Laura Nyro

Angel of my heart, come back to me. Angel in the dark, whoa, so I can see.
Cause I can't live no more without and angel of love so if your hear.
Come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.
Come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.

Angel, hear my song because the night's so long.
Come back to me, I don't know how, I don't know where.
I'll be dreaming and on my feet again cause
I can't laugh no more without and angel so if you're there,
Come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.
come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.
Answer my prayer, I can't laugh no more so if you're there,
come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.
Come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer.

Come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come back. Answer my prayer.
come back to me, come back. Come back to me, come backa€|

Of the animal question

Animal grace

I love my dog

I rest my case

Oh, Saint Francis

Held them dear

Bird at the fountain

I see out there

We need a change of mind

This earth is

An interspecies affair

Affair

Interspecies affair

Here's your old friendship ring

I can't wear it no more

Here's your old love letters

I can't read 'em anymore

Love, you've gone from me

And left behind

So many memories

Here's your old teddy bear

That you won for me

At the state fair

Here's more lingering love

It's in my heart and it's tearing it apart

Love, you've gone from me

Left behind

So many memories

Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you
Embrace me, you irreplaceable you

Just one look at you
My heart grew tipsy in me
You and you alone
Bring out the gypsy in me

I love all the many charms about you
Above all, I want these arms about you

Don't be a naughty baby
Come to papa, come to papa do
My sweet embraceable you

<brief interlude>

I love all the many charms about you
Above all, I want my arms about you

So don't you be, a naughty baby
Come to papa do
My sweet embraceable you

Gardenia talk

It's spring

Gardenia talk

It must be spring

Oh oh oh oh

Maybe

I'd like to know you

Struck by the poetry

I know it's not the time to show you

I may know you in my dream

You never hear me

Talk the talk

Talk the talk of love

Swoon like a teenager

Oh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Are you just some sweet stranger?

I only met you on the bus to springtime

Now I'm struck by a fantasy

If there's something I can do

With this dream

Fills the darkness like the sea

That's where I heard you

Talk the talk

Talk the talk of love

Swoon like a teenager

Oh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Am I just some sweet stranger?

Gardenia talk

It's spring

Gardenia talk

It must be spring

Gardenia talk

Meltin' everything

Ooh la la la ooh ooh ooh

Ooh la la la ooh ooh ooh

Are you just

Are you just

Are you just some sweet stranger?

Ooh la la la ooh ooh ooh

Ooh la la la ooh ooh ooh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Gardenia talk ooh ooh ooh

Many loves have come to you
With a line that wasn't true
And then you passed them by, (passed them by)
While you're in the center ring,
And their lines don't mean a thing,
Why don't you let me try? (let me try)
I don't have a diamond ring
I don't even know what song to sing,

All I know is
La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you

All I know is
La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you

If there ever was a love
That I needed in this world
You are the one for me (one for me)
Let me hold you in my arms
Thrill you with my charms
Darling, then you'll see, (you will see)
The things that I'm saying are true
And the way I'll explain them to you
Listen to me,

La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you
La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you

Things I am saying are true
And the way I explain it to you
Yes to you,
Listen to me,

La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you

La la la la la la la la la
Means I love you

(Repeat, etc.)

I walk the path of heart and soul. I make my living building homes.
I build them out of music with my imagination.
Sound architectural tools I use. My boss is the Muse.

Serious playground, I'm down for the music of my life. Serious playground, day or night.
I walk the path of heart and soul. I try to make a living of my own
Out of music and celebration, sound architecture and rose and blues. My boss is the Muse.

Serious playground, that's where I work and play. Serious playground, night or day.
More, more than stress or strain. More, more than just capital gain.
So send me the music like wings to fly, natural high.

Serious playground, I'm down for the music of my life.
Serious playground, here for the music, here for the music.
Serious playground, for the music of my life. Serious playground, for the music of my life.
Serious playground, I'm here for the music of my life.

Do you wanna make a sweet dream fade after all the tries we made?
Never mind perfection, heroes or heroines.
Tonight, let's be lovers again. Tonight, lover, let's be friends or make a sweet dream fade.

Too many tears can dim the light, give or take, wrong or right.
Innovation, make amends, tonight, let's be lovers again.
Tonight, let's be lovers again. Tonight, lover, let's be friends or make a sweet dream fade.

Kids cry, money flies away. Dream on, baby, dream on. Where have all the years gone?

Do you wanna make a sweet dream fade after all the tries we made?
Never mind perfection, heroes or heroines.
Tonight, let's be lovers again. Tonight, oo, baby,
lover, let's be friends, lover, let's be friends or make a sweet dream fade.
Lover, let's be friends, lover, let's be friends or make a sweet dream fade.
Lover, let's be friends or make a sweet dream fade.

I was a sweet baby in my mother's arms, we were strolling through the park.
Picnic, peace walk, progress.
Just a baby in her arms, my politics are based on her charms.

Triple Goddess Twilight, slow down. Feel the land, violet everywhere, I'll meet you there.
Mother, you died young and left me. Your twilight colors, rose, ah, burgundy, coral mist.
What are the shades of loneliness?

Triple Goddess Twilight, late sky violet and pink.
All roads lead to Venus. I'll meet you there in your dream of progress.

My grandfather painted houses on a ladder in the sky.
He was working class, urbane, streetwise.
Said, “We can change the world, girl, love will inspire.??
Told me this through whiskey and revolutionary fire.

Triple Goddess Twilight, last trace of ruby and flame. First star leads to Venus.

He left a war to talk in peace now. Sad life was for our dream, our dream of progress.

Tonight You're mine completely
You Give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure?
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sighs
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night
Meets the Morning Sun?

I'd like to know that your love
Is one I can be sure of
So Tell me now
and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Will you still love me tomorrow...

Come on, people! Come on, children!
COme on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up, and wash you down,
gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna take me to the glory goal.
In my mind I can't study war no more.
Save the people! Save the children! Save the country now!
Come on, people! come on, children!
Come on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up and wash you down.
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
COme on people! Sons and mothers!
Keep the dream of the two young brothers.
Gonna take that dream and ride that dove.
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build a dream with love, children,
We could build the dream with love, oh people,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love.
2nd verse:
Come on, people! Come on, children!
There's a king at the glory river.
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing;
Babes in the blinkin' sun sang
We Shall Overcome.

Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned Soul

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Rain and sun come in akin
And from the sky
Come the lord and the lightning
Stoned Soul

There'll be trains of blossoms
There'll be trains of music
There'll be trains of trust
Trains of gold and dust
Sweet trains of thought
Can you surry?

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned soul

Cinnamon hills
Sweet child
Sees waves of whisper blue
Earth calls to you everyday in every way

Mommas puttin' on some warpaint
For a little bit of combat
You asked the reason
You gotta fight for your freedom sometimes everyday in every way

Many people pass by caught up in roles and rules
Many rivers run free
I don't wanna' crush the wilderness in you child
Or the wildness in me

How do we keep them both alive?
Somehow they must survive
Somehow they must survive
For there's so much fun and so little time

We go together through the changing seasons
Hearts afire
They know the world needs it everyday in every way
Little darling, zap

Touch the earth child
Heaven and Earth, child
Come, come touch the Earth child
Touch Heaven and Earth, child, ooh

There's peace of mind
Now that I draw the line
Will you be runnin' out of fools
My love's got new rules
This time

Because friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this rain
I was a foolish girl
Now I'm a woman of the world
Wisdom be mine
It's been a hard lesson
But I'm movin' up in school
Where you learn to play it cool
And I just know this time

That friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this pain
I was a foolish girl
Now baby I'm a woman
of the world



A woman of the world
I'm free free free
My love's no competition
It's about - harmony

Sweet harmony
I'll take my dream into the future
I'd only bring it back again
This time as friends

Friends and lovers
Who give the sun to each other
Not this rain
If I was a foolish girl
Baby now
I'm a woman of the world

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
If it's peace you find in dying, well, then let the time be near.
If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time is here,
just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there,
I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah, crazy cold way down there.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
Swear there ain't no heaven and pray there ain't no hell,
but I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell,
only my dying will tell, yeah, only my dying will tell.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
and all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only want to go naturally.
Don't want to go by the devil, don't want to go by the demon,
don't want to go by Satan, don't want to die uneasy,
just let me go naturally.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
If it's peace you find in dying, well, then let the time be near.
If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time is here,
just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there,
I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah, crazy cold way down there.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
Swear there ain't no heaven and pray there ain't no hell,
but I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell,
only my dying will tell, yeah, only my dying will tell.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
and all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only want to go naturally.
Don't want to go by the devil, don't want to go by the demon,
don't want to go by Satan, don't want to die uneasy,
just let me go naturally.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.

Cold jade wind
Not an angel in the sky
Just cold jade restless wind
Something's coming along
To devastate my soul.

I pricked my fingers
On the thorns
And this rain is a-raining hard
This sky's gonna beckon Mariah
To match my soul
Rain in the river
Rain in the river
Rain on the river banks
Down my neck
Beads of sweat.

Rain on the highway
Running clear across New York
A windsong through the barren trees
Wild lavender heather
By the railroad sways
Listen to the wailing
Of the rain in the river
Rain on the river banks.

Roll, roll
River, rock his soul
She's calling you
Rainclouds, rainclouds
Down his neck
Down his neck
Down his neck
Beads of, beads of, beads of
Beadso of sweat.

Five boys standing
On the baks of thr river
Waiting for the virgin snow
Searching for a miracle
A pearl in an oyster
And we all looked out to God
Although He is the colour of the wind
Listen to the wailing
Of the rain in the river
Rain on the river banks.

Billy's blue
With his head hangin' to
His shoes
Right the wrong
Or play a song
To ease billy's blues
Billy's down
He was born he was bound
To lose
Right the wrong
Or play a song
To ease billy's blues

Some folks have it good
And some folks have it no good
But billy's go it bad
He's so endlessly sad

Billy's blues
With his head hangin' to
His shoes
Somebody please right the wrong
Or play a song
To ease Billy's blues
To ease Billy's blues

Morning
Came to the windows in the street
Selling red watermelon, 5 cents a piece.

Merry boat on the river
Freedom
Fresh drams to deliver
Freedom
Over and over and over
I call out your name.

God standing on the brown earth

You ole fire, I'm mad with desire,
You're my favorite one.
You got me cooking with the fever,
got me running for the sun.
Uh-huh, running for the sun,
I feel so high, I feel like I may go
blowing away, blow, blow, blowing.

My well meaner, my day fancy dreamer,
oh, what can it be?
Well, it's something like a power,
like a hold, and it's holding me.
Uh-huh, and it's holding me.
I feel so high, I feel like I may go
blowing away, blow, blow, blowing away.
Blow, blow, blowing.

My long laster, my soft-hearted master
ain't been born and bred.
But he's standing in my doorway in my mind,
up above my, up above, up above my head.
Up above my head, up above my head,
I feel so high, I feel like I may go blowing away,
blowing away, blowing away,
blowing away, blowing away

The old people of the earth
Tell stories
An old woman
Of the old ways
She said -
"I recall my joy
In better days"
The young warriors
Of the open rainbow
Said "Tell me is it true?
Tell me, do some live
out of bags and rags
In the cities too?
Is it true?"
At the edge where I live
Home sweet home
America



Native American Nation
Caught in the devastation
An endless situation
What can I do?
The ghost of prejudice
Cuts thru the moonglow
Poet on a crying page -
Broken Rainbow

Broken Rainbow
Home sweet home
America

Eli's comin'
Eli's comin'
Whoa you better hide your heart
Your lovin heart
Eli's a comin and the cards say
Broken heart
Oh broken heart
Eli's comin'
Hide your heart girl
Eli's comin'
Hide your heart girl
Eli's a comin'
Better hide girl
Eli's a comin'
Better hide your heart
Your heart
Eli's comin'
Hide your heart
You better better hide your heart
Eli's comin'
Better walk walk
But you'll never get away
From the burn and the heartache
I walked to apollo and the bay
And everywhere I go
Eli's a comin'
Eli's a comin'
Eli's a comin'
And he's comin' to get me mama
I'm down on my knees
Eli's comin'
Hide it girl
Eli's a comin'
Better hide girl
Eli's a comin'
Better hide your heart
Your heart
Eli's comin'
Hide your heart
You better better hide your heart
Eli's comin'
Better walk
Cry but he's never gonna follow
I cried at the corners of the square
And everywhere I go
Eli's a comin'
Eli's a comin'
Eli's a comin'
And he comin' to get me mama
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on my knees
Oh no no no
Hide it
Hide it
Hide it
Hide it
Hide it
Hide it
Hide it
Eli's comin'
Better hide your heart girl

Oo la, la, la, oo la, la, la, la.
Emily and her love to be,
Carved in a heart on a berry tree
But it's only a little farewell love spell,
Time to design a woman.

