Glen Campbell [가수, 영화배우]

- By The Time I Get To Phoenix -


By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin'
On her door

She'll laugh when she reads the part
That says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl
So many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch
And give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone
Keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud

And she'll cry just to think
I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go

I'll have a Blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmastree
Won't be the same dear,
if you're not here with me

I'll have a Blue Christmas that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doin' all right,
with your Christmas of white,
But I'll have a blue,
blue Christmas

God bless the day I found you,
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you, let it be me.

Don't take this heaven from one,
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever, let it be me.

Each time we meet, love,
I find complete love.
Without your sweet love
What would life be?

So never leave me lonely,
Tell me you'll love me only
And that you'll always let it be me.


Each time we meet, love,
I find complete love.
Without your sweet love
What would life be?

So never leave me lonely,
Tell me you'll love me only
And that you'll always let it be me.

I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

FADE
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know

Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea winds blowing
I still see her dark eyes glowing
She was 21
When I left Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun
And dream of Galveston

I still see her standing by the water
Standing there looking out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run

Galveston, oh Galveston
I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston

Take my hand for a while
Explain it to me once again
Just for the sake
Of my-why broken heart

Look into my eyes
And maybe I will understand
How love I counted on
Was never there

You see, I-I thought
That you might love me

So you caught me, it seems
Off balance with a heart so full
Of love and pretty dreams
That two should share

And so, I-I know
But please before you go

Take my hand for a while
Explain it to me once again
Just for the sake
Of my-why broken heart

The palpitating beast that beats within my battered breast
Burning and bedevilling, not allowing any rest
The thunder in my mind reflects the storm within my heart
A blasting, blaring sound that tears my soul apart

If this is love ... who needs it?

There's a tender, tempting feeling that is growing in my mind
Soothing and caressing a part of me that's blind
A warming worm that's mellowing and eating my resolve
Changing and challenging my cold heart to dissolve

If this is love ... I want it!


Now a flaming, flaring fire I feel has trapped me in it's trance
Flashing and flickering and forcing me to dance
I'm raised by its pure energy, aborning me anew
Blinding but enlightening, I know the fire is you

If this is love ... I need it
If this is love ... I want it
If this is what love is like ... oh yes, I need it
Oh if this is what love is like, I wanna have a taste of it

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover you'll know who I am by the song that I sing
I'll ease at your table and I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberrys and I'll drink your sweet wine
And a million tomorrows shall all pass away here I forget all the joy that is mine today

I can't be contented withg yeasterday's glory
I can't live on promissess winter just brings
Today is my moment and right now is my story while I laught and I cry and I sing
Today while the blossoms...

Friends are never earned they're a gift from the loving God
And they're precious beyond human evaluation
But you dare not take them for granted or they'll lift away like a smoke
And the warmth of their caring will vanish into the chill of the endless nights
Most of my friends are unknowns they probably won't even rate an obituary
Unless they live and die in a small town
Somewhere where nothing much ever happens
But a few of my friends are big people
They'd made the word ring with laughter down to this string of court
They're famous sensitive talented and their names are household words
And yet they're no more precious in God's eyes or in mine
Than those wonderful nobodys who live and die in small towns
Who is your friend he's someone who warms you with a nod
Or with an unspoken word in hard times when you're hurting beyond words
Who is your friend he's someone who holds you to her breast
And sighs softly into your hair when no other medicine could possibly stop the pain
A friend is someone who clings his glass against yours
Or answers the phone at three in the morning when you're lost
And with a few words of encouragement and concern
Makes you realize that you're not really lost at all
Friends come in both sexes in all shapes and sizes
The most imprtant thing they have in common is their ability
To share with you your most sky splitting joys
Or your deepest most spelling ol' some sorrows for they're all your friends

Written by Jimmy Webb - 1969

The end has come and found us here
With our toys scattered all around us here
The puzzle that we never found an answer for
Still asks us, darlin', just what all the games were for
And here we stand in a box of sand
Where's the playground Susie?
You're the one who's supposed to know her way around
Where's the playground Susie
If I don't stay around?
If I don't stay around?


The carousel has stopped us here
It twirled a time or two and then it dropped us here
And still you're not content with something about me
But what merry-go-round can you ride without me
To take your hand ?
How would you stand?

Where's the playground Susie
If I decide to let you go and play around?
Where's the playground Susie
If I don't stay around?
If I don't stay around?

