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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 feel fine anytime she's around me now, She's around me now Just about all the time And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now, She's been with me now quite a long, long time And I feel fine.___________ It isn't what she's got to say But how she thinks and where she's been To me, the words are nice, the way they sound I like to hear them best that way It doesn't much matter what they mean If she says them mostly just to calm me down Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning And I find myself careening Into places where I should not let me go. -- She has the power to go where no one else can find me And to silently remind me Of the happiness and the good times that I know, got to know. |
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| 2. |
| 4:24 |
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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, they were never that far apart. And we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it, we got to close our eyes. Cut up our losses into doable doses, ration our tears and sighs. Oh, you could see them on the street on a Saturday night. Everyone used to run them down. They're a little too sweet, they're a little too tight, not enough tough for this town. Couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole, no, it didn't seem to rattle at all. They were glued together body and soul, that much more with their backs up against the wall. Oh, hold them up, hold them up, never do let them fall prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us and claims us and shames us all. I guess it had to happen someday soon- wasn't nothing to hold them down. They would rise from among us like a big balloon, take the sky, forsake the ground. Oh, yes, other hearts were broken, yeah, other dreams ran dry but our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky. (Let other hearts be broken, let other dreams run dry) but our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky, beneath another sky. Hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up... (Hold them up, don't let them fall). |
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| 3. |
| 5:07 |
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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 a century To walk the world again Lord have mercy on the frozen man Next words that were spoken to me Nurse asked me what my name might be She was all in white at the foot of my bed I said angel of mercy I'm alive or am I dead My name is William James McPhee I was born in 1843 Raised in Liverpool by the sea But that ain't who I am Lord have mercy on the frozen man It took a lot of money to start my heart To peg my leg and to buy my eye The newspapers call me the state of the art And the children, when they see me, cry I thought it would be nice just to visit my grave See what kind of tombstone I might have I saw my wife and my daughter and it seemed so strange Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age See here, when I die make sure I'm gone Don't leave 'em nothing to work on You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand And you can wave goodbye to the frozen man I know what it means to freeze to death To lose a little life with every breath To say goodbye to life on earth To come around again Lord have mercy on the frozen man Lord have mercy on the frozen man |
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| 4. |
| 3:43 |
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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, it was ever thus I was a nasty tyke who was hard to like I had to misbehave I did things in reverse Refused to wash or shave I was horrid to my nurse I got back what I gave Which only made me worse I had to have my way Which was bleak and gray, oh dear Living in here One hundred years of rain Such a drag This riches to rags With just myself to blame A dirty low-down shame Silly me Silly old me Somewhere outside my mind Clever you Walking me through Willing to lead the blind Just in the nick of time Who gets a second chance? Who gets to have some fun? Who gets to learn to dance Before his race is run? Who gets to shed his skin? Who comes up born again? Who was a mean old man 'Til you turned him into a golden retriever Puppy dog Who's a good boy? |
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| 5. |
| 1:28 | 
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| 6. |
| 4:09 |
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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 On a country road Sail on home to Jesus won't you good girls and boys I'm all in pieces, you can have your own choice But I can hear a heavenly band full of angels And they're coming to set me free I don't know nothing 'bout the why or when But I can tell that it's bound to be Because I could feel it, child, yeah On a country road I guess my feet know where they want me to go Walking on a 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, child 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 On a country road Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down Walk on down, walk on down a country road country road Walking on a country road |
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| 3:07 |
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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 of greed. Sell the Ponderosa to the Japanese, slap leather, head for that line of trees, yeah. Slap leather, go on Ron, just about to go myself. Turn the whole wide world into a TV show so it's just the same game wherever you go. You never meet a soul that you don't already know, one big advertisement for the status quo. As if these celebrities were your close friends, as if you knew how the story ends. As if you weren't sitting in a room alone and there was somebody real at the other end of the phone, yeah. Squibnocket, phone sex, just about to dial your number. Get all worked up so we can go to war, we find something worth killing for. Tie a yellow ribbon around your eyes, big McFalafel and a side of fries. Yeah, big McFalafel, stormin' Norman, I just love a parade. Slap leather, phone love, big McFalafel, just about to dial myself. |
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| 8. |
| 4:11 |