Touch me, oh wake me, Emily
You ornament the Earth for me
Emily, you're the natural snow,
The unstudied sea, you're a cameo
And I swear you were born a weavers lover,
Born for the loom's desire.

Move me, oh sway me
Emily, the ornament, the Earth for me.
Emmie, your Momma's been calling you.
Who stole Mamma's heart and cuddled in her garden?
Darling Emmie, la, la, la, oo la, la la.

You're my friend and I loved you,
Emily, Emily, Emily, Emily.
She got the way to move me, Emmie.
She got the way to move me, yeah.
She got the way to move me, Emmie.
She got the way to move me, get up and move me...

Don't go to gibsom cross the river
The devil is hungry
The devil is sweet
If you are soft then you will shiver
They hang the alley cats on gibsom street
I wish my baby were forbidden
I wish my world be struck by sleet
I wish to keep my mirror hidden
To hide the eyes that looked on gibsom street
There is a man he knows where I'm going
Gave me a strawberry to eat
I sucked its juices never knowing
That I would sleep that night on gibsom street

(snapping and clapping)

well i met him on a sunday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i missed him on monday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

well i found him on tuesday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i dated him wednesday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i kissed him on thursday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and he didn't come friday, no (oo oo oo oo oo oo)



when he showed up saturday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

i said bye bye baby...

(dis ronde ronde ronde ronde boppa doo ra de ronde ronde boppa dis ronde ronde ronde ronde boppa doo... oo oo oo)

In the zoo
They gave him a cage
Circus put a sparkle
On his face
Away from life
The elephant walks
Shadow across a dream
Lost for ivory
Oh freedom
Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Masai moon
In the morningrise

Africa -
The world comes alive
A matriarch
Leads the tribe
To the sweet water
The cool feelin'
And the way to survive

Oh freedom


Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Of the plain
For greed not need
Societies sleep
Lead the killing hand on

Young ones full of spark
A wave of birds across the park
Kids climbing
Sliding, riding free
Elephant child hiding
Behind a tree

Prejudice
For an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Sappho was a poet
Billie was a real musician
Frida drew the moon
I'm going by Louise's Church
She built in the city
Art of grace & style
That could make me smile
Talk to me
Goddess of life & music
Shine on me awhile

Sappho was a poet
Billie was a real musician
Frida drew the moon
The candle at Louise's Church
Lite it for your vision
For the changes
To save the planet of ages
Talk to us
Heavenly Muse
Shine on us awhile

Silver was the color
Winter was a snowbell
Mother of the wind boys
Livin' off the lovewell

[Chorus:]
With Lu
And everybody's callin' Luie
Luie, Luie
You got a thing about you
Keep the light goin' for Luie
And Luie keeps on pushin' through
Through
Keeps on pushin'

Amber was the color
Summer was a flameride
Cookin' up the noon roads
Walkin' on god's good side
I was walkin' on god's good side
God's good side

[Chorus]

Through
He keeps on pushin'

I will always be fair
Be there for Lu
Forever and ever more
Everybody
Everybody everybody
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

And everybody's callin' Luie
Callin' Luie
Everybody's callin' Luie callin'
My man
My man Luie

Callin' Luie
My man Luie
Callin' Luie
Callin' Luie
Luie
People and the captain
Callin' my man Luie

She said
I'm young enough
I'm old enough
To paint a smile
I tasted heaven and hell
Heaven, stay a while

A good friend
Is a rare find
Their straight talk
Can ease your mind
A good pimp's
Gonna rob you blind
Money money money
I feel like a pawn
In my own world
I found the system
And I lost the pearl
It's breaking me down
Well, you don't wake
You don't shake
You just make the sound
Go round and round and round
And round
Bleed a little
Bleed a little
Till your freedom calls you

Somewhere out
Children laugh
Like meteors
Rolling down the grass
Mothers pull the nighttime in
Calling their children
With spoons in the wind
But not for me

She said
I'm young enough
I'm old enough
In the city machine
Where industries
Fill the fish
Full of mercury
(It's tax-free)
She said
My struggle hurt
But it turned me on
And when my revolution came
The chain was gone
On my feet
To the sound of my heartbeat
Money money money
Do you feel like a pawn
In your own world?
You found the system
And you lost the pearl
Like leaves coming down
You've got to wake, shake
Make your vibe go round
And round and round and round

On a street corner
Where the kids boogie all night
Or where the winds sing
And the stars shine
Like holiday lights
Come a band of angels
Salvation in their might
And as for peace on earth...
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
Wonders that take you
Rivers that give
That's where mother's spiritual lives

Talk of a ruby love
Lovers share
Find your love
Lose your love
Here and there
So you go home
Do your own thing
And the ocean sings to me
That love is always alive
And part of thee
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
Light and darkness
Come to her kiss
'cause that's where mother's spiritual lives

Come to the lights, my sisters
And take what you need
Doesn't matter, my brothers
Your Sunday creed
'cause each one's a lover
To this winter night star
A pilgrim'a pioneer
That's who you are
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
It's not war
It's life she gives
And that's where mother's spiritual lives

Hello? he said,
"Hello?"

"I'd like to see you" he said
"Sweetheart look
You know what happens when we get together
I mean I've heard of liberation,
But sweetheart - you're in outer space."

