Lucinda Williams

You talk about the junk you did,
Like you talk about climbing trees.
You look like a little kid,
With bruises on your knees.

You will never cop,
To the damage that's been done.
You will never stop,
Cos it's too much fun.

Now you want somebody to be your buttercup,
Good luck finding your buttercup.

You already suck me dry,
Can't do it any more honey.
You rough me up and make me cry,
And you wanna borrow money.

You say you feel like a failure,
And wish you cold take it all back.
Well honey I gotta tell you,
It's a little too late for that.

Now you want somebody to be your buttercup,
Good luck finding your buttercup.

Glory is an act of the other
You're always feeling bad
Maybe you couldn't talk to your mother,
Or stand up to your dad.

You want my forgiveness,
That I'll give to you.
But you got yourself in this mess,
There's nothing I can do.

Now you want somebody to be your buttercup,
Good luck finding your buttercup.

First time I saw you,
You would make me melt.
The last time I saw you,
You hit below the belt.

You might have a beautiful mouth,
You might have beautiful eyes.
But soon or later, it'll all go south,
You tell too many lies.

Now you want somebody to be your buttercup,
Good luck finding your buttercup.
Good luck finding your buttercup.
Good luck finding your buttercup.

When I look into your clear blue eyes,
I could cry, I could cry.
When I think of what they?ve put you through,
You know it tears me up inside.

Left alone in your darkest night,
By the one you trustiest most.
How come they expect you to,
Be such a gratuitous host

When you look upon that heart of shame
Now I have to face,
All these accusations and questions that are
? your disgrace

Now you are left in the darkest night
By the ones you trust the most
But now just follow blind ambition
Like a promise of unknown costs

When I look into your clear blue eyes
I could cry, I could cry
When I think of what they put you through
You know it tears me up inside
You know it tears me up inside
You know it tears me up inside

GALVESTON

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

Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannon flashing
And I clean my gun
And I 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 see your sea birds flying
In the sun, at Galveston

Artist/Band: Williams Lucinda
Lyrics for Song: Are You Alright?
Lyrics for Album: West
Are you alright?
All the sudden you went away.
Are you alright?
I hope you come back around someday.
Are you alright?
I haven't seen you in a real long time.
Are you alright?
Could you give me some kind of sign.
Are you alright?
I looked around me and you were gone.
Are you alright?
I feel like there must be something wrong.
Are you alright?
'Cause it seems like you disappeared.
Are you alright?
'Cause I been feeling a little scared.
Are you alright?

Chorus:
Are you sleeping through the night?
Do you have someone to hold you tight?
Do you have someone to hang out with?
Do you have someone to hug and kiss you,
Hug and kiss you,Hug and kiss you?
Are you alright?

Are you alright?
Is there something been bothering you?
Are you alright?
I wish you'd give me a little clue.
Are you alright?
Is there something you wanna say?
Are you alright?
Just tell me that you're okay.
Are you alright?
'Cause you took off without a word.
Are you alright?
You flew away like a little bird.
Are you alright?
Is there anything I can do?
Are you alright?
'Cause I need to hear from you.
Are you alright?

Chorus

Are you alright?
Are you alright?
Hey...

Artist/Band: Williams Lucinda
Lyrics for Song: Are You Alright?
Lyrics for Album: West
Are you alright?
All the sudden you went away.
Are you alright?
I hope you come back around someday.
Are you alright?
I haven't seen you in a real long time.
Are you alright?
Could you give me some kind of sign.
Are you alright?
I looked around me and you were gone.
Are you alright?
I feel like there must be something wrong.
Are you alright?
'Cause it seems like you disappeared.
Are you alright?
'Cause I been feeling a little scared.
Are you alright?

Chorus:
Are you sleeping through the night?
Do you have someone to hold you tight?
Do you have someone to hang out with?
Do you have someone to hug and kiss you,
Hug and kiss you,Hug and kiss you?
Are you alright?

Are you alright?
Is there something been bothering you?
Are you alright?
I wish you'd give me a little clue.
Are you alright?
Is there something you wanna say?
Are you alright?
Just tell me that you're okay.
Are you alright?
'Cause you took off without a word.
Are you alright?
You flew away like a little bird.
Are you alright?
Is there anything I can do?
Are you alright?
'Cause I need to hear from you.
Are you alright?

