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Melinda was mine 'Til the time
That I found her Holding Jim Loving Him Then Sue came along Loved me strong That's what I thought Me and Sue But that died too Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man I've had it to here Bein' where Love's a small word Part-time thing Paper ring I know it's been done Havin' one Girl who'll love me Right or wrong Weak or strong Don't know that I will But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me I'll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man |
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Baby loves me Yes, yes she does Ah, the girl's outta sight, yeah Says she loves me Yes, yes she does Gonna show me tonight, yeah She got the way to move me, Cherry She got the way to groove me She got the way to move me She got the way to groove me Tell your mamma, girl, I can't stay long We got things we gotta catch up on Mmmm, you know You know what I'm sayin' Can't stand still while the music is playin' Y'ain't got no right No, no you don't Ah, to be so exciting Won't need bright lights No, no we won't Gonna make our own lighting She got the way to move me, Cherry She got the way to groove me She got the way to move me She got the way to groove me No, we won't tell a soul where we gone to Girl, we do whatever we want to Ah, I love the way that you do me Cherry, babe, you really get to me She got the way to move me, Cherry She got the way to groove me She got the way to move me She got the way to groove me 1966 Tallyrand Music, Inc. (ASCAP) |
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Oh no, no, no Baby, something's wrong Oh no, no, no That old time fire's gone It's not so much things you say, love It's what you don't say I am afraid of I got the feelin' I'm hearin' goodbye Don't have to say it It's there in your eyes Oh why, oh my Oh no, no, no You don't smile the same Oh no, no, no Like you been hidin' pain I love you so much, I could taste it But girl, your eyes tell me it's wasted I got the feelin' I'm hearin' goodbye Don't have to say it It's there in your eyes Oh why, oh my Oh no, oh no Oh no, baby I got the feelin' I'm hearin' goodbye I got the feelin' That I'm gonna die |
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Daytime turns me off, and I don't mean maybe Nine-to-five ain't taking me where I'm bound When it's done, I run out to see my baby We get groovin' when the sun goes down I thank the Lord for the night time To forget the day A day of up-, uptight time Baby, chase it away I get relaxation It's a time to groove I thank the Lord for the night time I thank the Lord for you I'll talk about plans now, baby, I got plenty Nothing ever seems turn out the way it should Talk about money, girl, I ain't got any Seems like just one time I'm feelin' good I thank the Lord for the night time To forget the day A day of up-, uptight time Baby, chase it away I get relaxation It's a time to groove I thank the Lord for the night time I thank the Lord for you |
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Kentucky woman She shines with her own kind of light She'd look at you once And a day that's all wrong looks all right And I love her God knows, I love her Kentucky woman If she get to know you She goin' to own you Kentucky woman Well, she ain't the kind Makes heads turn at the drop of her name But something inside That she's got turn you on just the same And she loves me God knows, she loves me Kentucky woman If she get to know you She goin' to own you Kentucky woman I don't want much The good Lord's earth beneath my feet A gentle touch From that one girl, and life is Sweet and good Ain't no doubt I'm talkin' about Kentucky woman If she get to know you She goin' to own you Kentucky woman 1967 Tallyrand Music, Inc. (ASCAP) |
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Young child with dreams
Dream every dream on your own When children play Seems like you end up alone Papa says he'd love to be with you If he had the time So you turn to the only friend you can find There in your mind Shilo when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come Shilo you always came And we'd play Young girl with fire Something said she understood I wanted to fly She made me feel like I could Held my hand and I let her take me Blind as a child All I saw was the way that she made me smile She made me smile Shilo when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come Shilo you always came And you'd stay Had a dream and it filled me with wonder She had other plans Got to go and I know that you'll understand I understand Shilo when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come |
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Mama told me that some day it would happen But she never said it would happen like this Papa said, "Look out, some girl'll catch you nappin' Some little girl will get to you with her kiss" You got to me You brought me to my knees Never thought I'd say please, girl You got to my soul You got control You got to me, you got to be mine Used to slip thru every girl's hand like water There never was one who could tie me down Straight ahead and steady as Gibraltar 'Til you brought me tumblin' to the ground You got to me You brought me to my knees Never thought I'd say please, girl You got to my soul You got control You got to me, you got to be mine |
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If I close my eyes
