| Laura Nyro Lyrics |
| A Free Thinker A Wilderness A Woman Of The World And When I Die Angel Of My Heart Art Of Love Beads Of Sweat Been On A Train Billy's Blue Blackpatch Blowing Away Broken Rainbow Brown Earth Buy And Sell California Sunshine Boys Captain For Dark Mornings Captain Saint Lucifer Child In A Universe Christmas In My Soul Coda - Angel In The Dark (Come And Get These Memories) December's Boudoir Don't Hurt Child Eli's Comin' Emmie Flim Flam Man (Hands Off The Man) Gibsom Street Good By Joe He's A Runner I Never Meant To Hurt You Lazy Susan Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) Lonely Women Louise's Church Lu Luckie Map To The Treasure Mercy On Broadway Money Mother's Spiritual Mr. Blue New York Tendaberry Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies) Poverty Train Refrain Save the Country Serious Playground Springblown Stoned Soul Picnic Stoney End Sweet Blindness Sweet Dream Fade Sweet Lovin' Baby The Confession The Descent Of Luna Rose The Man Who Sends Me Home Time And Love Timer To A Child Tom Cat Goodby Triple Goddess Twilight Up On the Roof Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp Walk The Dog And Light The Light (Song Of The Road) Wedding Bell Blues When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag Woman's Blues You Don't Love Me When I Cry |
| A Free Thinker You don't have your own, you're living thru others. Toss and turn at night but you play it demure and what's more You don't think you've got the right to be a free thinker. You could give yourself the right, you could shine your special light. Are you a consumer, a mere number on a supermarket line? Wear a perfect mask and never show your feelings, maybe you can make the time to be a free thinker, you could find your own style. You may feel more alive. Do you ever wonder, can we save our planet and where will it go in time? White hawks destroy and healers send joy back to the starry nite line for a free thinker with some individuality, you may find you feel more free. A Wilderness Cinnamon hills, sweet child and waves of whisper blue. Earth calls to you every day in every way. Momma's putting on some war paint 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 wilderness in me, How do we keep them both alive? Somehow they must survive, somehow they must survive. We go together through the changing seasons, hearts afire. You know the world needs it everyday in every way, little darling. Zap, touch the earth child, heaven and earth child. Is that a monster? Yep, no, a crocodile. Ee's eating the bed, see him? I'm gonna eat mommy and bed all up! A Woman Of The World There's peace of mind now that I draw the line. Will you be running 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 moving 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 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. Angel Of My Heart 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 back... Art Of Love Celebrate the holiday, life is for giving. You belong to the living, sister, brother. Are we born to learn the art of love? Heart and soul, body and mind, Mother Earth to stars above. Oh, happy holiday with love, shelter from the storm, there but for fortune. You and 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 and 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", "From 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. Beads Of Sweat 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, beads of sweat. Five boys standing on the banks of the 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 color of the wind. Listen to the wailing of the rain in the river, rain on the river banks. Been On A Train 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 needle full 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. Billy's Blue Billy's blue with his head hanging 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 got it bad, he's so endlessly sad. Billy's blue 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. Blackpatch Invitations to my party, send Jones an inviting card. He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God. Now tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city in white dock liners. Happiness on the uptown side at my party in the morning tide. Oo, la, la, la, blackpatch. Oo, la, la, la, blackpatch. Oo, la, la, la, blackpatch. In blackpatch, in blackpatch. Clothespins on wash ropes, window to window tie. socks and bells and nightgowns, tassels in the morning, tassels in the morning sky. People are you ready (ready ready)... Womanchild on the side street, flashing in blackpatch. Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match. Blowing Away 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... Broken Rainbow 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. Brown Earth Morning, come for 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 dove's gonna come today, white dove's 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 dove's gonna come today, white dove's gonna come today... Buy And Sell Cocaine and quiet beers, sweet candy and caramels. Pass the time and dry the tears on a street called buy and sell. Life turns like the endless sea. Death tolls like a vesper bell. Children laugh and lover dream on a street called buy and sell. Ladies dress calico style, beware your heart. And the men walk shamelessly, aimlessly by. Cinders in the daylight, junkyards in the sky, buy and sell. Sell my goods to buy my roof, my bed, my bed. Two pennies will buy a rose. Three pennies and who can tell on a street that comes and goes by the name of buy and sell? Buy and sell, sell my goods to buy my roof, my bed. California Sunshine Boys California sunshine boys, counting up their dimes, counting up the girls they've known and counting up the times. I got heartache but I got news, California sunshine boys, you can shine my shoes. California sunshine boys never really care, only for that California shoeshine in their hair. I got heartache, I got heartache, I got miles of heartache, I got heartache, I got heartache, but I got news, California sunshine boys, yeah. California sunshine boys, rapping ten feet tall. John can make sweet Cindy cry but Joe can make her crawl. I got heartache but I got news, California sunshine boys, you can shine my shoes. California sunshine boys, California sunshine boys, California sunshine boys... Captain For Dark Mornings I am soft and silly and my name is Lillianaloo, and sir, you're grace in action to my satisfaction. Well, my mama, she's saving cause my daddy's a raving crazy gambler, but you, my captain, are grace in action to my satisfaction, ooo. Come along now and I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain. I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain, I'll be your woman if you'll be my fearless captain. Die, I would lay me down and die, for my captain. I am soft and silly and my name is Lillianaloo, and sir, you're fair black fashion for this winter's passion, ooo. I've been sold by sailors, I've been worn by tailors, soldiers wound me, but you, my captain, are medication for my reputation. Come along now and I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain. I'll be your woman if you'll be my captain, I'll be your woman if you'll be my fearless captain. Die, I would lay me down and die, for my captain. Captain, say yes. Captain Saint Lucifer Mama, Mama, you're a whiz and a scholar too. Mama, open up the room lock, sip, sip. I'm going to the moon dock. He gives to me buckles off shingles off a cockleshell on Norway basin, Coke and tuna, boots and roses from Russia, now I'll live and die and rise with my captain, Mama, say go. Meet me, Captain Saint Lucifer, darling, I'll be there, don't you know. Meet me, Captain Saint Lucifer, darling, I'll be there, don't you know now, don't you know I love you. Meet me, Captain Saint Lucifer, la la... Oo, I love you, love you I do. Mama, Mama, you're a whiz and a scholar too Mama, I'm at anchor in your glow now, sip sip. Even as I go now, he gives to me buckles off shingles and a jangle from a congo love chase, early bloomers made of earth and love lace. Now I'll live and die and rise with my captain, mama, be happy. Meet me, Captain Saint Lucifer, darling, I'll be there, don't you know. Meet me, Captain Saint Lucifer, darling, I'll be there, don't you know. Gutters in stacks is where I come from, buckles off a poverty drum. Oh, my love, trumpet soul, tell Gabriel to tell the captain thank you, baby, you're my baby now. Child In A Universe Oh, star, shine on me. I'm just a grain in the universe, I come from the earth and the earth is a grain in the galaxy. Can you send some peace on earth to a child of the universe, to a child of the universe. Oh, sun, there are planets at the top of the world and hills and pastures under my feet, rocks and fish and worlds I may never see. I only live on earth, I guess I'm just a child of the universe, I guess I'm just a child of the universe. Oh, moon, I saw your light on, it was getting late. Can we talk awhile, you see I lost my smile. I just can't cope, I just can't relate. If you send some peace on earth, send it to a child of the universe, send it to a child of the universe, to a child in a universe, send it to a child in a universe, to young children. Christmas In My Soul 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. Coda (Come And Get These Memories) 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. Lover, you've gone from me and left behind so many memories. Here's that old teddy bear that you won for me at the State Fair. Here's some old lingering love, it's in my heart and it's tearing it apart. Lover, you've gone from me and left behind so many memories. December's Boudoir Kisses from you in the flames of December's boudoir, they fill me like melons, touch me with chivalry, truly I know, truly I know who you are. December will bear our affair, running on streets of delight and Decemberry ice, they'll see me, I'm ageless, loving you timelessly, love-colored soul, love-colored soul kissing spice. Yes, my love, I take my coffee in the morning, and all your love, a spoonful or so make us grow. Mama was clever, my mama was clever, and my daddy loved her forever, forever. Kisses from you I'll remember, kisses from you in the flames of December, kisses from you, true they are, kisses from you in the flames of December's boudoir. Oh, mainstream marzipan sweet, baking out in December heat. Don't Hurt Child Don't hurt, child, I know you do. I was young and wild, once too. Let the summer storm clear the sky when you cry. Don't hurt, child. You need to find your way in the madness of the day. And if it don't break you, it will be your song. May the love that we know keep us strong, don't hurt, child. Baby comes into the world in a veil of divine love, gets caught up in thunder and rain. What were you dreaming of? Don't don't hurt, child. I took my stand but the key is in your hand. Heal your wing and fly. May the love that you know get you by. Don't hurt, my baby child. Eli's Comin' Eli's comin'. Eli's comin' (Eli's a-comin'). Well, you better hide your heart, your loving heart. Eli's a-comin' and the cards say a broken heart, a broken heart. Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl. Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide, girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide. Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide, girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl. You better, better hide your heart, Eli's comin', better walk. Walk but you'll never get away, no, you'll never get away from the burning a-heartache. I walked to Apollo by the bay, everywhere I go though, Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away). Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away). Eli's a-comin' and he's comin' to get ya (she walked but, she walked but) Get down on your knees (she walked but she never got away), Eli's comin', (Hide it, hide it, hide it) Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide, girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide. Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide, girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl (hide it). You better, better hide your heart Eli's comin', better walk. Walk but you'll never get away, no, you'll never get away from the burning a-heartache. I walked to Apollo by the bay, everywhere I go though, Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she'll never get away). Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she'll never get away). Eli's a-comin' and he's comin' to get ya (she walked but, she walked but). Get down on your knees (she walked but she'll never get away). Get down on your knees. No, no, no, no Lord, I said no, no, no, no, no, no (hide it). She can (hide it) hide it, (hide it). You better (hide it). Somebody (hide it). You got to (hide it). Eli's comin'. Eli's comin' (Eli's a-comin'). Well, you better hide your heart, your loving heart. Eli's comin', better hide your heart, girl. Eli's comin', better hide your heart, girl. Eli's comin', better hide your heart, girl. Eli's comin', better hide your heart, girl... Emmie 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 Mama'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... Lazy Susan Lazy flower, my, you've grown so tall. I have lost and loved him, you have seen it all. Lazy Susan, lazy through, hasn't got a think to do oh, but to sit there and light up the hillside, sun-fried, black-eyed Sue. Lazy Susan, lazy through, all the hills in love with you, courted and cradled by Heaven and hillside, sun-fried, black-eyed Sue, black-eyed Sue, black-eyed. Black-eyed Sue, how happy you must be. Once, I too had someone loving me. Johnny, Johnny, warm and true, that's how I remember you, this morning, just as I found you, up there on the hillside with sun-fried, black-eyed lazy Susan, Susan. Flim Flam Man Hands off the man, the flim flam man. His mind is up his sleeve and his talk is make believe. Oh lord, the man's a fraud, he's flim flam man. He's so cagey, he's a flim flam man. Hands off the man, flim flam man. He's the one in the Trojan horse making out like he's Santa Claus. Oh lord, the man's a fraud, he's a flim flam man. He's a fox, he's a flim flam man. Everybody wants him, the people and the police and all the pretty ladies disarm. Oh yeah, the beautiful gent, you know he has hardly a cent. He pays his monthly rent with daily charm. Hands off the man, the flim flam man. His mind is up his sleeve and his talk is make believe. Oh lord, the man's a fraud, he's flim flam man. He's so cagey, he's an artist. He's a fox, he's a flim flam man. Don't believe him, he's a flim flam. Ole road runner, he's a flim flam. Gibsom Street 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. Good By Joe We were lost in the fair on the highland, good bye, Joe, with the sky and the deer on the highland, good bye, Joe. Time is full of changes and now you've got to go. Don't forget that we loved on the highland, good bye, Joe. Good bye, Joe, yes, I understand, I'm trying not to cry but if I do, it's only cause I'll miss you, one more time, let me kiss you. I remember when you came calling, good bye, Joe, like a sunrise that rose without warning, good bye, Joe. Time is full