James Taylor

Utwory wykonawcy:

(I'm a) Road runner

Money, who needs it Let me live a life free and easy Put a toothbrush in my hand Let me be a travelin' man Road runner, baby 'Cause I'm a road runner, baby Can't stay in one place too long 'Cause I'm a road runner, baby You might look at me and I'll b...

(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That

I like to think about the time I met you, living with your people down in New Orleans. Mad at your mama cause she'd never let you ride in no nasty limousine. Later on the levee with the moon up above, I lost my heart and confessed my love, Oh Lucy, now, God ha...

(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance

When Liberty Valance rode to town the womenfolk would hide, they'd hide When Liberty Valance walked around the men would step aside 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood When it came to shootin' straight and fast, he was mighty...

A Junkie's Lament

Ricky's been kicking the gong, lickity-split, didn't take too long. A junkie's sick, a monkey's strong, that's what's wrong. Well, I guess he's been messing around downtown, so sad to see the man losing ground. Winding down behind closed doors on all fours....

Ain't No Song

There ain't no melody and I can't find a harmony. If there were a way to say it, you know I would have played it. Well, I'm a man of few words, trying to find a rhyme and finally it occurred to me that I'm wasting my time. There ain't no rhyme or reason, ain't...

Ananas

Je t'aime encore means I love you still, c'est pour toujours means I always will. Tu me manquais trop means I missed you much, je fait ce qu'il faut means I'll do what I must. Me voici a ta fenetre tous les gens me voient ici. Here I am at your window darling...

Angry Blues

I can't help it if I don't feel so good. I can't help it if I don't feel so good. If I had my way, I'd be sitting on the top of the world. I can't help it if I don't feel so good. When the anger comes in and there's no place for a man to hide, when the anger...

Another Day

Wake up Suzy, put your shoes on, walk with me into this light, oh, finally this morning, I'm feeling whole again, it was a hell of a night. Just to be with you by my side, just to have you near in my sight. Just to walk a while in this light, just to know that...

Another Grey Morning

When I feel as though my love is sinking down, the sun doesn't want to shine. When it feels like she won't face another day, life is unkind, she's frozen in time. And here comes another grey morning. A not so good morning after all. She says "well, what am I t...

Anywhere Like Heaven

When I walk along your city streets And look into your eyes When I see that simple sadness That upon your features lies If my spirit starts to sink It comes as no surprise Its been a long way from anywhere Like heaven to your town, this town Theres a...

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne! For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll take a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne And surely ye'll be your pint stowp! An...

B.S.U.R.

She's been holding on too long hoping I'm gonna change. Giving it up just a little bit more each time I come home, looking and acting strange. Putting her down for putting up with me. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I a...

Baby boom baby

Somehow the season Always brings a picture of you Baby boom baby Holding on for everything you figured you're due Little turtleneck girl the moon on your shoulder The wind in your lovely hair Oh, what a night we sat on the beach And watched as the sun...

Baby Buffalo

Are you there? Can you hear me? Somewhere near me In the morning long ago Had to hold you so close Had to never let go Time on the river Sliding on by Hard to believe Wink of an eye Where'd you go Baby Buffalo? What's become of old Cotton Eyed Joe? Hold up, l...

Baby, it's cold outside

I really can't stay, baby, it's cold outside I've got to go away, oh darlin' it's cold outside This evening has been, just hoping that you'd drop in So very nice, I'll hold your hands they're just like ice My mother will start to worry, beautiful, what's your...

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 to bold And it's back down to earth again Back in my car and gone Back on the r...

Back on the street again

I don't care if I got no money, I don't care if I got a dime All I want to do is to dance with you honey Please tell me you have the time 'Cause I gotta get back on my feet again Gotta get back on the street again La, la, la Well I don't care if I got no fam...

Bartender's Blues

Now I'm just a bartender, and I don't like my work, but I don't mind the money at all. I see lots of sad faces and lots of bad cases of folks with their backs to the wall. But I need four walls around me to hold my life, to keep me from going astray, and a...

Belfast To Boston (God's Rifle)

There are rifles buried in the countryside for the rising of the moon, may they lie there long forgotten till they rust away into the ground. Who will bend this ancient hatred, will the killing to an end? Who will swallow long injustice, take the devil for a c...

Believe it or Not

Believe it or not I've been waiting for you to come through Love of my life Believe it or not I've been waiting for you to come through Love of my life And though the hour grew later and later I would hold on for one more heartbeat While my friends ar...

Bittersweet

No I don't know how to love you The way you want me to Coz everytime I try Something always changes with you First it's cold baby And then there's too much heat One minute I'm up in heaven And the next I'm down in the street Coz we got a love That's bitterswe...

Blossom

Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way, Lately I've been lonesome Blossom, it's been much too long a day, Seems my dreams have frozen Melt my cares away. CHORUS: Send the sunshine down my way whenever I call your name I know what you mean to say to me, girl...

Blues Is Just a Bad Dream

A tree grows in my back yard, it only grows at night. Its branches they're all twisted, its leaves are afraid of light. They say the blues is just a bad dream, they say it lives upside your head. But when it's lonely in the morning, you're bound to wish tha...

Boatman

Hearts were exploding around us as we drifted south down the bay. The gray up above and gray down below left us with nothing to say. So we drifted along in silence till the tickle of life trickled in. And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand, we were catch...

Brighten Your Night With My Day

Daybreak finds you up and alive just as though you could touch a star. But sunset seems to leave you weary, alone and wondering who you are. Don't deny that lonely feeling, babe, that keeps stealing on you from deep down inside. Hey, can't you see that it's no...

Brother Trucker

Breaker number nine, big buddy, put your ears on me now. This trucker got to have a big line tonight. Come on sucker, come back brother trucker. I keep seeing double unless I close one eye. And I've got to roll, roll, roll brother trucker, sure enough a shame...

Brown Eyed Girl

Hey where did we go, days when the rain came. Down in the hollow, playin' a new game. Laughin' and a runnin', hey hey, skippin' and a jumpin' In the misty mornin' fog with our hearts a thumpin' at you, The brown-eyed girl You're my brown-eyed girl Now what ev...

Captain Jim's Drunken Dream

Well you country fools in your one horse town, you can laugh at me. It's plain as rain that you've never been down to the southern sea. To see me now is like watching a fish on dry land. I only wish you could see me down in the islands, mister that's my home....

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 Ain't it just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm gone to Carolina in my mind Karen she's a silver sun You best walk her way and watch it shin...