Where's the playground Susie?
You're the one who's supposed to know her way around
Where's the playground Susie
If I decide to let you go and play around?

some people run, some people crawl
some peope don't move at all
some roads lead forward some roads lead back
some roads are bathed in white
some wrapped in black

some people never get and some never give
some people never die and some never live
some folrs treat me mean
some treat me kind most of them go their way
and don't pay me any mind

time, oh, good, good time where did you go
time, oh, good, good time where did you go

sometimes I'm satisfied,
sometimes I'm not
and sometimes it's hot
at sunset I laugh , sunrise I cry at midnight I'm in between
and I'm wondering why

time, oh, good, good time where did you go
time, oh, good, good time where did you go

Oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good yeah she does
My my woman she treats me like my woman should yeah she does
Well she's good as a woman can be anything to satisfy me
Yes oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good
Well she cleans my house she sews my britches scratches my back everytime it itches
Cooks my food and has my youngun's makes me proud that she's my woman yeah

She knows I like cornbread butter milk onions and tomatoes
White beans turnip greens Irish potatoes
Sets me a table that's fit for a king cause she loves just being my queen
Oh what a woman treats me uncommonly good

Well some fellows don't know when they take a wife
Just what kind of woman they're stuck with for life
Now I've known men who took their spouse
And she wound up wearin' the britches in the house

Yeah but now my little woman on the other hand can't do enough to please her man
Spends her time just bein' my girl and there's not another like her in the world no
Oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good yeah she does
My my woman she treats me like my woman should
Well she's good as a woman can be anything to satisfy me
Well oh what a woman treats me uncommon uncommonly good

You know, my love, my only wish is happiness for you
So I work real hard to strike it rich but everytime I do
I blow it all on some old witch I hardly ever knew
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you

When everything's ain't going right, I hurry home to you
You kiss my lips and you comfort me as only you can do
But the eagle flies on Friday night and my senses fly off too
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you

I dream of coming home to you; a knight in shining armour
'Cause it seems to me that you rate much more
Than a broken down, busted farmer

Everytime I get ahead, I act like someone new
I waste the whole night talking big and spending money too
Then I sneak in bed beside you; broke and blue
How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you, ahhh

How come everytime I itch I wind up scratchin' you

It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a rustling, cold towel, and
A dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainity I want to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind
To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now t'would be the sweetest thing t'would make me sing
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
[ ac.guitar ]
When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears
To help me leave all my blues behind
Standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind
[ strings ]
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind

IT'S OVER

If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine a morning light
Make us realize our night
Is over

When you walk away from me there
Is no place to put my hand
Except to shade my eyes against the sun
That rises o'er the land
I watch you walk away somehow
I have to let you go now
It's over

If you knew just how I really
Feel you might return and yet
There are so many times that people
Have to love and then forget
Though there might have been a way
I have to force myself to say
It's over

[ strings ]

So I turn my back and
Turn my collar to the wind
Move along in silence
Tryin' not to think at all,
Send my tired feet before me
Walk the silent street before me
It's over
It's over

Way down in Bowling Green the prettiest girls I've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky to love down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green folks treat you kind better you think your own mind
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky in Bowling Green you walk your own line
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold
It warms your body and I know it touches the soul
The bluegrass is fine Kentucky owns my mind

Fields down in Bowling Green have the softest grass I've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky to lie down in Bowling Green
[ strings - dobro ]
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold...
Bowling Green girls treat you right they wear dresses cut country tight
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky he seen the Bowling Green night
A man in Kentucky well he sure is lucky he seen the Bowling Green night
A man in Kentucky well he sure is lucky he seen the Bowling Green night

I'd like to stay with you for a while but I have promisses to keep
I could be happy here with you but I'm a so wild oat to reap
My strenght tells me my weakness shows you make me think of coats and ties
Of babies home security and jobs that last from nine to five
I could conjure up the constant state of happiness
But I know that I am just another man
And in knowing that I know that I'll get more or less what I can get
So I'll do what I can

I have many steps to take reckless steps I cannot share
A mountain waits for me to climb and I must climb because it's there
I could conjure up...

But if you should not let me go and if you want me as I am
And for a while I'll be a God instead of just another man mhm

You're my world you're every breath I take you're my world you're every move I make
Other eyes see star up in the skies but for me they shine within your eyes
As the trees reach for the sun above so my arms reach out to you for love
With your hand resting in mine I feel a power so divine
You're my world you are my night and day
You're my world you're every breath I breathe
If our love ceased to be then it's the end of my world for me
[ strings ]
With your hand resting in mine...

I spend the night in a chair thinkin' she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wiped the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her

It's just no good anymore when you walk through the door of an empty room
And then you go inside and sat at the table for one
It's no fun when you spend the day without her
We burst the pretty baloon it took us to the Moon
Such a beautiful thing bit it's ended now
But it sounds like a lie if I say I'd rather die than live without her
[ ac.guitar - strings ]
I spend the night in a chair...

(Johnny Cymbal - Michael Lendell)

Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
When through a sleepy haze I see her lyin' there
Soft as the rain that falls on summer flowers
Warm as the sunlight shinin' on her golden hair, mhm.

When I wake and see her there so close beside me
I want to take her in my arms
The ache is there so deep inside me
And nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning.

Chasin' a rainbow in the dream so far away
And when she turns to touch it I kiss her face so softly
My Mary wakes to love another day, mhm.

