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Two mainstream die
You don't love me when I cry
have to say goodbye
I don't want to say goodbye
Baby goodbye
and Mister I
I got funky blues
all over me
such tender persuasion
I want, I want to die
You don't love me when I cry
Made me love to play
Made me promise I would stay
then you stayed away
Mister I
I got drawn blind blues
all over me
Rubies and smoke rings
no no No you NO NO NO
I will go
I will stay
in the hours of my crying day
in the hours of my crying day
in the hours of my crying day
in the hours of my crying day, ah hey
in the hours of my crying a day, uh hey hey
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I am soft and silly and my name is Lillianaloo
And sir you're grace in action to my satisfaction
Well my mama she's savin' cause my daddy's a ravin' crazy gambler
But you my captain are grace in action to my satisfaction oo
Come along now and I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain
I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain
I'll be your woman if you'll be my fearless captain
Die! I would lay me down and die, for my captain
I am soft and silly and my name is Lillianaloo
And sir you're fair black fashion for this winter's passion oo
I've been sold by sailors, I've been worn by tailors, soldiers wound me
But you my captain are medication for my reputation
Come along now and I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain
I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain
I'll be your woman if you'll be my fearless captain
Die! I would lay me down and die, for my captain
Captain, say yes
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Tom Cat Goodby
Rosie Pearl is a big blonde girl,
and she sails around like a Steamboat!
Takes her time, and her eyes... they shine...for...Tom...
Hey there Tom Cat,
where've you been to?
Hey there Tom Cat
say, where've you been to?
I'm so lonely
I been crying - waiting up for you
Ya hear that?!
Ya hear that?!
I got your name Tom
I got your children
What about the children?
Tom cat Tom cat
you old rat - you old rat
Where've you been to?
Johnny cheated, Frankie killed him
Johnny cheated, said Frankie killed him
Shot and killed him
I don't blame her. I'd'a done it too
Ya hear that?!
Ya hear that?!
You deal and promise
You kiss and swing low
Foot slippin' out the window
Tom Cat Tom Cat
you old rat - you old rat
Where've you been to?
You know you're never gonna make a moviemaker, Tom
You know you're never gonna make a moviemaker -TOM!
You know you're never gonna make a moviemaker
Always be a silly faker - Tom - Tom
Never gonna make a movie maker, Tom
oh Tom oh Tom
Never gonna make a movie maker
Never make a movie maker
Never gonna make a movie maker
Always be a silly faker
No, Tom! I can't go on Tom.
I can't keep pushin', and pushin', pushin', pushin' on
Pushin' on
I quit lovin you
lovin you...
Baby, I'm going to the country
gonna buy me land
I'm going to the country
to kill my lover man
gonna kill my lover
gonna kill my lover
gonna kill my lover man
gonna kill my lover man
gonna kill my lover - Man
You know Tom, he don't care
he don't care....
you know Tooooom!
run like a chicken from the Pan, baby
what'd you say now?
Hey there Tom cat
he walks like a tom cat
he runs like a tom cat
goes fishing like a tom cat
he cheats like a tom cat
He Lies!
Can I find him...
can I find him..
can I find him..
Gonna kill... him
My... Lover - Man...(man)
My MAN!
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Madison smiled
and she hung with a band of strays
the band was gone
bringin it on
to the Broadway blaze
once I lived under the city in my sweet July
July mercy on broadway
don't you believe it
you better know what I say
she'll make you pay
down the alleyway
slippin up a sidestreet
shine
everybody
shine
on Broadway
jive and pray
There aint no mercy now
on Broadway
People and the landlords shine
down and gay wine
in the doom swept the band away
Baby on broadway
is she mild
like mother and child?
does she obey?