Caroline I See You

Caroline, I see you Standing on the stairway Waiting for your bear there Handy on the landing Penny in my pocket High enough to hold you When I come back home to you tomorrow You may well be angry I'll for sure be hungry Meet me in the middle Make it melt lik...

Carry Me On My Way

I forget what to ask for, there isn't anything I haven't been given. How could I wish for anything more as I am here living in heaven? This moment in the sun to feel the wheel turning on. Carry me on my way, carry me on my way. Carry me on my way, carry me on...

Cats In The Cradle

My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it and as he grew He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you dad You know I'm go...

Chanson Francaise

J'ai trouv cette chanson Franaise, mise dans un coin, Tout au fond de mon cranem pas encore exprime. Et donc je manque des ides Anglaises, Paratre, peut-tre, quelque chose, je n'ai pas pens. Si je dis que je t'aime, ce n'est pas tout fait La vielle mme chose,...

Chili Dog

Make my bed out of Wonder Bread, spread some mustard upon my head. I don't want no onions or sauerkraut, mamma, hold on to the bun baby, work it on out. I'm a chilidog. I guess you guessed by now, babe. Sure enough, I'm a chilidog, look at me, delicious. Don'...

Circle Round The Sun

Now, I love my baby, and she's bound to love me some. Yes, I love my baby, and she's bound to love me some. Now, she throws her arms around me just like a circle around the sun, yeah yeah. I lay down last night just to try to take my rest. I said I lay down l...

Company Man

It seems you've been living on your own, Lonely and free. Looking to make yourself known, same as me. Well I see you in the public eyes, I see you're looking fine. The boy would be a businessman and he signs the bottom line. Singing company man, do what you c...

Copperline

Even the old folks never knew Why they call it like they do I was wondering since the age of two Down on Copperline Copper head, copper beech Copper kettles sitting side by each Copper coil, cup o'Georgia peach Down on Copperline Half a mile down to Morgan Cre...

Country Road

Take to the highway won’t you lend me your name Your way and my way seem to be one and the same Mamma don’t understand it She wants to know where I’ve been I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool To want to pass that way again But I could feel it...

Daddy's All Gone

I don't have much to say Thought I'd call you up anyway Just to try to show you the way That I feel today I miss you, baby. I sure am on the road I don't need to say much more Just the same old well-known stranger That I was before It seems l...

Daddy's Baby

Daddy's baby, what's got you thinking? What's got you sinking so low? Is there something I should know, something new to you? Daddy's baby fussing and fretting, keeping on getting it wrong. She can only last so long , so sing her a lullaby-bye. Baby don't...

Dance

Come on, baby, while the moon is high, kick up your heels and dance. Don't be nervous, don't be shy and give yourself a chance. You can dance. Kick off your shoes and lose your blues. Pick em up, Lord, put em back down and around, and around, and around, and a...

Day Tripper

I've got a good reason for taking the easy way out. I got a good reason for taking the easy way out. She was a day tripper, one way ticket, yeah. It took me so long to find out but I found out. Now she's a big teaser, she took me half the way there. She's a b...

Deck The Halls

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! 'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Don we now our gay apparel, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa, la, la, la, la, l...

Decoding The Pyramids

Never ending circles – been spinning us around We lost all our direction – when we passed the speed of sound Now I hope you're feeling better – and I've lost my fear of heights I've seen time and space together – gonna reach the speed of light Don't you kn...

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'll never be...

Don't Be Sad 'cause Your Sun Is Down

Don't be sad 'cause your sun is down, you can rise above it. Don't be sad 'cause you're on your own, you have to learn to love it. Don't be sad 'cause your sun is down, you're gonna find your way. Don't be sad 'cause your day is done, there's another day, e...

Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

Do me wrong, do me right, Tell me lies but hold me tight, Save your goodbyes for the morning light, But don't let me be lonely tonight. Say 'goodbye' and say 'hello', Sure enough good to see you, but it's time to go, Don't say 'yes' but please don't say 'no',...

Don't Talk Now

Where I've been, you don't know. And what I've got, baby, it don't show. Now, I won't try to teach you how, don't talk now. Don't talk roads, don't talk sand. Don't talk dust, don't talk no man. Don't talk rules, don't talk vows, don't talk now. I don't wanna...

Don't Try So Hard

Another Monday comes and I just wanna breathe 'Cause it's a long, long week for someone wired to please I keep taking my aim, pushing it higher Wanna shine bright, even brighter now Wish I would tell myself Don't try so hard God gives you grace and you...

Down In The Hole

Watch your head on that root, got to let your eyes adjust. I'm sorry about your suit, can't do nothing about the dust. Welcome down underground, hunker down a spell. Gets to feel like home to me though I know it looks like hell. Down in the hole, Lord, it's d...

Dream Lover

Dream, Dream Lover Dream, Dream Lover Every night I hope and pray A Dream Lover will come my way, A girl to hold in my arms And know the magic of her charms Because I want a girl to call my own, I want a Dream Lover so I don't have to dream alone Dr...

Enough To Be On Your Way

So the sun shines on his funeral just the same as on a birth, the way it shines on everything that happens here on Earth. It rolls across the western sky and back into the sea and spends the day's last rays upon this fucked-up family, so long old pal. The las...

Everybody Has The Blues

Poor puppy, you look so sad I guess you think that no one ever Felt so bad before Everybody has the blues Everybody has the blues Everybody knows the way that you feel today Everybody gets to sit and cry Everybody gets to wonder why Everybody gets to watch t...

Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha

Took my baby to the hop last night, what to my surprise, when we got there she hit me with the news right between the eyes- she said she couldn't do the cha, cha, cha. I told her not to worry now, they'd play some other dance, but we sat there for an hour and...

Everyday

everyday it's getting closer going faster than a roller coaster a love like yours would surely come my way everday seems a little faster all my friends they say go on up and ask her a love like yours would surely come my way everyday it seems a little strong...

Fading Away

When I've got something to say, well, don't I always let you know? So that you and I can go my way together. And if I get carried away, well, I could be sailing on a song and maybe we could carry on forever. But lately this old dog has been chasing his tail r...

False Love

The river is wide, I can't get o'er Nor do I have like wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two, And both shall cross my love and I Oh waly, waly, up the bank And waly, waly down the braes, And waly, waly by yon burnside Where me and my love was wont to...

Family Man

Woah, Jocko, don't expect me to come out drinking, messing around. Spending my time with a bunch of crazy people. Yes, I been there before, I don't need to go back no more. I'm just a family man, like it or not, I am a family man. I'm a-holding onto what I've...

Fanfare

Someone turned the time on, another day, dead and gone, a lifetime is slipping away, babe. But as far as I can see, that doesn't apply to you and me. We are high above the family tree, hidden in the deep blue sea. Industry on parade, punch a clock nine to fiv...

