• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Anytime At All - Melanie
• Ain't No Sunshine - Melanie
• Yes Sir Thats My Baby - Melanie
• Make It Work For Me - Melanie
• Live Coal - Melanie
• Jammin' Alone - Melanie
• Summer Of Love Ii - Melanie
• Love To Lose Again - Melanie
• How Can I Help You Say Goodbye - Melanie
• I'm Saving Everything You Do - Melanie
• Monongahela River - Melanie
• Every Breath You Take - Melanie
• Any Time At All - Melanie
• Ballerina - Melanie
• I Am Not A Poet (Night Song) - Melanie
• A Song For Robert Johnson - Melanie
• Chances - Melanie
• Knock On Wood - Melanie
• Christopher Robin (Is Saying His Prayers) - Melanie
• On The Lam From The Law - Melanie
• Together Alone - Melanie
• Some Say (I Got Devil) - Melanie
• Bo Bo's Party - Melanie
• Lovin' The Boy Next Door - Melanie
• Chart Song - Melanie
• Alexander Beetle - Melanie
• Ruby Tuesday - Melanie
• Love You To Loath Me - Melanie
• Lay Down - Melanie
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Melanie
• Nickel Song - Melanie
• If My Heart Should Lose It's Way - Melanie
• What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie
• The Good Guys - Melanie
• Ring The Living Bell - Melanie
• Momma Momma - Melanie
• Merry Christmas - Melanie
• Lovin Baby Girl - Melanie
• Leftover Wine - Melanie
• Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie
• In The Hour - Melanie
• I'm Back In Town - Melanie
• I Really Loved Harold - Melanie
• Foolin' Yourself - Melanie
• Close To It All - Melanie
• Carolina In My Mind - Melanie
• Candles In The Rain - Melanie
• Brand New Key - Melanie
• Animal Crackers - Melanie
• As tears go by - Melanie

If you need somebody to love
Just look into my eyes
I'll be there to make you feel right
If you're feeling sorry and sad
I'd really sympathize
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
If the sun has faded away
I'll try to make it shine
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's gone so long
Any time he goes away
Wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder if he's going to stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away
I know
Hey, ought' a leave that thing alone
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
Only darkness every day
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's gone so long
Any time he goes away
Ain't no sunshine in the night
And ain't no sunshine in the day
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's always gone to long
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes...
Any time he goes away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Any time he goes away
Wonder this times where he's gone
Wonder if he's gonna stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes...
Any time he goes away
Any time he goes away
I waited and waited...
And when no message came

Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now
Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe
Yes sir, that's my baby now
By the way, by the way
When we reach the preacher
I'll say with feeling
Yes sir, that's my baby
No sir, I don't mean maybe

And if it's you
You're gonna love me
And if it's not
I'm going to find you
But if I don't
I ll have to make it work for me
And if it's true
I m gonna follow
But if it breaks me
Ill go on broken
I ll dream of you
I ve got to make it work for me
And when the sun sets upside down
And the hands of the clock go the other way round
I know that it's not what the others might see
But I won't fall down from my vertigo dream
I found this way to fly, you see
By letting go and then holding on tight to nothing at all
And if it's you
In your magnificence
Or is it me who thinks you're heaven-sent?
I'll follow through
But I ve got to make it work for me
And if it's you
You're gonna love me
And if it's not
Then I will find you
But if I don't
I'm going to make it work for me
Until the real thing comes along
I'm gonna to make it work for me
And when the sun sets upside down
And the hands of the clock go the other way round
I know that it's not what the others might see
But I won't fall down from my vertigo dream
I found this way to fly, you see

