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In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand Now, I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved ones so In the early morning rain with no place to go Out on runway number nine a big 707's set to go But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast Well, there she goes, my friend, well she's going down at last Hear the mighty engines roar - see the silver bird on high She's away and westward bound - far above the clouds she'll fly There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time This old airport's got me down - it's no earthly good to me 'cause I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain |
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Alone upon the sidewalks of despair
'Twas there she wandered With her suitcase in her hand Her fate she pondered Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care She met him on a night so rare when her friends were there And the band was groovin' When he gave a glance that said how much he would like to meet her How was she to know at the time He would mistreat her In her case she danced for him although a hundred eyes were turned her way And before the set was through he knew She would be his loved one Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care Only twenty-one, she was a young girl just in from somewhere He's playin' up in Michigan with a group they call The Intended With a kiss, and a promise, he was gone The song was ended But as she walks, she waits for him the pavement is a shoulder for her tears But in her heart she knows there is no way She can hope to change him Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care Only twenty-one, she was a young girl just in from somewhere Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care A go-go girl in love |
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There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
when the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel when the green dark forest was too silent to be real But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds as to this verdant country they came from all around They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall built the mines, mills and the factories for the good of us all And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring the railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day and many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay For they looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land all up through the seaports and into their hands Look away said they across this mighty land from the eastern shore to the western strand Bring in the workers and bring up the rails we gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open 'er heart let the life blood flow gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow Bring in the workers and bring up the rails we're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open 'er heart let the life blood flow gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin' The stars, they come stealin' at the close of the day Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping beyond the dark oceans in a place far away We are the navvies who work upon the railway swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done We are the navvies who work upon the railway swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done So over the mountains and over the plains into the muskeg and into the rain up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down away to the bunkhouse and into the town a dollar a day and a place for my head a drink to the livin' a toast to the dead Oh the song of the future has been sung all the battles have been won On the mountain tops we stand all the world at our command We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run when the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel when the green dark forest was too silent to be real when the green dark forest was too silent to be real And many are the dead men too silent... to be real |
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Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses
Rainpools in the woodland water to my knees Shivering quivering the warm breath of spring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Catbirds and cornfields daydreams together Riding on the roadside the dust gets in your eyes Reveling, disheveling the summer nights can bring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Slanted rays and colored days stark blue horizons Naked limbs and wheat bins hazy afternoons Voicing rejoicing the wine cups do bring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Harsh nights and candlelights wood fires a-blazin' Soft lips and fingertips resting in my soul Treasuring remembering the promise of spring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses |
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Upon the Bitter Green she was,
the hills above the town. Echoed to the footsteps, as soft as heather down. Waiting for her master, to kiss away her tears. Waiting through the years, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Some say he was a sailor, who died away at sea, Some say he was a prisoner, who never was set free, lost upon the ocean, he died there in the mist, dreaming of the kiss, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Musical Interlude But now, that Bitter Green is gone, the hills have turned to rust, there comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust, kneeling by the churchyard, in the autumn mist, dreaming of the kiss, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone... to take her home. |
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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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He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life His love was ripe There were no illusions On the summer side of life Only tenderness And if you saw him now You'd wonder why he would cry The whole day long There was young girls everywhere On the summer side of life They talked all night To the young men that they knew On the summer side of life Goin' off to fight And if you saw them now You'd wonder why they would cry The whole day long He came down through fields of green On the summer side of life He prayed all night Then he walked into a house Where love had been misplaced His chance to waste And if you saw him now You'd wonder why he would cry The whole day long And if you saw him now You'd wonder why And if you saw him now You'd wonder why And if you saw him now You'd wonder why |
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There's a house on a hill
By a worn down, weathered old mill In the valley below where the river winds There's no such thing as bad times And a soft southern flame Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name She wakes me up when the sun goes down And the wheel of love goes 'round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round When a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin And I make my time worthwhile to them Then I climb back up again Then she waits by the door Oh Cotton Jenny, I'm sore And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down And the wheel of love goes 'round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round In the hot, sickly south When they say "well shut my mouth" I can never be free from the cotton grind But I know I've got what's mine With a soft southern flame Oh, Cotton Jenny's her name she wakes me up when the sun goes down and the wheel of love goes round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round Love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny For Cotton Jenny to spend But then Wheels go 'round The wheel goes 'round 'Round and 'round |
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At times I just don't know
