Jim Messina

Time, time and again I see you staring down at me
Now, then and again I wonder what it is that you see
With those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes

You want to believe that I am not the same as you
And now I can't conceive, oh lord, of what it is you're trying to do
With those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

You and I must start to realize
Blindness binds us in a false disguise
Can you see me through those angry eyes?

You try to defend that you are not the one to blame
But I'm finding it hard, my friend, when I 'm in the deadly aim
Of those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

Listen to the people crying
Hoping for the day they'll be free
I don't have to tell you we're (they're) dieing
Just wake up, take a look, what do You see?
I see young men my own age in coffins
And mothers in tears for their sons
And sweethearts and wives
Alone with their memories
And golden ribbon's those fortunes of war
Thousands and thousands
Shall gather together
To seek and find the Way we all need
And the son will bring (backhanded glory) us together
Hallelujah
and rid ourselves of the pain we all see
We see young men our own age in coffins
And Mothers in tears for their sons
And Sweetheart's and wives
Alone with their memories
And golden ribbon's those fortunes of war
What does it to avail a man
To gain fortune
And lose his soul?

I had a good friend sometime ago
We had a good thing and we let it show
Oh I was a fool, I let him go
Oh oh oh, how I miss him so

I had a woman who's love was strong
She gave me her freedom and I let her run
Oh I was a fool, I let her go
Oh oh oh, how I miss her so

I knew a fine man so strong with strife
He ran for election and lost his life
Oh I was a fool, I let him go
Oh oh oh, how I miss him so
Oh oh oh oh oh, how I miss him so
Ah ah ah ah ah, how I miss him so

Long tailed cat sitting by the old rocking chair
He don't realize that there's a danger there
He don't care if no rockin and roll chair
Is gonna boogie on his daycause he's swinging his tail to a low down syncapate

I'm going down to new orleans town on a dixie holiday
To get myself, a hunk of that harmony yeah-aye
You may be a symphony but i believe in song
It's got a catchy melody so you can sing along

Woah they say talking bout the girls that work up town
I don't realize that there's a danger now
No swinging tail on no rockin n roll girl
Is gonna boogie woogie on my day,
Just making time to a dixie holiday

I'm going down to new orleans town, to get a pound of feed
Be back home in just about a half of week
You may be a symphony but i believe in song
It's got a catchy melody so you can sing along

Everybody sing a long long
Don't know what you sing along long
Hey you're gonna sing along
All you sing is
All you sing is oh my oh my my hey hey

Your daddy getting older and the cows are going dry
You gotta go by, go bye bye
On a dixie holiday yeah y-aye

Something inside of me
is taking it hard each day
Something inside of me
is making me feel this way
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

Something about your eyes
won't let me look away
Something about your smile
that's making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

You know, you've got me singing a song
Whenever you're around me I just want to belong
To you, I would give all of my love
I wish that I could tell you all what I'm thinking of

Something inside of me
won't let me begin the day
Something inside of me
is making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

It's not the way that you say "Adieu" that
Leaves behind you a smilin' fool, It's that
I know you're a song come true,baby I love
You,and I'll follow you till the ends meet..

And it's the way that you touch my hand that
Lets me know you will understand, 'cause I've
Been feelin' it in the land, baby, I'm near
You, and I'll follow you till I'm six deep,..

It's not the way that you say "Adieu" that
Leaves behind you a smilin' fool it's that I
Know you're a song come true, baby I love you,
And I'll follow you till the ends meet.

Don't do anything mellow at the Whiskey
Jimmy says I'm so unfortunate
But let the people at the Whiskey be a bundle of nerves
And don't sing on fairness
Cause if you do, your musical insurance better be paid up

Don't sing anything pretty at the Whiskey
Johnny says you'd best take my advice
Cause the stony little crowd will get to talkin' even louder
And they'll smother you in hissin'
And if they do, your musical insurance better be paid up

Oh, don't do anything mellow at the Whiskey
Johnny says I'm so, so unfortunate
But let the people at the Whiskey be a bundle of nerves
And don't sing on what they're missin'

Like Sunday mornings filled with flowers
Just goin' fifteen miles up north
Cause if you do, your musical insurance better be paid up
Cause if you do, your musical insurance better be paid up

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, you gotta rock it

The old folks say that ya gotta end your date
By ten
But if you're out on a date don't you
Bring her home late 'cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse
You know you're gonna lose you never win
I'll say it again

And it's all because your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
When evenin' rolls around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, to rock it, rock it

(lead)
Everyone gather round let me tell you all
About it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and
I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's
Always nice and dark
I'm just about to move thinking to myself Mmm
Bret this is a breeze
Then there's a light in my eye and a guy says
Out of the car long hair
Oowee, you're coming with me
Said the local police

And it's all because your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
When evenin' rolls around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, play me a little C.C.

