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| 1. |
| 3:28 | 
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The minstrel of the dawn is here
To make you laugh and bend your ear Up the steps you'll hear him climb All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind they go Listen to the strings They jangle and dangle While the old guitar rings The minstrel of the dawn is he Not too wise but oh so free He'll talk of life out on the street He'll play it sad and say it sweet Look into his shining face Of lonelines you'll always find a trace Just like me and you He's tryin' to get into things More happy than blue A minstrel of the changin' tide He'll ask for nothing but his pride Just sit him down upon that chair Go fetch some wine and set it there Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind they go Listen to the strings They jangle and dangle While the old guitar rings A minstrel of the dawn is near Just like a step 'n fetchit here He's like an old time troubador Just wanting life and nothing more Look into his shining eyes And if you see a ghost don't be surprised Like me and you He's tryin' to get into things More happy than blue The minstrel boy will understand He holds a promise in his hand He talks of better days ahead And by his words your fortune's read Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind they go Listen to the strings They jangle and dangle While the old guitar rings The minstrel of the dawn is gone I hope he'll call before too long And if you meet him you must be The victim of his minstrelsy He'll sing for you a song The minstrel of the dawn |
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| 2. |
| 3:47 |
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Busted flat in Baton Rouge
Waiting for a train, When I's feelin' as fadded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained It rode us all the way from New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out my dirty red bandanna I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues Winsheild wipers slappin' time I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mine And we sang every song that driver knew Freedom's just another word For nothing left to loose Well nothing ain't nothing hun if it ain't free (da da) And feeling good was easy lord when he sang the blues Feeling good was good enough for me (da da) Good enough ffor me and my Bobby MCGee From the Kentucky cold mines To the California Sun Bobby shared the secrets of my soul Through all kinds of weather, Through everything we'd done My Bobby, baby, kept me from the cold One day a misleading lord I let him slip away He's looking for that home And I hope he finds it Well I'd trade enough tomorrows for one single yesterday To be holding Bobby's body next to mine Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose Now nothing, well that's all that Bobby left me Well feeling good was easy lord when he sang the blues Feeling good was good enough for me good enough for me mm hmm and my Bobby MCGee la da da da da (ect) my Bobby McGee la da da da da ect Hey don't boss my Bobby MCGee Oh I call him my lover, I call him my man, I'll call him my lover, do the best I can c'mon and my Bobby oh and my Bobby, Bobby McGee lo la lola lo Hey hey hey Bobby McGee |
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| 3. |
| 2:57 |
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If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching lavender
You'll feel just fine but one thing's sure You'll never be the same If you'd like to try your hand at understanding lavender Then you must be very sure That life is not a game You might even learn a thing or two approaching lavender You'll soon be on a one night tour Forgetting your own name You won't need a reason just to be alone with lavender For the light so warm and pure Will draw you like a flame The colors that surround you there will be the shade of lavender Shadows dancing everywhere Like flowers in the rain You will find your tongue's on fire while lying next to lavender With words you never spoke before And will not speak again Oh sweet lavender I understand you perfectly There is no way that I can see You living by yourself Oh sweet lavendar I must be with you constantly Your presence means so much to me Much more that life itself Oh sweet lavender as fragrant as the name you bear Please cast away the clothes you wear And give your love to me Oh sweet lavender your smile is like the golden sun I'd love to see you laugh and run As naked as the sea If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching lavender Don't try and get the best of her She will not share the blame If you'd like to try your hand at understanding lavender Then you must be very sure That life is not a game There is no shame |
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| 4. |
| 3:21 |
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I feel a blue 'cause I can't sew
There's still a lot of things that I should know Anyone can guess I don't know how to press My Saturday clothes Everyone's goin' home I feel a little sad to watch them leave But I'll be cool because I don't believe The happy times are gone I can still put on My Saturday clothes Every warm body knows I've got to tell you That was a swell time So now I'll take the butts away And put the glasses on the tray I'll see you all next Saturday I feel a little off because they're gone And if my gal were here I'd still be on But in a week or two There's lots of things to do In my Saturday clothes Everyone's gone home I've got to tell you That was a swell time So now I'll take the butts away And put the glasses on the tray I'll see you all next Saturday |
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| 5. |
| 3:23 | 
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| 6. |
| 2:31 |
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Poor little Allison
Standing in the night wind Wishing out loud Turning her face to the summer rain Poor little Allison Never had much goin' Hard to forget Always in step with the world she's in Never knowin' never feelin' Showin' so much pride Never sayin' what she's thinkin' Or feelin' deep inside Poor little Allison Dreaming of the right one Laughing out loud Lost in a crowd of fair weather friends Never knowin' never feelin' Showin' so much pride Never sayin' what she's thinkin' Or feelin' deep inside Poor little Allison Standing in the night wind, Wishing out loud Turning her face to the summer rain Hard to forget Always in step with the world she's in |
