Tim Buckley + Testi

Tim Buckley I can't see you Summer princess, midnight maiden When I first saw you I just breathed Into your smile my past went fadin' Inside your voice, my mind was sheathed In lost lagoon, we waited, wadin' Along the streets we went paradin' Never looking back to where we'd been Autumn temptress, sundown angel Inside your blood you aren't so young I came to you a loving vandal And heard your heart and touched your tongue Day became a lighted candle Sky fell down beneath your sandal In your eye I began to spin Winter harlot, moontime lover I can't speak when I feel this way Don't keep your feelings undercover Tell me what you want today Don't leave me in the air to hover Sing it out don't make me suffer Don't be ashamed love is no sin Springtime woman, sunrise girl I am hiding behind the sea Trick or treat, the Hallowe'en world Hide and seek but you can't catch me I won't chase you until you hurl Your wing to me, and make me twirl You're alive underneath my skin Wings Although you've spoken many times before, A sight of birth he leaves you by a door. And now you know he doesn't understand. And all you need is the warmth of his hand. And if he'd smile your loving blood would dance,

One silent kiss leaves you in a trance. And now you know you cannot live alone, But you will find your future is unknown. One day the questions rise. On wings of chance you fly. And on that day your laughs and tears will die, And fall as free as seabirds climb the skies. And you will love when love comes your way. And when it comes there's nothing more to say. And now you know he doesn't understand, And now you know you don't need his hand. One day the questions die, On wings of chance you fly. Song of the magician When I sing I can't bring everything on the wing Flying down from dizzy air To the ground because I care You will be love and your love will live When I smile I beguile all the while every mile As I walk across the sky Of the clockwork of your eye You will be love and your love will live Casting spells from the well I can tell you the bells listen to my magic voice Learn the tune of children's toys You will be love and your love will live When I die do not cry hear my sigh passing by After I have turned to win I will try to help you then You will be love and your love will live *** Thanx a lot to Merve for this one *** Strange street affair under blue Just for you with your open hands Waiting for the touch of man Clutching with your blackened gloves

You try to capture all the doves That flee into The forest before you You wish to catch and cage me now I wonder if you remember how Hard it was to say the names Of mirror dreams and cheated games And on the wall You framed your first lover Your form intrigues me with the glow I'll remember you I know Though I forgot to lock the chain Around you with a prayer for rain To bring the call To drive you back into my bed Ahhh.... She turns away Telling me to follow for a while Ahhh.... She waits You'd be touched if you would touch But you only reach and taunt Will my taste stay grey and blue If I try to turn from you Valentine Melody You came to me with fire inside Your movements and your pride And asking to be rescued from The pain you had become I tore apart the prison and I hid you in my hand In the blue light of Christmas-time Santa Claus was kind I wonder if you'll ever grow Oh far enough to throw Away the lies of no and yes And love my quietness

Or will you only freeze and frown and lose what you have found? In the white light of Easter seas'n will you live again? Today the coin is in the air And we are here and there And where and when have caught us in The web of violence I pray to all the world as one that day will bring the sun In the scarlet light of Valentine's our paper hearts are blind. Aren't You The Girl Aren't you the girl who used to call me names? Aren't you the girl who used to play at games? Weren't you the one who said she'd never fall? Now you're the one who's cryin' not so tall. Yes you're the one, Shall I throw you a crumb? Shall I come and pass you by? Would that make you want-a try? Shall I come and kiss your lips? Would that make your rain slip? Shall I come and dry your eyes? Will that make you realize? Oh I know what it's like. It's happened many times to me. Oh do you ache inside, Do your eyes want-a cry? Do you want me back again? Aren't you the girl who used to call me names? Aren't you the girl who used to play at games? Weren't you the one who used to run and hide? Now you're the one who's cryin' way inside. Oh I know what it's like. It's happened many times to me. Oh do you ache inside, Do your eyes want-a cry? Do you want me back again?

Song Slowly Song ( Larry Beckett ) With your beautiful hair And your sixteen years You kissed me as I lay still If I can see you never, Then I'll sleep forever All my lonely love to kill. It Happens Every Time It happens every time. Give my love, She leaves me behind. It happens every time. The sorrow makes me lose my mind. If she'd only be as true as I am, And listen to my love that's sayin', Oh baby won't you stay mine Your lovin' makes me feel so fine And someday baby you'll find My love was gentle and kind. Someday you'll know that leaving me was wrong. But don't bother all that time is gone. And it happens every time. Now I know it's not worth the tryin' So baby don't turn around Let my tears fall to the ground. If she'd only be as true as I am, And listen to my love that's sayin', Oh Oh Oh Oh.... Song For Jainie You've got the untortured mind of a woman Who has answered all the questions before. You've got the free-givin' ways of a woman Who has kicked all the heartache out the door. And Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin'

Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin' Yes, I truly love to be with you If I wasn't with the one that I'm with. Yes, I truly love to lie with you If I didn't have to give what I give. Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin' Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin' I brought to you my tired plans and weary faith to you And with a smile you took me in and showed me love again Now it has to be say good-bye or stayin', I don't know But remember please I gave you love that's only mine to give And Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin' Jainie, don't you know? Jainie, don't you know? I been tryin'. Grief In My Soul I've got ten thousand troubles, a million woes. I got grief in my soul nobody knows. I got heartaches, I got stingin' water fallin' out of the sky. I got a long lost lover, got a reason to die. I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes. I got grief in my soul nobody knows. I got sorrow. I'm in a storm that'll spare no travelin' man. I fear tomorrow. Got a love that died long before it began. I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes. I got grief in my soul nobody knows. Got a cold chain. I got rain fallin' on my head from above. I got a bad pain. I got a gal don't know the meaning of love. I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes. I got grief in my soul nobody knows.

I got heartaches, I got stingin' water fallin' out of the sky. I got a long lost lover, got a reason to die. I got ten thousand troubles, a million woes. I got grief in my soul nobody knows. She Is ( Larry Beckett ) She is the day that gives me time to live and linger love my life Till night comes on with sundown scythe to end the puzzled pantomime She is a day of love She is the bridge on which I wait to watch the river 'neath me flow All spinning surging far below along the deep and ending straights She is a bridge of love She is the air I breathe entranced, awake, asleep in storm or calm A wind to wash my lifted palm, a sky that calls me out to dance She is the air of love She is the day through which I walk toward the bridge where she stands She is the air I breathe to sing, she is a smile without demands She is a smile that keeps me warm with matchless laughter, eyes ablaze A mischief mystery she plays upon the flute of early morn She is a smile of love She is the air of love She is the day of love *** Thanx a lot to localizer for this one *** Understand Your Man Well let me tell all you pretty women One tiny word of advice Tell you pretty woman One tiny word of advice Just do me one favor Won't you understand your man You gotta wake up in the mornin' Keep your lovin' daddy by your side

Wake up in the mornin' Keep your lovin' daddy by your side Just do me one favor Won't you please understand your man Well let me tell you, Miss Molly Tell you 'bout my lovin' back home I got a sweet little woman You know that she'd never make me roam She's the only woman that I know ever understand her man Goodbye And Hello No Man Can Find The War ( Larry Beckett ) Photographs of guns and flame Scarlet skull and distant game Bayonet and jungle grin Nightmares dreamed by bleeding men Lookouts tremble on the shore But no man can find the war Tape recorders echo scream Orders fly like bullet stream Drums and cannons laugh aloud Whistles come from ashen shroud Leaders damn the world and roar But no man can find the war Is the war across the sea? Is the war behind the sky? Have you each and all gone blind: Is the war inside your mind? Humans weep at human death All the talkers lose their breath Movies paint a chaos tale Singers see and poets wail All the world kows the score But no man can find the war

