Steve Winwood

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea Hadn't travel...

It's you. Only you. It's you. Only you. It's you. Only you. You are an important person. A rare individual. A unique creature. There has never been anyone just like you and never will be. You have talents and abilities no one else has. In some ways you're...

Since the dawn of recorded time when our ancestors first gathered together as cave dwellers, certain individuals have emerged from the crowd - Socrates, King Arthur, Joan of Arc, the Beatles - examples of the will powers approach to life shine down to us acros...

My girl white in a yellow light Looks so good And it takes me Love so bright she can love all night Shows me all she knows Painter paint the scene Hold us in a dream Feel what it means When she takes me Oh, she plays her part Holds me in her heart...

Midnight comes and the devil's loose What you want? He's got everything there What you've got he'll take And leave you in the cold One more soul drowns, another deal goes down The night is full of danger, another deal goes down On the street, the refug...

She bathes me in sweetness, I cannot reveal For sharing dreams I need my woman This humble expression...meagerly dressed My eyes so mean it has no meaning But jealous night and all her secret chords I must be deaf...on the telephone...I need my love to tr...

He's a devil and an angel Ooh, the combination's driving me wild Drive me wild He's a saint and he's a sinner Ooh somehow he acts just like a beginner I guess he's still a child Chorus: Ask anybody, ask anybody They'll say I'm going wrong They say th...

Well, the world's no perfect place We're only doing what we can do When the night comes over me Open my eyes up to a brighter sky And the light shines above every nation But at times we do forget about them Like my brother who is falling down But at ti...

It used to seem to me That my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly Just to make the good parts last But when you're born to run It's so hard to just slow down So don't be surprised to see me Back in that bright part of town I'll be back in...

So many people with nothing to do Hundreds of buildings that block out my view Watched by a tramp with a hole in his shoe Standing alone on the corner He's thinking that work is all a big joke While he looks in the gutter for something to smoke Two hund...

You hold your broken heart out And you say it just won't stop hurting Like there's something I can do The rule is so plain Party girl play like it's laying Pack it up-hear what I'm saying The party's over-better walk away Turn the page-look, and liste...

Blind man Standing on the corner Crying out the blues And I don't need a dollar And don't give me a dime Until you bring back that little girl of mine I can't let her go I'm hooked I can't let her go People try to tell me stop crying And find you som...

Bully Can you be wrong? You are crooked As the day is long Easy come and easy go Heaven knows the things you took Without my knowin' You tried to ruin my life It's gonna ruin yours instead What's wrong If I broke his hand? Would he understand? Eve...

Come down off your throne and leave your body alone - somebody must change You are the reason I've been waiting so long - somebody holds the key Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home Come down on...

Christmas is now drawing near at hand Come serve the Lord and be at his command And God a portion for you will provide And give a blessing to your soul beside Down in the garden where flowers grow in ranks Down on your bended knees and give the Lord than...

Moving on, no abode Through the day and night, bridle road Turning from the thirsty day Time is right to slip away Cigano, it's a road to anywhere Little old sky for shelter Freedom, all you have to bear Cigano, a never ending road, secret destination...

Yesterday I was a young boy Searching for my way Not knowing what I wanted Living life from day to day 'Till you came along There was nothing but an empty space and a pain Feels like Coloured Rain Tastes like Coloured Rain Bring on Coloured Rain Yeah! I can...

Come out and dance with me, darling, on that funky side of town Come out and rock with me, baby, shake it up and dance it down When you hear that good band play, it'll make you want to fool around You can't sit down I've got some moves for you, baby, that...

When you're caught, the other side Take a look and maybe start To take up your life again Crossing the line Through the gate, what words to say Demon takes your breath away Hear your heart, don't be afraid Passing through time Spinning around the axis...

I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please" I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag...

Somebody's cryin' to be heard And there's also someone who hears every word Sail across the ocean with your back against the wind Listening to nothing save the calling of a bird And when the rain begins to fall, don't you start to curse It may be just th...

J: What the hell is wrong with you? Ya always make a scene. You gotta push me to the point where i just wanna haul off and smack you. L: What do you want me for anyway, Jerry? J: I love you. L: Do you? Do you love me or who you want me to be? J: You're a w...

As the evening sun goes down The dealer shuffles into town Makes a note of what's afloat And spinnin' 'round he'll cut your throat In the time it takes to heal The dealer's made another deal When he plays, he plays for keeps And sweeps the spinnin' roul...

Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune, something to make us all happy Do anything take us out of this gloom, sing a song, play guitar make it snappy You are the one who can make us all laugh, but doing that, you break out in tears. Please don't be sad if it was a...

Different light Searching for the truth I find That I am running quite short of time And I am no longer certain of my destiny Different light Things that I once thought were right Are now reflected in a different light And it seemed that I overlooked...

Walk that walk Yeah, talk that talk Won't you walk that walk You're my babe, I got my eyes on you You got dimples in your jaw You got dimples in your jaw You got dimples in your jaw You're my babe, I got my eyes on you I love to see you switch Saun...

The gangster came to see by boy When I was working nights to pay one more bill He promised the kid a sweeter life Said, "Gotta understand it's dog eat dog out there" Well I looked in his room when I got home And underneath the covers found a loaded gun H...

Do right, use your head, everybody must be fed Get together, break your bread, yes, together, that's what I said Do what you like Don't fight Don't fight, use your head, it's all right every night Do what you like, that's what I said Everybody must be f...