Fire and Rain

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't remember who to send it to I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thou...

First Of May

And the light between us which we could not quite extinguish, which we see at dawn burns on. First day of May, things are beginning, our side is winning, hip hip hooray. Made in the shade, deep in the shadow, down by the meadow, lie in my arms. And the moon...

Fool For You

My lady don't allow the life I lead, she don't abide by some of the company that I keep. She takes occasion to criticize, and carry on. I love her so, I just can't stand it no more, I'm a fool for you babe, don't you know, mess around momma, I'm a fool for you...

Gaia

The sky was light and the land all dark The sun rose up over Central Park I was walking home from work Gaia The petal sky and the rosy dawn The world turning on the burning sun Sacred wet green one that we live on Gaia Run run run run said the auto...

Get a Job

(Get a job) Every morning about this time, my baby's on me and she cryin' About a job At breakfast every day, she throws the want ads my way She never fails to say, get yourself a job (Get a job) And when I read the paper, I read it through and throug...

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus is born Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born Shepherds watching, over the flocks b...

Going Around One More Time

My heart had been broken And I couldn't take no more I shuttered up my windows And I bolted tight my door Then I took one look at you And I nearly lost my mind Chorus: Now I'm going 'round going 'round Going 'round going around one more time Yes I'm...

Golden Moments

Now if all my golden moments Could be rolled into one They would shine just like the sun For a summer day And after it was over We could have it back again With credit to the editor For striking out the rain (very clean) And all it really needed Was t...

Gorilla

He's got arms like legs He's got hands on his feet He's got a nose like a doughnut He's got a tendency to over eat He don't use tools or weapons He don't eat meat He likes to stick to the bushes Tends to avoid the street But he rides my El Dorado Whe...

Handy Man

Hey girls, gather round Because of what I'm puttin' down Oh, baby, I'm your handy man I'm not the kind that uses pencil or rule I'm handy with the love and I'm no fool I fix broken hearts, I know I really can If your broken heart needs repair I'm the m...

Hangnail

Oh money, oh money, oh where have you gone? I need me some money to have me some fun Gonna pick up my guitar and write me some hits Build me some houses and blow 'em to bits Gonna furnish them boldly with style and with taste Generate truckloads of solid...

Hard Times

We've seen some hard times, hard times, Holding it together ain't always easy. An angry man, hungry woman, They're driving each other crazy. It's so low down, show down, There's nothing else safe to say. Baby's on the town, baby's looking round, Tal...

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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

Hello Old Friend

Paris' rooftops were lovely to see Switzerland's vertical landscape Crossed my mind's eye just now Canada's shoreline has been calling out to me But it's been too long a time Since last I crossed That vast Nantucket sound REFRAIN Hello old friend We...

Her Town Too

She's been afraid to go out She's afraid of the knock on her door There's always a shade of a doubt She can never be sure Who comes to call Maybe the friend of a friend of a friend Anyone at all Anything but nothing again It used to be her town It us...

Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox

Hey mister, that's me up on the jukebox I'm the one that's singing this sad song Well, I'll cry everytime that you slip in one more dime And let the boy sing the sad one, one more time Southern California that's as blue as the boy can be Blue as the deep...

Highway Song

Father, let us build a boat and sail away There's nothing for you here And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea It's been done before I'm thinking 'bout a broken heart I'm talking 'bout the break of dawn You love me while I'm here Then you ca...

Home by Another Way

Those magic men the Magi Some people call them wise Or Oriental, even kings Well anyway, those guys They visited with Jesus They sure enjoyed their stay Then warned in a dream of King Herod's scheme They went home by another way Yes they went...

Honey Don't Leave L.A.

That limousine in which you made the scene suits you to a 'T' If all you want to be is somebody that don't never walk. That big chateau where you want to go in the south of France, Gonna end our big romance. Don't you do it. Honey, don't leave L. A., that...

Honey don't leave L.A.

That limousine In which you made the scene Suits you to a t If all the you want to be Is somebody that don't never walk That big chateau Where you wanna go In the south of France Gonna end our big romance Don't you do it (Chorus) Honey don't leave...

Hound Dog

You ain't nothing but a hound dog Crying all the time. You ain't nothing but a hound dog Crying all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine. When they said you was high classed, Well, that was just a lie. When t...

Hour That the Morning Comes

Mama makes the music and she makes the news She dances all night in her golden shoes She's high flying Going, going , gone She'll be halfway to heaven by The hour that the morning comes And papa's kacked out with his head in his lap Mama likes t...

How I Know You

I grew up in your hometown, at least began to grow I hadn't got to my first shave before the body blow Egyptians in the courtyard, my family in chains You witnessed our abduction which possibly explains How I know you How I know you Before that...

How sweet it is to be loved by you

How sweet it is to be loved by you How sweet it is to be loved by you I needed the shelter of someone's arms There you were I needed someone to understand my ups and downs There you were With sweet love and devotion Deeply touching my emotion I want t...

Hymn

I got holy children to show me the light, Singing hallelujah, brother how about you? Yeah, we got holy scriptures here That prove us to be right, In believing out loud what we wish to be true. I got stoned out neighbors to take me in tow, Singing clo...

I Can Dream Of You

I wake up in the morning I walk out on the street And my face lights up with all the smiles Of all the friends I meet And my life's almost complete Cause I can dream of you And I don't feel no heartache And I don't feel no pain And I don't feel all th...

I Didn't Know What Time It Was

I didn't know what time it was Then I met you Oh, what a lovely time it was How sublime it was too! I didn't know what day it was Then you held my hand Warm like the month of May it was And I'll say it was grand Grand to be alive, to be young To be mad, to b...

I Was A Fool To Care

I was a fool to care I was a fool to care I was a fool to care But I don't care even if I was a fool I'm still in love with you Had I listened to the grapevine I might have had my doubts But I did my level best just to block them out 'Cause lo...

I Was Only Telling a Lie

Got the one room suite in the downtown motel Got a lovely view Classic shot of the parking lot An off ramp of route 72 Half flat six pack of lukewarm beer So lay down by my side Like to whisper sweet nothings in my filthy ear 'til I'm satisfied...

I Will Follow

Yonder mountain so high I cant make it all on my own, no Rolling river why so wide? To sweep me up and to bear me on Up against the sky so bright That I cant even close my eyes I know I will follow (follow love) Yes, yes, I will follow (follow love) I...

I Will Not Lie for You

I will not lie I will not lie I will not lie I will not lie for you Everytime I see you fooling around on him I can't help but remember That he calls me his friend It's only right for me to tell you When it's the wrong thing to do It's only...

