And once I walked a million miles All the way to Yugoslavia And I carried you all of the way For where I was then there you are.
As the sun rose o'er the curb stones By the road where I'd been sleeping Them night-long trucks, as they roared by They could not drown my weeping.
And it was me, and I alone Who looked toward the far horizon And I saw King Heron On his dead tree throne And I knew not which to keep my mind on.
Now I cannot speak for everyone For they got their reasons All on this road But, Heron, would that I had your wings For then I'd know where I would go For then I'd know where I would go.
Pity the boy who marries for money Or wealth and position Thinking his troubles will fade out of mind. Pity the boy who marries for beauty Only to find like a flower in the morning it withers and dies.
Better by far to marry for love, Stay broke for the rest of your days Than to settle down for the sake of Ending your rambling ways And they won't end And thinking about them Your time you will spend.
Pity the girl who marries for duty Believing in time if she works at her heart It will turn into love. Pity the girl who marries for strength And protection, she'll find In the shade of a great tree nothing can grow.
Better by far to marry for love And stay broke for the rest of your days Than to settle down for the sake of Ending the games you have played They won't end And thinking about them Your time you will spend.
Bless the child that's born of a union Grown out of love He's richer by far, he's got more than enough Bless the child who walks in that union Grows in that love His riches are more than the stars under heaven.
Now it's come to talking I don't have much to say, It wouldn't come out right, and so I'll leave it out, oh it's best that way And I want to get out now cos I need just a couple of drinks. Can you lend me a little money till I draw my pay?
And I'm leaving like a thief in the night. But I will try to write to you, or maybe phone And I'll send you back the money, But not the love you lent I could never pay no interest on that loan
You really give me comfort I couldn't take more tenderness My credit's overdrawn and I just slide deeper in your debt And I want to get out now cos I need just a couple of drinks. Can you lend me a little money till pay day next?
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Why don't you get some rest now you ought to get an early night. I've got a key so you can lock the door and it'll be all right. I'll just take my winter coat, it looks like it might rain. Can you lend me a little money just for the night?
Thousands of miles without moving In the silence and stillness we're turning Who scattered the stars in the field of night? Say it's all right, say it's all right, Well say it's all right.
Ocean storm-thrown boats collide With waves of no direction With compass set up on a star Head for the port's protection.
Faster than light we're not ageing, So where does the time go we're saving? Give me a sermon for sleep tonight Won't you say it's all right, say it's all right, Well say it's all right.
And the driftwood it collides With blind boats on the water Oh, sad I watched the moon fall down, But the river safely caught her.
Confusion of stars where's the pattern To chart us away from collision? We are dust, we are spark, we were light before dark It was all right, it is all right, And it'll be all right.
Above, below, worlds collide In the before and after Oh happy to watch the sun go down And join the angels' laughter.
Have you seen the old man In the closed down market Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes In his eyes you see no pride Hands held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags
So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
In the old night cafe at a quarter past eleven The same old man sitting there on his own Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone
So how can you tell me that you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission Memory fading with the minor ribands that he wears In our city winter the rain cries little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world which doesn't care
So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of
Give me sweet forgiveness And I think that it might If not relieve all the pain that I feel At least help me to sleep tonight.
Come down like an angel Come on down like a woman Say that it's forgiven. Give me your sweet forgiveness, Sweet forgiveness And it must be, Must be the seeds of heaven.
When I'm weak and feeling guilty And it's sometimes I do, Give me strength to seek forgiveness Come and help me to see it through.
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Well you walk in with eyes open Say to yourself I am a man But you end up with a heart broken But somehow baby you still understand.
Have you seen the old man In the closed down market Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes In his eyes you see no pride Hands held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags
So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
In the old night cafe at a quarter past eleven The same old man sitting there on his own Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone
So how can you tell me that you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something To make you change your mind
Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission Memory fading with the minor ribands that he wears In our city winter the rain cries little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world which doesn't care
So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of
Hey little girl on the bicycle, Wheels spin like they're riding on air. Hey little girl on the bicycle, Wheels flash like the sun in her hair. And the wheels go round But the bike has stopped moving Trees on the river move by her.
Hey little girl on the bicycle, Sun blaze in her hair like a flame, And the river's reflecting her bicycle And the reeds whisper her name, And the wheels go round But the bike has stopped moving, Trees on the river move by her.
Hey little girl on the bicycle Dressed in white, the trees were in green. Sparkling cycling bicycle That moves through the trees like a dream And the wheels go round And the trees have stopped moving Suddenly she is gone.
I woke up this morning, Louise had gone Left me so blue I was Singing this lonesome song Louise had gone and left me, Left me worried and blue That gal's gone and left me I don't know what I'm a gonna do.
Won't you give me some air, She's the best girl I have seen Treated me like a king, But she was a doggone queen Louise has gone and left me, Left me worried in my mind Well I don't mind her going But Louise write me some of your lines.
Footsteps down the stairs and at the door Pausing in the hall and at the door 'Cos I know Daddy's here I can tell that he's there.
And that means she'll be glad Until we're in bed then she's alone For there are things they have to say And we are sent away.
Mama, the room is cold and he is scared I am too, and you're not there. How could we know you'd only took a walk To a neighbour for a quiet talk.
Sunshine's dying flicker on grey stone walls Outside in the hall the old dog growls And we're in bed playing guessing games Telling stories, making plans.
Radio, celery and Sunday tea It is nicer here, just us three And I know he won't come again There is no need to explain.
The air was cool On lily pools Hazy, lazy And here and there He'd stop to stare Admiring all the flowers (Kew gardens) Wandering round for hours (Kew gardens)
The sun was warm across the lawns Scented, blended He saw her linger And With her finger open up a rose (Kew gardens) Standing on tip toes (Kew gardens)
Suddenly the rain came flurrying Sending the two of them hurrying Helter skelter for the shelter And feeling bolder in the big pagoda He gently enquired her name And they waited till the sunshine came. (Kew gardens)
And for a while The griffin smiled Kindly, blindly Till the evening bell Broke the spell And sadly they said goodbye (Kew gardens) And one of the griffins cried In Kew Gardens
If I take you dancing Down the streets to watch you laughing And stop still in the spring night rain Just to watch you smile again Understand I hold you hand A little tight as if by this I'll stop the night from running Into morning light too soon.
Ice cream and candy bars, A Paris moon and Paris stars Can you count the times That we heard the chimes of Notre Dame Across the Seine To remind us sadly once again, Time just like the river Was swiftly passing by.
Just a few reminders Of the little things that bind us Do they make you sad Or make you glad To think about the times we had In my dreams you're dancing In the embers of an evening, And I'll hold your hand a little tight Just to stop this special night, From running into morning light too soon.