Six days have I labored hard Finding help out of no man's hand All night as my body aches Rest my heart 'til the morning breaks Souls are waking the world Is awaiting Domingo morning Rest in the sanctuary Six days'll pass 'til Domingo morning Fortune,...

Don't be sad, I just want to see you get through All I have, it's yours if you think it helps you Good or bad, there's no one can really judge you You just have to come to your own conclusion There is only one who means more than all to me And through the...

I'm through with you And your pretty golden hair Don't want to see you 'Round my door anymore Ain't no use you making it up I told you gal And you've come unstuck You be messin' me up Chorus: Don't want you no more Don't want you no more Don't want...

ear the night music playing? Don't you know what it's saying? We should feel it together forever Feel the beat and just hold on to the sweet midnight flowing Feel the music inside you, I'll be there too Now's the time that our dreams are finally coming tru...

And it's a fact, you are cold, they react, dream Gerrard Hippos don't wear hats, lobsters shriek if provoked On long blue ribbons That he may see while he sleeps Monsieur Old Neddy, he wears spectacles in bed That he may see dreams more clearly The night...

Time they call the universal healer But you're back Every three days Settling all around me A feather duster's no substitute For the real thing And the dust you left behind Is settling still When you don't ever taste it so good Swept up like debris o...

When I got up this morning, I believe I dust my blues When I got up this morning, I believe I dust my blues Ain't got no time, baby, ain't got no time to lose, hey hey Gonna write her a letter, send one telegram Gonna write her a letter, gonna send one te...

Found someone who can comfort me, but there are always exceptions And she's good at appearing sane, but I just want you to know She's the one makes me feel so good when everything is against me Picks me up when I'm feeling down, so I've got something to sh...

Sitting all alone by the fireside Listen to the wind in the chimney top Haven't slept for days, and I'm still wide eyed Try not to think, but my mind won't stop Evening shadows making my heart sing out With the setting sun, turning leaves to brown If I h...

I can feel the music deep down inside of me When i see the new day rising, h it sets me free Like a melody coming, what will it be? I love life again though i don't know how this day will finally end Each day is music - reach till i find the song Every da...

Once again I'm northward bound, on the edge of sea and sky Tomorrow is my friend, my one and only friend We travel on together searching for the end I'm a traveling soul and every mother's son Although I'm getting tired I've got to travel on Can you plea...

I don't know how long I can take it There's times when I don't think I can make it through, baby Don't know what you and me are gonna do, baby. Hey, baby You know it's time to face up to what is wrong I lie awake at night, I can't sleep while you're lying...

It's a family affair .... One child grows up to be somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be someone who needs concern Mother loves both of them, you see it's in the blood Father loves both of them, blood's thicker than the mud...

I can't afford to take a rest, I'm heading out towards the sun And find the place where I once saw a new life starting It's not so far to get there, it's waiting up around the bend Don't know if I'll be back again Through the night I'm flying, moving like...

Seems I've got to have a change of scene 'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams Imprisoned by the way it could have been Left here on my own or so it seems I've got to leave before I start to scream But someone's locked the door and took the key...

Bird flying in the sky, you know how I feel Sun shinin' in the sky, you know how I feel Breeze drifting on by, that's what I mean It's a new dawn It's new day It's a new life for me And I'm feelin' good Bird flying high and you know how I feel Sun up...

Thy will be done You came into my life You made it alright You showed me who I could be You gave me your vision Gave me inspiration You helped my eyes to see When I worked out what you had worked in me I found out how precious life can be, so Fill...

On a brave new morning, smiling at the sky Every shadow of the past whispers goodbye There is hope, if you can see I give it all to you, you give it all to me Every winter has the sun within it's heart And everything we think we knew we can forget Maybe...

Chorus: What are you takin' for beautie's sake What are you takin' for beautie's sake What are you takin' What are you takin' for beautie's sake (Repeat) My heart's achin' 'cause I can't reward you My heart's breakin' 'cause I can't ignore you What c...

Keep on talking all you want Well you don't waste a minute of time Who cares, who knows what's true Coffee and tears the whole night through Burning up on midnight oil And it's come right back on you Freedom Overspill Freedom Overspill Force of habit...

Like a hurricane around your heart when earth and sky are torn apart He comes gathering up the bits while hoping that the puzzle fits He leaves you, he leaves you Freedom rider With a silver star between his eyes that open up at hidden lies Big man cryin...

Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia on my mind Georgia yeah, oh Georgia, a song of love Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines Other arms reach out to me, yeah Other eyes smile tenderly Still in pe...

We are all living in the physical world Loving people let it show Body, mind, ghostmachine Heart of the fire, gonna make it glow Breath of your body in the beat of the night Calling on your lover's name Image game, body, mind Get it all down, gonna mak...

Well the temperature's rising, I've seen it before Crazy people rockin' like they wanted some more Let me in baby, I don't know what you've got But you better take it easy, L.A.'s hot I'm so glad we made, so glad we made it You gotta gimme some lovin', gimme...

Give it up, give it up, you know what's on my mind Give it up, give it up, you've been wasting too much time You know I got what you want, c'mon, you're 'bout to blow my mind Give it up, give it up, you've been wasting too much time Give it, give it up, ye...

Go on! [This is to be said in a belligerent New York accent and so becomes a pun on "Go Juan!" The "Aaghh Mix" includes a snarling "aaghh" and both the words and the snarl are repeated 6 times.] 

Well I'm leaving baby I'm gonna go away from here You know I'm leaving baby I'm gonna go away from here And I even gonna worry Ain't even gonna shed a tear Well I went to see my baby Pulled the blind and closed the door She said, "Now, goodbye Stevie...

Got my mo-jo working but it just won't work on you. Got my mo-jo working but it just won't work on you. I want to love you so till I don't know what to do. I got my black cat bones all pure and dry. I got a four leaf clover all hanging high. Got my mo-jo...

I had a drink, I saw a fight I glanced across the smoke filled room And I began to think of my baby I wonder what I'm doing here All on my own, it isn't clear I miss her smile, I miss her touch I know that I just have to see my baby I gotta get back, w...

Graveyard people with graveyard minds Peeking out through half-drawn blinds Desperate people with desperate minds Only live amongst straight lines Scorning the gypsies camped out in the fields What do they know of the warrior's shield? Go-slow workers w...

It's already written that today will be one to remember The feeling's the same as being outside of the law Had to cry today Well, I saw your sign and I missed you there I'm taking the chance to see the wind in your eyes while I listen You say you can't r...

It's already written that today will be one to remember The feeling's the same as being outside of the law Had to cry today Well, I saw your sign and I missed you there I'm taking the chance to see the wind in your eyes while I listen You say you can't r...

Happy birthday, happy birthday How old are you, how old are you? I'm 32 and I have to lose 20 pounds to be attractive, to be the kind of person I want. This is the year I'm gonna do it. Have you ever promised yourself that before? How did you know? I've b...

Night was falling and my chances were low Nothing was happening, I was ready to go Then I saw her walking through that door And I knew right then I had to get me some more Moved up close, up next to the bar There she sat, lookin' like a movie star Went...

You ride on the swing in and out of the bars Capturing moments of life in a jar Playing with children, acting as stars Guiding your visions to heaven and heaven is in your mind Take extra care not to lose what up feel The apple you're eating is simple and...

Help me angel Plant my feet, a little higher Help me angel I've been too close to the fire Help me angel Make my dream a little brighter Help me angel Help me turn on, all the lights You've seen...all the sights You've lived, through all the nights...

I've heard it said people's souls chase the night Hoping for times that went before when their hearts were flying No, don't you be blue when you hear the wild birds call Oh, hold on, love, 'cause I'll never let you fall Here comes a man who'll give you al...

You know I'm here right now Got nothing on my worried, worried mind You know I'm here right now Got nothing on my, on my worried mind Just look after me babe, let me tell you child I just ain't used to your kind You know I woke up this morning and foun...

Hey darling, you know the lights are getting low Hey hey hey hey darling, well you know the lights are getting low And you know I hate to say it baby, but I believe it's time to go, yeah Let me love you baby, now while we have the time Hum, let me take ou...

Take a walk down by, take a walk down by the river There's a lot that you, there's a lot that you can learn If you've got a mind that's open, if you've got a heart that yearns If you listen to, if you listen to the water You will hear the sound, you will...

I'm gonna put it this a-way, all I hoped has come for me The things you had to say, you could have told me yesterday High high high time baby, high time you come back with me High high high time baby, won't you come along with me? High high time baby, who...

Think about it There must be higher love Down in the heart or Hidden in the stars above Without it, life is wasted time Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine Things look so bad everywhere In this whole world, what is fair We will walk the line And try...

Hold on to me when you're falling when you're falling down to the ground Hold on to me when you feel like When you feel like you can't go on Don't be afraid I'll never refuse you playing with a broken heart that's lame again Don't be ashamed to reach ou...

Used to live in teh danger zone Any day it oculd get too rough Now I'm glad I kept holding on Now I'm glad I had soul enough You turned night into day And showed me how my soul could sing You took my hurt away And showed me love conquers anything When two he...

I looked to the sky Where an elephant's eye Was looking at me From a bubblegum tree And all that I knew The hole in my shoe Was letting in water (letting in water) I walked through a field That just wasnt real Where 100 tin soldiers Would shoot at m...

What are we doing to this holy ground, this land that God gave to us all 'Cause everywhere I hear that crashing sound that trees make when they fall Why can't we understand when it turns to sand There's no way you can bring it back again Why don't we chang...

Seems that I had just to stay the birds have flown, the sky's turned gray The bees have ruffled by the flowers Plastic plants that never die and I Hope they never find me here I walked upon synthetic grass where little people said "Don't ask about the fi...

My bed is made of candy floss, the house is made of cheese It's lit by lots of glow-worms; if I'm wrong correct me please. The village is a pop-up book, the people wooden dolls. The roads are made of treacle things, it's time that I moved on. Chorus: My...

Hot desert wind Burning sand But this land it is my land Wait by the well Rain don't come River's dry Pray for my son I'm just one, one more poor hungry man Yes, I'm just one more poor hungry man Sun in the sky Hurts my eye Mouth all dry May God...

Well my doctor told me beware I'm taking more than my share Falling in love I can bear Provided that loving affair But he don't know about you And all the things that you do And how it breaks me in two Just to know a man's with you Chorus: I can't ge...

I can't stand the pain of love When you get all the love I can't stand the pain of life I can't even stand the shock. But when I hear you say That you will go away And leave me someday I can't stand it I can't stand it I can't stand it I can't stand...

I want to know why do you always run around I want to know why do you always run around Every man I know is watching you pull me down I want to know, do you really mean to hurt me I want to know, do you really mean to hurt me Well, I'm tryin' to understa...

I was born in Macon, Georgia, met my dad in a Macon jail He said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean You won't have them bloodhounds on your trail" I fell in with bad companions, robbed a man in Tennessee Sheriff caught me way up in Nashville And they lo...