When I was young I broke every rule
'Cause the were made for the criminal and the fool, oh
I wasn't one of those
I had some wild oats to sow
I was a live coal
Don't kill the live coal
Hey now, seems like everywhere I go
Some joker is trying to kill the live coal
Oh, don't be one of those
I have some wild oats to sow
I am a live, alive'o
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
I said, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said oh, oh. Oh, don't be one of those
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
New ones, old ones, I've seen 'em blow
Fan the embers watch the lives ones glow
We've such a long way to go
So from the heart of my soul
Don't kill the love coal
Oh no, don't kill the live coal
I said, oh, oh, oh don't be one of those, oh no
I said oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those
When I was young I broke every rule
'Cause the were made for the criminal and the fool
Oh no, I wasn't one of those
I had some wild oats to sow
I am alive alive'o
Oh yeah, oh baby, don't kill the live coal, oh no
I say, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I say, oh, oh, oh, don't kill the live coal
I said don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Don't kill it, don't kill it
Don't kill the live coal
Oh, oh, oh, don't be one of those, oh no

You d think I was doing good
With this smile upon my face
My rent is overdue
I leave here in disgrace
I know nobody loves me
And no one rings my phone
I m gonna get real good at, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
There s a woman on my corner
With her rags, bags and wine
She s laughing with nobody
Beating out the time
She sees me and she s smiling
Cause she knows I m coming home
I recognize my sister, jammin alone
Jammin alone, jammin alone
Living well is the best revenge
Take pleasure where you can
Don t be too hard on yourself
Or your fellow man
And wear a smile upon your face
Till it becomes your own
And love your own sweet music
When you re jammin alone

Step inside the shoes I walk in
Walk them down onto a pasture
Where the green may have been yellow
But the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
Where we raged and reached for freedom
When we kissed and loved a stranger
And we asked our silly questions
And would not settle for the reasons
Did we rise up to the cause
Or did we cause the thing to happen?
When humanity awakens
Ah but the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
There's a power on a hillside
There was magic in the moment
It's a farm land that lies fallow
But the dream grows on forever
Cynics laugh and make it less then
The extraordinary wonder
When humanity awakens
Ah but the music will remember
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
In the summer of love
When humanity awakens

Some folks take their pleasure slow, others like it fast
And some folks lose their futures by living in the past
If you win by taking you might lose your chance to win
And if you lose of heartache you are bound to love again
Every single daytime loses out to night
And every bit of darkness well it uses up the light
You were my religion even though you're just a man
And man will go on lovin' so we're bound to lose again, lose again
My cat is meditating and my dog is scratching fleas
And me I think too much, most people think too much to see
We think too much of loving and we lose more than we win
And woman dies of giving but she's bound to live again
We think too much of loving to love all that we can

Through the back window of a fifty-nine wagon
I watched my best friend Jamie slipping further way
I kept on waving 'til I couldn't see her
And through my tears I asked again why we couldn't stay
Mama whispered softly "Baby, time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?"
I sat on our bed, he packed a suitcase
I held a picture of our wedding day
His hands were trembling, we both were crying
Then he kissed me gently and he quickly walked away
I called my mama, she said "Time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt and it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try
How can I help you to say goodbye?"
Sitting with mama, alone in her bedroom
She opened her eyes and then squeezed my hand
She said "I have to go now, my time here is over"
And with her final words she tried to help me understand
Mama whispered softly "Time will ease the pain
Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same"
She said "How can I help you to say goodbye?
It's okay to hurt, it's okay to cry
So come, let me hold and I will try

You're amazing and I like your style
But then it's not just your behavior
You have this way of making me alive
I hope I stay this way forever
Then it occurs to me if you should fall
Will I go tumbling after
And what if I'm feeling no good at all
Will you bring me out and could we laugh about it
Don't really know you
But I do, I do admire the art of making things go your way
But if the day should come when you cannot
I hope you'll see it as a short delay
But if you ever find yourself in doubt
You can look in my direction
'Cause I'll remember, though I'll never count
I will tell you things you've done
And maybe we'll laugh the doubt away
So if you're broken, come to me
Come to me all blue
I'm saving everything you do
So anyway I've got it down for you
I'm saving everything you do
I will tell you things you've done
And maybe we'll laugh the doubt away
So if you're broken, come to me
Come to me all blue
I'm saving everything you do
So anyway I've got it down for you
I'm saving everything you do

