Paul Cotton

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

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

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

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

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

(Paul Cotton)

All you cowboys and your ladies
Take your boots off, they'll drive you crazy
When you come to town take a look around
Yes, you're off of your horse, you can set your soghts on a
Stronger course

And I mean you
And everybody too
Can you come on through
Come on through

Politicians, and your writers
Trading people's dreams
You've got moon blindness
While you're reaching up for the winner's cub
Keep your feet on the ground and your ears on what is
Coming down

And I mean you
And everybody too
Can you come on through
Come on through

All you singers and your lovely songs
Try so very hard to make them all belong
Some get taken others foresaken
We keep a'movin' a right along

And how about you
And everybody too
Can you come on through
Come on through

All the ways of your love
The hurt and tears to cry
I sit and count the reasons why I ever
Fall in love.
It seems so simple to me.
I know just how it should be
You take my lovin', so carelessly
I keep on hoping someday you'll understand
A heart that is breaking and keeps waiting
For you

And, All the ways of your love
The hurt and tears to cry
I sit and count the reasons why I ever fall
In love
When we're together you treat me like a child


You only tell me, what you think you should.
What if tomorrow I was blown out of your life?
How would you find your way, with no one
To show you

All the ways of your love
The hurt and tears to cry
I sit and count the reasons why I ever
Fall in love
All the time that's passed us by
Could it be that I could find
Hearts that act so blind
And never even try
All the ways

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

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

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

Pleasure seeker new love reaper
I've heard tell you're quite
A nighttime keeper
Will you ever find the sun
Maybe never in a ten-day run

Painted faces forgotten bootlaces
Ain't it all the same in the
Brand-new places
So we dance between the lights
Taking a chance to make it right -
Make it right

Na na na na na na -- oh oh oh



She's an angel and she loves to
Spread her wings
I'm a stranger here but I love
the song she sings
Heaven knows that I can feel you
And all the ways that you
Come on through
My lady blue

Na na na...

(Paul Cotton)

Did you hear that telephone ring?
You'd better get ready and pack your things
It's time to be going out again
Kiss the ladies goodbye, wipe the tears
From their pretty eyes.
You'll be back sometime, but you don't
Know when
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns
Things are getting better in the towns for
You and me.
I wanna make it last another time around.

About an hour down the rood
Remember how good it was to go
Chalk it up to the best of all times
And all those hours on the plane,
A million miles on your brain.
No cause to wonder if it's still a good time
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns,
Things ore getting better in the towns for
You and me.
I wanna make it last another time around.

You hear the telephone ring
You'd better get ready and pack your things
Oh it's time to be going out again.
Kiss the ladies goodbye, wipe the tears
From their pretty eyes
You'll be back sometime but you don't
know when
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns
Things are getting better in the towns for
You and me
I wanna make it last another time around
I wanna make it last another time around

(Paul Cotton)

Did you hear that telephone ring?
You'd better get ready and pack your things
It's time to be going out again
Kiss the ladies goodbye, wipe the tears
From their pretty eyes.
You'll be back sometime, but you don't
Know when
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns
Things are getting better in the towns for
You and me.
I wanna make it last another time around.

About an hour down the rood
Remember how good it was to go
Chalk it up to the best of all times
And all those hours on the plane,
A million miles on your brain.
No cause to wonder if it's still a good time
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns,
Things ore getting better in the towns for
You and me.
I wanna make it last another time around.

You hear the telephone ring
You'd better get ready and pack your things
Oh it's time to be going out again.
Kiss the ladies goodbye, wipe the tears
From their pretty eyes
You'll be back sometime but you don't
know when
Moving on and on through the country
Moving on and on in the towns
Things are getting better in the towns for
You and me
I wanna make it last another time around
I wanna make it last another time around

Are you sad that I'm leavin'
Baby, bye-byes
Aren't always pleasin'
Would you come along
If I was needin'
And down on my knees long enough for pleadin'

But Anyway Bye Bye

Many thoughts have passed between us
When words aren't made clear
They become meaningless
I gotta get away from here
I'm tossin' in sleeplessness
Wonderin' who has the right to happiness

I got to clear my head
Changes that I dread
Are waitin' for me
Waitin' for me
But Anyway Bye Bye

Are you sad that I'm leavin'
Baby, bye-byes
Aren't always pleasin'
Would you come along
If I was needin'
And down on my knees long enough for pleadin'

But Anyway Bye Bye

Many thoughts have passed between us
When words aren't made clear
They become meaningless
I gotta get away from here
I'm tossin' in sleeplessness
Wonderin' who has the right to happiness

I got to clear my head
Changes that I dread
Are waitin' for me
Waitin' for me
But Anyway Bye Bye

Are you sad that I'm leavin'
Baby, bye-byes
Aren't always pleasin'
Would you come along
If I was needin'
And down on my knees long enough for pleadin'

But Anyway Bye Bye

Many thoughts have passed between us
When words aren't made clear
They become meaningless
I gotta get away from here
I'm tossin' in sleeplessness
Wonderin' who has the right to happiness

I got to clear my head
Changes that I dread
Are waitin' for me
Waitin' for me
But Anyway Bye Bye

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.