Cry, you would cry in my arms Far, far from the world and its harms That kind of love begun is never done I'll be here at close of day When you bring your heart home to stay I will be here when you call I will be here standing tall I will be here, you...

Well, my pad is very messy and there's whiskers on my chin And I'm all hung up on music, and I always play to win I ain't got no time for lovin' 'cause my time is all used up Just sittin' 'round creatin' all that groovy kind of stuff Well, I'm a man, yes...

I never cried today I even smile today When I heard someone say That you had gone this way I guess you have to say I'm getting better Then I heard our old song (oh oh oh oh) The pain wasn't quite so strong (oh oh oh oh) Maybe it won't be long Till all...

Black night down heavy on my weary brow Light shining in the pouring rain Can see somehow cold comfort in the broken trees But I won't let it bring me to my knees I'm not flying, but I'm not drowning now Keep driving, don't matter if the highway's lost Keep r...

If that gun is for real, I'm in trouble We're not gonna make it, and I'm caught It's no use to make appeal I wheel and I deal Now I'm down on my offers, help me, Lord I've been been running for the whole of my young life I keep taking and I never pay I...

Had a dream last night, the angels had come riding In the light of day where there was no more hiding All so fine, I still see them shine I saw angels play right in the light of day And I watched them fly across a fiery sky And I heard their cry as they...

Sometimes I feel so worried Sometimes I feel so sad Thinking about my baby and the good times we had You know it hurts me so, hurts me so, And I never wanted to let you go Sometimes I feel so worried Sometimes I feel so blue Thinking 'bout my baby and...

We had the stars-they kept shining Where they led us we followed Two for love-wandering I look back-here's what I see We were outside-there was Paris-it was raining And we felt everything In a crowded street in london-happiness And we were so alive And...

Say, it's all right, (it's all right) Say, it's all right, (it's all right) It's all right, have a good time, 'Cos it's all right, whoa it's all right We're gonna move it slow when lights are low When you move it slow ? 'Cos it's all right, whoa it's al...

Oh oh darling, you're starting to get next to me Oh darling, I never thought that this could be, oh yeah Your lips set my soul on fire, you're gonna be my one desire Oh darling I think it's gonna work out fine Oh oh darling, I've been to see the preacher...

There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John...

A sea of green, a sky of blue Is there time? All things to do I see your face before me and I'm wondering if it's you Looking through the window but there isn't any view So I'm taking from the chandelier A crystal just for you The music plays The pheas...

Oh what a shambles has been my day I know I have to go to work but I wanna play Well, I'm lookin' at my watch and it's almost half past three And it's time for tea And I don't want nobody tellin' Trying to tell me What I have to do and what I have to be...

Spoken: "Stevie, do an up-tempo one for me." SW: "Yeah, do what?" "An up-tempo one." SW: "Up tempo?" "Yep!" SW: "Could we do 'Every little bit hurts'?" "Hold it one sec." I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come Going to Kansas City, baby Kansas City...

Keep on runnin' Keep on hidin' One fine day I'm gonna be the one To make you understand Oh yeah I'm gonna be your man Hey hey hey Everyone is talkin' about me Makes me feel so bad Hey hey hey Everyone is laughing at me Makes me feel so sad Keep on...

You may be a sharp dresser, you may be a fantastic dancer, you may be a lively conversationalist, but what happens at the end of the evening when the time comes to show how you feel? Unless you can kiss with confidence all your fancy dressing, dancing and talk...

Late in the evening Early she is to dawn I have belief in this Evensong To offer up, up to Heaven So much, a part of livin' Young voices fillin' up my life That's what I've been put here to do Teaching what has been taught to me Hold on to what my Fat...

Let me down easy though your love for me is gone Let me down so easy, baby, since you feel to stay isn't wrong But it's all over but the last goodbye, let me down easy, hmm When you pass me by, say hello once in a while When you pass me by, does it hurt s...

Sometimes it's hard to express what you feel While trying to say the things that are real I don't wanna fight for fighting just brings pain Just wanna hold you in my loving arms again Let me see the sunrise shining in your eyes Taste the winds and feel b...

Some say I know, others say I don't That's alright now What I'm saying every day is that love will find a way That's no lie now When the road's getting tough and you think you've had enough Don't give up now Show the world how you feel, gonna let them kn...

Sometimes I feel like I'm fading away You're looking at me, I've got nothing to say Don't make me angry with the games that you play Either light up or leave me alone You walk in my room, you lie in my bed You open your mouth, shoot someone dead All of...

Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, That's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take...

All alone Standing here by myself And my girl is walking right down the street with someone else There's not a place that I can run in a town this size So I just better look away I said I better look away I said I better look away before she sees the te...

When the night comes rollin' and the day is through Then I come strollin' down that avenue Baby, I got what no one can give you - all my lovin' All the guys wanna get down with you But there ain't no one that's got my rhythm Cos I'm the lord of the stree...

If you see me, don't pass me by I need somebody or else I'm gonna die Oh, love, if you need me, just call and I'll be there There is no sorrow that both of us can't share That both of us can't share Love, don't you despair .. 

I was standing All alone against the world outside You were searching For a place to hide Lost and lonely Now you've given me the will to survive When we're hungry Love will keep us alive Don't you worry Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride The...

Some people get lonely, while some people get blue But nobody can tell you just what you should do Somebody is laughing while somebody is crying While one child is born, there's somebody dying You hold the key in the palm of your hand, my love And it see...

(In constant sorrow all through his days) I am the man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to ol' Kentucky The place where I was born and raised (The place where he was born and raised) For six long years I've been in trouble No...