If I Keep My Heart out of Sight

If I keep on talking now I'll only start repeating myself And all I can say is I love you I love you I love you I love you If I slip and tip my hand I'm certain to scare you away Then what would I say I'd be hurting I'm certain I'd be uncool to le...

In the Bleak Midwinter

In the bleak midwinter, icy wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow on snow had fallen, snow on snow on snow In the bleak midwinter, long long ago. Angels and archangels may have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphim rising in the a...

In the Midnight Hour

I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour That's when my love comes tumblin' down I'm gonna wait util the midnight hour When there ain't no one else around I'm gonna take you girl and hold you And do all the things I told you In the midnight hour, oh yeah...

Is That the Way You Look?

(Excuse me? Excuse me, yes?) Is that the way you look? Is that the way you look? Is that the way you look? Is that really the way that you look now? Oh darling, darling Is that the way you look? Is that really your eyes? Is that really your ha...

Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again

Late last night so far away I dreamed my-self a dream Well I dreamed I as so all alone Isn't it nice to be home again? I said welcome home Didn't we miss your smiling face Well the sun was nice in L.A. Sun-shine Isn't it nice to be home again?...

It's Growing

Like a snowball rolling down the side of a snow covered hill, it's growing. Like the size of a fish that the man claims broke his reel, it's growing. Like a rosebud blooming in the warm of the summer sun, it's growing. Like the tale by the time it's been to...

It's Only a Paper Moon

Say, it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me Yes, it's only a canvas sky Hanging over a muslin tree But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me Without your love It's a honky tonk pa...

Jelly Man Kelly

Well, here's a story 'bout Jelly Man Kelly He loves jelly the most Ah, but most of all Jelly Man Kelly loves jelly on toast And here's the part about Jenny Mulhenny She's the fireman's daughter Ah, but most of all Jenny Mulhenny loves to boil hot water...

Jig

La La La La Da da de I love you baby I love you baby Lets go get drunk 

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tails ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what f...

Johnnie Comes Back

All last week and half of today Johnnie has been a good little girl Trying to keep her devils at bay Watching her health return But she always comes back for more Hanging her head and banging my door Johnnie comes back again (chorus) I said, johnnie r...

Jump Up Behind Me

This land is a lovely green It reminds me of my own home Such children I've seldom seen Even in my own home The sky so bright and clean Just like my home Kind people as have ever been Won't you take me back to my own home? Jump up behind me, my love...

Knock on Wood

I don't want to lose This good thing That I got If I do I would surely I'll surely lose a lot 'Cause your love Is better Than any love I know [Chorus] It's like thunder (Thunder) Lightning (Lightning) The way you love me is frightening I better knock, on woo...

Knocking 'round The Zoo

Just knocking around the zoo On a Thursday afternoon, There's bars on all the windows And they're counting up the spoons, yeah. And if I'm feeling edgy, There's a chick who's paid To be my slave, yeah, watch out James. But she'll hit me with a needl...

Kootch's Song

She is frenzied to the point of pain. She is counting up her list again. She won't satisfy another man. You understand. You can't cross the boundary beyond Which she stands. He's disposed of all his inner mind, Donned his mask and left the world behin...

Leads Me Back To You

Yesterday I was undone Couldn't find the strength to carry on Head was full of dangerous clouds The wind has moved them on I shout out loud I've been waiting much too long, too long For a change to come – but now I'm strong Summer whispers in my ear The...

Let It All Fall Down

Sing a song for the Wrong And the Wicked and the Strong And the Sick, as thick as thieves For the faceless fear that was never so near Too clear to misbelieve Well the sea is jumping salty And the porpoise has the blues My recollection's faulty And I...

Let Me Ride

Hand me down my golden crown and let me ride Don't deny the highway in my soul Jump and sing that silver thing that I feel inside Hallelujah let that big wheel roll It's time to give me just a little bit of old time glory I'm talking 'bout the coming of...

Letter In The Mail

If I could go down now While the whole town is sleeping See the sun creeping up on the hill I know the river and the railroad Would run through the valley still I guess it never was much to look at Just a one-horse town The kind of place young people w...

Lighthouse

Off the coast of Africa, Bound for South America, A world away from here Is a ship that sails the sea, Is a man who's just like me And I wish that I was there. I'm a lonely lighthouse, Not a ship out in the night. I'm watching the sea. She's co...

Like Everyone She Knows

Like everyone she knows She's holding out for truelove Waiting on an answer Ready for a change And everywhere she goes She's just a little bit on the lookout A day might mean tomorrow Questions still remain It's not that she's so sad She always was a...

Limousine Driver

Limousine driver Big cadillac car Rich and famous No matter who you are you are I seen a rock n roll rider I seen a cinema star Chorus: Won't you roll down the road Roll down the road roll down the Roll down the road with me Want you to roll down th...

Line 'em up

I remember Richard Nixon back in '74 And the final scene at the White House door And the staff lined up to say good-bye Tiny tear in his shifty little eye He said nobody knows me Nobody understands These little people were good to me Oh I'm gonna shake...

Little David

Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David, Play on your harp, hallelujah. Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David, Play on your harp, hallelujah. Hey now, I don't know for sure, but it's gets said, and I...

Little More Time With You

Gotta watchdog watching me Watching me packing my bags He knows I'm leaving town I can see that it's a drag Why leave the life I love Here in the great state of Maine Just to ride that shining rail Just to size that ball and chain Gotta spend just a l...

Lo And Behold

Lonely by day, empty and cold, Only to say lo and behold. Deep in the night, down in my dreams, Glorious sight this soul has seen. There's a well on the hill, You just can't kill for Jesus, There's a well on the hill, let it be. Don't build no heat...

London Town

I do believe, I must believe, I think I can begin again. Become again the man I was back when. So I'm walking on your streets again, Feeling now as I did then, I've since become a different man. London Town, turn be around, London Town, Carry me back...

London town

I do believe I must believe I think I can begin again Become again the man I was back when So I'm walking on your streets again Feeling now as I did then I've since become a different man London Town, turn be around London Town, carry me back O Lond...

Long ago and Far Away

Long ago a young man sits and plays his waiting game But things are not the same it seems as in such tender dreams Slowly passing sailing ships and sunday afternoon Like people on the moon I see are things not meant to be Where do those golden rainbows en...

Looking For Love On Broadway

Need a reason to be here Hoping to find it tonight Walking alone on broadway Watching the people Watching the town go down Broadway's a river to me Fat fish in the big city sea Taxi cabs, limousines, and submarines Got my mind on a sweet dream Keepin...

