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A long long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while But February made me shiver with every paper I'd daliver Bad news on the doorstap I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride Something touched me deep inside the day the music died. *So bye bye Miss American pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whisky ane rye singin' this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above? If the Bible tells you so Now do you believe in rock and roll can Music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well I know that you're in love with him cause I saw you dancin' in the gym You both kicked off your shose Man, I dig those rhythm and bluses I was a lonely teenage broncin's buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died. I started singing bye bye *Repeat Now for ten years we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a rollin's stone But that's not how it used to be When the Jester sang for the king and Queen in a coat He Borrowned from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me Oh, and while the king was looking down the Jester stole his thorny crown The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned And while Lennin read a book on Marx the coart took practice in the park and we sang dirties in the dark the day the music died. We were singin's bye bye * Repeat Helter-skelter in the summer sweiter the birds flew off with a fall-out shelter Eight miles high and fallin's fast, it landed foul on the gress the players tried for a forware pass, with the Jester on the sidelines in a coat Now the half-time air was sweet paerfume While the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance but we never got the chance Cause the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died We started singin's bye bye *Repeat In there we were all in one place, A generation lost in space with no time left to start again So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack sat on a candlestick cause fire is the devils only friend (Oh) as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in festive rage No angel born in heaven could break that stan's spell And as the flames climbed high into the night the sacrificial rite I saw satan Laughing with delight the day the music died. He was singin's bye bye *Repeat I met girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news but the just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store where I heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play The lovers cried and the posts dreamed (But) Not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken And he three man I admire most the Father, Son an the holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died. And they were singin' bye bye * Repeat |
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| 2. |
| 3:41 |
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And if she asks you why
you can tell her that I told you that I'm tired of castles in the air, I've got a dream I want the world to share and castle walls just lead me to despair. Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky a dream come true I'll live there till I die, I'm asking you to say my last goodbye, the love we knew ain't worth another try. Save me from all the trouble and the pain I know I'm weak but I can't face that girl again Tell her the reasons why I can't remain Perhaps she'll understand, if you tell it to her plain But how can words express the feel of sunlight in the morning in the hills, away from city strife, I need a country woman for my wife, I'm city born, but I love the country life. For I can not be part of her cocktail generation, partners waltz Devoid of all romance the music plays and everyone must dance I'm bowing out I need a second chance. Save me from all the trouble and the pain I know I'm weak but I can't face that girl again Tell her the reasons why I can't remain Perhaps she'll understand, if you tell it to her plain And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you that I'm tired of castles in the air, I've got a dream I want the world to share and castle walls just lead me to despair. |
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| 3. |
| 3:46 |
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I feel like a spinnin' top or a dreidel
The spinnin' don't stop when you leave the cradle, You just slow down. 'Round and around this world you go, Spinnin' through the lives of the people you know We all slow down. How you gonna keep from turnin' from day to day? How you gonna' keep from turnin' your life away? No days you can borrow, no time you can buy, No trust in tomorrow, it's a lie. I feel like a spinnin' top or a dreidel The spinnin' don't stop when you leave the cradle, You just slow down. 'Round and around this world you go, Spinnin' through the lives of the people you know We all slow down. How you gonna keep from turnin' from day to day? How you gonna' keep from turnin' your life away? No days you can borrow, no time you can buy, No trust in tomorrow, it's a lie. And I feel like I'm a dippin' and a-divin', My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels. I'm lost in this star car I'm a-drivin', But my air soul keeps pushin' big wheels. My world is a constant confusion, My mind is prepared to attack My past, a persuasive illusion, I'm watchin' the future it's black. What do you know? You know just what you perceive. What can you show? Nothin' of what you believe, And as you grow, each thread of life that you leave Will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs As you sell your soul and you sow your seeds, And you wound yourself and your loved one bleeds, And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds On all that you thought you should be I never thought this could happen to Meeeeeeeece I feel like a spinnin' top or a dreidel The spinnin' don't stop when you leave the cradle, You just slow down. 'Round and around this world you go, Spinnin' through the lives of the people you know We all slow down. How you gonna keep from turnin' from day to day? How you gonna' keep from turnin' your life away? I feel like a spinnin' top or a dreidel The spinnin' don't stop when you leave the cradle, You just slow down. You just slow down. You just...slow...down. |
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| 4. |
| 3:11 |
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No-one can take your place with me,