Go get back to your brothers Go take care of the others Find a why and a wherefore Find another thing you can care for Go and make some deductions Waiting for your instructions Going to where I can do it Pushing away to get through Have I the heart of...

Many a mile to freedom, many a smile to tell Ask my bluebird to sing you, from the heart of a wishing well Call all my reindeer to graze here, call all my grain to grow Then together we flow like the river Then together we melt like the snow Many a thoug...

I got a woman mean as she can be Yeah I got a woman mean as she can be Sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me, oh oh A black cat up died of fright 'Cos she crossed my path last night Pretty baby, I got a woman mean as she can be Sometimes I think...

Well, you told me you were sorry, when I needed your advice And I was too confused to see the meaning Like Peter, you disowned me with a voice as cold as ice And before the fire died and they were leaving I'm a means to an end and everybody's friend To a...

Pretty Polly Possum What's wrong with you Your body's kinda weak And you think there's nothing we can do Good golly, Polly Shame on you 'Cos Molly made a stew that'll make a new girl out of you Follow me It's good for you That good old fashioned medi...

When I was a young boy I lived for rock 'n' roll We spent our time playing gigs and traveling on the road And we didn't have much money and the gigs were sometimes rough But playing music for the people seemed to be enough And the music is so sweet that it...

Take me away beyond the night Take me away before the day Happens nowhere else but here Where can I go Except for the show? And sometime from now -and it won't be long I'm gonna stay in my home country And you see it, can you see it? Let me tell you'...

Well midnight train hurry on down that track Well midnight train, won't you hurry on down that track 'Cause you took away my baby, now you gotta bring her back I've been standing at this station, singing the blues all day I've been standing at this statio...

I can't believe, she's goin' I said please, show me What selfish seeds I plant, along the way Black harvest today The empty bed she left me...cold on one side Can't believe...only me Shadows in purple...thrill me I cry myself awake each night I can't...

Neighbour Neighbour, don't wonder what goes on in my home You're always looking for something to gossip about You got no trouble, my squabble grew Something bad's gonna happen to you Neighbour Neighbour, don't wonder what goes on in my home Neighbour Nei...

I said "hey hey hey hey yeah" (I said "hey hey hey hey yeah") I said "hey hey hey yeah" (I said "hey hey hey yeah") Oh c'mon everybody, take a trip with me Well, down the Mississippi down in New Orleans They got honeysuckle growing on the honeysuckle vine...

You know the night time is the right time, darling You know, to be with the one you love I said the night time, oh, is the right time You know, to be, baby, with the one you love Squeeze me, squeeze me, please, I want you, baby Oh, the night time is the right...

Out of the night burning with light Train shining black, I won't look back, life is running Hoping some day someone will say I got it made Pull up the shade, let the sun in Down on the night train, I feel the starlight steal away Use up a lifetime lookin...

I'm looking for a girl who has no face She has no name, or number And so I search within his lonely place Knowing that I won't find her Well, I can't stop this feeling deep in inside me Ruling my mind I feel no sound Don't know where I'm bound The sc...

As time begins to burn itself upon me And the days are growing very short People try their hardest to reject me But in a way, their conscience won't be caught Something's happening to me day by day My pebble on the beach is getting washed away I've give...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spent all my money, didn't have a care Taking all my friends out for a mighty good ride Bootleg liquors, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low Didn't have a penny and no place to go If I ever lay my hand on a do...

Well, you can run, run And move away from But you cannot hide yourself From self possession Well, you can run, run And move away from But you keep my eyes forever And your drug will keep you up at night And your drug will mix you up You don't love en...

Locked out of Eden for failing the test They just can't live like all of the rest Speaking in tongues without any rhyme Ragged outcasts on the wastelands of time Easy rider coming down the road, easy rider overload Looking for sometime, somewhere, some p...

Oh pretty woman of the rising sun Says all your cheap powder and painting ain't goin' keep you young 'Cause you're my pretty woman right down to the bone Come on now pretty woman leave your skin alone Pretty woman, honey, what's wrong with you And you ca...

Every time I see you, girl, it makes me feel so sad Knowing you've been seeing some other guy that treats you bad Did you know I'm burning deep inside for you? Just give me the chance now and we can see it through If you'll be my woman, I'll be your one and on...

In the sky, light is coming, so glad we all have this day We all want one more morning just to know the night won't stay Lift my eyes to the dawning to see the life start again Just to see one more morning, just to feel it all begin Just to have this day a...

There'll be times at sunrise when my heart speaks your name For you left with no warning but there's no one left to blame All those days full of golden sun when you walked by my side And everything that you gave to me can never be denied And sometimes the...

Well you think you had a good time With the boy that you just met Kicking sand from beach to beach Your clothes all soaking wet But if you look around and see A shadow on the run Don't be too surprised if it's just a paper sun Ahh Paper Sun, Ahh Paper...

I bought a sequined suit from a pearly queen And she could drink more wine than I'd ever seen She had some gypsies' blood flowing through her feet And when the time was right she said that I would meet My destiny I traveled round the world to find the su...

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, baAaA. Joy of cola. Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. Pepsi Cola.Jump in just enjoy the ride, take your time the world goes round and round. Some things never change. NOOO! Joy of Living, Joy of Life, Joy of Laughin...

See you on the avenue And I know you're gonna be Hearing secret harmonies, yeah, yeah It's a very fine line, a trembling leaf ‘Tween the heaven here on earth And mystery you've witnessed in your own dreams As the stars shine with magic illusion And the...

