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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 deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride But 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 And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin' 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 have you believe in rock 'n 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 shoes Man I dig those rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died I started singin' bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin' this'll be the day that I die this'll be the day that I die Now for ten years we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone But that's not how it used to be When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed 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 lennon read a book of marx The quartet practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the dark The day the music died We were singing bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin' this'll be the day that I die this'll be the day that I die Helter skelter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul on the grass The players tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the half time air was sweet perfume While the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance Oh 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 singing bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin' this'll be the day that I die this'll be the day that I die Oh and 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 flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's only friend Oh and as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in hell Could break that satan's spell And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died He was singing bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin' this'll be the day that I die this'll be the day that I die I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred story Where I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play in the streets the children screamed The lovers cried and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken The church bells all were broken And the three men I admire most The father son and the holy ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died And they were singing bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin this'll be the day that I die this'll be the day that I die They were singing bye bye miss american pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin this'll be the day that I die |
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| 2. |
| 3:42 |
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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 an' castle walls Just leave me to despair Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky A dream come true, I'll live there 'til 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 Oh, 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 will not be part of her Cocktail-Generation Partner's 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 an' castle walls Just lead me to despair |
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| 3. |
| 3:46 |
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I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle You just slow down Round and around the world you go Spinning through the lives of the people you know We all slow down How you gonna keep on turning from day to day? How you gonna keep from turning 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 dippin' and divin'. My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels. I'm lost in this star car I'm drivin'. But my air sole 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? Nothing 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 bleed And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds On all that you thought you should be I never thought this could happen to me. I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel. The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle. You just slow down. Round and around the world you go Spinning through the lives of the people you know. We all slow down. How you gonna keep on turning from day to day? How you gonna keep from turning your life away? Oh.. I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel. The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle. You just slow down. |
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| 4. |
| 3:12 |
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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 noticed without you And for the first time I'm discovering The things I used 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 Nature's 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 And for the first time I've been seeing The things I'd never noticed without you And for the first time I'm discovering The things I used to treasure about you |
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| 5. |
| 2:26 |
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Everyday
It's getting closer, going faster than a rollercoaster Love like your's Will surely come my way ahey ahey hey Everyday It's getting faster Everyone said: "go on and ask her, love like your's wille surely come my way" ahey ahey hey Everyday Seems a little longer Everyway Love's a little stronger Come with me Do you ever long for true love from me? Everyday It's getting closer, going faster than a rollercoaster Love like your's Will surely come my way ahey ahey hey Love like your's 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 its worth, Sister Fatima has god-given powers, On 42nd street in 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, With each consultation, a free holy flower. If she likes you, why, 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. Where 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 windowpane, 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 use to bath the contours of your face. Chestnut hair fell all around the pillowcase. And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head, A sympathy bouquet left with a 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. Evening brings the memories I can't forget. Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs, 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 is all you gotta do
Take me where you're going and I'll take care of you 'Cause I got this need that's growing to keep you satisfied And if you keep your green light showing well you can take me for a ride Chorus: '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 moving, and I like a the way you go I like the way you let your locomotion show 'Cause my drivin' wheel is drivin' and my piston's working good And if your motor gives you some trouble baby, I'll take a look underneath your hood (yes, I would) (Chorus) 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 want to make me happy here is all you gotta do Just let me ride your boxcar and I'll hobo with you 'Cause all I got is on my shoulder, I'm walkin' on my trav'lin' shoes and before I get much older I'm gonna kick these lovesick blues (Chorus) Yes, I la la la la la la love you, And I la la la la la la care. 'Cause I.. (repeat and fade out) |
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| 4:02 |
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starey starey night,
paint your palette blue and grey, Look out on a summers day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shad-ows on the hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils, Catch the breeze and the winter chills, In colors on the snowy linen land and now I under stand what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free, They would not listen, they did not know how, Perhaps they ll listen now. starey starey night, flaming flowrs that brightly biaze, Weathered faces lined in pain, Are soothed beneath the artists loving hand And now i under stand what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, 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 in sight on that starry starry night you took your life as lovers of ten do but i could have told you Vincent This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you starey starey night, portraits hung in empty halls, frame less heads on name less walls, with eyes that watch the world and can't for get, like the stran gers that you ve met, the ragged men in ragged clothes, the silver thorn of bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow. and now i think i know what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free, They would not listen, they re not listning 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. |
| 4:17 |
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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 The shadows follow me And the night won't set me free But I don't let the evening bring 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 of life is brief And once a page is read All but love is dead This is my belief And yes I know how loveless life can be The 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 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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| 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 colours, 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! They 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 colours, 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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| 3:40 |
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I was alright 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 to me well you couldn't tell That I'd been Crying over you Crying over you Then you said to 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? While 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) Crying (crying) Crying over you Over you Over you |
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