of changes and now you've got to go. And we walked on a Manhattan morning, good bye Joe. Good bye, Joe, yes, I understand, I'm trying not to cry but if I do, it's only cause I'll miss you, one more time, let me kiss you. Good bye, Joe, good bye, Joe, time is full of changes, Joe, and now you've got to go. Don't forget that we loved on the highland, good bye, Joe, goodbye, Joe... He's A Runner He's a runner and he'll run away. Soon there'll be no man. Woman ain't been born who can make him stay, woman get away while you can. He's a runner. He's a runner and he'll run away with the midnight train. Woman ain't been born who can make him stay, come the judgement day, come the rain, he's a runner. There'll come the running, he knows he's got to. Don't ask him not to or why, oh why, oh why did you leave me and run off with tomorrow? Now I'm in chains till I die. He's a runner and he'll run away. Soon there'll be no man. Woman ain't been born who can make him stay, woman get away while you can. He's a runner. He's a runner and he's got to run, he's got to run away. He's a runner. I Never Meant To Hurt You I never meant to hurt you, I'm not that way at all. Please believe the words of a heart, a heart that seems so small. And I never meant to hurt you, I guess I lost my place. Please believe the words of a heart, a heart that hides its face. Why do I do things I never mean to do? Why did I speak so carelessly when all that I felt was love for you? And I swear, I never meant to hurt you. I've got to make you know. Please believe the words of a heart, a heart that didn't show. I never meant to hurt you, I only meant to love you it's true. And when I saw you crying, I cried too. Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) 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 feeling 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. Lazy Susan Lazy flower, my, you've grown so tall. I have lost and loved him, you have seen it all. Lazy Susan, lazy through, hasn't got a think to do. Oh, but to sit there and light up the hillside, sun-fried, black-eyed Sue. Lazy Susan, lazy through, all the hills in love with you, Courted and cradled by Heaven and hillside, sun-fried, black-eyed Sue, black-eyed Sue, black-eyed. Black-eyed Sue, how happy you must be. Once, I too had someone loving me. Johnny, Johnny, warm and true, that's how I remember you, this morning, just as I found you: up there on the hillside with sun-fried, black-eyed lazy Susan, Susan. Lonely Women No one hurries home to lonely women. No one hurries home to lonely women. A gal could die without her man and no one knows it better than lonely women. No one knows the blues like lonely women do. No one knows the blues like lonely women, yeah. Blues that make the walls rush in, walls that tell you where you've been and you've been to the hollow, lonely women yeah, let me die, early morning, whoa, bitter tears, whoa, bitter tears. Uptight, downpour, don't got no children to be grandmother for, be grandmother for. She don't believe no more, don't believe no one hurries home to call you baby. Everybody knows, everybody knows, everybody knows but no one, no one knows. Louise's Church 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 and style that could make me smile. Talk to me, Goddess of life and music, shine on me awhile. Sappho was a poet, Billie was a real musician, Frida drew the moon. The candle at Louise's church, light it for your vision, for the changes to save the planet of ages. Talk to us, heavenly muse, shine on us awhile. Lu Silver was the color, winter was a snowbell. Mother of the wind boys, living off the lovewell with Lu. And everybody's calling Luie, Luie Luie, you got a thing about you. Keep the light going for Luie and Luie keeps on pushing through. Amber was the color, summer was a flame ride, Cooking up the noon roads, walking on God's good side, I was walking on God's good side, God's good side with Lu. And everybody's calling Luie, Luie Luie, you got a thing about you. Keep the light going for Luie and Luie keeps on pushing through. Keeps on pushing through, through, he keeps on pushing. I will always be fair, be there for Lu, forever and ever more, everybody, everybody, everybody yeah. And everybody's calling Luie, calling Luie, everybody's calling Luie calling my man, my man Luie, calling Luie, my man Luie... Luckie Yes, I'm ready, so come on, Luckie. Well, there's an avenue of Devil who believe in stone. You can meet the captain at the dead-end zone. What Devil doesn't know is that Devil can't stay, doesn't know he's seen his day. Oh, Luckie's taking over and his clover shows. Devil can't get out of hand cause Luckie's taking over and what Luckie says goes. Dig them potatoes if you've never dug your girl before, poor little Devil, He's a backseat man to Luckie forever more. Yes, I'm ready, so come on, Luckie, Luckie inside of me, inside of my mind, inside of my mind. Don't go falling for Naughty. Don't go falling for Naughty, he's a dragon with his double bite. Sure can do his shortchanging out of sight. An artist of a sort but a little bit short of luck, this