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.

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.

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.

There's a wind that blows
On the southern sea
And it whirls around
Deep inside of me
Always bringing me up
Never letting me down
I had a dream I was on my way
To Bridgetown

I've seen ships that sail
Each and every day
And when they start up their engines


They steal my heart away

Barbados
I'm another one born to run
Barbados
I need another sweet taste of rum
I been sailing on this raging sea
The higher the venture
The better I'll be
Barbados

Well I came out Of nowhere just to see you
Now I can't find my way home feeling so blue
I See the sign by the corner light telling
Me which way to go, but I don't know.
When you walked up to me and told
me dearly.
How you'd like me to join, you said
quite clearly
Did it ever occur to you, that I might like to
See you?
Everyday I see a different situation,
I can't find much that is true
And you know it ain't much of a relation.
Still, I'm calling on you

All the lime I keep feeling how it could be,


Between lovers who only want to be free
Just the Same I don't feel too strong.
Armed with nothing but a song for too long.
Maybe there will be a day I see direction

. . . . -Oh Bitter Blue
Ooh Bitter Blue
I keep On calling out your name
I look outside and find the rain
If I only had an idea what to do-
About you Bitter Blue
Ooh Bitter Blue

Repeat

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

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

I gave my heart away
It came back like a boomerang
Busted up and split in two
By a woman on the loose

Don't know how much I can take
I can't stand another break
I'm not up to getting used
In a game of win or lose

Excuse me
But I think I got the blues
She tried ho use me
Now She's onto someone new
Boomerang


It's essential that I must
Find somebody I can trust
If I'm puttin' in the time
I need it somewhere near the line
That we can draw if it gets too weak
And one of us wants to leave
From a broken love affair
It's time to clear the air

Excuse me
l've been a fool ina world of two
She's tried to use me
Now she's on to someone new

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

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

Break of hearts
Drifting to far apart
To be heard
Empty words
Making up too late from a losing start

Break of hearts
Waiting on a loosing game
Fleeting thing
Beautiful thing
There's nothing here worth saving
Too many pieces now all breaking

We were two crazy fools
Running out of things to do
Betting on distant dreams
Getting only empty things

Giving up
We were both beyond trying
I've had enough
There's something here that's dying

Break of hearts
Drifting too long too far apart
To be heard
Empty words
There's nothing here worth saving
Too many pieces now all breaking

Well, she don't change horses in midstream
She got but one heart and one dream
She had a feelin' I was runnin' scared
In the face of trouble we took a dare
To be one, to be two
Way below this burnin' sun
I swear there isn't anyone but you

Don't have to tell nobody just how we feel
They can take one look and they know it's real
Straight out of heaven through the confusion
Comes an eleven, she brings the truth to me
To be one, to be two
Way below this burnin' sun
I swear there isn't anyone but you



I was driftin' in my mind
Thought I was goin' blind
She saved my life in time
Ain't gonna be nobody's fool

Just when I thought it would not blow over
Straight out of nowhere comes a lover
Bringin' the things I'd never heard of
And all the dreams I could not be sure of
To be one, to be two
Way below this burnin' sun
I swear there isn't anyone but you

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

Silken-soft she rises from the dawn, child of spring
I've known her, oh, for so long
Creature of the earth but never to be wed
She's far too high for mortal's bed
So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Often she'll be there as you are falling through your eyes
Revisiting some place in the past
And she leads you softly to the limits of your world
But you'll only see her face in a glass
Staring back with eyes that cannot see you
And yet you wish that yours were just as good

So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Silken-soft she rises from the dawn, child of spring
I've known her, oh, for so long
Creature of the earth but never to be wed
She's far too high for mortal's bed
So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Often she'll be there as you are falling through your eyes
Revisiting some place in the past
And she leads you softly to the limits of your world
But you'll only see her face in a glass
Staring back with eyes that cannot see you
And yet you wish that yours were just as good