Looking Out My Window

Now people you know who I am, And you know what I can do, But I got a problem now and I'm gonna tell you about it, I'm looking for this woman, y'see, Listen, this is the way the story goes) Looking out my window Looking at the rain Nothing left...

Love Has Brought Me Around

Don't come to me with your sorrows anymore I don't need to know How bad you're feeling today I declare I've had my share And I've heard it all before It's time for me to be stealing away Let those rain clouds roll out on the sea Let the sun shine down...

Love Songs

She doesn't know what she's done Little one doesn't know when to stop Love must find her Love must find her a way She doesn't know what he's thinking She only knows how he behaves Love must find him Love must find him a way I reckon I must be just an...

Love The One You're With

If you're down and confused And you don't remember who you're talking to Concentration slips away Because your baby is so far away [Chorus] Well there's a rose in a fisted glove And the eagle flies with the dove And if you can't be with the one you lov...

Machine Gun Kelly

I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly He rode along the outlaw trail. Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man But the woman was as hard as hell. Watch out Machine Gun, Don't let her run you round. Don't let the woman put you six feet In the ground, Machi...

Me And My Guitar

Me and my guitar Always in the same mood I am mostly flesh and bones And he is mostly wood Never does grow impatient For the changes I don't know, no If he can't go to heaven Maybe, I don't want to go, Lord Picture me in the key of E Call me Uncle Jo...

Mean Old Man

On my own, how could I have known? Imagine my surprise. Just a fool from a tree full of fools who can't believe his eyes, imagine my surprise? I was a mean old man, I was an ornery cuss, I was a dismal Dan, I made an awful fuss. Ever since my life began, man,...

Memphis

Long distance information, give me memphis tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 'cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall Help me, information, ge...

Mescalito

Mescalito has opened up my eyes, ah. Mescalito has set my mind at ease, ah. Mescalito has opened up my eyes, Set my mind at ease, ahhhhh. 

Mexico

Way down here you need a reason to move Feel a fool running your stateside games Lose your load, leave your mind behind Baby Jane Oh, Mexico It sounds so simple I just got to go The sun's so hot I forgot to go home Guess I'll have to go now Americano...

Migration

Distant hands in foreign lands Are turning hidden wheels Causing things to come about Which no one seems to feel All invisible from where we stand The connections come to pass And though too strange to comprehend They affect us nonetheless, yes Once...

Millworker

Now, my grandfather was a sailor he blew in off the water my father was a farmer and I his only daughter took up with a no good millworking man from Massachusetts who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed Millwork ain't...

Mona

Life's good, friends are hard to find and now one of mine is dead. And things I should have said to her, I shall say to you instead. Mona, Mona, so much of you to love, too much of you to take care of, Mona, Mona. You got too big to keep and too damn old to...

Money Machine

When I was just a child My life was, oh, so simple And the ways of the great world Seemed strange and funny Then when I was a young man I learned of that machine That turns out all those bails of precious money Now you can measure you manhood by it Yo...

Mud Slide Slim

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon Oh, Mud Slide, I'm dependent on you I don't know but I've been told There's a time from time to time I can't eat, I can't sleep But I just might move my feet 'Cause there's nothing like The sound of sweet soul music...

Music

Things may always stay the way they are Still my head looks for a change from time to time I don't really mean to look that far Turn on the music Strike up the music Let the music change my mind Now don't I dig the big time rock and roll To sit in the...

My Romance

My romance doesn't need to have a moon in the sky. My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by. No month of May, No shining stars, No hideaway, No soft guitar. And my romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spain Nor a dance to a constantly surprisin...

My Traveling Star

Watch my back and light my way (my traveling star, my traveling star). Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day (old road dog, young runaway). They hunger for home but they cannot stay, they wait by the door, they stand and they stare. They're alread...

Native Son

Mount up, move on May you find the way back home Down and down we go Down into bright October Brothers in arms no more Now that the war is over Have you waded in and been to hell Will you lie upon the sofa see to the decoration of your shell Now that the war...

Never Die Young

We were ring-around-the-rosy children They were circles around the sun Never give up, never slow down Never grow old, never ever die young Synchronized with the rising moon Even with the evening star They were true love written in stone They were never alone,...

New Hymn

Source of all we hope or dread Sheepdog, jackal, rattler, swan We hunt your face and long to trust That your hid mouth will say again let there be light A clear new day But when we thirst in this dry night We drink from hot wells poisoned with the blood of ch...

New Tune

It's written in the surface of her skin, There's been a baby there, given away in love. I see it in the little lines Around her eyes, across her brow. She'll be drifting away from me now. She'll shape all the feeling That's not quite there inside my s...

Night Owl

A catfish he tends to groove on the water It's just where he's bound to be And a monkey kinds of flashes on fruits and bananas So he lives in the top of a tree But my eyes are made for darkness And so the nighttime is right for me Said I'm a night owl, honey...

Nobody But You

Everybody knows that I'm just a Joe that likes to hang around, Talking about my problems, bringing other people down. Well this may be so, but not long ago, I was sitting on the top of the world. Sure is strange how things can turn themselves around. When...

Not Fade Away

I'm been dyin' to tell you 'bout how it's gonna be You're gonna give a your love to me Love will last more than one day That your lovely love will never fade away That lovely love will not fade away, no And my love is bigger than a Cadillac I'll drive you and...

Nothing Like A Hundred Miles

I have tried to forget about you And all the plans that we had planned Yes, and I'm bound to leave this town I don't care where I may land If what they're telling me is true And you have found somebody new To love you There ain't but one thing I can do, baby...

October Road

Well im-a going back down maybe one more time Deep down home, october road And I might like to see that little friend of mine That I left behind once upon a time Oh, promised land and me still standing Its a test of time Its a real good sign Let the sun run...

Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me

Oh baby, don't you loose your lip on me. Lord, have mercy, baby, now, don't you loose your lip on poor old loving man JT, woo. Now I've tried so hard to be your good boy, Good God almighty, don't you know, mama, tell me more, What more in this world in th...

Oh, Brother

I'm not much for making little wishes But I'd like a little wish to come true for you I'm not talking about loaves and fishes But I wish that there was something I could do for you Here's a little bit of cheap advice To be taken in an hour of need Don't assume...

Oh, Susannah

Well, I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee And I'm bound for Louisiana My own true love for to see It did rain all night the day I left The weather was bone dry The sun was so hot I froze myself Susanne, don't you go on and cry Oh, Susannah Now, don'...

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, The corn is as high as an elephant's eye, And it looks like it's climbin' clean up to the sky. [Chorus] Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day. I've got a...

