Carly Simon

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(We Have) No Secrets

We have no secrets We tell each other everything About the lovers in the past And why they didn't last We share a cast of characters from A to Z We know each others fantasies And though we know each other better when we explore Sometimes I wish Often I wish Th...

A mother`s intuition

It's a mother's intuition To make a little space It's her quiet mission to tidy up her place A mother's intuition is like a kangaroo's She hops around, she mops the ground She fusses over you A mother With her intuition Will know just what to do It'...

A Red, Red Rose

Its 3 oclock in the morn Im waking you for the storm A day before the day after We created laughter In a white sandy beach that we love Its only you and i Everyone else is gone Ive taken all th pain from you Now we togthr can mov on Red like a rose...

Actress

Some day I´m going to grow up And be every man´s dream Some day I´m going to grow up And forget this sad little me I´m going to shine in the spotlight Wear sexy clothes Be somebody everybody wants to meet And no one ever really knows No one will ever k...

After the storm

Heat's up, tea's brewed Clothes strewn around the room Looks like a wind swept through Made a wild man out of you And doesn't anger turn you on And expectation of a calm After the storm And your body feels so warm After the storm The wind's pulling t...

All i have to do is dream

I can make you mine, Taste your lips of wine, Any time, night or day. Only trouble is, gee whiz, I'm dreamin' my life away. Dream, Dream, dream, dream, Dream, Dream, dream, dream Whenever I want you All I have to do is dream, Dream, dream, dream....

All I want is you

What do the neighbours say When they hear us scream at night Do they talk about a love All in tatters What do the neighbours know About the heart and soul The fire down below That really matters They can never guess In the silences That all I want is...

All the things you are

Time and again I’ve longed for adventure Something to make my heart beat the faster What did I long for? I never really knew Finding your love I’ve found my adventure Touching your hand My heart beats the faster All that I want in all of this world is...

Alone

My goin' has nothing to do with you I'm planning a trip all alone And all I want is a room with a view Where the sight of the sunset full blown Makes me ache with feeling alone. (Chorus) And I'll think about you there If I do some thinkin' And I'll ca...

Alone Together

Alone together, beyond the crowd, Above the world, we're not too proud To cling together, We're strong As long as we're together. Alone together, the blinding rain The starless night, were not in vain; For we're together, and what is there To fear together....

Amity feat. Sally Taylor

We were so strong then We built our house on our love We had a heart on the hill Love was so proud then We lived in the clouds when The tower was crumbling down Around us on the hill Oh, we've got to leave this town together Clean out another house...

Angel From Montgomery

I am an old woman Named after my mother My old man is another Child that's grown old If dreams were thunder And lightening was desire Then this old house Would have burnt down A long time ago Make me an angel That flies From Montgomery Make me a p...

Another door

Some destination, A footstep in the sand Some indication, A truth to understand. I'm going hunting, To find it if I can. But it might be just an arrow, To still some other plan. (Chorus) Hidden meanings and love's strange ways Keep me looking for mo...

Anticipation

We can never know about the days to come But we think about them anyway And I wonder if I'm really with you now Or just chasing after some finer day. Anticipation, Anticipation Is making me late Is keeping me waiting And I tell you how easy it i...

Anyone but me

Straight from the hall of fame One of the worlds great lovers Darling you’re not to blame I’m just sorry that you’ve been discovered When I look in you eyes I know hundreds of girls have been there I tried to be civilized And pretend I don’t care Take...

Are you ticklish

Are you ticklish Or did I just hit a funny bone Are you ticklish Are we really alone? Do you like me Or am I just hoping for too much Do you like me Do you like to touch Do you like me I hear there's another side to you Well there's another side to...

As time goes by

You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by And when two lovers woo They still say I love you On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by Moonli...

Attitude dancing

There's a new kind of dancing That's gonna be the rage You just leave yourself behind Like an actor on a stage Cop a different pose From the pose you're in Shine a different attitude From underneath your skin Attitude dancing Strut around the floor...

Back down to earth

We jumped into a river on the moon But the water was too cold We tried to buy the morning star But it was already sold I wanted to make it big with you But my plans must have been too bold And it's back down to earth again Back in my car and gone Back...

Back the way

Back the way it was before Before the door was opened Back the way it was berfore Before the ice was broken Back the way it used to be Everyone thought I was funny But nobody ever asked me If I wanted tiny little sandwiches Sent up to my room Back th...

Be With Me

River runs to the sea Salmon runs to the sea If you need someone You can run to me Flowers grow to the sun Shines on everyone If you've lost the warmth I will give you some Lay back on the starry night Feel as big and as small as you are Well I se...

Better not tell her

Better not tell her, that I was your lover Better not make her jealous of me Better convince her there was nothing between us I'm not those initials in your diary But if you slip and my name comes up Don't deny that you knew me Just leave out the white n...

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

He's a fool and don't I know it ? But a fool can have his charms, I'm in love and don't I show it, Like a babe in arms. Love’s the same old sad sensation Lately I’ve not slept a week Since this half pint imitation Put me on the blink I’m wild again, begui...

Big dumb guy

So many tech-heads Recent invasion I stretch out my long legs And I kick away the mouse pad, baby Amazon, eBay, Oracle, he say He promise a freebee But he´s such a pokey little guy Wait, I hear big footsteps Thud, thumping out of the past That big du...

Black honeymoon

You may think I'm dumb Or you may think you're sly But I know what you're cravin' I've been watchin' your eyes There's a girl 'cross the room She's been glancin' this way both of you wonderin' when you'll have your day (chorus) Black honeymoon I'll...

Blackbird

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 Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for...

Blue of blue

The blue of blue Is mostly grey Ain’t no silver line No brighter day Last of the coming up Didn’t come my way Looks like I’m down here to stay Down to stay So kick me, I won't feel a thing My senses have all been run And there’s nothing left of the...

Body & soul

My heart is sad and lonely I sigh for you For you dear only Why haven’t you seen it I’m all for you body and soul I spend my days in longing And wonder why It’s me you’re wronging I tell you I mean it I’m all for you body and soul I can’t believe it...

Born to break my heart

You were born to break You were born to break You were born to break my heart The same kitchen, the same eyes The same reaction to the same lies It was not so long ago A most auspicious start And only now I know You were born to break my heart You we...

Boys in the trees

I'm home again in my old narrow bed Where I grew tall and my feet hung over the end The low beam room with the window looking out On the soft summer garden Where the boys grew in the trees Here I grew guilty And no one was at fault Frightened by the po...

By myself

I’ll go my way by myself This is the end of Romance I’ll go my way by myself Love is only a dance I’ll face the unknown I’ll build a world of my own No one knows better than I myself I’m by myself alone I see your face before me Clouding my every dre...

Can`t give it up

I've been saying that I'd Leave well enough alone Now I’m behaving Like I’m begging you for a bone When it feels good you can’t help it You just hang by the phone And it felt that good last night I can’t give it up You come on like a prince You got e...

Catch it like a fever

If you want someone bad enough You can catch it like a fever And it’s the last thing in the world you want, But you can catch it like a fever And it;s the only thing That’s left of you And you can catch it like a fever The habit and the curse You’re no...

Christmas Is Almost Here

There's a hand that's old and rough And it's holding on To one that's new and small Whose life has just begun Hand in hand Young and old Calm each others fears Christmas is almost here There's a rocky road ahead Two people walk alone Wondering in th...

Come back home

Summer time, kids in the street We were up on the roof laughing at the heat that was the last I ever saw of you Now it’s December, cold and dark No more rainbows over Central Park In this house no window has a view There’s no love here without you (Ch...

Come upstairs

Sitting in a car here After a party where we've seen Everyone we've known for years Well I've known you for years Oh but now it's all changed And all of my feelings Have been rearanged (Chorus) Come upstairs We'll be all alone Come upstairs No one...

Comforting to know

When the heart of the hundred acre wood is beating And time is passing through There's a shadow looking like a rainbows halo And there I'm resembling you More than fame A name on a tree More than power or might Sweeter than the treats of a honey bee I...

Coming Around Again

Baby sneezes Mummy pleases Daddy breezes in So good on paper So romantic But so bewildering (chorus) I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't mind if I fall apart there's more room in a...

Coming Around Again Itsy Bitsy Spider

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again - 1986 Baby sneezes Mummy pleases Daddy breezes in So good on paper So romantic But so bewildering I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't m...

Coming to get you

Last night you called me from Arkansas So that's where you are! I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking So they think they can take you away from your ma - I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking Mother in-law, father in-law Lovers and...

Cow town

Donald Swan, he was a millionaire >From a Texas oil family But he still worked hard and believed in God He was a man of integrity He went to France on business Met a woman there named Simone She saw love in the eyes of the American guy And she didn't...

Cross the river

A hot cloud was hangin´around We were a rowdy crowd Drinkin´beer and smokin´ at the end of the pier Danny was shufflin´ through a magazine Clippin´out pictures of a car To get us out of here Laura was hounding him to get a bike Warning him the time was...

Damn you get to me

Hey, when I say things that bother you Don't be a stubborn man Don't leave me in the cold Remember who I am Damn, you get to me When I can't get to you No fair, you're silent and you're hurt And all I want to do Is know what I've done wrong All I wan...

Dan, my fling

I said that I felt jailed up As if our doors were nailed up I said I needed separate places, Parties, room to move around in. I said I needed my fling Had to get out and do some other thing. It took me months to calculate That I had nothing left without...

Danny boy

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling >From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the roses falling 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. But come you back when summer's in the meadow Or all the valley's hu...

Darkness til dawn

Chain smoking cigarettes Enemies across the table Wonderin' if I can ever trust anyone again We argue through the night The restaurant shuts You catch your flight I hail a cab with no idea where home might be We both believed my chance was gone But a...

Davy

Davy, is there a song out there In the night for us Davy, is there the kind of smile That you read about There are ghosts who would warn me Keep me alone Davy, are you the heat I feel In my foolish heart Davy, there’s not a day that I haven’t praye...

De bat

Fly in me face Fly in me face Fly in me face Fly in me face Well I hope de bat don't come out and fly in me face tonight Well I come home from a party And I'm feelin' a little spaced And I walk on in the kitchen and A bat fly in me face Well de bat c...

Devoted to you

Darling you can count on me 'Till the sun dries up the sea Until then I'll always be Devoted to you I'll be yours 'till endless time I'll adore your charms sublime Guess by now you know that I'm Devoted to you I'll never hurt you I'll never lie I'l...

Didn't I?

Didn't I give you midnight? Didn't I give you the month of June Didn't I make it alright When everything was ruined Didn't I say didn't I Didn't you say Didn't I too Didn't we both say Didn't I 'Till didn't we say we're through Didn't I try, Didn't I cry Didn'...

Dink's Blues

If I had wings Like Noah's dove I'd fly Across the water To that man I love Fare you well Oh, honey Fare you well One of these mornings In the drizzling rain All around my heart Was an aching pain Fare you well Oh, honey Fare you well If I had liste...

Dishonest modesty

You come on strong telling everyone About your latest role How you saved the movie, stole the show So you've been told And if you have no time for all your offers You'll see that I get called And if you have no time for all your men You'll see that I g...

Do the walls come down

Do the walls come down When you think of me Do your eyes grow dim Do the walls come down When you think of me Do you let me in Nothink like a rainy night To set your heart rememberin’ Nothing like a vivid dream To take you back again When you think...

Don`t smoke in bed

I left a note on his dresser And my old wedding ring With these few goodbye words How can I sing Goodbye old sleepy head I'm packing you in like I said Take care of everything I'm leaving my wedding ring Don't look for me I'll get ahead Remember dar...

Don`t wrap it up

I’ll take some of this, I’ll have some of that And several more of these Now that I see it, I know what I like So I’ll like it if you please I ain’t nobody’s princess, stuck in Sunday School So I’ll help myself to love And have the whole career Don’t wr...

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you" Birds singing in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me Say "Night-ie night" and kiss me Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me While I'm alone and blue as can...

Easy on the eyes

I’m the most dangerous person in this room The way you look I could do some damage to myself It’s your heart against mine And I fear I may capsize I’m operating without a license But I’m willing to pay the price ‘Cause you’re just so easy You’re so dam...

Embrace me, you child

At night I heard God whisper lullabyes While Daddy next door whistled whisky tunes And sometimes when I wanted, they would harmonize There was nothing those two couldn't do Embrace me you child, you're a child of mine And I'm leaving everything I am to y...

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Everytime we say goodbye I die a little Everytime we say goodbye I wonder why a little Why the gods above me who must be in the know Think so little of me, they allow you to go And when you're near there's such an air of Spring about it I can he...

Fairweather Father

Fairweather father Fairweather father Doesn't like to hear the baby cry Doesn't like to about the aches and pains Of the day gone by Of the day gone by But the mother advertised as a bargain wife She'd make things easy for the rest of his life And to make her...

Film Noir

Got on in New Haven Last car on the train. Put my hat on the seat, Wipe the tears from my eyes. I watched my life go by, Like a movie in my brain. Scenes unreeling; In a sceneless chain On the window, And a silver screen of rain! And the opening title scroll...

Fisherman's Song

In a pine forest cooler than the rest of the island Lives a young fisherman with eyes like the sea He built his own boat and made his own cabin But he's broken the hearts of the likes like me Now you must understand he made me a promise There were secrets we...

Floundering

First she sees her hypnotist When she rushes to her psychiatrist She sees her acupuncturist She’s got to got to get fixed Then she sees her scientologist Gets fed by her nutritionist She can not seem to resist Seeking cosmic consciousness Chorus: Lo...

For old times sake

Let's make love for old times sake let's set right an old mistake Let's invite our hearts to break It's right tonight But just for old time's sake Remember you as Mars And me as Venus Strange to see the grey in your hair And now feel a peace so deep b...

Forever My Love

Words of love Softly spoken Like clouds above Drift away What shall I say? To let you know the way I feel Should I cry out loud that love is real? Or simply reveal Forever my love Time alone will tell us Lovers born in May May grow bitter and jealous Faded an...

Forgive

Let me be before the world What I am when I'm alone And when my vision falls below Let there be forgiveness Let me answer when I'm called Let me know the voice is right And when it's deep inside my soul I'll know it by it's light And when it's deep inside my...

From the heart

One of us slipped last night And said “Darling” There in the middle of the night Between dream and sleep Did you say it or did I I don’t know But it interrupted the war That’s the way These cold wars are I love you we said Or one of us did And the o...

Give me all night

I have no need of half of anything No half time, no half of a man's attention Give me all the earth and sky And at the same time add a new dimension Half the truth is of no use Give it all, give it all to me I can stand it I am strong that way Give me...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our Savior Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray Oh, tidings of comfort and joy Comfort and joy Oh, tidings of comfort and joy In Bethlehem and...

Grownup

I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown Red roses on cotton, I stood three feet from the ground the grownups inside used words I didn't know But still I enjoyed the show They looked so lovely, they looked so self-assured And I just like them would k...

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in ransom And when the twilight steals I know how the lady in the harbor feels When I want rain, I get sunny weather I'm just as blue as the sky Since love is gone, can't pull myself together Gues...

Half A Chance

You said we'd light the firmament You said our love was permanent You said we'd stick through thick and thin Through up and down, through lose and win But comes the first sign of stormy weather You're packin' your bags in the trance But you gotta give (Chorus...

Halfway 'Round The World

Thank you for informing me That Ive been banned from Canada It comes as no suprise to me Since last week it was Africa Since youve been ambassador Theres trouble at the border La la la la la la la Halfway round the world Its amusing still it makes me wince Yo...

Happy Birthday

It's all of our birthdays this summer One number older, another year younger I'll go to your party, you'll come to mine We've given up cigarettes, we've given up wine We've given up caffeine and sworn off desserts I don't try to seduce you, we don't even flirt...

Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without...

Haunting

There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone Like an echo in the wind leaves, unreconciled - Waiting to be picked up and bounced down again on Listeners ears There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone And you know who I am Though...