Some get put in prison
Others put themselves in one
Pittsburgh, you're the living proof
Some kill themselves living
Others get killed for trying, trying hard
They kill the ones who break the rule
Row me down, row me down
Monongahela River
Water down the city's gloom
Oh the lamplight is frozen
On windows and Sundays
So we never see the darkest room
But the heartfire is burning
And I keep praying one day
We will see the light of truth
Row me down, row me down
Monongahela River
Water down the city's gloom
Row your boat to the shore
Monongahela River
Isn't water anymore
Some get put in prison
Other put themselves in one

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you.
Since you're gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep calling baby, baby please
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every vow you break
I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
I'll be watching

If you need somebody to love
Just look into my eyes
I'll be there to make you feel right
If you're feeling sorry and sad
I'd really sympathize
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
If the sun has faded away
I'll try to make it shine
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all
All you've gotta do is call and I'll be there
Any time at all, any time at all
Any time at all

You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Mamma used to rock you with a concertina
To the tune of a rock n roll band
You were such a little lady
A pretty little baby
Had the look that could undo a full grown man
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
You never went further than that first tondu
But your smile sure made em rave
I'll bet you made your mom and daddy proud of you
When that float drove by and you waved
You were everybody's dream
A cutie beauty queen
Destined for a life of romance
You didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do
Do a great song and dance
Well you made the grades in every class at school
It must've been your natural charm
When it was hot outside you always could stay cool
With that boy in your eye and the one in your arms
Never mind the arabesque
You do what you did best
Come on we're gonna give the girl a hand
Ah, you didn't grow up to be a ballerina
But you do a great song and dance
Put on your tutu
Do a great song and dance
Oh yeah you do do

I am not a poet, living is the poem
I am not a singer, I am in the song
And I've got a story that I cannot write down
And I'm with you but I'll always be alone
I may not be right, but I don't think I am wrong
Every note's an answer, every word's a sign
Every man's a dancer, following his own time
I've found a tearful language that translates what I am
And I cried out loud, but they didn't understand
I cried so hard I may never try again
I may never try, I may never try again
Cleansing in the water, heal me in the light
Mend you ageless daughter, I've been awake all night
'Cause if your sands are shifting, I'll need to know what I forgot
I don't want much, but I need an awful lot
I've found a tearful language that translates what I am
And I cried out loud, but you didn't understand
I cried so hard I may never try again
I may never try, I may never die again
I may never cry again
I may never try again
I may never die again
STONEGROUND WORDS
Sand me down to the nerve
Made to live on stouneground words
Imagine that, you've done all that
And I come back for more
Imagine that, I lived on that
And I will live for more
I entered dancing and looked for my partner
I thought the path could be a double road
You played my heart like a drum beating warning
Oh, I guess I'm gonna dance this one alone
I'll go to the garden that follows the seasons
Live in the field where the healing grass grows
Go to the mountains where air's clear for breathing
Clear is just another way to see
I feel to know
Cleanse in the ocean, bathe in the power
Live with the sea and I rise for the tide
Go to the place where the water will bring me
I'm the rivers lover, but I'll be the oceans bride
And they sand me down to the nerve
Make me live on stouneground words
Imagine that, you've done all that
And I come back for more
Imagine that, I lived on that
And I will live for more
SONG OF THE SOUTH, BASED ON A THEME FROM
SONG OF THE NORTH ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL
Let it flow
Let it flow
Let it go into the sea with me in it
Let it fly
Let it fly
Let it glide into the sky with me up there
With me, with me up there
With me up there, with me up there
Repeat
Maybe you're hurt, maybe you cried in love
Maybe you're living too rough
Maybe you're giving too much
Maybe the people want more
Maybe you're askin' "what for," "what for"
Oh, do da day
Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it fall unto the ground and cover me
Let it fall unto the ground and cover me
Maybe it's wrong
Maybe it's right tonight
Maybe we'll open the door
Maybe it's opened before
Maybe you're giving too much
Maybe you're living too rough
Oh, do day day
Repeat
Maybe the people want more
Maybe you're asking what for
Oh, do da day
Oh, do da day
MAYBE I WAS (A GOLF BALL)
I'm so tired that I can't sleep,
I already read the Bible inner deep
The preacher keeps me on my knees
To wander and to travel
And to sleep when I am able
Maybe I was an old path
Maybe I was a raincloud
Maybe I was a mountain inside of Russia
Maybe I was a good road
Maybe I was a secret
Maybe I was a river flowing in Russia.
But I'm so tired and I can't sleep,
I already read the Bible inner deep
A preacher keeps me on my knees
To wander and to travel