Oh, Mister Blue
I've been studying the radar in the sky
I can almost run, fly
Listen like the animals do,
I'm ready to meet the crew
Yes, I'm ready for you

Earth calling you
I've been a gypsy fire, warm desire
You've seen this too
Roger and out Mr. Blue

This is the song of communications
Sending out peace vibrations,
Genuine cause to end our wars
Or is this the song of complications?
A hopeless declaration? Can we mend, transcend
The broken dishes of our love?
Our conflicts?
Can we be friends?

"Hello?" he said
"Hello?"
"This is your copilot," he said
??Yeah - look sweetheart
I've loved you - but you can be so arrogant,
And you don't know anything about being cool."

Oh Mister Blue, I've been studying the radar in the sky
Measuring earth and time
The rainbows on your pillow are new,
I'm a fucking mad scientist too
Baby, baby let the one who loves you come thru ...
Baby come thru...baby come thru...
Earth calling...you...
Baby come thru...baby come thru...
Earth calling...
This is the song of communications
(Baby come thru...) Written on a peace vibration
(Baby come thru...) Earth calling...
(Is this the song of complications?)
Earth calling, calling calling calling you
Oh Mr Blue, oh Mr Blue

Blue berry
A rush on rum
Of brush and drum
And the past is a blue note
Inside me
I ran away in the morningNew York tendaberry
Blue berry
Rugs and drapes and drugs
And capes
Sweet kids in hunger slums
Firecrackers break
And they cross
And they dust
And they skate
And the night comesI ran away in the morningNow I'm back
Unpacked
Sidewalk and pigeon
You look like a city
But you feel like a religion
To meNew York tendabery
True berry
I lost my eyes
I east wind skies
Here where I've cried
Where I've tried
Where God and the tendaberry rise
Where quakers and revolutionaries
Join for life
For precious years
Joined for life
Through silver tearsNew York tendaberry

Come on, people! Come on, children!
COme on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up, and wash you down,
gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna take me to the glory goal.
In my mind I can't study war no more.
Save the people! Save the children! Save the country now!
Come on, people! come on, children!
Come on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up and wash you down.
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
COme on people! Sons and mothers!
Keep the dream of the two young brothers.
Gonna take that dream and ride that dove.
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build a dream with love, children,
We could build the dream with love, oh people,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love.
2nd verse:
Come on, people! Come on, children!
There's a king at the glory river.
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing;
Babes in the blinkin' sun sang
We Shall Overcome.

Come on, people! Come on, children!
COme on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up, and wash you down,
gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna take me to the glory goal.
In my mind I can't study war no more.
Save the people! Save the children! Save the country now!
Come on, people! come on, children!
Come on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up and wash you down.
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.
COme on people! Sons and mothers!
Keep the dream of the two young brothers.
Gonna take that dream and ride that dove.
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build a dream with love, children,
We could build the dream with love, oh people,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love.
2nd verse:
Come on, people! Come on, children!
There's a king at the glory river.
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing;
Babes in the blinkin' sun sang
We Shall Overcome.

winter
turn on the night
turn on your love light
I'm a non-believer
but I believe
in your smile
well I'm gonna talk to you baby
on brandy-wine
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
mars in the stars mars is arisin
and I feel like I'm way in a deep dream baby
feel like I'm way in a deep dream
yes
lovers
light in the inn
what are they thinking?
patterns falling
down the sky
and the fire
and the kiss
of the cunt tree night
your tender strong freaky love
strangers and mountains
and blurred in a snow flight
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
the world's insane
the paper's gone mad
but our love is a peace vibe
yes



let's go down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
happy
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
four leaves on a clover
I'm just a bit of a shade hung over
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin'
and aint that sweet eyed blindness good to me
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin'
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin
mornin'
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
please don't tell my mother
I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
(don't ask me cuz I)
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
wine
of wonder
wonder
(by the way)
sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
don't let daddy hear it
he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
come on baby do a slow float
you a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
good to me
now ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me

Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned Soul

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Rain and sun come in akin
And from the sky
Come the lord and the lightning
Stoned Soul

There'll be trains of blossoms
There'll be trains of music
There'll be trains of trust
Trains of gold and dust
Sweet trains of thought
Can you surry?

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned soul

I was born from love
And my poor mother worked the mines
I was raised on the Good Book Jesus
Till I read between the lines
Now I don't believe
I want to see the morning
Going down the Stoney End
I never wanted to go
Down the Stoney End
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again
I can still remember him
With love light in his eyes
But the light flickered out and parted
As the sun began to rise
Now I don't believe
I want to see the morning
Going down the Stoney End
I never wanted to go
Down the Stoney End
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, mama, cradle me again
(Cradle me, mama, cradle me again
Mama, cradle me again...)
Never mind the forecast
'Cause the sky has lost control
'Cause the furry and the broken thunders
Come to match my raging soul
Now I don't believe
I want to see the morning
Going down the Stoney End
I never wanted to go
Down the Stoney End
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, mama, cradle me again
Going down the Stoney End...

let's go down by the grapevine
drink my dady's wine
get happy
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
happy
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
four leaves on a clover
I'm just a bit of a shade hung over
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin' riverboat
and aint that sweet-eyed blindness good to me
down by the grapevine
drink my dady's wine
good mornin
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin
Mornin!
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
please don't tell my mother
I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
(don't ask me cause I)
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
wine
of wonder
Wonder!
(by the way)
sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
don't let daddy hear it
he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
come on baby do a slow float
you a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
good to me
now ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me

hunger drives me
it's got me by the rails
I let it wreck me
time and time again

I decided
to never write again
I don't know
what happened

Dad, I broke my promise to you,
if you're wondering where I've been
thought I knew what I was doing
but I was wrong again

I understand, son
I understand, son
I understand

the fairer gender
they always turn my head
from sheer embarassment
I'm nearly dead

Dad, I broke my promise to you,
if you're wondering where I've been
thought I knew what I was doing
but I was wrong again

I understand, son
I understand, son
I understand

Super summer sugar coppin'
In the mornin'
Do your shoppin' baby
Love my lovething
You may disappear
But you'll be back I swear
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
Super summer sugar croppin'
In the mornin'
Do you shoppin' baby
Love my lovething
Super ride inside my lovething
You may leave the fair
But you'll be back I swear
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
I keep hearin' mother cryin'
I keep hearin' daddy through his grave
"Little girl, of all the daughters
You were born a woman
Not a slave"
Oh I hate my winsome lover
Tell him I've had others
At my breast
But tell him he held my heart
And only now am I a virgin
I confess
Love my love thing
Love is surely gospel