And time has proven that I'm right. There's no place I'd rather be, Than at your place for the night. No time can pass your sight unseen. No moment steals away unfound. Lifetime lived in such a dream, Floats like a feather to the ground. *And for the first time I've been seeing The things I'd never notice, without you. And for the first time I'm discovering The things I use to treasure, about you. The birds like leaves on Winterwood, Sing hopeful songs on dismal days. They've learned to live life as they should. They are at peace with natures ways. You are as natural as the night, And all that springs from you is good. And the children born beneath your light, Are like the birds on Winterwood. * Repeat |
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| 5. |
| 2:26 |
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Everyday
Everyday, it's a gettin' closer, Goin' faster than a roller coaster, Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey) Everyday, it's a gettin' faster, Everyone says go ahead and ask her, Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey) Everyday seems a little longer, Every way, love's a little stronger, Come what may, do you ever long for True love from me? Everyday, it's a gettin' closer, Goin' faster than a roller coaster, Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey) Everyday, it's a gettin' faster, Everyone says go ahead and ask her, Love like yours will surely c]ome my way, (hey, hey, hey) Everyday seems a little longer, Every way, love's a little stronger, Come what may, do you ever long for True love from me? Everyday, it's a gettin' closer, Goin' faster than a roller coaster, Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey) Love like yours will surely come my way. |
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| 6. |
| 2:33 |
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The spirit of Fatima still rules the Earth
She knows your future, she knows what it's worth Sister Fatima has God-given powers And on 42nd Street a shop that sells flowers Is her palace, come and be healed She knows all your business, your health and your ills She'll counsel your weddings, divorces and wills For full restoration five dollars an hour And with each consultation a free holy flower And if she likes you, well you can have two And I came from nowhere like you and your friend My searching and wandering went on without end My future was dim, my spirit was crushed In one sacred moment my questions were hushed I'm a servant of fate in this garden of truth A humble recruit of the taffeta booth Where all things are known but few are revealed Sins are forgotten and sickness is healed For five dollars the flower is free |
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| 7. |
| 3:26 |
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I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night
Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would Never thought the words you said were true Never thought you said just what you meant Never knew how much I needed you Never thought you'd leave, until you went Morning comes and morning goes with no regret And evening brings the memories I can't forget Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would |
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| 8. |
| 2:38 |
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If I could say the things I feel, it wouldn't be the same
Some things are not spoken of, some things have no name And though the words come hard to me, I'll say them just for you For this is something rare for me this feeling is so new You see I love the way you love me Love the way you smile at me, I love the way we live this life we're in Long ago I heard the song that lovers sing to me And through the days with each new phrase I hummed that melody And all along I loved the song but I never learned it through But since the day you came along, I've saved it just for you You see I love the way you love me Love the way you smile at me, I love the way we live this life we're in I don't believe in magic but I do believe in you And when you say you believe in me There's so much magic I can do Now you see me now you don't watch me dive below Deep down in your love lake where the sweet fish come and go And I might sink and I might drown but death don't mean a thing 'Cause life continues right or wrong when I play this birthday song I learned from you, and you can't even sing |
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| 2:04 |
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Wonderful baby livin' on love the
sandman says maybe he'll take you above, up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows, where babies float by, just counting their toes. Wonderful baby nothin' but new, the world has gone crazy, I'm glad I'm not you. At the beginning or is it the end? It goes in and comes out and starts over again. Wonderful baby livin' on love the sandman says maybe he'll take you above, up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows, where babies float by, just counting their toes. Wonderful baby I'll watch while you grow. If I knew the future you'd be first to know. But I don't know nothin' of what life's about, Just as long as you live, you'll never find out. Wonderful baby, nothin' to fear. Love whom you will, but doubt what you hear. They'll whisper sweet things to make untrue. So be good to yourself, that's all you can do. You're a wonderful baby livin' on love the sandman says maybe he'll take you above, up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows, where babies float by, just counting their toes, where babies float by, just counting their toes... |
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| 10. |
| 3:46 |
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If you wanna make me happy
Here's all you gotta do Just take me where you're going And I'll take care of you 'Cause I've got this need that's growin' To keep you satisfied And if you keep your green light showin' Then you can take me for a ride 'Cause I la la la la la la love you And I la la la la la la care And I really want you with me baby, everywhere Well I like the way you're movin' And I like the way you go Well I like the way you let your Locomotion show 'Cause my drivin' wheel is drivin' And my pistons are workin' good And if your motor gives you some trouble, baby I'll take a look underneath your hood 'Cause I la la la la la la love you And I la la la la la la care And I really want you with me baby, everywhere Well, I know you like your transportation With a motor and a rubber wheel But when you move you cause a transformation In this lover and the way I feel So if you wanna make me happy Here's all you gotta do Just let me ride your box car And I'll hobo with you 'Cause all I got is on my shoulders I'm walkin' on my travellin' shoes And before I get much older I'm gonna kick these lovesick blues And I la la la la la la love you And I la la la la la la care And I really want you with me baby, everywhere |