I can almost hear my mother Callin' Neil go find your brother Daddy's home and it's time for supper Hurry on And I see two boys Racin' up two flights of staircase Squirmin' into Papa's embrace And his whiskers warm on their face Where's it gone Oh where's it gone Two floors above the butcher First door on the right Life filled to the brim As I stood by my window And I looked out of those Brooklyn roads I can still recall The smells of cookin' in the hallways Rubbers drying in the doorways And report cards I was always Afraid to show Mama'd come to school And as I'd sit there softly crying Teacher'd say He's just not trying He's got a good head if he'd apply it But you know yourself It's always somewhere else I built me a castle With dragons and kings And I'd ride off with them As I stood by my window And looked out on those Brooklyn roads Thought of going back But all I'd see are stranger's faces And all the scars that love erases But as my mind walks through thoses places I'm wonderin' What's come of them Does some other young boy Come home to my room Does he dream what I did As he stands by my window And looks out on those Brooklyn roads Brooklyn roads |
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Red, red wine Go to my head Make me forget that I Still need her so Red, red wine It's up to you All I can do, I've done But memories won't go No, memories won't go I'd have sworn That with time Thoughts of you Would leave my head I was wrong And I find Just one thing Makes me forget Red, red wine Stay close to me Don't let me be alone It's tearing apart My blue, blue heart |
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I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me Love was out to get me That's the way it seemed Disappointment haunted all my dreams Then I saw her face Now I'm a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind I'm in love I'm a believer I coundn't leave her if I tried I thought love was more or less a given / givin' thing Seems the more I gave the less I got What's the use in trying All you get is pain When I needed sunshine I got rain Then I saw her face Now I'm a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind I'm in love I'm a believer I coundn't leave her if I tried |
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Where it began I can't begin to knowing
but then I know it's growing strong was it in the spring and spring became a summer who'd believe you'd come along hands touching hands reaching out touching me touching you sweet caroline good times never seem so good I've been inclined to believe they never would but now I look at the night and they don't seem so lonely we fill it up with only to and when I hurt hurting runs off my shoulder how can I hurt when holding one touching one reaching out touching me touching you sweet caroline good times never seem so good I've been inclined to believe they never would oh no no sweet caroline good times never seem so good sweet caroline I believe they never could sweet caroline... |
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Come she come say Ride on the night Sun becomes day Day shall provide Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon God of my want, want, want Lord of my need, need, need Leading me on, on, on Lord of my night, night, night Seek for my way, way, way Taking me home She callin' Bring me home my name On the wings of a flea Wind in the plains Dance once for me Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon Soo, soolaimon Soolai, soolai, soolaimon |
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Cracklin' Rosie, get on board
We're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go Taking it slow Lord, don't you know Have made me a time with a poor man's lady Hitchin' on a twilight train Ain't nothing there that I care to take along Maybe a song To sing when I want Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune Oh, I love my Rosie child She got the way to make me happy You and me, we go in style Cracklin' Rose, you're a store bought woman You make me sing like a guitar hummin' So hang on to me, girl Our song keeps runnin' on Play it now Play it now, my baby Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile God if it lasts for an hour, that's al right We got all night To set the world right Find us a dream that don't ask no questions, yeah Oh, I love my Rosie child You got the way to make me happy You and me, we go in style Cracklin' Rose, you're a store-baught woman You make me sing like a guitar hummin' So hang on to me, girl Our song keeps runnin' on Play it now Play it now Play it now, my baby Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile God if it lasts for an hour, that's all right We got all night To set the world right Find us a dream that don't ask no question, yeah |
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song sung blue
everybody knows one song sung blue every garden grows one me and you are subject to the blues now and then but when you take the blues and make a song you sing them out again song sung blue weeping like a willow song sung blue sleeping on my pillow funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice and before you know it, start to feeling good you simply got no choice. me and you are subject to the blues now and then but when you take the blues and make a song you sing them out again song sung blue weeping like a willow song sung blue sleeping on my pillow funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice and before you know it, start to feeling good you simply got no choice. song sung blue~~ song sung blue~~ |
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She was moring