Chorus

Are you alright?
Are you alright?
Hey...

Dude I'm so over you
You don't even have a clue
All you did was make me blue
You didn't even make me, come on!

You're so self-involved
You're in some kind of fog
You're hung up on your hog
You didn't even make me, come on!

You think you're in hot demand
But you don't know where to put your hand
Let me tell you where you stand
You didn't even make me, come on!

Dude you're so fire
Shut up, I'm not inspired
All I'm feeling now is tired
You didn't even make me, come on!

You weren't even worth it
I'm sorry I ever flirted
The effort wasn't even concerted
You didn't even make me, come on!

All you do is talk the talk
You can't back it up with your walk
You can't light my fire, so fuck off
You didn't even make me, come on!

I can't feel my love anymore
I can't feel my love anymore
Mystery and the splendor
Don't thrill me like before
I can't feel my love anymore

I don't want to talk to anyone
I don't want to talk to anyone
All the words that used to work
Are melted in the sun
And I don't want to talk to anyone

Faces look familiar
But they don't have names
Towns I used to live in
Have been rearranged
Highways I once traveled down
Don't look the same
Everything has changed
Everything has changed

I can't find my joy anywhere
I can't find my joy anywhere
All the magic vanished into the misty air
And I can't find my joy anywhere

Now I don't know where my faith has gone
Now I don't know where my faith has gone
From the wonder I had a sense of
To the brightest star that shone
And now I don't know where my faith has gone

Faces look familiar
But they don't have names
Towns I used to live in
Have been rearranged
Highways I once traveled down
Don't look the same
Everything has changed
Everything has changed

Some think a fancy funeral will be worth every cent
But every dime or nickel is money better spent
Better spent on groceries or covering the bills
Instead of little luxuries and unnecessary frills

Lovely yellow daffodils and lacy pillow fringe
Pretty little angels for everyone to see
Lily of the valley and long black limousines
It's three or four months' salaries just to pay for all those things

So don't but a fancy funeral, it's not worth it in the end
Goodbyes can still be beautiful without the money that you spend
There's no amount of riches that will bring back what you've lost
To satisfy your wishes, no way to justify the cost

I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life
I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life

I'll take the best of what
You had to give
I'll make the most of what
You left me with
I'm learning how to live

They say the best is still yet to come
But the taste of you is still on my tongue
I can't forget and I won't even try
To erase your image and the way you made me cry
I'm learning how to live

All I have left is this dime story
But I will trade it for anything
The days ahead will never be the same
For you I might even change my name
I'm learning how to live

I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life
I'm learning how to live
Without you in my life

I'll take the best of what
You had to give
I'll make the most of what
You left me with
I'm learning how to live
I'm learning how to live
I'm learning how to live

I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet

With an ocean in my spirit
And cracks on my lips
And scars in my heart
And this burden on my hips

Ocean becomes heavy and tries
To push its way out
Through these ancient eyes
And the memories in my mouth

Ocean becomes tears
That ebb and flow
Over the lines in my face
And the pain in my soul

And pain hits a wall
And doesn't know which way to go
And ocean says I'm crying now
And tells pain to follow

And pain courses through
Every vein, every limb
Trying to find a way out
Between the secrets in my skin

And secrets hold on
Until they finally give in
And they meet up with ocean
And tears again

And tears hand me a shovel
Saying break beneath the crust
That binds earthly skin
And buries all the trust

Somehow trust was caught
Between the cracks on my lips
And the scars in my heart
And this burden on my hips

I love you, Mama you sweet...

He can't rescue you
Can't pull the demons from your head
Can't lull you from your sleepy bed
He can't rescue you

He can't protect you
From the powers that will be
The hours of insanity
He can't protect you

He can't change you
Change the summers of your beauty
The thunderstorms within your purity
He can't change you

He can't carry you
Past the door of every danger
Every foe and every stranger
He can't carry you

He can't save you
From the plain and simple truth
The waning winters of your youth
He can't save you

He can't fix you
Your tears will always leave their mark
From fears that stay inside the dark
He can't fix you

What can he do
But tie some ribbons in your hair
And show you that he'll always care
That's all he can do