lucky night. Oh, Luckie's taking over and his clover shows. Devil can't get out of hand cause Luckie's taking over and what Luckie says goes. Dig them potatoes if you've never dug your girl before, poor little Naughty, He's a backseat man to Luckie forever, a backseat man to Luckie forever more, hey, hey, hey. It's a real good day to go get Luckie, go get Luckie. I'm gonna go get Luckie, I'm gonna go get Luckie. I'm gonna go get, I'm gonna go get, you gotta go, get on down and get away. You gotta go, get on down and get away. You gotta go, get on down and get away. You gotta go, get on down and get away from you, hey hey, from you, yes, Yes, I'm ready, yes, I'm ready, ready for Luckie. Map To The Treasure 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? Mercy On Broadway Madison smiled and she hung with a band of strays. The band was gone, bringing it on to the Broadway blaze. Once I lived under the city in my sweet July. July, mercy, on Broadway, don't you believe it, you better know what I say. She'll make you pay down the alleyway, slipping up a side street. Shine, everybody, shine. On Broadway, jive and pray. There ain't no mercy now on Broadway. People and the landlords shine down and gay wine. In the doom swept the band away, baby, on Broadway. Is she mild like mother and child? Does she obey? Once I lived under the city in my sweet July July, mercy, on Broadway, don't you believe it, you better know what I say. She'll make you pay, black city fair, ole road runner there. Shine, everybody, shine. Money She said, I'm young enough, I'm old enough to paint a smile. I tasted heaven and hell, heaven stay awhile. A good friend is 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 won'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 you, freedom calls you. Somewhere out, children laugh like meteors rolling down the grass. Mothers pull the night time 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 the 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. Mother's Spiritual 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, lover's share. Find your love, lose your love here and there. So you go home, do your own thing, 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. Mr. Blue "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 co - pilot", 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. New York Tendaberry New York tendaberry, blue berry, a rush on rum of brush and drum. And the past is a blue note inside me, I ran away in the morning. New 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 comes, I ran away in the morning. Now I'm back, unpacked, sidewalk and pigeon. You look like a city but you feel like a religion to me. New 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 tears. New York tendaberry... Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies) Got the heebie jeebies, got the shakes and I got a funny feeling that you got just what it takes. And oh, yeah, maybe baby, maybe baby, I'm falling in love. Gee you make me lovesick, that's for sure and I got a funny feeling I don't wanna find a cure. And oh, yes, maybe baby, maybe, baby, I'm falling in love. I don't need a doctor, need no pills and I got a funny feeling and the fever and the chills. And oh, yes, yes, yes, maybe baby, I'm falling in love. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) Farmer Joe, I'm the meanest woman you know, woman you know, she said, Farmer Joe, I'm the meanest woman you know, woman you know. I let you slide about an hour ago, now. Farmer boy, get your gun, run, run, run. Farmer boy, get your gun, run, run, run, run, run, run. Farmer boy, get your gun, run, run, run. Farmer boy, get your gun and run, run, run like a son of a gun from love. Running from the mindreader, run baby, run. Got a date with the town shoe maker you know, baby you know, she said, I can't wait for your cornfields to grow, baby to grow. Whoa, baby, whoa baby, give my bags and let the good wind blow. Give my bags and let the good wind blow. Give my bags and let the good wind blow. I've got to see about a man I know. Fire, flames of gold rush my mind. Fire, flames of gold rush my mind. Sock it to the railroad, baby. Baby, there's a train whistle coming. Baby, there's a train whistle coming. Once it was alright, alright, baby. Once it was alright, alright, baby. Once it was alright, alright, no... Poverty Train Last call for the poverty train. Last call for the poverty train. It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip, and if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip. You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor, become God, become cripple, become funky and split, why was I born? I saw the devil and he's smiling at me. I heard my bones cry, "devil why's it got to be?" Devil played with my brother, devil drove my mother, now the tears in the gutter are flooding the sea, why was I born? Oh, baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow. A million night tramps tricks and tracks will come and go. You're starving today, but who care anyway, baby, it feels like I'm dying. Now I swear there's something better than getting off on sweet cocaine. It feels so good, it feels so good getting off the poverty train. Morning... Refrain Tell me how much, it is too much, should I give all the love inside my heart? When I want to know how much, it is too much, with this love, we have to stop before start. Tell me how... Save the Country Come on people, come on children, come on down to the glory river. Gonna wash you up and down. Come on people, come on children, there's a king at the glory river and the king loved to sing in the sun, "We shall overcome." 