And I was night time I one day woke up To find her lying Beside my bed I softly said Come take me For I've been lonely In need of someone As though I'd done Someone wrong somewhere But I don't know where But I don't know where Come lately You are the sun I am the moon You are the words I am the tune Play me Song she sang to me Song she brang to me Words that rang in me Rhyme that sprang from me Warmed the night And what was right Became me You are the sun I am the moon You are the words I am the tune Play me And so it was That I came to travel Upon a road That was thorned and narrow Another place Another grace Would save me You are the sun I am the moon You are the word I am the tune Play me You are the sun I am the moon You are the word I am the tune Play |
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Morningside
the old man died And no one cried they simply turned away And when he died He left a table filled with nails and pride And with his hands he carved these words inside For my children Morning light morning bright I spent the night with dreams that make you weep Morning time Wash away the sadness from these eyes of mine For I recall the words an old man signed For my children And the legs were shaped with his hands And the table made with oaken wood And the children that sat around this table Touched it with their laughter and that was good Morningside the old man died And no one cried he surely died alone And truth is sad For not a child would claim the gift he had The words he carved became his epitaph For my children |
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I got a song been on my mind
And the tune can be sung and the words all rhyme Deedleee deet deet deet deet deet deet deet dee dee Though it don't say much and it won't offend If you sing it in school then they're liable to send you home Never knowing what you're showin' Think you're growin' your own tea Good lord Let me hear that get me near that Crunchy granola suite Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin' Crunchy granola's neat Sing it out Alright Da da da Da da da da da Dee dee dee dum I know a man was outta touch And he'd hide in a house and he didn't say much Deedleee deet deet deet deet deet deet deet dee doo And like a man with a tiger outside his gate Not only couldn't relax but he couldn't relate Now he can Family man Tried my brand Dig Let me hear that Get me near that Crunchy granola suite Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin' Crunchy granola's neat Sing it out Alright |
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Hot August night and the leaves hanging down
And the grass on the ground smellin' sweet Move up the road to the outside of town And the sound of that good gospel beat Sits a ragged tent where there ain't no trees And that gospel group tellin' you and me It's love brother love say brother love's traveling salvation show Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes 'Cause everyone knows brother love's show Room gets suddenly still and when you'd almost bet You could hear yourself sweat he walks in Eyes black as coal and when he lifts his face Every ear in the place is on him Startin' soft and slow like a small earthquake And when he lets go half the valley shakes It's love, brother love say brother loves traveling salvation show Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes 'Cause everyone knows 'bout brother loves show (Halleluja) Brothers (Halle, halleluja) I say brothers Now you got yourself two good hands And when your brother is troubled you've gotta Reach out your hand for him 'cause that's what it's there for And when your heart is troubled you've gotta reach out Your other hand, reach it out to the man up there 'Cause that's what he's there for Take my hand in yours Walk with me this day In my heart I know I will never stray Halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle Love brother love say brother love's traveling salvation show Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes I say love brother love say brother love's traveling salvation show Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes |
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L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time And the feeling is 'lay back' Palm trees grow, and rents are low But you know I keep thinkin' about Making my way back Well I'm New York City born and raised But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home New York's home, but it ain't mine no more "I am," I said To no one there An no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," said I And I am lost, and I can't even say why Leavin' me lonely still Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein' a king And then became one Well except for the names and a few other changes I you talk about me, the story's the same one But I got an emptiness deep inside And I've tried, but it won't let me go And I'm not a man who likes to swear But I never cared for the sound of being alone "I am," I said To no one there An no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," said I And I am lost, and I can't even say why Leavin' me lonely still 1971 Prophet Music, Inc. (ASCAP) |
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Lost On a painted sky Where the clouds are hung For the poet's eye You may find him If you may find him There On a distant shore By the wings of dreams Through an open door You may know him If you may Be As a page that aches for words Which speaks on a theme that's timeless While the Sun God will make for your day Sing As a song in search of a voice that is silent And the one God will make for your way And we dance To a whispered voice Overheard by the sould Undertook by the heart And you may know it If you may know it While the sand Would become the stone Which begat the spark Turned to living bone Holy, Holy Sanctus, sanctus Be As a page that aches for word Which speaks on a theme that is timeless While the Sun God will make for your day Sing As a song in search of a voice that is silent And the one God will make for your day |