My Mary's there in sunny days or stormy weather
She doesn't care 'cause right or wrong
The love we share we share together
And nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the evening.

Kissed by the shades of night and starlight on her hair
And as we walk I hold her close beside me
Oh, how tomorrows for lifetime we'll share, mhm.

Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the evening...

Love me as though there were no tomorrow take me out of this world tonight
Take me make me forget my sorrow
So when I wake tomorrow I'll know our love was right
Kiss me as though it were now or never teach me all that our heart should know
Just love me as though there were no tomorrow
Oh my darling love me don't ever let me go
[ piano ]
Please love me as though there were no tomorrow
Oh my darling love me don't ever let me go

- By The Time I Get To Phoenix -


By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin'
On her door

She'll laugh when she reads the part
That says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl
So many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch
And give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone
Keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud

And she'll cry just to think
I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go

I'm sittin' in the railway station got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand
Every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one man band
Homeward bound I wish I was homeward bound
Home where my thought's escaping home where the music's playing
Home where my love was waitin' silently for me

Now every day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me for movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound...
[ strings ]
Tonight I'll sing my songs again I'll play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound...

Oh you tell me that you love me yes you tell me that you care
That tomorrow we'll be married but tomorrow's never there
Many weeks have I waited many many long nights have I cried
Just to see that happy morning happy morning when I'd have you right by my side
But tomorrow it never never comes no no no tomorrow ain't never ever gonna come
Now you tell me you tell me you love me can you say that you want me
But tomorrow never comes

Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun the world has ended my baby's gone
I wake up almost every night and realize you're gone
I toss and turn and stare at darkness waiting for the dawn
I try to tell my lonely heart we'll make it all alone
But it cries the world has ended oh my baby's gone
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let that moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops hold back the sun
Though they know the world has ended my baby's gone
Though they know the world has ended cause my baby's gone

Well I'm fallin' just about as far as I'm gonna fall
Well I've never been this slow before that I recall
And I'm gettin' tired of people picking on me
And I ain't a goin' down from here wait and see
There's gonna be a new dawn and a new day
From this moment on things are gonna break my way
I'm gonna wear a new smile and a new face
And then I'm goin' out and get back in the race

Well the people been a walkin' on me way too long
And the way I gotta figure I've been doin' it wrong
So from now on I'm a gonna look out from me
I'm gonna do what I want to be what I want to be
There's gonna be a new dawn...

Hey little one so far from home and so alone
Hey little one I'm just like you I'm lonely too
The road of life is a long long road when you walk alone
Then I found you I found a love a love I've never known a love I've never known
Hey hey hey hey little one don't go away tell me you'll stay
Hey hey hey hey little one I'm just like you I'm so lonely too

Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now
Packing up and disappearing into thin air
Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take root
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere
I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops and I need to breathe the open air
I hope to beg your pardon your town just ain't my garden
Bad seed won't grow just anywhere
So honey kiss goodbye to your bad seed
My love is not the kind that you need
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
Cause bad seed don't grow just anywhere
And you're looking at the baddest of the bad seed

Next stop is Jacksonville now I don't know but I've got the feelin'
And I might just kinda like it somewhere round there
Hear tell there's fertile land white pearly silver sand
And bad seed won't grow just anywhere
So honey kiss goodbye...
Hmm let me tell you honey I'm the bad seed

(Lee Martin - Dick McBride - Bob Wills)

Feeling lowm feeling blue
All the troubles come my way
But I just won't worry
I'll be lucky someday.

My money's gone, ain't got no friends
More debts than I can face
But I just won't worry
I'll be lucky someday.

Let it rain, oh, let it pour
'Cause it just can't get worst no way
And I know maybe soon
My luck will change someday.

The gal I love done said goodbye
She went on her marryin' way
But I just won't worry
I'll be lucky someday.

I'll be lucky someday
Maybe I'll get lucky someday...

I know that it would make you cry to find that I have gone didn't even say foodbye
You'll hate me for a while because I promised love and left you just regret
I know that I could never be the kind of man that you have in your mind of me
Though you said we must part it would break your heart
But you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time will help you find a perfect man to really love you
And not a man like me who's like the wind and must be free
But a man who's worthy of you
For I could never settle down to just one way of life
One woman and one town so sad to part this way
You'll be glad someday for you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time...

On a street in some big city lives the girl I love so well
She left me for another now there's nothing much to tell
As I try to fit my life in a different mode I find
That love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
I took a plane to back when I was just a child that played
Time sure changed this old town oh it's not the same today
As I try to meet old friends none do I find
Cause love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
[ strings ]
There's trees along this river that are overgrown with pines
There's pools along this river where the sun will never shine
As I look into my heart and count my loss I find
That love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind
Yes love is a lonesome river running through the lonesome mind

He's five foot two and he's six feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of thirty-one
And he's only seventeen
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
He knows he shouldn't kill
But he knows he always will
Kill you, my friend, for me and me for you

He's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France
He's fighting for the U.S.A.
He's fighting for the Russians
And he's fighting for Japan
And he thinks, he'll put an end to war that way

He's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the Reds
He says it's for the peace of all
He's the one who must decide
Who's to live and who's to die
But he never sees the writing on the wall

But without him how would Hitler have condemned them at Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
As the weapon of the war
And without him all this killing can't go on

He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him and you, and me
And brother, can't you see?
This is not the way to put an end to war

The way I act don't seem like me
I'm not on top like I used to be
I'll give in when I know I should be strong
I still give in even though I know it's wrong, know it's wrong
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

And breaking off wasn't hard to do
But I couldn't stay away from you
I feel love but not the way I did before
This time, girl, has got to be forever more, ever more
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

And baby since we've been apart
Maybe I've found I had a heart
I couldn't let go even if I wanted to
You must know baby now it's only you, only you
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

Let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others and a little less of me mhmm mhmm

Let me be a little braver when temptation bits me waver
Let me strive a little harder to be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me mhmm mhmm

Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better those that I am striving for
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker
Think a little more of others and a little less of me mhmm mhmm

(Johnny Cymbal - Michael Lendell)

Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
When through a sleepy haze I see her lyin' there
Soft as the rain that falls on summer flowers
Warm as the sunlight shinin' on her golden hair, mhm.

When I wake and see her there so close beside me
I want to take her in my arms
The ache is there so deep inside me
And nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning.

Chasin' a rainbow in the dream so far away
And when she turns to touch it I kiss her face so softly
My Mary wakes to love another day, mhm.

My Mary's there in sunny days or stormy weather
She doesn't care 'cause right or wrong
The love we share we share together
And nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the evening.

Kissed by the shades of night and starlight on her hair
And as we walk I hold her close beside me
Oh, how tomorrows for lifetime we'll share, mhm.

Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the evening...

It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a rustling, cold towel, and
A dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

- By The Time I Get To Phoenix -


By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin'
On her door

She'll laugh when she reads the part
That says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl
So many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch
And give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone
Keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud

And she'll cry just to think
I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go

Hey little one so far from home and so alone
Hey little one I'm just like you I'm lonely too
The road of life is a long long road when you walk alone
Then I found you I found a love a love I've never known a love I've never known
Hey hey hey hey little one don't go away tell me you'll stay
Hey hey hey hey little one I'm just like you I'm so lonely too

I'd like to stay with you for a while but I have promisses to keep
I could be happy here with you but I'm a so wild oat to reap
My strenght tells me my weakness shows you make me think of coats and ties
Of babies home security and jobs that last from nine to five
I could conjure up the constant state of happiness
But I know that I am just another man
And in knowing that I know that I'll get more or less what I can get
So I'll do what I can

I have many steps to take reckless steps I cannot share
A mountain waits for me to climb and I must climb because it's there
I could conjure up...

But if you should not let me go and if you want me as I am
And for a while I'll be a God instead of just another man mhm

IT'S OVER

If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine a morning light
Make us realize our night
Is over

When you walk away from me there
Is no place to put my hand
Except to shade my eyes against the sun
That rises o'er the land
I watch you walk away somehow
I have to let you go now
It's over

If you knew just how I really
Feel you might return and yet
There are so many times that people
Have to love and then forget
Though there might have been a way
I have to force myself to say
It's over

[ strings ]

So I turn my back and
Turn my collar to the wind
Move along in silence
Tryin' not to think at all,
Send my tired feet before me
Walk the silent street before me
It's over
It's over

I spend the night in a chair thinkin' she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wiped the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her

It's just no good anymore when you walk through the door of an empty room
And then you go inside and sat at the table for one
It's no fun when you spend the day without her
We burst the pretty baloon it took us to the Moon
Such a beautiful thing bit it's ended now
But it sounds like a lie if I say I'd rather die than live without her
[ ac.guitar - strings ]
I spend the night in a chair...

She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
And thinks of the young man that she almost married
What would he think if he saw her this way
She picks up her apron in little girl fashion as something comes into her mind
Then slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
And all of the boys she had waiting in line
Ah such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
You see everywhere anytime of the day
And everyday housewife who gave up the good time for me

The photograph album she takes from the closet and slowly turns the page
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
The first one he gave her now withered with age
She closes her eyes and touches the housedress that suddenly disappears
And just for a moment she's wearing the gown
That broke all their minds back so many years
Ah such are the dreams...
Ah such are the dreams...
Ah such are the dreams...

I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main roads
Searching in the sun for another overload
I hear you singing in the wires
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

I know that it would make you cry to find that I have gone didn't even say foodbye
You'll hate me for a while because I promised love and left you just regret
I know that I could never be the kind of man that you have in your mind of me
Though you said we must part it would break your heart
But you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time will help you find a perfect man to really love you
And not a man like me who's like the wind and must be free
But a man who's worthy of you
For I could never settle down to just one way of life
One woman and one town so sad to part this way
You'll be glad someday for you're young and you'll forget
You're young and I know time...

