Abbey Lincoln

often I sing when I’m all alone,
and no one can see me but me.
i think and wonder what i am
and how i came to be.

i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.

maybe one day i’ll fly like an eagle,
fly like a bird and go and go.
soar like an eagle,
walk like a lion,
although it won’t be i know.

but i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.

i guess the time has come for me to go.
and look around for something, oh,
just moving in my house you know.
moving slowly is not really bad,
moving slowly you see
the wonders of the deep,
just waiting there for me.

and i can swim the ocean,
and it’s deep and wide,
and in the house above me
abide.

and in the house above me
abide…

And I thought that life
Would be so cold
I thought I'd need someone to hold
Like in the stories I was told

And then we met
I can't forget
How we laughed
And then, suddenly the end

I hoped, hoped for your love
For your love, for your love
How I hoped for your love
For your love, for your love

Within some walls of stone
Another world is waiting for it's own
Another time, another world, another world

The magic that is shown
Is or for another world
Dimensions still unknown
Beyond the pale, horizoned veil
A world unknown

A technologic sphere
With tones and music's chords to hear
For conversations far away
With ships that fly and lights that play

The years that come and go
Are bringing us another world to know
Maybe a laugh, perhaps a frown
A way to go, a common ground, another world

Another time has come
Another world is here to meet the sun
A digit here, a circle there, a life to share

Another time is here
Another dawn that whispers in my ears
A different sound, a point of view, a shade of blue

The strangest thing to see
Are things with you and me
Lost somewhere in the night
A song of love, the guiding light

A time has come and gone
Some memories are captured in a song
Some stories told, an artist's hand
Something to find among the sand
Something to hold, remembering
Another world, another world, another world

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
On oublie le visage et l'on oublie la voix
Le cœur, quand ça bat plus, c'est pas la peine d'aller
Chercher plus loin, faut laisser faire et c'est très bien

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
L'autre qu'on adorait, qu'on cherchait sous la pluie
L'autre qu'on devinait au détour d'un regard
Entre les mots, entre les lignes et sous le fard
D'un serment maquillé qui s'en va faire sa nuit
Avec le temps tout s'évanouit

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
Même les plus chouettes souv'nirs ça t'as une de ces gueules
A la gal'rie j'farfouille dans les rayons d'la mort
Le samedi soir quand la tendresse s'en va toute seule

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
L'autre à qui l'on croyait pour un rhume, pour un rien
L'autre à qui l'on donnait du vent et des bijoux
Pour qui l'on eût vendu son âme pour quelques sous
Devant quoi l'on s'traînait comme traînent les chiens
Avec le temps, va, tout va bien

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
On oublie les passions et l'on oublie les voix
Qui vous disaient tout bas les mots des pauvres gens
Ne rentre pas trop tard, surtout ne prends pas froid

Avec le temps...
Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va
Et l'on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu
Et l'on se sent glacé dans un lit de hasard
Et l'on se sent tout seul peut-être mais peinard
Et l'on se sent floué par les années perdues
Alors vraiment... avec le temps... on n'aime plus

by Léo Ferré

All along the way there were things to do
Always some other someone I could be
Other things to know, other ways to go
To fly a spirit for the play to show
It wasn't always easy learning to be me
Sometimes my hitting hard would disagree
Times I walked away other times I stay
To see the glamour of my life the play
Being me I dared to be myself alone
Sometimes I love the things they said
Some things were cold as stone it was lonely
Sometimes, sometimes it was mood-felt lights were brilliant
Sometimes, sometimes there was you being me, I laugh
So many things have changed and yet somehow
There were always be a stage, a song for me
Hold the curtain open, It's time to take a bow

Being me I laugh seeing now and then
So many things have changed and get some out
There will always be a stage, a song for me
Hold the curtain open, It's time to take a bow<

All along the way there were things to do
Always some other someone I could be
Other things to know, other ways to go
To fly a spirit for the play to show
It wasn't always easy learning to be me
Sometimes my hitting hard would disagree
Times I walked away other times I stay
To see the glamour of my life the play
Being me I dared to be myself alone
Sometimes I love the things they said
Some things were cold as stone it was lonely
Sometimes, sometimes it was mood-felt lights were brilliant
Sometimes, sometimes there was you being me, I laugh
So many things have changed and yet somehow
There were always be a stage, a song for me
Hold the curtain open, It's time to take a bow

Being me I laugh seeing now and then
So many things have changed and get some out
There will always be a stage, a song for me
Hold the curtain open, It's time to take a bow<

Bird alone, flying high
Flying through a clouded sky
Sending mournful soulful sounds
Soaring over troubled grounds

Bird alone with no mate
Turning corners tempting fate
Flying circles in the air
Are you on your way somewhere?