Carnival Song The singer cries for people's lies He will sing for the day to bring him night The circus burns in carnival flame And for a while you won't know my name at all But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold The juggling clown smiles to me And every frown we agree is glad The nighttime comes to bring the bums From Bowery heat to crimson streets of wine But magic lands will never touch our sands Your children smile in single file They learn mistakes that others make They see although they cannot know The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild But dance and sing, for others bring the shame And for a while you won't know my name Pleasant Street You don't remember what to say You don't remember what to do You don't remember where to go You don't remember what to choose You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down All the stony people Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes I can't hesitate And I can't wait For Pleasant Street The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down All the stony people Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes I can't hesitate

And I can't wait For Pleasant Street At twilight your lover comes to your room He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom And softly you'll whisper all around his ear "Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel" All the stony people Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes I can't hesitate And I can't wait For Pleasant Street You don't remember what to say You don't remember what to do You don't remember which way to go You don't remember who to choose You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down Hallucinations ( Larry Beckett ) I saw you walking Only yesterday When I ran to catch you You disappeared And the street was gray The candle died Now you are gone For the flame was too bright Now you are gone I heard you laughing With your laugh of gold When I called out to you Silence returned And the air was cold The castle fell Now you are gone

No more rings the bell Now you are gone I found a letter On the day it rained When I tore it open There in my hands Only ash remained The castle fell Now you are gone No more rings the bell Now you are gone I felt you breathing As I fell asleep When I reached out to touch you No one was there And the night was deep The candle died Now you are gone For the flame was too bright Now you are gone I saw you walking Only yesterday When I ran to catch you You disappeared And the street was gray The castle fell Now you are gone No more rings the bell Now you are gone I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain O I never asked to be your mountain I never asked to fly Remember when you came to me And told me of his lies You didn't understand my love You don't know why I try

And the rain was falling on that day And damn the reason why The Flying Pisces sails for time And tells me of my child Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache He begs for just a smile O he never asked to be her mountain He never asked to fly And through his eye he comes his love And tells her not to cry She says, "Your scoundrel father flies With a dancer called a queen And with her stolen cards he plays And laughs, but never wins" O the child dreams to be his hands In the counting of the rain But only barren breasts he feels For her milk will never drain As I die I can't remember Where I saw the rain: Could it be that her laughter Drove me down again? Charming dancer will you stop, Stop and talk to me? Is there someone else you feel In your dreams? you will, you see: In midnight gazes I've found you far from me: If you lead me on Please leave me down O Flying Flying Fish Please flutter by my door: Yes you can drink my lies If first you read my eyes: Each one is titled "I'm drowning back to you": I can't swim your waters And you can't walk my lands: I'm sailing all my sins And I'm climbing all my fears

And soon now I'll fly O I never asked to be your mountain I never asked to fly Remember when you came to me And told me of his lies You didn't understand my love You don't know why I try And the rain was falling on that day And that's the reason why Sweet lover, will you come back And love me for a while? Please take my hand Leave all your fears behind I've been gone too long Now I'm home to stay Please don't leave me Again this way Please come home Once I Was Once I was a soldier And I fought on foreign sands for you Once I was a hunter And I brought home fresh meat for you Once I was a lover And I searched behind your eyes for you And soon there'll be another To tell you I was just a lie And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you remember me And though you have forgotten All of our rubbish dreams I find myself searching Through the ashes of our ruins For the days when we smiled And the hours that ran wild

With the magic of our eyes And the silence of our words And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you remember me Phantasmagoria In Two If a fiddler played you a song, my love And if I gave you a wheel Would you spin for my heart and loneliness Would you spin for my love If I gave up all of my pride for you And only loved you for now Would you hide my fears and never say "Tomorrow I must go" Everywhere there's rain my love Everywhere there's fear If you tell me a lie I'll cry for you Tell me of sin and I'll laugh If you tell me of all the pain you've had I'll never smile again Everywhere there's rain my love Everywhere there's fear I can plainly see that our parts have changed Our sands are shifting around Need I beg to you for one more day To find our lonely love Everywhere there's rain my love Everywhere there's fear Knight-Errant O whither has my lady wandered? I'll search until I know I've found her One green day she left her wings

And cut away her childhood strings But dropping smiles along the trail She left a trace I will not fail O whither has my lady wandered? I'll search until I know I've found her When I catch my sudden maid I'll deck her out in lace and jade I will take her to her room I will take her to her room I love her upstairs I love her downstairs But I love my lady's chamber O whither has my lady wandered? I'll search until I know I've found her Goodbye and Hello ( Larry Beckett ) The antique people are down in the dungeons Run by machines and afraid of the tax Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes Hauling their hearts around circular tracks Pretending forever their masquerade towers Are not really riddled with widening cracks And I wave goodbye to iron And smile hello to the air O the new children dance ------ I am young All around the balloons ------ I will live Swaying by chance ------ I am strong To the breeze from the moon ------ I can give Painting the sky ------ You the strange With the colors of sun ------ Seed of day Freely they fly ------ Feel the change As all become one ------ Know the Way The velocity addicts explode on the highways Ignoring the journey and moving so fast Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe

They run from the cops of the skeleton past Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast And I wave goodbye to speed And smile hello to a rose O the new children play ------ I am young Under the juniper trees ------ I will live Sky blue or gray ------ I am strong They continue at ease ------ I can give Moving so slow ------ You the strange That serenely they can ------ Seed of day Gracefully grow ------ Feel the change And yes still understand ------ Know the Way The king and the queen in their castle of billboards Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind All their possessions and transient treasures As they go to worship the electronic shrine On which is playing the late late commercial In that hollowest house of the opulent blind And I wave goodbye to Mammon And smile hello to a stream O the new children buy ------ I am young All the world for a song ------ I will live Without a dime ------ I am strong To which they belong ------ I can give Nobody owns ------ You the strange Anything anywhere ------ Seed of day Everyone's grown ------ Feel the change Up so big they can share ------ Know the Way The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage And shatter their audience with submachine guns And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons While the tapdancing Emperor sings "War is peace" And Love the Magician disappears in the fun And I wave goodbye to murder And smile hello to the rain O the new children can't ------ I am young

Tell a foe from a friend ------ I will live Quick to enchant ------ I am strong And so glad to extend ------ I can give Handfuls of dawn ------ You the strange To kaleidoscope men ------ Seed of day Come from beyond ------ Feel the change The Great Wall of Skin ------ Know the Way The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives And the men who aren't men leave the women alone See them all faking love on a bed made of knives Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies And in secret divorce they will never survive And I wave goodbye to ashes And smile hello to a girl O the new children kiss ------ I am young They are so proud to learn ------ I will live Womanwood bliss ------ I am strong And the manfire that burns ------ I can give Knowing no fear ------ You the strange They take off their clothes ------ Seed of day Honest and clear ------ Feel the change As a river that flows ------ Know the Way The antique people are fading out slowly Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide Godless and sexless directionless loons Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily The new children will live for the elders have died And I wave goodbye to America And smile hello to the world Morning Glory ( Larry Beckett ) I lit my purest candle close to my Window, hoping it would catch the eye Of any vagabond who passed it by, And I waited in my fleeting house

