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I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls
My mind’s distracted and confused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re asleep
Kiss you when you start the day
And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There before the grace of you go I
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Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he always gone too long anytime he goes away
I wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder how long he's gonna stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away
Well I know I know I know...
When he's gone
Always gone too long anytime he goes away
Anytime he goes away
Anytime he goes away
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Sell me a ticket for that airplane
I ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I’m coming home
My baby wrote me a letter
Bridge
And I don’t care how much I gotta spend
I gotta get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone I’m coming home
My baby wrote me a letter
Chorus
Well he wrote me a letter
Said he couldn’t live without me no more
Ohh listen Mister can you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more anyway
Bridge
Chorus
Bridge
Sell me a ticket for that airplane
I ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I’m coming home
My baby wrote me a letter
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At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Ohh yeah
At last the skies above are blue
And my heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I could call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh yeah yeah
You smiled ohh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine at last
For you are mine at last
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Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick
And think of you
Caught up in circles confusion
Is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcases of memories
Time after
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you've said
Then you say--go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
Chorus
If you're lost you can look--and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows--you're wondering
If I'm OK
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time--
Chorus
You said go slow--
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds--
Chorus
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
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Bill and I got married following our first born
Daddy left this gas & convenience store just before he died
And I was only nineteen when I had my third baby
And sometimes I think maybe I should’ve left here long ago
Travellers are stopping by, check their oil and their p.s.i.
Gas up and away to fly, moving down the line
But this beat-up truck & worn out shoes always give me the blues
Billy sucking down the booze nearly every night
Chorus
I never seen the city lights
How they must shine so bright
Not like this country night
The sky’s black as coal
And this gas-station mountain home
Not a thing to call my own
How I wish I was alone
With a penny to my name
Strangers say this mountain here is beautiful beyond compare
But it’s just a dumb old mountain; I see it every day
If I could see sunset skies over fields of green or ocean-tides,
City skyline in the night, I’ll be dancing till the dawn
Chorus
Bill and I got married following our first born
Daddy left this gas & convenience store just before he died
Maybe Bill & I someday will find a chance to get away
Until then it’s here I’ll stay wishing on a star
Chorus
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I wandered by a brookside
I wandered by a mill
I could not hear the water
The murmuring it was still
Not a sound of any grasshopper
Nor the chirp of any bird
But the beating of my own heart
Was the only sound I heard
The beating of my own heart
Was the only sound I heard
Then silent tears fast flowing
When someone stood beside
A hand upon my shoulder
I knew the touch was kind
He drew me near and nearer
We neither spoke one word
But the beating of our own two hearts
Was the only sound I heard
The beating of our own two hearts
Was the only sound I heard
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When I was single
I went dressed up so fine
Now I am married Lord
And I go ragged all the time
Oh, Lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again.
I got dishes to wash
And springs to go to
When you are married, Lord
You know you got it all to do.
Oh, Lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again.
Yeah, Oh, Lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again.
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It's Sunday morning
I can feel inside the facts
You shake out your body
And you wake up what's late
You spent too much money last night
And I had too much to drink
Spending too much time with myself
And I don't know what to think
Any love is easy
Falls down like rain
Any love is easy
Goes out with a bad name
Any love that you find on easy street
Can only be a dream
Any love that you find on easy street
Can only be a dream
It was only for pleasure
Our love took a backseat
My heart went crazy
And my whole life skipped a beat
Shallow deed took motion down to kill it after a taste
Staring to the future now I can only see your face
Any love is easy
Falls down like rain
Any love is easy
Goes out with a bad name
Any love that you find on easy street
Can only be a dream
Any love that you find on easy street
Can only be a dream
Only a dream
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Today has been a special day
An anniversary, a request
That you play your piano
As the evening sun slowly sets
Chorus
I never thought I’d get this old dear
Never had a reason to live so long
And the Lord’s been like my shadow
Even when I was wrong
No I never thought it would turn out this way
A birthday with apologies
For all the tears and the rest
And I’ve always saved your poetry
For those years when you forget
Chorus
So sing with me softly
As the day turns to night
And later I’ll dream of paradise with you
I love you and good night
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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
"I'm going down to Yasgur's farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land
And get my soul free”
We are stardust, we’re golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden
Can I walk along beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel like I’m a part
Of something turning round and round
And maybe it’s the time of year
Maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning ...
We are stardust, we’re golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was the song
And the celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation ...
We are stardust, we’re golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden
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Oh do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Oh do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Way beyond the blue
Oh I’ve got a home in Glory Land
That outshines the sun
Oh I’ve got a home in Glory Land
That outshines the sun
Oh I’ve got a home in Glory Land
That outshines the sun
Way beyond the blue
Oh do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Oh do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Oh do Lord, oh do Lord
Oh do you remember me?
Way beyond the blue
Hmm, mmm ….
Way beyond the blue
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