Have you seen me lately

Have you seen me lately? What was it you saw Are you gonna catch me With my hand in the jar, naked singing in the choir? have you seen me lately? Did I look O.K. Are you gonna shame me and take my toys away? Don’t wake me unless you love me It takes...

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Christmas future is far away Christmas past is past Christmas present is here today Bringing joy that will last Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christma...

Haven't Got Time For The Pain

All those crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore 'Cause I haven't got time for the pain I haven't got room for the pain I haven't the need for the pain Not since I've known you You showed me how, how to leave mysel...

He likes to roll

Why do I try to win the love That I've already wooed and won (Chorus) 'Cause he likes to roll he likes to roll He likes to roll he likes to roll He takes the flower from his button hole When he likes to roll, he likes to roll I tend to lose my self con...

He was too good to me

There goes my young intended The thing has ended Regrets are vain I’ll never find another half so sweet And we’ll never meet again I got impatient Told him goodbye Sad eyes out in the rain He was too good to me How can I get along now So close he st...

Heaven

I can almost touch the stars Filling up the night On their way around the world They stop their flight I can see the brightest star Dazzling in the west Three wise men follow With no time for rest And heaven can't be far From where we lie Heaven can't be far...

Hello big man

He started a company When he was a young man handsome, and like a reed so tall With a face like an old photograph She would fall for him Fall for him She would fall She wore her mother’s cocktail dress With saddle shoes She was pretty and she was sma...

His friends are more

His friends are more than fond of Robin He doesn't need to compliment them And always as he leaves he leaves them Feeling proud just to know him When Robin goes on holiday There's no-one livin' in our lane Oh yes, folks still live in our lane But they'...

Hola Soleil

Free my eyes Fill the skies We've been dancing in your absence Da da da Morning, hola, soleil We've kept the darkness light Dancing for the sun To come back and rise up shining Welcome home Mother sun Children reaching up like flowers Da da da... Morning, h...

Hold Out Your Hear

Oh my boy, what have you done? Did you go out surfing on a frozen sea? Did you scare the livin' daylights out of me? Did you go too far to drive away the demons? Did you go too far to know what love really means? Did you imagine it was more cause she wen...

Hold what you've got

You had better hold on Hold on to what you’ve got You had better hold on Hold on to what you’ve got ‘Cause if you think Nobody else wants it Just throw it away And you will see Somebody else will have it Before you can count 1-2-3 You take love for...

Holding me tonight

You say you’re not worthy of me But how do you know when you can’t see Your eyes where midnight catches fire I can’t describe this dizzy desire Can you be so insecure That you don’t know what this grin is for Do you think I always act this way Silly an...

Hotcakes

Says spittle on the griddle As you drop that batter into that hot butter Round and brown Pipping hot Like is not? What we got is hotcakes Hubba, hubba, hubba Puffing up fluffy and sweet And now wait And now flip it 

How Can You Ever Forget

I love you more than the first sunset The first star I saw I would surely bet So how could you ever, could you ever forget? You're here but you're gone It's in your eyes Something's gone wrong You've stifled your cries You can't expect that I'll ever forget...

How Long Has This Been Going On

I could cry salty tears Where have I been all these years? Listen you, tell me do How long has this been going on? There were chills up my spine And some thrills I can't define Listen sweet, I repeat How long has this been going on? Oh, I feel that I could m...

Hurt

I’m hurt to think that you lied to me I’m hurt Way down deep inside of me You said Our love was true And we’d never part And now You want someone new And it breaks my heart I’m hurt Much more than you’ll ever know I’m hurt Because I still love yo...

Hush little baby

Hush, little baby, don't say a word. Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring And if that diamond ring turns brass, Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass And if that looking glass gets b...

I Forget

All my doctors and friends Have concocted these theories Weary of seeing me day after day On the edge of my bed Leery of living My laughter on hold My sadness on stay And its been this way for quite a while Yes, I forget how to smile Id like to rely on my old...

I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)

I gave my love a cherry That had no stone I gave my love a chicken That had no bone I told my love a story That had no end I gave my love a baby With no crying. How can there be a cherry That has no stone? And how can there be a chicken That has no bone? And h...

I get along without you very well

I get along without you very well Of course I do Except when the soft rains fall And drip from the leaves, then I recall The thrill of being sheltered in your arms Of course I do But I get along without you very well I’ve forgotten you just like...

I got it bad and that ain`t good

Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears Well I’m so mad about him I can’t live without him Never treats me sweet and gentle The way he should I’ve got it bad And that ain’t good My poor heart is sentimental Not made of wood I've go...

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth Peace on earth I thought how as the day had come The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on earth Peace...

I Only Have Eyes For You

My love must be a kind of blind love I can't see anyone but you And dear, I wonder if you find love An optical illusion, too? Are the stars out tonight? I don't know if it's cloudy or bright 'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear The moon may be high But I can...

I'll be home for Christmas

I'll be home for Christmas You can plan on me Please have snow And mistletoe And presents 'neath the tree Christmas eve will find me Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams Christmas eve will find me Where the love light gle...

I'll Just Remember You

I don't remember day and night Don't remember any fights I don't remember what to do I just remember you I can't recall the summer breeze Whispers through the apple trees And I forget the songs I knew I just remember you Time to go on So much life to be l...

I'm All It Takes To Make You Happy

I would be much obliged To hear about Your lonesome childhood And the way You were done in By the folks back home But that's all over now You know The future looks good And I'm all It takes To make you happy Sing A little song for me The one about The day you...

I'm Really The Kind

I'm really the kind to dazzle and twirl Have tantrums like silver slanting rain Walk up to strangers Parade with my pride And stride like a lion up A mad mountainside So steep, so lovely Don't think about the fall Then suddenly, no warning No nothing,...

I'm So Excited

Tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen Tonight we'll put all other things aside Get in this time and show me some affection We're goin' for those pleasures in the night I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you I want to squeeze you, please...

I've Got A Crush On You

How glad the many millions of Dirks and Mikes and Williams Would be to capture me But you had such persistence, you wore down my resistance I fell and it was swell You're my big and brave and handsome Romeo How I won you I shall never, never know It's not tha...

I've Got You Under My Skin

I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in the heart of me. So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me. I've got you under my skin. I'd tried so not to give in. I said to myself: this affair never will go so well. But why should I try to resist...

If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)

It's not as if I want to rule the world Or even the forest Or even one tree I suppose I could be happy If I could be helpful With just a little bit of noticing me If I wasn't so small I could be like Tigger Figure out ways to help Some of those in need Indeed...

In a small moment

In a small moment She accepted credit for something she did not do She said she'd done the water color in her bedroom But it was done by a friend from school Just a little lie No one would discover At least not very soon In a small moment Just a littl...

In Honor of You (George)

How can I go on when every thought hurts I flirt with the notion of no more songs My old familiar foe, self pity, haunts me I'm stuck in some over-the-mountain town In a meaningless bar where fat hands Round the steiners And no one cares if it suns or pours I...

In My Dreams

The only place I hang my hat is in my dreams The only time I feel at home is in my dreams The only place I'm not alone is in my dreams The only place I recognize is in my dreams [Chorus] That's the only place I know To wander to and fro I move about and go As...

In My Room

There's a world where I can go And tell my secrets to In my room In my room In my room In this world I lock out All my worries and my fears In my room In my room In my room Do my dreaming and my scheming Lie awake and pray? Do my crying and my si...

In pain

This gray sky Is good for cryin' These November gray woods Open to the fields I came out here In the cold For my poor heart Has turned to frost I don't understand What you just told me What is all this about About just being friends It's a lousy l...

In the Still of the Night

In the still of the night I-I held you, held you tight 'Cause I love, love you so Promise I'll never let you go In the still of the night (in the still of the night) I remember (I remember) that night in May (I remember) The stars (I remember) were bright a-a...

In the wee small hours

When the sun is high in the afternoon sky You can always find something to do But from dusk till dawn as the clock ticks on Something happens to you In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think...

In Times When My Head

In times in my head Was together about you I was an expert a silence I enjoyed the blonds in their red jeeps Stopping you on the street Knowing none could compare with me In my airy skirts and cool retreats (Chorus) In times when my head was together about yo...