Before he came I felt him drawing near; As he neared I felt the ancient fear That he had come to wound my door and jeer, And I waited in my fleeting house "Tell me stories," I called to the Hobo; "Stories of cold," I smiled at the Hobo; "Stories of old," I knelt to the Hobo; And he stood before my fleeting house "No," said the Hobo, "No more tales of time; Don't ask me now to wash away the grime; I can't come in 'cause it's too high a climb," And he walked away from my fleeting house "Then you be damned!" I screamed to the Hobo; "Leave me alone," I wept to the Hobo; "Turn into stone," I knelt to the Hobo; And he walked away from my fleeting house Happy Sad Strange Feelin' I got this strange strange feelin' Deep down in my heart I can't tell what it is But it won't let go It happens every time I give you more than what I have But now all I need is a little time to sing this song And I think we're gonna find a way to lose this strange feelin' All around I feel ya, darlin', feel ya darlin' When you're home all alone Oh, don't you need somebody to talk your troubles to Ah, lord I know I wanna catch the morning train, lord the first thing Oh, I wanna hear you say we're gonna take that strange feelin' Oh, take it all away Well it's just like a mockingbird a-singing on a hillside Churping at his morning song But don't you weep don't you fret don't you wail don't you moan

Can't you hear that whiporwill a-callin? Now don't you worry Your daddy's comin' home He's gonna chase those blues away And believe me when I say We're gonna lose that strange feelin' all around all around... Buzzin' Fly Just like a buzzin' fly I come into your life Now I float away Like honey in the sun Was it right or wrong I couldn't sing that song anyway Oh, but darlin' Now I remember How the sun shown down And how it warmed your prayin' smile When all the love was there You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so That's how I know I found a home That's how I know I found a home Oh, hear the mountains singing Lord, I can hear them ringing, darlin', Out your name And tell me if you know Just how the river flows Down to the sea Now I wanna know Everything about you I wanna know Everything about you

What makes ya smile What makes ya wild What makes ya love me this way Darlin' I wanna know Darlin' I wanna know You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so That's how I know I found a home That's how I know I found a home A-walkin' hand in hand And all along the sand A seabird knew your name He knew your love was growin' Lord, I think it knows it's flowin' Thru you and me Ah, tell me darlin' When I should leave you, Ah, tell me darlin' I don't want to grieve you.... Just like a buzzin' fly I come into your life Now I float away Like honey in the sun Was it right or wrong I couldn't sing that song anyway Oh, but darlin' Now I remember How the sun shown down And how it warmed your prayin' smile When all the love was there You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go

And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so.... Love from Room 109 at the Islander (on Pacific Coast Highway) I was lost without a song without a melody You came into my hotel life You made my room a home Ah now, mama, don't you know what you done Ah, you made the sunshine in the city Oh, you warmed my heart You changed an old man filled with pity Back to a child again Ah now, mama, can't you see what you done So tell me darlin' if the feeling's wrong Don't waste another day Lord, the saddest thing I've ever known Was to watch it die away Ah now, mama, don't you lie don't you lie Oh, how can my giving find the rhythm and the time of you Unless you sing your songs to me The smell of your sweet skin does entangle my dream Oh may I stand here awhile living your smile Oh, how could you ever know what you've done You warmed my heart when I was so all alone But all I have to give Are my dreams of coming and going forever Inside the rivers of time you'll find me waiting For you to find peace in your mind So we can love again I feel what you feel, If you feel what you feel, And I see what you see, If you see what you see, So it goes on and on On it goes, on and on It's my heart and your heart,

It's our hearts together, You sing and I'll bring, We'll both love together, And all I know is let it grow All you'll find is peace of mind. Dream Letter Lady time fly away I've been thinking 'bout my yesterday Oh, please listen darlin' to my empty prayers Sleep inside my dreams tonight All I need to know tonight are you and my child Oh, is he a soldier or is he a dreamer? Is he mama's little man? Does he help you when he can? Or does he ask about me? Just like a soldier boy I been out fighting wars That the world never knows about But I never win them loud There's no crowds around me But when I get to thinkin' 'Bout the old days When love was here to stay I wonder if we'd ever tried Oh, what I'd give to hold him. Gypsy Woman Yes I come around Never know a little sooner Casts a spell on me Casts a spell on me Casts a spell on me Casts a spell on me.... Gypsy woman Gypsy woman Gypsy woman.... Well, you were out trying to turn the tide this morning

Now mama don't you lie You knew it was in the moon and you knew it was in the sky Oh, gypsy woman Tell me please, gypsy woman Casts a spell on me, darlin' Casts a spell on me, mama Casts a spell on me, darlin' Oh, gypsy woman Mama, everytime you turn around the fire Mama, keep me inbetween the devil and the sky And every time you look my way Mama how you hypnotize Tell me please, gypsy woman Casts a spell on me, darlin' Casts a spell on me, mama Casts a spell on me That gypsy woman casts a spell on me But if you come runnin' with desire Oh, gypsy woman knows how to get your blood hot higher Well, asked your daddy Your papa wouldn't deny it Asked your mama Lord, she was quick to agree I didn't have to fight your brother And your sister's still standin' in line Oh, please tell me gypsy woman How do you hypnotize me? We're gonna go down to the river Walk in the water Oh, we're gonna get all clean Then we're gonna do, gonna do Exactly darlin' what you Came and set your mind on Casts a spell on me Casts a spell on me... Well, you were out trying to turn the tide this morning Now mama don't you lie You knew it was in the moon and you knew it was in the sky

Tell me please, gypsy woman Casts a spell on me, darlin' Casts a spell on me, mama Casts a spell on me, darlin'..... Sing a Song for You In my heart is where I long for you In my smile I search for you Each time you turn and run away I cry inside My silly way, just too young to know any more In my world the devil dances and dares To leave my soul just anywhere, Until I find peace in this world I'll sing a song everywhere I can Just too young to know any more The wind covers me cold The starry skies all around my eyes Far behind the city moans Well worthy of the people there Oh, the psalms they love to hear So let me sing a song for you Just to help your day along Let me sing a song for you One I've known so very long Oh, please could you find the time.

Lorca Lorca Let the sun sing in your smile Let the wind hold your desire Let your womans voice run through your veins Let her be your blood don't feel ashamed She's your home when no one wants you She'll give you life when you're so tired She'll ease your fears ah when you're a stranger She's born to give faith to you Oh, just to you You're just a man on death's highways It's life you owe you're here to praise it If love flows your way then be a river And when it dries just stand there and shiver Oh, let the sun sing in your smile

Let the wind hold your desire And let your womans voice run through your veins Let her be your blood don't feel ashamed It's her life you owe I owe you love Anonymus proposition Love me as if someday you'd hate me For what i give is yours without a name To fill your night long needs Only as long as you say This time you'll learn that love is just a slave To where the heart beats stronger This time you'd need in turn or promise forever I could have been a boy from long ago you've left forgotten And lately you've wondered where he's gone Oh, it's never hold to me not as long as love lives in this house Take me after all you've lost and never wanted Somewhere between all the nights you've tatsted wine of men forever Untill they left you to wake alone Aw, but it's never said to me Not when the years live in these hours And darling love me as if someday you'd hate me For what i am is here in front of you longing to know How long you'd care for me This time you'll learn that love is just a slave To where your heart beats stronger That's where you stay I had a talk with my woman I had a talk with my woman late last night And she reassured me everything was alright And time hung still like a falling rain Now i know at last that my love is safe Ah but when i go away my love i leave Lord i'm but half a man without her by my side She's this memory that i hold all around She's this dream that i always hold to believe