Lala lala

Unlock my love
And set me free
Come fill me up
With ecstasy

Surround my heartbeat
With your fingertips
Unbound my feet
Untie my wrists

Come into my world
Of loneliness
And wickedness
And bitterness

Unlock my love

Unsuffer me
Take away the pain
Unbruise, unbloody
Wash away the stain

Anoint my head
With your sweet kiss
My joy is dead
I long for bliss

I long for knowledge
Whispered in my ear
Undo my logic
Undo my fear

Unsuffer me

Unlock my love
And set me free
Come fill me up
With ecstasy

Unsuffer me
Take away the pain
Unbruise, unbloody
Wash away the stain

Surround my heartbeat
With your fingertips
Unbound my feet
Untie my wrists

Come into my world
Of loneliness
And wickedness
And bitterness

Anoint my head
With your sweet kiss
My joy is dead
I long for bliss

I long for knowledge
Whispered in my ear
Undo my logic
Undo my fear

Unsuffer me

Come out West and see
The best it'll ever be
I know you won't stay permanently
But come out West and see

Climb up on a rock
And stretch out in the sun
And close my eyes and let
My imagination run

I'm tracing your initials in the shining sand
I'm counting out the days til I see you again

Who knows what the future holds
Or where the cards may fall
But if you don't come out West and see
You'll never know at all

I look off in the distance
Blow a kiss and wave
A thousand miles between us
Disappear some day

I watch as all the starlings
Fly in from the North
The beating of the winds
Echoes the beating of my heart

I sleep out in the desert
Under the stars above
And keep making an effort
To wander in love

Who knows what the future holds
Or where the cards may fall
But if you don't come out West and see
You'll never know at all

Come out West and see
The best it'll could be
I know you won't stay permanently
But come out West and see

I shudder to think
What it would mean
If the President wore pink
If a prostitute was Queen

What would happen then
How would the world change
If thick became thin
And the world was rearranged

If the rains brought down the moon
And daylight was feared
And the sun rose too soon,
And then just disappeared

If dogs became Kings
And the Pope should cum
If hobos had wings
And God was a bum

If houses became trees
And flowers turned to stone
And there were no families
And people lived alone

If buildings started laughing
And windows cried
And feet started clapping
And out came inside

If mountains fell in slivers
And the sky began to bleed
And blood filled up the rivers
And prisoners were freed

If the stars fell apart
And the ocean dried up
And the world was one big heart
And decided to start

And children grew up happier
And they could run with the wolves
And they never felt trapped
Or hungry or unloved

If cats walked on water
And birds had bank accounts
And we loved one another
In equal amounts

[Chorus]
Where, where is my love
Where, where is my love

Is my love in Helena
Eating sweet potato pies
Sure as hell won't be tellin' ya
Even as much as a little white lie

Is my love in Tupelo
Whisperin' down the blues
Knowing things he shouldn't know
And givin' away what he cant use

[Chorus: x2]

Is my love in Birmingham
Making honey from the bees
Over joyed to be my man
And rollin' up his flannel sleeves

Is my love in Gainesville
Pretty, radiant and warm
Drinkin' whiskey til hes had his fill
Inspired by a summer storm

[Chorus]

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Written By WILLIAMS, LUCINDA
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I would rather suffer sweet silent solitude
Deathly defiant from drowning out
Filthy sounds stumbling, ugly and cruel
Between the lips of your beautiful mouth

Deep down within me words move in phases
Frozen and still until they decide
To melt and drip over the pages
Until that moment they live inside

My words enjoy the feel of the paper
Better than me, lay with your consonants
Once they get going they never waver
And they slip in between your if, ands, and buts

When my words are hiding between the lines
Then I'm afraid they won't hear me call
What if they fail me without a sign?
What if they hardly surface at all?

Screaming and throwing your weight around
My words choose knowledge over politics
You can't kill my words...they know no bounds
My words are strong and they don't make me sick

They still remain my only companion
Boiling truth to the very end
They'll never ever completely abandon
Ever give up the paper and the pen

You told me you love me
Said you wanna be with me
You told me you love me
Said you wanna be with me

You looked right in to my eyes
And said I'm not like the other guys
You looked right in to my eyes
Said I'm not like the other guys

I know what I think I saw and
What I thought I seen
And what was coming
And what was going
And everything in between
And what I thought I heard you say
And what you really said
And what I thought you thought I thought
Was actually in your head

And what you meant to tell me
And what I meant to say
And what I said you said I said
What went the other way