How you could be anything but beautiful I think that I was made for you And you were made for me And I know that I won't ever change 'Cause we've been friends Through rain or shine For such a long, long time Laughing eyes and smiling face It seems so lucky just to have the right Of telling you with all my might You're beautiful tonight And I know that you will never stray 'Cause you've been that way From day to day For such a long, long time And when you hold me tight How could life be anything but beautiful I think that I was made for you And you were made for me And I know that I won't ever change 'Cause we've been friends Through rain or shine For such a long, long time And I must say it means so much to me To be the one who's telling you I'm telling you That you're beautiful |
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I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream And she don't always say what she really means Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain I can picture ev'ry move that a man could make Gettin' lost in her lovin' is your first mistake Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sometimes I think it's a sin When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again I can see her lookin' fast in her faded jeans She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sundown you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sometimes I think it's a sin When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again |
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Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two. Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too Take it or leave it, or try to believe it If you've been down too long Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on |
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You think you had the last laugh
Now you know this can't be true Even though the sun shines down upon you now Sometimes you must feel blue You make the best of each new day You try not to be sad Even though the sky falls down upon you Call it midnight feelin' bad When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew Away you will go sailin' In a race among the ruins If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon The road to love is littered By the bones of other ones Who by the magic of the moment Were mysteriously undone You try to understand it But you never seem to find Any kind of freedom comin' clean Is just another state of mind When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew Away you will go sailin' In a race among the ruins If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon So take the best of all that's left You know this cannot last Even though your mother was your maker From her apron strings you pass Just think about the fool Who by his virtue can be found In a most unusual situation Playin' jester to the clown When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew Away you will go sailin' In a race among the ruins If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon When you wake up to the promise Of your dream world comin' true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew Away you will go sailin' In a race among the ruins If you plan to face tomorrow Do it soon |
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She walks by the sea where the seaworld is
And she waits for the man to come She lives in town with her high-heeled friends And she knows it's a long way down But she doesn't have to get up in the morning With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home She walks to the sea where the seaweed is Where the rust in the dirt runs deep She lives nine lives in her midnight world While her old man's fast asleep And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin' With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home She lives by the sea when the summer wind comes And the sea don't mind at all She talks to the sea when the sea runs wild And the waves run steep and tall And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin' With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home |
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Now it looks to me like the same old place,
in the sky it looks like rain. The same old town with the same old streets, my address has not changed. You can find me there with the door shut tight, and the one wish that remains. Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. Now you know I don't write no bad checks, I have no wish to repent. I've seen a few but whatever I do, I don't cause no accidents. Whiskey and wine help me pass the time, I don't leave no evidence. Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. (inst.) Still I don't kneel down I was born to fight, so you best leave me alone. Maybe I'll get much more than I need, or much less than I should own, last of all let me say it again, either step up or step on. Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. Baby walk back, baby walk back, either walk on or walk back. (inst.) Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. Baby walk back, baby walk back, either walk on or walk back. Baby step back, baby step back, either step up or step back. (fade) |
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If you've got a heartache
Of the kind that will not pass by Even if you don't see the end Of what lies around the bend Don't stay that way It's all in a day believe me Even the best of dreams must end Even so it grieves me Stay loose, don't fight it Let it take you all the way and If it's wrong, you will right it Do not waste these hours away How many times have I told you These are the tears I've shed Could it be that I need help Is it maybe I've come undone And one thing more You know it don't come easy Even the best of friends must part Even so it grieves me Stay loose, don't fight it Let love take a holiday If it's wrong, you're gonna right it Do not waste these hours away Soon the storm will be over And the clouds will all pass by To be insane beyond belief Is sometimes the best relief And one thing sure Love never did come easy Even the best of dreams must end Even so it grieves me Stay loose, don't fight it Let it take you all the way and If it's wrong, you will right it Do not waste these hours away Stay loose, don't fight it Let love take a holiday If it's wrong, you're gonna right it Do not waste these hours away |
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There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within
It sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry And I will always love that sound until the day I die There's a plain and a simple answer to each and every quest From every quiet dance who might be a special guest In a movie made for TV or a late night interview You might even find them on the Young and the Restless too Do ya get that restless feelin' when you hear a whistle blast Like an echo from the past Of an old engine flyin' down a road that's ironcast The lake is blue, the sky is gray, the leaves have turned to gold The wild goose will be on her way, the weather's much too cold When the muskie and the old trout too have all gone down to rest We will be returning to the things that we love best Do ya get that restless yearning when you think about your dad And the scrimshaw that he had Of an old schooner rovin' 'neath a sky that's ironclad There's a kind of a restless feeling and it catches you off guard As we gaze off at the distance through the trees in my back yard I can feel that restless yearning of those geese as off they roam Then trade that for a warm bed and a place I can call home Will ya get that restless yearning when you hear the wicked blast Of a spectre from the past Of a cold diesel rollin' down a road that's built to last Still I get that restless feelin' when I hear a whistle blast See an image from the past Of an old schooner flyin' down a sky that's overcast |
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