I wanna go upon a mountain And sing my love and sing my love I wanna sing it high, sing it down low Then i'm gonna know how long it's gonna last Then i'm gonna know how long it's gonna last Well you know your moses, oh lord he lost his way Ah, and your jesus don't remember the words Well then i guess it's just you and me brother All alone in this cold world All alone in this cold world Ah, you gotta go upon a mountain And learn to sing your love, learn to sing your love You know i can sing it high, sing it down low Then we gonna know how long it's gonna last Then we gonna know how long it's gonna last Hard rain, sweet rain, fall a little while longer Wash down the city skies Lord bring the streets alive Make it like it was long before i was born Driftin' When there's wine in your belly Love rhythm's on your tongue For you are a woman And each man has been too young But for me you were a lover Gently under your cover Your sheet reeks of odours Oh i came here to hold and be held for a while I've been drifting like a dream out on the sea I've been drifting in between you and me Everytime i think about you I can't remember what i said or did Was right or wrong, you know i just don't remember All i wanna be is what you mean to me All i wanna be is what you mean to me

Late last night as i dreamed in dizzy sunlight I thought i heard your bare feet up the stairs Just like a fool, just like a fool I've been drifting Like a dream out on the sea I've been drifting in between what used to be Nobody walkin' I left my baby standing in the backdoor crying I left my baby standing in the backdoor crying She said "you got a home as long as i got mine" She said "you got a home as long as i got mine" And nobody walking, nobody talking Ever pay the price i owe her Ah, there ain't nobody living, nobody giving Ever pay the price i owe her But sometimes you gotta turn your back Ah, sometimes you gotta turn your back Just to show that little girl That there is something she's gonna lack Just to show that little girl There's something more that you desire Nobody walking nobody talking Ever pay the price Nobody living, anybody giving Ever pay the price i owe her I don't need it to rain I don't need it to rain I don't need it to rain Oh to rain Well i know you've been turning tricks honey Up and down the avenue And i've been trying to tease you Oh, just to see what you'd do I don't need it to rain I don't need it to rain No more

When that storm comes raining down When that storm comes raining down There ain't gonna be nobody, honey Oh to keep you warm Ain't gonna be nobody mama here to keep you warm No more Ah there ain't nobody walking nobody talking Ever pay the price not for you honey There ain't nobody living nobody giving Ever pay the price i owe Not to rain not to rain not to rain Mama not to rain Blue Afternoon Happy Time Ah, it's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme Says to me I'm comin' home to stay Oh, Lord, home to stay I'm comin' home to stay Home to stay Ah, lord, it's just the same old story Something about love for glory A nickel and a dime a dozen Fame Ah, it's such a shame Ah, the way they use your name Ah, you know it's such a shame When it's only mine to sing a song Hoping that you'd cross along my way Before I have to move along Ah, now move along Ah, but I'll be back again Ooh back again Ah, it's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme Says to me I'm comin' home to stay

Oh, Lord, home to stay I'm comin' home to stay Home to stay Sleep late now mama Let the mornin' sun warm your bed While I'm away While I'm away Chase The Blues Away Well come along walk with me And learn the songs that lovers sing When they believe We'll dance along the river's edge Just arm and arm along the moonlit shore The midnight cries Well I just came to chase the blues away For awhile Just like a child you'll cling to me From every sound along that rushes near It's just the breeze that licks your skin and rubs your breast And as we lay our river's flow away Your woman fear Well I just came to chase the blues away For awhile With the morning sun we'll wake And lift our eyes and watch the eagle fly Up mountain high And on his wings our love will climb And never fail until he soars and dives Oh, he'll take your breath away Well, he just came to chase the blues away For awhile I Must Have Been Blind Here I am believin' words again

Here I am tryin' to find your love again Here I am down on my knees again Prayin' for a love That we used to know Both of us know How hard it is to love And let it go Both of us know How hard it is to go on living that way When so few understand what it means To fall in love And so few know how hard it is to live without it I must have been blind I must have been blind Lord, I must have been blind To hold something real And not believe it To live in her life And never trustin' To give all you know and never feel it To hold back each day Until it dies away Both of us know How hard it is to love And let it go Both of us know How hard it is to go on Living that way When so few undersand what it means To fall in love And so few know how hard it is to live without it I must have been blind I must have been blind Lord, I must have been blind The River I live by the river And I hide my house away Then just like the river I can change my ways

Oh, if you come to love me You would stay forever Inside my heart Inside my dreams And time will fade In time we'll love In the street we walk as beggars In the alley faithless kings Ah, but it's the truth of life That chains us in between Those lost moments we steal To keep our love alive And our prize so tired after all the pain And time will fade In time we'll love So Lonely Oh, I don't get no letters Nobody calls Nobody comes 'round here no more No pretty ladies Nor pretty boys Nobody comes 'round my door no more It's just lonely, yeah Mama you don't know It's just lonely, yeah Mama you don't know Cops treat ya dirty And the children treat ya mean This is the lowest town I've ever seen People keep draggin' their bodies around Ain't enough pride to even look around It's just lonely, yeah Mama you don't know It's just lonely, yeah Mama you don't know Now honey you got on little light Now you keep it burning bright

If you keep it lit every night Someday a good man come and make it alright It's just so lonely, yeah Mama you don't know It's just lonely, yeah Mama you don't know Cafe I was just a curly-haired mountain boy On my way Passing thru I heard a voice Whisper good evening I turned to a shadow And saw her there So all alone She had those sad china eyes That sang each time she smiled Ah, but the song It seemed to linger So long it deepened My love for her Until she called me near And then we waltzed to our heart beat All around The sea was swaying The breeze was praying Never to leave her alone Alone Oh, the time just slipped on by And with the time So did our love Ah, her every move Just like a fever Just like a fever Burnin' inside would not leave me Blue Melody Well I was born a blue melody A little song my mama sang to me It was a blue melody Such a blue

You've never seen There ain't no wealth That can buy my pride There ain't no pain That can cleanse my soul No just a blue melody Sailing far away from me One summer mornin' I was raised But I don't know One summer morning I was left But I don't know One summer morning So all alone Late in ev'ning I'll sing in your dreaming Down from the mountain Along with the breezes So close inside Love grew smiles So if you hear that blue melody Won't you please send it home to me It's just my Blue melody Callin' far away to me The Train Ah, tell me mama Ah, tell me darlin' Now that it's time for me to go Ah, don't you hold me down And kill the man you love Sweet mama what you gonna do Ah, now darlin' what you gonna do Mama what you gonna do for love Ah, when that sun shines Ah, honey And I'm living in your love again

Ah, won't you let me know Do I stay or do I go Oh, yeah, Ah, darlin', what you gonna do now I said now mama what you gonna do Now mama what you gonna do for love When I'm gone When I'm gone When I'm gone When I'm gone Ah, when I'm gone Gone gone gone gone gone gone When I'm gone Darlin' so young and tender, So quick to surrender Everything that you don't own, Know that you've got not You make love like a skinned cat Crawlin' across a highway Tryin' to git to the other side, Don't know why you just gotta try Ah, when that devil When that devil gets you honey Oh, I want to know That's when I'll come home and start to Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do now Aw Daddy what you gonna do for love When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, Lord When I'm gone, gone, gone, mama, when I'm gone When I'm gone, yeah, sweet mama, Yes, ah, when I'm gone Get that devil get that devil Gonna go back home, so long, Just want to get some sun on my shoulder And get a bit of sand in my shoes I love you New York City, but I see that sun shinin' And I don't want to stay here no more Oh, what you gonna do Oh yeah...