Interview

A sweet young man sat on my chair With a tape machine and a face of fear He asked how does it feel to be who you are I thought, this boy really thinks I’m a star I answered him with humility And then asked him if he’d like some tea Interview, who’s inte...

Into white

I built my house from barley rice Green pepper walls and water ice Tables of paper wood, windows of light And everything emptying into white. A simple garden, with acres of sky A Brown-haired dogmouse If one dropped by Yellow Delanie would sleep well a...

Is this love

I wanna love you And treat you right I wanna love you Every day and every night We’ll be together with a roof Right over our head We’ll share the shelter of my single bed We’ll share the same room, God will provide the bread Chorus: Is this love, is...

Island

I'm an island Everyone can see that I'm an island I've got ocean just about everywhere that I can see And I'll be stranded unless you come to me And I'm lonely I would rather fall from grace completely Than let you change my mind And I would rather bet...

It happens everyday

It happens everyday Two lovers with the best intentions to stay Together the decide to seperate Just how it happens neither is certain But it happens everyday It happens everyday After you break up You say these words to your friends: “How could I hav...

It Keeps You Runnin'

Where you gonna go Where are you gonna hide? You go on leaving out your heart And all it's saying deep inside I can feel your love heart beat You got me all wrong You don't have to worry You just been lonely too long I know what it means to hide your heart Fr...

It should have been me

I think of you now and then But I remember when love was new And you were mine, my love So why would we pretend We were lovers and now we’re friends I don’t want to say goodbye to you Again, my love (Chorus) It should have been me That’s lovin’ you i...

It was so easy

I remember a time, rompin' through the woods Sun against our skin instead of clothes When we felt hungry we would eat, whn we felt glad we would dance And whenever we felt drowsy we would doze It was so easy then never takin' any stands It was so easy th...

It's Hard To Be Tender

It's hard to be tender It's hard to stay open When you're dizzy with anger And your dreams have been broken Lying with you 'neath the sky The country is so green in the light Loving you's the key to my survival Now you have gone away The skies turned grey, t...

Itsy Bitsy Spider

(Chorus) The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again I believe in love And who knows where or when But it's co...

It`s not like him

When Tom came home his hair was combed He bought snakeskin boots in Rome That’s not like him His socks are clean, his shirt is pressed It isn’t just the way he’s dressed He smiles out of context and acts so polite He’s staying at his cousin’s overnight...

I`d rather it was you

Tonight the sun went down in flames And the moon rose up in blue Heaven spoke and called my name But I’d rather it was you I’d rather it was you I’d rather it was you to hold me like the child That I never was I’d like for you to carry me across I’d r...

I`ll be around

I’ll be around No matter how you treat me now I’ll be around When she’s gone Your latest love Will never last And when it’s past I’ll be around when she’s gone Goodbye again And if you find a love like mine Just now and then Drop a line to say (tha...

I`m a fool to want you

I'm a fool to want you, I'm a fool to want you To want a love that can't be true, a love that's there for others too I'm a fool to hold you, such a fool to hold you To seek a kiss not mine alone, to share a kiss the devil has known Time and time again I s...

I`ve got to have you

You came smilin' softly, shyly movin' Easy as a dreamer into my room. And before I realized the danger I found myself looking into your eyes. Somewhere in their coolurs I saw promises Of things I'd never seen before It's all over...I've got to have you....

Jamaica farewell

Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship But when I reached Jamaica I made her stop Now I'm sad to say I'm on my way (on my way) I won't be back for many a day My heart is down...

James

Your voice is like the water When I lift this shell to my ear I can hear you pourin' out your heart to me James, The beauty of your voice Lifts us from sadness James, Let us become like water together Sing to me Sit on the edge of my bed as when we F...

Jesse

Oh Mama say a prayer for me Jessie's back in town, it won't be easy Don't let him near me, don't let him touch me Don't let him seize me Jessie, I won't cut fresh flowers for you No Jessie, and I won't make the wine cold for you No Jessie, I won't chang...

Julie through the glass

Julie through the glass Lookin' up at me You've just got to be The sweetest thing I've ever seen. Julie through the glass Just born a day ago And who knows where you've been And where you're gonna go. We want you to love the world To know it well an...

Just a sinner

Today I was gonna conquer the world, Go on ahead and make a stand. Today I saw an old friend a dyin' And as he lay there no one lent a hand, I'm gonna call you up, You'll forsake the one you love, Though I've left you many times before - You are just a sinner....

Just Like A Woman

Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she doe...

Just Like You Do

If you think you're alone that you're the only one who is afraid Let me tell you, I feel just like you do And sometimes I stand back From desires and dreams I don't understand They overwhelm me I feel just like you do [Chorus] I feel just like you do I feel j...

Just Not True

You stick to me when I wish you gone You hammer on my thoughts through dreams Your plot is thick with saucy schemes And ways to reach my balconies But I say I'm not turned on by the way you look I say I'm not turned on by the way you act I'm not turned on when...

Last Night When We Were Young

Last night when we were young Love was a star, a song unsung Life was so new, so real, so bright, ages ago, last night Today, the world is old You flew away, and time grew cold Where is that star That seems so bright Ages ago, last night To think that spring...

Laura

Laura is the face in the misty night Footsteps that you hear down the hall The laugh that floats on a summer's night That you might never quite recall And you see Laura on a train that is passing through Those eyes how familiar they seem She gave your ve...

Legend In Your Own Time

Well I have know you Since you were a small boy And your mama used to say My boy is gonna grow up and be Some kind of leader some day. Then you'd turn on the radio And sing with the singer in the band And your mama would say to you This isn't exactly what she...

Let It Snow

Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow It doesn't show signs of stopping And the temperature's really dropping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow, Let...

Let the river run

We're coming to the edge, Running on the water, Coming through the fog, Your sons and daughters. Let the river run, Let all the dreamers Wake the nation. Come, the New Jerusalem. Silver cities rise, The morning lights The streets that meet them, And sirens c...

Letters Never Sent

In a suitcase tied with string On the highest shelf In the closet down the hall Hidden from myself Fits of madness, pools of grief Fevers of desire How peculiar these remain Slavaged from the fire For some I crumpled some I burned Some I tore to shreds Lifetim...

Libby

If all our flights are grounded Libby, we'll go to Paris Dance along the boulevards And have no one to embarrass Puttin' on the Ritz in style With an Arab and an Heiress Libby, we'll fly anyway, heyyyy And leave behind our blues Half sung melodies We'll trade...

Life Is Eternal

I've been doing a lot of thinking About growing older and moving on Nobody wants to be told that they're getting on For a long, long stay But just how long and who knows And how and where my spirit will go Will it soar like Jazz on a saxophone Or evaporate on...

Like a River

Dear mother the struggle is over now And your house is up for sale We divided your railroad watches Between the four of us I fought over the pearls With the other girls But it was all a metaphor For what was wrong with us As the room is emptying out Y...

Lili Marlene

Outside the barracks by the corner light Darling I remember how I'd wait for you at night There we'd create a world for two, I'd wait for you The whole night through, was there that you'd whisper tenderly That you loved me, you'd always be Be my Lili Marlene,...

Little Girl Blue

When I was very young The world was younger than I As merry as a carousel The circus tent was strong with every star in the sky Above the ring I loved so well Now the young world has grown old Gone are the tinsel and the gold Sit there and count your fingers...

Lobster Quadrille

Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail, “There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle—will you come and join the dance? Will you,...

Look Me in the Eyes

Won't you give me all your limes And I will give you a reason I'll rub them on my body And smell like the West Indies And when I'm feelin' like the islands And I'm giving you all my sighs I beg you when you love me - Look me in the eyes It's your heat that m...

Lost In Your Love

I'm lost in your love Lost in my love for you Everything that you say Everything that you do I'm lost in your love I can find me a night So lovely it might even change me I can find me the place where mornings come from But I'm lost when it comes to you I'm...

Love Of My Life

I love lilacs and avocados Ukuleles and fireworks And Woody Allen and walking in the snow But you've got to know that You're the love of my life You are the love of my life You are the love of my life You are the love of my life From the moment I first saw yo...