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
They just ain't cool and they ain't about to start
Your mama don't dance and you daddy don't rock

Your mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
You mama don't dance
And you daddy don't rock and roll, oww no

There's a wren in a willow wood
Flies so high and sings so good
And he brings to you what he sings to you
Like my brother, the wren and I
Well, he told me if I try, I could fly for you
And I wanna try for you 'cause

I wanna sing you a love song
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you
I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home

Summer thunder on moon-bright days
Northern lights and skies ablaze
And I bring to you, lover, when I sing to you
Silver wings in a fiery sky
Show the trail of my love and I
Sing to you, love is what I bring to you
And I wanna sing to you, oh

I wanna sing you a love song
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you
I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home

I wanna sing you a love song
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long
I wanna get to know you
I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home

Do do do ...

Hey little girl won't you meet me at the schoolyard gate
I got back stage passes to the biggest show in town
So honey don't you make me late
If we leave really early and we hurry we can get in with the band
'Cause little Tim Smitty's got his old man's van
So let's get to gettin' while the gettin' is right
And roll with the rythm tonight

God knows that I love my music
Ain't no one gonna change my tune
Don't ya know that I love my music
Ain't never gonna change my tune

Hey little girl want to dance with you all night long
The music got me buzzin' and I feel pretty loose
I feel the rythm and it's comin' on strong baby baby
Lay the rythm on me baby, there's power in the sound
With everybody jumpin' we can bring the house down
So lets get to gettin' while the gettin' is right
And roll with the rythm tonight

God knows that I love my music
Ain't no one gonna change my tune
Don't ya know that I love my music
Ain't never gonna change my tune

(solo)

God knows that I love my music
Ain't no one gonna change my tune
Don't ya know that I love my music
Ain't never gonna change my

Do do do ...

Love my music
Ain't no one gonna change my tune
Don't ya know that I love my music
Ain't never gonna change my tune

If you ever get the traveling blues
And need a place to rest your shoes
There's someone here to welcome you
I'd be so happy to know that you're alive

If knowing this should make you feel low
And you're feeling the need for someone to know
I love to hear your welcomed hello
I'd be so happy to know that you're alive

[Chorus:]
There's so many sights
Those bright city lights
(Will) help you try to find your way
It's a big, big world
(And) you're a big, big girl
So hurry up and don't be late
But if you ever want to come on home
There's no need in you being alone
All you've got to do is phone
I'd be so happy to know that you're alive

Mmmmm

[Chorus]

I'd be so happy to know that you're alive
So happy to know that you're alive

If you've been thinkin' you were all that you've got
Then don't feel alone anymore
'Cause when we're together then you've got a lot
'Cause I am the river and you are the shore

And it goes on and on, watching the river run
Further and further from things that we've done
Leaving them one by one
And we have just begun, watching the river run
Listening and learning and yearning to run, river, run

Winding and swirling and dancing along
We passed by the old willow tree
Where lovers caress as we sing them our song,
Rejoicing together when we greet the sea

And it goes on and on, watching the river run
Further and further from things that we've done
Leaving them one by one
And we have just begun, watching the river run
Listening and learning and yearning to run, river, run

Time, time and again I see you staring down at me
Now, then and again I wonder what it is that you see
With those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes

You want to believe that I am not the same as you
And now I can't conceive, oh lord, of what it is you're trying to do
With those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

You and I must start to realize
Blindness binds us in a false disguise
Can you see me through those angry eyes?