Starsailor Come Here Woman You caught me staring so gently You tease me and turn away Unlike the young ones Your movements you savor Like a tango My hideaways are longing for you You shyly conjure These moments surrounding Keep me tonight All your practiced ways you secretly entice me Come here woman! Like an old window I need a little shade Like an old tomcat Lord I love to parade Like a broken old man Lord I need sun Ah, I need you darlin' Cause I just ain't done While wheel waters set Now my blood yearns Your mouth opens woman Give me broken lies When you don't feel pain Let me smell your thighs, mama Let me drink down a little rain, man While we're drifting cold Out beyond the seas We wither time into a coil of fear I Woke Up Now the sun sits on my hand O where are you ? Walking the wind I fly above the shore of the town To the hills where I can hear

The harbor bells ring slavery Where the fortune teller sighs to me O I see your woman in the raw Ride a mare of stone and howl I woke up While morning built The world with light, Crossing their hearts, Twelve sailor boys all stood in a ring Round our bed, And from the grass a dancer rose, Shivering, Oh the sailors pointing Out to sea And the dancer diving Up the sky 'Til we forgot the day Monterey ( Larry Beckett ) Under a loop of stars in the vulgar cold The dead airport lay By the pebbles of the highway Through the snail clouds You soared to your lover I hurried away my darling With a howl in my throat. Hiding inside the weeds In the orange grove, The black rooster crowed Through the hollow of the midnight. With my shot blood, With stains on my fingers, I run with the damned, my darling: They have taught me to laugh. Moulin Rouge ( Larry Beckett )

"Comme la chanson est belle" Chantez la Mademoiselle Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge "Love is a leap" she sighed "Someday I'll be your bride, When I leave the Moulin Rouge" Je vais marier ma fille de danse Et habiter en France "Comme la chanson est belle" Chantez la Mademoiselle Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge "Oh la la la" she sang Spinning till midnight swang, Dancing in the Moulin Rouge I love her love I do, All of her children too, Oh I thank you, Moulin Rouge! Je vais marier ma fille de danse Et habiter en France "Comme la chanson est belle" Chantez la Mademoiselle Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge Song To The Siren ( Larry Beckett ) Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving into your isle And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me, let me enfold you" Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you

Did I dream you dreamed about me Were you here when I was flotsam Now my foolish boat is leaning Broken lovelorn on your rocks For you sang "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow" Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow Well I'm as puzzled as a newborn child I'm as riddled as the tide Should I stand amid the breakers Or should I lie with death my bride Hear me sing "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you" "Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you" Jungle Fire Somewhere old memories Echoed from the street in a Crying hole Just a song from long ago When I lost my easy gods to the Harlem insect laws I heard your baited moans and the passing cars and the swirling songs and the black man's bones Through the walls and the stalls and the cackling calls You were there You were an island behind the sun Yes an island Where my love could live and life breathes From deep inside Deep deep deep deep inside Mama Lie, I love you like a jungle fire Starsailor I am a bee out in the fields of winter And though I memorized the slope of water, Oblivion carries me on his shoulder: Beyond the suns I speak and circuits shiver, But though I shout the wisdom of the maps, I am a salmon in the ring shape river. Composer's Notes. Harmonic structure: a set of horizontal vocal lines

is improvised in at least three ranges, the vertical effect of which is atonal tone clusters and arhythmic counterpoint. Performance: the written melody is to be sung, after which the lines of lyric are to be reordered at will and sung to improvised melody, taking advantage of the opportunity for quartertones, third note lengths, and flexible tempo. The Healing Festival Black tan brown and white Repeat the order and we've tried All the lovely little steps That hope turn the eyes And footsteps of you Friend to lend for once Behold that healing festival Complete for an instant The dance figure pure constellation Down By The Borderline Way down on the borderline Down where white folks tread easy That sun beats so hot sun beats so hot When a little girl pass by You can smell the way she walks You can smell, you can smell the way she walks In late afternoon Ah, in late Little girl little girl little girl Smile so brightly Come on boy come on boy Oh Take a walk with me Greetings from L.A. Move With Me I went down to the meat rack tavern And found myself a big ol' healthy girl Now she was drinkin' alone Aw what a waste of sin

So I went on over to sweet talk that girl Lord I moved on in Lord I whispered come on and move with me Move with me move with me move with me darlin' Aw don't be shy I'm gonna mess witcha, mess witcha, mess witcha, Mess witcha, mess witcha mind Well, I don't care if you tell me you're married Cause I can be your man when your husband ain't home Now if he should walk in you just tell him I'm your houseboy And that you just can't stand to sleep here alone...no more I wanna move with you, move with you, move with you, Move with you darlin' I wanna mess witcha mess witcha mess witcha Mess witcha mind Well now he finally walked in And Lord that man filled up the doorway Well he grabbed me by my throat And he bounced me down the stairs And Lord I swear, he broke every bone in my body But it was worth every second that I was there Cause she would whisper to me... Move with me, move with me, move with me, Move with me darlin' I'm gonna mess witcha, mess witcha, mess witcha, Mess witcha mind Well now I Get On Top Like a slow burn slow burn, Ya move that mama over to me Get on top of me woman Get on top Let me see what you learned tonight Then I talk in tongues mama Oh when I love you Yes I talk in tongues

Get on top of me woman Get on top, Get on top of me woman I just wanna see what you learned Well like a bitch dog in heat we had those bed springs a Squeakin' all day long And didn't you hear those walls a talkin' Sweet Surrender Now you wanna know the reason Why I cheated on you Well I had to be a hunter again This little man had to try To make love feel new again 'Cause there's just a few things honey I'm not old enough to do for you You just never care to show me Showed him how to tango And when they tangoed it'd send their hearts a flutter Young and tender Seemed to surrender in so sweet surrender In sweet surrender Ahh sweet surrender to love But now you're gonna go out and get yourself A reputation But I'm gonna have to show you where to start And then you're gonna bring back your little reputation And prove to me what I could not prove to you Nighthawkin' I was a nighthawkin' in my taxi My fare was a shaky ol' lush So I kicked it over and took off Then he whipped out this switch blade Straight outta nowhere level to my throat He said "See reb I've been over to the war boy" I said "I was a combat paratrooper daddy" Well now he slupped back cool and he pocket that steel He said "Get me down to fourth and main" Devil Eyes

I got so tired of meaningful looks I got so tired of comin' up tame I was so bothered by those balmy breezes I was side swiped by smoke fever They was a crawlin' Oh down beneath my skin Til mama come a runnin' A mama came a runnin' Mama came a runnin' Lord said she got a recipe Oh and she don't need no fancy sauce Yah those devil eyes Lord they stare right through me Those devil eyes Look right through me Aww melt my soul down Long for those devil eyes Hong Kong Bar Sittin' in a Hong Kong bar Sweet dreams of you darling Ah when we were sweet sixteen Mama makin' love in the belly of an old freight train Life was so simple and easy Oh the sun went down You took care of the children darlin' Then you felt like movin' away, Lord now you didn't stand and stare You felt like movin' and leavin' darlin' Didn't I treat you fair It's all right now darlin' It's alright now darlin' Make It Right And those diesel rigs Aw they're ramblin' by Now if I go lame I just flag a ride I'm lookin' out for For a street corner girl I'm lookin' out For a street corner girl

