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SPACESHIP RACES
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Baby you're so frazzled Spining around in a Busby swirl With all that razzle, dazzle I know at heart you want a downhome girl CHORUS: Aw you know I want to take you to the Spaceship Races Watch them do a few laps around the sun But if you don't go in for far out places I'll take you home with me When the day is gone Baby, you're so scattered Your span of atention is shrinking fast Your brain has been battered By all the disapointments of the recent past CHORUS Didn't I see you walking on Main Street Lookin in windows waiting by turnstiles Thinkin' of things you thought you'd like to buy Livin' off dreams stored up in film cans Lookin' at screens just waitin' your turn while you looked up and saw a rocket in the sky CHORUS |
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NO EASY WAY DOWN
by Gerry goffin & Carole King Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky But now it must fall to the ground Now your sad eyes reveal Just how badly you feel 'Cause there is no easy way down The view from the cliffs must have been exciting And up to the peaks you were bound Now you're stranded alone And the path is unknown And there is no easy way down No, it isn't very easy When you're left on your own No, it isn't very easy When each road you take Is one more mistake And there's no one to break your fall And lead you back home We all like to climb to the heights, I know Where a (our?) fantasy world can be found But you must know in the end When it's time to descend There is no easy way down You know you're gonna find There is no easy way down |
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Although you see the world
Different than me Sometimes I can touch upon The wonders that you see And all the new colours And pictures you've designed Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild o-of mine You don't need directions You know which way to go And I don't wanna hold you back I just wanna watch you grow You're the one who taught me-ee You don't have to loo-ook behind Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, child of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine Nobody's gonna kill your dreams Or tell you how to li-ive your life There'll always be people To make it hard for a while But you'll change their head When they see you-ou smi-i-i-ile The times you were born in May not have been the best But you can make the times to come Better than the rest I know you will be honest If you can't a-always be kind Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine |
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GOIN' BACK
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King I think I'm going back to the things I learned so well in my youth I think I'm returning to the days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games to only pass the time No more electric trains, no more trees to climb Thinking young and growing older is no sin And I can play the game of life to win I can recall a time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend Now I think I've got a lot more than my toys to lend Now there's much to do than watch my sailboat glide And every day can be my magic carpet ride A little bit of freedom is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm going back A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm going back Going back |
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TO LOVE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King Down the road a piece he was waiting Yes, he was waiting and you know me I had had my fill of hesitating And I always knew it had to be CHORUS: To love,to love, to love, to love All you need's the oportunity To love, to love, to love, to love Baby don't you make a fool of me I never will forget our first encounter Yes, I'm proud to say that it was all right And I was so glad that I had found him As ready as I was that night CHORUS There are those of us too cool for passion They're the ones that it could do some good And there are those who say it's out of fashion They're the ones who only wish thay could CHORUS Baby don't you make a fool of me Baby, don't you make a fool of me |
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WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE
by Carole King & Toni Stern Yes, I know you've loved and lost And you've been figurin' up the cost of your last, your saddest goodbye I'm gonna stay right here with you So if you're looking for somethin' new All you have to do is choose What Have you got to lose Yes it shows you need a change And you've been feelin' very strange 'bout the things that made you feel so good before And I've been feelin' blue 'Cause I'm so much in love with you And all you'd have to do is try something new What have you got to lose Na dwhen you're ready, let me know Come to me, come, let your rivwer flow When you're ready, aw give me a sign it's time you stepped back out in the sunshine Wouldn't you like to wake up and find me every morning on your mind Oh, come on, don't be shy Come on, you don't have to hide Coem on and get me What have you got to lose Come on and get me What have you got to lose |
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EVENTUALLY
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Was a time I remember Hope flashed and went dim When assassins just happened To do the right people in And love was a slogan coincidently And they told us they'd work it out eventually In the swing of changing times A man cried out for his And every politician said He was telling us like it is Yes, they walked down the angry streets To have themselves a look- see And they told us they'd work it out eventually I see the choking cities I see them tearing up this earth I see people feeling That their lives have little worth And I know that the future Depends on you and me I hope we can work it out eventually I hope we can work it out eventually Hey maybe someday eventually |
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RASPBERRY JAM
By Carole King & Toni Stern Pieces of toast raspberry jam Laid out on the breakfast table It's time to begin again Way down in the valley Where the rivers flow Lives a girl named Sally Who loves to watch things grow Now Sally has five children And a good old man And they all sit down together For their toast and their raspberry jam Oh, how they love pieces of toast raspberry jam Laid out on the breakfast table It's time to begin again |