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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 already out of there They're already out of there My daddy used to ride the rails So they say, so they say Soft as smoke and as tough as nails Boxcar Jones, old walking man Coming back home was like going to jail The sheets and the blankets and babies and all No he never did come back home Never that I recall Nevermind the wind Nevermind the rain Nevermind the road leading home again Never asking why Never knowing when Every now and then There he goes again She had a cat and a dog named Blue My traveling star, my traveling star A big old stove and a fireplace, too Old road dog, young runaway She told me loved me like it was true I knew I should stay I knew I would go Run run run away Run run run away, boy Run before the wind Run before the rain Over yonder hill Just around the bend Never knowing why Never knowing when Every now and then There you go again Tie me up and hold me down Oh, my traveling star Bury my feet down in the ground Oh, old road dog Claim my name from the lost and found And let me believe this is where I belong Shame on me for sure For one more highway song My traveling star My traveling star |
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| 9. |
| 5:02 |
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When you're down and troubled, and you need some love and care. And nothing, nothing is going right close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest night. You just call out my name and you know wherever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have todo is call And I'll be there. You've got a friend. If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds. And that ol' north wind begins to blow Keep your head together and call my name out loud. Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door. You just call out my name and you know wherever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or fall, All you have to do is call and I'll be there, yes, I will. You've got a friend. Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend. When people can be so cold? They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you. And take your soul if you let them, oh, but don't you let them. You just call out my name and you know wherever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have todo is call And I'll be there, yes, I will. You've got a friend. You've got a friend. Ain't it good to know. You've got a friend. |
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| 6:00 |
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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 churning urn of burning funk Yes, I'm a cement mixer for you, baby A churning urn of burning funk Well, I'm a demolition derby (yeah) A hefty hunk of steaming junk Now, I'm a napalm bomb, baby Just guaranteed to blow your mind Yeah, I'm a napalm bomb for you, baby Oh, guaranteed, just guaranteed to blow your mind And if I can't have your love for my own (now) Sweet child, won't be nothing left behind It seems how lately, baby Got a bad case of steamroller blues |
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| 11. |
| 3:42 |
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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 heart It's okay to feel afraid But don't let that stand in your way 'Cause anyone knows that love is the only road And since we're only here for a while Might as well show some style Give us a smile Isn't it a lovely ride Sliding down Gliding down Try not to try too hard It's just a lovely ride Now the thing about time is that time Isn't really real It's just your point of view How does it feel for you Einstein said he could never understand it all Planets spinning through space The smile upon your face Welcome to the human race Some kind of lovely ride I'll be sliding down I'll be gliding down Try not to try too hard It's just a lovely ride Isn't it a lovely ride Sliding down Gliding down Try not to try too hard It's just a lovely ride Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time |
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| 12. |
| 4:39 |
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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 some hands Somebody line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up At that time my heart was all broke I looked like ashes and smelled like smoke And I turned away from my loving kind Try to leave my body and live in my mind But it's much too much emotion To hold it in your hand They've got waves out on the ocean They're gonna wear away the land Somebody line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Oh I've seen corn in Kansas And I've seen picket fences And certain cowboy dances I've gone lining up for shows I've been safely placed in rows Sure I know how it goes Another day goes by Little time machine I'm breaking my brain Over what it might mean Just to claim the time And to turn away To make today today Who waits for you Lonely tired old toad It's your life laid out before you Like the broken white line down the center of the road Somebody line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Yeah, big moon landing People all standing up Smiles for the loved ones They go walking on down the aisles Each re-engages stepping into the sun I watch them turn like pages One by one by one Somebody line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up Line 'em up Line 'em all up |
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| 1:57 |
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In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind Karen she's a silver sun You best walk her way and watch it shinin' Watch her watch the mornin' come A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin' Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind There ain't no doubt it no ones mind That loves the finest thing around Whisper something warm and kind And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin' Ain't I goin' to 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 Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind Dark and silent last last night I think I might have heard the highway calling Geese in flight and dogs that bite Signs that might be omens say I going, going I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind With a holy host of others standing 'round me Still I'm on the dark side of the moon And it seems like it goes on like this forever You must forgive me If I'm up and gone to 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 Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind |
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| 4:56 |