So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Silken-soft she rises from the dawn, child of spring
I've known her, oh, for so long
Creature of the earth but never to be wed
She's far too high for mortal's bed
So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Often she'll be there as you are falling through your eyes
Revisiting some place in the past
And she leads you softly to the limits of your world
But you'll only see her face in a glass
Staring back with eyes that cannot see you
And yet you wish that yours were just as good

So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Silken-soft she rises from the dawn, child of spring
I've known her, oh, for so long
Creature of the earth but never to be wed
She's far too high for mortal's bed
So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

Often she'll be there as you are falling through your eyes
Revisiting some place in the past
And she leads you softly to the limits of your world
But you'll only see her face in a glass
Staring back with eyes that cannot see you
And yet you wish that yours were just as good

So touch her now and love her while you can
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind
Soon she'll travel on and join the wind

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

Oh, look at me
Sittin' starin' at the rain
Knowin' the days that we once new
Won't ever come again
Well it seems to strange to really be
So I pinch myself and I find
Oh, yeah, it's me

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone
But now you've gone
But now you've gone

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

Oh, look at me
Sittin' starin' at the rain
Knowin' the days that we once new
Won't ever come again
Well it seems to strange to really be
So I pinch myself and I find
Oh, yeah, it's me

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone
But now you've gone
But now you've gone

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

Oh, look at me
Sittin' starin' at the rain
Knowin' the days that we once new
Won't ever come again
Well it seems to strange to really be
So I pinch myself and I find
Oh, yeah, it's me

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

And it's to late to turn
Back all the clocks in town
It's to late take the x
From yesterday
Now the die is cast
Nothin' happens in the past
So I'll think I'll take a walk
Out in the rain

Oh, here I go
Walkin' down the street in time
Never knowin' though I'm tryin' to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become to long
Consequently to you I can say
Goodbye, so long

It's been a long time a comin'
And I have to carry on
It's been a long time a comin'
But now you've gone
But now you've gone
But now you've gone

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

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

Tonight I'm gonna break away
Just you wait and see
I've never been imprisoned by
A faded memory

Just when I think I'm over her
This broken heart will mend
I hear her name and I have to cry
The tears come down again

[Chorus]
It happens all the time
This crazy love of mine
Wrapped around my heart
Refusing to unwind
Ooh-ooh, crazy love, ah

Count the stars in the southern sky
That fall without a sound
And then pretend that you can't hear
These teardrops coming down

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm gonna break away
Just you wait and see
I've never been imprisoned by
A faded memory

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm gonna break away

Sometimes it seems like
You lose when you win
I know just how hard it can be
You take what you have to
And give all you can
But it's just a sad memory

So cry no more
What do you want to cry for
Tears only wash to the shore
So cry no more

I am a fine one

To talk about cryin'
I've cried some tears of my own
And one thing for certainWhen teardrops start falling
The heartache won't leave you alone

I don't sing no songs to make you sad
Only ones to love me
Every now and then again
If you're feeling down and lonely
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon and love me
Ain't it downright sad at times
When your love's been mistaken
There's no one left, no one's around
Only your heart breaking
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon and love me

I believe that you and I as men
Should love one and another
Satiesfied, have a peace of mind
Love your neighbour as your brother
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon and love me
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon and love me
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon and love me

(Donald Fagen & Walter Becker)

I lived in no holy house but the Grand Hotel
The back streets of this old town I know so well.
And I drunk of no holy wine save muscatel;
Now my friend , I've got to go,
You tell everyone I know

I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas;
I can't stay.
Should have been at the palace
Yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas; got to go
And I remember when they told me so.

Right now I'm wonderin' where
the good times have gone;
All the things I never loved when they wwas mine.
Hot city and an empty pocket make a man think on;
I've been living low so long,
Gotta get back where I belong.

I'm sayin' goodbye, bye, bye, Dallas;
I can't stay.
Should have been at the palace
Yesterday
Bye, bye, Dallas; got to go
And I remember when they told me so.

Bye, bye, Dallas;
I can't stay.
Should have been at the palace
Yesterday.
Ain't no bother; it's understood
Livin' under cover don't do no good.
Bye, bye, Dallas.

Standin' in the hurricane
Just to feel the midnight rain
It won't wash away the stain left on your heart
Starin' at a liar's moon
Hypnotized by your own gloom
Prayin' that the Daylight soon will rescue you

[Chorus]
Ah, she's callin' you
When will Daylight break through
Ah, she's beggin' you
Daylight, won't you come through
Daylight
Daylight

Another night what will you do
Caught between the sun and moon
Starin' out the window, when will Daylight come
And every moment moves so slow
Every move against the flow
Close your eyes and let it go, just let it go

[Chorus: x2]

I've seen a picture from the Days Gone By
Lookin' worn and withered, I heard a lonely cry
Of what could have been
And what wasn't quite
Now I'm swearin' to the wind
We were doin' it right

Here in the night so far away from it all
Out of my sight, how far down did we fall
From grace created
Oh how we related
In the picture from the days
The Days Gone By

You were letting your friends get in the upper hand
I had to turn the other way
You could not understand
And now we're out on our own
You have to wonder what lasts
When all that's left to recognize
Is a scene from the past

Here in the night so far away from it all
Out of my sight, how far down did we fall
How far down did we fall
How far down did we fall
(In the Days Gone By)

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?