On Broadway

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air But when you're walking down that street And you ain't get enough to eat The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere They say the girls are somethin else on Broadway Bu...

On the 4th of July

Shall I tell it again how we started as friends Who would run into one another now and again At the yippee cai o or the mesa dupree Or a dozen different everyday places to be I was loping along living alone We were ever so brave on the telephone Would y...

One Man Parade

Do believe I'm gonna clap my hands, Think I might tap my feet. Put together a one-man band, Take a walk on down the street. Have a one-man parade, nobody needs to know. Cause I'm right good of holding on to secrets And don't believe they show. All I want i...

One More Go Round

Workin' on a thing Workin' on a thing Funny little thing I know Sure got to like it Only thing I got to show you Running around the room In my Fruit O' The Loom A cup of coffee from King Tut's tomb Save me, Lumalammalu Sure enough I must have been mo...

One Morning In May

One morning, one morning, one morning in May, I spied a young couple, they were making their way. One was a maiden so bright and so fair and the other was a soldier and a brave volunteer. Good morning, good morning, good morning said he, And where are you goi...

Only a Dream in Rio

More than a distant land Over a shining sea More than the steaming green More than the shining eyes Well they tell me it's only a dream in Rio And nothing could be as sweet as it seems on this very first day down They remind me, son, have you so soon forgotte...

Only for Me

Down the end of this barroom, Out of sight of the light in the window His mind in his whiskey And his body in a folding chair Far beyond repair I enter his vision He watches me look for my seat He makes his decision And he stands to his feet Lord, it's a long...

Only One

You are my only one, you are my only one. Well I'm telling you now, you're my only one. I've got two long legs like to carry me, two sharp eyes to look for the fight. Two strong arms to hold on tight, two good friends on my left and right, but only one only o...

Our Town

Long ago, but not so very long ago The world was different, oh yes it was You settled down and you built a town and made it live And you watched it grow It was your town Time goes by, time brings changes, you change, too Nothing comes that you can't handle, s...

Outta Sight

When the setting sun – disappears from view And the last rays of light – fade from the sky When all around is darkness And there is no way forward Just hold yourself together You will find yourself if a different place (x2) 'Cause outta sight is out of m...

Places in My Past

There are ladies in my life Lovely ladies in these lazy days And though I never took a wife May I say that I have loved me one or two Of the people in my past Fading faces in a waking dream And though they never seemed to last very long There are faces...

Rainy Day Man

What good is that happy lie All you wanted from the start was to cry It looks like another fall Your good friends they don't seem to help at all When you're feeling kind of cold and small Just look up your rainy day man It does you no good to pretend child Y...

Raised Up Family

I was raised up family, man, I'm glad I'm on my own. I was raised up family, man, I'm glad I'm on my own. I mean, God bless the child that can learn to live alone, yeah. Thinking about my cousin, what it was that did him in. Could it have been that whiskey, r...

Riding On A Railroad

We are riding on a railroad, singing some else's song Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along. We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again. We are riding on a railroad, singing someone else's song Sing al...

River

It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees Putting up reindeer, singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river, I could skate away on Ya, but it don't snow here, it stays pretty green You want to make a lot of money and split this crazy...

Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now

Mama knows and papa knows That rock 'n roll is music now Baby's been cutting his teeth on Bo Diddley's, I'm a man, man Listen to the Wolfman howl See the white man sailing his ship up on the sea Watch the white man shackle The black man to a tree To the inva...

Runaway Boy

Fetch down the fiddle, rosin up the bow Don't play me nothing on the radio Don't make me remember the alamo I'm feeling like a little bit of cotton eyed joe No ragin' cajun crawfish stew Fat batter come a lou mamma lou Boy howdy and howdy damn do Something li...

Sadie

[Chorus] You ain't nothing but a hound dog Crying all the time. You ain't nothing but a hound dog Crying all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine. Well they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie. Yeah t...

Sailing to Philadelphia

I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the ladies I'll enjoy All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own hand It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the earth He calls me Charlie Mason A stargazer am I It s...

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way Stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday I called on dear old Santa Claus To see what I could see He took me to his workshop And told his plans to me, so [Chorus] You better watch out, you bette...

Sarah Maria

Well the moon is in the ocean And the starts are in the sky And all that I can see Is my sweet Maria's eyes Sarah, Sarah Maria Sarah Maria, ya, ya, ya, ya Well, you know about the sugar cane That comes from way down South She's got one end in her hand...

Sea Cruise

The old man rhythm's gotten in my shoes Know you're sittin' here and singing the blues So be my guest you got nothing to loose Won't you let me take you on a see cruise I said Huey huey babe, huey huey babe, huey huey babe Won't you let me take you on a...

Secret o' Life

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time Any fool can do it There ain't nothing to it Nobody knows how we got to The top of the hill But since we're on our way down We might as well enjoy the ride The secret of love is in opening up your hear...

Seminole Wind

Ever since the days of old Men would search for wealth untold They'd dig for silver and for gold And leave the empty holes And way down south in the Everglades Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves The eagles fly and the otters play In the land o...

September Grass

Well, the sun's not so hot in the sky today and you know I can see summertime slipping on away. A few more geese are gone, a few more leaves turning red, but the grass is as soft as a feather in a featherbed. So I'll be king and you'll be queen, our kingdo...

She Thinks I Still Care

Just because I ask a friend about her. Just because I spoke her name somewhere. Just because I rang her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care. Just because I hang out at the same ol' places Where the memory of her lingers everywhere. Just because I...

She Thinks I Still Care

Just because I ask a friend about her. Just because I spoke her name somewhere. Just because I rang her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care. Just because I hang out at the same ol' places Where the memory of her lingers everywhere. Just because I...

Shed A Little Light

Let us turn our thoughts today To Martin Luther King And recognize that there are ties between us All men and women Living on the Earth Ties of hope and love Sister and brotherhood That we are bound together In our desire to see the world become A pla...

Shiver Me Timbers

I'm leavin' my fam'ly Leavin' all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines On a new front page sky My tears are salt water And the moon's full and high And I know Martin Eden's Gonna be proud of me And many b...

Shower the People

You can play the game and you can act out the part Though you know it wasn't written for you But tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart Ashamed of playing the fool One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice Oh, fath...

Slap Leather

Take all the money that we need for school And to keep the street people in out of the cold Spend it on a weapon you can never use Make the world an offer that they can't refuse Open up the door and let the shark-men feed Hoover of the future in the land...

Sleep Come Free Me

Well, I`ve been lying in this dungeon Since I was eighteen Ten lonely years of my life taken I`ve been living in the pages of a magazine It breaks my heart to awaken Set me free Sleep come free me (please, please, please) Set me free Set me free Now the stat...