You try to defend that you are not the one to blame
But I'm finding it hard, my friend, when I 'm in the deadly aim
Of those angry eyes
Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down
With those angry eyes
What a shot you could be if you could shoot at me
With those angry eyes

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun
Think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like she and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love
The sun is gonna shine above

And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be all right

Seems as though a month ago I was quiet and shy
Never got high
Oh, I was a sorry guy
And now I smile and face the girl that shares my name
Now I'm through with the game
This boy'll never be the same

(repeat chorus)

Pisces Virgo rising is a very good sign
Strong and kind
And the little boy is mine
Now I see a family where there once was none
Now we've just begun
Yeah we're gonna fly to the sun

(repeat chorus)

Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up
Love her and she'll bring ya luch
And if you find she helps your mind
Buddy, take her home
Don't ya live alone
Try to earn what lovers own

(repeat chorus)

Listen to the people crying
Hoping for the day they'll be free
I don't have to tell you we're (they're) dieing
Just wake up, take a look, what do You see?
I see young men my own age in coffins
And mothers in tears for their sons
And sweethearts and wives
Alone with their memories
And golden ribbon's those fortunes of war
Thousands and thousands
Shall gather together
To seek and find the Way we all need
And the son will bring (backhanded glory) us together
Hallelujah
and rid ourselves of the pain we all see
We see young men our own age in coffins
And Mothers in tears for their sons
And Sweetheart's and wives
Alone with their memories
And golden ribbon's those fortunes of war
What does it to avail a man
To gain fortune
And lose his soul?

Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As our days disappeared all too soon
But I've wandered much further today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood

So help me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do
Got a honey jar stuck on his nose
He came to me asking help and advise
And from here no one knows where he goes
So I sent him to ask of the owl if he's there
How to loosen the jar from the nose of a bear

So help me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow throughout all our lives
After all's said and done I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him in, kissed him
And as I was going
I swear that old bear whispered
Boy, welcome home!

Believe me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
What do you know, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin and Pooh
Back to the ways of Pooh

Long tailed cat sitting by the old rocking chair
He don't realize that there's a danger there
He don't care if no rockin and roll chair
Is gonna boogie on his daycause he's swinging his tail to a low down syncapate

I'm going down to new orleans town on a dixie holiday
To get myself, a hunk of that harmony yeah-aye
You may be a symphony but i believe in song
It's got a catchy melody so you can sing along

Woah they say talking bout the girls that work up town
I don't realize that there's a danger now
No swinging tail on no rockin n roll girl
Is gonna boogie woogie on my day,
Just making time to a dixie holiday

I'm going down to new orleans town, to get a pound of feed
Be back home in just about a half of week
You may be a symphony but i believe in song
It's got a catchy melody so you can sing along

Everybody sing a long long
Don't know what you sing along long
Hey you're gonna sing along
All you sing is
All you sing is oh my oh my my hey hey

Your daddy getting older and the cows are going dry
You gotta go by, go bye bye
On a dixie holiday yeah y-aye

Someday is finally come
Open up your eyes to the truth
You know it's a magic thing
A man needs a woman like you
You bring all the morning light
Like a sun through the window pane
You clear up the cloudy skies
You're refreshing as a morning rain

[Chorus:]
And I don't want nobody
I don't want nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would choose

I stumbled down Canyon Road
Just looking for the right way to love you
Every time I felt your doubt
And I heard the word from above
Hold on, she's coming soon
Woman who would change your whole life
And now that I have my choice
Well, I'm chosing you to be my wife

[Chorus]

Well I don't want nobody, nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would do
Nobody
I don't want nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would choose

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, you gotta rock it

The old folks say that ya gotta end your date
By ten
But if you're out on a date don't you
Bring her home late 'cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse
You know you're gonna lose you never win
I'll say it again

And it's all because your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
When evenin' rolls around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, to rock it, rock it

(lead)
Everyone gather round let me tell you all
About it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and
I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's
Always nice and dark
I'm just about to move thinking to myself Mmm
Bret this is a breeze
Then there's a light in my eye and a guy says
Out of the car long hair
Oowee, you're coming with me
Said the local police

And it's all because your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
When evenin' rolls around and it's time to
Hit the town
Where do you go, play me a little C.C.

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't
Rock and roll
They just ain't cool and they ain't about to start
Your mama don't dance and you daddy don't rock

Your mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
You mama don't dance
And you daddy don't rock and roll, oww no

The moon is full and my heart is why
I love to dance oh me oh my
gonna have more fun than a tree in a coon
tonight's the dance of the Cajun Moon

Chorus
Cajun Moon nugget of gold
river of light on the bayou
you're just like rain
to a love in bloom so
shine on me oh Cajun Moon

Pick ups and wagons 'round the river road shack
bonfires draw in a crowd out back
step through the door and I see my Sheri
that's when I see her mamas eyes on me

Chorus

Guitar, a squeeze box, a fiddle, a bow
little band a-playin' every song they know
old woman sittin' there and yellin' for more
my heart is willin', but my feet - they're so sore!