I know what you did to me
And I know what we did
And who did what to who
And who the hell're you trying to kid

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me
You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You looked right in to my eyes
And said I'm not like the other guys
You looked right in to my eyes
Said I'm not like the other guys

I know more you think I know
More than you think about
And know and think you know and think
You got it all figured out

I know I'm missing something
Somethings missing here and there
All over and over around
And up and everywhere

And you're just all up in it
Look out your zipper's gonna break
And I popped your little party favor
And you just take the cake

I can't believe I believed you
When I found out where you're at
And findin' out why you're too much
If I can wrap my head around that

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

I know what I think I saw and
What I thought I seen
And what was coming
And what was going
And everything in between
And what I thought I heard you say
And what you really said
And what I thought you thought I thought
Was actually in your head

And what you meant to tell me
And what I meant to say
And what I said you said I said
What went the other way

I know what you did to me
And I know what we did
And who did what to who
And who the hell're you trying to kid

I know more you think I know
More than you think about
And know and think you know and think
You got it all figured out

I know I'm missing something
Somethings missing here and there
All over and over around
And up and everywhere

And you're just all up in it
Look out your zipper's gonna break
And I popped your little party favor
And you just take the cake

I can't believe I believed you
When I found out where you're at
And findin' out why you're too much
If I can wrap my head around that

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You told me you love me
You said you wanna be with me

You told me you love me
You told me you love me
You told me you love me
You told me you love me

written by Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar
Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals
Rex Bell electric bass and harmony vocals
Andre Matthews electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars
Ira Wilkes drums
Mickey Moody pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Smith fiddle and viola

Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.

But sometimes life just overcomes me,
Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues.
Lay down at night, my mind is so confused.
Goin' down south with the New York City blues,

Gotta hit the road before I blow a fuse,
I might buy me a Cadillac or a Chevrolet.
I don't care what model as long as it takes me away

SOLO

I've been hiding my heart in a trunk.

Can you come see me when my ship has sunk
You can give me lovin, that I can't refuse,
And love is the one thing that's sure to cure my blues.
Goin' down the road with a heavy heart,

Tryin' to find lightness in the dark,
Tryin' to live my life, tryin' to get satisfied.
My mind is in the city but my heart is in the countryside.

SOLO

Tryin' hard to be a happy woman.

But sometimes life just overcomes me,
Everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues.
Lay down at night, my mind is so confused.
Lay down at night, my mind is so confused.

From Lucinda Williams "Happy Woman Blues"
Folkways Records 1980

How long have you been hangin' around
Your eyes fixed to the cement ground
Your heart is warm, your hands are cold
You know the truth, but the story gets old
You stood on the corner for a long time
People passin' by you gave you nickels and dimes
They think you're one of the nameless
Cuz you got no record and you ain't famous

Oh, Bill, I know how you're feelin'
Your heart's on fire and your head is reelin'
But with the spirit to guide you
And a friend beside you
You know you'll win
If you're only willin'

The sun's so hot and my heart is thumpin'
Let me buy you a beer or somethin'
You've been travellin' a hard road
Sit down, Bill, lighten your load
If you need a friend, give me a call
I got your picture on my wall
From one compadre to another
I love you, bill, as I would my brother

Oh, Bill, I know how you're feelin'
Your heart's on fire and your head is reelin'
But with the spirit to guide you
And a friend beside you
You know you'll win
If you're only willin'

Oh, Bill, I know how you're feelin'
Your heart's on fire and your head is reelin'
But with the spirit to guide you
And a friend beside
You you know you'll win
If you're only willin'

Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in
Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car's headed down the wrong track again

I ain't got nobody, I'm nobody's girl
Gonna get in my Mercury and drive around the world
Around the world, all around the world
When I reach that mountain top I'll stand with flags unfurled

She's up in New York City tryin' to make it big
Wrote me a letter yesterday sayin' I ain't got no gigs
Ain't got no gigs, I ain't got no gigs
If you wanna send me somethin', make it a two dollar rig


GUITAR SOLO


She's up in New York City tryin' to be a star
Told me you're wastin' your time where you are
Where you are, where you are
Gotta get yourself out of all those Texas bars

Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in
Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car's headed down the wrong track again
This car's headed down the wrong track again