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| 11. |
| 4:01 |
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Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray. Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills. Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land. Now I understand What you tried to say to me, And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free. They would not listen; they did not know how. Perhaps they'll listen now. Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue. Colors changing hue Morning fields of amber grain, Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand. Now I understand What you tried to say to me, And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free. They would not listen they did not know how. Perhaps they'll listen now. For they could not love you But still, your love was true. And when no hope was left inside On that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do. But I could've told you, Vincent This world was never meant For one as beautiful as you. Starry, starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch the world and can't forget Like the strangers that you've met The ragged men in ragged clothes. The silver thorn, a bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow. Now I think I know What you tried to say to me, And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free. They would not listen; they're not listening still. Perhaps they never will. |
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| 3:40 |
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I've got nothing on my mind
Nothing to remember, Nothing to forget. And I've got nothing to regret, But I'm all tied up on the inside, No one knows quite what I've got; And I know that on the outside What I used to be, I'm not anymore. You know I've heard about people like me, But I never made the connection. They walk one road to set them free And find they've gone the wrong direction. But there's no need for turning back `Cause all roads lead to where I stand. And I believe I'll walk them all No matter what I may have planned. Can you remember who I was? Can you still feel it? Can you find my pain? Can you heal it? Then lay your hands upon me now And cast this darkness from my soul. You alone can light my way. You alone can make me whole once again. We've walked both sides of every street Through all kinds of windy weather. But that was never our defeat As long as we could walk together. So there's no need for turning back `Cause all roads lead to where we stand. And I believe we'll walk them all No matter what we may have planned. |
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| 13. |
| 4:16 |
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And I love you so
The people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know I guess they understand How lonely life has been But life began again The day you took my hand And yes I know How lonely life can be Shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me And you love me too Your thoughts are just for me You set my spirit free I'm happy that you do The book at life is brief Once the page is read All but love is dead This is my belief Yes I know How loveless life can be Shadows follow me And night won't set me free But I don't let the evening get me down Now that you're around me And I love you so The people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know |
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| 4:06 |
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You took me up to heaven
Oh, when you took me in your arms I was dazzled by your beauty Blinded by your charms I was lost in a fool's paradise Good and lost in a fool's paradise Well, when you told me that you loved me And I gave my heart to you Oh, well, I wondered If there could be any truth in love so new I was lost in a fool's paradise Good and lost in a fool's paradise The whole world was my kingdom And your love, the gem in my crown But when I saw you glance at a new romance You know my love came tumbling down Oh well, you treat me a kinda coolish And you never let me know That you think I'm being foolish Because I love you so I'll still get lost in a fool's paradise Good and lost in a fool's paradise Well, the whole world was my kingdom And your love, the gem in my crown But when I saw you glance at a new romance You know my love came tumbling down Oh, you know you treat me a kinda coolish And you never let me know Oh, that you think I'm being foolish Because I love you so I'll still get lost in a fool's paradise Lost with you in a fool's paradise Yes, I'll still get lost in a fool's paradise So doggone lost in a fool's paradise |
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| 3:35 |
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When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. Just the thought that we
might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night...and I don't know if it'll work out right...but somehow I think that it just might...if we try. Faces come and faces go in circular rotation. But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind...cause I see love as just a state of mind...and who knows what it is that we might find...if we try. (Bridge) You're walking a different direction from most people I've met. You're givin' me signs of affection I don't usually get. I don't want you to pledge your future the future's not yours to give. Just stand there a little longer and let me watch while you live. 'Cause when I see you on the street, I lose my concentration. And just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation. Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. Well I've been thinking about you day and night...and I don't know if it will work out right...but somehow I think that it just might...if we try. Somehow I think that it just might if we try. Yes somehow I think that it just might if we try. Note - Don would often change the last chorus when he performed the song live. The words were something like "Won't you look my way once before you go and my eyes will say what you ought to know. It'd be so nice to see it all work out...cause that's what fantasies are all about..." |