Chorus

Once more we're waltzin' to Jolie Blond
I lean in closer and Sheri responds
her mama's smilin' as we slip from the room
to sit and stare at the Cajun Moon

Chorus

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 I'm a ghost that you can't 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 won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I'd 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, let's be real
* I never thought I could act this way *
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't 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
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just to get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back

Ribbon of darkness over me
Since my true love walked out the door
Tears I never had before
Ribbon of darkness over me
Clouds a-gatherin' o'er my head
That chill the day and hide the sun
That shroud the night when day is done
Ribbon of darkness over me
Rain is falling in the meadow
Where once my love and I did lie
Now she is gone but not for gotten
My love goodbye
Ribbon of darkness over me
Where once the world was young as spring
Flowers bloom and birds sing
Ribbon of darkness over me

SOLO

In this cold room lyin'
Don't want to see no one but you
Lord I wish I could be dyin'
To forget you
Ribbon of darkness over me
Since my true love walked out the door
Tears I never had before
Ribbon of darkness over me
Ribbon of darkness over me

The lights in the harbor
항구의 불빛은 더이상
Don't shine for me
나를 위해 비추지 않아요
I'm like a lost ship
나는 바다위를 표류하는
A drift on the sea
배와같은 신세입니다
Sea of heartbreak
상심의 바다에서

Lost love and loneliness
사랑을 잃어 외로움에 떨고 있습니다
Memories of your caress so divine
감미로왔던 당신의 손길을 떠올리면서
How I wish you were mine again, my dear
내게로 다시 돌아오시길 바래봅니다
I'm on a sea of tears
나는 눈물의 바다를
Sea of heartbreak
상심의 바다를 표류하고 있어요

How did I loose you
어떻게 해서 당신을 잃게 되었을까요?
Oh, Where did I fail
내가 무엇을 잘못한걸까요?
Why did you leave me
왜 나로 하여금
Always to sail
사랑을 잃어 외로움에 떨면서
This sea of heartbreak
이 상심의 바다에서 떠돌고 있도록

Lost love and loneliness
버려두고 가셨나요?
Memories of your caress so divine
감미로왔던 당신의 손길을 떠올리면서
How I wish you were mine again, my dear
내게로 다시 돌아오시길 바래봅니다
I'm on a sea of tears
나는 눈물의 바다를
Sea of heartbreak
상심의 바다를 표류하고 있어요

Oh, what I'd give to
다시 항구로 돌아가
Sail back to shore
그대를 다시한번
Back to your arms
내 품에 안기위해선
Once more
어떻게 해야만 하나요?
Come to my rescue
나를 구해주세요
Come here to me
나에게로 돌아와주세요
Take me and keep me
이 바다에서 건져주고
Away from the sea
나를 감싸주세요
This sea of heartbreak
상심의 바다에서

Lost love and loneliness
사랑을 잃어 외로움에 떨고 있습니다
Memories of your caress so divine
감미로왔던 당신의 손길을 떠올리면서
How I wish you were mine again, my dear
내게로 다시 돌아오시길 바래봅니다
I'm on a sea of tears
나는 눈물의 바다를
Sea of heartbreak
상심의 바다를 표류하고 있어요
This sea of heartbreak
이 상심의 바다에서...

Wine is sweet and gin is bitter
You drink all you can but you won't forget her
You kiss one girl, you kiss another
You kiss them all but you won't recover

That's the price of love, the price of love
The debt you pay with tears and pain
The price of love, the price of love
Costs you more when you're to blame

You're dancing slow, you're dancing fast
You're happy now but that won't last
You talk too much, you laugh too loud
You see her face in every crowd

That's the price of love, the price of love
The debt you pay with tears and pain
The price of love, the price of love
Costs you more when you're to blame

That's the price of love, the price of love
The debt you pay with tears and pain
The price of love, the price of love
Costs you more when you're to blame
That's the price of love, the price of love
The debt you pay with tears and pain
The price of love, the price of love
Costs you more when you're to blame

That's the price of love, that's the price of love
That's the price of love
That's the price of love
That's the price of love
That's the price of love