Love Out in the Street feat. Rita Coolidge

I've seen the sidewalks And I've been aware Of the lamps and tables and the paperback books That you throw out there All your artifacts In disrepair Make up a pile so high Could tie up the traffic in the thoroughfare Put your love out on the street P...

Love You By Heart

The lies that you tell will leave you alone They'll keep you down, they'll catch you and trip you up Keep you hangin' around The habit is old - you don't need it anymore Go on and kiss it goodbye 'Cause you got me, and I can see Who you really are I want to s...

Love's Still Growing

And I'm so high I can't go on Oh but I can sing this song Because the love's still growing And the love's still growing Some folk say That all hope is gone But today, the world is one Because the love's still growing And the love's still growing It's time...

Make Me Feel Something

Make me feel something I used to feel I used to feel something for you But I've been sleep walking Stumbling in false starts, fumbling into false hearts Tumbling into false hearts, mainly mine Make me feel something Feel something Can it be I'm growing old Fe...

Man On My Mind

I've got my mind on my man I've got my man on my mind He's everything to me, He's somethin' more special Than any amount of lookin's gonna find I'm not hooked on any hero from an idle dream But I'm idly dreaming of him He's a lotus, that opens and closes Noti...

Manha De Carnaval

Manha tao bonita manha Na vida uma nova cancao Cantando so teus olhos, Teu riso, e tuas maos Pois ha de haver um dia Em que viras Das cordas do meu violao Que so teu amor procurou Vem uma voz Falar dos beijos Perdidos nos labios teus Canta o meu coracao A...

Memorial Day

It should have been so soft, this morning as we left But the valley was infected, by a different kind of beauty And the Indians they knew, it was a devil's sanctuary. Out of this unholy dawn, a car came stirring up the sand And a woman from a passion play Hel...

Menemsha

Peter's on the loose I'd like to see him again I remember when We made love On the jetty in the rain. When the fishing boats would Come back in At the end of the day He'd run up the hill to my cabin With a swordfish and he'd say: 'Girl I want you all over agai...

Mind On My Man

I've got my mind on my man I've got my man on my mind He's everything to me, he's somthin' more special Than any amount of lookin's gonna find I'm not hooked on any her from an idle dream But I'm idly dreaming of him He's a lotus, that opens and closes Notice...

Misfit

There are plenty of late nights If you want to stay up for them You'll just want to find yourself a friend And tie a couple on in a night spot Draw pictures of your soul, win the jackpot For tears in your beer It's hip to be miserable when you're young and int...

Mockingbird

Everybody have you heard She's gonna buy me a mockingbird And if that mockingbird don't sing She's gonna buy me a diamond ring And if that diamond ring won't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I keep on tellin' everybody..... Hear...

Moonglow

It must have been Moonglow, Way up in the blue, It must have been Moonglow, That led me straight to you I still hear you sayin' Dear one hold me fast, And I start to prayin' Oh Lord, please let this last, We seem to float right through the air, Heavenly songs...

Moonlight Serenade

I stand at your gate. And the song that I sing is of moonlight. I stand and I wait For the touch of your hand in the June night. The roses are sighing a moonlight serenade. The stars are aglow. And tonight how their light sets me dreaming. My love, do you know...

More And More

I want to give you more More and more More and more More than just a melody To let you know that I love you I want to give you more More and more More and more More than just a song to sing To let you know that it's the real thing I want to make us be You an...

My Bonnie

My Bonnie lies over the ocean, My Bonnie lies over the sea, My Bonnie lies over the ocean, O bring back my Bonnie to me. [Chorus:] Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me: Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me. O blow ye...

My Foolish Heart

The night is like a lovely tune Beware, my foolish heart How white the ever constant moon Take care, my foolish heart There's a line between love and fascination That's so hard to see on an evening such as this For they both give the very same sensation When...

My Funny Valentine

You’re my funny valentine, Sweet comic valentine, You make me smile with my heart You’re looks are laughable, unphotographable Yet you’re my favourite work of art Is your figure less than Greek, Is your mouth a little weak When you open it to speak are...

My Luv Is Like A Red, Red Rose

My love is like a red, red rose That's newly strung in June My love is like a melody That's sweetly played in tune As far art thou, my bonnie las So deep in love am I And I will love thee still, my dear Till all the seas gang dry Till all the seas gang dry T...

My New Boyfriend

He never makes me feel ashamed He bounces me high up on his back He gives me the gold hat when I'm jump attacked My new boyfriend, my new boyfriend My new boyfriend Protects me He defends me He respects me He loves me more than you ever did My new boyfriend i...

My One And Only Love

The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an April breeze on the wings of spring And you appear in all your splendor My one and only love The shadows fall and spread their mystic charms In the hush of night while you're in my arms I feel your lips so w...

My Romance

My romance, doesn't have to have a moon in the sky My romance, doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by No month of May, No twinkling stars No hideaway, No soft guitars My romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spain Nor a dance to a constantly surprising re...

Never Been Gone

The wind is coming up strong and fast And the moon is smiling on me Miles from nowhere so small at last In between the sky and the sea I'm bound for the island The tide is with me I think I can make it by dawn It's night on the ocean I am going home And it fe...

Night Owl

Now a fish kinda likes the water And that's just where he wants to be And a monkey kinda digs bananas So he lives in the top of a tree But my eyes are made for darkness So the nightime is right for me 'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long I'm a nigh...

No Freedom

Hey now Momma used to say What's the use in spoiling a perfect day Does a flower compromise it's beauty Wondering if it's gonna rain Hey now You might have the power People bowing down They give you all those special things Just because you're world renowned O...

Nobody does it better

Nobody does it better Makes me feel sad for the rest Nobody does it half as good as you Baby, you're the best I wasn't looking but somehow you found me It tried to hide from your love light But like Heaven above me The spy who loved me Is keeping all my secre...

Not A Day Goes By

Not a day goes by Not a single day But you're somewhere a part of my life And it looks like you'll stay As the days go by I keep thinking when does it end Where's the day I'll have started forgetting But I just go on thinking and sweating And cursing and cryi...

O Come, All Ye Faithful

O Come All Ye Faithful Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. O Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exu...

Oh Susanna

I came from Alabama wid my banjo on my knee, I'm g'wan to Louisiana my true love for to see, It rain'd all night the day I left, the weather it was dry, The sun so hot I frose to death; Susanna, dont you cry. [Chorus:] Oh! Susanna, Oh! dont you cry...

Older Sister

She rides in the front seat, she's my older sister She knows her power over me She goes to bed an hour later than I do When she turns the lights out What does she think about? And what does she do in the daylight That makes her so great? Oh but to be, oh but...

One Love Stand

It's been a one man show that I've been runnin' On a two way street for love I see no end to the dead end 'Til you come back home again I've tried everything to keep remembering (Chorus) One good woman One good man Two shots of hapiness in one life span It ta...

One Man Woman

Well it's plain as rain And it's there for all the world to see Just 'cause everybody does it That doesn't make it right for me Someone is making plans Involvin' my old man Everytime I turn by back around Feelin' like a one man woman Living in a two time town...

One More Time

(Chorus) One more time Play it again before you put your guitar down My darlin', one more time Now that you got me dreamin' About the good times. "Come on girl" You said to me, "Let's fly away Follow me wherever I will go And we won't worry about tomorrow" (...

Orpheus

Orpheus, it could have been you could have held me again You said your songs had all gone And that the road back up was too long But it ws there for us It was there for us I loved you all along Orpheus The part of me that died Was ready to be reborn...

Our Affair

What a perfect night Secrets lights up the sky Like fireflies do There´s nothing but a silky hope That old opiate Between me and you Don´t look now We´re just about there We´re just one little breath away From our affair From our affair Don´t move too fast...

Our First Day Together

Our first day together Was after we'd been close in dreams Was after we'd shared hell and heaven And all the places in-between And all the places in-between After we'd spent nights together And breathed secrets without words After we'd made promises That coul...

Over the rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true Some day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far be...

