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Singles

When we want to love, we love When we want to kiss, we kiss With a little petting We're getting some fun out of life When we want to work, we work When we want a play, we play In a happy setting We're getting some fun out of life Maybe we do the right things Maybe we do the wrong Spending each day Wending our way along But when we want to sing, we sing When we want to dance, we dance You can d...
You gassed her up behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile Barrelin' down the boulevard Looking for the heart of Saturday night Got paid on Friday and your pockets are jinglin' And you see the lights, you get all tinglin' 'Cause you're cruisin' with a six Looking for the heart of Saturday night Comb your hair, pleads your face Try to wipe out every trace Of all t...
You got a lot of tenderness And so much love, you can get no rest If you?re willing To waste a little time I don?t want all of it All I need is a little bit You got a lot of money saved No use takin' it all to your grave Ain?t worth nothin' If you ain?t feelin? fine I don?t want all of it All I need is a little bit You know daddy gave you everything On a silver platter But the one thing he nev...
Lord I must be strong now I don't belong now In this world anymore I'll say a final prayer for Those I care for Who've kept my company My need is clear I'm dying to have you near To me Lord I don't belong now If you are waiting I am not afraid to die I'm prepared to go Divide my body and soul Won't you Lord I don't belong now If you are waiting I am not afraid to die Have mercy Lord, I'm told ...
Maybe ain't no use in sayin' what I want it to be Maybe ain't no use in playin' a tune Maybe ain't no use in singin' my blues But there's always a use in you and me Maybe ain't no use in watchin' through the window As the towns and our lives roll on by Maybe it ain't worth all the trouble in thinkin' But there's always use in you and I We can make it true We can work on it too We can be what w...
by Billie Holiday That bird with feathers of blue Is waiting for you Back in your own backyard You'll see your castles in Spain Through your window pane Back in your own backyard Oh you can go to the East Go to the West Someday you'll come Weary at heart Back where you started from You'll find your happiness lies Right under your eyes Back in your own backyard That bird with feathers of blue I...
I remember what my daddy taught me 'Bout how one risky is in a cold ditch And one more thing about good and evil You can't tell which is which Well, if the rest is lost and history Or maybe wasted on a fool like me And that these bare bones Would leave me something after all Old Hamlet's done now, dead and gone And there's no ghost who walks Poor [Incomprehensible] tells you everything he know...
Drink up, baby Stay up all night Things you could do You won't but you might The potential you'll be You'll never see Promises you'll only make Drink up with me now And forget all about Pressure of days Do what I say And I'll make you okay And drive them away Images stuck in your head People you've been before That you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I...
There's perfume burning in the air Bits of beauty everywhere Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt She comes so close You feel her then She tells you No and No again Your lip is cut on the edge of her pleated skirt Blue Alert Visions of her drawing near Arise, abide, and disappear You try to slow it down It doesn't work It's just another night I guess All tangled up in nakedness You even touch...
California rain is fallin' I can hear the summer callin' Far away, far away A song that's fadin' Put me on a plane tomorrow I'll try to run from all my sorrow Far away, far away From endless waitin' It's so cold here without the sun I'm so sad here far away from everyone What a fool to be ambitious Moving here with all of my wishes Far away, far away From where my heart is Shut the phone off a...
Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of many a poor girl And you let me spoil this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches of desire And you've made me break a many true vow Then you set my very soul on fire Love, oh love, oh careless love All my happiness I've left 'Cause you've filled my heart with the weary old bl...
My heart is like a hand me down Made soft by older brothers My body is like my father's house The sin of generations Damn the circumstances Life is hard enough Damn the bones that rattle Faith is good enough You shook the ground beneath my feet My hopes turned into water The house came crashing down on me In the early morning hours Damn the circumstances Life is hard enough Damn the bones that...
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to th...
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to th...