Girl, you got me where you want me now Now what you gonna do? I'd work eight days a week, girl If you want me too, now Baby, please do something, you must do something Child, you got to do something, do something for me Oh, you made me love you, girl...

Oh baby I had to think things through I never needed love when I was all by myself Now comes the time I know it's gotta be you Oh baby, now I need your help Ooh come on now baby I wanna give some special time to you now Cos ooh, when you touch me Got a...

I have finally found a way to live just like I never could before I know that I don't have much to give, but I can open any door Everybody knows the secret, everybody knows the score, yeah I have finally found a way to live in the colour of the Lord I hav...

So much going on out there, leaves us hanging in the air And it's all that we can do to face each day and see it though Life's a dance, put on your dancing shoes, take a chance You can't shut your eyes to pain, faces crying in the rain You can't keep it a...

Heaven is calling, waking me from my sleep Cross the ocean for the ghost of a chance to be free Over the rainbow, follow the rolling sea Find an answer to the dream of the man I can be Set my sail by a star Into the world of raging sea, left my home Oh...

Rainmaker, rainmaker The sky is gray just by the touch of your hand Rainmaker, rainmaker Make me some rain, make all my crops grow tall Rainmaker, rainmaker The sky is gray, the ground is so hard It's been cracked by the sun Rainmaker, you know my work...

Deep in the night the winds blow cold, And in a heartbeat the fear takes hold. Deep in the storm, there's a place that's soft and still Where the road waits to be taken, if you only will. The voices inside you, can lead your soul astray. Believe in what you d...

In my life there was emptiness Where I was going I couldn't guess Then one day into my life you came And from then on nothing seemed the same You gave me strength when I thought I could be wrong Hey now I know right here is where I belong - with your Re...

Don't be afraid, love, when the storm comes We're gonna make it through on our own Don't you, don't you ever let go of my love Think about it, if you believe then it will be We'll be riding high and we won't look down See our spirits flying to that highe...

Sitting in a transit all night long Playing clubs and rocking right on The road's much too long since I've been wasting my time Wish I was home again sipping my wine And I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care 'Cause I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care It's w...

'Till I find out, where will I go, where will I go I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where The space is between my eyes Open up the heavenly sky Death awaits with pearly gates Those who've been mesmerized Many years has come and gone Went to see...

When life is too much, roll with it, baby Don't stop and lose your touch, oh no, baby Hard times knocking on your door, I'll tell them you ain't there no more Get on through it, roll with it, baby Luck'll come and then slip away, you've gotta move, bring it ba...

All over the night, the beat goes on Can you hear it? Can you feel? Through the years music keeps running The beat keeps running on, on and on And I'll always be feeling it, and I won't slow down Just as long as those wheels go round I'll be riding that...

Lips that are as warm could be Lips that speak too soon Lips that tell a story Sad and deep as you Smile that's warm as summer sun Smile that gets you through Sad and deep you Eyes that the windows Eyes that are the dew Eyes that tell a story Sad and...

Following the shadows of the skies or are they only figments of my eyes? And I'm feeling close to where the race is run Waiting in our boats to set sail, sea of joy Once the door swings open into space and I'm already waiting in disguise Or is it just a t...

Well, I've been search' Oh Lord, I've been searchin' I've been searchin' every which away yeah yeah Just like a northwest Mountie I'm gonna get her back again You know that if I have to swim a river, you know I will If I have to climb a mountain, you kn...

Go down babe a slot machine to take my dime Cunning diversion to pass the time Flash in the pan a weekend trip in any town She'll light the fuse and watch you drown From a cut-price lady to second-hand woman You're society's slave babe you're an ugly rum...

It's hot down on the borderline, Running guns, he's just killing time He keeps his back against the wall Never trust your friends in crime He's the quiet kind Doesn't need a plan You can't read his mind He's a secret mand, talking 'bout the man You d...

Miller, and Fallon Shanghai Noodle Factory The place where I once used to be Nowhere Doing nothing The people there were made of steel Tiny cage in one big wheel Turning Never learning I had to make a break I know I couldn't fake it any longer Ever...

Baby's eyes - feel them looking at me Realize what I would have her see Realize how dark this world can be That's why I better keep shining, shining, keep shining right down the line Love's a light - it keeps leading us on When it's right, it'll shine ti...

You rise upon a black day, coming from a mile away And every time I hear you say, that I don't have to be this way You sneak upon a mean moon, that casts it's shadow too soon When the spell is in tune, your shadow slips away Good man gets the good wife, w...

Shouldn't have took more than you gave Wouldn't be in this mess today I know we've all got different ways But the dues we've got to pay are still the same Trying to change the script for this old play Reading and not feeling what you say You' re coming o...

If you see me, don't pass me by I need somebody or else I'm gonna die Oh, love, if you need me, just call and I'll be there There is no sorrow that both of us can't share That both of us can't share Love, don't you despair ... 

Since I met you baby, my whole life has changed Since I met you baby, my whole life has changed And everybody tells me that I'm not the same I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to For since I met you baby, all I...

I'm sittin' and thinkin' Got nothing on my mind I'm sittin' and thinkin' Got nothing on my mind Just want to know yeah the reason You treated me so unkind Oh baby yeah baby Don't do that thing to me Oh baby yeah baby Don't do that thing to me Well...

Spoken by steve: thank you, were gonna do a number called Id rather see you sleeping in the ground. I would rather see you sleeping in the ground I would rather see you sleeping in the ground Than to be around here, girl, if youve got to put me down Well...