People Say a Lot

People say a lot when they want the job, yeah Lining up sideways around the block "It's not for the money" she say to you Almost convincing herself that it's true "I'll take care of your dog when you're away" "I don't mind working Saturdays" "When you wa...

Play With Me

Play You can play with me But take it easy Have You can have your fun But only with me I've had Some big time winners Played games You'd never imagine I'd know But now I'm ready To quit those sinners I've turned myself Into the ground And now I feel s...

Playin'

Playin' Stuck on the corner of the afternoon I hear the sound Some heart-aching Oh just the same old tune Playin' Playin' Autumn falling in my old chapel I've got a mind to get the whole world shaking Every little place I go Tell you the story of the angels in...

Playing Possum

We lived up here in Cambridge And browsed in the hippest newsstands The we started our own newspaper Gave the truth about Uncle Sam We loved to be so radical But like a ragged love affair Some became disenchanted And some of us just got scared Now are you pla...

Pretty Paper

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Crowded street, busy feet, hustle by him Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh There he sits all alone on t...

Pretty Strange

Love Who knows about love And even those who do know Won’t reveal it Back when you were in your prime Love was just a waste of time Once you’d flirt discreetly Now you give completely that’s pretty strange you can try to play at love Even be blasé a...

Private

[Chorus:] Can you be private when the juice is sweet And the secret is crimson Can you be quiet when my hands are heat And the riptide rises? Can you be blind and a beggar on your knees? And live on our desire alone Can you ride the tide in this insanity And...

Pure Sin

I can barely see your sneakers You say I got to keep my head down You're painting my portrait In a red velvet gown How do you see me As demure and discreet? But do you know what I'll do Do you know what I'll do When I go out on the street? Pure sin, pure s...

Quiet Evening

Quiet Such a quiet It's a quiet Won't somebody tell me Won't you let me know Quiet evening I'm sleepy And I'm holding on I've got nowhere to go Quiet evening You know You still have friends And they'll be Waiting for you Quiet evening You've been longing for...

Raining

Raining Raining for days on end Staying inside again Making up lists Of things to do When the rain ends The Children are restless They played all their games Again and again and again If we knew anyone We could call up a friend But it's raining Raining, raini...

Reunions

First one in the city Wearin' all those grass stained jeans Nothing is forgotten, everyone is pleased. Someone got his hair cut The girls have lots to say His friends had felt more comfortable With it worn the other way And I don't know if I'll see you again....

Riverboat Gambler

Riverboat gambler Drinking alone on the prow Chasing your Bourbon with Tennessee gin The big game's about to begin Riverboat gambler Hiding that Ave up your sleeve I can see through all that debonaire style The irony bending your smile And I won't tip your h...

Rolling Down the Hills

People who have bad times Write hard luck songs But when their days are green They think about love Sunshine, flowers in a garden Did I bump you sir? I'm beggin' your pardon Have you seen such a day? Let's begin it by startin' - And rollin' down the hills with...

Safe And Sound

Strange times in Portland, Maine Lobsters dancing on the dock Switzerland's been wierd since they unplugged the clocks Man and a woman living in Brooklyn Heights Each convinced that the other is in the wrong Last year the divorce rate trippled in Hong Kong If...

Sangre Dolce

The soft winds of Buenos Aires Once blew into her room Now all she can do is kneel and pray Sangre dolce Sangre dolce She's lost in the streets Lost in her thoughts She's lost in the smiles of the baby all day She's new in New York, dressed up like a doll But...

Scar

A grey day in February Some flecks of white, but mostly brown Purple surprises riding in on a nerve Begins to excite you before it settles down It's after the knives and the sutures and needles I'm left with an arrow that points at my heart I call it the seat...

Scarborough Fair

Are you going to Scarborough Fair: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. On the side of a hill in the deep forest green. Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown. Blankets and bedclothes...

Share The End

Here come the priests, each one wailing and bemoaning Lordy, they got their heads bowed down Here come the madmen, they're too excited for atoning: "Burn the mosque," they're shouting, "Burn it down!" Save me a place, surround me with friendly faces All of us...

Shoulder to Shoulder

We stand shoulder to shoulder We see eye to eye We dive deep under water We jump high in the sky High! We stand shoulder to shoulder We stand side to side When one of us gets a tiny bit tired One gives the other a ride Ride! I've never had a best f...

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenl...

Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear

Sing ho for the life of a bear Sing ho for the expedition Sing ho for the life of a bear Sing ho for the expedition It's a fine day for marchin' There's a tiny little breeze And when there's honey For the makin' There's a buzz among the bees Sing ho for the...

Slave

Listening for your footsteps Just waiting like a fool Burning with a fever Only you can cool The clock beside my pillow Has ticked away the night Like a heartbeat mocking me Until the light Gotta stop these thoughts about you Gotta learn to live without you...

So Many People to Love

They're praying on bended knees In their beds and on the dirty streets Lights are out on all the Christmas trees Feels like everyone's about to freeze Makes me worry Everywhere I look someone's counting on me So many people to love And so little time Gotta hu...

So Many Stars

(So many stars So many stars) Maybe I didn't love you As I turn onto Union Square Maybe I didn't love you As I slip my token into the turnstile Maybe I only need to think about the past You can understand As I wedge myself between two boom-box boys On the A t...

Someone Waits For You

Oh, my heart knows more With each passing day And I know I'll change If you leave or stay But when our world turns Where it's turning to You'll see some hearts fade While mine shine's on through I will still be there Some day for you You see, somewhere Someo...

Something Wonderful

He may not always say What you would have him say, But now and then he'll say something wonderful. The thoughless things he'll do will hurt and worry you Then all at once he'll do something wonderful. He has a thousand dreams that won't come true, You know t...

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the night chasing shadows around the bend Somewhere in the night chasing rainbows that have no end In the misty night, you are mine and you hold me fast But dreams have a way of calling it a day They seldom last, our dreams have past But in m...

Songbird

Most everyone I know leaves New York on holidays The Fourth of July Is a little lonely here And a little holy Fireworks out on the river And the boys all drinking beer Sing hallelujah for the year Hallelujah for the year Hallelujah for the year There's a song...

Sons Of Summer

It makes me smile To think of what we dreamed of Where are those sons of summer now With their wild-haired women in their patchwork gowns Who could laugh the lights away Nights on the beach and bay The course on farms And the course in the bar Sweet smokin'...

Spoiled Girl

When you got a pretty boy You want a smart one When you got a smart one You want him pretty When you got one who's all over you You wish he'd hold back Then when he's being cool You want him to attack Spoiled girl, living in her own world Spoiled girl, think...

Spring Is Here

Once there was a thing called spring, When the world was writing verses like yours and mine. All the lads and girls would sing, When we sat at little tables and drank May wine. Now April, May, and June are sadly out of tune, Life has stuck a pin in the balloo...

Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

Spring will be a little late this year a little late arriving, in my lonely world over here For you have left me and where is our April love old Yes you have left me and winter continues cold As if to say that spring will be a little slow to start A little slo...

Spy

Got my eye on you, nothing's slipping by Watching everything you do, like a Spy I come here everynight, I'm like a firefly Moving through the strobe lights, like a Spy (Chorus) I know your shadow hides, just what I need There's something there inside, I want...

Stardust

Golden rock'n'roll man Breaking all of the records and rules Sold out in an hour The stage is your own bedroom I have your poster close to my bed Earphones glued to my head But I'd rather have you in my arms instead And I'd be better than I was before If only...

Such A Good Boy

He asks her for permission To take the car Light his cigar Play his guitar Burn down the barn He asks her for permission To tie his shoes To take a snooze To read the news To sing the blues [Chorus:] He's such a good boy A real mama's boy She treats him like a...

Summer's Coming Around Again

Baby sneezes Mommy pleases Daddy breezes in So good on paper So romantic So bewildering I know nothin' stays the same But if you're willin' to play the game It's comin' around again So don't mind if I fall apart There's more room in a broken heart (Broken hea...

Take Me As I Am

You imagine when you see her that she's nothing less that perfect That she has no aspirations Beyond driving in her car The car she looks so good in Will she ever look that good again you'll never have to know Because she's gone She passes in the left...