once I lived under the city in my sweet July
July mercy on broadway
don't you believe it
you better know what I say
she'll make you pay
Black city fair
ole road runner there
shine
everybody
shine
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Come on, people, come on, children
Come on down to the glory river
Gonna wash you up and wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down
Come on, people, come on, children
There's a king at the glory river
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing
Babes in the blinking sun sang "We Shall Overcome"
I got fury in my soul, fury's gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind I can't study war no more
Save the people
Save the children
Save the country now
Come on, people, come on, children
Come on down to the glory river
Gonna wash you up and wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down
Come on, people, sons and mothers
Keep the dream of the two young brothers
Gotta take that dream and ride that dove
We can build the dream with love, I know
We can build the dream with love
We could build the dream with love, I know
We could build the dream with love
I got fury in my soul, fury's gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind I can't study war no more
Save the people
Save the children
Save the country, save the country, save the country
Save the country
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don't go to gibsom cross the river
the devil is hungry
the devil is sweet
if you are soft then you will shiver
they hang the alley cats on gibsom street
I wish my baby were forbidden
I wish my world be struck by sleet
I wish to keep my mirror hidden
to hide the eyes that looked on gibsom street
there is a man he knows where I'm going
gave me a strawberry to eat
I sucked its juices never knowing
that I would sleep that night on gibsom street
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Winter froze the river
And winter birds don't sing
So winter makes you shiver
So time is gonna bring you spring
So he swears he'll never marry
Says that cuddles are a curse
Just tell him plain
You're on the next train
If love don't get there first
Time and love
Everybody
Time and love
Nothing cures like
Time and love
Don't let the devil fool you
Here comes a dove
Nothing cures like
Time and love
(Nothing cures like
Time and love)
Winter froze the river
And winter birds don't sing
So winter makes you shiver
So time is gonna bring you spring
You've been running
You've been rambling
And you don't know what to do
A holly golden wager says
That love will see you through
Time and love, everybody
Time and love (Oh, time and love)
Nothing cures like time and love
Don't let the devil fool you
Here comes a dove
Nothing cures like
Time and love
(Nothing cures like
Time and love)
Jesus wasn't angel
The mankind broke His wing
But Jesus gave His lifeline
So sacred bell could sing
Now a woman is a fighter
Gather white or African
A woman is a woman, inside
Has miracles for men at night
Time and love, everybody
Time and love (Oh, Time and love)
Nothing cures like
Time and love
Don't let the devil fool you
Here comes a dove
Nothing cures like time and love
Nothing cures like time and love
(Love for the man if you please if you can)
Nothing cures like time and love
Love for the man
If you can, if you please...
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There's a man who loves me
when it hurts inside
There's a man who loves me
when my hair is tied
when my hair is down
when I touch the man
Lord I rise
to rooftops in his eyes
Never never
never will I roam
cause he's the man
who sends me home.
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I belong
to the man
don't belong without him
when I sleep without him
loneliness
loneliness
my dreams with God
softly waiting
I belong to the man
Sweet lovin' baby
oh sweet lovin' baby
I want you
I could almost die
he says
There's gold in you darling
drew gold
when I woke her
she's an ole clain smoker
Grace
and the Preacher
blown fleets of sweet eyed dreams
tonight
loneliness
loneliness
natural windmill
wheel weave and bless
my bed
my bed
my man
That's lovin baby
Oh sweet lovin baby
Where is the night luster?
past my trials
sparkling in flight
in your arms
for all my life.
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mama mama
you're a whiz and a scholar too
mama open up the room lock
sip sip
I'm going to the moon dock
he gives to me
buckles off shingles
off a cockleshell on norway basin
coke and tuna
boots and roses from russia
now I'll live and die and rise
with my captain
mama say go
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
now don't you know I love you
meet me captain saint lucifer
la la la la la la la la
oo I love you
love you I do
mama mama you're a whiz and a scholar too
mama I'm at anchor in your glow now
sip sip
even as I go now
he gives to me
buckles off shingles
and a jangle from a congo love chase
early bloomers made of earth and love lace
now I'll live and die and rise
with my captain
mama be happy
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
gutters in stacks
is where I come from
buckles off a poverty drum
oh my love trumpet soul
tell gabriel
to tell the captain
thank you baby
you're my baby now
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New York tendaberry
Blue berry
A rush on rum
Of brush and drum
And the past is a blue note
Inside me
I ran away in the morning
New York tendaberry
Blue berry
Rugs and drapes and drugs
And capes
Sweet kids in hunger slums
Firecrackers break
And they cross
And they dust
And they skate
And the night comes
I ran away in the morning
Now I'm back
Unpacked
Sidewalk and pigeon
You look like a city
But you feel like a religion
To me
New York tendabery
True berry
I lost my eyes
I east wind skies
Here where I've cried
Where I've tried
Where God and the tendaberry rise
Where quakers and revolutionaries
Join for life
For precious years
Joined for life
Through silver tears
New York tendaberry
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