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?

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?

(Richie Furay)

Go on, my little babe, and cry
Lay your head down, shut your eyes
Someday we'll make us realize
Things weren't really quite that bad
Think of all the things we had
Oh, I know

Sometimes we don't do things right
Lose our heads and start to fight
Over something small, something trite
Finally seeing in the end
Just how silly we have been

Couldn't be because I don't love you
It's foolish even thinkin' I don't try
Lovin' is a feelin' and I'm a-feelin' it too
Don't Let It Pass By

Monday morning could still be blue
Sleepy-eyed, about to lose
That morning always comes too soon
Finds me lyin' in my bed
Things half-done, some half-said
I love you

(Paul Cotton)

Down in the quarterpast anybody's bedtime
Anybody anywhere who was halfway out his mind
I was sittin' in a Rock and roll bar
Down from another
Just on up the line
I was talkin' with a new found friend
Who lived his life
On river time

He was holdin' my attention I could
Almost hear the sound
How he ran on the Mississippi on a tug
From the up and down
He was rollin' like the river he could have
Gone on night and day
But I caught myself in midturn and I
Never looked away and

Could it ever happen again
Time awaiting the answer then
Lost and found in the city, New Orleans

Questions in her dark eyes I felt
She already knew
The answers bringing no surprise
Like a Spanish moon
She was grown up on the music
I could only hear at home
When she spoke on of the song I sang
And how it made her feel
So much less alone
Pickin' out the pictures that the tune
Brought in to mind
How it came to me that all along the song was
Her for all time

Could it ever happen again
Time awaiting the answer then
Down in the quarter, New Orleans
Down in the quarter, New Orleans
Down in the quarter, New Orleans
Down in the quarter, New Orleans

(Paul Cotton)

We were setting in the harbor
With our sights out on the land
There was something someone or other
That we couldn't quite understand
About the driving wheel
Want to know how it feels
To be taking time out turn it all about
Taking hold the drivin'

Thre were miles of time drowned
In the wine
We were talkin' 'bout better days
It was years ago when we pelt the goal
Was anchored to the changing ways

There ain't nothin' here only the fear of
What is right and what is real
Satisfaction smile come on board
For a while
We're taking hold of the drivin' wheel

We were set in the harbor
Had our sights on the land
All the men at the wheel moving on
With the plan
We were reaching tohether for
The same end
Sunshiny weather comin' 'round
The bend

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
...

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
...

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
...

Taking the dream how we ran
In the rage of another plan
Heading for the mountain wall
Where it all began to fall
When we heard the wind call
Take your homes in the sun
There ain't no need to run
You've been here you've been there
You've been everywhere
And the time has come to really care

Through our families we had eyes to see
What could really be
We were making plans in the
Promise land
Far away from the shining sea
For some it wasn't easy
Living in an old dream
There's so many rocks in the stream
Do you know what I mean
We are living in a time that is ours
To share
Catch up don't you stray too far behind
For the time has come for us
To really care
Would you trade me your dream
For mine

Taking the dream how we ran
In the rage of another plan
Heading for the mountain wall
Where it all began to fall
When we heard the wind call

Taking the dream how we ran
In the rage of another plan
Heading for the mountain wall
Where it all began to fall
When we heard the wind call
Take your homes in the sun
There ain't no need to run
You've been here you've been there
You've been everywhere
And the time has come to really care

Through our families we had eyes to see
What could really be
We were making plans in the
Promise land
Far away from the shining sea
For some it wasn't easy
Living in an old dream
There's so many rocks in the stream
Do you know what I mean
We are living in a time that is ours
To share
Catch up don't you stray too far behind
For the time has come for us
To really care
Would you trade me your dream
For mine

Taking the dream how we ran
In the rage of another plan
Heading for the mountain wall
Where it all began to fall
When we heard the wind call

Today my First Love has arrived
Did you see her? Did you approve?
What if I asked this of you?
Would everything you'd say be true?