Honey please don't cry, listen to me There's no reason why, we shouldn't agree If I hurt your feeling, I apologize You're the only one, that I idealize Don't cry baby don't cry baby dry your eyes Let's be sweethearts again You know I didn't mean to Make you feel blue, honest I'll never do it again Won't you forgive, won't you forget Do as I ask you to, I never let you regret If you just start ...
You can cry a million tears You can wait a million years If you think that time will change your ways Don't wait too long When your morning turns to night Who'll be loving you by candlelight If you think that time will change your ways Don't wait too long Maybe I've got a lot to learn Time can slip away Sometimes you got to lose it all Before you find your way Take a chance and play your part ...
Dreamin' Makin' my way Dreamin' Won't let me stay in your arms In your warm In your love Sleepin' Away the day Hopin' That we two could stay All alone On our own revelries Let's make a pact for our lives And our homelands Built on the bricks that we bathed In my dreamland Home sweet dreamland Always a dreamland For the two of us, Together, We'll stay Let's build a homeland together in the sand...
Everybody?s talkin? at me I can?t hear a word they?re sayin? Only the echoes of my mind People stop an' stare I can?t see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I?m goin' where the sun keeps shinin' Through the pourin' rain Goin' where the weather suits my clothes Backin' off with the north east wind Sailin' on a summer breeze And skippin' over the ocean like a stone Everybody?s talkin' at...
I love you, baby Wouldn't tell you no lie I always want you by my side Oh baby, give your mama one smile Come here, papa, let's talk awhile You know I love you, don't you realize Oh baby, give your mama one smile You know I love you, you know it's true I'll do anything in the world for you Come here, baby, hold me tight Love your mama, baby, love your mama right now Smile, don't cry You know I...
Joe Thomas Howard Biggs I've got you on my mind I'm feeling kind of sad and low Got you on my mind Feeling kind of sad and low I'm wondering where you are Wondering why you had to go Tears begin to fall Every time I hear your name Tears begin to fall Every time I hear your name But since you went away Nothing seems to be the same No matter how I try My heart keeps telling me that I Can't forge...
Every night he'd come to me I'd cook for him, I'd pour his tea I was in my thirties then Had made some money, lived with men We'd lay us down to give and get Beneath the white mosquito net And since no counting had begun We lived a thousand years in one The candles burned The moon went down The polished hill The milky town Transparent, weightless, luminous Uncovering the two of us On that fund...
And there're some people There're some people Heaven help the child who never had a home Oh, heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone Walks the streets alone, yeah Heaven help the roses when the bombs begin to fall Lord, heaven help us all Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day Oh, heaven help the white man if he turns his back away Turns his back away, yeah Heaven help...
Billie Holiday When I hear them say There's better living Let them go their way To that new living I won't ever stray 'Cause this is heaven to me Long as freedom grows I want to seek it If it's yes or no It's me who'll speak it 'Cause the lord, He knows That this is heaven to me If you've got your hands And got your feet To sing your song All through the street You raise your head When night i...
Hey sweet man Who you give your lovin' to? Hey sweet man Who you give your lovin' to? I gotta mind to love you I'll love you through and through Hey momma's child Ain't you been waitin' for me? Hey momma's child Ain't you been waitin' for me? I've gotta mind to love you And my love won't leave you be Hey sweet woman I see you're searchin' too Hey sweet woman Ain't no man that love you Hold on,...
I sit here content my thoughts and my feelings Remembering who I used to be The life I have now is much more appealing No hurries no worries for me A bench by the shore a coat for my pillow A future with no guarantee The world was a rat race and I had my fill oh No hurries no worries for me Homeless Happiness My castle?s the stars and the sea Homeless Happiness If this door is freedom then I?v...
Lose your keys under the house, lose the button from your blouse, Lose the plastic diamond ring from the parade- Lose the color in your lips, lose the swingin' in your hips, But if you lose me in your grips I must be saved, Lose the harmonies we learned, lose the taste of bread you earned, Lose the stash you always kept but never craved- Lose your rhythm, lose your lines, lose your sense of pa...