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Bird alone, flying high
Flying through a clouded sky
Sending mournful soulful sounds
Soaring over troubled grounds

Bird alone with no mate
Turning corners tempting fate
Flying circles in the air
Are you on your way somewhere?

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Bird alone, flying high
Flying through a clouded sky
Sending mournful soulful sounds
Soaring over troubled grounds

Bird alone with no mate
Turning corners tempting fate
Flying circles in the air
Are you on your way somewhere?

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Gliding, soaring on the wind
You're a sight of glory
Flying way up there so high
Wonder what's your story

Bird alone, flying low
Over where the grasses grow
Swingin' low, then out of sight
You'll be singing in the night

Down here below...
the winds of change are blowing
through the weary night.
i prayed my soul will find me
shining in the morning light,
down here below.
down here below,
it's not so easy
just to be.
sometimes i'm really all at sea.
you made me when the world was new
and skies were blue...
and i'm here because there's you.
they say i'll never see your face
and we're out there from your grace,
the one you fashioned with your hand,
and scattered all across the land,
but i am happy just to know
that you must go
where i must go
for there are winds and scars to show
livin' here down here below...
down here below,
the setting sun is shining
on the melancholy mood.
i hear the distant thunder
and the crying of the blue
down where below
I'm yours alone
the only one to call my own
the only one i've ever known
sometimes i see you
standing there
sometimes i'm freer.
and you are here,
down here with me,
you made me just the way a hear,
or less feeling, eyes to see
a strange embrace, a simple hand,
a spirit free that says: "i can",
and i'm happy just to know
that you will go
where i must go,
for you send me this i know
living here, down here below,
living here, down here below,
living here, down here below.

Down here below...
the winds of change are blowing
through the weary night.
i prayed my soul will find me
shining in the morning light,
down here below.
down here below,
it's not so easy
just to be.
sometimes i'm really all at sea.
you made me when the world was new
and skies were blue...
and i'm here because there's you.
they say i'll never see your face
and we're out there from your grace,
the one you fashioned with your hand,
and scattered all across the land,
but i am happy just to know
that you must go
where i must go
for there are winds and scars to show
livin' here down here below...
down here below,
the setting sun is shining
on the melancholy mood.
i hear the distant thunder
and the crying of the blue
down where below
I'm yours alone
the only one to call my own
the only one i've ever known
sometimes i see you
standing there
sometimes i'm freer.
and you are here,
down here with me,
you made me just the way a hear,
or less feeling, eyes to see
a strange embrace, a simple hand,
a spirit free that says: "i can",
and i'm happy just to know
that you will go
where i must go,
for you send me this i know
living here, down here below,
living here, down here below,
living here, down here below.

For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say "Good night" until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know



So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say "Good night" until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know



So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

Hey Lordy mama
I heard you wasn't feeling' good
They're spreadin' dirty rumors
All around the neighborhood
They say you're mean and evil
And don't know what to do
That's the reason that he's gone
And left you black and blue
Hey yeah
Tell me what you gonna do now

They say he's left you all alone
To weather this old storm
He's got another woman now
Hangin' on his arm, yeah yeah yeah
That old fool's tellin' everybody
He's sick and tired of you
Hey Lordy Lordy mama
What you gonna do
Hey yeah
Tell me what you gonna do

They say you love to fuss and fight
And bring a good man down
And don't know how to treat him
They say you ain't behind him
And just don't understand
And think that you're a woman
But actin' like a man
Hey Lordy mama
What you gonna do now

Get your nerves together, baby
And set the record straight
Set it straight
Let the whole round world know
It wasn't you
That cause his bitter fate
All these years you loved him
And he knows it's true
'Cause what you're wantin'
For your man
Is what he's wantin', too
Hey yeah
Tell me what you gonna do now

When you love a man enough
You're bound to disagree
'Cause ain't nobody perfect
'Cause ain't nobody free
Hey Lordy mama
Tell me what you gonna do
What you gonna do