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way
To believe that its all true
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way
And I'd leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you
Makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you
Makes it easy to give
Never thinkin' of myself

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way
To believe that its all true
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I looked to find a reason to belie-ie-ieve
In you...

Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea winds blowing
I still see her dark eyes glowing
She was 21
When I left Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun
And dream of Galveston

I still see her standing by the water
Standing there looking out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run

Galveston, oh Galveston
I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston

Written by Jimmy Webb - 1969

The end has come and found us here
With our toys scattered all around us here
The puzzle that we never found an answer for
Still asks us, darlin', just what all the games were for
And here we stand in a box of sand
Where's the playground Susie?
You're the one who's supposed to know her way around
Where's the playground Susie
If I don't stay around?
If I don't stay around?


The carousel has stopped us here
It twirled a time or two and then it dropped us here
And still you're not content with something about me
But what merry-go-round can you ride without me
To take your hand ?
How would you stand?

Where's the playground Susie
If I decide to let you go and play around?
Where's the playground Susie
If I don't stay around?
If I don't stay around?

Where's the playground Susie?
You're the one who's supposed to know her way around
Where's the playground Susie
If I decide to let you go and play around?

Good mornin' mornin' glory
Good mornin' what's your story
Good mornin' where'd you spend the night
Where did your night dreams take you
Sorry but I had to wake you
Oh I just had to make you
Shed your precious mornin' light on me

Oh good mornin' sleepy baby
You know, I'm thinking maybe
I love you even more today
Every time you go to sleep
I'm jealous of the dreams
That keep you away from me

Good mornin' mornin' glory
I'll have to thank the sandman
For he's let you wake up in my arms again

Doo doo da doo doo doo doo

Oh, come on darling time to get up
I have your breakfast table set up
Its such a lovely morning to see
And I have my mornin' glory with me

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Written By BOBBIE GENTRY
<i>Lyrics &copy; Universal Music Publishing Group</i>

One day, little girl, the sadness will leave your face
As soon as you've won the fight to get justice done
Someday little girl you'll wonder what life's about
But other's have known few battles are won alone
So, you'll look around to find
Someone who's kind, someone who is fearless like you
The pain of it will ease a bit
When you find a man with true grit

One day you will rise and you won't believe your eyes
You'll wake up and see
A world that is fine and free
Though summer seems far away
You will find the sun one day

The palpitating beast that beats within my battered breast
Burning and bedevilling, not allowing any rest
The thunder in my mind reflects the storm within my heart
A blasting, blaring sound that tears my soul apart

If this is love ... who needs it?

There's a tender, tempting feeling that is growing in my mind
Soothing and caressing a part of me that's blind
A warming worm that's mellowing and eating my resolve
Changing and challenging my cold heart to dissolve

If this is love ... I want it!


Now a flaming, flaring fire I feel has trapped me in it's trance
Flashing and flickering and forcing me to dance
I'm raised by its pure energy, aborning me anew
Blinding but enlightening, I know the fire is you

If this is love ... I need it
If this is love ... I want it
If this is what love is like ... oh yes, I need it
Oh if this is what love is like, I wanna have a taste of it

If you see your brother standing by the road
With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed
And if you see your sister falling by the way
Just stop and say you're goin' the wrong way
You've got to try a little kindness yes show a little kindness
Yes shine your light for everyone to see
And if you'll try a little kindness and you'll overlook the blindness
Of the narrow minded people on the narrow minded streets

Don't walk around the down and out lend a helping hand instead of doubt
And the kindness that you show every day will help someone along their way
You've got to try a little kindness...
You've got to try a little kindness...

to moonn6pence from shootingstar




Dream dream dream dream
Dream dream dream dream
When I want you
in my arms When I want you
and all your charms Whenever I want you
all I have to do is
Dream dream dream dream


꿈을 꾸어요.
당신을 내 품에 안고 싶을 때
내가 당신을 간절히 그리워할 때
당신의 아름다운 모습을 보고싶을 때 언제나
내가 할 수 있는 건 꿈을 꾸는 것뿐이랍니다.



When I feel blue
in the night And I need you
to hold me tight Whenever I want you
all I have to do is dream


외로운 밤 우울해 질때
나를 꼭 껴안아 줄 당신이 필요할 때
당신을 너무나 간절히 원할 때 언제나
내가 할 수 있는 건 꿈을 꾸는 것뿐이랍니다.



I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day


그곳에서는 당신을 내 사람으로 만들 수 있고
당신의 부드러운 입술도 느낄 수도 있어요.
낮이나 밤이나 그 언제든지 말이예요.