And she's gonna beat me whip me spank me Aw make it right again, Come on and beat me whip me spank me Mama make it right again Sefronia Dolphins Sometimes I think about Saturday's child And all about the times when we were running wild I've been out searching for the dolphins in the sea Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me This old world will never change the way it's been And all the ways of war won't change it back again I've been out searchin' for the dolphin in the sea Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me This old world will never change Honey Man Well I wish I was your sweet little honey man, Just a hanging 'round the rising sun, You know you can't hold out against a boy who's A whiskey fast and a honey slow; I wish I was, I wish I was your, I wish I was your honey man, I wish I was your, sweet little honey man; And when the bee's inside the hive, You gonna holler in the thick of love, I'll buy you all the jag I can, This honey man's gonna' sting you again; A when I come a home to you honey, Oh, your little eyes never flicker, I wished I was that cool, And then your love just a wouldn't matter at all Because Of You Because of you, I face the world with pride,

Because you are the breeze I drift upon In heaven flows from your eyes, Even though I've told lies, It always seems so long Since we made love this strong, I think it's time we tried, To bring these dreams alive and drain 'em dry Somehow, when I'm in your arms, Deep in the blindness of love, You become all the women, I have ever known, Searching your skin; Because of you, I face the world with pride, Because you are the breeze I drift upon In heaven flows from your eyes, Even though I've told lies, It always seems so long Since we made love this strong, I think it's time we tried, To bring these dreams alive and drain 'em dry I hope you understand, What makes this man, Want to you right Peanut man Drops of persperation johnny Coming over me hey buddy Pour another glass of cola Pass it to me Round of coca cola Add some sweet potato to it You know everybody wants to get a peanut butter heart Drops of persperation johnny Coming over me hey buddy Pour another glass of cola Pass it to me Round of coca cola

Add some sweet potato to it You know everybody wants to get a peanut butter heart Im looking through you Yes i can And that should do you Peanut man Im looking through you Yes i can And that should do you Peanut man Lots of perseperation Coming over me Pour another cola Pass it to me Im looking through you Yes i can And that should do you Peanut man Im looking through you Yes i can And that should do you Peanut man *** Thanx a lot to localizer for this one *** Martha Operator, number please, it's been so many years She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears Hello, hello there is this Martha, This is ol' Tom Frost Now I'm calling long distance don't worry 'bout the cost It's been twenty years or more now Martha please recall And meet me out for coffe where we'll talk about it all And...those were days of roses of poetry and prose And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me There was no tomorrow We packed away our sorrows and saved 'em for a rainy day and I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you

I feel so much older now, you're much older too How's the husband, and how's the kids, you know I got married too Lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature I was always so impulsive, guess that I still am But all that really mattered then was that I was a man Guess that our bein' together was never meant to be But, Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see and... Quicksand Your sweet love is like a quicksand, A pullin' me under, and I wonder, How deep does it go, You know the sky is closin' up above me, Everytime you touch me woman, I'm like a tiger prowlin' in the moonlight Quicksand, quicksand a pullin' me under; Sometimes a love takes a funny turn around Can make a paradise out of flat champagne, A but once the party's started, Tell me who can complain; Quicksand, pulling me under For love will find you, Find you walkin' on the shore, Inside the wind it calls out to you, A longing melody pledges my soul to love, To live in love for love, To stay in love for love, alone I know I'd recognize your face It's been so long Since you've been gone I don't know where to begin this song Whereever you are I hope it's not to far For you to hear me It's been so wild Lay next to me Cry please don't run

But i wouldn't fight or carry a gun I went far away To start a new life If i had stayed there You'd be my wife And i know i'd recognize your face Your memory keeps haunting me And i can't forget what time won't erase You know it's hard for me to come back now There's prison to face though the filing is done (???) Where can i find you Daddy you have a son that's never seen you He looks just like you And i know i'd recognize your face Your memory keeps haunting me And i can't forget what time won't erase I've sent this letter so many times It keeps coming back No one here about that knew Are you still lingering back Well it's so hard to keep long (???) True love in winter It's been so long And i know i'd recognize your face The season has come i can't let go And i'd know your sweet smile any place And i know i'd recognize your face (any time you know now) Anyplace anytime you know i'm still in love with you And i know i'd recognize your face *** Thanx a lot to localizer for this one *** Stone In Love Just like the sun chase the moon around, Just like the fox--he chase the rabbit down, Well I've been wantin' you woman, But it ain't no habit,

No don't you come too near me, 'Cause I'm a liable to grab it: 'Cause I'm a stone in love, I can almost taste it, I can almost taste it, Lord I'm a and I was born not to waste it, mmm.., Born not to waste it Lord, Oh, now baby; I got midnight fever, You're young enough to catch me, And you're old enough to tease me, When we start shakin' Down to the bone, I get so crazy I can't leave you alone; Oh, now woman a we're gonna roll you, We're gonna' shake it on down to the bone; We're gonna party, honey All night long 'Til the folks next door move back to Cocomo Sefronia -- After Asklepiades After Kafka Sefronia shook the black cat's bone at me And I was only wax in the spell of fire Oh my coal black sister, When black coal burns it ripens She pried the whip out of her master's hand And lashed at her own skin So she'd be master, how could she know This was just a dream born, Of a new knot in the bullwhip Sefronia -- The King's Chain I couldn't buy you with a hundred cattle But you hike in shells and feathers Up the African beach, I am king here, tied to this hut by the King's chain My power's like a tree and green taboo to me The chameleon lies in your dusty fingers, And blue flies circle your head like stars; Jump into me now, I must not see the water, Let me sip weakness from your dark nipples

Sally go round the roses Sally go round the roses (4x) Oh, Sally don't you go down Oh, darlin', don't you go down Honey, the saddest thing in the whole wide world Is to find your woman been with another girl Sally, don't you do down Aw, darlin', don't you go down I'm going downtown Lord, I'm drinkin' tonight I'm goin downtown Gonna drink myself blind Goin' downtown Gonna be dancin' tonight Goin' down town Gonna kick 'em up high (?) It's been a long time Since I've had my way It's been a long time Since I've had my way at all I want to do that (drunken?)belly rub I want to sing that juke box melody I want to stroll Like we used to stroll Way back home in Baltimore Sally go round the roses (4x) Sally, don't you go down Oh, darlin' don't you go down The saddest thing in this whole wide world Is to find your baby been with another girl Sally, don't you go down Oh, mama, don't you go down town I'm singin' Sally go round the roses... *** Thanx a lot to Merve for this one ***

Look At The Fool Look At The Fool Each and every day, every little way, I've been a lovin' you, I can't live without lovin' at night Makes it hard to say it's wrong When I know it's right Even though the years won't be kind I love you more than I care about myself, I love ya, hate ya for what you're doin' to my health, I love ya, hate ya for all the love ya make me feel, I love ya darlin' 'cause ya know I can't leave But when you're gone, I'm little boy lost in the storm with the wolves, Flames all around I talk to myself and pray to the rain That this lonely curse won't drive me insane, I run into the sea, But the sea only sighs Look at the fool that love made me Bring It On Up Seems like in every hip conversation honey People brag about where they all come from Seems like in every hip conversation, woman I just end up sucking on my thumb Lord I'm just a I'm just a pauper, I been raised in a trailer park yeah, Ain't got that much honey to brag about I just drinkin' all alone in the dark I said bring it on up To my room woman I can't carry this load alone Well I don't need none of that phony moaning woman No, I don't need it to get it on honey No, take off your wig darlin' now Throw away those pills now woman; No, highway we're gonna roll; Ah, you know that good king lovin' gonna make it