There goes my heart I feel it breaking fast
Should have known from the start
That it could not last
When you build on dreams and other things
That love won't bring
There goes my heart
Breaking me down again it happens every time

Wondering will it ever end
I'm going out of my mind
Worried and wasted now
Will we ever get it back somehow
Here in this lost and found
There goes my heart

SOLO
Building on dreams and other things
That love won't bring
There goes my heart
Breaking me down again it happens every time

Wondering will it ever end
I'm going out of my mind
Worried and wasted now
Will we ever get it back somehow
Here in this lost and found
There goes my heart
There goes my heart

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun
Think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like she and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love
The sun is gonna shine above

And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be all right

Seems as though a month ago I was quiet and shy
Never got high
Oh, I was a sorry guy
And now I smile and face the girl that shares my name
Now I'm through with the game
This boy'll never be the same

(repeat chorus)

Pisces Virgo rising is a very good sign
Strong and kind
And the little boy is mine
Now I see a family where there once was none
Now we've just begun
Yeah we're gonna fly to the sun

(repeat chorus)

Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up
Love her and she'll bring ya luch
And if you find she helps your mind
Buddy, take her home
Don't ya live alone
Try to earn what lovers own

(repeat chorus)

Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As our days disappeared all too soon
But I've wandered much further today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood

So help me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do
Got a honey jar stuck on his nose
He came to me asking help and advise
And from here no one knows where he goes
So I sent him to ask of the owl if he's there
How to loosen the jar from the nose of a bear

So help me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow throughout all our lives
After all's said and done I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him in, kissed him
And as I was going
I swear that old bear whispered
Boy, welcome home!

Believe me if you can, I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
What do you know, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin and Pooh
Back to the ways of Pooh

Someday is finally come
Open up your eyes to the truth
You know it's a magic thing
A man needs a woman like you
You bring all the morning light
Like a sun through the window pane
You clear up the cloudy skies
You're refreshing as a morning rain

[Chorus:]
And I don't want nobody
I don't want nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would choose

I stumbled down Canyon Road
Just looking for the right way to love you
Every time I felt your doubt
And I heard the word from above
Hold on, she's coming soon
Woman who would change your whole life
And now that I have my choice
Well, I'm chosing you to be my wife

[Chorus]

Well I don't want nobody, nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would do
Nobody
I don't want nobody but you
And if I need anybody, Darling
You're the one that I would choose

Well we give them the election
That keeps filling our heads full of lies
Can we trust in new directions
When their promises are in disquise
Well someday the truth will catch up
I just hope it don't catch us all by surprise

They preach this thing, religion
But we show no faith at all
Follow suit on Sunday
But on Monday forget it all
If the times should find us needing him
Then my friend, Lord have mercy on our soul

[Chorus:]
It's the same old wine
In a brand new bottle
It's the same old wine
In a brand new bottle

Teach our children virture
Then send'em off to war
Then we ask ourselves the question
What and the hell are we fighting for?
If you suddenly find a reason
Well don't be afraid to open the door
Well don't be afraid

[Chorus]

It's the same old wine
From a brand new bottle
It's the same old wine
From a brand new bottle
The same old wine
From a brand new wine

When I need good lovin'
I always come home to you
You free my lifetime of the blues
Yes I got that old time feelin'
Burnin' deep inside my soul
And I am yours and baby I'm home

And it's a good feelin' to know
It's such a good feelin to know
Oh it's a good feelin' to know
Somebody loves you

Colorado mountains, I can see your
Distant skies
You're bringin' a tear of joy to my eyes

And it's a good feelin' to know
It's such a good feelin to know
Oh it's a good feelin' to know
Somebody loves you

Here I am singin' my song to you now
I want you to listen yes
I want you to listen
Makin' my time go by, makin' you smile
I been thinkin' of you yes
I been thinkin' of you
And settlin' down

Back on the road agin here I'm alone again
Hotel ain't home no
Hotel ain't home
Worn out faces don't care what the pace is
I miss my woman yes
I miss my woman

And settlin' down
She's hummin' another sound
I hear the music in my ear

Early times gone to rhyme
Somebody said it was a good time
To me, it was a long, long time
Just a long time

Early days gone to a gaze
Somebody said we'll make it crazy
And the leader passed it on
And he got lazy

Songs they got to slippin' and right-hand man took to trippin'
And the leader passed it on
Familiar faces I seen, similar places and I wonder
How we left some traces

Come the moon, go the sun
And I believe there's something on the run
Catching up we ran so far behind

Early days gone to rhyme
Early days gone to rhyme
Early days gone to rhyme
...

