Terry Callier - Essential, The Very Best Of... [compilation] (1999) by Terry Callier (보컬) on maniadb.com

And for my opening line
I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind.
I turn you on,
I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying
Pretty music when you hear it,
Keep on trying to get near it.
A little rhythm for your spirit
Oh but that's what it's for
Come on in, here's the door

And I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Now here's a mystery
And maybe you can help to make it clear to me
When you're fast asleep
Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see
Only your tears can't conceal it
And only your prayers may not reveal it
You've got soul so you can feel it
And when you make the scene
Well you know what I mean

Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I

Down here on the ground
When you find folks are giving you the runaround
Keep your game uptight
And if you must just take your secrets underground
Now politicians are trying to speech you
Mad color watchers are trying to teach you
Very few will really try to reach you
If you're lost in a stack
That's OK, come all black

Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
And don't you know each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I

Hey ordinary Joe
Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so
What they think is real
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
So don't let time and space confuse you
And don't let name and form abuse you
Let that Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you can see how they burn

Oh I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than i

I saw a dream last night
Bright like a falling star.
And the sources of light,
Seemed so near,
Yet so far.
I thought i was in flight,
Out where the planets are.
Moving between day and night.
Hear am I,
There you are.
Follow the dancing girl,
Vision and embrace.
Such an entrancing girl,
She moves with such rhythm and grace.
Who can she be?
Follow the dancing girl,
Go to the quiet place.
Here in the weary world,
Somewhere between time and space.
We shall be free.

Each of us is born alone.
Well welcome to the twilight zone.
You can leave with only what you bring.
Things we cannot see appear.
Singing songs we cannot hear.
An everything is surely everything.
Meanwhile in the ghettos dust and gloom.
Bird is blowin in his room.
All those notes(x3)
Wont take the pain away.
And you'll surely come to harm,
With that needle all up in your arm.
And dope will never turn the night to day.

Just a little further down the line.
Baby sister its these streets at night.
I say the wind blows chilly,
And the women need new shoes.

So just tell her,
Tell her what you wanna do.
Boogie, bop or boogalo?
I said tell her what you wanna do
Boogie, bop or boogaloo?
I said tell her, tell her
What you wanna do.
Boogie, bop or boogaloo?

I could take my guitar and hit the road try to be a star
That sort of thing just don't appeal to me
I could play some one night stands traveling' light a one man band
But I know this is where I'de rather be

It's your bright sunshine that lifted all the shadows off my mind
Yeah your sweet love led me to a brighter day
So you never have to worry bout me leaving you behind
Wait and see I won't ever turn away

Cause you made my dream come true
And gave my life new meaning too and more than anything
I'd rather be with you

Well I'd rather be with you babe if I could
I'd rather be with you
You know I'd rather be with you babe surely would
You know I'd rather be with you

Now this ghetto life is hard in our concrete front yard
Nothing grows except a single tree to mark our place
But the moment that I'm with you girl your light and love
Shine through and then I realize you're my saving grace

I could catch that old greyhound head up north and bum around
Watch the sun set on the San Francisco Bay
But you mean so much to me I could never put you down
That would be to big a price for me to pay

Cause you made my dream come true and gave my life new meaning too
And more than anything
I'd rather be with you

I'd rather be with you babe if I could
I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you babe surely would
I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you