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CAN'T YOU BE REAL
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Long ago we had our dreams And that was all that we needed Then all at once we got to see The cycles we repeated Baby can't you be real I said Baby can't you be real? Anyone can look into your eyes And tell you what you're missin' It's been told to you many times before But you refuse to listen Baby can't you be real? Oh Baby can't you be real? I said Baby can't you be real? Baby can't you be real? |
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU NO MORE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King Here you are again Tellin' me you're sorry, baby Tellin' me you wanna come on back home Where you belong There you go again Lyin' and alibiin' Singin' that same old worn out song Here it comes now I can't hear you no more I've heard it all before You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You walked out on me Once too often baby And I can't take no more of your jive And that's the truth I ain't about to let you Run me into the ground I'm not gonna throw away my youth no not hardly I can't hear you no more I've heard it all before You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You gotta speak out louder you gotta speak out louder Cause I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more Just a little bit louder |
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SWEET SWEETHEART
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King CHORUS: You're a sweet sweetheart You've been a real good friend You're around when I'm down to pick me up again Tho' it could never been said To my faults you're blind You overlook the bad and you keep all the good in mind Now there have been times When we couldn't get on And tho't I'd have to admit the feeling was gone But you just closed your mind to all the seeds of doubt And somehow you found a way to make it all work out (CHORUS) Now when you come home at the close of the day You gotta a way of lookin' that sends message my way What this message means Any old fool could see And the thing that make me feel so well is you meant it just for me (CHORUS) |
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When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me Let me tell you now When I come home feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet I get away from the hustling crowds And all that rat race noise down in the street Up on the roof On the roof's the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Oh, let's go up on the roof At night the stars put on a show for free And darling, you can share it all with me I keep a-telling you Right smack dab in the middle of town I found a paradise that's trouble-proof Up on the roof So if this world starts getting you down There's room enough for two, up on the roof Up on the roof, everything is allright Up on the roof, oh, come on, baby Up on the roof Up on the roof |
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COME DOWN EASY
by Carole King & Toni Stern Daytime run away Nightimes seem so long I'm all right in the sunshine But the evenings let me down It sure is good to see you now I'm really glad you came And I would tell you what I need But it never feels the same So come down easy Let it come down slow I've been alone so long that I just don't know what to do And I don't want to lose you How my life slips away How the time goes by And I know I belong here Yes, I know, though I don't know why Riding along with a friend of mine Got enough space, got enough time Pieces of fruit and glasses of wine And love comes in the summertime And I don't want to lose you God bless the children God bless us all We are the children of Paradise On our own now since the fall All the things that are worth having Are never ours to keep Still I can see today could be A good time for you and me If you come down easy... |
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MY MY SHE CRIES
by Carole King & Toni Stern My my she cries, everyone dies She waits, but can't get an answer And all he wants to do is dance, dance, dance, dance All he wants to do is dance. My my he lies, look at those eyes While moving in a little closer Moving in on the girl he hardly knows oh, oh, oh See how she flies, under the skies He waits, but she no longer hears him She's gone,, gone, she's gone she's flown away See how she flies, breaking all ties Did anybody really knows her? Oh, did anybody really know? |
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PEACE IN THE VALLEY
by Carole King & Toni Stern Looking out my window Peace in the valley just don't come Though I know that man's my brother ANd that I'm the sefish one. The hour is getting later It's time we had begun Knowing something's one thing But the race must still be run Take care of little jealousies And talk that kills for fun And hold your heart in readiness It's so easy to come undone But I think I saw a brand new light Coming over the horizon Brighter than all the others And it says all men are brothers under the skin Brothers under the skin Looking out my window Peace in the valley just don't come Though I know that she's my siter And that I'm the selfish one And I look at other people And I love the ones I can And I wonder if the dreamm will be Or turned into sand Still I think I saw a brand new light Coming over the horizon Brighter than all the others And it says all men are brothers under the skin Brothers under the skin Peace in the valley just don't come |
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FEELING SAD TONIGHT
by Carole King & Toni Stern Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight But everyhting's all right Let's turn all our cares down low. Come on, let's go downtown It's like a trip back to the past Running down the bright night Drivind a little too fast Oh, I'm counting on you Sitting on a barstool I'm a fool Always feeling half right and half safe Halfway dreaming of some safe place away from school Oh, I'm counting on you Silly someitmes I'm a fool. Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight But everyhting's all right Let's turn all our cares down low. There is a sapce between us Which we cross To touch each other softly And so make up our loss Some things take so long to learn No matter how we try Still we try and keep it open And we get by Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight Feeling sad Feeling so sad tonight |