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Longfellow serenade Such were the plans I'd made For she was a lady And I was a dreamer With only words to trade You know that I was born for a night like this Warmed by a stolen kiss For I was lonely And she was lonely Ride, come on baby, ride Let me make your dreams come true I'll sing my song let me sing my song Let me make it warm for you I'll weave this web of rhyme Upon this summer night We'll leave this worldly time On his winged flight Then come, and as we lay Beside this sleepy glade There I'll sing to you My Longfellow serenade Longfellow Serenade Such were the plans I made But she was a lady As deep as the river And through the night, we stayed And in my way, I loved her as none before Loved her with words and more For she was lonely And I was lonely Ride, come on baby, ride Let me make your dreams come true I'll sing my song Let me sing my song Let me make it warm for you I'll weave this web of rhyme Upon this summer night We'll leave this worldly time On his winged flight Then come, and as we lay Beside this sleepy glade There I'll sing to you My Longfellow serenade |
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What a beautiful noise Comin' up from the street Got a beautiful sound It's got a beautiful beat It's a beautiful noise Goin' on everywhere Like the clickety-clack Of a train on a track It's got a rhythm to spare It's a beautiful noise And it's sound that I love And it's fit me as well As a hand in a glove Yes it does, yes it does What a beautiful noise Comin' up from the park It's the song of the kids And it plays until dark It's the song of the cars On their furious flights But there's even romance In the way that they dance To beat of the lights It's a beautiful noise And it's a sound that I love And it makes me feel good Like a hand in a glove Yes it does, yes it does What a beautiful noise It's a beautiful noise Made of joy an of strife Like a symphony played By a passing parade It's the music of life What a beautiful noise Comin' up to my room And it's beggin' for me Just to give it a tune |
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When the night returns just like a friend When the evening comes to set me free When the quiet house that wait beyond the day Make peaceful sounds in me Took a drag from my last cigarette Took a drink from a glass of old wine I closed my eyes, and I could make it real And feel it one more time Can you hear it, babe Can you hear it, babe From another time From another place Do you remember it, babe And the radio played like a carnival tune As we lay in our bed in the other room When we gave it away for the sake of a dream In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean Here's to the songs we used to sing And here's to the times we used to know It's hard to hold them in our arms again But hard to let them go Do you hear it, babe Do you hear it, babe It was another time It was another place Do you remember it, babe And the radio played like a carnival tune As we lay in our bed in the other room When we gave it away for the sake of a dream In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean 1976 Stonebridge Music (ASCAP) |
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It was the third of June On that younger day Well I became a man At the hands of a girl Almost twice my age And she came to me Just like a morning sun And it wasn't so much Her words as such As the way they were sung It was the way they were sung Desiree Oh, Desiree There I was found By the sweet passion sound Of you loving song Time was right, the night was long Remember, Desiree Oh Desiree Somehow I knew I could only have you 'Til the morning light If only for that single night Sweet Desiree, you made it right. Then came the fourth of June On that sleepless night Well I tossed and I turned While the thought of her burned Up and down my mind For she was there and gone Without one regret But she continues on Like the words of a song I could not forget I could not forget Desiree Oh, Desiree There I was found By the sweet passion sound Of your loving song Time was right, the night was long Remember, Desiree Oh, Desiree And though somehow I knew I could only have you 'Til the morning light The night was long, the time was right Do you remember, Desiree 1977 Stonebridge Music (ASCAP) |
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Stay for just a while Stay, and let me look at you It's been so long, I hardly knew you Standing in the door Stay with me a while I only wanna talk to you We've traveled halfway 'round the world To find ourselves again September morn We danced until the night became a brand new day Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play September morning still can make me feel that way Look at what you've done Why, you've become a grown-up girl I still can hear you crying In a corner of your room And look how far we've come So far from where we used to be But not so far that we've forgotten How it was before September morn Do you remember how we danced that night away Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play September morning still can make me feel that way 1979 Stonebridge Music (ASCAP) |