*
Only trouble is gee-whiz
I'm dreaming my life away
I need you so
that I could die I love you so
and that is why whenever I want you
all I have to do is Dream
dream dream dream dream


오직 한가지 걱정은 내가 꿈에 빠져
내 삶이 덧없이 흘러가며 내는
바람소리를 듣는 것이랍니다.
나는 당신이 간절히 필요해요.
내 생명보다 소중한 당신을 죽도록 사랑해요.
하지만 내가 당신을 원할 때 언제나
할 수 있는 건 꿈을 꾸는 것뿐이랍니다.



*(repeat)

I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day

Only trouble is gee-whiz
I'm dreaming my life away
I need you so
that I could die I love you so
and that is why whenever I want you
all I have to do is Dream
dream dream dream Dream
dream dream dream..Dream
dream dream dream...

Well honey I know I've said it many times before I said I'd never say it again
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all since you're supposed to belong to him
But I just can't let you go but I'm tellin' you just how much I love you
So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time
Honey come back I just can't stand each lonely day's a little bit longer
And the last time I held you seems like a hundred years ago
Back to his arms and never know the joy of love that used to taste like
Honey come back where you belong to only me

Well I guess that's about all I gotta say
So I'm just gonna pack my bags and I'm gonna walk
I know those bright lights're callin' you honey big fine cars and fancy clothes
But if you ever want someone to just love you and some day you just may
Just give me a call you know where I am and here's what I'll say
Honey come back...
Honey come back where you belong to only me
Honey come back where you belong to only me

As I walk these narrow streets where a million passin' feet are before me
With my guitar in my hand suddenly I realize nobody knows me
Well yesterday the motor toots screamed and cried my name out for a song
Now the streets are empty and the crowds they go on home
With the rain on my face there's no place where I belong
And my whole life consists of a story of poem at a song
Now the truths I've tried to tell you are as distant as the moon
More than hundred years too late two hundred years too soon
I'm a child of the sage Lord's been in the pages of a book
But when I'm dust and clay where other people stop and to look
And will they marvel and miracles and perform into the high size to the spider
Oh will they take the pages of the book to light of fire
With the rain on my face there's no place where I belong

(Jerry Goldstein - Gary James)

Love is like a warm and tender rain
Splashing on the roof beatin' on the window pane
She was like a soft and gentle breeze
Seemin' so sincere pretty as you please.

Though the time we spent together was so small
I keep wondering if I walked through it all
But the way you held me close and called my name
And the pain I'm feeling now tells me love is not a game.

Every time I looked into her eyes
I couldn't really see what was on her mind
'Cause she's been through this many times before
Never realized I must have been a poor.

Now I believe that love could be just simple true and harmony
Happiness for day and night no one wrong or right
But the way you held me close and called my name
And the pain I'm feeling now tells me love is not a game...

Looking back on the days
When I was scuffling for a buck
Not overly concerned with life and love
I was always feeling sorry
For myself and my bad luck
I never stopped to think what life's made of

With my nose to the grindstone
And my collar to the wheel
I fought for my daily dollar like a man
Then you came into my life
And nothing else seemed real
I found the answer right here in my hands

Now I've got everything a man could ever need
I've got dreams to dream and songs to sing
In the morning
I've got hands to hold my baby-child
And eyes to watch my woman smile
I've got everything a man could ever need

Now my working days seem shorter
Than they ever did before
And the evening breeze gets cooler day by day
And the morning sun is always shining
Down on my backdoor
And your laughter washes all my tears away

And there's not a day goes by
When I don't look up to the sky
And humbly thank the good Lord up above
For bringing you to me in time
To make me realize
That all a poor man really needs is love

Now I've got everything a man could ever need
I've got dreams to dream and songs to sing
In the morning
I've got hands to hold my baby-child
And eyes to watch my woman smile
I've got everything a man could ever need
I've got everything a man could ever need

(Dale Parker)

As far as I'm concerned I don't believe the words
They say about you as far as I'm concerned
I think it's time they learn that nothing I have heard
Could make me doubt you as far as I'm concerned.

As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you
Than to look for happiness with someone new
For always in my heart there'll be a flame that burns
For you alone dear as far as I'm concerned.

As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you
Than to look for happiness with someone new
For always in my heart there'll be a flame that burns
For you alone dear as far as I'm concerned...

People see us everywhere
They think you really care
But myself I can't deceive
I know it's only make believe

My one and only prayer
Is that some day you'll care
My hopes, my dreams come true
My one and only you

No one will ever know
How much I love you so
My only prayer will be
Someday you'll care for me
But it's only make believe

My hopes, my dreams come true
My life, I'd give for you
My heart, a wedding ring
My all, my everything

My heart, I can't control
You rule my very soul
My plans, my hopes, my schemes
Girl, you are my every dream
But it's only make believe

My one and only prayer
Girl, is that some day you'll care
My hopes, my dreams come true
You're my one and only you

And no one will ever know
Just how much I love you so
And my only prayer will be
That someday you'll care for me
But it's only make believe
It's make believe

Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Let me share your love even if it's only in your mind
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Dreams of happiness and secret pleasures we have yet to find
And though we're far apart won't you treat me in your heart
Till I'm back in your arms where I belong
And dream sweet dreams about me till I'm home

The time has come and it won't keep that flame on the ground much longer
I've got to say goodbye for a while
So hold me one more time cause hon I'm gonna miss you oh I miss you
So before I go just let me see your smile
And baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Let me share your love even if it's only in your mind
And though we're far apart...
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me till I'm home

Once I had a piece of paper
It was supposed to mean that you were mine
It looked like any other piece of paper,

But I thought there was love between the lines,
But it was...