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| 7. |
| 3:27 |
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I'm standin' in the doorway
My head bowed in my hands Not knowin' where to sit Not knowin' where to stand My father looms above me For him there is no rest My mother's arms enfold me And hold me to her breast They say you been out wandrin' They say you travelled far Sit down young stranger And tell us who you are The room has all gone misty, My thoughts are all in spin Sit down young stranger And tell us where you been I've been up to the mountain I've walked down by the sea I never questioned no one And no one questioned me My love was given freely And oftimes was returned I never came to borrow I only came to learn Sometimes it would get lonely But it taught me how to cry And laughter came too easy For life to pass me by I never had a dollar That I didn't earn with pride Cause I had a million daydreams To keep me satisfied And will you gather daydreams Or will you gather wealth How can you find your fortune When you cannot find yourself My mother's eyes grow misty There's a tremblin' in her hand Sit down young stranger I do not understand Now will you try to tell us You been too long at school That knowledge is not needed That power does not rule That war is not the answer That young men should not die Sit down young stranger I wait for your reply The answer is not easy For souls are not reborn To wear the crown of peace You must wear the crown of thorns If jesus had a reason I'm sure he would not tell We treated him so badly How could he wish us well The parlor now is empty There's nothin' left to say My father has departed My mother's gone to pray There's rockets in the meadows And ships out on the sea The answer's in the forest Carved upon a tree John loves mary Does anyone love me |
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| 8. |
| 3:47 |
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If you could read my mind
If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishin well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as Im a ghost that you cant see If I could read your mind love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind that drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you wont read that book again Because the endings just too hard to take Id walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, lets be real * I never thought I could act this way * And Ive got to say that I just dont get it I dont know where we went wrong But the feelins gone And I just cant get it back If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishin well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines Youll know that Im just tryin to understand The feelins that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And Ive got to say that I just to get it I dont know where we went wrong But the feelins gone And I just cant get it back |
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| 9. |
| 3:03 |
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It's alright for some, but not alright for me
When the one that I'm lovin' slips around You think it's fine to do things I cannot see And you're doin' it to me, baby, can't you see That I know how it is? I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes It's alright for some, but not alright to be Where the one that I'm lovin' can't be found The city where we live, might be quite large But the circle is small, why not tell us all, and then all of us will know? I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes It's alright to leave, but not alright to lie When you come home and you can't say where you've been You think it's fine to do, things I cannot see And you're doin' it to me, baby, can't you see, that I know how it is? I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die... |
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| 10. |
| 3:57 |
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Come to the door my pretty one
Put on your rings and precious things Hide all your tears as best you can Try to recall what used to be Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Bells in steeple are ringing, singing Listen to them talk about your love's return Let me come in my pretty one And try to undo what I have done For I must be forgiven now I will not lose what I have won Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Leaves in the garden are falling, calling Listen to them talk about your love's return Open the door my pretty one Wake from your sleep and take me home Open your eyes and look my way I cannot leave your love alone Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Bells in steeple are ringing, singing Listen to them talk about your love's return |
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| 11. |
| 3:38 |
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When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed And the river tells a story At the window by my bed If you listen very closely Be as quiet as you can In the yard you'll hear him It is the pony man We're always there to greet him When he tumbles into town He leads a string of ponies Some are white and some are brown And they never seem to kick or bite They only want to play And they live on candy apples Instead of oats and hay And when we're all assembled He gives a soft command And we climb aboard our ponies As in a row the stand Then down the road we gallop And across the fields we fly And soon we all go sailing off Into the midnight sky And as we gaily rock along Beside a ripplin' sea There's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally And Mary Joe and me And the pony man is leading Cause he's travelled here before And he gives a whoop and a holler At Mr. Moon's front door And as we stop to rest a while Where the soda river glides Up to the slip comes a pirate ship To take us for a ride And the pony man's the captain And the children are the crew And we go in search of treasure And laugh the whole night through And when the hold is filled with gold And the sails begin to strain And the deck's piled high with apple pie We head for port again And down the whirling starcase So swift our ponies fly And we're safely in our beds again When the sunbeams kiss the sky When it's midnight on the meadow And the cats are in the shed And the river tells a story At the window by my bed If you listen very closely Be as quiet as you can In the yard you'll hear him It is the pony man |
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