Up on north to Detroit
South down 51 to Memphis
A pistol in his hand
Many a good man hidin' in the shadows
Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land
'Little Robert Dusty'
He's been stealin' hearts so easily
You should hear him when he sings
Double dealing at the crossroads
Him and his guitar, they say
Something's been playin' them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
And the stretched out wings
Passion be a memory, she says
Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her
Holdin' a picture, she's livin' again
Things she felt when he played for her
'Little Robert Dusty'
Been steelin' hearts so easily
You should hear him when he sings
Double dealing at the crossroads
Him and his guitar, they say
That something's been playing them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'
And the stretched-out wings that he made
Won't so easily, won't so easily fade
The talk is, he still comes around
Hey from Mississippi when your road is dark as night
When nothing else gets to your sadness
He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right
'Little Robert Dusty'
And they stole his heart so easily
He's singin' 'all my love in vain'
Killin' at the crossroads
But him and his guitar, they say
That something's still playin' them
Feeling - down in the fingertips
Bold good feeling, woh, oh
Like you could die for it
And the bird that whistles
And the bird that sings
And the strong, strong heart beatin'

There's a chance you will be there
I'd like to know the truth
I'll find it out somehow
The chances aren't to strong
A chance you will be there
Please be there alone
Help me speak of love
Chances aren t enough
Ones to good to miss
Chances aren't to strong
Chance is all there is
There's a chance you will be there
Wondering what to do
How to play my role
I'll leave it up to you
If I disguise my smile
It gives too much away
What if we can't speak
What then shall I say
Don't you be too long
Something has gone wrong
The chances are all gone
There's a chance you will be there
Wondering what to do
How to play my role
I'll leave it up to you
If I disguise my smile
It gives too much away
What if we can't speak
What then shall I say
Don't you be too long
Something has gone wrong

I don't wanna lose the good thing that I got
'Cause if I do I will surely, I'll surely lose a lot
Oh your love is better than any love I've known
It's like thunder, lightnin'
The way you love me is frightenin'
I better knock on wood, baby
I'm not superstitious about it, I can't take no chance
You got me spinnin' around and around and I'm in a trance
'Cause your love is better than any other love I've known
It's just like thunder, lightnin'
The way you love me is frightenin'
I gonna knock on wood, baby
I'm gonna knock on, knock on
It's no secret that man of mine is my lovin' cup
Well he sees to it that I get filled up
'Cause your love is better than any love I've known
It's just like thunder and lightnin'
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock on wood, baby
I better knock, knock, baby baby, yeah
Knock on wood
I think I'm gonna knock, knock on wood

Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:
"God bless Mommy, I know that's right,
And wasn't it fun in the bath tonight,
The cold's so cold and the hot's so hot.
God bless Daddy, I quite forgot.
If I open my eyes just a little bit more
I can see Nanny's dressing-gown on the door;
It's a beautiful blue but it hasn't got a hood,
God bless Nanny and make her good.
Mine has a hood and I lie in bed
And I pull the hood right over my head,
And I shut my eyes and I curl up small
And nobody knows that I'm there at all.
Thank you God, for a lovely day,
And what was the other I wanted to say?
I said, `Bless Daddy', so what could it be?
Now I remember: God bless me".
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on his little hands, little gold head.
Sssttt, whisper. Who dares?
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers:

I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
I never pick up no certified mail
You never know what it's for
If anybody asks you tell them I'm not home
I'm gonna take my number
Off this bugged telephone
You see I never did, I never knew, I never saw
On the lam from the law
I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
As if death wasn't enough boy
They never leave you alone
If anybody asks you don't know where I am
I don't know how I got myself into this terrible jam
You see I never did, I never knew, I never saw
On the lam from the law
No dirty words in my song
I drive with my seat belt on
Got sued and lost what a scam
See you in court
Get in line what a jam
I'm on the lam from the law boy
On the lam from the law
I never pick up no certified mail
You never know what it's for
If anybody asks you tell them you don't know where I am
I don't know how I got myself Into this terrible jam
I never did, I never knew, I never saw
I'm on the lam from the law
I'm on the lam from the law

