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SPACESHIP RACES
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Baby you're so frazzled Spining around in a Busby swirl With all that razzle, dazzle I know at heart you want a downhome girl CHORUS: Aw you know I want to take you to the Spaceship Races Watch them do a few laps around the sun But if you don't go in for far out places I'll take you home with me When the day is gone Baby, you're so scattered Your span of atention is shrinking fast Your brain has been battered By all the disapointments of the recent past CHORUS Didn't I see you walking on Main Street Lookin in windows waiting by turnstiles Thinkin' of things you thought you'd like to buy Livin' off dreams stored up in film cans Lookin' at screens just waitin' your turn while you looked up and saw a rocket in the sky CHORUS |
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NO EASY WAY DOWN
by Gerry goffin & Carole King Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky But now it must fall to the ground Now your sad eyes reveal Just how badly you feel 'Cause there is no easy way down The view from the cliffs must have been exciting And up to the peaks you were bound Now you're stranded alone And the path is unknown And there is no easy way down No, it isn't very easy When you're left on your own No, it isn't very easy When each road you take Is one more mistake And there's no one to break your fall And lead you back home We all like to climb to the heights, I know Where a (our?) fantasy world can be found But you must know in the end When it's time to descend There is no easy way down You know you're gonna find There is no easy way down |
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Although you see the world
Different than me Sometimes I can touch upon The wonders that you see And all the new colours And pictures you've designed Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild o-of mine You don't need directions You know which way to go And I don't wanna hold you back I just wanna watch you grow You're the one who taught me-ee You don't have to loo-ook behind Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, child of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine Nobody's gonna kill your dreams Or tell you how to li-ive your life There'll always be people To make it hard for a while But you'll change their head When they see you-ou smi-i-i-ile The times you were born in May not have been the best But you can make the times to come Better than the rest I know you will be honest If you can't a-always be kind Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a child of mine Child of mine, chi-ild of mine Oh yes sweet darlin' So glad you are a chi-ild of mine |
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GOIN' BACK
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King I think I'm going back to the things I learned so well in my youth I think I'm returning to the days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games to only pass the time No more electric trains, no more trees to climb Thinking young and growing older is no sin And I can play the game of life to win I can recall a time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend Now I think I've got a lot more than my toys to lend Now there's much to do than watch my sailboat glide And every day can be my magic carpet ride A little bit of freedom is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm going back A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm going back Going back |
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TO LOVE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King Down the road a piece he was waiting Yes, he was waiting and you know me I had had my fill of hesitating And I always knew it had to be CHORUS: To love,to love, to love, to love All you need's the oportunity To love, to love, to love, to love Baby don't you make a fool of me I never will forget our first encounter Yes, I'm proud to say that it was all right And I was so glad that I had found him As ready as I was that night CHORUS There are those of us too cool for passion They're the ones that it could do some good And there are those who say it's out of fashion They're the ones who only wish thay could CHORUS Baby don't you make a fool of me Baby, don't you make a fool of me |
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WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE
by Carole King & Toni Stern Yes, I know you've loved and lost And you've been figurin' up the cost of your last, your saddest goodbye I'm gonna stay right here with you So if you're looking for somethin' new All you have to do is choose What Have you got to lose Yes it shows you need a change And you've been feelin' very strange 'bout the things that made you feel so good before And I've been feelin' blue 'Cause I'm so much in love with you And all you'd have to do is try something new What have you got to lose Na dwhen you're ready, let me know Come to me, come, let your rivwer flow When you're ready, aw give me a sign it's time you stepped back out in the sunshine Wouldn't you like to wake up and find me every morning on your mind Oh, come on, don't be shy Come on, you don't have to hide Coem on and get me What have you got to lose Come on and get me What have you got to lose |
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EVENTUALLY
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Was a time I remember Hope flashed and went dim When assassins just happened To do the right people in And love was a slogan coincidently And they told us they'd work it out eventually In the swing of changing times A man cried out for his And every politician said He was telling us like it is Yes, they walked down the angry streets To have themselves a look- see And they told us they'd work it out eventually I see the choking cities I see them tearing up this earth I see people feeling That their lives have little worth And I know that the future Depends on you and me I hope we can work it out eventually I hope we can work it out eventually Hey maybe someday eventually |