I'll look around Until I've found someone Who laughs like you I know somewhere Spring must fill the air With sweetness Just as rare as the flower That you gave me to wear I'll look around And when I've found someone Who laughs like you I'll know this love I'm dreaming of Won't be the old love, I always knew I know somewhere Love must fill the air With sweetness Just as rare as the flower That ...
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words oh so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet A lot of kisses on the bottom I'll be glad I got 'em I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better And close with love the way you do I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna sit ri...
Instead of feeling bad Be glad you got somewhere to go Instead of feeling sad Be happy you're not all alone Instead of feeling low Get high on everything you love Instead of wastin' time Feel good 'bout what you are dreaming of Instead of trying to win something you never understood Just play the game you know eventually you will you both look good It's silly to pretend to have something you d...
He made me laugh, he made me cry He smoked his doggies in bed But I'm all right, I'm all right I've been lonely before I asked the boy for a few kind words He gave me a novel instead But I'm all right, I'm all right And I've been lonely before It's fine, it's okay It was wrong either way I just wanted to say There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine He got drunk, he fell down He threw a f...
On dit qu'au dela des mers La-bas sous le ciel clair Il existe une cite Au sejour enchante Et sous les grands arbres noirs Chaque soir Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir J'ai deux amours Mon pays et Paris Par eux toujours Mon c?ur est ravi Manhattan est belle Mais a quoi bon le nier Ce qui m'ensorcelle C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier Le voir un jour C'est mon reve joli J'ai deux amours Mon...
J'avoue j'en ai bav? pas vous mon amour Avant d'avoir eu vent de vous mon amour Ne vous d?plaise en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions le temps d'une chanson ? votre avis qu'avons-nous vu de l'amour De vous ? moi vous m'avez eu mon amour Ne vous d?plaise en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions le temps d'une chanson H?las avril en vain me voue ? l'amour J'avais envie de voir en vous cet ...
Des yeux qui font baisser les miens Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche Voil? le portrait sans retouche De l'homme auquel j'appartiens Quand il me prend dans ses bras Il me parle tout bas Je vois la vie en rose Il me dit des mots d'amour Des mots de tous les jours Et ?a me fait quelque chose Il est entr? dans mon coeur Une part de bonheur Dont je connais la cause C'est lui pour moi Moi pour lui ...
Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Look up, look up And greet your maker 'Fore Gabriel blows his horn Weary of toting such a heavy load Trudging down that lonesome road Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Weary of toting such a heavy load Trudging down that lonesome road Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Before you t...
I put on my gloves tonight, pull onto the road to San Berdu They remind me of hustlers, confidence men, and you My hands are warm beneath them, and easy on the wheel Without your love and treachery the calm is all I feel I shiver in the mirror, pull my belt across my hips The leather's hard in bending as your fingers to my lips I wrap it tightly in defense as if your arms were near But for you...
I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you Though it ain't no fail of mine, it's about a gal Named Sue and a boy named Lou They were fightin' all the time Sue came home one afternoon And found an empty dining room Without a word a turtledove had flown Sue began to moan, ?My sweetie went away But he didn't say where, he didn't say when He didn't say why, without biddin' me goodbye Oh I'm blue as I...
Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland's got that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I hear those trees are whispering "Come on back to me" Muddy water 'round my feet Muddy water in the street No, God don't shelter Down on the delta Muddy water in my shoes Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues They live in ease and co...
You ain't gonna bother me No more Nohow Love just goes so far No more Woke up this morining and found I didn't care for you No more Not now Never felt so good before You're down to my size It's over and done So honey, step down from your throne That look in your eyes Don't bother me none Can take you or leave you alone From my window Skys ain't grey No more Not now Here's the day That I've bee...