John Ciambotti bass guitar
Donald Lindley drums
Charlie Sexton guitar
Roy Bittan accordion
Buddy Miller guitar
Steve Earle acoustic guitar
Jim Lauderdale harmony vocals

I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
Along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it
No memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find
Another one to compare
Give me some love to fill me up

Give me some time give me some stuff
Give me a sign give me some kind of reason
Are you heavy enough to make me stay
I feel like I might blow away
I thought I was in heaven
But I was only dreamin
I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
Along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it
No memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find
Another one to compare

I just wanna live the life I please
I don't want no enemies
I don't want nothin if I have to fake it
Never take nothin don't belong to me

Everything's paid for nothing free
If I give my heart
Will you promise not to break it
I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
Along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it
No memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find
Another one to compare
Money can't replace it
No memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find
Another one to compare

written by Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams lead vocals and acoustic guitar
Mickey White acoustic rhythm and lead guitars, harmony vocals
Rex Bell electric bass and harmony vocals
Andre Matthews electric rhythm, lead and slide guitars
Ira Wilkes drums
Mickey Moody pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Smith fiddle and viola


Can you relieve me, baby
Take your heart from your sleeve
And put it on the line,
Put it right here beside mine.
I can't seem to read you most of the time
Don't you know that I need you
Will you ever be mine
Love is a gamble,
I knew it from the start
Whoever's holding the cards, please deal me the King of Hearts
Please deal me the King of Hearts.

SOLO

If you came to my door
And you asked me for more I'd lay down beside you.
I'd never deny you.
And if I had lots of silver I'd give some to you
And if I had lots of gold I'd make a rich man of you.
Everytime I see you,
I want to fall in love again
I would like to free you, but you won't even let me in
You won't even let me in.
Can you relieve me, baby
Take your heart from your sleeve,
And put it on the line
Put it right here beside mine.
I can't seem to read you
Most of the time
Don't you know that I need you
Will you ever be mine Love is a gamble,
I knew it from the start.
Whoever's holding the cards, please deal me the King of Hearts,
Please deal me the King of Hearts


Lucinda Williams "Happy Woman Blues"
Folkways Records FTS 31067 1980

Oh, my sweet Lafayette, how I'm going to miss you.
You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you
Tell all my friends I've come back again
I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day
But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette

I'm goin' down to Lafayette, I don't care how long I'm gone
It's so hard to leave you, Lafayette, now I know where I belong
When that sweet fiddle sounds and Clifton gets down
That music sounds so good to me, I just might dance until three
And I gotta get back to my sweet Lafayette

Oh, those boys in Lafayette, smilin' so pretty
Those sweet boys in Lafayette, they sure do look good to me
We danced all night long to a sweet Cajun song
Drinkin' and jivin' 'til dawn, I could dance on and on
Doin' a two-step in my sweet Lafayette
Take me back Lafayette, way down on the bayou
I'm your girl, Lafayette, I'm gonna hang around you
Eat that gumbo and rollin' and tumble
And do crazy things every night, soon I'll be feelin' alright
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette

Refrain:
Louisiana man with a style his own,
Not like some other men I've known,
With his cowboy boots and his hats he wore so well;
Caught me eye on the very first day
And I never will forget the way
He played guitar and he sang just like an angel.

Thoughts of you flicker past,
Goin' on down the road so fast,
The trees and the bushes and the telephones poles fly by.
I never seem to have the time,
I'll just have to keep you on my mind,
How I wish I could keep you by my side.

Refrain

Country man with a heart of gold,
One more kiss before I hit the road,
Hold me one more time before I go.
Nights will be longer now
But I'll get along somehow,
I've learned how to do it all before.

Refrain

Maria, you're still wild and restless
And I can just see ya ridin' in a rodeo
You might even make it down to Texas
Or you might head out west to New Mexico

So pack up all of your belongings
A pick-up will take you where you wanna go
You can ride out when you hear mountains calling
Out to Canada or the canyons of Colorado

New York City was always your home
But in your heart you know you were born to roam
And you're gonna leave as soon as you get the money
After you sell everything you own


GUITAR SOLO


Maria, is loneliness a virtue
Or does it steal you blind and leave you split apart
Maria, can you give me an answer
Are the songs we sing worth the broken heart


The highway has always been your lover
And someday you may know his name
Wherever you stay it wouldn't really matter
'Cause all those cities start to look the same

