| Salute Listen, mister, I won't waste your time. I hope all the mistakes you made were a lot like mine. Loving girls too much, sometimes they made you cry. Maybe we've got more living to do with a lot less pain, here, let's drink to you. These are the words I knew would break the ice, I held my hand out and he shook it twice. It seemed to me like I'd been here before, deja vu, familiar voice and the salute of my choice. Salute gentlemen of days gone by, ladies of leisure and of flashing eye, may some romantic fool turn on your light. As for me I'm in between, all that I can do is dream. You got a lot more living to do and a lot more loving too. When you make it through the night with no end in sight and the dawn peeks through, you got a lot more living to do. Salute nightingales upon the tide, brothers of the cloth tonight who must be tried, may all of your martinis be forever dry. As for me I'm in between, all that I can do is dream. You got a lot more living to do and a lot more loving too. When you make it through the night with no end in sight and the dawn peeks through, you got a lot more living to do and a lot more loving too. You got a lot more living to do and a lot more loving too. Gotta Get Away I'm on my way, got no time to waste, places to go, people to chase. Gonna grab my comb and my toothpaste, gotta get away from here. Twenty-one years from the day I was born, I was working on the night shift tooting my horn through sheets of rain, through sleet and storm. You come to me, you were the girls with the summer sunshine in your eyes and in your smile. You were the one I thought, I thought loved me, it was something I never could quite believe, gotta get away from here. I'm a real bad loser, that's what I am, gonna grab my hat and my hexagram, you can stick my money in an old tin can. I think I fell in love again, I was down by the bus stop biding my time, I was hitching a ride with a friend of mine, I was almost gone, I was over the line, I said, what's come over me? You were the girl with the sound of springtime in your songs and in your voice, You were the one I thought, I thought loved me, it was something I never could quite believe, gotta get away from here. Gotta get back to you. I'm gonna make it today, I'm gonna get on my toes, Been awake so long I'm getting ready to doze. Gonna grab my bag and a few old clothes, gotta get away from here. Gotta get back to you, gotta get away, gotta get away. Gotta get away, gotta get away, gotta get away. Whispers Of The North Whispers of the north, soon I will go forth to that wild and barren land where nature takes its course. Whispers of the wind, soon I will be there again. Bound with a wild and restless drive that pulls me from within. And we can ride away, we can glide all day and we can fly away. Whispers of the north, soon I will return again to those endless afternoons in sunshine and in rain. Whispers of my love, days and weeks on end, I will share my thoughts of her in prayers that I will send and we can ride away, we can glide all day and we can fly away. Whispers of the north, the river and the shore in the land that tested Eskimos ten thousand years before. Whispers of my heart in the tracks of animals. I will leave my footprints there to lie beneath the snow and we can ride away, we can glide all day and we can fly away. Whispers of the wind, I will feel it sting. I will see it rise and fall, I will hear it sing. The sound is like a song to me, it takes away the pain. The river is the melody and sky is the refrain and we can ride away, we can glide all day and we can fly away. and we can ride away, we can glide all day and we can fly away. Whispers of the north, soon I will go forth, whispers of the north, soon I will go forth. Someone To Believe In Is there someone I can believe in, is there somewhere I can hide? Take me out of the straits I'm in, come and stay here by my side. Somebody I can rely on, I broke the law, I've been set free. Give me something to decide upon, come and show yourself to me. Is there someone sewing seams, through all my hopes, through all my dreams? You know living a life of ease don't make your meals taste better if you please. Is there someone I can relate to who will break the ice for me? Take me out of the place I'm in, come and share your life with me. Somebody with nothing to live up to who will mend my broken dreams. Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me. I have felt the final rush of love's embrace, the magic touch, running headlong to attract, I felt the breath of Satan on my back. Is there someone I can believe in, is there something I can do? Take me out of the straits I'm in, let me show myself to you. Somebody to whom I can belong, take my hand, I've been set free. Give me some wings I can glide upon, come and show yourself to me. Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes, through all my dreams? You know, living a life of ease don't make your meals taste better if you please. Romance You said you were through with romance, why take a chance on anyone? You're so beautiful, too, I can tell by the way that you dance. They say that people don't change, why rearrange the original? You do something to me that my eyes cannot see at a glance. Signs of a new beginning, signs of a life worth living. The better to forget than to be all that upset. It's the time to taste the wine and maybe someday things will change and come with in range and be laughable. Everything is okay, I can tell by the way that you dance. They say that people don't try, that's just a lie, they work miracles. It's a gift from above when we talk about love and romance. Signs of a new tomorrow, signs of a life without sorrow. The better to forget than to be all that upset, it's the time to taste the wine. And maybe this time you will be romantic like me when I'm with you. And I think you might say, I can tell by the way that you dance, they say that people don't change. Like Home On The Range, it's original, you do something to me that my eyes cannot see at a glance. You do something to me when we talk about love and romance. Knotty Pine She's my knotty pine, she leans with the wind. She cries turpentine, sometimes she nettles me but I don't mind. Only now and then when her branches lean beneath the snow, she's knotty but nice. Reaching for the sky, she don't like snow and ice. To leave things as they stand is my advice. She's been good to me so I tend to go there when I can. She's my knotty pine, such a pretty scene. She tries to be kind, she gives birds a home and shelters them. In her coat of green, she's as green as evergreen can be. She's a real delight when little breezes call to ruffle up her skin, all her sap runs free and sticks to me. Hidden deep within, I will be her slave eternally. She's my knotty pine, she leans with the wind. She cries turpentine, sometimes she nettles me but I don't mind. Only now and then when her branches lean beneath the snow. Biscuit City I'd like to be in Biscuit City with my banjo in my hand. I don't need no long vacation in some foreign land cause the sound of my own breathing has been turning to a sigh. I wish that I could make the time to be in Biscuit City by and by. Oh, the water is of emerald and the beach is white as snow. And everyone's got money and no place to go. In a land of milk and honey, it can really make you smile and if I had a ticket, I would stay in Biscuit City for a while. All the girls are in bikinis, all the boys are in the buff with the baby in between and that makes three of us. And the streets are all so quiet and the walls are squeaky clean, I think you ain't been nowhere till the town of Biscuit City you have seen. I'd rather be in Biscuit City with my banjo in my hand than take a big vacation in some foreign land. Cause the sound of my own breathing has been turning to a sigh, if it were not for misfortune, I would be in Biscuit City by and by. If it were not for misfortune, I would stay in Biscuit City till I die. Without You If I can last through another sunrise, in the past I knew what to do. But this was such a grim surprise, if I wait for the sun to shine, how can I pass the time without you, without you? If I can break the spell that is in me, any fool would know where to go. I guess I'd better send a mayday, if I find me a rainbow's end, how will I find it then without you, without you, without you? Wait till I see you next time, maybe I'll lose my mind living without you. If I can last, wait until the wind dies. I've been all up and down like a clown and this is such a thin disguise. If I wait for the sun to shine, how will I pass the time without you, without you, without you? Wait till I see you next time, maybe I'll lose my mind living without you. Without you, without you, without you, without you. Tattoo Whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend. So other than nothing, what's new? The water 's still flowing through the rose on my skin, this here tattoo is for you. The boys at the parlor downtown didn't waste anytime putting it down, time has been wasting away, I can see it. Go sailing on by as it slips through my fingers. The bow and the wave never wait for tomorrow, they just keep on rolling as straight as an arrow. Good night, girl of my dreams, you get better each day. I wish I could see you somehow, girls that I love, is there no other way? This here tattoo is for now. I'd been out drinking all day, I got carried away at the parlor last night. This summer rose is for you, it's no wonder I bothered to wander back into the parlor. It's red and in bloom and it's more than one color, it lives on forever for just a few dollars. Good night, whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend. So baby, whatever you do, now that it's taken its permanent home, this here tattoo is for you. The boys at the parlor downtown didn't waste anytime putting it down, time has been wasting away, you know time doesn't wait for nobody to find what they're after, it just keeps on rolling on down the deep canyons and through the green meadows into the broad ocean. Good night, whatever you think of me, I'm still your friend. So baby, whatever you do, now that it's taken its permanent home, this here tattoo is for you. The water's still flowing through the rose on my skin, this here tattoo is for you. Broken Dreams There's an ocean in my mind, I'd give the world if I could find a sailing ship and leave the past behind. Now that I must say adieu, it's killing me, I'm telling you, when freedom calls, what can a person do? I have felt the winds of change go stealing through my heart and soul, how wild it seems. In love songs and in nursery rhymes, on movie screens, in fairy tales lie broken dreams, life's broken dreams, love's broken dreams. Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean, sometimes things ain't as bad as they might seem. You might walk a lonely street until one day you chance to meet a stranger who might ask, where have you been? You will see the light of change come shining through your windowpane. When hope is gone, though money, fame, and riches are for fools and kings or anything that turns them on, life's broken deals, life's spinning wheels, there's an ocean I have found. I'd like to sail the world around and dream about the life I hope I'll find. Now that I must say adieu, it's killing me, I'm telling you, when freedom calls, what can a person do? I have felt the winds of change go stealing through my heart and soul. How wild they seem, in sounds of spring, in winter storms, in autumn gales, on summer morns lie broken dreams in love songs and in nursery rhymes, on movie screens, in fairy tales, lie broken dreams, life's broken dreams, love's broken dreams. |
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