From bad luck, I'm walkin' away I'm not gettin' stuck, I'm not gonna stay To good things, I'm movin' ahead I'm tired of dyin' an' I'm livin' instead Once in a while I'll wake up Wonderin' why we gave up? But once in a while Comes and it fades away The sun's up and lightin' the sky I never could see it, it just passed me by Good things keep movin' along I'm not lookin' backward for something th...
Can I buy you something, can I stroke your hair, Can I hold your hand and take you somewhere? You?re a young nobody, you?re a perfect soul, You?re an empty altar that can make me whole. Can I take you somewhere, can I wipe your tears, Can I fill your pockets or befriend you here? You?re the final offer for the men who call, My highest hiding place, our lady of Pigalle. Will you be ascending in...
Galison/Peyroux Playin' Stuck on the corner of the afternoon I hear the sound Some heart-aching Oh just the same old tune Playin' Playin' Autumn falling in my old chapel I've got a mind to get the whole world shaking Every little place I go Tell you the story of the angels in the streets singing There ain't no glory but the blues And you'd lie in the rain And all because you know you ain't got...
When I wasn't nothing but a child When I wasn't nothing but a child All you men tried to drive me wild Now I'm, now I'm growing old Now, now I'm growing old And I've got what it takes to get all of you men told My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild I ain't good looking but I'm somebody's angel child Daddy, mama wants some loving Dad...
Stop all this talk, turn off the telephone Open up another bottle, send those people home Let it get real quiet, turn that lamp way down low I'm gonna float down this river of tears I remember how we spoke on the days he was dry Even now that he's gone he can make a woman cry But he saw through me deaf dumb and blind He knew his way down this river of tears "Dashed hopes and best intentions" p...
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Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though its breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying...
Wide awake Breath taken I'm shaken by my sight Couldn't sleep Couldn't keep Quiet secrets on the wind I hear There's somethin' grand coming Cool lumming Through my empty city On a night breeze so free lovers must collide And the morning sun must rise All is forgiven Cool your heads Highway men Come what name in Who run and fight Here's your drink Time to think Soon you'll wandering away your f...
The summer wind came blowing in From across the sea And it lingered there, so warm and fair To walk with me All summer long we sang a song And strolled on golden sand Two sweethearts And the summer wind Like painted kites, those days and nights Went flyin' by The world was new beneath a blue Umbrella sky Then softer than a piper man One day it called to you And I lost you To the summer wind Th...
Some day When I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will feel a glow Just thinking of you And the way you look tonight You're lovely With your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft There is nothing for me but to love you And the way you look tonight With each word your tenderness grows Tearing my fear apart And that laugh that wrinkles your nose It touches my foolish heart You're lovely Nev...
When I hear them say There's better living Let them go their way To that new living I won't ever stray 'Cause this is heaven to me Long as freedom grows I want to seek it If it's yes or no It's me who'll speak it 'Cause the Lord, he knows That this is heaven to me If you've got your hands And got your feet To sing your song All through the street You raise your head When night is done Shout yo...
A quiet room is what you get, an empty glass, an unmade bed, A picture window with a view, and all I think about is you To feel so bad, to feel so good, to let it be misunderstood, Now I long to lose my senses to love you all over again. The shouted words, the tired sighs, the traded kiss of sad goodbyes, The living off of our desires, then putting out a thousand fires: To feel so bad, to feel...
I go out walkin' after midnight Out in the moonlight, just like we used to do I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for you I walk for miles along the highway Well, that's just my way of sayin', "I love you" I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for you I stop to see a weepin' willow Cryin' on his pillow Maybe he's cryin' for me And as the skies turn gloomy Night winds whisper to m...
Sweet young thing of sixteen, thought I'd step out one night I longed to get the thrilling life I've missed I met a youth, a bit uncouth, although he seemed alright I knew him by the moment when we kissed Then I got home, next day with a swollen head My girlfriend asked if I'd had fun I said Was I drunk? was he handsome? Did momma give me hell? Did I get a thrill? Am I full of quiver? Was he r...
