Down along these hillsides Many miles ago Lived a man of vision child But little did I know He was always talking child About the heart and soul 'Til one day some pharaoh came And offered up his dole
Chorus: In the valley In the valley of the kings In the valley The valley of the kings The kings
Well he lives up in a tower now High upon a hill People come from miles around Hoping that he will Turn their dreams right into gold Turn their worlds around And if he does he'll keep it all And stash it underground
Lately he can feel it Turning off inside his heart She's calling him from the car phone And she's falling apart Now he could call in her prescription And they will take it down off the shelf But he knows that he can't save her from herself no more No more
And you can ride home in the country doctor And you might do the best that you can But who is gonna help the medicine man Who is gonna save him?
Now he always was a healer There was something in his eyes And his hand upon your head When fever started to rise And there's someone he lost long ago Now there's flowers on her grave And they say that it's still her That he's trying to save He's trying to save her
And you can ride home in the country doctor And you might do the best that you can But who is gonna help the medicine man Who is gonna save the medicine man? Who is gonna save him?
Who is gonna save him?
Later on in the evening When the sun goes sinking down He goes out for a walk Along the sound And he thinks he can hear her Calling him away But he tells her he must wait Another day Wait another day
Baby King Baby King You got to get ready for a baby king You might dance daddy You might sing But you never seen nothin' like a baby king
No Virgin Mary brought him here (Get ready for a baby king) But the angels whispered in his tiny little ear (Get ready for a baby king) Then they sent him down from up above (Get ready for a baby king) Just to show you how to really love (Get ready for a baby king)
Baby King Baby King You got to get ready for a baby king You might dance daddy You might sing But you never seen nothin' like a baby king
She runs down the staircase And into the yard And she goes down to the end of the drive With her friends on the phone And her angels on guard She's just recently feeling alive After all of the tears and the changes Now there's something that's taken ahold She's becoming gold She's becoming gold
She thinks of a boy That she knew back in school And she wonders if he's doing all right The man of her dreams Isn't all that he seems And the baby don't sleep through the night Something is moving inside her And the weather is turning so cold But she's becoming gold, She's becoming gold She's becoming gold (I've seen her) She's becoming gold
She can hear in the distance The sound of the cars And she sees the snow falling down on the hill Now the trees and the houses Are white as the stars And she doesn't wanna cry But she probably will As she thinks about all of life's mystery And how slowly the answers unfold She's becoming gold She's becoming gold
Don't know much about you Don't know who you are We've been doing fine without you But, we could only go so far Don't know why you chose us Were you watching from above Is there someone there that knows us Said we'd give you all our love
Will you laugh just like your mother Will you sigh like your old man Will some things skip a generation Like I've heard they often can Are you a poet or a dancer A devil or a clown Or a strange new combination of The things we've handed down
I wonder who you'll look like Will your hair fall down and curl Will you be a mama's boy Or daddy's little girl Will you be a sad reminder Of what's been lost along the way Maybe you can help me find her In the things you do and say
And these things that we have given you They are not so easily found But you can thank us later For the things we've handed down
You may not always be so grateful For the way that you were made Some feature of your father's That you'd gladly sell or trade And one day you may look at us And say that you were cursed But over time that line has been Extremely well rehearsed By our fathers, and their fathers In some old and distant town From places no one here remembers Come the things we've handed down
I can see the sunshine Coming through my room Breaking down the winter of my discontent Looking out my window At the people passing by I keep wondering where my old companion went
On the steps of the museum I wrote a line or two But it took a while to find my way Back to something true like
CHORUS This is where I lay my hat This is where they know my name This is where they show me that A man's not so alone Maybe I'm already home (Sometimes you've got to go back) Maybe I'm already home (Sometimes you don't know why)
Rolling down the window Burning up the daze Cutting through the veil that keeps on blinding me I was only sleeping Waiting here for you Waiting for your touch that keeps reminding me
Well I've seen the world of wonders Been underneath it too But it took a while just to find my way Back to something true like
CHORUS
Why it had to take me so long Just to find a place that really feels This must be where I belong Thinking about it All I had to do was click my heels
Verse 1: I'm coming to see you, tomorrow sometime Gonna bring you some roses, gonna tear off the vines Gonna talk to the wind that blows through the trees Kiss you like always from down on my knees
Bridge: Gonna ask you some questions, get no replies Wipe all the tears, falling down from my eyes 'Cause the one that I wanted, I never could know Girl of Mysterious Sorrow Girl of Mysterious Sorrow
Verse 2: Gonna park in the street, gonna open the gate Walk to the spot where you always wait I'll be shaking my head like I usually do 'Cause the name and the dates tell me nothing about you
Bridge: But I'll sit in the shadows and let you explain All of the sadness and all of the pain Did it all seem so hopeless you just had to let go? Girl of Mysterious Sorrow Girl of Mysterious Sorrow
Verse 3: Yeah I'm coming to see you but I really can't wait There's just a few things I needed to say Like why were you hiding so much of yourself? Why were you living for somebody else?