You asked me to read this letter
That you wrote the night before
And you really should now better
Cause she's worth a whole lot more brother
You know you can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cry
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye
Then you said the fault was yours
And you really were to blame
Twas as if to close the door
And to hide away in shame brother
You know you can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cry
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye
Yes and why tell me why
Can't you see that it's not right
It's a lie it's a lie
Don't hide your sorrow in the night brother
You know you can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cry
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye

Yes and why tell me why
Can't you see that it's not right
It's a lie it's a lie
Don't hide your sorrow in the night brother
You know you can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cry
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye
brother You know you can't run away and hide
Is it you don't want to see her cry
Is that why you won't go and say goodbye

If it seems to you that I am fading

Everytime I try to talk to you
The words I'm speaking distort the view
And then I end up thinkin' what can I do
Now you're slippin' away for a new

Always hoping that the day will come
When I can face it, won't have to run
When all there has been is yet to come
When I don't hide my face from the sun
And I know it's myself it's not you

I can see everything
It's all in your smile that brings
All of the special things about you
If you could feel the way
That I do today we could
Find us a better way to get through

Everytime I climb into your eyes
I get so wasted and hypnotized
But there is one thing you can't disguise
That you're slippin' away for a new
Baby if I could control the time
Then I could stop it and redifine
Just what is real and how I've been so blind
I could put all the words into rhyme
And I know it's myself it's not you
If it seems to you that I am fading

Somebody called the keeper of the fire
Holy smoke, I hope he ain't no liar
'Cause I've heard tell that while we're sleeping
All is well and safely keeping, we're only seeking

Then it came a morning, we were feeling just the same
Caring less, let it snow itself to rain
Easy summer, and we're hung out high and dry
Somebody save us from this feeling, feeling in our eyes

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'
I turned about, everyone there kept on turnin'
Came on through like a childhood yearnin'

Somebody called the keeper of the fire
Holy smoke, I surely hope he ain't no liar
'Cause I've heard tell that while we're sleeping
All is well and safely keeping, we're only seeking

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'
I turned about, everyone there kept on turnin'
Came on through like a childhood yearnin'

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'
I turned about, everyone there kept on turnin'
Came on through like a childhood yearnin'

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'
I turned about, everyone there kept on turnin'
Came on through like a childhood yearnin'

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'
I turned about, everyone there kept on turnin'
Came on through like a childhood yearnin'

Lookin' out there was a new light burnin'

Get on down off your ladder
Come out from the rain
Can't you see that there's no one to blame
And I got that feelin'
That we're playin' the same old game

You better get on the run
'Cause you know it's no fun
Restrain yourself

Can you tell me
Is it for certain or does it depend
Upon a feelin' that refuses to bend
Victim of circumstance you'll say to the end
And you pay no mind
You just watch it pass by
Restrain yourself

Restrain yourself till you can't restrain no more
Can you tell me why is it you sigh
Is it because of a need you deny
So come on up and deliver
What you really know
Maybe discover what it feels like
To grow

But you're just a mirror
Reflecting a show
Quiet on the scene now
Come out and take a bow
Don't restrain yourself

In she comes a ridin' on a mornin' sunrise
I am left to believing all that is standing before my eyes

And I wonder, now I wonder
Would the sun have shone ever so brightly alone?

We been livin' all of our lives on the other side of the hill
Drifting on a golden wing and I can't wait to hear the smile

She can sing, she can sing
Take me through the day, steal my breath away

And we ride the countryside, take it high and wide
She brings crackers, cheese and wine, oh, they're gonna bust my side

She's got strawberries comin' by the dozen
Brown sugar and sweet cream set my mouth, set my mouth a buzzin'

Take my hand and run, take me down to the river blue
Throw a whisper to the wind that all you're sayin' is true
All you're sayin' is true

Ride the countryside, take me high and wide
Ride the countryside, take me high and wide
Ride the countryside

Sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet love
To light her way

Sun shinin' in the night
My newborn child
Oh my, sharin' her lovin' with me
I can see in her smile
Wordless are the thoughts
She's tryin' to say
Oh my, maybe she's seein' the light
Of a brighter day

So give her some lovin'
Sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet love
To light her way

Tears runnin' down my face in ecstacy
Oh my, how we gave life to this child
Baby you and me
With the love we shared inside

She found her way
Oh my, you know it makes me feel
So much more for today

So give her some lovin'
Sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet love
To light her way

In ev'ry day that passes us by
I can't help the feelin' that you and I
We won't get to see another day together.
Looks like bad weather.

I can see it all there in your eyes
And it comes to me as no surprise
That you don't need me here no more.
Your feeling tells the score.

Words, they are getting
Hard for me to find.
You take me by my hand
And you're leading me blind.

In ev'ry day that passes us by
I can't help the feelin' that you and I
We won't get to see another day together.
Looks like bad weather.

Yes it does,
And I believe it's gonna rain.

Thought a girl was a girl and then
I found myself in love again
Yes, I've been in love a time or two
But it never happened like it did with you
Do you feel it, too?

Yeah, my heart just went for, for a ride
Certain feelings you just can't hide
I thought I knew a thing or two
About the ways of the girls, ah

But not like you
Baby, do you feel it, too?

Please remember how
I feel about you
Let me know right now
That I'm pleasing you

Thought a girl was a girl and then
I found myself in love again
Yes, I've been in love a time or two
But it never happened like it did with you
Do you feel it, too?

Sittin' near ya, starin' at ya,
Saying nothing.
Wond'rin' if you're really you
And if I'm someone
That you could know
Beyond the first hello.

Eyes that search like the morning sun
But never finding
Silently I can feel the glow
And I'm not minding
But then you know
I've been tryin' to show
Why it makes me cry
Talkin' it over from the inside.

Something new and oh, so sacred
Grows within the depths of you
But still I just can't keep from wond'rin'
For I'm but a child, too.

Changes timelessly fill the spaces.
It's so blind of me.
I've seen the faces of a gifted few
Who can help us break our chains that bind.

Thinkin' all the time
Why I can't unwind
You must feel the pain
Why it makes me cry
I'm talkin' it over from the inside.

Well, I'm going to a hoe down
And kick up my heels
Go all night and never slow down
Yes, I love how it feels

Said I'm going to a hoe down
And kick up my heels
You go all night and never slow down
I love how it feels

Come on and go to the hoe down
And kick up your heels
You go all night and never slow down
I bet you'll love how it feels

Yes, I'm going to a hoe down
And kick up my heels
Go all night and never slow down
I love how it feels, yes true

Wish that I could come
With the mornin' sun
Shinin' through your window
I could be the one

To open up your day
Ooh, words can't begin to say
Feelings that are hidden in
In such a special way
And they're just for me and you.

Nighttime comes searhin' blindly
Been needin' some lovin'
I find me followin' my heart
back to you
Ooh, how it reminds me
That I need no other lover
This feelin' is like no other
And though I can't be with you now
Let this song be another one
That's just for me and you.

So let my heart go on a-singin'
Let my song go on a-bringin'
To you lovin' that you know
Is in my heart and clingin'
To days that passed on by
Need we stop, though, to
wonder why
You know I love you, baby
The tears in my eyes are
Just for me and you.

(Paul Cotton)

Ol' forgiver,
You're a true life giver
When I'm cold
Warm me when I shiver

Ol' forgiver
When I'm runnin' you down
Now ain't you the clown
I'm chasing, madly embracing.

You got me laughing inside
At the happy face I'm facing
Ol' forgiver
You wear it all on the outside.

You're quiet and unspoken
And I take it as a token
That I'll be broken
Long before you will be.
Yeah, you'll se

Ol' forgiver
You bring a day that is lasting
Still it's slowly slowly drifting by
For the lucky son
Of an unknown mother.

Ol' forgiver, fill my eyes.
Ol' forgiver, come on and fill my eyes.
I see you fillin' up my eyes.
Ol' forgiver, come on and fill up,
Fill up my eyes.

Saturday feelin' like Sunday
And I really haven't made my way
A lost road
It's a blown up railroad
Got to find a new engineer today

And it's twice as hard on my stride
When I take a day and let it ride

Hello, how are you, how do you do?
Can you help me? Come jump in my shoes
You'll know the feelin' of me
Thinkin' about you
And you really haven't made your way

And ooh, it's a lost road
A blown up railroad
Got to find a new track, lay it down
Now delay

Welcome be the stranger
With a drivin' wheel all his own
Me, the rearranger
And I can't find home

Saturday feelin' like Sunday
And I really haven't made my way
A lost road
It's a blown up railroad
Got to find a new engineer today

And ooh, it's a lost road
A blown up railroad
Got to find a new track, lay it down
Now delay

You've had me to love now
But what will you do
If I'm heartaches to you
This livin' like two?