Slow Burning Love

It was a hot and sultry day Somewhen in early September I don't hardly remember the day Just the way the sun beat down Upon the bay, baby I did not even need to know your name It was, oh, so plain to see That you had eyes for me Halfway open, halfway...

Soldiers

It was just after sunrise And down by the sea Down on the sand flats Where nothing will grow Come drumming and footsteps Like out of a dream Where the golden green waters come in Just nine lucky soldiers had come Through the night Half of them wounde...

Some Children See Him

Some children see Him lily white, The baby Jesus born this night. Some children see Him lily white, With tresses soft and fair. Some children see Him bronzed and brown, The Lord of heav'n to earth come down. Some children see Him bronzed and brown, With...

Some Days You Gotta Dance

It was about five till five on Friday We were all getting ready to go And the boss man started screaming And his veins began to show He said you and you come with me Cause you're gonna have to stay My heart was thumping, I was jumping I had to get away...

Someone

Someone, I'm searching for someone Who'll be true, who'll change my life of blue Into a dream of golden rainbows, where are you? It seems I've been searching, Searching more than just one lifetime. My heart is a magnet all for you, I'll know you when...

Something in the way she moves

There's something in the way she moves, Or looks my way, or calls my name, That seems to leave this troubled world behind. And if I'm feeling down and blue, Or troubled by some foolish game, She always seems to make me change my mind. Chorus: And I fee...

Something's Wrong

Something's wrong, that restless feeling's been preying on your mind Road maps in a well cracked ceiling the signs aren't hard to find Now I'm not saying that you've been mistreated No one's hurt you - nothing's wrong A moment's rest was all you needed So...

Song For You Far Away

people around me are at it again god only knows how they do it one to another then back again something keeps putting them through it me i've been watching more than fifteen years and it hasn't changed a bit people keep talking 'bout a different line b...

Soul Companion

All of our dreams are laid out and measured Arrows and pins and a rainbow of threads Like hope on a string, sewn into the linings For the courage to face the unknown ahead My soul companion Out in the world somewhere My soul companion I'll meet you the...

Stand and Fight

Lonely hearted hunter don't say nothing The hunger and the hurt Got only one law Never mind your words Unseen, unheard, unsung, undone Ain't bot one place left to run Stand up, stand and fight Undercover creature that don't see sunshine Make it in th...

Steamroller

Well, I'm a steamroller, baby I'm bound to roll all over you Yes, I'm a steamroller now, baby I'm bound to roll all over you I'm gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock 'n roll And shoot you full of rhythm and blues Well, I'm a cement mixer A churn...

Stepping Into My Life

I've been searchin', searchin' all round Perfect love but you could not be found I thought that I was lost forever Dreaming that we'd be together Every time like yesterday Love will come by – not to stay around Now I found that Love's my teacher – when...

Sugar Trade

Now back when this earth was as silver-blue jewel back when your grandfathers' fathers were young men of these shores made and gave up their lives pulling up fish from the sea While down in the African slavery trade stealin' young men to cut sugar cane Rum...

Suite For 20 G

Slipping away what can I say Won`t you stay inside me month of May And hold on to me golden day, slipping away Sunshine on my wall To keep my mind on the things I`m saying Footsteps in the hall To tell me I`ve been this way before, nevermore Let it rain swe...

Summer's Here

Summer's here I'm for that Got my rubber sandals Got my straw hat Got my cold beer I'm just glad that it's here Summer's here That suits me fine It may rain today But I don't mind It's my favorite time of the year And I'm glad that it's here Old man winterti...

Summertime Blues

Well I'm gonna raise a fuss And I'm gonna raise a holler About working all summer Just trying to earn a dollar Well, I went to my boss Who governs me He said, "no, dice, bud You gotta work late" [Chorus] Sometime I wonder What I'm gonna do There ain't no cure...

Sun on the Moon

In line, in line, it's all in line My ducks are all in a row They do not change, they do not move They have nowhere to go I've been talking to a friend of mine He says making money's just a waste of time He's a lazy gent, he don't pay no rent He's all...

Sunny Skies

Sunny Skies sleeps in the morning He doesn't know when to rise He closes his weary eyes upon the day Look at him yawning Throwing his morning hours away He knows how to ease down slowly Everything is fine in the end And you will be pleased to know That Sunny...

Sunshine Sunshine

Sounds of laughter, here comes sunshine, smiling faces all around. They possess you, bless you, sunshine, now you can never let them down, I say sunshine. Sunshine, sunshine, is that a cloud across your smile or did you dream again last night? It's best yo...

Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down To her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just whe...

Sweet Baby James

There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range, His horse and his cattle are his only companions. He works in the saddle and sleeps in the canyons, Waiting for summer, his pastures to change. And as the moon rises he sits by his fire, Thinking about women and...

Sweet Potato Pie

Oh lord I feel fine today I'm walking on cloud nine today I'm over that line today Happiness is finally mine today I guess I'm just a lucky guy And I'm prepared to tell you why It's strictly on account of my Sweet potato pie I'm the fellow th...

T-Bone

Me and T-Bone on the road to town, it's like I'm walking with a talking machine. Just as soon as he thinks of something else, he won't wait to interrupt himself. Must be something that he can't quite say, he just doesn't want to leave it that way. Although...

Taking It In

Morning, sing me a song, Afternoon, bring it along, Nighttime, show me a friend, Say it again, Send a good dream my way. Wednesday, feeling just fine, I got to say time on my hands. Friday, look at them run, Show me some fun, Taking the sunshin...

Terra Nova

Oh in this day Show me the ocean When shall i see the sea? May this day Set me in motion I ought to be on my way We were there We were sailing on the Terra Nova Sailing for the setting sun Sailing for the new horizon May this day Show me an ocean...

That Lonesome Road

Walk down that lonesome road all by yourself Don't turn your head back over your shoulder And only stop to rest yourself when the silver moon Is shining high above the trees If I had stopped to listen once or twice If I had closed my mouth and opened my...

That's Why I'm Here

Person to person and man to man I'm back in touch with my long lost friend Listen to reason and understand Think of me from way back when He said me and melissa well we fell out of love Ran out of luck seems like lightning struck I've been thinking of l...

The Blues Is Just A Bad Dream

A tree grows in my back yard, it only grows at night. Its branches they're all twisted, its leaves are afraid of light. They say the blues is just a bad dream, they say it lives upside your head. But when it's lonely in the morning, you're bound to wish tha...

The Christmas Song

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos. Everybody knows some holly And some mistletoe And they help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all ag...

