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| Remember Me (I'm The One) Remember me I'm the one who hurt you, dear, hurt you, hurt you, dear. Remember me I'm the one who loved you, dear, loved you, loved you, dear. I'm the one who ran away and left you all alone, I'm the one who broke your heart and scorned the love I've known. Remember me I'm the one who's sorry now, sorry, sorry, now. I'm the one who ran away and left you all alone, I'm the one who broke your heart and scorned the love I've known. Remember me I'm the one who's sorry now, sorry, sorry, dear. It's Too Late, He Wins The days may come, the days may go like the dreams of love that we shared so long ago. It's the time, it's the place to realize that I was wrong. It's too late, he wins and it's there that you belong. It's there you will find all the love I couldn't give while I live in regret, for as long as I may live. The years will pass but your memory will live on. It's too late, he wins and it's there that you belong. It's there you will find all the love I couldn't give. It's there you will stay, for as long as you may live. It's the time, it's the place to realize that I was wrong. It's too late, he wins and it's there that you belong. It's too late, he wins and it's there that you belong. A Message To The Wind Hold my hand, so I can hold you in my heart. Hold my hand, so I can guide you through the forest of the night by the sea upon the raging tide. A message to the wind- I must begin to write of love and rain. Touch my heart for it is beating just for you. Hear my song, as I sing it to the lost and lonely ones if there were time to spend another day. A message to the wind- I would begin if he could blow my thoughts to you. Hold my hand, now it is time for me to go. Take my love and let it rest for we must meet again somehow. When you're alone and willows start to bend and rain begins to fall, at times you will pretend and not pretend at all, I'll be with you again- a message to the wind. You'll Still Be Needing Me If I had my way, I would say "It's over darling." If I could be brave, I would say "I'm leaving you." But I must stay on till all hope is gone cause girl I know anywhere you go, you'll still be needing me. If you feel you can't make it on your own my darling, I'll be on your side when you can't find anyone but for now let's try just to get by. Let the tide roll out, let the tide roll in, it's time to sink or swim. If I could be strong, I'd be gone tomorrow morning. Still I play the part making life a broken toy. But I must stay on till all hope is gone cause girl I know anywhere you go, you'll still be needing me. Let the tide roll out, let the tide roll in, it's time to sink or swim. Mama Said Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you. Take your time, make your plan, Mama said, son be your own best man. Mama said, play it straight, do what you like only do it up right. Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child. Mama didn't have that know-it-all-way. She lived by the book and she prayed every day. Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme or the words of a song ever slipped her mind. Mama said, go out there play at the game and you better play it fair. Make sure your song get sung, Mama said, honey, be your own big gun. Mama didn't care when I never came home, she learned how to cope with the end of the phone. Dad went away to his place in the sky, Mum said, son, he was a real good guy. Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you. Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you. Mama didn't have that know-it-all-way. She lived by the book and she prayed every day. Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme or the words of a song ever slipped her mind. Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you. Take your time, make your plan, Mama said, son be your own best man. Mama said, go out there play at the game and you better play it fair. Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child. Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child. Station Master In the dawn's early light, from a long and sleepless night, she returned again this morning from her long and restless flight. And her red hollow eyes did not show her much surprise as she lay right down beside me like she never said goodbye. Please help me stationmaster, is the evening train on time? The wells run dry up yonder, there's another down the line. It was all I could bear just to watch her lying there, disowned and ragged princess with the sun locked in her hair. So cold, so frail with her mind locked in a jail. A victim of confusion, never knowing she could fail. Please help me stationmaster, is the evening train on time? The wells run dry up yonder, there's another down the line. So I rocked her to sleep and I got up on my feet and the day was filled with sunshine as I gazed across the street. And the door seemed to say, "over here, step this way. The station is for travelers, even you must ride someday." Please help me stationmaster, is the evening train on time? The wells run dry up yonder, there's another down the line. Please help be stationmaster, can I stay for just awhile? Forgive me if I'm weary I ain't have much, much time to smile. Too Much To Lose Pardon me if I'm leaving in a hurry, can't you see? There's too much to loose for me to stay around. I've plaid your game obeyed your rules the best that I know how. Gonna get out while the game don't get me down. It's been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone. I won't see you again before dawn. There's too much to loose for me to stay around so I'll just cash in the chips and leave this town. Pardon me if I don't turn back or even say goodbye, I surely have enjoyed your cup of tea. Got no more time to gamble on a thing that ain't too sure and the dust-cloud on the edge on town is me. If you ever feel that you should want to get in touch somehow, forget it, that's all in yesterday. Forgiving is to lovers as trusting is to fools and of losing, there is nothing I can say. It's been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone. I won't see you again before dawn. There's too much to loose for me to stay around so I'll just cash in the chips and leave this town. It's been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone. I won't see you again before dawn. There's too much to loose for me to stay around so I'll just cash in the chips and leave this town. Well, I'll just cash in the chips and leave this town. Heaven Don't Deserve Me I'm not afraid that when I'm dying there'll be no one to hold my hand. If there's a God up there, He loves me as much as my old woman can. I don't intend to be a martyr, I don't give a damn what people say. And if I never get to heaven, heaven don't deserve me anyway. I've tasted life both good and evil, at times I was cruel and did not pay. And if I never get to heaven, heaven don't deserve me anyway. I don't know what it was I came for but I've enjoyed it up till until now. If there's a friend who ever needs me, I'll do my best to help somehow. I don't intend to keep no secrets, I don't give a damn what people say. And if I never get to heaven, heaven don't deserve me anyway. I know and I'll admit my failures, I don't give a damn what people say. And if I never get to heaven, heaven don't deserve me anyway. And if I never get to heaven, heaven don't deserve me anyway. Stone Cold Sober If you really knew how many times I've tried to help you, make your mind up in the matters of the heart, you'd not be bothered by the miscues or the bad trips that seem to come and plague us. Having thought it over, I sure would like to talk to you again. I was stone cold sober, it was daylight in October when you reached across the table put your hand upon my shoulder and my lips were warm with kissing while we found the missing pieces to all the empty spaces I sure would like to talk that way again. We have soared above the clouds, we've heard the angels breathing while we made love in the morning, there was never talk of leaving. We would lie that way for hours with our arms around each other, it was all so easy, I sure would like to talk to you again. Cause I'm stone cold sober, the daylight has crossed over in the night, a touch of sadness. We had it coming, had it going way back then. I was stone cold sober when I woke the morning after, having shattered the illusions of the object of my passions with a will made out of iron and a mind that is her own. Having thought it over, I sure would like to talk to her again. We had it coming, had it going way back then. I hope that we can see each other often, that our points of view will blend into each other, like the sea and the horizon. And the sun will shine upon us as we live our lives forever. Having thought it over, I sure would like to talk to you again Borderstone The night is as black as the coal dust on the tracks, up to the east day is dawning. From time to time I get women on my mind, I'm a son of a gun. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. The train that I'm on is a hundred boxcars long so I don't sleep through to the morning. That's some chilly wind in this gondola I'm in, I wish I had a glass of beer. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. The boardinghouse reach is a thing no school can teach you, I confess I've been outfumbled. And the sound of the beans boiling through the evergreens sure do please a hungry man. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. The sound of the wheels rebounds across the fields, I'm a name with no number. And so I guess I'd be drifting more or less, but still it's not meant to be. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. Borderstone, Borderstone gonna cross your line tonight. Borderstone, pretty little town, gonna make my bed tonight. Betty Called Me In Betty Jo, you made it plain when first you held me near. Even though you caused me pain, you were all the world to me. We made love, we had such fun. Many fine times went by us. Now it's all so hazy and a little bit crazy. Betty Jo, my heart's on fire, I don't need this crying. The next time you see me, the back seat of a taxi's where I'll be. Betty called me in to say goodnight, much to my relief and pure delight. I think that was my big love scene, I do believe her engine run all right. Betty said, get ready, the time has come. I was young and the good life had begun. And with the dawn, the child in me was gone, but it made a man out of me that night. Betty made my clothes and sewed my jeans, listened to my songs and foolish schemes. I think the way she got to me was aimed like a laser beam right to the soul. Betty, my true love, do what you do tonight. Where she goes I hope she knows she's right. The worst demand and the best of times, she was never the kind to kick and bitch and fight. Betty called me in to say goodnight, much to my relief and pure delight. And with the dawn, the child in me was gone, but it made a man out of me that night. I think that was my big love scene, I do believe her engine run all right. Keepin' On Yearnin' Keepin' on smoking, Lord I keep on joking. Keepin' on moving around. Leaving everything behind until at last, I find what no one's ever found. Feeling kind of lonely on the telephone, today I must keep moving on. Leaving everything I know I really need and so I guess I'll move along. It doesn't matter if the sun don't shine, it doesn't matter if the rain don't fall. I could think about you all the time, do you ever think of me at all? Keepin' on yearnin', keepin' on learnin', Lord I keep turning it on. Leaving everything I know I really love and so I guess I'll move along. It doesn't matter if the sun don't shine, it doesn't matter if the rain don't fall. I know I could make you mine, you know I wouldn't mind at all. Keepin' on smokin', gotta keep on joking, gotta keep moving around. Leaving everything behind until at last I find what no one's ever found. It doesn't matter if the sun don't shine, it doesn't matter if the rain don't fall. I could think about you all the time, do you ever think of me at all? Keepin' on yearnin', gotta keep on learnin', gotta keep turning it on. Leaving everything I know I really love and so I guess I'll move along. It doesn't matter if the sun don't shine, it doesn't matter if the rain don't fall. I know I could make you mine, you know I wouldn't mind at all. Canary Yellow In my canary yellow canoe, my yellow canoe, I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe. The Eastmain, Coppermine, Back River too in my canary yellow canoe. In my canary yellow canoe, yellow canoe, I want to run rivers in my canary yellow canoe. The Desmoines River, Rupert River, George River too in my canary yellow canoe. In my canary yellow canoe, mellow yellow canoe, I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe. Chebugema, Peace River, Resolute too in my canary yellow canoe. In my canary yellow canoe, my elephant too, I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe. Churchill, Yellowknife, Ross River too in my canary yellow canoe Never Say Trust Me The sky above is filled with stars the road is long, no cars are in sight. With one hand on the wheel I've been driving all day, I can drive all night. I'm headed for home with one thing on my mind, yeah. Every hotel I have seen has arbor right chairs, arbor right dreams, office parties and wedding pals and tacky pictures on the walls. Pretty barmaid to and fro, the barman plays the songs we know. She gets into 'twist and shout' and its boozing time and I'm down and out. That's my second home, yeah, what more can I say, Lord? You should never say trust me, it's already been done, it's already been done. Beneath the seas beneath the trees and under the sun, never say trust me. My faith in you is all you need, love is all I need. The sky above is filled with stars, may God bless you is all I can say. Cats and dogs and baby smiles will drive my loneliness away. What will be will be, yeah, that is all that I know girl. You should never say trust me cause I know you'll be there, yes I know you'll be there. I'll be a right as rain can be, this is our love affair. Never say trust me. My faith in you is all you need, love is all I need. You should never say trust me, it's already been done, it's already been done. Beneath the seas beneath the trees and under the sun, and under the sun. Why Should I Feel Blue I saw a moonlit scene I never will forget, I stole a kiss at daybreak, I never did regret it. Sometimes I wonder why I even try, so why should I feel blue? I heard the sound of footsteps swaying in the dark, I poked my head out silent that's how it started. What to my eyes appeared as dust became a vision, I don't know what had finally found me with my back against the wall. Was destiny intruding all around me? And as the day wore on I knew another lonely night could never be. If there's is a reason you might try and forget, I'd like to find it cause I like to relive it. Sometimes I wonder why I ever cry so why should I feel blue? I was caught drifting disappearing from the land, whitecaps in profusion all around me. But somehow in our eyes I found the strength to sail upon the raging sea. If there's a reason for the way that life is, I'd like to find it after all who's life is it. Sometimes I wonder why I even try so why should I feel blue? What had finally found me with my back against the wall? Was destiny intruding all around me? And as the days wore on I knew another lonely night with you could never be. I saw a moonlit scene, I know it was real. All that you can ever do when love is reveal. Sometimes I every try why I even try so why should I feel blue? Sometimes I wonder why I ever cry so why should I feel blue? Always On The Bright Side You are like a wish come true, I'm counting on you. Through two shipwrecked eyes I come to see everything I had to give has been given to you. Baby, that's the way it all should be, always on the bright side. Keeps it kind of light. That girl gets friendlier each day. Love alone will keep me breathing all through the night. In that quiet place where dreams abide, you and I together are a bit of all right. Feeling good is how we whish to be, always on the bright side, always out of sight. Nesting like two eagles in the trees, always on the bright side, keeps it kind of light That girl gets friendlier each day, always on the bright side, always out of sight. Nesting like two eagles in the trees... Forgive Me Lord Make my world a better place to be, remove these chains and set me free. Give my life one reason to begin, forgive me Lord for I have sinned. Take my hand and lead me as you choose, it seems we ain't got much to lose. Give this place one season without shame, forgive me Lord I've sinned again. I been down on my luck, as a matter of fact, I've even been chaste. Drifting along, singing a song for the whole human race. I been caught in the act, as a matter of fact, I'm even well known. Floating on by with a laugh and a sigh on the road that leads home. I got no more time left to roam, if you love me. Take this world and build it as you please with a little help from the likes of me. Keep it safe from harm and make it pure, forgive the rich and save the poor. Like the dust on the wind I've been taken again by my foolish pride. Drifting along, singing a song, that's how I get by. I been caught in the act, as a matter of fact I've even been chased. Floating on by with a laugh and a sigh for the whole human race. I got no more time left to waste, if you love me. Make my world a better place to be, remove these chains and set me free. Give my face a different point of view, forgive us Lord if we run to you. If you love me, make my world a better place to be, remove these chains and set me free. Give my life one reason to begin, forgive me Lord for I have sinned. Give my life one reason to begin, forgive me Lord for I have sinned... Lifeline I was in some timeless place, timeless face, my embrace. Held empty air and empty space, all on a sunny day. She lived by the bounding main. To Baltimore, I took a plane. An East Coast lady lit my flame all on a sunny day. I was in some dreamless sleep where angels watch as lovers leap. Some of them landed on their feet, living the lifeline straight. She was like the breath of spring when flowers grow and robins sing, keeping me from the pouring rain all on a summer's day. There's a lifeline that I know and it holds me back and lets me go. Whatever I do, I don't live my lifeline straight. So it goes as lifetimes pass, from heart to mind and back again. My restlessness becomes a flame, letting my lifeline show. She stood by the boundless tide, afraid to ride, afraid to hide, letting her conscience be her guide, needing a lifeline so. I was in some aimless state where lovers meet while angels wait. With gifts of time, they hesitate all on a sunny day. She lived by the bounding main. To Baltimore, I took a plane. An East Coast lady lit my flame all on a sunny day. There's a lifeline in my soul and it holds me back and lets me go. I'm in love, so I've been told, letting the lifeline stay. I've got a heartline in the air, and if you listen for me, you'll find me there. Whatever I do, I don't live my lifeline straight. |