I fear it could be poison
From the taste
Seems my whole life
Should be retraced

What am I gonna do?

When I'm locked in the middle
With a key that's from you
And another one, too
But which door to undo

Visions in the keyhole
Leaves me blind
Oh I should have seen
A warnin' sign

What am I gonna do?

And now it's one or the other
But how can I choose
When there's a chance that
I might lose?

The one that I refuse
All the love of two
Won't leave me free
And losin' you for her
Leaves less of me

What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do?

What if I should say I love you
Would you spend some time?
I'll tell you what I'm thinking of you
But if I do, do you have to know why?

When I look at you,
Are you wondering who
I am to do
Such a thing to you.
I bet you know that you're breaking
My heart.
I bet you know, my heart.

What if I should say I love you
Baby, would you steal away my heart
And could the moment last for always
And ever, or should we even start.

When you look at me,
All the world can see
I suddenly
Want your love for me.
I bet you know that you're breakin'
My heart.
I bet you know, my heart.

Maybe someday I would be gone
Then you'd be alone
Wondering what's wrong
How could it begin and then be gone.

Look up, wake up
The sun is shinin'
No it's not tomorrow
It's today.
Stand up, make up
For what you're finding
'Cause anyone who's turned around
And lost his way
Is looking for you.
You are the one
Who only needs to show a smile.
You are the one
Who can make any day be worthwhile.
You are the one.
You are the one.

Shameless, tameless
Are ways about you
And changing them now
Would seem unreal.
Nameless, aimless
Who shouldn't doubt you
I wonder if you really know
What you feel
Hey, I'm talkin' to you.
You are the one
Who only needs to show a smile.
You are the one
Who can make any day be worthwhile.
You are the one.

Take the water blue water
Can you see how far it is from flowin' free
Can we let it just be
Without a feelin' of bein' just a little guilty
Alright

Get your water green water wipe your eyes in it
Still isn't very clear
It wouldn't be wise to get too near
Save the cause of your own true fear
Yes I remember when it turned the bend in a natural way
It seems there was a time in my mind
When it caught the light of day
I want to see it talkin' back to the sun
I need to feel it wild and on the run

I remember when it turned the bend in a natural way
Seems there was a time in my mind
When it caught the light of day
I want to see it talkin' back to the sun
I need to feel it wild and on the run

C'mon and get your water - blue water
Can we settle for what you can give
Sure and behold you're without the need to live
And a'changin' wind may bring you back to blue again
I'm havin' a time tellin' my children when

Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes

My mind was young until she grew
My secret thoughts known only by the few
It was a dream much to real
To be leaned against too long
All the time I think she knew

Her words still dance inside my head
Her comb still lies beside my bed
And the sun comes up without her
It just doesn't know she's gone
Ooh, but I remember everything she said

Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes
Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues
And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair
Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes

I got a feeling about you, love who's fooling who
Crazy eyes I been a foolin' you
You sing songs about brass buttons and shiny silver shoes
Crazy eyes what had you to lose

Down among the South Caroline pines
You spent most of your lifetime in deep thought
Then changes come about and you find the time you spent
Wasn't quite reason for being bought

So now to be or not to be is the question...now
Crazy eyes don't you forget how
I'm used to seeing your face in the crowd and you thought you
Saw me
Crazy eyes blind as you can be

When I last saw you I couldn't find a reason why
I felt kind o' blue watching you
Hello my sweet friend I've come to sing a lullaby
Can I make amends or should I try

Ooo - Mama can't you see it's not the same
Lookin' back behind A-can't start anew
But then here we go again

Searching back to you I've finally come to realize
When we were as two - tellin' lies
Livin' so afraid we never read between the lines
It's different from today - the sun, it shines

When I first saw you I knew I couldn't change my mind
Twisted point of view - another kind
But love is what we choose and not for us to reason why
Sometimes love we lose and never try

Ooh - Could it really be it's not the same
Lookin' back behind is such a silly game
But here we go again