Some folks will try to take your heart away
And just when you think you've really got it made
You wake up and find madness in the morning
But damn the pain and damn those restless days
Damn the pain and damn those restless days

Just another one night stand
Just another man to forget
Just another empty hand
With nothin' left to bet
It doesn't really matter what i say
There's no one here to blame
I'll just close the door and walk away
Let down once again
I can't even say you lied to me
'Cause you ain't said nothin' yet
You never even tried for me
There's nothin' to regret
Just another one night stand
Just another man to forget
Just another empty hand
With nothin' left to bet
I'd like to speak to you someway
But the words won't come out right
How can it feel so wrong today
When it felt so right last night
I claim no hold on anyone
No silken strings to bind
No promises unbroken
No messages to find
Just another one night stand
Just another man to forget
Just another empty hand
With nothin' left to bet

Well, I'm rollin' along the highway
Livin' the life I'm used to
I thought about you all the way from
Little Rock to Houston

And now I can't seem to get you off my mind
But your tied to somebody else
I think about you all the time
And I just can't help myself

Sometimes I don't know right from wrong
I find it easy to fall
It's hard when I been up all night long
That's when I want you most of all

Well, I'd love to see your smilin' face
If I could take just one last look
But you left me just one last trace
On the pages of your book

But words can't hold me every night
And words can't kiss me in the mornin'
Look out honey I got love in my heart
And it's growin' and it's burnin'

Sometimes I don't know right from wrong
I find it easy to fall
It's hard when I been up all night long
That's when I want you most of all

Well, I'm rollin' along the highway
Livin' the life I'm used to
I thought about you all the way from
Little Rock to Houston

And now I can't seem to get you off my mind
But your tied to somebody else
I think about you all the time
And I just can't help myself

Sometimes I don't know right from wrong
I find it easy to fall
It's hard when I been up all night long
That's when I want you most of all

Sometimes I don't know right from wrong
I find it easy to fall
It's hard when I been up all night long
That's when I want you most of all

That's when I want you most of all

it's okay you don't have to be afraid
there's nothing to worry about
cuz we got it made
it's just a simple matter of
letting me into love
if you let that feeling come over you
than there's nothing more that you can do
just let it go
let it go
if it's love you want
hold out your arms
it's alright here
it's safe and warm
it's okay to feel good
thats the way it should be
everything we have is fresh and new
i will open myself up to you
like a rose
like a rose
everything we have is fresh and new
i will open myself up to you
like a rose
like a rose

I been lookin for my old man
I can't find him nowhere
I think I'll go Chicago
And look around over there

If I can't find him
Go back on the river and sit right down
That man keep a worryin' poor me
I'm gonna jump overboard and drown

My man, he come sit down
He come sit down right beside me
He said: "Would be good, Mama
If you just come with me"

And I go with my baby
What man like a woman with a sassy child
I won't have to ask him no questions
Man, because he knows the reason why

I feel so disgusted
I don't know what to do
I think I'll go uptown
Try to find me somethin' new

Meet a man with a Cadillac
Whoah man, and plenty money too
I won't have to wake up
Early in the mornin'
'Cause I won't have nothin'
In the world to do

You can drop down, Daddy
Let your Mama see
You got something, baby
That keeps on worrying me

Well, my mama won't allow me
To fool around late at night
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might not treat you right"

Well, the Jack of Diamonds
Told the Queen of Spades:
"Oh, come on, babe
Let's talk and creep away"

Oh my, my mama won't allow me
To fool around all night long
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might treat you wrong"

Well, stop scratching on my window
Stop knocking on my screen
You're an evil man
And I know this what you mean

Well, my mama won't allow me
To fool around late at night
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might not treat you right"

Well, you know some of these men
Full of so much job
Got a handful of "gimme"
Mouthful of much or bly

Oh my, my mama won't allow me
To fool around all night long
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might treat you wrong"

Well, if you see me coming
Through your woman outdoors
I ain't no stranger
I've been here before

But my mama won't allow me
To fool around late at night
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might not treat you right"

You can drop down, Daddy
Let your Mama see
You got something, baby
That keeps on worrying me

Oh my, my mama won't allow me
To fool around all night long
Said: "You may be too young
Some men might treat you wrong"

Said: "You may be too young
Some men might treat you right"