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THE FIRTS DAY IN AUGUST
by Carole King & Charles Larkey On the first day in August I want to wake up by your side After sleeping with you on the last night in July In the morning We'll catch the sun rising And we'll chase it from the mountains to the bottom of the sea When the day is over ANd the night air comes to chill us You'll build a fire And we'll watch the flames dancing You'll fall asleep With your arm around my shoulder And nothing will come between us On the first night In August The first day In August |
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BITTER WITH THE SWEET
by Carole King SOmetimes I'm tired and I wonder what's so all-fired important About being someplace at some time Oh, but I don't really mind Cause I could be on Easy Street and I know that You've got to take the bitter with the sweet I guess it gets to everyone, you think you're not having fun And you wonder what you're doing playing the games you play Hey, well, it's true what they say If ou want to feel complete don't you know that You've got to take the bitter with the sweet A friend of mine once told me And I know he knows all about feelin' down He said everything good in life you've got to pay for But feelin' good is waht you're paving the way for So, don't let it get you down, my friend though it seems the blues will never end On this you can depend, they always do And I can tell you that it's true it's a feeling that can't be beat And you've got to do it You've got to take the bitter with the sweet |
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GOODBYE DON'T MEAN I'M GONE
by Carole King Don't it seem like the time goes on And here we are still carrying on Reaching out for one another Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother And you are there to share this song in the making Goodbye don't mean I'm gone I know how alone you are When it's so hard to be so far From the ones who mean the most to you WHen you would so much rather have them close to you I hope you know you haven't been forsaken Goodbye don't mean i'm gone I'll never be what you think you see in me If I can help you deal with what you see as real That makes me glad to have known you Missing you the way I do You know I'd like to see more of you But it's all I can do to be a mother My baby is in one hand, I've a pen in the other You know my love is always there for the taking And goodbye don't mean I'm gone |
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STAND BEHIND ME
by Carole King I was wanting someone to talk to Needing to let myself out Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me There was nowhere but here to walk to Letting the time go by Trying to see if I could ever find me. It didn't seem to make much sense Thinking about the dent I'd made in the world to date Was I too late, you say Should I create today Or let it be Now needing a hand to cling to Lucky I was to find SOmeone of similar mind to stand behind me Not letting dazzlement blind me Showing me where to find me Willing to just be kind and stand behind me. |
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GOTTA GET THROUGH ANOTHER DAY
by Carole King It's a gray, gray gloomy day A strange and moody blues day Gotta get through, gotta get through another day Corn yellow silk and golden sunlight I remember AS we walked together, you and I Love like a sweet flaming glow inside Now has been denied And I've cried till I can't remember why I Gotta get through, gotta get through some way Gotta get through, gotta get through another day Will Tuesday be "good news" day Or another "paying dues" day It's a strange and moody blues day anyway Some say that time brings a better understanding Of the ryme and reason to it all Still the flame keeps burning through the lonely night It's just not all right ANd I wonder if I'll make it till you call I Gotta get through, gotta get through some way It's a gray, gray gloomy day, A strange and moody blues day Gotta get through, gotta get through another day |
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I THINK I CAN HEAR YOU
by Carole King What must i do, how can I serve you Is it true what I do is the way to be near you I'm listening, though sometimes I can't hear you. Looikng around fills me with wonder At the way you can keep this old world running smoothly Thinking of you always seems to soothe me I know you're probably not a aman or a woman or a time or a season But I'm here and life is dear And I guess that's a good enough reason to say Just let me do what you put me here to Let me be what you want me to be And I hope it'll cheer you I'm listening and I think I can hear you Even when I thought I didn't believe You believed in me And everyone is a part of you And anyone can know you All they've got to do is be I'm listening, and I think I can hear you. |
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FERGUSON ROAD
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am Yes, I'm goona wade in a cold rocky stream So I will be sure not to give a damn No one ever loses anybody But someitme it's so hard to get along I don't want to hang on to anybody So before you say you're leaving, i'll be gone I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Find myself a spot where the sun shines through I'll throw some old mattress in the back of my bus And get a good head start on forgetting you You know I've never known anybody Who could ever make me feel this way But no one gets to own anybody You see, I have good reason when I say I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am Yes, I'm goona wade in a cold rocky stream So I will be sure not to give a damn |
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Carole King
Green fields and rolling hills Room enough to do what we will Sweet dreams of yestertime are running though my mind Of a place I left behind, been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again. Though I'm content with myself Sometimes I long to be somewhere else I try to do what I can, but with our day to day demands We all need a promised land. Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then 'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again. Oh I want to be there in the wintertime With a fireplace burning to warm me And you to hold me when it's stormy Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then. -- Gail |