Weary blues from waitin' Lord, I've been waitin' so long These blues have got me cryin' Oh, sweet daddy please come home The snow falls 'round my window But it can't chill my heart Lord knows it died the day you left My dream world fell apart Weary blues from waitin' Lord, I've been waitin' so long These blues have got me cryin' Oh, sweet daddy please come home No, sweet daddy please come home...
You can't do me, you can't do me, you can't do me the way you did before ? You can't do me, you can't do me, you can't do me the way you did before ? 'Cause when you do, and when you do, 'cause when you do, you know I get so blue When you do, and when you do, 'cause when you do, you know I get so blue and I go Down like a deep sea diver, out like a Coltrane tenor-man, Lost like a Chinese war b...
I've seen love go by my doors Never been this close before Never been so easy or so slow Been shooting in the dark too long When something's not right it's wrong You're gonna make me lonesome when you go Dragon clouds so high above I've only known careless love It's always hit me from below This time around it's more correct Right on target, so direct You're gonna make me lonesome when you go ...

Albums

Bare Bones
I remember what my daddy taught me 'Bout how one risky is in a cold ditch And one more thing about good and evil You can't tell which is which Well, if the rest is lost and history Or maybe wasted on a fool like me And that these bare bones Would leave me something after all Old Hamlet's done now, dead and gone And there's no ghost who walks Poor [Incomprehensible] tells you everything he know...
My heart is like a hand me down Made soft by older brothers My body is like my father's house The sin of generations Damn the circumstances Life is hard enough Damn the bones that rattle Faith is good enough You shook the ground beneath my feet My hopes turned into water The house came crashing down on me In the early morning hours Damn the circumstances Life is hard enough Damn the bones that...
I sit here content my thoughts and my feelings Remembering who I used to be The life I have now is much more appealing No hurries no worries for me A bench by the shore a coat for my pillow A future with no guarantee The world was a rat race and I had my fill oh No hurries no worries for me Homeless Happiness My castle?s the stars and the sea Homeless Happiness If this door is freedom then I?v...
Lose your keys under the house, lose the button from your blouse, Lose the plastic diamond ring from the parade- Lose the color in your lips, lose the swingin' in your hips, But if you lose me in your grips I must be saved, Lose the harmonies we learned, lose the taste of bread you earned, Lose the stash you always kept but never craved- Lose your rhythm, lose your lines, lose your sense of pa...
Instead of feeling bad Be glad you got somewhere to go Instead of feeling sad Be happy you're not all alone Instead of feeling low Get high on everything you love Instead of wastin' time Feel good 'bout what you are dreaming of Instead of trying to win something you never understood Just play the game you know eventually you will you both look good It's silly to pretend to have something you d...
I put on my gloves tonight, pull onto the road to San Berdu They remind me of hustlers, confidence men, and you My hands are warm beneath them, and easy on the wheel Without your love and treachery the calm is all I feel I shiver in the mirror, pull my belt across my hips The leather's hard in bending as your fingers to my lips I wrap it tightly in defense as if your arms were near But for you...
Can I buy you something, can I stroke your hair, Can I hold your hand and take you somewhere? You?re a young nobody, you?re a perfect soul, You?re an empty altar that can make me whole. Can I take you somewhere, can I wipe your tears, Can I fill your pockets or befriend you here? You?re the final offer for the men who call, My highest hiding place, our lady of Pigalle. Will you be ascending in...
Stop all this talk, turn off the telephone Open up another bottle, send those people home Let it get real quiet, turn that lamp way down low I'm gonna float down this river of tears I remember how we spoke on the days he was dry Even now that he's gone he can make a woman cry But he saw through me deaf dumb and blind He knew his way down this river of tears "Dashed hopes and best intentions" p...