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. In my mind I can't study war, in my mind I can't study war. There'll be trains of blossoms, there'll be trains of music, there'll be music... Serious Playground 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. Springblown I've been waiting, a clock on the wall, still. Every time that I see your face, it's like a warm embrace, that's all. And I've been waiting, baby, to set my soul free, still, baby. Every time that I see your face, it's like a warm embrace to me. Maybe it's the spring night blowing thru the pines and the amber gem. All my life I'm searching for celestial harmony, oh, pretty baby love me again and again and again. I worry, worry maybe, I'm calling your name, you know, seeds of our baby. Spring song, am I weak or strong? A rose is pressing thru a clock on the wall, I can't wait too long. Every time that I see your face, it's like a warm embrace to me, to me. Every time, anytime, anytime, moonshine, sunshine, anytime... Stoned Soul Picnic Can you surry, can you picnic? Can you surry, can you picnic? Come one, come on and 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, red yellow honey, Sassafras and moonshine, moonshine. Stoned soul, stoned soul. Come on, come on and 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. And from the sky come the Lord and the lightning. Stoned soul, stoned soul, surry on, soul. Surry, surry, surry, surry. There'll be trains of blossoms (there'll be trains of blossoms). There'll be trains of music (there'll be music). There'll be trains of trust, trains of golden dust. Come along and surry on sweet trains of thought, surry on down. Can you surry, 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, red yellow honey, Sassafras and moonshine, moonshine. Stoned soul, stoned soul. Surry on soul. Surry, surry, surry, surry. Surry, surry, surry, surry... Stoney End 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. Never mind the forecast cause the sky has lost control, cause the fury and broken thunder's 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. 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... Sweet Blindness 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 looking riverboat and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me? Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning. Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning, morning. 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 looking 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 drinking, ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking, ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking, wine of wonder, wonder, (by the way). Oh, 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. Don't let daddy hear it, he don't believe in the gin mill spirit. Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me? Now, ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me? Sweet Dream Fade 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. Sweet Lovin' Baby I belong to the man, don't belong without him when I sleep without him. Loneliness, loneliness, my dreams with God, softly waiting. I belong to the man, sweet lovin' baby, oh, sweet lovin' baby. "I want you, I could almost die" he says. There's gold in you darling, drew gold when I woke her, she's an old chain smoker. Grace and the Preacher, blown fleets of sweet eyed dreams tonight. Loneliness, loneliness, natural windmill, wheel weave and bless, my bed, my bed, my man. That's lovin, baby, oh, sweet lovin, baby. Where is the night luster, past my trials? Sparkling in flight, in your arms for all my life. The Confession Super summer sugar copping in the morning, do your shopping baby, love my lovething. Super ride inside 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. Mama it's my pain, super summer sugar copping in the morning, do you shopping 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 hearing mother crying, I keep hearing 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 has held my heart and only now am I a virgin, I confess. Love my love thing, love is surely gospel. The Descent Of Luna Rosa Lighten up, baby, on my love. Lighten up like summer and ices and stars above. This month'll soon be gone, these blues linger on. It's the time of the month. So lighten up, baby, tonight tell me a joke. Make sure it's funny by the bedroom light. Baby, don't look at me like Freud, that could create a void and get you thrown out, my love, cause every day I'm waiting for luna