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RASPBERRY JAM
By Carole King & Toni Stern Pieces of toast raspberry jam Laid out on the breakfast table It's time to begin again Way down in the valley Where the rivers flow Lives a girl named Sally Who loves to watch things grow Now Sally has five children And a good old man And they all sit down together For their toast and their raspberry jam Oh, how they love pieces of toast raspberry jam Laid out on the breakfast table It's time to begin again |
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CAN'T YOU BE REAL
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King Long ago we had our dreams And that was all that we needed Then all at once we got to see The cycles we repeated Baby can't you be real I said Baby can't you be real? Anyone can look into your eyes And tell you what you're missin' It's been told to you many times before But you refuse to listen Baby can't you be real? Oh Baby can't you be real? I said Baby can't you be real? Baby can't you be real? |
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU NO MORE
By Gerry Goffin & Carole King Here you are again Tellin' me you're sorry, baby Tellin' me you wanna come on back home Where you belong There you go again Lyin' and alibiin' Singin' that same old worn out song Here it comes now I can't hear you no more I've heard it all before You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You walked out on me Once too often baby And I can't take no more of your jive And that's the truth I ain't about to let you Run me into the ground I'm not gonna throw away my youth no not hardly I can't hear you no more I've heard it all before You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You ain't a reachin' me no how No way, no time until dooms day I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more You gotta speak out louder you gotta speak out louder Cause I can't hear you no more I can't hear you no more Just a little bit louder |
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SWEET SWEETHEART
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King CHORUS: You're a sweet sweetheart You've been a real good friend You're around when I'm down to pick me up again Tho' it could never been said To my faults you're blind You overlook the bad and you keep all the good in mind Now there have been times When we couldn't get on And tho't I'd have to admit the feeling was gone But you just closed your mind to all the seeds of doubt And somehow you found a way to make it all work out (CHORUS) Now when you come home at the close of the day You gotta a way of lookin' that sends message my way What this message means Any old fool could see And the thing that make me feel so well is you meant it just for me (CHORUS) |
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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 feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet I get away from the hustling crowds And all that rat race noise down in the street Up on the roof On the roof's the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Oh, let's go 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 found a paradise that's trouble-proof Up on the roof So if this world starts getting you down There's room enough for two, up on the roof Up on the roof, everything is allright Up on the roof, oh, come on, baby Up on the roof Up on the roof |
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Oh, brother, brother, brother
I know you've been layin back a long time But I love you like no other Oh, brother of mine I've been watching everything you do And I've been wishing only good for you All you've got to do is just want it to And it's gonna - it's gonna come to you Oh, brother, brother, brother I know you've been hangin' on a long time But I love you like no other Oh, brother of mine You have always been so good to me And though you didn't always talk to me There wasn't much my lovin' eyes could not see and I don't believe you need all your misery Oh, brother, brother, brother I know you've been hangin' on a long time You know I love you like no other Oh, brother, brother, brother Talkin' about you, brother |
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It's going to take some time this time
To get myself in shape. I really fell out of line this time, I really missed the gate. The birds on the telephone line, (next time) Are cryin' out to me, (next time) And I won't be so blind next time, And I'll find some harmony. But it's going to take some time this time, And I can't make demands. But, like the young trees in the winter time, I'll learn how to bend. After all the tears we've spent, How could we make amends? So, it's one more round for experience And I'm on the road again, And it's going to take some time this time. It's going to take some time this time, No matter what I've planned. And, like the young trees in the winter time, I'll learn how to bend. After all the tears we've spent, How could we make amends? So, it's one more round for experience And I'm on the road again And it's going to take some time this time. |
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
And sometimes the blues get a hold of you Ah, just when you thought you had made it All around the block people will talk But I want to give it all that I got I just don't want, I don't want to waste it Talking 'bout-a sweet seasons on my mind Sure does appeal to me You know we can get there easily Just like a sailboat sailing on the sea Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose And most times you choose between the two Ah, wondering, wondering if you have made it But I'll have some kids and make my plans And I'll watch the seasons running away And I'll build me a life in the open, a life in the country I'm talking 'bout-a sweet seasons on my mind Sure does appeal to me You know we can get there easily Just like a sailboat a-sailing on the sea Talkin' 'bout-a sweet seasons Talkin' 'bout-a sweet, sweet, sweet seasons Talkin' 'bout-a sweet seasons Talkin' 'bout-a sweet seasons |
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All you have to do is touch my hand