Wide awake Breath taken I'm shaken by my sight Couldn't sleep Couldn't keep Quiet secrets on the wind I hear There's somethin' grand coming Cool lumming Through my empty city On a night breeze so free lovers must collide And the morning sun must rise All is forgiven Cool your heads Highway men Come what name in Who run and fight Here's your drink Time to think Soon you'll wandering away your f...
A quiet room is what you get, an empty glass, an unmade bed, A picture window with a view, and all I think about is you To feel so bad, to feel so good, to let it be misunderstood, Now I long to lose my senses to love you all over again. The shouted words, the tired sighs, the traded kiss of sad goodbyes, The living off of our desires, then putting out a thousand fires: To feel so bad, to feel...
You can't do me, you can't do me, you can't do me the way you did before ? You can't do me, you can't do me, you can't do me the way you did before ? 'Cause when you do, and when you do, 'cause when you do, you know I get so blue When you do, and when you do, 'cause when you do, you know I get so blue and I go Down like a deep sea diver, out like a Coltrane tenor-man, Lost like a Chinese war b...
Careless Love
Drink up, baby Stay up all night Things you could do You won't but you might The potential you'll be You'll never see Promises you'll only make Drink up with me now And forget all about Pressure of days Do what I say And I'll make you okay And drive them away Images stuck in your head People you've been before That you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I...
Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of many a poor girl And you let me spoil this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches of desire And you've made me break a many true vow Then you set my very soul on fire Love, oh love, oh careless love All my happiness I've left 'Cause you've filled my heart with the weary old bl...
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to th...
Honey please don't cry, listen to me There's no reason why, we shouldn't agree If I hurt your feeling, I apologize You're the only one, that I idealize Don't cry baby don't cry baby dry your eyes Let's be sweethearts again You know I didn't mean to Make you feel blue, honest I'll never do it again Won't you forgive, won't you forget Do as I ask you to, I never let you regret If you just start ...
You can cry a million tears You can wait a million years If you think that time will change your ways Don't wait too long When your morning turns to night Who'll be loving you by candlelight If you think that time will change your ways Don't wait too long Maybe I've got a lot to learn Time can slip away Sometimes you got to lose it all Before you find your way Take a chance and play your part ...
I'll look around Until I've found someone Who laughs like you I know somewhere Spring must fill the air With sweetness Just as rare as the flower That you gave me to wear I'll look around And when I've found someone Who laughs like you I'll know this love I'm dreaming of Won't be the old love, I always knew I know somewhere Love must fill the air With sweetness Just as rare as the flower That ...
On dit qu'au dela des mers La-bas sous le ciel clair Il existe une cite Au sejour enchante Et sous les grands arbres noirs Chaque soir Vers elle s'en va tout mon espoir J'ai deux amours Mon pays et Paris Par eux toujours Mon c?ur est ravi Manhattan est belle Mais a quoi bon le nier Ce qui m'ensorcelle C'est Paris, c'est Paris tout entier Le voir un jour C'est mon reve joli J'ai deux amours Mon...
Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Look up, look up And greet your maker 'Fore Gabriel blows his horn Weary of toting such a heavy load Trudging down that lonesome road Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Weary of toting such a heavy load Trudging down that lonesome road Look down, look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Before you t...
You ain't gonna bother me No more Nohow Love just goes so far No more Woke up this morining and found I didn't care for you No more Not now Never felt so good before You're down to my size It's over and done So honey, step down from your throne That look in your eyes Don't bother me none Can take you or leave you alone From my window Skys ain't grey No more Not now Here's the day That I've bee...
When I hear them say There's better living Let them go their way To that new living I won't ever stray 'Cause this is heaven to me Long as freedom grows I want to seek it If it's yes or no It's me who'll speak it 'Cause the Lord, he knows That this is heaven to me If you've got your hands And got your feet To sing your song All through the street You raise your head When night is done Shout yo...
Weary blues from waitin' Lord, I've been waitin' so long These blues have got me cryin' Oh, sweet daddy please come home The snow falls 'round my window But it can't chill my heart Lord knows it died the day you left My dream world fell apart Weary blues from waitin' Lord, I've been waitin' so long These blues have got me cryin' Oh, sweet daddy please come home No, sweet daddy please come home...
I've seen love go by my doors Never been this close before Never been so easy or so slow Been shooting in the dark too long When something's not right it's wrong You're gonna make me lonesome when you go Dragon clouds so high above I've only known careless love It's always hit me from below This time around it's more correct Right on target, so direct You're gonna make me lonesome when you go ...
Dreamland
When we want to love, we love When we want to kiss, we kiss With a little petting We're getting some fun out of life When we want to work, we work When we want a play, we play In a happy setting We're getting some fun out of life Maybe we do the right things Maybe we do the wrong Spending each day Wending our way along But when we want to sing, we sing When we want to dance, we dance You can d...
Lord I must be strong now I don't belong now In this world anymore I'll say a final prayer for Those I care for Who've kept my company My need is clear I'm dying to have you near To me Lord I don't belong now If you are waiting I am not afraid to die I'm prepared to go Divide my body and soul Won't you Lord I don't belong now If you are waiting I am not afraid to die Have mercy Lord, I'm told ...
Maybe ain't no use in sayin' what I want it to be Maybe ain't no use in playin' a tune Maybe ain't no use in singin' my blues But there's always a use in you and me Maybe ain't no use in watchin' through the window As the towns and our lives roll on by Maybe it ain't worth all the trouble in thinkin' But there's always use in you and I We can make it true We can work on it too We can be what w...
Dreamin' Makin' my way Dreamin' Won't let me stay in your arms In your warm In your love Sleepin' Away the day Hopin' That we two could stay All alone On our own revelries Let's make a pact for our lives And our homelands Built on the bricks that we bathed In my dreamland Home sweet dreamland Always a dreamland For the two of us, Together, We'll stay Let's build a homeland together in the sand...
Hey sweet man Who you give your lovin' to? Hey sweet man Who you give your lovin' to? I gotta mind to love you I'll love you through and through Hey momma's child Ain't you been waitin' for me? Hey momma's child Ain't you been waitin' for me? I've gotta mind to love you And my love won't leave you be Hey sweet woman I see you're searchin' too Hey sweet woman Ain't no man that love you Hold on,...
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words oh so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet A lot of kisses on the bottom I'll be glad I got 'em I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better And close with love the way you do I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna sit ri...
Des yeux qui font baisser les miens Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche Voil? le portrait sans retouche De l'homme auquel j'appartiens Quand il me prend dans ses bras Il me parle tout bas Je vois la vie en rose Il me dit des mots d'amour Des mots de tous les jours Et ?a me fait quelque chose Il est entr? dans mon coeur Une part de bonheur Dont je connais la cause C'est lui pour moi Moi pour lui ...
I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you Though it ain't no fail of mine, it's about a gal Named Sue and a boy named Lou They were fightin' all the time Sue came home one afternoon And found an empty dining room Without a word a turtledove had flown Sue began to moan, ?My sweetie went away But he didn't say where, he didn't say when He didn't say why, without biddin' me goodbye Oh I'm blue as I...
Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland's got that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I hear those trees are whispering "Come on back to me" Muddy water 'round my feet Muddy water in the street No, God don't shelter Down on the delta Muddy water in my shoes Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues They live in ease and co...
When I wasn't nothing but a child When I wasn't nothing but a child All you men tried to drive me wild Now I'm, now I'm growing old Now, now I'm growing old And I've got what it takes to get all of you men told My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild My mama says I'm reckless, my daddy says I'm wild I ain't good looking but I'm somebody's angel child Daddy, mama wants some loving Dad...
I go out walkin' after midnight Out in the moonlight, just like we used to do I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for you I walk for miles along the highway Well, that's just my way of sayin', "I love you" I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for you I stop to see a weepin' willow Cryin' on his pillow Maybe he's cryin' for me And as the skies turn gloomy Night winds whisper to m...
Sweet young thing of sixteen, thought I'd step out one night I longed to get the thrilling life I've missed I met a youth, a bit uncouth, although he seemed alright I knew him by the moment when we kissed Then I got home, next day with a swollen head My girlfriend asked if I'd had fun I said Was I drunk? was he handsome? Did momma give me hell? Did I get a thrill? Am I full of quiver? Was he r...
Half the Perfect World
You gassed her up behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile Barrelin' down the boulevard Looking for the heart of Saturday night Got paid on Friday and your pockets are jinglin' And you see the lights, you get all tinglin' 'Cause you're cruisin' with a six Looking for the heart of Saturday night Comb your hair, pleads your face Try to wipe out every trace Of all t...
You got a lot of tenderness And so much love, you can get no rest If you?re willing To waste a little time I don?t want all of it All I need is a little bit You got a lot of money saved No use takin' it all to your grave Ain?t worth nothin' If you ain?t feelin? fine I don?t want all of it All I need is a little bit You know daddy gave you everything On a silver platter But the one thing he nev...
There's perfume burning in the air Bits of beauty everywhere Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt She comes so close You feel her then She tells you No and No again Your lip is cut on the edge of her pleated skirt Blue Alert Visions of her drawing near Arise, abide, and disappear You try to slow it down It doesn't work It's just another night I guess All tangled up in nakedness You even touch...
California rain is fallin' I can hear the summer callin' Far away, far away A song that's fadin' Put me on a plane tomorrow I'll try to run from all my sorrow Far away, far away From endless waitin' It's so cold here without the sun I'm so sad here far away from everyone What a fool to be ambitious Moving here with all of my wishes Far away, far away From where my heart is Shut the phone off a...
Everybody?s talkin? at me I can?t hear a word they?re sayin? Only the echoes of my mind People stop an' stare I can?t see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I?m goin' where the sun keeps shinin' Through the pourin' rain Goin' where the weather suits my clothes Backin' off with the north east wind Sailin' on a summer breeze And skippin' over the ocean like a stone Everybody?s talkin' at...
Every night he'd come to me I'd cook for him, I'd pour his tea I was in my thirties then Had made some money, lived with men We'd lay us down to give and get Beneath the white mosquito net And since no counting had begun We lived a thousand years in one The candles burned The moon went down The polished hill The milky town Transparent, weightless, luminous Uncovering the two of us On that fund...
He made me laugh, he made me cry He smoked his doggies in bed But I'm all right, I'm all right I've been lonely before I asked the boy for a few kind words He gave me a novel instead But I'm all right, I'm all right And I've been lonely before It's fine, it's okay It was wrong either way I just wanted to say There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine He got drunk, he fell down He threw a f...
J'avoue j'en ai bav? pas vous mon amour Avant d'avoir eu vent de vous mon amour Ne vous d?plaise en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions le temps d'une chanson ? votre avis qu'avons-nous vu de l'amour De vous ? moi vous m'avez eu mon amour Ne vous d?plaise en dansant la Javanaise Nous nous aimions le temps d'une chanson H?las avril en vain me voue ? l'amour J'avais envie de voir en vous cet ...
From bad luck, I'm walkin' away I'm not gettin' stuck, I'm not gonna stay To good things, I'm movin' ahead I'm tired of dyin' an' I'm livin' instead Once in a while I'll wake up Wonderin' why we gave up? But once in a while Comes and it fades away The sun's up and lightin' the sky I never could see it, it just passed me by Good things keep movin' along I'm not lookin' backward for something th...
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Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though its breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying...
The summer wind came blowing in From across the sea And it lingered there, so warm and fair To walk with me All summer long we sang a song And strolled on golden sand Two sweethearts And the summer wind Like painted kites, those days and nights Went flyin' by The world was new beneath a blue Umbrella sky Then softer than a piper man One day it called to you And I lost you To the summer wind Th...