Uptown
Goin down
Ole life line
Walkin down faster
Walkin with the master of Time

My lady woke up
And she broke down
She got up
She let go
Take me Timer
Shake me Timer
Timer let it blow
Let it blow

Oh I belong to Timer
He changed my face
You're a fine one Timer
You've got me walkin'
Through the gates of space

I keep rememberin'
Indoors that I used to walk through
Baby I'm not tryin' to talk you down
But I could walk through them doors
Onto a pleasure ground
It was sweet and funny
A pleasure ground
Didn't know about money
Didn't know about Timer
Did not know about Timer

Holdin' to my cradle at the start
But now my hand is open
And now my hand is ready
For my heart
So let the wind blow Timer
I like her song
And if the song goes minor
I won't mind

And Timer knows the lady's gonna love again
Time says the lady rambles never more
If you love me true
I'll spend my life with you
And Timer
You're a jigsaw Timer
God is a jigsaw
Soulin' with
Soulin' with Timer

What is life?
Did you read about it
In a magazine?
Silent lies
Never give you what you need
Is there hope
For a mother
And an elf on speed?

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
I'm so tired
You're so wired
And I'm a poet
Without a poem
And you are my child

"So serene"
Read about us in a magazine
Then why are we
Crying by the washing machine?
Let's run away child
And follow a dream

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
The park is late
The wind is strong
The trees have eyes
And you are my song
My lovely song

What is love?
Child I am here
to stand by you
And you will find
You own way hard and true
And I'll find mine
'Cause I'm growin' with you

Kiss the sun hello
God & Goddess
Make his life a lovin' thing
And if I smile as you reach
above the climbin' bars
To see the stars
You are my love
Child my love

Market in the cool white mornin'
Merchants sell while women buy
Milk, tobacco, soap and matches
Sweep the floor
While the dishes dry
Spring whispered in her ear
Like soft Mediterranean wailin'
Sleepy woman by the window
Dreamin' in the morning air
Of the one who takes her sweetness
By a chinese lamp upstairs
The steam of china tea
You could hear the woman sing
In the soft flames of spring
Spring has swept the scarlet side streets
Winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a china lamp
They softly talk in the cool spring night

Bill, I love you so, I always will
I look at you and see the passion eyes of May
Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day
I was on your side Bill when you were loosin'
I never scheme or lie Bill, there's been no foolin'
But kisses and love won't carry me till you marry me Bill

I love you so, I always will
And in your voice I hear a choir of carousels
Oh, but am I ever gonna hear my wedding bells
I was the one who came runnin' when you were lonely
I haven't lived one day not lovin' you only
But kisses and love won't carry me til you marry me Bill

I love you so, I always will
And though devotion rules my heart I take no bows
But Bill you're never gonna take those wedding vows
Oh, come on Bill
Oh, come on Bill
Come on and marry me Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
Please marry me Bill
I got the wedding bell blues
Marry me Bill

Vanessa's Father.
He liked to be alone
creating works of art
which he painted in a cottage made of stone
one day I crept inside
and I was unaware of what I was going to find
well the pictures opened up my mind
I saw sculptures of young lovers intertwined.
And on their bodies he had signed his name
and so I left that place w a different look upon my face.

When I was 15 and he a certain charm the way he smiled at me and the way he gently touched my arm.
And somehow we would always be alone
When it was time to take me home
and so we'd speed through the country side
In his convertable we'd ride.

Vanessa's Father was driving me home at night,
and I never said word oh but somehow we just got here.
Her father was driving me home at night
oh when I think back to then
I would count the days til I could go there again.
oh no oh no oh no

Another weekend.
Strange thoughts inside of me.
Is it vanessa whom, I am really going there to see
I'd smoke a ciggerette, I thought so secretly
but the door it gently opened and he stood there smiling down at me
then he pushed me backwards against the wall
I looked up cause he's so tall and then he stared into my eyes
and kissed me so hard I cried.

Vanessa's father was sleeping w me at night
and I never said a word but somehow we just got here
her father was sleeping w me at night
when I think back then, I would count the days I could see him again.
oh no oh no oh no

the shaft of lite would fall against my skin
that would seem sensual to him but I'm too young to use these qualities
you bet I must be evil I must be tainted
He'd breath against the girl he's paint

There's peace of mind
Now that I draw the line
Will you be runnin' out of fools
My love's got new rules
This time

Because friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this rain
I was a foolish girl
Now I'm a woman of the world
Wisdom be mine
It's been a hard lesson
But I'm movin' up in school
Where you learn to play it cool
And I just know this time

That friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this pain
I was a foolish girl
Now baby I'm a woman
of the world



A woman of the world
I'm free free free
My love's no competition
It's about - harmony

Sweet harmony
I'll take my dream into the future
I'd only bring it back again
This time as friends

Friends and lovers
Who give the sun to each other
Not this rain
If I was a foolish girl
Baby now
I'm a woman of the world

Celebrate the holiday
Life is for givin'
You Belong
To the livin'
Sister
Brother
Are we born to learn the art of love?
Heart & soul
Body & mind
Mother earth to stars above
Oh
Happy holiday with love
Shelter from the storm
There but for fortune...
You & I belong to one world
One address S.O.S
Hear that love message all around the world -
"Love not war
Let peace shine for every boy & girl"
Child with a dove
Vision of
A happy holiday with love
"Peace on earth from Tibet"
"Peace on earth from Iraq"
"Peace on earth from Israel"
"From Africa" "from Jamaica"
"Fron America" "from cuba"
"Peace on earth from Italy" -

Sister
Brother
Are we born to learn the art of love?
Love not war
Let peace shine for the earth
Child with a dove
Vision of
A happy holiday
Happy holiday with love

The old people of the earth
Tell stories
An old woman
Of the old ways
She said -
"I recall my joy
In better days"
The young warriors
Of the open rainbow
Said "Tell me is it true?
Tell me, do some live
out of bags and rags
In the cities too?
Is it true?"
At the edge where I live
Home sweet home
America



Native American Nation
Caught in the devastation
An endless situation
What can I do?
The ghost of prejudice
Cuts thru the moonglow
Poet on a crying page -
Broken Rainbow

Broken Rainbow
Home sweet home
America

What is life?
Did you read about it
In a magazine?
Silent lies
Never give you what you need
Is there hope
For a mother
And an elf on speed?