to show me you understand and something happens to me that's some kind of wonderful anytime my little world is blue I just have to look at you and everything seems to be some kind of wonderful I know I can't express this feeling of tenderness is so much I wanna say but the right words just don't come my way I just know when I'm in your embrace this world is a happy place and something happens to me that's some kind of wonderful somekind of wonderful somekind of wonderful, wonderful somekind of wonderful |
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SURELY
by Carole King Surely you know how I stand on the question of my loving you Haven't I proved it in so many ways? Surely you can tell by the way I kiss your lips that I want you More surely than my words can say I see you stamd and accuse me of no longer wanting you Misunderstanding what others have seen Surely you won't let idle people with nothing else to rely on Tear down all our hopes and our dreams Tell me, does the rain fall? (surely, surely) ANd does the summer always follow spring? How does a turtle go? (slowly, surely) That's how my love grows, surely, surely, surely Darling, if your head misleads you Just listen to your heart; it knows I need you Just as surely as the sun is gonna rise Just as surely as the birds are gonna sing Just as surely as everything is part of everything I'm a part of you Surely you know I'm a part of you And surely you know that I love you I love you |
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Meet me on the highway,
Meet me on the road, As long as you've got to travel Don't you want someone to help you carry your load? |
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Music is playing inside my head
Over and over and over again My friend, there's no end to the music... Ah, summer is over But the music keeps playing And won't let the cold get me down Pictures are forming inside my brain Soon with the colors they'll rain together and grow Then don't you know, don't you know there'll be music... Ah, it's not always easy But the music keeps playing And won't let the world get me down. |
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SONG OF LONG AGO
by Carole King Whispering wind came uninvited Looking for somewhere else to go Here is a lamp I've left unlighted Aren't you someone I should know? Memory's flame is soon ignited Lighting my lamp with amber glow Quietly friends are reunited Singing a song of long ago, la la la... Cry, cry for someone Who just can't be happy And be glad you can feel enough to cry Younger than always, time descended Bringing me brand new seeds to sow Now that they've been a long time planted What must I do to help them grow? If it had been as I intended I wouldn't have the peace I know Loving the people I've befriended Singin' a song of long ago, la la la... As it began, so I will end it Singing a song of long ago Loving the people I've befriended And singin' a song of long, long, long ago |
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BRIGHTER
by Carole King We've been knowing each other For many a year, it's true And I can't think of anyone else Can make me feel as good as you Yeah, you make my day A little bit brighter in every way I'm so glad to have you In this old troubled time When true love and understanding, child AARe so hard to find Yes, you make my day A little bit brighter every day SOme people live in darkness Their whole life through I just know that I'd have been one of them If it hadn't been for you Now, sometimes I feel afraid AS we all tend to do But I think of the loving good times we've had And I know we're gonna make it through Cause you make my day A little bit brighter in every way |
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GROWING AWAY FROM ME
by Carole King You've been my life to me My very soul and my heart But lately something's come over you And it's tearing me apart CHORUS: Darlin' I feel you growing away from me More and more each day Whatever you want me to be I'll be If it keeps you from growing away from me Even whe you say you love me The feeling's no longer there I know there's somebody else And it's more than I can bear CHORUS Believe me, I would let you go if I could But I don't know if it's worse thing being lonely Than having you here in body only It's no use pretending When the love you used to feel is gone Yet even though I'm losing you I can't help tryin' to hold on CHORUS I feel you Growing away from me |
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TOO MUCH RAIN
by Carole King and Toni Stern If anyone asks you how I am Just say I'm doin' fine If you will do that for me I'll do the same for you sometime ANd if anyone asks you where I've gone Just say I'm down the line I don't want my friends to see me like this Maybe some other time Too much rain fallin' Too much rain fallin' There's just been too much rain down on me One day I'm gonna understand The way that my heart works And then I'm gonna work it out ASO that I won't get hurt But if anyone asks you where I've gone Oh, don't say where I am Just say you saw me and I'm doin' fine Cause I'm doin' the best I can Too much rain fallin' Too much rain fallin' There's just been too much rain fallin' down on me |
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BACK TO CALIFORNIA
by Carole King I've been feelin' down in Atlanta Immobile in Alabam I'd rather be in traction Than to be here where I am Oh you Georgia red clay ANd green Virginia pines I've got to make it home somehow Before I lose my mind CHORUS: So, won't you carry me back to California I've been on the road too long Take me to the West Coast, daddy And let me be where I belong Hey now, Philly, you street city Been down by the railroad track I know that you can be a sweet city But I won't soon be back Haystack towns and somkestown cities Are nothin' I want to see My own house on high ground Is the only place I wnat to be (CHORUS) |
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COME DOWN EASY