The Frozen Man

Last thing I remember is the freezing cold Water reaching up just to swallow me whole Ice in the rigging and howling wind Shock to my body as we tumbled in Then my brothers and the others are lost at sea I alone am returned to tell thee Hidden in ice for...

The Nearness of You

It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me, oh no It's just the nearness of you It isn't your sweet conversation That brings this sensation, oh no It's just the nearness of you When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to m...

The Promised Land

Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California on my mind. Straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh and on across Caroline. We stopped in Charlotte but we bypassed Rockhill, we never was a minute late. We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown...

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times the...

The Water Is Wide

The water is wide, I can't cross over, And neither have I wings to fly. Build me a boat That can carry two And both shall row, my love and I. There is a ship And she sails the sea. She's loaded deep, As deep can be. But not so deep As the l...

There We Are

Listen to me and I'll sing you a song And the time will go by 'til you never know where it's gone Talk to me and I'll tell you my life story Walk with me and I'll tell you my dreams of glory There we are Walking hand in hand Somewhere on the sand At t...

Traffic Jam

CHORUS: Damn this traffic jam How I hate to be late It hurts my motor to go so slow Damn this traffic jam Time I get home My supper'll be cold Damn this traffic jam Well I left my job about 5 o'clock It took fifteen minutes to go three blocks Just i...

Turn Away

i open my arms to hold you you turn away you turn away i feel it just like i told you how can you turn away the things that we said last saturday night you turn away you turn away now you want to throw that away how can you turn away bridge it was tr...

Un Mejor Dia Vendra

Un mejor Dia Vendra by Un mejor dia vendra Un mejor dia vendra Cuando dios a los pobres un lugar dara Cuando madura la tarde Yuelvo cansado a mi hogar Y sonando en un futuro Olvido dolor y pesar Donde se ha ido mi vida? Donde se ha ido mi juventud?...

Up Er Mei

We were walking in paradise never did notice. Blind in the Buddha land looking for solace We had been told of a place far beyond this vale of tears. We could never have guessed we were already blessed There we were, where we are in the garden. Didn't we c...

Up From Your Life

So much for your moment of prayer God's not at home There is no there there Lost in the stars That's what you are Left here on your own You can only hope to live on this earth This here is it, for all it's worth Nothing else awaits you No second birt...

Up On The Roof

When this old world starts-a gettin' me down And people are just too much for me to face I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below don't bother me, no...

Valentine's Day

Beneath the tide the fishes glide Fin to fin and side to side For fishy love has now begun Fishy love, finny fun Paper moon, paper heart Pink balloon, work of art Al Capone, Bugs Moran Valentine's Day Bootleg gin, porkpie hat Dew Drop Inn, dirty rat...

Walking Man

Moving in silent desperation Keeping an eye on the Holy Land A hypothetical destination Say, who is this waliking man? Well, the leaves have come to turning And the goose has gone to fly And bridges are for buning So don't you let that yearning Pass...

Walking My Baby Back Home

Gee, it's great after staying out late, Walking my baby back home. Arm in arm, over meadow and farm, Walking my baby back home. We go on harmonizing a song Or she's reciting a poem, Owls fly by and they give me the eye, Walking my baby back home. We stop...

Wandering

I've been wanderin' early and late From New York City to the Golden Gate And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wanderin' My daddy was an engineer My brother drives a hack My sister takes in laundry While the baby balls a jack And it don't look like...

Wasn't That a Mighty Storm

[Chorus] Wasn't that a mighty storm Wasn't that a mighty Storm in the morning Say, wasn't that a mighty storm Blew all the people away Well, Galveston had a sea wall Meant to keep the water down High tide from the ocean Sent water over Galveston [C...

Whenever You're Ready

Little one done run out of money now No, it doesn't seem to have a home Left to fend for yourself in the wilderness Out there living life all alone Whenever you're ready You could see a dream come true Whenever you're ready I'm just saying it's...

Who Comes This Night

Who comes this night, this wintry night, As to the lowly manger? The Shepards and the Kings did come To welcome in the stranger. Who sends this song upon the air, To ease the soul that?s aching? To still the cry of deep despair And heal the heart that...

Why Baby Why

[Chorus] Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby Lord, I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why Well I got a crow I wanna pick with you Just like last time w...

Wichita Lineman

I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road Searching in the sun for another overload I hear you singing in the wire, I can hear you through the whine And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line I know I need a small vacation but it don't loo...

Wild Mountain Thyme

Oh, the summer time is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme grows around the blooming heather [Chorus:] Will you go, lassie, go? And we`ll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will you go...

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweety Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow Is this a lasting treasure Or just a moment's pleasure Can I believe the magic of your sighs Will you still love me tomo...

Winter Wonderland

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight We're happy tonight Walking in a winter wonderland Gone away is the bluebird Here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song, As we roll along, Walking in a winter wonderl...

Woh, Don't You Know

Talkin' 'bout Jumping Jim Talkin' 'bout a Mud Slide Slim Don't you know that a fish got to swim Don't a goose got to fly high Little dog got to die And I'm goin' home Woh, don't you know Woh, don't you know Talkin' 'bout a life on the street Gonna th...

Woman's Gotta Have It

Once upon a time a good friend of mine Told me to tell y'all what I say today Do the things that keep a smile on her face Say the words that make her feel better ev'ry day You bet you better keep on you Ps and Qs If you don't the woman you can easily lose...

Woodstock

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, tell me, where are you going This he told me: Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's farm Gonna join in a rock and roll band Got to get back to the land And set my soul free {r...

Yellow and Rose

Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose Yellow and Rose Oh boy, Botany Bay Watching the water go by Here's your home so far away Here is a tear for your eye Here is a vast and unknown land Here are the strangers on the sand Oh, seeds of the universe ever end...

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 Bu...

You Make It Easy

Gosh almighty baby Yes, indeed You supply the satisfy and I'll supply the need I can't help the way I feel though I know just where it leads You make it easy ( yes, you do) For a man to fall, for a man to fall Heaven knows I love my woman Just bo...

You're Only Lonely

When the world is ready to fall on your little shoulders And, when you're feeling lonely and small, You need somebody there to hold you; You can call out my name When you're only lonely; Now, don't you ever be ashamed; You're only lonely. When you nee...

You've Got a Friend

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand, and nothing, whoa nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights. You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am I'll c...

Your Smiling Face

Whenever I see your smiling face I have to smile myself Because I love you (Yes, I do) And when you give me that pretty little pout It turns me inside out There's something about you, baby (I don't know) Isn't it amazing a man like me Can feel this way...