding on the train
Tell me the story again about the time you went away
you went to chicago, no one knew where you were
why did you ever come back here after you had run away
i'm glad you did sir
wrap me in your winter coat
wrap me up so tight
i never will feel the cold
i'll be safe tonight
When you were young you sailed up on the sea.
wrap me up in your winter coat,
wrap me up so tight,
i never will feel the cold.
i'll be warm tonight
Grandaddy tell me the names of all the stars up in the sky
is there a heaven?
do you think there is a life after we die?
why do some people have all the gold and silver they can spend?
others have nothing.
it isn't fair and i've always wondered why.
Can i hold the match while you light your pipe?
i love the smell of tobacco in the air.
tell me again about how it was before i came to be
in the old country
Wrap me up in your winter coat
wrap me up so tight
i never will feel the cold
i'll be warm tonight
Wrap me up in your winter coat
wrap me up so tight
i never will feel the cold
I was only nineteen
The morning you were born
With your hair fine and red
And your eyes like my own
Barely a woman
With only a song
I sang to make you smile
And held you all night long
Home through the streets
With you in my arms
Cold winter mornings
In a Colorado town
I've seen you stumble
You've watched me fall
You know I've got nothing
You know we've got it all
Trucks roll by and the rain coming down
Does that old parka keep you dry?
Sixteen years old out on the road
Trying to get to the sky
Back in September
You called me on the phone
"Ma, you know I love you
But I gotta be own my own"
"Comes a time in a boy's life
When he's got to be a man
Please don't try to find me
Please try to understand"
Now he's playing guitar
In a rock and roll band
Looking like a baby
Talking like a man
The life of a guitar man
Is a hard life to live
What can I tell you
You were born to the breed
Rain comes down, the trucks rolling by
I that old poncho gonna keep you dry?
Sixteen years old, January child
Trying to get to the sky
I've watched you growing
Through all these years
You've seen me stumble
I've watched your tears
Sometimes there was roses
Sometimes there was thorns
But I know you're gonna make it
As sure as you were born
And I hope from what you wanted
You get what you need
I know you're gonna make it
You were born to the breed
Sixteen years old, January child
Farewell to Tarwathie
Adieu Mormond Hill
And the dear land of Crimmond
I bid you farewell
I'm bound off for Greenland
And ready to sail
In hopes to find riches
In hunting the whale
Farewell to my comrades
For a while we must part
And likewise the dear lass
Who first won my heart
The cold coast of Greenland
My love will not chill
And the longer my absence
More loving she'll feel
Our ship is well rigged
And she's ready to sail
The crew they are anxious
To follow the whale
Where the icebergs do float
And the stormy winds blow
Where the land and the ocean
Is covered with snow
The cold coast of Greenland
Is barren and bare
No seed time nor harvest
Is ever known there
And the birds here sing sweetly
In mountain and dale
But there's no bird in Greenland
To sing to the whale
There is no habitation
For a man to live there
And the king of that country
Is the fierce Greenland bear
And there'll be no temptation
To tarry long there
With our ship bumper full
We will homeward repair
Farewell to Tarwathie
Adieu Mormond Hill
And the dear land of Crimmond
I bid you farewell
We're bound off for Greenland
And ready to sail
In hopes to find riches
There is a bamboo tree that blooms
Only once in a hundred years
This is the year, your wedding year
And the bamboo blossoms just for you
For you the Columbine is blue
The paint brush flames upon the hills
For Allison and Denver John
A double sunrise lights the dawn
I've watched you blossom since you've met
You've made a garden out of love
With splendid flowers and bowered paths
Where I am satisfied to walk
There was a thorn in Denver's side
That Allison has pruned and clipped
A sorrow Allison could hide
That Denver soothed and comforted
Each tending to the others need
Tears and smiles looked after now
The thorns and sorrows have their place
In proper balance like the stars
You are, both brave and beautiful
My brother, whom I've loved for life
And now a sister, newly mine
To love and treasure day and night
Home to the mountains, then we come
To celebrate in unison
All peace, and pleasure, joy and bliss
To Denver John and Allison
Today for you the Columbine is blue
The paint brush flames upon the hill
For Allison and Denver John
Oh...
Oh...
You can buy most anything out there on the street
Some things cost a fortune, gems and jewels so sweet
You can buy a ticket on a supersonic plane
You can buy umbrellas for the falling rain
You can buy your pleasure
You can buy your pain
Pearls and diamond earrings, caviar by the pound
Some can buy a country, some can buy a town
But you can't buy love
No you can't buy love
But you can't buy love
Love is not for sale
You can buy a mansion furnish it with silk
You can buy a Picasso, antiques to the hilt
You can buy a galleon, sail it on the sea
You can be a pirate, think you live for free
But you can't buy love
No you can't buy love
But you can't buy love
Love is not for sale
You can buy a ticket on a supersonic plane
You can't buy your freedom, but you can buy your chains
You can buy me presents, you can take my time
You can buy me something to make me think I 'm fine
But you can't buy love
No you can't buy love
But you can't buy love
Love is not for sale
Sometimes I remember the old days
When the world was filled with sorrow
You might have thought I was living
But I was all alone
In my heart
The rain was falling
The wind blew
The night was calling
Come back, come back
I'm all you've ever known
(CHORUS)
Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to see you, my friend
You're like a rainbow
Coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as
Good a friend to you
As you are to me
There were friends
Who could always see me
Through the haze
Their smiles would reach me
Saying okay
Saying goodbye, saying hello
Soon I knew
Just what I was after
Was life and love
Tears and laughter
Hello, my good friend
Hello, my darling
What do you know
(CHORUS)
I used to think it was
Only me feeling alone
Not feeling free to be alive
To be a friend
Now I know we all
Have stormy weather
The sun shines through
When we're together
I'll be your friend
Right through to the end
(CHORUS)
Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to
See you, my friends
You're all like rainbows
Coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as
Good a friend to you
See her how she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine
Good lord, it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Though with the mountains and the pine
Then the darkness fell
It's hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes
Fell out of her heart
Fell down on my face
I tripped and missed my star
Fell and fell alone
The moon's a harsh mistress
The sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress
Hey now, where are you going
Where are you going to, my friend
Said I'm going out to find
The pastures of plenty
I believe they're out there somewhere
Did you hear about the girl
Alone in the world
Thought she was losing her mind
She found it in the discarded refuse pile
Down near the railroad line
A book of sonnets, torn and tattered
A few remained intact
One held the key, she said to me
To getting some feeling back
Sometimes my head turns round and round
Sometimes you talk but I can't hear a sound
Sometimes I look down, find my feet off the ground
I feel that I'm somewhere else bound
Hey now, where are you going
Where are you going to, my friend
Said I'm going out to find
The pastures of plenty
I believe they're out there somewhere
She looked down the railroad track
Lined with trees on each side
She prayed for the strength to run to the boxcar
To pull herself up for the ride
You invite me to your house - you're so sincere
We sit so close for a while
You reach out for me in the low light so clear
But you look like you're frowning when you smile
Hanging around just to see what could happen
Hanging on by, oh, the thinnest thread
Sometimes I see the faintest glimpse
Sometimes I feel I'd be better off in bed
Hey now, where are you going
Where are you going to, my friend
Said I'm going out to find
The pastures of plenty