Bridge: Well I know that I've always been looking for you But lately it's not such a hard thing to do 'Cause it seems like inside every woman I know There's a girl of mysterious sorrow A girl of mysterious sorrow
Tonight I cried the tears of a child Who knows what fear runs deep and wild Inside But the river's in flood tonight
I lay down and the light streamed across my face I felt the beauty of some deeper grace And I tried To find my way to the other side
I feel your skin as smooth as silk Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk Take me down under the wishing tree Lay your healing hands on me
Been a long time riding this deserted train There's no messiahs out here, baby But I found the holy grail all right Cause I'm lying in your arms tonight Yeah
Got your call from California But I could hardly hear your voice Through the hissing of the highway And all that other noise
You said "I might lose you in the canyon" Then you went riding up the coast Now all these things we leave unspoken Seem to haunt me like a ghost
[Chorus] I lost you in the canyon Guess you tried to let me know Lost you in the canyon A long, long time ago Lost you in the canyon Brother you fade out slow
There were times I thought I knew you Before these changes came to pass But you don't think about it do you? From up there in your house of glass
The Earth is shifting underneath you The land is sliding all around Do you ever stop to wonder About that paradise you've found?
[Chorus]
I hear you moving through the mountains Through the fires and the floods But I can't fix this bad connection In the wires or the blood
I could hear the shutters banging In my mother's house And the wind just kept blowing off the lake I ran down to the front door
And told the ambulance man "Everything's all right here Sir There must be some mistake"
[Chorus] Saints preserve us We're all going down This ship is sinking in the sea Saints preserve us And carry us along For we may be together in eternity
My father was staring off into another world And my mother she was laying very still The baby was crying And I tried to block it out Then from somewhere deep inside me Came a deathly chill
[Chorus 2] Saints preserve us Wherever we might fall This is all too big a mystery I remember I was standing in the corner of the room Saying "Look at how she's leaving us So quietly so soon"
And in her final hour I saw her reaching up her hands Like she was asking to be taken high above us Didn't she love us?
[Chorus]
Saints preserve us Saints preserve us Wherever we may fall Saints preserve us Saints preserve us And carry us along
They say my final masterpiece Was this house upon the hill High above the great and mighty river My hand could not hold the brushes Yes I guess I lost my will And you can't keep painting paradise forever Oh forever
From the Andes to Niagara To where we stand today I drew the great creations of my master 'Til the oil and the canvas Lord I threw them all away And traded them for stone and brick and plaster I traded them all for you
(Winter wind blows and the river lies frozen at my feet) I traded them all for you (Springtime come and the river want to run above the street)
[Chorus] She came to me one night While I was tossing in my dreams She said she'd give my family protection I recall the night I died Beneath her arches and her beams I thanked her for the shelter and direction I was lost until Olana
(Sun beat down on a summertime town -- he left me there) I was lost until Olana (Watching these hills turning gold for one more year)
Oh I've been from Jerusalem to Rome Now I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone And looking back on everything All I ever wanted was a home
I was lost until Olana How sweet the sound How sweet the sound
They say my final masterpiece Was this house upon the hill
Fallen angel Come to me Give me something to believe Before I turn on every vow Turn to me if you still know how
Spent my share of restless days Coal black suitcase Fall from grace All the while I was breaking down Turn to me if you still know how
(Chorus) I tried to tell you but I don't know how Every smile's turned upside down I'm a freakshow in a one joke town So turn to me if you still know how
Change comes slowly it's just a little hard to see I know some of my demons They're still haunting me Wanting me
Fallen angel Comfort me Help me get back on my feet 'Cause I can't keep myself from falling down I just can't keep myself from falling down So turn to me if you still know how
I can see you with the top down In that car you keep under the eaves I can see the ocean wind blow Through your hair And all along your sleeves I see you turning up the radio Listening to the DJ's dedication I can see you with the angels Flying off the tower At the station
Me I keep watching from the corner of my eye Looking for some reason I should run I know you don't have your answers either baby But at least you know that you can really love someone
I see you kneeling in the garden Closer now to something real and true I see you feeding something beautiful And I think that's all you ever Really wanted to do Now you're blowing out the candles Now the guests pull out the drive Now you're listening for the telephone Of footsteps That don't arrive
Me I keep watching from the corner of my eye Looking for some reason I should run I know you don't have your answers either baby But at least you know that you can really love someone Really love Really love You can really love someone
I was driving down Ninth Avenue As the sky was getting dark Didn't have nothin' else to do So I kept on riding to Battery Park I stepped out in the damp and misty night As the fog was rolling in Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight Is the boat for Ellis Island"
As my feet touched solid ground I felt a chill run down my spine I could almost hear the sound of thousands pushing through the lines Mothers and bewildered wives that sailed across the raging sea Others running for their lives to the land of opportunity Down on Ellis Island
"What is this strange paradise?" They must've wondered through their cries and moans After all they've sacrificed Their faith, their families, friends and homes Then on the Inspection Stairs They were counted out or counted in Frozen while the inspectors stared Down on Ellis Island
Now me I only stumbled in Just to wander around that empty hall Where someone else's fate had been Decided in no time at all And cases filled with hats and clothes And the belongings of those who journeyed far They're strange reminders I suppose Of where we're from and who we are
But as the boat pulled off the shore I could see the fog was lifting And lights I never seen before Were shining down on Ellis Island Shining down on Ellis Island
Baby I've been searching like everybody else Can't say nothing different about myself Sometimes I'm an angel And sometimes I'm cruel And when it comes to love I'm just another fool Yes, I'll climb a mountain I'm gonna swim the sea There ain't no act of God girl Could keep you safe from me My arms are reaching out Out across this canyon I'm asking you to be my true companion True companion True companion
So don't you dare and try to walk away I've got my heart set on our wedding day I've got this vision of a girl in white Made my decision that it's you allright And when I take your hand I'll watch my heart set sail I'll take my trembling fingers And I'll lift up your veil Then I'll take you home And with wild abandon Make love to you just like a true companion You are my true companion I got a true companion True companion
When the years have done irreparable harm I can see us walking slowly arm in arm Just like the couple on the corner do 'Cause girl I will always be in love with you And when I look in your eyes I'll still see that spark Until the shadows fall Until the room grows dark Then when I leave this Earth I'll be with the angels standin' I'll be out there waiting for my true companion Just for my true companion True companion True companion
Watched it coming up WinslowDown South Park BoulevardYeah it was looking good from tail to hoodGreat big fins and painted steelMan it looked just like the BatmobileWith my old man behind the wheelWell you could hardly even see himIn all of that chromeThe man with the plan and the pocket combBut every night it carried him homeAnd I could hear him sayin'...Don't gimme no BuickSon you must take my wordIf there's a God in heavenHe's got a Silver ThunderbirdYou can keep your EldoradosAnd the foreign car's absurdMe I wanna go downIn a Silver ThunderbirdHe got up every morningWhile i was still asleepBut I remember the sound of him shuffling aroundThen right before the crack of dawnI heard him turn the motor onBut when I got up they were goneDown the road in the rain and snowThe man and his machine would goOh the secrets that old car would knowSometimes I hear him sayin'...(Chorus)
Baby I've been searching like everybody else Can't say nothing different about myself Sometimes I'm an angel And sometimes I'm cruel And when it comes to love I'm just another fool Yes, I'll climb a mountain I'm gonna swim the sea There ain't no act of God girl Could keep you safe from me My arms are reaching out Out across this canyon I'm asking you to be my true companion True companion True companion
So don't you dare and try to walk away I've got my heart set on our wedding day I've got this vision of a girl in white Made my decision that it's you allright And when I take your hand I'll watch my heart set sail I'll take my trembling fingers And I'll lift up your veil Then I'll take you home And with wild abandon Make love to you just like a true companion You are my true companion I got a true companion True companion
When the years have done irreparable harm I can see us walking slowly arm in arm Just like the couple on the corner do 'Cause girl I will always be in love with you And when I look in your eyes I'll still see that spark Until the shadows fall Until the room grows dark Then when I leave this Earth I'll be with the angels standin' I'll be out there waiting for my true companion Just for my true companion True companion True companion
Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me Yeah I got a first class ticket But I'm as blue as a boy can be
Then I'm walking in Memphis Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale Walking in Memphis But do I really feel the way I feel
Saw the ghost of Elvis On Union Avenue Followed him up to the gates of Graceland Then I watched him walk right through Now security they did not see him They just hovered 'round his tomb But there's a pretty little thing Waiting for the King Down in the Jungle Room
(Chorus)
They've got catfish on the table They've got gospel in the air And Reverend Green be glad to see you When you haven't got a prayer But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis
Now Muriel plays piano Every Friday at the Hollywood And they brought me down to see her And they asked me if I would -- Do a little number And I sang with all my might And she said -- "Tell me are you a Christian child?" And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"
(Chorus)
Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain
