The Byrds

Oh I'd rather go and journey
Where the diamond crescent's glowing
And run across the valley
Beneath the sacred mountain
And wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms
And break the light in colors
That no-one knows the names of

And when it's time I'll go and wait
Beside a legendary fountain
Till I see your form reflected
In its clear and jeweled waters
And if you think I'm ready
You may lead me to the chasm
Where the rivers of our vision
Flow into one another

I will watch her dive beneath
The white cascading waters
She may beg she may plead
She may argue with her logic
And then mention all the things I'll lose
That really have no value
In the end she will surely know
I wasn't born to follow

Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair

I don't care
How many letters they send
Morning came and morning went
Pack up your money
Pick up your tent
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair

Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To a tree with roots
You ain't goin nowhere
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair

Now Genghis Kahn
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, Oh are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm goin' to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you

Take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can't feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'

I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Unto my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm goin' to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

The reason why, oh I can say
I have to let you go babe, and right away
After what you did, I can’t stay on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone

Baby for a long time, you had me believe
That your love was all mine, and that’s the way it would be
But I didn’t know, that you were putting me on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone

Now I’ve got to say, that it’s not like before
And I’m not gonna play, your games anymore
After what you did, I can’t stay on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone

Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to its heat
Your temperature's too hot for taming
Your flaming feet are burning up the street

I am homeless, come and take me
Into the reach of your rattling drums
I got to know babe, all about my fortune
Down along my restless palms

Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes so fast and slashing
And your flashing diamond teeth

The night is pitch black, come and make my
Pale face fit in to place, ah, please!
I gotta know babe, I'm nearly drowning
If it's you, my lifelines trace

I been wondering all about me
Ever since I seen you there
On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I'm riding
I know I'm 'round you but I don't know where

You have slayed me, you have made me
I got to laugh halfways off my heels
I got to know babe, will you surround me?
So I can tell if I'm really real

Oh you know it makes me sad to see you feel so bad
But it's happened to you many times before
But if you will come with me, then girl you will see
That you won't have to cry anymore

There's no reason to feel blue because of what he says to you
And I wouldn't want to see you hurt no more
I could never do you wrong 'cause my love for you is too strong
And you won't have to cry anymore

Oh I saw you there with tears in your eyes
Because he told you so many lies
Of you know it isn't right to put yourself uptight
By thinking about the things he's done before

Just trust your love in me and girl you will see that
You won't have to cry
No, you won't have to cry
No, you won't have to cry anymore

Daytime just makes me feel lonely
At night I can only dream about you
Girl you're on my mind
Nearly all of the time
It's so hard being here without you

Words in my head keep repeating
Things that you said when I was with you
And I wonder is it true
Do you feel the same way too
It's so hard being here without you
Being here without you

Though I know it won't last
I'll see you someday
It seems as though that day will come never
But there's one thing I'll swear
Though you're far away
I'll be thinking about you forever

Streets that I walk on depress me
Ones that were happy when I was with you
Still with all the friends I know
And with all the things I do
It's so hard being here without you
Being here without you

Oh what will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future?
Say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner?
Say the black bells of Rhondda
And who killed the miner?
Say the grim bells of Blaina

Throw the vandals in court
Say the bells of Newport
All will be well if, if, if, if, if
Say the green bells of Cardiff
Why so worried sisters? Why?
Sang the silver bells of Wye
And what will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney

Oh what will you give me?
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future?
Say the brown bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner?
Say the black bells of Rhondda
And who killed the miner?
Say the grim bells of Blaina

I’d like to love you , with all of my heart
You’ve had me on your trip, right from the start
And when you looked at me, with love in your eyes
I knew I’d want you, oh yeah

I’d like to hold you, if you want me to
I’ve found something new girl, just by looking at you
And it’s in your smile, and it’s in the way
I knew I’d want you, oh yeah

I meet so many people, I feel I don’t know
But I felt so close to you, when you said hello
I’d like to love you, and together we’d find
The place we’ve been looking for, we’ll have peace of mind
There we’ll be happy, and there I’ll know why
I knew I’d want you, oh yeah

It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody who
Is gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see
All the love I was trying to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live.
It's no use keeping you around
If you don't want me all the way
There's somebody new who can be found
And I'll find her someday
And she will be everything
All the love she has she'll want to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live.
If you don't, oh I'd love to leave
If you don't, oh I'd love to leave
Oh I should be good to you but I can't cause before
I was really true to you but you only hurt me more
(repeat first verse)

Many thanks to Irene for corrections

Don't doubt yourself, babe
Let your feet stand up for your.........
I know what's running through your mind
It take you.........to capture your time
Make love...........straight and narrow, oh oh
Don't doubt yourself, girl
Let...............you know........well
For all the............been done to you
...................so don't be blue
.................been through you're lucky oh oh
Don't doubt yourself when
Daylight fades and darkness begin
It only comes to show you that
You don't know..........where it is at
Rest.................no nothing oh oh
Don't doubt yourself cause
At the end of your words no were applause
The truth's proved to be found
Hard to take first time around
So don't you worry it's gonna be alright oh oh

Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts, struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors, whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far off corner flashed
And the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless seeking trail
For the lonesome hearted lovers, with too personal a tale
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Starry-eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
And we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, srung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

We’ll meet again don’t know where don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling true just like you always do
Till the blue skies make the dark clouds fade away
Some sunny day hey hey hey (3x)
We’ll meet again don’t know where don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
(repeat first verse)
(repeat second verse)

I was really good to her
But now she broke my heart
She looked so young and she seemed so sweet
But I was wrong from the start

She has a way about her
That makes her run around
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
Oh oh, oh oh

I waited so impatiently
It didn't do my mind any good
I never thought she would set me free
I did all the things that I should

Then all at once I would fold her
'Cause she could not be found
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
Oh oh, oh oh

I didn't think that I
Would wait for her very long
But I didn't realize
My love for her was so strong

She might be going from heart to heart
She might be puttin' them down
The way she took me all apart
And made me the laugh of the town

She has a way about her
That makes her run around
Now I wonder if she'll ever
Want to settle down
Oh oh

The reason why, oh I can say
I have to let you go babe, and right away
After what you did, I can’t stay on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone

Baby for a long time, you had me believe
That your love was all mine, and that’s the way it would be
But I didn’t know, that you were putting me on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone

Now I’ve got to say, that it’s not like before
And I’m not gonna play, your games anymore
After what you did, I can’t stay on
And I’ll probably feel a whole lot better
When you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone
Oh when you’re gone

It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody who
Is gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see
All the love I was trying to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live.
It's no use keeping you around
If you don't want me all the way
There's somebody new who can be found
And I'll find her someday
And she will be everything
All the love she has she'll want to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live.
If you don't, oh I'd love to leave
If you don't, oh I'd love to leave
Oh I should be good to you but I can't cause before
I was really true to you but you only hurt me more
(repeat first verse)

Many thanks to Irene for corrections

Oh you know it makes me sad to see you feel so bad
But it's happened to you many times before
But if you will come with me, then girl you will see
That you won't have to cry anymore

There's no reason to feel blue because of what he says to you
And I wouldn't want to see you hurt no more
I could never do you wrong 'cause my love for you is too strong
And you won't have to cry anymore

Oh I saw you there with tears in your eyes
Because he told you so many lies
Of you know it isn't right to put yourself uptight
By thinking about the things he's done before

Just trust your love in me and girl you will see that
You won't have to cry
No, you won't have to cry
No, you won't have to cry anymore

I ain't lookin' to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, pacify you
Deny, defy, or crucify you
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you

No, I ain't lookin' to fight with you
Frighten you or uptighten you
Drag you down or bring you down
Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you

I don't want to fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me

I don't want to meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you
All I really want to do
Is baby be friends with you
Baby be friends with you
Baby be friends with you