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
I'm so tired
You're so wired
And I'm a poet
Without a poem
And you are my child

"So serene"
Read about us in a magazine
Then why are we
Crying by the washing machine?
Let's run away child
And follow a dream

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
The park is late
The wind is strong
The trees have eyes
And you are my song
My lovely song

What is love?
Child I am here
to stand by you
And you will find
You own way hard and true
And I'll find mine
'Cause I'm growin' with you

Kiss the sun hello
God & Goddess
Make his life a lovin' thing
And if I smile as you reach
above the climbin' bars
To see the stars
You are my love
Child my love

What is life?
Did you read about it
In a magazine?
Silent lies
Never give you what you need
Is there hope
For a mother
And an elf on speed?

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
I'm so tired
You're so wired
And I'm a poet
Without a poem
And you are my child

"So serene"
Read about us in a magazine
Then why are we
Crying by the washing machine?
Let's run away child
And follow a dream

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
The park is late
The wind is strong
The trees have eyes
And you are my song
My lovely song

What is love?
Child I am here
to stand by you
And you will find
You own way hard and true
And I'll find mine
'Cause I'm growin' with you

Kiss the sun hello
God & Goddess
Make his life a lovin' thing
And if I smile as you reach
above the climbin' bars
To see the stars
You are my love
Child my love

"god bless the day I found you
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you
Let it be me

Don't take this heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever
Let it be me

Each time we meet love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you'll love me only
And then you'll always
Let it be me

Each time we meet love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you'll love me only
And then you'll always
Let it be me
"

Cold jade wind
Not an angel in the sky
Just cold jade restless wind
Something's coming along
To devastate my soul.

I pricked my fingers
On the thorns
And this rain is a-raining hard
This sky's gonna beckon Mariah
To match my soul
Rain in the river
Rain in the river
Rain on the river banks
Down my neck
Beads of sweat.

Rain on the highway
Running clear across New York
A windsong through the barren trees
Wild lavender heather
By the railroad sways
Listen to the wailing
Of the rain in the river
Rain on the river banks.

Roll, roll
River, rock his soul
She's calling you
Rainclouds, rainclouds
Down his neck
Down his neck
Down his neck
Beads of, beads of, beads of
Beadso of sweat.

Five boys standing
On the baks of thr river
Waiting for the virgin snow
Searching for a miracle
A pearl in an oyster
And we all looked out to God
Although He is the colour of the wind
Listen to the wailing
Of the rain in the river
Rain on the river banks.

Been on a train
And did you hear the whistle blow?
Been on a train north
Baby did you hear the whistle blow?
I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
And die slow.

Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same.

There's a bright light in the north wind
Gonna bring you home
Mister there's a bright light in the north wind
It's gonna bring you home
He said: "Sweet darling woman
Leave me alone".

Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same.

You got more tracks on you baby
Than the tracks of this train
You got no guts, no gospel
And you got no brains
He said: "I got just one thing
Gonna soothe my pain?"
No, no
Damn you mister
And I dragged him out the door
Damn you mister
And I dragged him out the door.

He died in the morning sun
And I ain't going north no more.

I suspect there's a train
Going north in a month or two
I still hear his words
He said: "There's nothing left to say or do"
But mister you were wrong
And I'm gonna sing my song for you.

Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same.

Morning
Came to the windows in the street
Selling red watermelon, 5 cents a piece.

Merry boat on the river
Freedom
Fresh drams to deliver
Freedom
Over and over and over
I call out your name.

God standing on the brown earth

Morning, come to the windows of the street
Selling red watermelon, five cents a piece

Merry boat on the river, freedom
Fresh dreams to deliver, freedom

Over and over and over
I call out your name

God standing on the brown earth
Get up, mama hollers
Shooflies in the doorway

White doves gonna come today
White doves gonna come today

Oh, what a morning, I feel so good
Oh, what a morning of brotherhood

Hold me by the light
Kittens run the neighborhood through
Ragamuffin boys

All the world is new by the light of day
Give with your heart and love will come to you
Kids come in all shapes and colors
To the cool morning dew

Merry boat on the river, freedom
Fresh dreams to deliver, freedom

Over and over and over
And over and over and over

God standing on the brown earth
Lovelight in the morning
Shooflies in the doorway

White doves gonna come today
White doves gonna come today
White doves gonna come today

White doves gonna come today
White doves gonna come today
White doves gonna come today

Come young braves
Come young children
Come to the book of love with me
Respect your brothers and your sisters
Come to the book of love
I know it ain't easy
But we're gonna look for a better day
Come young braves
Come young children.

I love my country as it dies
In war and pain before my eyes
I walk the streets where disrespect has been
The sins of politics, the politics of sin
The heartlessness that darkens my soul
On Christmas.

Red and silver on the leaves
Fallen white snow runs softly through the trees
Madonnas weep for wars of hell
They blow out the candles and haunt Noel
The missing love that rings through the work
On Christmas.

Black panther brothers bound in jail
Chicago seven and the justice scale
Homeless Indian on Manhattan Isle
All God's sons have gone to trial
And all God's love is out of style
On Christmas.

Christmas in my soul
Christmas in my soul
Christmas in my soul.

Where is your woman?
Gone to Spanish Harlem?
Gone to buy you pastels?

Where is your woman?
Gone to Spanish Harlem?
Gone to buy you books and bells
Beneath Indian summer?

Take my hand now
There is a land now
In the treasure of love.

Jade and coral
Perfume from Siam
In the treasure of love.

To your fingertips
To the summer sunset
In the treasure of love
In the treasure of love, in the treasure of love.

Light the night
Oh, light the night
Come my way
Light the night.

Come to me baby
You got the look that I adore, that I understand
My pretty medicine man
My pretty medicine man
Got pretty medicine in his head
For you I bear down
Soft and burning
In the treasure of love
In the treasure of love
In the treasure of love, love.