When I was young I played with toys
Games were small then, not so involved
My toys meant most of all
You know how kids are when they're small

But now today I find a lot has come to change my mind
It took some time to understand
Older people play little games in another way
Their castles crumble to sand
A lonely hour to withstand

Today my First Love is alone
Do you miss her? Is it so sad?
The tears you cry should be glad
Remembering her is not all that bad

Today my First Love is alone

Today my First Love has arrived
Did you see her? Did you approve?
What if I asked this of you?
Would everything you'd say be true?

When I was young I played with toys
Games were small then, not so involved
My toys meant most of all
You know how kids are when they're small

But now today I find a lot has come to change my mind
It took some time to understand
Older people play little games in another way
Their castles crumble to sand
A lonely hour to withstand

Today my First Love is alone
Do you miss her? Is it so sad?
The tears you cry should be glad
Remembering her is not all that bad

Today my First Love is alone

Today my First Love has arrived
Did you see her? Did you approve?
What if I asked this of you?
Would everything you'd say be true?

When I was young I played with toys
Games were small then, not so involved
My toys meant most of all
You know how kids are when they're small

But now today I find a lot has come to change my mind
It took some time to understand
Older people play little games in another way
Their castles crumble to sand
A lonely hour to withstand

Today my First Love is alone
Do you miss her? Is it so sad?
The tears you cry should be glad
Remembering her is not all that bad

Today my First Love is alone

Today my First Love has arrived
Did you see her? Did you approve?
What if I asked this of you?
Would everything you'd say be true?

When I was young I played with toys
Games were small then, not so involved
My toys meant most of all
You know how kids are when they're small

But now today I find a lot has come to change my mind
It took some time to understand
Older people play little games in another way
Their castles crumble to sand
A lonely hour to withstand

Today my First Love is alone
Do you miss her? Is it so sad?
The tears you cry should be glad
Remembering her is not all that bad

Today my First Love is alone

It comes from the backwoods of meadows and memories
Sunshine encasted in honey sweet rhymes
That linger so gently in rustic illusions


To whittle your ears to the sound of the times

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.

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.

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.

In the firelight
Shinin' bright
Their faces worn and weathered
It's a hard life
An endless flight
From one night to another
Silver moonlight falls
Between grey walls
Through shutters old and weary
Broken window pane
Stands in vain
While night winds moan and whisper

And there's no lover
Whose heart burns
In this ghost town
Just the long shadows
That chase through this ghost town

Faded memories
Of used to be
Lie wasted and forgotten
Like a lost love
Who patiently waits
For it's day of reckon

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

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

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

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

In the heart of the night
In the cool southern rain
There's a full moon in sight
Shinin' down on the Pontchartrain
And the river she rises
Just like she used to do
She's so full of surprises
She reminds me of you

[Chorus]
In the heart of the night
In the heart of the night
In the heart of the night
Oh, down in New Orleans

There's a night bird singing
Right on through till the dawn
And the streets are still ringing
With people carrying on
It's been so long waiting
Just to be here again
Anticipating
All the time I could spend

[Chorus]

And I trust in your love
Never fallin' down
And I trust in your love
Just like I do in this town
Oh, never fallin' down
Oh, never fallin' down

In the heart of the night
In the cool fallin' rain
There's a full moon in sight
Shinin' down on the Pontchartrain
And the river she rises
Just like she used to do
She's so full of surprises (oh mama)
She reminds me of you (right here)

[Chorus]

And I'm so glad to be back in New Orleans
Please don't wake me, don't shake me
If it's only, if it's only just a dream
Cause it's the only place that I can face
It makes me feel so right
Below that Dixie moon and lovin' you
In the heart of the night

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

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

Tell me a story 'bout how you been burned
No one can hurt you, your lessons you've learned
All for the lover with the stars in his eyes
Feelin' the pain of all his bye-byes
Feelin' the pain of all his bye-byes

High and Dry, High and Dry
I could tell you things just ain't the same
Look all around you there's no one to blame
There's a reason for all those years
You do less cryin', there'll be fewer tears
You do less cryin', there'll be fewer tears

High and Dry, High and Dry
You know the road doesn't end,
When it reaches, reaches a bend
High and Dry, High and Dry
I could tell you things just ain't the same

Look all around you there's no one to blame
There's a reason for all those years
You do less cryin', there'll be fewer tears
You do less cryin', there'll be fewer tears
High and Dry, High and Dry
High and Dry, High and Dry

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

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

Well, it won't be long now
Until that ol' sun goes down
And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears
My wife works all night long
For a man who's halfway gone
She's a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs

It's a shame she wears the name
Of a man who's locked and chained
To a bottle that's destroyed all hopes and cares
To the men with hungry eyes
She works and hides her pride
She's a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs