| Something In the Way She Moves Something in the way she moves, or looks my way, or calls my name that seems to leave this troubled world behind. And if I'm feeling down and blue or troubled by some foolish game, she always seems to make me change my mind.. And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time. And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now. She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine. Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning and I find myself careening in places where I should not let me go. She has the power to go where no one else can find me and to silently remind me of the happiness and the good times that I know, and then I just got to go then. It isn't what she's got to say but how she thinks and where she's been. To me, the words are nice, the way they sound. I like to hear them best that way, it doesn't much matter what they mean. she says them mostly just to calm me down And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time. And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now. She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine. Carolina In My Mind In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind. Karen she's the silver sun, you best walk her way and watch it shine, watch her watch the morning come. A silver tear appearing now I'm crying, ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind. There ain't no doubt in no ones mind that loves the finest thing around, whisper something soft and kind. And hey, babe, the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I? I'm going to Carolina in my mind. In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind. Dark and silent late last night, I think I might have heard the highway calling. Geese in flight and dogs that bite. And signs that might be omens say I'm going, going, going to Carolina in my mind. With a holy host of others standing round me, still I'm on the dark side of the moon. And it seems like it goes on like this forever, you must forgive me if I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind. In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind. Going to Carolina in my mind. Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind. Going, going, I'm going. Say nice things about me, cause I'm going... Sweet Baby James There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range. His horse and his cattle are his only companions. He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons, waiting for summer, his pastures to change. And as the moon rises he sits by his fire, thinking about women and glasses of beer. And closing his eyes as the doggies retire, he sings out a song which is soft but it's clear as if maybe someone could hear: Goodnight you moon light ladies, rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won't you let me go down in my dreams? And rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Now the first of December was covered with snow and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston. Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting, with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go. There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway, a song that they sing when they take to the sea, a song that they sing of their home in the sky, maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep, but singing works just fine for me. So, goodnight you moon light ladies, rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won't you let me go down in my dreams? And rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Steamroller Well, I'm a steamroller, baby, I'm bound to roll all over you. Yes, I'm a steamroller now, baby, I'm bound to roll all over you. I'm gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock 'n roll and shoot you full of rhythm and blues. Well, I'm a cement mixer, a churning urn of burning funk. Yeah, I'm a cement mixer baby, a churning urn of burning funk, god damn right. Well, I'm a demolition derby, yes, a hefty hunk of steaming junk, Mister McGee got the blues for you and me, way down, yeah. Now, I'm a napalm bomb, baby, just guaranteed to blow your mind. Yeah, I'm a napalm bomb gotta tell you one more time to sit down, stand up, go home, yeah. No guarantee to blow your mind, momma, yeah. And if I can't have your love for my own to take home and keep me warm, there's only one thing left to find, oh, bokka nine, bokka nine, bokka. I just don't seem to can't lose these here low down, no way up, half flying, freeze drying, fat frying, chicken choking, mother f***ing can't, oh, roll on over, I got those steamroller blues. Country Road Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name? Your way and my way seem to be one and the same. Mama don't understand it, she wants to know where I've been. I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool to want to pass that way again, But I could feel it on a country road. Sail on home to Jesus, won't you good girls and boys. I'm all in pieces, you can have your own choice. But I can hear a heavenly band full of angels and they're coming to set me free. I don't know nothing 'bout the why or when but I can tell that it's bound to be, because I could feel it, child, yeah, on a country road. I guess my feet know where they want me to go walking on a country road. Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name? Your way and my way seem to be one and the same. Mama don't understand it, she wants to know where I've been. I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool to want to pass that way again, But I could feel it on a country road. Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down, walk on down, walk on down a country road. Na na na na na na na na na na na, country road, yeah, walking on a country road... Fire And Rain Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone. Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song, I just can't remember who to send it to. I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you again. Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand. You've just got to see me through another day. My body's aching and my time is at hand and I won't make it any other way. Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you again. Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun. Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around. Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come. Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground. Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now. Thought I'd see you one more time again. There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now. Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Do me wrong, do me right. Tell me lies but hold me tight. Save your good-byes for the morning light, but don't let me be lonely tonight. Say goodbye and say hello. Sure enough good to see you, but it's time to go. Don't say yes but please don't say no, I don't want to be lonely tonight. Go away then, damn you, go on and do as you please, You ain't gonna see me getting down on my knees. I'm undecided, and your heart's been divided, you've been turning my world upside down. Do me wrong, do me right, right now, baby. Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight. Save your good-byes for the morning light, morning light, but don't let me be lonely tonight. I don't want to be lonely tonight, no, no, I don't want to be lonely tonight. I don't want to be lonely tonight. Mexico Way down here, you need a reason to move. Feel a fool running your stateside games. Lose your load, leave your mind behind, Baby James. Woh, Mexico, it sounds so simple, I just got to go. The sun's so hot I forgot to go home, guess I'll have to go now. "Americana" got the sleepy eye but his body's still shaking like a live wire. Sleepy senorita with the eyes on fire. Woh, Mexico. It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low. Moon's so bright, like to light up the night, make everything all right. Baby's hungry and the money's all gone. The folks back home don't want to talk on the phone. She gets a long letter, sends back a postcard, times are hard. Woh, down in Mexico, I never really been so I don't really know. And oh, Mexico, I guess I'll have to go. Woh, Mexico, I never really been so I don't really know. And oh, Mexico, I guess I'll have to go now. Talking bout Mexico. Big ol' honky-tonk down in Mexico. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Holland, Dozier, Holland) How sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you. I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were. I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you were. With sweet love and devotion, deeply touching my emotion, I want to stop and thank you baby. I want to stop and thank you baby. How sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you. I close my eyes at night wondering where would I be without you in my life. Everything I did was just a bore, everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before. But you brighten up for me all of my days with a love so sweet in so many ways, I want to stop and thank you baby, I just want to stop and thank you baby. How sweet it is to be loved by you, feels so fine. How sweet it is to be loved by you. You were better for me than I was for myself, for me, there's you and there ain't nobody else, I want to stop and thank you baby. I just want to stop and thank you baby, yes I do, how sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you. Feels so fine, how sweet it is to be loved by you. Just like jelly baby, oh yeah, how sweet it is to be loved by you. Just like honey to the bee, babe, how sweet it is to be loved by you. Shower the People You can play the game and you can act out the part, even though you know it wasn't written for you. Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart ashamed of playing the fool? One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice. Oh, father and mother, sister and brother, if it feels nice, don't think twice, just shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel. Things are gonna work out fine if you only will do as I say, just shower the people you love with love, show them the way you feel. Things are gonna be much better if you only will. You can run but you cannot hide, this is widely known. Tell me, what you plan to do with your foolish pride when you're all by yourself, alone. Once you tell somebody the way that you feel, you can feel it beginning to ease. I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease. Better to shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel. Things are gonna be just fine if you only will what I'd like to do to you. Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel. Things are gonna be much better if you only will. Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel. You'll feel better right away. Don't take much to do, sell you pride. They say in every life, they say the rain must fall, just like pouring rain, make it rain. Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine, oh yes, Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine. Everybody, everybody. You've Got A Friend (King) When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights. You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend. If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds and that old north wind should begin to blow, keep your head together and call my name out loud. Soon I will be knocking upon your door. You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there. Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? People can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you. Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let them. You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call, Lord, I'll be there, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend. You've got a friend. Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend. Walking Man Moving in silent desperation, keeping an eye on the Holy Land. A hypothetical destination, say, who is this walking man? Well, the leaves have come to turning and the goose has gone to fly, And bridges are for burning, so don't you let that yearning pass you by. Walking man, walking man walks. Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks. Well the frost is on the pumpkin and the hay is in the barn. Pappy's come to rambling on, stumbling around drunk down on the farm. And the walking man walks. Doesn't know nothing at all. Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks on by, walk on by. Most everybody's got seed to sow. It ain't always easy for a weed to grow, oh no. So he don't hoe the row for no one, for sure he's always missing, and something ain't never quite right. Ah, but who would want to listen to you kissing his existence good night? Walking man walk. Walk on by my door. Well, any other man stops and talks but not the walking man. He's the walking man, born to walk, walk on walking man. Well now, would he have wings to fly? Would he be free? Golden wings against the sky, walking man, walk on by. So long, walking man. |
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