Just another piece of paper
And it really didn't mean one little thing
To you from the very start
Just another piece of paper

Now I got another piece of paper
Your lawyer, he sent it in the mail today
It looks like any other piece of paper

But it says that you have gone away to stay
And it is...

Just another piece of paper
Blowing in an empty wind
That slows into my heart
Just another piece of paper
Tearing us apart

And it is...

The last time I saw her face her eyes were bathed in starlight and her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me
Her lips were like the scented flowers inside a rain-drenched forest
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds
I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I walked with her her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun a voice that called to everyone
To love the ground we walked upon those were good days
[ strings ]
The last time I held her hand her touch was autumn spring and summer and winter too
The last time I let go of her she walked a way into the night
I lost her in the misty streets a thousand months a thousand years
When other lips will kiss her eyes a million miles beyond the moon that's where she is
The last time I saw her face her eyes were bathed in starlight and she walked alone
The last time she kissed my cheek her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still beneath a battered marking stone it lies forgotten

You're still the best per-erson
I ever knew
There were a thousand little things that I was always
Just about to say to you
But the now time, it grows shorter
For the speeches
Just let me leave you with the line
It might help you pass the time
Someti-ime

You might as we-ell smile
Ain't no tears gonna drown the rain
Keeps on fallin'
You might as we-ell smile
Ain't no pain gonna change what still remai-ains
You might as well regain, babe
You're lost serenity, serenity
And shine it on me
Shine it on me-ee-ee

I remember times when you he-eld me
You'd free-eeze my spine
We were lookin' in the mirror at the time
I got confused and I thought your eyes were mine
But now the time, it grows shorter
For the secrets
Just let me leave you with some truth
Might help you hold on
To your jewels sometimes

You might as we-ell smile
Ain't no tears gonna drown the rain
Keeps on fallin'
You might as we-ell smile

Ain't no pain gonna change what still remai-ains
You might as well maintain, babe
Protect your sanity, your sanity-why
And it shine it on me

Shine it on me-ee-ee
Shine it on me-ee-ee-ee
Shine it o-on me...

Ad-or-a-tion, Ad-or-a-tion
Baby when will you-ou ge-et your-our-our-our fill
Ad-you-la-tion, Ad-you-la-tion
You know baby I don't thi-ink you-ou-ou ever will
You're always talkin' about just livin' for the mo-oment 'n
Bein' a romantic in you, you talk about freedom
But you don't know what freedom i-is
No you don't know where freedom li-i-i-ives

You, you don't know, exactly what you fee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eel
No-o you-ou, a-you don't know-ow, exactly what is rea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eal
But I'm gonna show you how it feels
To feel goodbye-hye

Des-o-la-tion, Des-o-la-tion
You finally brought it down to the same fore-ore-oreground
Des-per-a-tion, Des-per-a-tion
You don't know how crazy you-ou-ou-ou sound
You're always talkin' about, my like o' class
The way I, hold my glass
And even though the way I smoke 'n
Lord I didn't even smo-oke
Lord I didn't even smo-o-o-oke

But I, I met you, and you had to change my hair-air-air-air-air-hair
And I-I, I met you-ou, and you had to show me what to wear-ear-ear-ear
But I'm gonna show you how it feels
To feel goodbye-hye....

I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

FADE
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know

Living in the city
Ain't never been my idea
Of getting it on
But the job demands
That you make new plans
Before your big chance is gone

You get a house in the hills
You're paying everyones bills
And they tell you that
You're gonna go far
But in the back of my mind
I hear it time after time
Is that who you really are

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee
Looking back, I can
Remember the time
When I sang my songs for free

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
Take a look at everything you own
But now and then
My heart keeps going home

Talking on the telephone
Setting up another day
Of people to meet
You've gotta do what's right
You've gotta spend the night
Staying in touch with the street

When you're surrounded by friends
They say the fun never ends
But I guess I'll never figure it out
Cause in the back of my mind
I hear it time after time
Is this what its all about

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee
Looking back, I can
Remember the time
When I sang my songs for free

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
Take a look at everything you own
But now and then
My heart keeps going home

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee
Looking back, I can
Remember the time
When I sang my songs for free

Country boy
You got your feet in L.A.
Take a look at everything you own
But now and then
My heart keeps going home