by Carole King & Toni Stern Daytime run away Nightimes seem so long I'm all right in the sunshine But the evenings let me down It sure is good to see you now I'm really glad you came And I would tell you what I need But it never feels the same So come down easy Let it come down slow I've been alone so long that I just don't know what to do And I don't want to lose you How my life slips away How the time goes by And I know I belong here Yes, I know, though I don't know why Riding along with a friend of mine Got enough space, got enough time Pieces of fruit and glasses of wine And love comes in the summertime And I don't want to lose you God bless the children God bless us all We are the children of Paradise On our own now since the fall All the things that are worth having Are never ours to keep Still I can see today could be A good time for you and me If you come down easy... |
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MY MY SHE CRIES
by Carole King & Toni Stern My my she cries, everyone dies She waits, but can't get an answer And all he wants to do is dance, dance, dance, dance All he wants to do is dance. My my he lies, look at those eyes While moving in a little closer Moving in on the girl he hardly knows oh, oh, oh See how she flies, under the skies He waits, but she no longer hears him She's gone,, gone, she's gone she's flown away See how she flies, breaking all ties Did anybody really knows her? Oh, did anybody really know? |
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PEACE IN THE VALLEY
by Carole King & Toni Stern Looking out my window Peace in the valley just don't come Though I know that man's my brother ANd that I'm the sefish one. The hour is getting later It's time we had begun Knowing something's one thing But the race must still be run Take care of little jealousies And talk that kills for fun And hold your heart in readiness It's so easy to come undone But I think I saw a brand new light Coming over the horizon Brighter than all the others And it says all men are brothers under the skin Brothers under the skin Looking out my window Peace in the valley just don't come Though I know that she's my siter And that I'm the selfish one And I look at other people And I love the ones I can And I wonder if the dreamm will be Or turned into sand Still I think I saw a brand new light Coming over the horizon Brighter than all the others And it says all men are brothers under the skin Brothers under the skin Peace in the valley just don't come |
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FEELING SAD TONIGHT
by Carole King & Toni Stern Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight But everyhting's all right Let's turn all our cares down low. Come on, let's go downtown It's like a trip back to the past Running down the bright night Drivind a little too fast Oh, I'm counting on you Sitting on a barstool I'm a fool Always feeling half right and half safe Halfway dreaming of some safe place away from school Oh, I'm counting on you Silly someitmes I'm a fool. Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight But everyhting's all right Let's turn all our cares down low. There is a sapce between us Which we cross To touch each other softly And so make up our loss Some things take so long to learn No matter how we try Still we try and keep it open And we get by Feeling sad tonight But everything's all right And we'll find some other place to go Feeling sad tonight Feeling sad Feeling so sad tonight |
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BITTER WITH THE SWEET
by Carole King SOmetimes I'm tired and I wonder what's so all-fired important About being someplace at some time Oh, but I don't really mind Cause I could be on Easy Street and I know that You've got to take the bitter with the sweet I guess it gets to everyone, you think you're not having fun And you wonder what you're doing playing the games you play Hey, well, it's true what they say If ou want to feel complete don't you know that You've got to take the bitter with the sweet A friend of mine once told me And I know he knows all about feelin' down He said everything good in life you've got to pay for But feelin' good is waht you're paving the way for So, don't let it get you down, my friend though it seems the blues will never end On this you can depend, they always do And I can tell you that it's true it's a feeling that can't be beat And you've got to do it You've got to take the bitter with the sweet |
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GOODBYE DON'T MEAN I'M GONE
by Carole King Don't it seem like the time goes on And here we are still carrying on Reaching out for one another Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother And you are there to share this song in the making Goodbye don't mean I'm gone I know how alone you are When it's so hard to be so far From the ones who mean the most to you WHen you would so much rather have them close to you I hope you know you haven't been forsaken Goodbye don't mean i'm gone I'll never be what you think you see in me If I can help you deal with what you see as real That makes me glad to have known you Missing you the way I do You know I'd like to see more of you But it's all I can do to be a mother My baby is in one hand, I've a pen in the other You know my love is always there for the taking And goodbye don't mean I'm gone |
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STAND BEHIND ME
by Carole King I was wanting someone to talk to Needing to let myself out Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me There was nowhere but here to walk to Letting the time go by Trying to see if I could ever find me. It didn't seem to make much sense Thinking about the dent I'd made in the world to date Was I too late, you say Should I create today Or let it be Now needing a hand to cling to Lucky I was to find SOmeone of similar mind to stand behind me Not letting dazzlement blind me Showing me where to find me Willing to just be kind and stand behind me. |
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GOTTA GET THROUGH ANOTHER DAY