Take Me out to the Ballgame

Take me out to the ballgame Take me out with the crowd Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks I don't care if I ever get back 'Cause it's root, root, root for the home team If they don't win it's a shame 'Cause it's one, two, three strikes you're out At the ol...

That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

My father sits at night with no lights on His cigarette glows in the dark. The living room is still; I walk by, no remark. I tiptoe past the master bedroom where My mother reads her magazines. I hear her call sweet dreams, But I forgot how to dream. But you s...

The Best Thing

I was his foreigner And he was mine. We ate on terraces And drank the cheapest wine. And he believed in me Down by the serpentine. How was I to know it was the best thing To come along for a long time. I turned the page And saw three children with smiles. I l...

The Carter Family

The Carter family lived next door for almost 14 years With Gwen and I inseparable from rag dolls through brassieres Then Gwen began to bore me with her giggles and her fears The day the Carters moved away, I had to fake my tears I told new friends Gwen Car...

The Desert

I was in the desert Amazed by all that sand I as in a sea of white Swimming through the land Nobody shocked me Nobody locked me up Nobody took my time Nobody shook me up All that happened was the white night The endless sand in the moonlight I was in the deser...

The Garden

Come into the garden, It's magical trees Dapple the sun as they sway with each lazy breeze; They'll set your mind at ease. Pretend you're a child, with nothing to hide, Then we'll join hands and let the universe swing wide; We'll lay our fears aside Hold me,...

The Girl You Think You See

Tell me who you long for In your secret dreams Go on and tell me who you wish I was Instead of me I'm not necessarily The girl you think you see Whoever you want is exactly who I'm more than willing to be I'll be carefree A Peace Corps trainee Your Gypsy Rose...

The Lady In Red

I've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight, I've never seen you shine so bright, I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance, They're looking for a little romance, given half a chance, And I have never seen that dress you're wearin...

The Land Of Christmas (Mary)

Take me into your hands Make me into your prayer Take me away to the land of Christmas And dismiss my fear Show me the way You see I need a way to pass through the pain Breathe it and bear it and rise up again Take me away to the land of Christmas Where I can...

The Last Samba

The last samba The last samba is playing Don't waste me it seems to be saying For soon this crescent moon will fade Becoming only broken shell And half remembered tunes So take me then Here on this sand in the midst of these stars Swaying in thrall to the fad...

The Love's Still Growing

And I'm so high I can't go on Oh but I Can sing this song Because the love's still growing And the love's still growing Some folk say That all hope is gone But today, the world is one Because the love's still growing And the love's still growing It's time...

The More I Look Inside

The more I look inside The more he isn't there What am I supposed to do? When Piglet is not everywhere The more I wrack my brain The more I search in vain I guess I'll have a little snack And wait for it to start to rain Maybe I will draw a picture And while...

The More I See You

Each time I look at you is like the first time Each time you're near me the thrill is new And there is nothing that I wouldn't do for The rare delight of the sight of you for The more I see you, the more I want you Somehow this feeling just grows and grows Wi...

The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom)

The more it snows Tiddely-Pom The more it goes Tiddely-Pom The more it goes on snowing Tiddely-Pom And nobody knows Tiddely-Pom How cold my toes Tiddely-Pom How cold my toes are growing Tiddely-Pom Tiddely-Pom Tiddely-Pom Tiddely-Pom 

The Night Before Christmas

Children carry through the streets A brightly painted star Angels gather 'round the hearth Strumming on guitars Men of great renown and faith Say prayers on boulevards It's the night before Christmas But you don't have to be an angel To sing harmony And you d...

The Reason

The reason I wouldn't kiss you last night I wouldn't kiss you 'cause I was afriad That I'd like you too much And if I liked you too much I'd be afraid that I'd give you a present And if I gave you a gift, You might give me a gift And then I'd be afraid... That...

The Right Thing To Do

There's nothin' you can do to turn me away Nothin' anyone can say You're with me now and as long as you stay Lovin' you's the right thing to do Lovin' you's the right thing I know you've had some bad luck with ladies before They drove you or you drove them cr...

The Show Must Go On

Some folks like to stay at home Some folks like to be alone So when they finally come out of their nest I've got to turn it on I've got to be my best The street may be slick with ice And I'm sick with butterflies And some other girl may be the talk of the town...

The Spy Who Loved Me

Nobody does it better Makes me feel sad for the rest Nobody does it half as good as you Baby, you're the best I wasn't lookin', but somehow you found me I tried to hide from your love light But like heaven above me The spy who loved me Is keeping all...

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Take a look around now Change the direction Adjust the tuning Try a new translation Don't look at your man in the same old way Take a new picture Just because you don't see shooting stars Doesn't mean it isn't perfect Can't you see... It's the stuff that drea...

The Three of Us in the Dark

The three of us in the dark Where do I resist One has to go One is just a guest One is all a fire One is all a spark But here I am with the two of you The three of us in the dark I didn't hear you walk in the door You'd called to me years ago I had heard Your...

The Wives Are In Connecticut

He figures out a restaurantS ARE IN CONNECTICUT Where they won't be recognized He can always slip the maitre'd a ten Get a private little table and try her on for size Make a plan of where to do it when He's so sly, he's in love with his lies (Chorus) And th...

Them

What shall we do about them When they move into your neighbourhood They take over but good They want you all body and soul Then it's just your body Then they go What shall we do about them (Chorus) What do they want What shall we do about them What do they wa...

They Just Want You To Be There

They don't care if you brush your hair They just care that you're there They don't mind if you stay upstairs They just care that you're there They don't know if you're all you've ever wanted to be Or if life has answered your prayers They just want you to be...

Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby

Platform shoes on table tops I think I'm gonna be a lady Opinions flyin' right and left I think I'm gonna tell him maybe They're puttin' out too many phonograph records I think I'm gonna have a baby, a baby I wouldn't be naughty for the sake of naught Or be d...

This Kind Of Love

Once you were just a friend of a friend at the bar I didn't see you as my type at all But I was stranded with no ride home So, we drove the beach road in your car You're the melody I never had to write down You're the fantasy I forgot to forget You're the mag...

Three Days

If I have known you only three days Then how will I remember you in ten? But I could swear I'll love you always And if the gods will please be kind Darling, I'll be with you soon, soon again. And on the road you have some good times But when the show is over...

Time After Time

Time after time I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be loving you So lucky to be The one you run to see In the evening, when the day is through I only know what I know The passing years will show You've kept my love so young, so new And time after time You'll h...

Time Works On All The Wild Young Men

Time works on all the wild young men The ones who went for soldiers The ones who reached for fame The ones who swore they'd die for love No matter what the shame Time circles 'round them snuffs their spark And there they are Dancing in the dark 

Tired Of Being Blonde

She left the credit cards under her goodbye note "All of these are yours, goodbye" and that was all she wrote Keys to the Porsche she dropped on the floor in the den Left in the '70 Dodge that he drove her in She wasn't angry, she wasn't sad She was just leavi...

Tonight And Forever

I've waited years For you tonight My faith in love has been my guiding light I heard you voice I read your heart I fell in love with you though we were miles apart Tonight and forever Tonight and forever I am yours O sister make My wedding bed Tie a bunch of...

Too Soon to Say Goodbye

Too soon to say goodbye, my dear Too soon to let you go Too soon to say, "Auf Wiederschen" "Au revoir," no, no Too soon to say goodbye, my dear Too soon to rest my case Too soon to start another journey When we've just won the race Not while the lanterns and...

Touched by the sun

If you want to be brave And reach for the top of the sky And the farthest point on the horizon Do you know who you'll meet there Great soldiers and seafarers, Artists and dreamers Who need to be close, close to the light They need to be in danger of burning by...

Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)

(Chorus) Tranquillo, got to get you into bed now Just a little boy in the body of a dream Can't stay up and won't go to sleep What does it mean - Tranquillo, no other way to go now 'Cause you need a lot of bass & drums for your rockabye Just a lullaby for...