Marie
You're a strange little one
Marie
Always on the run
Marie
Where do you belong
Sometimes you act just like a woman
Then you're childish as can be
Now should I treat you like a woman
Or maybe take you crossed my knee
Marie
You're a funny kind of girl
Marie
If I only knew your world
Marie
Then maybe I could play along
With you
Marie
Sometimes you act just like a woman
Then you're childish as can be
Now should I treat you like a woman
Or maybe take you crossed my knee
Marie
You're a funny kind of girl
Marie
If I only knew your world
Marie
Then maybe I could play along
With you
Marie

Southern nights
Have you ever felt a Southern night
Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees
Whistling tunes that you know and love so

Southern nights
Just as good even when you close your eyes
I apologize to anyone who can truly say
That he has found a better way

Southern skies
Have you ever noticed Southern skies
It's precious beauty lies just beyond the eye
It goes running through your soul
Like the stories of old

Old man, he and his dog
They walk the old land
Every flower touched his cold hand
As he slowly walked by
Weeping willows would cry for joy, joy

Feel so good, feel so good, it's frightening
Wish I could stop this world from fighting
La da da da da........

Mysteries like this and
Many others in the trees
Blow in the night in the Southern skies

Southern nights
They feel so good, it's frightening
Wish I could stop this world from fighting
La da da da da........

Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny day
Sunflower, fair warning
I'm gonna love you if you come my way

Now, if there's a chance that romance can find you
Better not find you looking the other way
Now, isn't it time you finally take it
Make it so real it steals your breath away
Hey hey hey

Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny time
Sun morning, good morning
And someday, child, I'm gonna make you mine

Well, if there's a chance that romance will find you
Better not find you looking the other way
Isn't it time you finally take it
Make it so good it steals your breath away
Hey hey hey

Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny time
Sunflower, sweet morning
For every time I'm gonna make you mine

This is what I wanna live for
This is where I wanna live
To give my life to you and to this feeling
That's alive today
And never let it go away
No matter what this is

This is, and how can I deny it
This is, and will not be denied
And you don't have to give an explanation
For the way you feel
I only wanna know it's real
No matter what this is

To give my life to you and to this feeling
That's alive today
And never let it go, never let it go away
No matter what this is
No matter, no matter what this is
It's everything that is

Well honey I know I've said it many times before I said I'd never say it again
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all since you're supposed to belong to him
But I just can't let you go but I'm tellin' you just how much I love you
So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time
Honey come back I just can't stand each lonely day's a little bit longer
And the last time I held you seems like a hundred years ago
Back to his arms and never know the joy of love that used to taste like
Honey come back where you belong to only me

Well I guess that's about all I gotta say
So I'm just gonna pack my bags and I'm gonna walk
I know those bright lights're callin' you honey big fine cars and fancy clothes
But if you ever want someone to just love you and some day you just may
Just give me a call you know where I am and here's what I'll say
Honey come back...
Honey come back where you belong to only me
Honey come back where you belong to only me

- By The Time I Get To Phoenix -


By the time I get to Phoenix
She'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin'
On her door

She'll laugh when she reads the part
That says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl
So many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch
And give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone
Keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud

And she'll cry just to think
I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go

About five o'clock in the late afternoon sun's gettin' drowsy above me
Tonight I walk neath the sparkling moon with the girl who is happy to love me
She's my sweet country girl and she's all that I need
The whole world wears the smile when she's talking
Sweet country girl it's not hard to believe
Pretty flowers bloom wherever she's been walking uh-huh

Shadows erase in the last light of day night time is startin' to settle
Red colored stone Lord is leading my way to her cottage way down in the meadow
She's my sweet country girl...

Green trees and golden hay and sunshine here every day
Big cities far behind me well it's love with her to think I'm a gonna stay
About five o'clock in the late afternoon...
She's my sweet country girl yes she is
She's my sweet country girl and I love her she's my sweet country girl

It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a rustling, cold towel, and
A dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way
To believe that its all true
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way
And I'd leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you
Makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you
Makes it easy to give
Never thinkin' of myself

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way
To believe that its all true
Knowing that you lied straight faced
While I cried
Still I looked to find a reason to belie-ie-ieve
In you...

One last time let me love you one last time
All I need is one more chance to say goodbye
One last kiss then I swer I'll let you go baby I need you I've got to see you
One more night stay with me till tomorrow
Just tonight let's pretend that tomorrow will never come (baby I need you)
One last time loving you before the end I can't face never seeing you again
One last look in your eyes to know we're through baby I need you I've got to see you
One more night stay with me till tomorrow
Just tonight let's pretend that tomorrow will never come
Baby I need you (one last time) I've got to see you (one last time)
Baby I need you (one last time) baby I need you (one last time)
Baby I want you (one last time) baby I want you (one last time)
Baby I want you (one last time) baby I want you (one last time)