Where is your woman?
Gone to Spanish Harlem?
Gone to buy you pastels?

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 (up on the roof)
I get away from the hustling crowd
And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof)
On the roof, the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let's go up on the roof (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-tellin' you

Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof)
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof (up on the roof)
Up on the roo-oo-oof (up on the roof)
Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof)
Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof)

Everything is all right (up on the roof)

Market in the cool white mornin'
Merchants sell while women buy
Milk, tobacco, soap and matches
Sweep the floor
While the dishes dry
Spring whispered in her ear
Like soft Mediterranean wailin'
Sleepy woman by the window
Dreamin' in the morning air
Of the one who takes her sweetness
By a chinese lamp upstairs
The steam of china tea
You could hear the woman sing
In the soft flames of spring
Spring has swept the scarlet side streets
Winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a china lamp
They softly talk in the cool spring night

Vanessa's Father.
He liked to be alone
creating works of art
which he painted in a cottage made of stone
one day I crept inside
and I was unaware of what I was going to find
well the pictures opened up my mind
I saw sculptures of young lovers intertwined.
And on their bodies he had signed his name
and so I left that place w a different look upon my face.

When I was 15 and he a certain charm the way he smiled at me and the way he gently touched my arm.
And somehow we would always be alone
When it was time to take me home
and so we'd speed through the country side
In his convertable we'd ride.

Vanessa's Father was driving me home at night,
and I never said word oh but somehow we just got here.
Her father was driving me home at night
oh when I think back to then
I would count the days til I could go there again.
oh no oh no oh no

Another weekend.
Strange thoughts inside of me.
Is it vanessa whom, I am really going there to see
I'd smoke a ciggerette, I thought so secretly
but the door it gently opened and he stood there smiling down at me
then he pushed me backwards against the wall
I looked up cause he's so tall and then he stared into my eyes
and kissed me so hard I cried.

Vanessa's father was sleeping w me at night
and I never said a word but somehow we just got here
her father was sleeping w me at night
when I think back then, I would count the days I could see him again.
oh no oh no oh no

the shaft of lite would fall against my skin
that would seem sensual to him but I'm too young to use these qualities
you bet I must be evil I must be tainted
He'd breath against the girl he's paint

Oh, Desiree,
Desiree,
Desiree,
Oh my darlin' Desiree.
You make my heart feel so free.
And I'd like to know, why do I love you so?
Oh my darling Desiree.
Oh my Desiree, Oh my Desiree,
Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree,
Desiree.

(snapping and clapping)

well i met him on a sunday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i missed him on monday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

well i found him on tuesday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i dated him wednesday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and i kissed him on thursday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

and he didn't come friday, no (oo oo oo oo oo oo)



when he showed up saturday (oo oo oo oo oo oo)

i said bye bye baby...

(dis ronde ronde ronde ronde boppa doo ra de ronde ronde boppa dis ronde ronde ronde ronde boppa doo... oo oo oo)

Loving you so
I was too blind to see you
Letting me go
But now that you've set me free
It's gonna take a miracle
Yes, it's gonna take a miracle
To make me love someone new
'Cause I'm crazy for you
Oh oh, didn't you know
It wouldn't be so easy
Lettin' you go
I could have told you
That it's gonna take a miracle
Oh-uh yes, it's gonna take a miracle
To make me love someone new
'Cause I'm crazy for you
Oh, tho' I know I can't forget about you
Or come so will show you how much
You're turning me around, destroying me
I'll never be the same anymore
You must realize
You took your love and left me
Quite by surprise
You can be sure that now it's gonna take a miracle
Yes, it's gonna take a miracle
To make me love someone new
'Cause I'm crazy for you

Jimmy Mack Jimmy,
Oh Jimmy Mack when are you comin' back.
Jimmy Mack Jimmy,
Oh Jimmy Mack when are you comin' back.

My arms are missing you,
My lips feel the same way too.
I tried so hard to be true, like I promised to do.
But this boy keeps comin' around,
tryin' to wear my resistance down.

Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.

He calls me on the phone about three times a day.
Now my heart's just listening to, what he has to say
But this loneliness I have within,
Keeps reaching out to be his friend

Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.
Need your loving, need your loving.
I wanna say I'm not getting any stronger,
I can't hold out very much longer
Trying hard, to be true,
But, Jimmy he talks just as sweet as you.

Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.

Nowhere To Run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got Nowhere To Run to, baby, Nowhere to hide.
It's not love I'm a running from,
It's the heartbreak I know will come.
'Cause I know you're no good for me, but you've become a part of me.
Ev'rywhere I go your face I see ev'rystep I take you take with me.

Nowhere To Run to, baby, nowhere to hide
Got Nowhere To Run to, baby, Nowhere to hide.
I know you're not good for me, but free of you I'll never be, no.
Each night as I sleep, into my heart you creep.
I wake up feelin' sorry I met you, hoping soon that I'll forget you.
When I look in the mirror to comb my hair
I see your face just a smiling there.

Nowhere To Run, Nowhere to hide from you baby,
Got Nowhere To Run to, baby, Nowhere to hide.
I know you're no good for me, but you've become a part of me,
How can I fight a lover that shouldn't be when it's so deep,
so deep, deep inside of me
My love reaches so high I can't get over it.
It's so wide I can't get around it, no
Nowhere To Run, Nowhere to hide from you baby.
Just can't get away from you baby, no matter how I try to baby,

Nowhere to hide. I know you're no good for me, but free of you I'll never be,
Nowhere To Run, Nowhere to hide, Got Nowhere To Run to baby.