All right now honey, no, Ah woman we--we're gonna' turn the tide around; Talk about tongue to tongue, woman Helpless I don't know why, You bring my sense alive, You know you look so foxy wise You turn my head around You know the talk's around town You do a funky rumba You make an old man stop You make a young man wonder; Come on and love me Come on and love me Until I'm helpless Come on and love me Until I'm helpless Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' across the highway I don't know why You bring my sense alive Come on and love me Unitl I'm helpless Helpless, Helpless, Makin' love like a skin cat crawlin' 'cross the highway Freeway Blues I never swallowed that cheap booze I keep my distance from straight dudes, I joined the army just to get more fame, I love my bluesy cause she walks so strange, Ah, well you know I think we ought to have a party, Just to break up the day, Come on and meet me on an easy exit, Of our brand new freeway I've got the freeway it's sublime rocket ship blues,

I got the tug boat high steppin' starstudded blues, I got the kite flyin' double bubble Sunday school blues, I got the hotel bump and grind money makin' blues Ah, come on down and play in the traffic And watch the cars go crazy We'll pull all over the starlight and disappear in the haze I've got the hot dog hanky pankin' all night long blues I've got the cop car shoot out whistle pig blues I've got the rose bowl low tide lawn mower blues I've got the freewa Dixieland rocketship blues; I never swallowed that cheap booze, I keep my distance from straight dudes, I joined the army just to get more fame, I love my bluesy cause she walks so strange Yeah we oughta have a party Yeah just to break up the day Come on over 'cause I am high Got to figure out which way to cruise Tijuana Moon They told me all the hymns were born Out of the saxophone, And I went down to test them all Beneath the Tijuana moon, I saw violence in the moon Two broken lovers strong and strewn, I drank myself into a dream: Tiajuana moon, My daddy Tiajuana moon, Oh my darlin', Tiajuana moon Lord my daddy Tiajuana moon You can keep the Texas blues, Tequila and the bruning stone, But my amigo Nothin's good against the Tijuana moon

Talk about daddy Tiajuana moon Talk about lovin' Tiajuana moon Talk about daddy Tiujuana moon Ain't It Peculiar Ain't it peculiar now How our loves goes on and on Ain't it peculiar honey, We take the bad with the wrong You know that time after time A misfortune smiled, Ain't it peculiar woman, You know we'll laugh our way through When will this long night of a prison ever end When will this long night of a prison ever end You know I'm ready to sell Lord you're the talk of the town The next minute you're busted Just listenin' to that jailhouse sound; You know that time after time A misfortune smiled, Ain't it peculiar woman, How we'll just laugh our way through; When will this long night of a prison ever end when will this long night of a prison ever end You know double talk is poison But that's the rule of the game Instead of back stabbing they practice Of all the little things that drive you insane You know that time after time A misfortune smiled, You know it's peculiar I can still laugh our way through it, When will this long night of a prison ever end, When will this long night of a prison ever end Ain't it peculiar

Who Could Deny You I know your kind, You've been throught the mill, Now you're standing in line, Too proud to beg and too tired to cry, About the one that got away, Your first love Oh he taught you how to pay And now you're all alone You've got your misery, You were not taught so well sister That's why you ended up with me Now that you've found me, Oh darling please don't tease me, All of my naked years are in front of me, Come here darling, Lay down by my side Lovin' the way you do, Oh, woman won't you tell me, Tell me who, Tell me who can deny you; You love and you lose, you're lost in the blue Your turn again, you paid your way but it's under your skin And it'll never let you go, under your skin so deep It never really shows; You're all alone but you've got your misery The sea is raging honey reaching for you and me; Now that you've found me, Oh darling please don't tease me, All of my naked years are here in front of me, Come here darling, Lay down by my side Lovin' the way you do, Oh, woman won't you tell me, Tell me who, Tell me who can deny you Mexicali Voodoo You take the train from Yuma, Down to Mexicali,

And by the crack of midnight You've got that border town fever, Well down in Madam Woo's cafe In back of She Cat Alley Madam Woos mix some Mexicali voodoo Mexicali Bella Bella voodoo Americano don't you know what he do Three days later In an elevator Three days later Mexicali Bella Bella voodoo Americano don't know what he do Down In The Street Down in the street There's a gunshot warnin' Here comes that blue parade Ready to save the day; Down in the street There's a whole block burning Shout out for rent control I ride the gang patrol; Oh it's just another sign That summer's comin', City wars and flash floods and tornados, Festivals for rock and roll season Beach talk baseball and a handy houshold hymns; Yes it's true in the U.S. of A. There's lots of room at the top, Oh but you can't sit down, On, no you can't sit down And don't you know that boudoir Looks just a ball and chain Oh, no you can't sit down All through the night You hear gunshot warnings This time it wasn't you,

Paid your dues; All through the night You hear the city moaning But be a tomcat prowling Baby, your stomach's growling; Oh, it's just another sign That summer's comin', City wars and flash floods and tornados, Festivals for rock and roll season Beach talk baseball and a handy household hymns; Wanda Lu Wanda Lu could you ever be true Wanda Lu could you ever be true You're the only Mexican girl in town I know honey I know good and well we're gonna fit it like a glove now, I got a hand full of Spanish songs and wine, We're gonna get it in the back seat honey Wanna make you mine Wanda Lu could you ever be true Wanda Lu could you ever be true Well I've been watching you all week honey Walking up and down the hall I got one to think about honey And I know it ain't wrong Whoa won't cha' come here while I watch you, Wanda Lu Just let me get next to ya darlin' Wanna try and tame you Dream Letter Carnival Song/Hi Lily Hi Lo If you're ever in New York...(Is it a girl?) If you're ever in New York, there's not very Many carnivals going on And that may not be much, but uh... If you're used to a carnival every once in a while Then New York doesn't have it Then you gotta write a carnival song

But that don't really make it either 'Cause what's a song without a carnival? The song of love is a sad song For we have loved and it's so So come and laugh a while Lily Come and join the show Hi lily lily hi Lo lily lily hi Lo lily lily hi lo The circus comes once a year, Lily Then we gotta go So come and laugh a while Lily Come and join the show Come dancin', dancin' dance a while Come dancin', dancin' dance a while Come dancin', dancin' dance a while with me Me me me me me me me ... More? see the people pass Lily Don't mind what they say Go on and be happy Lily They'll just pass away Hi lily lily hi Lo lily lily hi Lo lily lily hi lo Don't let the Italian kids on your block make fun, Lily (The) song of love is a sad song We have loved and it's so So come and laugh a while Lily Come and join the show Hi lily hi lily Hi lily lo I've been out walking Hey I've been out walking, ain't done too much talking these days Ah Lord I sit alone and weep all the time to hesitate Ah now darling don't you cry

I'm just waiting for the sun to shine Ain't got no heart to sell you Ain't got no time to tell you All the answers you came to hear I just came down from the mountain And now you know me when I was just a child in your heart I been waiting so long to say it I been losing but I been chosing I've been living on borrowed time Trying to pay back the debts I owe you Ah but I never show you why the river could be a woman Why the sky will ever open I just want to be here tonight love I wanna take myself a plane back home I got a sweet little woman oh but I'm gone now And I wonder what my little darling does for love She's walking all alone and here I'm trying to get back home Hey tell me is there a sadder place to be right now Ah but now I could here those mountains ringing all around me I feel it won't take too long to get through it and sing a song Ah but I don't know if my love can last, oh no You know I just came in on the rail Ah damn to keep me another shirt tail and I been trying to make it ever since oh love I got a name but mama don't you know I'm ashamed I been out walking now I ain't been too in much talking Oh Lord my heart's got too much to yield Yes but I bring you in now darling Remember when I was so strong how the liquor and women wore me down I'm on my knees begging oh please Hear the mountains ringing, hear the birds a singing Feel the sun shine on your hands Just smell the river flow well now I know my love is growing hear the way the children smile Makes you glad that you been chosing Which time you been losing Ah ain't it great being alive