rosa. I've been waiting for luna rosa to descend, to bring it on again. These blues are serious, I feel delirious. Ooh yeah, dip, lighten up baby. Ooh yeah, this month'll soon be gone, these blues linger on, and every day, I'm waiting for luna rosa, waiting for luna rosa, I'm waiting for luna rosa. The Man Who Sends Me Home There's a man who loves me when it hurts inside. There's a man who loves me when my hair is tied. When my hair is down, when I touch the man, Lord, I rise to rooftops in his eyes. Never, never, never will I roam cause he's the man who sends me home. Time And Love Winter froze the river and winter birds don't sing so winter makes you shiver, so time is gonna bring you spring. So he swears he'll never marry, says that cuddles are a curse. Just tell him plain, you're on the next train if love don't get there first. Time and love, everybody. Time and love, nothing cures like time and love. Don't let the devil fool you, here comes a dove. Nothing cures like time and love (Nothing cures like time and love). Winter froze the river and winter birds don't sing so winter makes you shiver, so time is gonna bring you spring. You've been running, you've been rambling and you don't know what to do. A holly golden wager says that love will see you through. Time and love, everybody. Time and love (oh, time and love), nothing cures like time and love. Don't let the devil fool you, here comes a dove. Nothing cures like time and love (Nothing cures like time and love). Jesus wasn't angel, the mankind broke his wing, But Jesus gave his lifeline so sacred bell could sing. Now a woman is a fighter, gather white or African. A woman is a woman, inside, has miracles for men at night. Time and love, everybody. Time and love (oh, time and love), nothing cures like time and love. Don't let the devil fool you, here comes a dove. Nothing cures like time and love (Nothing cures like time and love). Nothing cures like time and love (Love for the man if you please if you can). Nothing cures like time and love, love for the man if you can, if you please... Timer Uptown, going down, old life line, walking down faster, walking with the master of time. My lady woke up, she broke down, she got up, she let go, Take me Timer, shake me Timer, let it blow, let it blow. My darling friends, oh, I belong to Timer, he changed my face. You're a fine one Timer, you've got me walking through the gates of space. I keep remembering indoors that I used to walk through, baby, I'm not trying 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, did not know about Timer, did not know about Timer. Holding 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 souling with, souling. You're a jigsaw Timer, God is a jigsaw souling with, souling with Timer, Timer... To A Child 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 loving 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 loving 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 growing with you. Kiss the sun hello, God & Goddess. Make his life a loving thing. And if I smile as you reach above the climbing bars to see the stars, you are my love, child, my love. I wish you harmony. Tom Cat Goodby Tom Cat, goodbye. Rosie Pearl is a big blonde girl and she sails around like a Steamboat. Dates her Tom in her arms, they shine for Tom. Here, the Tom Cat, where have you been too? Here, the Tom Cat, say, where have you been too? I'm so lonely, been crying waiting up for you. Yeah, that hear me. I got your name Tom, I got your children. What about the children, Tom Cat, Tom Cat? you old rag, you old rag, where have you been to? Johnny cheated, Frankie killed him, Johnny cheated so Frankie killed him. Johnny killed him, I don't blame her, I would have done it too. Yeah, that heaven. You nearly promised, you kissed and swing low, foot screaming out the window. Tom Cat, Tom Cat, you old rag, you old rag, where have you been to? You know your never gonna make a moviemaker, Tom. You know your never gonna make a moviemaker, Tom. You know your never gonna make a moviemaker. Always be a city fag, oh, Tom, oh, Tom. Never gonna make a moviemaker, oh, Tom, oh, Tom. never gonna make a movie maker, never make a movie maker, never gonna make a movie maker, always be a city fag, Tom... No, Tom, I can't go on, Tom. I can't get past, shady past, shady pearl, sheny past. Rasheen on, rashheeen on... I quit loving you, loving you. Baby, I'm going to the cunt tree, gonna buy my land. I'm going to the country to kill my lover man. Gonna kill my lover, gonna kill my lover, gonna kill my lover man, gonna kill my lover man, gonna kill my lover man. You know, Tom you don't care, you don't care, you know cha... Run like a chicken from the pan, baby, what'd you say now? Here, that Tom cat, he walks like a tom cat. He runs like a tom cat, goes fishing like a tom cat, he treats like a tom cat, he lies. Can I find him, can I find him, can I find him, can I kill him. My lover man, man, my man. Triple Goddess Twilight 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. Up On the Roof (Goffin/King) 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 feeling 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-telling 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 roof (up on the roof), come on, baby (up on the roof), come on, honey, up on the roof, up on the roof. Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp Market in the cool white morning, 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 wailing. Sleepy woman by the window dreaming 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. Walk The Dog And Light The Light (Song Of The Road) Gonna make my living, independence, walking with the gypsies, they call it 'that ribbon of highway'. Gonna buy a house, make it a home. Another mile, a shot of coffee, take my sugar on the phone. Child of mine, I'm heading for the city line. Ooo, walk the dog and light the light I'll see you Sunday cause I'm working on Saturday night. They make their living, their independence, dawn thru moonlight on both sides of that ribbon of highway. A melting pot, they come from all over thru down south, Pacific rim, northern snow and east thru autumn. Are you fine, my love? Mama's heading for the city line. Ooo, run the dog, darling, light the light. I'll see you Sunday cause I'm working on Saturday night. See you Sunday cause I'm working on Saturday night. Operator, take this precious dime, precious time. Mama's heading for the city the city, the city line. Ooo, in my heart, I will light the light and see you Sunday cause I'm working on Saturday night. See you Sunday cause I'm singing on Saturday night. Wedding Bell Blues Bill, I love you so, I always will. I look at you and you see the passion eyes of May. Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day? (Wedding day) Oh, I was on your side, Bill, when you were losing. I'd never scheme or lie, Bill, there's been no fooling. 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? (Wedding bells) I was the one came running when you were lonely. I haven't lived one day not loving you only. But kisses and love won't carry me till you marry me, Bill, I love you so, I always will. And though devotion rules my heart, I take no bows, Oh but, Bill, you're never gonna take my wedding vows. (Wedding vows) Come on, Bill (come on, Bill) so come on, Bill (come on, Bill). Come on and marry me, Bill, I love you so, I always will. Come on, I got the wedding blues, yeah, the wedding bell blues. Come on and marry me, Bill, I love you so, I always will. I wanna marry you, Bill... When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag You took my heart, misery. You taught me blues. Well I got a lot of patience baby, that's a lot of patience to lose. I'm crying. I'm mad at my country, now I've been treated bad when I was a freeport and you were the main drag. Broken blues, I just don't know. Little bird flying by my window, take me when you go. I looking at these times and its bound to drive me mad. When I was a freeport and you were the main drag. What did I do? Everybody's putting me down, I keep running but the law kept coming around. So fare thee well, happiness, cause I've got blues and I got a lot of patience baby, that's a lot of patience to lose. I'm a woman and this is my due time, I've been treated bad. When I was a freeport and you were the main drag. Woman's Blues My lover's mouth been so good to me. My lover's mouth been so good to me. It promised joy for a jailhouse and a broken key. Whoa, God, I got a job on the chamber's walls of heartache. Whoa, God, it's hard on the chamber's walls of heartache. Baby don't love me, shuffle, cause another one do, another one do. My man's run off, leave me motherless. My man's run off, leave me motherless. That man, he ran just like a break in a dam. Whoa, God, I got a job on the chamber's walls of heartache. Whoa, God, it's hard on the chamber's walls of heartache. Baby don't love me, shuffle, cause another one do, another one do. Three, four, five, seven, oh, you'll never get to heaven. Don't talk wonder cause god broke thunder above. You were looking to hurt and I was hurting to love, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, well if it isn't everloving you. My my, well, If it isn't everloving you Go live as long as an elephant, go live as long as an elephant. But there won't be more loving woman than me Whoa, got to get gone, better ride from the hill on my heartache. Whoa, got to get gone, better ride from the hill on heartache. Baby don't love me, shuffle, cause another one. My baby don't love me? Hitchhike and damn be done, damn be done... You Don't Love Me When I Cry Do me, strain die, you don't love me when I cry. Have to say goodbye, I don't want to say goodbye, baby, goodbye. And Mister I, I got funky blues all over me, such tender persuasion I want, I want to die, you don't love me when I cry. Made me love to play, made me promise I would stay then you stayed away. Mister, I, I got John's blind blues, all over me. Rubies and snow grains, blow, no... I will go, I will stay in the hours of my crying day, in the hours of my crying day, in the hours of my crying day, in the hours of my crying day, ah hey, in the hours of crying a day... |