La la la, la la la, la la la la

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
It is a special one
It's never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It's growing in the street
Right through the concrete
Right through the concrete
Right through the concrete
Soft and dreaming

La la la, la la la, la la la la

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
With eyes as black as coal
He looks down in my soul
And starts a fire there and then I lose control
I have to beg your pardon
I'm goin' to pick that rose
And watch him as he grows
In my garden

La la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la, la la la la

hunger drives me
it's got me by the rails
I let it wreck me
time and time again

I decided
to never write again
I don't know
what happened

Dad, I broke my promise to you,
if you're wondering where I've been
thought I knew what I was doing
but I was wrong again

I understand, son
I understand, son
I understand

the fairer gender
they always turn my head
from sheer embarassment
I'm nearly dead

Dad, I broke my promise to you,
if you're wondering where I've been
thought I knew what I was doing
but I was wrong again

I understand, son
I understand, son
I understand

I don't like you
But I love you
See that I'm always
thinking of you
Oh, oh, oh,
you treat me badly
I love you madly
You really got a hold on me

I don't want you,
but I need you
Don't want to kiss you
but I need too
Oh, oh, oh
you do me wrong now
my love is strong now
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me

I love you and all I want you to do
is just hold , hold , hold , hold me

I want to leave you
don't want to stay here
Don't want to spend
another damn day here
Oh, oh, oh, I want to split now
I just can quit now
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me

I love you and all I want you to do
is just hold, hmmm, please, hald me

hold me, hold me baby nothing to lose hold me baby no time to loose hold me baby no time to loose 'cause I love you oh 'cause I love you oh 'cause I love you
no 'cause I love you

Children of the Junks
Slant-eyed
Children of the Junks
Go by
Mama's comin' soon
And the junks are turning in the
Spring sky

Dragon rings
Tax-free things
Forever
People pick and pay
Till the day fades away
Cooling in the wind
'Comrades all'
Red papers ring

Flowers in the sun
Shining
On the children of the world
Night comes
Sleep for me
Ain't nothing, just a moonstruck junk
On the sea
Kowloon
All the junks are sleeping
Spinning flowers on the shade
All the junks are sleeping
But alley cats and renegades

Cigarettes
I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes
Cigarettes
I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes
Take me night-flying
Maybe Mars has good news
Who?...who am I?
I am the blues

soothe me
Horn's warm red love-makin'
Funky music
Move me
Night wind, red tail lights, and
Funky music

'cause I'm restless
In my love for sale shoes
Who?...who am I?
I am the blues
In a world of war
I can't find my laughter
I can't see the night sun
And I can't see my freedom
I guess I can't see too much no more
Baby, till I lose my blues
Fly through the sky like superfly
Over the stars we climb
Over this sweet red wine
I tell myself
Right on
Right on
Right on
Right on
Blues
Flying so high
A plane in the sky
Listen to the music of the night wind

Midnite blue
You make me laugh
You make me tremble
But I'm as strong as you
Midnite blue
Midnite blue
You're funny
And I like you too
Shy, sly, gypsy high now
You could touch the sky now
Midnite blue

There's smoke in the kitchen
Shrimps curled
The sun on black velvet
And high stars
At the bottom of the world
Smile all you want
But you know
That I'm fine
In the warm hands
Of midnite blue

Now the river music haunts me
Its spirit calling me
Where's my midnite blue'
I need his melody
Oh, midnite blue
Where are you'
Oh, midnite blue
Come to me
Oh, midnite blue
I need your melody
I need your melody
I need the rhythm of your melody
Cause I love you
Midnite blue

She said
I'm young enough
I'm old enough
To paint a smile
I tasted heaven and hell
Heaven, stay a while

A good friend
Is a rare find
Their straight talk
Can ease your mind
A good pimp's
Gonna rob you blind
Money money money
I feel like a pawn
In my own world
I found the system
And I lost the pearl
It's breaking me down
Well, you don't wake
You don't shake
You just make the sound
Go round and round and round
And round
Bleed a little
Bleed a little
Till your freedom calls you

Somewhere out
Children laugh
Like meteors
Rolling down the grass
Mothers pull the nighttime in
Calling their children
With spoons in the wind
But not for me

She said
I'm young enough
I'm old enough
In the city machine
Where industries
Fill the fish
Full of mercury
(It's tax-free)
She said
My struggle hurt
But it turned me on
And when my revolution came
The chain was gone
On my feet
To the sound of my heartbeat
Money money money
Do you feel like a pawn
In your own world?
You found the system
And you lost the pearl
Like leaves coming down
You've got to wake, shake
Make your vibe go round
And round and round and round

winter
turn on the night
turn on your love light
I'm a non-believer
but I believe
in your smile
well I'm gonna talk to you baby
on brandy-wine
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
mars in the stars mars is arisin
and I feel like I'm way in a deep dream baby
feel like I'm way in a deep dream
yes
lovers
light in the inn
what are they thinking?
patterns falling
down the sky
and the fire
and the kiss
of the country night
your tender strong freaky love
strangers and mountains
and blurred in a snow flight
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
the world's insane
the paper's gone mad
but our love is a peace vibe
yes

let's go down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
happy
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
four leaves on a clover
I'm just a bit of a shade hung over
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin'
and aint that sweet eyed blindness good to me
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin'
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin
mornin'
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
please don't tell my mother
I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
(don't ask me cuz I)
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
wine
of wonder
wonder
(by the way)
sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
don't let daddy hear it
he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
come on baby do a slow float
you a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
good to me
now ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me

My name is Eddie, I am a cat
And I sleep with one eye open
Watching the morning sail
(Morning, morning)

Someone calls Eddie up to their lap and I purred
But I'd sure like to give me my breakfast
Especially a fish tail, turn it into a fish scale

No, I'm not like you people
You wail and you wore
And you whitewashed your day away

(Where you're going?)
On my merry way
(Where you're going?)
On my merry way

Spring flower are fall, up goes the flower
Cried to run the sleep in the scenic
I like my phone now
(I like my phone now)

My name is Eddie, I am a cat
And I sleep with one eye open

(Where you're going?)
On my merry way
(Where you're going?)
On my merry way

(Where you're going?)
On my merry way
(Where you're going?)
On my merry way

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
If it's peace you find in dying, well, then let the time be near.
If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time is here,
just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there,
I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah, crazy cold way down there.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
Swear there ain't no heaven and pray there ain't no hell,
but I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell,
only my dying will tell, yeah, only my dying will tell.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
and all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only want to go naturally.
Don't want to go by the devil, don't want to go by the demon,
don't want to go by Satan, don't want to die uneasy,
just let me go naturally.
And when I die and when I'm gone,
there'll be one child born, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.
When I die, there'll be one child born.