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You don't bring me flowers You don't sing me love songs You hardly talk to me anymore When you come thru the door At the end of the day I remember when You couldn't wait to love me Used to hate to leave me Now after lovin' me late at night When it's good for you And you're feelin' alright Well you just roll over And turn out the light And you don't bring me flowers anymore It used to be so natural To talk about forever But "used to be's" don't count anymore They just lay on the floor 'Til we sweep them away And baby, I remember All the things you taught me I learned how to laugh And I learned how to cry Well I leared how to love And I learned how to lie Well you'd think I could learn How to tell you goodbye And yYou don't bring me flowers anymore Well you'd think I could learn how to tell you 'goodbye' You don't say you need me You don't sing me love songs You don't bring me flowers anymore |
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But it don't sing and dance And it don't walk As long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in Blue Jeans Honey is sweet But it ain't nothing next to baby's treat And if you'll pardon me I'd like to say We'd do okay Forever in Blue Jeans Maybe tonight Maybe tonight by the fire All alone you and I Nothing around but the sound Of my heart and your sighs Money Talks But it can't sing and dance And it can't walk As long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in Blue Jeans, Babe Honey is sweet But it ain't nothing next to baby's treat And if you'll pardon me I'd like to say We'd do okay Forever in Blue Jeans Maybe tonight Maybe tonight by the fire All alone you and I Nothing around but the sound Of my heart and your sighs Money Talks But it don't sing and dance And it don't walk As long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in Blue Jeans And if you'll pardon me I'd like to say We'd do okay Forever in Blue Jeans, Babe As long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be Forever in Blue Jeans, Babe |
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Hello again, hello Just called to say 'hello' I couldn't sleep at all tonight And I know it's late But I couldn't wait Hello, my friend, hello Just called to let you know I think about you every night When I'm here alone And you're there at home Hello Maybe it's been crazy And maybe I'm to blame But I put my heart above my head We've been thru it all And you loved me just the same And when you're not there I just need to hear Hello, my friend, hello It's good to need you so It's good to love you like I do And to feel this way When I hear you say Hello Hello, my friend, hello Just called to let you know I think about you every night And I know it's late But I couldn't wait Hello |
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ALL I REALLY NEED IS YOU AMERICA AND THE GRASS WON뭈 PAY NO MIND BEAUTIFUL NOISE BLUE HIGHWAY BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW BROOKLYN ROADS CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? CANTA LIBRE CAPTAIN SUNSHINE CHERRY CHERRY CRACKLIN' ROSIE CRUNCHY GRANOLA SUITE DEEP INSIDE OF YOU DESIREE DON뭈 THINK...FEEL DRY YOUR EYES EVERYBODY FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS FORTUNE OF THE NIGHT THE GIFT OF SONG GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON GITCHY GOOMY GOLD DON'T RUST HEADED FOR THE FUTURE HEARTLIGHT HELLO AGAIN HIGH ROLLING MAN HOLLY HOLY HOME IS A WOUNDED HEART HOOKED ON THE MEMORY OF YOU IF I LOST MY WAY I'M A BELIEVER I AM I SAID IF THERE WERE NO DREAMS IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN I GOT THE FEELIN' (OH NO, NO) I뭋E BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL JUNGLETIME KENTUCKY WOMAN LADY MAGDELENE LADY-OH LIKE YOU DO LONELY LADY #17 LONGFELLOW SERENADE LOVE ON THE ROCKS MARRY ME A MATTER OF LOVE MORNINGSIDE MOUNTAINS OF LOVE NO LIMIT OPEN WIDE THESE PRISON DOORS ONE GOOD LOVE PLAY ME PORCUPINE PIE REMINISCE FOR A WHILE ROSEMARY뭆 WINE SAVE ME SEPTEMBER MORN SHAME SHILO SIGNS SOLITARY MAN SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOU SONG SUNG BLUE SOOLAIMON STARGAZER STREET LIFE SURVIVING THE LIFE SWEET CAROLINE SWEET LA DAYS THE LAST PICASSO THE STORY OF MY LIFE THE WAY TALKIN OPTIMIST BLUES TENNESSEE MOON THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME WALK ON WATER WIN THE WORLD WISH EVERYTHING WAS ALRIGHT YES I WILL YESTERDAY'S SONGS YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS YOU GOT TO ME ALL I REALLY NEED IS YOU Written by Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley and Alan Lindgren After all these years After all these tears between us Still I couldn't find Someone half as right as you And each time I stop to think What it is I really need Here's what I conclude All I really need is you Just say what you want to say You don't have a chance in the world Can I, knowing how I've tried Still come close to losing you, girl When you are my world Have I spent so many years Trying but in vain to tell you Don't you know it's true All I really need is you How was I to know We'd have ended here Where we finally did You tied you life to mine Once upon a starry night And when someone asks of me What it is that I believe Say, I believe it's true All I really need is you Just say what you want to say We don't have a chance in the world Can I, knowin' how I've tried Still come close to losing you, girl When you are my world Have I spent so many years Tryin' but in vain to tell you Feelings come and go Me, I'm never gonna ever let you go Promise you I'm gonna always love you so 'Cause all I really need is you We've been traveling far Without a home But not without a star Free Only want to be free We huddle close Hang on to a dream On the boats and on the planes They're coming to America Never looking back again They're coming to America Home, don't it seem so far away Oh, we're traveling light today In the eye of the storm In the eye of the storm Home, to a new and a shiny place Make our bed, and we'll say our grace Freedom's light burning warm Freedom's light burning warm Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Every time that flag's unfurled They're coming to America Got a dream to take them there They're coming to America Got a dream they've come to share They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America Today, today, today, today, today My country 'tis of thee Today Sweet land of liberty Today Of thee I sing Today Of thee I sing Today |
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Love on the rocks Ain't no surprise Pour me a drink And I'll tell you some lies Got nothin' to lose So you just sing the blues all the time Gave you my heart Gave you my soul You left me alone here With nothing to hold Yesterday's gone Now all I want is a smile First, they say they want you How they really need you Suddenly you find you're out there Walking in a storm When they know they have you Then they really have you Nothing you can do or say You've got to leave, just get away We all know the song You need what you need You can say what you want Not much you can do When the feeling is gone May be blue skies above But it's cold when you love's on the rocks First, they say they want you How they really need you Suddenly you find you're out there Walking in a storm When they know they have you Then they really have you Nothing you can do or say You've got to leave, just get away We all know the song Love on the rocks Ain't no surprise Pour me a drink And I'll tell you some lies Yesterday's gone And now all I want is a smile 1980 Stonebridge Music (ASCAP) |
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Yesterday's songs Don't stay around long Not much anymore Yesterday's words Don't make themselves heard Like they did before Baby, yesterday's blues May be yesterday's news But the truth always stays the same And good things will never change Like sayin' "I love you" Sayin' "I love you" Yesterday's songs Don't seem to belong They're here and they're gone Yesterday's moves Don't stay in the grooves They keep moving on Maybe yesterday's rhyme Was for yesterday's time And the future's not ours to see But there's some things that always will be Like sayin' "I love you" Sayin' "I love you" |
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Come back again I want you to stay next time 'Cause sometimes the world ain't kind When people get lost like you and me I just made a friend A friend is someone you need But now that he had to go away I still feel the words that he might say Turn on your heartlight Let it shine whereever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boy's dream Don't wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon You and me He's lookin' for home 'Cause everyone needs a place And home's the most excellent place of all And I'll be right here if you should call me Turn on your heartlight Let it shine whereever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boy's dream Don't wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon You and me Turn on you heartlight now Turn on you heartlight now Stonebridge Music (ASCAP), New Hidden Valley Music (ASCAP) & Carole= Bayer Sager Music (BMI) |
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Hey, we're headed for the future Give us some room We're gonna build a new world Say, we're headed for the future Give us some time We're gonna make it work right Yeah, we're gonna build a new dream We've got to make it stand tall It's got to last a long time Lean on me And I'm gonna lean on you We're headed for the future And the future's now Show you how Yeah, we're headed for a new place A step at a time We're gonna take a long ride Time don't wait around forever We've got to do it right now Let's do it all together Lean on me And I'm gonna lean on you We're headed for the future And the future's now Show you how Lean on me Cause I'm gonna lean on you We're headed for the future Come on, lean on me And I'm gonna lean on you We're headed for the future And the future's ours Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Yeah |
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After all these years After all these tears between us Still I couldn't find Someone half as right as you And each time I stop to think What it is I really need Here's what I conclude All I really need is you Just say what you want to say You don't have a chance in the world Can I, knowing how I've tried Still come close to losing you, girl When you are my world Have I spent so many years Trying but in vain to tell you Don't you know it's true All I really need is you How was I to know We'd have ended here Where we finally did You tied your life to mine Once upon a starry night And when someone asks for me What it is that I believe Say, I believe it's true All I really need is you Just say what you want to say We don't have a chance in the world Can I, knowing how I've tried Still come close to losing you, girl When you are my world Have I spent so many years Tryin' but in vain to tell you Feelings come and go Me, I'm never gonna ever let you go Promise you I'm gonna always love you so Cause all I really need is you |