Sundown coming down too soon, no time to be alone So I'll take a glass of memories and understand the blues Oh they're the last thing you lose Slowdown sundown, all I really need is time For faded love songs and feelings in the wine Let them take me down...

Do yourself a favor Wake up to your mind Life is what you make it You see but still your blind Get yourself together, give before you take You'll find out the hard way Soon you're going to break Smiling Phases, going places Even when they bust you Ke...

Heats the message that you send One look at you, I'm burning up inside You know that I'd give up anything I can't get enough when you get next to me Oh you, hey, some kinda woman You some kinda woman You cut a notch every time a heart is breaking One...

Somebody help me, yeah Somebody help me now Won't somebody tell me What I've done wrong When I was just A little boy of seventeen I had a girl She was my queen She didn't love me like I loved her Now I know Now I'm so lonesome on my own Somebody h...

I've tried to live my life alone Independence, freedom was my own But there was a loneliness I could not ignore I knew deep down I needed more In my life I needed a feeling Of a love to come over me I felt the truth and so I prayed for Someone like you...

You said you couldn't leave me after all that we'd been through I believed you when you said we should both try something new I was drowning inside here with a love that was so true But you laughed right in my face and there was nothing I could do Once I t...

I can feel the heat, no one has to tell me It's so good, once it starts I'll never let go I can feel the beat like a Spanish dancer Under my feet, making the world go 'round, I can't come down You can't hold me when I get to feeling this way It's all over...

There was a time, you had it made Everything was going your way So many guys hanging on a string You just wanted to play Like a spy in the house of love Searching for a clue in the dark Spy in the house of love Someone put a spell on your heart Spy in...

Sometimes your life can be sidetracked, getting lost in things you don't need But we all lose direction in a world of greed Some people's lives end in ruin, some people's lives never start Someone knows what you're doing deep in your heart In the hour of...

Well, so sad and lonely since my baby went away from me Well, so sad and lonely since my baby went away from me Well, black night has fallen, hum, oh how I hate to be alone Well, I woke up this morning, I found out my baby's gone away from me Well, I woke...

Here's to gamblers Who hold to the game Through the hard times They don't lose their aim And they hope for time on their side And they keep a ticket to ride They keep watching for signs in the land They keep watching for signs in the land And they sta...

Struggling with confusion, disillusionment too Can turn a man into a shadow, crying out from pain Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger He's but a stranger to himself Suspended from a...

Strong love is what you've got And I can't get no sleep Strong love is what you've got And I can't find no key I can hardly sleep at night It makes me toss and turn It's a fire in my heart And I just let it burn Yeah, yeah, yeah Strong love is what y...

Raise the window on another day Take it as it comes Just an actor waiting for a new play Take it as it comes Ask me to dance, I will dance for you Ask me to sing, see what I do If you feel sad, I'll make jokes for you I'm a handyman, I'm still coming t...

Late in the evening Early she is to dawn I have belief in this Evensong To offer up, up to Heaven So much, a part of livin' Young voices fillin' up my life That's what I've been put here to do Teaching what has been taught to me Hold on to what my Fat...

Chorus: Come back and take this hurt off me Baby, come back and take this hurt off me I'm too young to be in misery Baby, come back and take this hurt off me I've been waiting at the bus station 'Cause that's where you left me standing I got my clothes...

High above the heat of a summer New York street An out-of-work musician plays a solo saxophone He's a preacher and a teacher And he stands up all alone Stranded in the dark of a vision in the park A poet in his madness tries to find another line And he'...

I can only give you love that lasts forever And a promise to be near each time you call And the only heart I own Is for you and you alone That's all, that's all I can only give you country walks in springtime And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall So if...

One day you're up - next day you're down She got your head spinning around That's love, it's happening all the time You walk out the door, head for the train Then in a while, you're back again That's love, you'll never change the world Not in a million y...

While there is time let's go out and feel everything If you hold me I will let you into my dreams For time is a river rolling into nowhere We must live while we can and we'll drink our cup of laughter The finer things keep shining through The way my s...

If you see something that looks like a star And it's shooting up out of the ground And your head is spinning from a loud guitar And you just can't escape from the sound Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you We were children once, playing with toys An...

You meet every kind of person moving toward the morning side You see the good and the bad, the eyes are sad You play every midnight gambler before you see the light On the morning side, the morning side You feel every heat and passion moving towards the m...

There's a river pouring From a pure and a crystal stream And it carries my heart along Carries me all my life And I know it will bring me home There's a choir singing With a force that can light the sky I will join with a voice deep inside Anthems for...

S Davis, M Winwood, S Winwood, P York Workin' on the railroad for a dollar a day Workin' on the railroad for a dollar a day Workin' on the railroad for a dollar a day Gotta earn my money, boys, gotta earn my pay Take this hammer, take it to the captain...

In the city streets where I was born People bowed their heads from dusk till dawn Never realized the potential of their lives Till the reaper came to cut the corn Some were born to live a life of ease, never knowing suffering or disease Till that final da...

Take the day, the time is here Wake up the way can start today The dance that moves us all Holds our lives Take the day, the time is here For you to be Live the life of sway and spin Dance that moves us all Holds our lives Hear us as we call Take the...

Every day there's something new that's going around Crazy people getting all dressed up to paint the town Business men they shake their heads and then they frown Everybody tries so hard to put them down It seems to me that maybe they got something going...

In a world filled with so much sorrow Every one is thinking of himself So little time is spent on planning for tomorrow No one really seems to care It's so easy to be lost in a land Where no one wants to help you, no one understands But we'll hold hands...

Runnin to-and-fro - hard workin at the mill. Never fail in the mail - yeah, come a rotten bill! Too much monkey business. too much monkey business. Too much monkey business for me to be involved in! Salesman talkin to me - tryin to run me up a creek. Say...

Spoken: Thank you, a number by the Rolling Stones called "Under my thumb" Under my thumb's the girl who once had her way Under my thumb's a girl who once had her day It's down to me, oh the way she does when she's spoken to It's down to me, the change has...

Sometimes I feel so uninspired Sometimes I feel like giving up Sometimes I feel so very tired Sometimes I feel like Ive had enough Sometimes you feel like youve been hired Sometimes you feel like youve been bought Sometimes you feel like your rooms been...

Everything really is stupidly simple And yet all around is utter confusion Fairy tales written may help you to see it Do you understand about Lewis's Alice? We fit all our lives into regular patterns All that we really know is that we're really living (...

When a western man loses his best friend many days are spent in years And without belief he knows his empty grief is a name for his own fears Oh, the eyes are still. Oh, but even sleeping My dearest friend till we meet again and ever, we'll be blowing May...

Tell me how you want me to be, then look again and you will see That I'm still the same love Think me into any shape, your twisted mind has no escape But don't be ashamed, love, it's just a game, love But don't be ashamed, love, it's just a game, love You...

So wild, standing there, with her hands in her hair I can't help remember just where she touched me There's still no face here in her place So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day Music, high and sweet, then she just blew away No she can't be that wa...

The story goes, the truth is no one knows A stranger came, a man who lost his name At night he tells me his tale, prison, women, wail The took him in, he let them win Over and over He said if you don't have good words to say Don't wake me up until the J...

There's a place that I know from this feeling It keeps on getting better now Making love, seeing faces in the clouds Hear what they will tell me now Out beyond the blue horizon And in the wake of falling stars New day dawns giving rise to reasons why It...

You'd better take it easy, baby, before you go away You've got me, baby, but you'll get yours someday You'd better, baby, (watch your step) Talking about you (watch your step) Every night and day (watch your step) Keep your eyes open wide, else you'll be...

(This, of course, is the last verse from "Paper Sun".) Daylight breaks while you sleep on the sand A seagull is stealing the ring from your hand The boy who had given you so much fun Has left you so cold in the paper sun 

When waves crash by my sleepy pillow I'm dreaming love will surely follow See weeping shadows on my balcony But there's more than I can see We're all looking Sometimes we find We're all waiting To see a sign But we're searching Deep in our own minds...

Well all right so I've been foolish Well all right let people know 'Bout the dreams and wishes that you dream In the night when lights are low Well all right, Well all right You know we'll live and love with all our might Well all right, Well all right...

When a man loves a woman, can't keep his mind on nothing else He'd change the world for the good things he's found If she is bad, he can't see it, she can do no wrong Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down When a man loves a woman, spend his very...

I gave you my heart right from the start, yeah yeah I gave you my heart now you tear it apart You wrote me a letter - you found someone better Better than me, this I can't believe When I come home, tell me all about it When I come home, tell me all about...

When the eagle flies you'd better watch your eyes He's gonna sweep everything in his path And when the heavens cry it's gonna drown the sky And you'll get caught in the aftermath When the mountains move it's no good trying To prove that you've been doing...

Stand up in a clear blue morning Until you see what can be Alone in a cold day dawning Are you still free Can you be When some cold tomorrow finds you When some sad old dream reminds you How the endless road unwinds you While you see a chance take it Find rom...

We are not like all the rest, you can see us any day of the week Come around, sit down, take a sniff, fall asleep Baby, you don't have to speak I'd like to show you where it is but then it wouldn't even mean a thing Nothing is easy, baby, just please me, w...

Did you see the shining moon turn into a black balloon just as you walked away from me And did you see how hard I've tried not to show the pain inside just as you walked away from me Who painted the moon black just when you passed your love back Who...

Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Why can't we live together? Tell me why, tell me why Why can't we live together? Everybody wants to live together Why can't we be together? No more war, no more war, no more war Just a little peace in this world...

What makes one man a criminal, another a celebrity? What puts one man on a park bench and another behind a big desk? What is the difference between failure and success? Will, will powers There's will to show you the way Will, will powers There's will to...

Sometimes I think I'm losing Then again I think I win I don't want to think at all of hope It could be better for me If I win or I give in It could be better for you If I lose everything It could be better for you If I lose or you give in It could be...

Withering tree bearing no fruit Never will see an evergreen suit Reaching right out, out for the sun Broken old branches fall one by one Into the arms of eternity Into the arms of eternity You're too young to live in a world full of lies (Oh!) So you t...

Here's a little song you can all join in with It's very simple and I hope it's new Make your own words up if you want to Any old words that you think will do, yeah Yellow, blue, what'll I do? Maybe I'll just sit here thinking Black, white, stop the fight,...

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, you must believe me No matter what the people might say, you must believe me Darlin', it just didn't happen that way, oh no It just didn't happen that way You've come home [with something on your mind] Oh darling tell me [why are you...

You've been searching high and low, still so far to go You've been searching everywhere, I know you care Walking down the endless street, what will you meet? Who knows, who knows? You'll keep on searching till the very end For one true lover and for one...

Alternate title: Close Your Eyes Close your eyes and you'll do very well No more lies and no more fairy tales Hanging out, out on the street You have no place left to go If the whole world passes you by Don't you cry Close your eyes and don't feel anyt...