Turn Of The Tide

How can we know the fate of the earth? Must everything go from bad to worse? How can we be just along for the ride? We'd rather believe that we decide That we can stand here And say loud and clear Here comes the turn of the tide Here comes the turn Here come...

Twelve Gates to the City

Three gates in the east Three gates in the west Three gates in the north Three gates in the south That makes twelve gates to the city Hallelujah Chorus: Oh what a beautiful city Oh what a beautiful city Oh what a beautiful city There's twelve gates to the cit...

Two Hot Girls

It happened last night we were feeling adventurous We put on our heels and went out for a walk More for a drink than to have a few eyes on us Jenny and I slipped to town for some talk Me and Jenny, twinklin' like crystal and pennies Two hot girls on a hot sum...

Two Little Sisters

Two little sisters gazing at the sea, Imagining what their futures will be. The older one says, as her eyes look around, "I will go as far as the corners of the town. I'll plant a little garden, flowers everywhere. And pluck the most fragrant for my hair."...

Two Looking At One

Now the silence is desending Now our loneliness is ending Now where there were two There will be one Now the shadow's growing longer Now the magic's growing stronger Now where there were two There will be one And there's only one heart Beating now Only one g...

Two Sleepy People

Here we are, out of cigarettes Holding hands and yawning, see how late it gets Two sleepy people by dawn's early light Too much in love to say goodnight Here we are, in the cozy chair Pickin' on a wishbone, from the frigidaire Two sleepy people with nothing t...

Vengeance

That's dangerous driving baby, The policeman said. I can smell the passion of another man on your breath I could give you life, get you back for what I saw That's vengeance he said, that's the law You throw your misdemeanors right up in my face The kind of ma...

Voulez-Vous Danser

Voulez-Vous Danser Voulez-Vous Danser Voulez-Vous, Voulez-Vous Voulez-Vous Danser Everybody wants to dance with my daddy Show me what to do Tell what to say Show me how to move To make you look my way Everybody wants to dance with my daddy He can dance the T...

Waited So Long

Please tell my sweet mother Go on now tell uncle Paul Tell all my girlfriends Not to wait for me Daddy, I'm no virgin And I've already waited too long Raise up your eyebrows Raise, I said raise your glasses with a song But don't expect me to be home tonight D...

Waiting At The Gate

An occasional joint, a glass or two of beer Still I would never have guessed that you'd wind up here In a half-way house, on a dead-end street In a run-down part of a one-horse town But just do what they say, don't worry 'bout your girl 'Cause I won't run away...

Waterfall

Something's going down like a waterfall Some strong feeling's some old love I saw you and it made no sense at all Now I feel like there's too much caffeine in my blood Like a waterfall goin' down Like a waterfall washing me down Spinnin' me around Lord, and I...

We Have No Secrets

We have no secrets We tell each other everything About the lovers in the past And why they didn't last We share a cast of characters from A to Z We know each other's fantasies And though we know each other better when we explore Sometimes I wish Often I wish T...

We Just Got Here

There are a few more freckles on your shoulders The hammock swings lower and touches the grass The apples are ripe and the corn is past Everyone says some goes by so fast And we just got here I can hardly believe it but it's ended The beach is a haze and old...

We Your Dearest Friends

We, your dearest friends Are having dinner without you We're witty and we use it to be vicious In just another minute We'll laughing about you To the untrained eye It wouldn't look suspicious We, your dearest friends Don't really care if you have needs Your ho...

We're So Close

I've lived in all of the houses he's built The one in the air The one underground The one on the water The one in the sand He says: It doesn't matter how we live He says: It doesn't matter where we live We're so close we can dispense with houses We don't need...

What About A Holiday

What about a holiday, just the eight of us You and me and all the Stones Wouldn't want to leave them out Couldn't find a nice bunch But you can't expect them to Navigate the boulevards on their own Those sweet Rolling Stones Gosh, we better go hold their hands...

What Has She Got

I've got eyes they call beguiling A string of cultured pearls And my lips are always smiling I'm not one of those moody girls I've studied cooking in a French cafe As bal and cheins last prodigy A one time runner up Miss USA What has she got that I haven't go...

What Shall We Do With the Child

I know I'm not what you wanted Not what you had in mind And I didn't come close To the mark You'd set For the girl you'd planned to find You've never seen me cry We shared but idle words And a casual goodbye And what shall we do with the child Who's got your...

Whatever Became of Her

There they are Smiling so wide Like there's nothing to lose And nothing to hide They look forward with innocence She is his bride The future's a radiant blur So I wonder whatever became of him Whatever became of her? A little boutique On the Upper East Side P...

When We're Together

"Hi," he says "Higher than the stars," he says And "I know I've seen you before," he says She looks up deep into his eyes and stares "Where were you into my life till now?" I know that when we're together our hearts fall into line And I know why I'm afr...

When You Close Your Eyes

When you close your eyes do you see White Lorelei, she's a dream She's not half as magic as she seems But she's so much fun to be with When you close your eyes do you see Places that you've never seen Yet you've been there You've been walking on the edges of...

When Your Lover Has Gone

What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That comes with each new love affair The love that you cherish, so often might perish And leave you with castles in air When you're alone, who cares for starlit skies When you're alone, the magic moonlight...

Where or When

It seems we stood here And take like this before We look at each other In the same old way But I can't remember Where or when The clothes you're wearing Are the clothes you wore The smile you're smiling You where smiling then I can't remember where or when S...

White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may a...

Why

La-di-da-di-da La-di-da-di-da La-di-da-di-da La-di-da-di-da Why does your love hurt so much? Why? Why does your love hurt so much? Don't know why You know I loved you baby But all the while, you just betrayed me In the warmth of our bed All the things...

Winnie the Pooh

Deep in the hundred acre wood Where Christopher Robin plays You'll find the enchanted neighborhood Of Christopher's childhood days A donkey named Eeyore is his friend And Kanga and little Roo (and Tigger, too!) There's Rabbit and Piglet and there's Owl, B...

With a few good friends

With a few good friends And a stick or two A house is built at a corner called Pooh With a friend and a stick Or three or four A house is built where it wasn't before With a window here And there a door And a nail and peg For the coat of Eey...

Wynken, Blynken And Nod

Wynken and Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off on a wooden shoe Sailed down a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew Now where are you going and what do you wish? The old moon asked the three Well, we're going out fishing for herring fish That live in the...

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You´ll never know, dear, how much I love you Please don´t take my sunshine away The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms When I awoke, dear, I was mist...

You Belong To Me

Why'd you tell me this Were you looking for my reaction What do you need to know Don't you know I'll always be your girl You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers I've got loving eyes of my own [Chorus:] You belong to me Tell her you were fo...

You Can Close Your Eyes

Well the sun is surely sinking down But the moon is slowly rising So this old world must still be spinning around And I still love you So close your eyes You can close your eyes, it's all right I don't know no love songs And I can't sing the blues anymore But...

You Don't Feel The Same

Honey, I don't want you to see me this way So out of control So carried away 'Cause you don't feel the same And I remember times when I was your storm I blew hot and cold And you were so warm But, now you don't feel the same I remember when you were looking...

You Have To Hurt

I’m in love with him”, she said With all the innocence of tender years But somewhere down the road ahead I could see the same eyes Filled with bitter tears I had the inclination To tell her not to drop her guard To tell her that life can be hard But I...

You Know What To Do

The night is filled with pretty girls Dancing shoes and flying hair Not one of them would refuse To follow you up the stairs You could have your pick of them Why decide to pick on me You promised me you'd stay away You promised me you'd set me free Pounding of...

You Won't Forget Me

You won't forget me, though you may try I'm part of memories, too wonderful to die And it will happen, that now and then You'll fall to wonderin' if we shouldn't have tried again You won't forget me, on nights like this The moon will casto n you the shad...

You're My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You'll never know, dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms When I awoke, dear, I wa...

You're the One

Well I spent all night alone with you And you weren't even there Your eyes burned on me like the midnight sun And somewhere in the night I knew How much I really cared 'Cause you're the one You're the one For me you are the one I tried to keep my distance af...

You’re So Vain

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf it was apricot You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner They'd b...