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| 4:29 |
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Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight
With people here working by day and by night They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat But there's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street At least when I asked them, that's what I was told So I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold But for all that I've found there, I might as well be In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea I believe that when writin' a wish you expressed As to how the fine ladies of London were dressed But if you'll believe me, when asked to a ball They don't wear no tops to their dresses at all Oh, I've seen them myself and you could not in truth Tell if they were bound for a ball or a bath Don't be startin' them fashions now, Mary Mochree, In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea There's beautiful girls here, oh, never you mind Beautiful shapes Nature never designed Lovely complexions of roses and cream But let me remark with regard to the same That if at those roses you venture to kiss The colors might all come away on your lip So I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea You remember young Diddy McClaren, of course But he's over here with the rest of the force I saw him one day as he stood on the strand Stopped all the traffic with a wave of his hand As we were talking of days that are gone The whole town of London stood there to look on But for all his great powers, he's wishful like me To be back where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea |
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| 3:13 |
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The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors, And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone. He's gone. When the wars of our nation did beckon, A man barely twenty did answer the calling. Proud of the trust that he placed in our nation, He's gone, But Eternity knows him, and it knows what we've done. And the rain fell like pearls on the leaves of the flowers Leaving brown, muddy clay where the earth had been dry. And deep in the trench he waited for hours, As he held to his rifle and prayed not to die. But the silence of night was shattered by fire As guns and grenades blasted sharp through the air. And one after another his comrades were slaughtered. In morgue of Marines, alone standing there. He crouched ever lower, ever lower with fear. "They can't let me die! The can't let me die here! I'll cover myself with the mud and the earth. I'll cover myself! I know I'm not brave! The earth! the earth! the earth is my grave." The grave that they dug him had flowers Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors, And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone. He's gone. |
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| 2:29 |
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Ah, it ain't so easy is it?
You almost lost your place. And perhaps you're wondering how you're going to cope with your disgrace. Well your wealth is well established and your friends were never few, And all the things they told you of you're finding to be true. Well if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die, Then I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie. And you talk of human justice while you drive on fancy wheels. And you push them to their limit just to see how nice it feels. Well it doesn't really matter if she's living or she's dead, You just drive away forgetting that your bumper's dipped in red. Well if that's the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims, Then I respect, respect, respect old Jesse James. And most cordially they caught you and they asked you to obey. And they threw you into prison, just in case you could not pay. Well King Arthur jousted Lancelot, who stole away his wife; And your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life. Well if living is what matters though you lie with every breath, Then I respect, respect, the ones we put to death. And you won your case most easily and soon you will be free. But there will be a million more who lose their liberty. Not because of what they did, but what they did not do: They did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through. Why, they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail. Well if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail. |
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| 2:44 |
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Going for the Gold
I chased a lot of rainbows Down a lot of roads Thinking love was something to be bought or sold But I finally found a treasure And it's right here in your eyes Now my golden dreams are of golden rings Precious love without a price (Chorus) I'm going for the gold For the heart's that's in you I'm going for the love That I know will be true I've had enough Of those one night stands I'm going for the gold that's in a wedding band I followed those illusions That sparkled in the night But they were fantasies that disappeared in the light The midnight fires that burned so bright Turn to ashes in the dawn I didn't realize how empty I was inside Until you came along (Chorus x4) (Fade out) |
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| 3:42 |
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I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while But when I saw you last night You held my hand so tight When you stopped to say hello And though you wished me well You couldn't tell that I'd been Crying over you, crying over you Then you said, "So long." Left me standing all alone Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying It's hard to understand That the touch of your hand Can start me crying I thought that I was over you But it's true, so true I love you even more than I did before But darling, what can I do? For you don't love me And I'll always be Crying over you, crying over you Yes, now you're gone And from this moment on I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying Yeah, crying, crying over you |
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