We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be your sister, your mother, your lover
We'll be friends during changes of weather
Let's be together on our own
Let's be together alone
We're believers, we've been hurt by believing
Needing people, we know looking's not seeing
I see needs that might be answered by forever
Together on our own
Let's be together alone
We'll learn living, like the words of a good song
We'll learn timing, balance and rhythm
We'll make it music
I don't want to sing it on my own
Let's be together
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
Let's be together alone
We'll grow old, we'll take care of each other
I'll be sister, mother and lover
We'll be friends
I'm tired of singing it alone

Some say I got devil, some say I got angel
But I'm just a girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm in danger
No, I know I'm not in danger
But some have tried to sell me
All kinds of things to save me
From hurting like a woman and crying like a baby
Something like a woman, crying like a baby
And all the things that I have seen
Qualify me for a part in your dream
Qualify me for this dream
And though I'd like to tell it, exactly how I feel it
Well, somehow the music just hides it and conceals it
Hides it and conceals it, oh, it hides
And all the things that I have in
Can be hidden in a part of my dream
Gonna hide it in my dream
Some say I've got devil and some say I got angel
But I'm just this girl in trouble
I don't think I'm in danger, don't think I'm not in danger

Once I bought a curious bottle,
Once I bought a bottle for fun.
Tell me what you gonna do with the bottle
When the curiousity's done.
Well I brought it out to the Bo Bo's party
Then I got it in to the company,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backroom,
They got the knack to tune in on me,
Then I brought it up to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, I find it hard to hold,
I find it hard to hold on me, I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold, hard to hold, hard to hold.
You know, I've been bad, but
I would be good instead.
Ah, if my man did half of the things that he said,
I wouldn't have to go to the Bo Bo's party
I wouldn't have to go to the company,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backroom,
With their knack to tune in on me,
I wouldn't have to go to the boys in the backyard.
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold on me,
I find it hard to hold.

Guess who's comin' to my house.
Guess who's ringing my bell.
Guess who's gonna come over.
Comin' to wish me well.
Oh, i don't have to be sad and
I don't have to cry anymore. oh...
Chorus
Life is gonna be beautiful
'cuz i'm lovin' the boy next door.
Life is gonna get easy now
Cuz' i'm lovin' the boy next door.
I don't have to go wanderin,
I don't have to hang out.
I don't have to get rained on,
Cuz' love is at my back door.
I just look out my window
'cuz i know that he's lookin' for more. oh...
Chorus
The grass is always greener
On the other side.
And everything is just sweeter
Since i opened my eyes.
The same things are different
And less is now lookin' like more. oh...
Chorus

Well your chart says you're restless
With a long way to go
If your last life was easy
We may never know
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And welcome to the world
You have been born again
Don't fear the change
Well I've looked for the meaning
And I've looked through clear light
And I pray you find the grace to stay asleep at night
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And life is so much harder when you fear the change
Don't fear the change
Well your chart says you're restless
With a long way to go
If your last life was easy
We may never know
How I wish you a life without the fear of pain
And life is so much harder when you fear the change

(A A Milne/Melanie Safka)
I had a little beetle
So that beetle was his name
And I called him Alexander
And he answered just the same
And I put him in a matchbox
And I kept him all the day
But nanny let my beetle out
Yes nanny let my beetle out
She went and let my beetle out
And beetle ran away
She said she didn't mean it
And I never said she did
She said she wanted matches
And she just took off the lid
She said I mustn't worry
And I really mustn't mind
That there's lots and lots of beetles
The she's certain we could find
She said I mustn't worry
But it's difficult to catch
An excited sort of beetle
You've mistaken for a match
If we looked in all the places
That a beetle might be near
And we made the kind of noises
That a beetle likes to hear
And I heard a kind of something
And I gave a sort of shout
It was a beetle house
And Alexander beetle coming out
It was Alexander beetle
I'm as certain as can be
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought it might be me
And he had that kind of look as though
He thought he ought to say
"I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away"
And nanny's very sorry too
Cause you know what she did
And she's writing Alexander
Very blackly on the lid
So nan and me are friends because
It's difficult to catch
An excited Alexander

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter cause it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and then she goes
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Don't ask her why she leaves to be so free
She's gonna tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
But such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Oh there's no time to lose I heard her say
You gotta catch your dreams before they run away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind
Is life unkind
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

The way you mistreat me, you torture and beat me
Well it doesn t even make me blue
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me like you do
The human condition, we honour the victim
So being a martyr does even make me blue
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me, oo-oo-oo
I just love you to loathe me like you do
The way you despise me, insult and criticise me
Ah each new insult gives me something new
Cause it s truer than strange and stranger than true
I just love you to loathe me oo-ah-ah

(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
chorus

I have climbed the highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
No I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in the fingertips
It burned like fire
A burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
No I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in the kingdom come
Where all the colours bleed into one
Bleed into one
Ah! I believe it
You broke the bonds, loosed the chains
Carried the cross and all my shame
All my shame
Oh, I m still runnin
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
Oh, I still haven't found it, what I'm looking for
I still haven't found it
I still haven t found it
And I believe
Yes I m still runnin

Well you know that I'm not a gambler
But I'm being gambled on
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Da-da-da-da
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Well, I don't mind that they're lucky
But it seems that they always win
And gamblin' is illegal in the state of mind I'm in
And if I had a nickel for each time that
I've been put on
I would be their nickel man
And I'd sing a little song
They're only putting in a nickel and
They want a dollar song
They're only putting in a little to
Get rid of a lot that's
Wrong.
Well I don't know so many things
But I know what's been goin' on
We're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
And if we had a nickel for each time that
We've been put on
We'd all be their nickel man
And we'd sing a nickel song
You know they're only putting in a nickel
And they win a dollar song
Oh, yeah, they're only putting in a little
To get rid of a lot that's wrong
Oh, they're only putting in a nickel

If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a light on at your window
If you and I should have to part
Your light would be my star
If my heart should lose it's way
If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a dream under your pillow
We'll meet again at break of day
That dream is where I'll go
If my heart should lose it's way
Summon the gypsy thunder
Then Hell itself freezes over
I will be back, wings and all that, yeah
Beyond my wildest blunder
If my heart should lose it's way.
If my heart should lose it's way
Blow the winds of wonder
If ever I forget to know
That breeze will bring me home
If my heart should lose it's way
Summon the gypsy thunder
Then Hell itself freezes over
I will be back, wings and all that, yeah
Beyond my wildest blunder
If my heart should lose it's way
Keep a light on at your window
If you and I should have to part
Your light would be my star

look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
well it's the only thing
that i could do half right
and it's turning out all wrong ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
well they picked it like a chicken bone
and i think i'm half insane ma
look what they done to my song
wish i could find a good book to live in
wish i could find a good book
well if i could find a real good book
i'd never have to come out and look at
what they done to my song
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
look what they done to my song
but maybe it'll all be alright ma
maybe it'll all be okay
well if the people are buying tears
i'll be rich someday ma
look what they done to my song
ils ont change ma chanson, ma
ils ont change ma chanson
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
well they tied it up in a plastic bag
and turned it upside down ma
look what they done to my song
c'est la seule chose que je peux faire
et ce n'est pas bon, ma.
ils ont change ma chanson.
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
it's the only thing i could do alright
and they turned it upside down
oh ma

(Melanie Safka)
I'm tired of seeing the picture
You're painting of yourself
You with the borrowed colors
That you picked from someone else
Maybe you're a movie
Or some best selling book
I know your mirrored mornings
In rehearsal of your looks
Oh your cause is oh so beautiful
You're ready to begin
You're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah you're building the halls with the outer walls
But you haven't got a thing within
The innocence of children
Is the manner you suppose
And you can describe in full detail
What we already know
Ah your cause is all so pretty
And we're ready to begin
We're going to play the good guys
By singing the good guys hymn
Ah we're building the halls with the outer walls
But we haven't got a thing within
But if we keep on trying
Though our purpose isn't clear
We just may move the universe
We'll learn to really care
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
By starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls within
By starting to build on the outside
We'll fill up the wallls within
Eventually the whole facade
Becomes more than a whim
And by starting to build on the outside
We're gonna fill up the walls

I've been celebrating
'way too long and I've been drinking
I'm shamed to tell
still feel thirsty
I want to drink the water from the well
still feel thirsty
I want to drink and ring the living bell
ring the bell
ring the living bell.
still feel thirsty
I want to give and ring the living bell.
I'm not a magic lady
I wanna sing to help the light
descend on the earth today
beacuse it's gonna get warm tonight
sing for light
sing for living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Still feel weak but
I want to give and shine the living light.
Been walking down the street all night
and I been feeling kind of cold.
Still feel naked
I want to be warm before I get old
and I'm cold
and I'm feeling cold.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell.
Been celebrating 'way too long
and I have eaten much too well.
Still feel hungry
I want to give and ring the living bell
ring the bell

Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong
'cause I pick up my head, can't tell where I belong.
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad,
I have a yearning for something that I never had.
Oh, sometimes I feel my life has come and then it's gone,
Sometimes I feel my life has come and gone.
I live in this world but I'm only looking on.
I can't understand, it's too far over my head,
I can't understand, it's too far over my head.
I'm living the life but I'm really dying instead, yeah.
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong,
'cause I lift up my head and I can't tell where I belong.

I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas
I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New-Year.
I want some figgy pudding, I want some figgy pudding
I want some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.
I won't go until I get some, I won't go until I get some,
I won't go until I get some, so bring it right here.
Once in a year it's not thought amiss
To visit our neighbours and sing out like this:
Our friendship and love, good neighbours, abound
And peace and good will the whole year around.
Pace, salude, friedmere, shalome,
The words mean the same whatever your home.
Why can't we have Christmas the whole year around?

(Melanie Safka)
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy
I will be your lovin one
Before the time I knew your face dear
I was doing very well
If I never knew your kisses
I'd never known that I'd been in hell
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
Once upon a christmas time
I lost christmas in my mind
I looked through all the windows 'round
To find a star I hadn't found
Then all at once
Before I knew
Christmas froze my soul into
A cryful night I had a dream
And saw a place I'd never seen
If I had some pennies
I could have a world of fun
Give me all your pennies
And I will be your lovin one
I was a lovin baby girl
Mommy, daddy had I none
Be my mommy, daddy

(Melanie Safka)
What do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
A line from a poem of my childhood has said
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I'll still have a bowl of leftover wine
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
(and) what do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
I'm gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I'm gonna drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
And I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine

(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain

In the hour when the sun shines shines bright
On my head in the city where I am alone,
I never think of that once told story
When two flowers almost were one.
But what to do?
I still think in the morning of you.
When darkness hovers and city lights take over
I am blinded to the words "I am alone".
It's useless to cry for a star in the sky,
For the city lights tell me there's none.
But what to do?
I still cry in the morning for you.
When my head touches my pillow I am too weary
To dare dream that I am alone.
Now I lay myself down to sleep,
I pray the Lord his soul to keep is my song.
But what to do?
I still dream in the morning for you.
What to do?

I'm back in town.
You don't look so happy 'cause I'm back in town
You don't look like smiling, don't jump up and down on my toes.
I guess I better go, oh.
I'm very sure.
I should have knocked when I opened the door.
Pardon me, miss, but he's just a friend from before
Who never locked his door.
I opened without knocking like before.
You wrote me that all was the same
So I came,
But I can't find the love in your eyes.
I guess that you're surprised just like me.
I never thought you'd find another she
You liked as well as me,
But I guess I was wrong
So I'll be going home, oh.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.
You loved me once, you know.
I guess that you don't love me anymore, hm.
I'm back in town.
Didn't they tell you that I'm back in town?
You don't look so happy, don't jump up and down on my toes.

They told me when I was little
I'd go to heaven, if I was good.
Now I'm a long way from little
'Cause I tried to find heaven, 'cause I thought that I could
I thought that I could.
And I thought I loved Harold and I really loved John,
I really loved Alphy and I almost loved Tom.
I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Hallo, song of the willow,
The dreams under my pillow turned to tears that I cried.
Beauty and love are our riddle,
Never to answer but always to try,
And boy, did I try?
I tried with Harold and I tried with John,
I tried with Alphy and almost with Tom.
I left myself open for the whole world to see,
Now the world is the heaven that won't accept me.
I said goodbye to Harold and goodbye to John,
Goodbye to Alphy and goodbye to Tom
'Cause I loved them so easy and I loved them so free,
So I don't think that heaven will wanna love me.
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light

Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself? - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself! - Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself?
To think I was a fool and I've been beaten -
A thought like that just kind of cramps my style.
But I'll get you some day for all your cheating
And from my face you're gonna see a smile.
You should have never told me
that you love me
You knew I'd start believing it some day.
And now you say
you're leaving me for lonely -
Someone else is gonna come my way.
you better take some time and think of what you're doing
Before you through away this harmony.
I don't think you know just who's been loosin'
'cause you've been foolin' yourself when you think you're foolin' me.
Now I'm the kind of girl who don't mind cryin'
But I ain't gonna shed a tear for you.
Unless you change your ways and stop your lying
I'm gonna change my mind about lovin' you.
You should have never told me
that you love me
. . .
You better take some time and think of what you're doin'
Before you through away this harmony.
'cause you don't realize just who's been loosing
Are you think you're foolin' me ?
Foolin'
foolin' yourself -
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?
Are you foolin'
foolin' yourself ?

While walking through life I would never fall
If I could be close to it all and all,
If I could be close to it all.
If I had my dream it would not fall down
If I could live high on the ground,
The sound of high is a good one to many around
When they wanna be close to it all,
And I wanna be close to it all and all,
I wanna be close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
If I had my dream I would fill a hall
And tell all the people tear down the wall
That keeps them from being a part of it all
'Cause they gotta get close to it all.
The village sugar takers,
Madison Avenue pink dream makers,
They try to escape from it all,
But instead they build walls, that's all
But they wanna be close to it all.
There's just one more thing that I wanna say:
Everyone has got their own special way
That keeps them from getting too close to the day,
Accept and be part of it all and all;
Everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,
And everyone tear down your own little wall
That keeps you from being a part of it all
'Cause you gotta be one with the one and all,

by James Taylor
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something warm and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent last last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind
With a holy host of others standing 'round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind

Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace
Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep, the dark away
So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky, oh
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown, you gotta
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Oh Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.

I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I ride my bike, I roller skate don't drive no care
Don't go too fast but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive
I been all around the world
Some people say, I done all right for a girl
Oh, yea, yea, oh, yea, yea, yea
Oh, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out to see
La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates

Oh, eat your animal crackers
'Cause my mother told me so long ago,
"If you eat your animal crackers,
The children in Europe won't starve anymore".
Ha ha hahaha hahaha.
Oh, once I went on a diet,
A carbohydrate diet ain't nice
'Cause you can't eat animal crackers.
So, I'm gonna stay a fatty for all of my life,
Ha ha hahaha hahahaha.
But some people think that fatties are nice, yeah.
I love eating icecream,
Chocolate, vanilla and butter pecan,
But I best love animal crackers
'Cause I love helping my fellow man.
Yeah, I really do.
Did you ever hear of Alice's restaurant?
I eat at Alice's restaurant year after year.
She makes an animal cracker pizza, ha
And she gives animal crackers out free with the beer.
Oh, let's give Alice a great big cheer.
She knows the age of the animal cracker is here.
Ah, animal crackers are in this year!
Ha ha hahaha.

It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see, but not for me
I sit and watch as tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I ever hear is the sound
of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin' things I used to do,
they think they are new
I sit and watch as tears go by