The earth is broken Oh now my brother's been taken away Gone are the old times when we used to say Oh a woman was younger she knew what to do Oh but I look around me, now that's not so I'm lost on that open road no peace do I find Maybe the wind'll blow a melody and ease my mind But soon love is broken, they'll take you away Oh the wars they been growing as no relief And the old men who ruled them oh they're just like thieves They rob from the sunshine, oh the air ain't so clean Our rivers are dirty where once we could see A smile from your lady friend looking down Look at that river hey did you ever shiver Well the earth is broken there is no one to save I remember quite freely only yesterday Ah the letter that I read from you read this way Take care lonesome Timmy, ah don't you start Thinking you're the only one year that's gone Out on your lonesome road hey lend a hand to your friend Yes he's just as lonely and the wind keeps you cold Remember the rivers that once did flow clean Ah sometimes I wonder how this old world keeps spinning 'round All the old folks have gone west, Lord preparing to die All except for a few of us hangers on Living each day with trivial hearts We just stop once in a while cry over the news In some foreign far city your brother's shot down Because there was a reason a gun had a hand And the old man killed youth, squeezed down its hope Now I'm just waiting brother waiting for the land Soon in my country there won't be a friend Each one is trying so hard to defend That one one last heartbeat before he's tugged away

Lost in the mechanized efficient world logical skies Ah but no song was written on without a tear in your eyes Are we the last ones, the last ones to try Who do you love Now I woke up this morning yes there was rubbling in my mind I was thinking about my baby I left her so far behind Oh now I wonder Lord I wonder deep in my heart If this is ever gonna stop this feeling mama don't you undestand Oh no no no no Oh the driver on that engine oh Lordy ain't no friend of mine Ah he done took away my baby oh and left her so far behind Ah but sometimes in the morning oh sweet lover don't you know Your boy's gone to his room yeah Ah I remember all about the good times hiney And I forget all about the rain now Well you never did it for me mama How do you want your rolling done, oh yes You know I do believe you wanna be rolled be rolled be rolled from sun to sun hey now darling Don't you know I cross that burning desert on my knees Bring my pay cheque home every Friday night Mama don't I treat you right Yeah that green rocky road ah you gotta promenade now You gotta promenade, mama who who do you love Ah who do you love, who do you love Who do you love, who do you love Brother did you ever run up the mountain Lord I went up to the top Say your lover from above Run down to the valley listen to it ring Lord Lord listen to it ring from above You gotta run to the river run to the river Run to the river cleanse your soul Cleanse your soul, cleanse your soul I think that sooner or later we'll make it or break it I mean your brother I mean it ain't matter what the color Lord we both gotta get out of here We gotta rise up Lord away from the skin Lord up there a while

You gotta look at your brother don't matter what the color Lord if you want to get along Everything will be.. oh green rocky road You be promenade promenade in green Talking 'bout love now, talking 'bout love Talking 'bout love, talking 'bout love Hey you gotta walk to the river brother Swim in the river and cleanse your soul You gotta sing hallelujah Lord if you want to get along You gotta sing hallelujah brother don't matter what the color You gotta see the light all by yourself You gotta run, shake and lie Ah run shake it on your own Oh run, shake and lie, oh shake it on your own Thaere ain't no Moses, Jesus don't know the words You gotta run, shake and lie Run, shake and lie now, Run, shake and lie Shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie, shake and lie Ah Lord I woke up this morning woh Lord rubbling on my mind I was thinking' thinking 'bout my baby I left her so far behind Oh sometimes in the morning Lord a voice comes ringing through And I think o mama Lord I must be crazy mama Not to be home with you I'm going home I'm going home I'm going home I'm going home Every... O.K. You keep me hangin' on Set me free why don't you baby Get out my life why don't you baby Oh you don't really love me You just keep me hanging on Oh you don't really want me You just keep me hanging on

Why do you keep running around Playing with my heart Why don't you get out of my life And let me get a fresh start Oh let me get over you The way you gonna get over me Go ahead and set me free set me free Set me free lover let me breath I wanna breath yeah set me free Set me free!!! Troubadour As she walks near me my blood feels the chance All spinning and swirling it yearns for the dance To become part of me poor one to take part of her Don't say that tomorrow will bring me her love Don't let me wait for words undestined from above Let me laugh through her fingers and smile through her hair Let me love the one I see for I know that she's there For tomorrow and today aren't here anymore Lalalalala Sing songs for pennies tip my hat couldn't get many All around the city are the troubadours Lalalalala Sing songs for pennies tip my hat couldn't get many All around the city see the troubadours Singing songs sadly sing songs so lonely All around the city see the troubadours As she steps near me my blood feels the chance All spinning and whirling it yearns for the dance To take part of her fair one To know part of her Wayfaring stranger (I)

I am a poor wayfaring stranger Lord a travelling through this world of woe And I find sickness toil and danger Lord everywhere everywhere I go I'm going there to see my brother I'm going there no more to roam I'm going there, ah it's just over Jordan I'm going there to my new home One of these mornings and it won't be long Woa, men will rise and stand side by side And hand in hand they're bound for glory Their foes will fall on freedom's side I'm going there Lord to find my brother I'm going there, no more to roam Oh, I'm going there, it's just over Jordan I'm going there no more to roam You got me runnin' Ah, if you've been passing through Lord the swinging gate Chances are you look behind you and wonder where you are And wonder where you are Ah to know another man's heart to know him through his pain To know him through his happiness Then you can truly smile, then you can truly smile No it's not not just what you say No it's mostly how you feel it And it's not how much you spend No it's mostly where you lend it Ah I look around me every morning So many love so many still on top of that thing And I have to wonder truly wonder truly wonder You care much about life to fall off and start again Ah keeps me runnin' it keeps me hidin' It keeps me peepin' but Lord don't you know sometimes you find it It keeps me slippin' and slidin' It keeps me runnin' and hidin'

Peepin' and a findin' Ah I know I don't have that much love to give Oh but I'll find a way to try If that gate ain't swinging low I got the key in my heart to try Ah if you been passin' through that swingin' gate Chances are you looked behind you and wonder where the hell you been goin' Where you are and why you'll carry on. Lord your mind wants to die but your heart keeps yelling back "Buddy keep going" Those voices from the sea keep calling out: "Don't let us down" The wind's gonna howl and the baby's gonna cry Keep runnin' and hidin' now, peepin' and a findin' Slipping and a slidin' runnin' and a tryin' Keep on tryin' Ah now the room keeps buzzin' yes It's like a beehive in the forest when the bears are down Lord it hates to be caught hates to be brought down I ain't gonna suck the life from you Lord I got my roots back home And I just tear on borrowed time Just thought I passed by and say hello friend It don't feel the same way I do Think after that You see I'm just a rusty henge Keep on runnin' keep on listen to your heart Ah listen to your heart Don't take the sparkle out of those little children's eyes Let them run and play let them run and play Soon enough to be just like you Wayfaring stranger (II) I am a poor wayfaring stranger Travelling through this world of woes Lord and I find sickness sickness, oh toil and trouble oh Everywhere everywhere everywhere I see Lord I'm going there to find to find my brother They told me that he'll be waiting there

I'm going there Lord it's just over Jordan Oh I'm going there to my new home My new home