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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, father and mother, sister and brother if it feels nice, don't think twice Just shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you only will Shower the people you love with love Show them the way you feel Things are gonna be much better if you only will You can run but you cannot hide This is widely known And what you plan to do with your foolish pride When you're all by yourself alone Once you tell somebody the way that you feel You can feel it beginning to ease I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel Always getting the grease. Better to shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna be just fine if you only will Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna be much better if you only will Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel You'll feel better right away Don't take much to do Sell you pride They say in every life They say the rain must fall Just like pouring rain Make it rain Make it rain Love, love, love is sunshine. Oh yes Make it rain Love, love, love is sunshine Yeah, all right Everybody, everybody Shower the people you love with love |
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| 3:41 |
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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 he 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 glasses of beer And closing his eyes as the doggies retire He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear As if maybe someone could hear (Chorus) Goodnight you moonlight ladies Rockabye sweet baby James Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams And rockabye sweet baby James Now the first of December was covered with snow And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston Lord, the Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway A song that they sing when they take to the sea A song that they sing of their home in the sky Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep But singing works just fine for me - Chorus - |
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| 5:04 |
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In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine Can't you just feel the moonshine Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind Karen she's a silver sun You best walk her way and watch it shinin' Watch her watch the mornin' come A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin' Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind There ain't no doubt it no ones mind That loves the finest thing around Whisper something warm and kind And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin' Ain't I goin' to 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 Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind Dark and silent last last night I think I might have heard the highway calling Geese in flight and dogs that bite Signs that might be omens say I going, going I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind With a holy host of others standing 'round me Still I'm on the dark side of the moon And it seems like it goes on like this forever You must forgive me If I'm up and gone to 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 Maybe just like a friend of mine It hit me from behind Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind |
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| 4:52 |
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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 thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Won't you look down upon me, Jesus You've got to help me make a stand You've just got to see me through another day My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now Thought I'd see you one more time again There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now |
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| 4:52 |
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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 Creek Leaning heavy on the end of the week Hercules and a hog-nosed snake Down on Copperline We were down on Copperline One Summer night on the Copperline Slip away past supper time Wood smoke and moonshine Down on Copperline One time I saw my daddy dance Watched him moving like a man in a trance He bought it back from the war in France Down onto Copperline Branch water and tomato wine Creosote and turpentine Sour mash and new moon shine Down on Copperline Down on Copperline First kiss ever I took Like a page from a romance book The sky opened and the earth shook Down on Copperline Down on Copperline Took a fall from a windy height I only knew how to hold on tight And pray for love enough to last all night Down on Copperline Day breaks and the boys wakes up And the dog barks and the birds sings And the sap rises and the angels sigh, yeah I tried to go back, as if I could All spec house and plywood Tore up and tore up good Down on Copperline It doesn't come as a surprise to me It doesn't touch my memory Man I'm lifting up and rising free Down on over Copperline Half a mile down to Morgan Creek I'm only living for the end of the week Hercules and a hog-nosed snake Down on Copperline, yeah Take me down on Copperline Oh, down on Copperline Take me down on Copperline |
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| 3:09 |
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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 Oh, I had a love, a true love and I lost it No one seems to understand about the pain that it cost me Woman's got to have it I believe that I should know She's got to know that she's that she's needed around When you kiss her You got to make her feel it everyday, boy She's got to know that she's not walking on shaky ground Think it over Don't take for granted the smile upon her face Check a little bit closer, you might find a tear trace Maybe the little girl never said a mumbling word But she's got to know that her voice is heard Oh, I had a love, it was a true love and I lost it Now I'm suffering all this pain that the true love cost me A woman's got to have it I believe She's got to know that she's that she's needed around When you kiss her You got to let her feel it everyday, boy She's got to know that she's not walking on shaky ground So if you've got a love And maybe you've got eyes to keep her You've got to give her what she wants when she wants it Where she wants it (all right) How she wants it And every doggone time she thinks she needs it Your woman needs it The same as mine A woman got to have it From time to time |
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