by Carole King It's a gray, gray gloomy day A strange and moody blues day Gotta get through, gotta get through another day Corn yellow silk and golden sunlight I remember AS we walked together, you and I Love like a sweet flaming glow inside Now has been denied And I've cried till I can't remember why I Gotta get through, gotta get through some way Gotta get through, gotta get through another day Will Tuesday be "good news" day Or another "paying dues" day It's a strange and moody blues day anyway Some say that time brings a better understanding Of the ryme and reason to it all Still the flame keeps burning through the lonely night It's just not all right ANd I wonder if I'll make it till you call I Gotta get through, gotta get through some way It's a gray, gray gloomy day, A strange and moody blues day Gotta get through, gotta get through another day |
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I THINK I CAN HEAR YOU
by Carole King What must i do, how can I serve you Is it true what I do is the way to be near you I'm listening, though sometimes I can't hear you. Looikng around fills me with wonder At the way you can keep this old world running smoothly Thinking of you always seems to soothe me I know you're probably not a aman or a woman or a time or a season But I'm here and life is dear And I guess that's a good enough reason to say Just let me do what you put me here to Let me be what you want me to be And I hope it'll cheer you I'm listening and I think I can hear you Even when I thought I didn't believe You believed in me And everyone is a part of you And anyone can know you All they've got to do is be I'm listening, and I think I can hear you. |
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FERGUSON ROAD
by Gerry Goffin & Carole King I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am Yes, I'm goona wade in a cold rocky stream So I will be sure not to give a damn No one ever loses anybody But someitme it's so hard to get along I don't want to hang on to anybody So before you say you're leaving, i'll be gone I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Find myself a spot where the sun shines through I'll throw some old mattress in the back of my bus And get a good head start on forgetting you You know I've never known anybody Who could ever make me feel this way But no one gets to own anybody You see, I have good reason when I say I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson Road Stand beneath the trees and see how tall I am Yes, I'm goona wade in a cold rocky stream So I will be sure not to give a damn |
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Carole King
Green fields and rolling hills Room enough to do what we will Sweet dreams of yestertime are running though my mind Of a place I left behind, been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again. Though I'm content with myself Sometimes I long to be somewhere else I try to do what I can, but with our day to day demands We all need a promised land. Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then 'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again. Oh I want to be there in the wintertime With a fireplace burning to warm me And you to hold me when it's stormy Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then. -- Gail |
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Ooh, I hear you say attitudes and times have changed
And I know the feeling--it's long overdue You say this is a time to right old wrongs Tell me now, if it's true You got the mind, you got the time How long are you gonna wait to do what you want to do now You've been around too long Not to notice what's going on in town You've got to understand I'm taking my life in my own hands And gaining ground--look around Peace of mind You got yours--I want mine If you really want to do right by me See what you want to see But let me be what I want to be 'Cause you've been around too long Not to realize what's going on inside I'm just like you I'm doing the best that I can do to make my stride |
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BEING AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER
by Carole King Everyone comes from one father, one mother So why do we complicate our lives so much By being at war with each other Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't understand it Why do we seem to vote to dig more holes It's such a waste of a planet There must be a reason that I can't see Maybe somebody else knows better than me All I know is Everyone else is a sister or brother So we've got to look around again and stop Being at war with each other |
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They tell me
When I've got my life on my mind They're sorry But they can't do a thing about it till tomorrow I tell them Now I don't want a lot of your time Maybe they listen Oh, but what do they know of my pain and my sorrow Oooh, what will it cost you After how many tears I've cried How much longer must I try Directions presenting themselves every day Are bypassed 'Cause of somebody else's foolish limitations Rejections - many have I had in my way But I go on, yes, I do now, and try to overcome the bad vibrations Oooh, what does it get you Stealing somebody else's pride How much longer must I cry I can see all the things of which I've dreamed If I dream any longer-what will it mean Reflections Of all I have wanted so long Still are with me As I ask myself how much longer must I try |
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THAT'S HOW THINGS GO DOWN
by Carole King Here I am Carrying the child of our sweet love And you're far away That's how things go down But I want to see you again Though I've known Others in life who've made it on their own I'm afraid That's how things go down But I want to see you again Hey, with each day that passes by I pray that I will see you soon And you will be here with me To see the child being born Safe and sound All I can do is wait and hope that you'll Be around That's how things go down I want to see you again In the end All I can do is wait and hope that you'll Be around That's how things go down I want to see you again That's how things go down I want to see you again |
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Weekday mornings
Coffee smell in the air After you've gone and the children have left for school I'm alone and I think about all the plans we made I think about all the dreams I had And I wonder if I'm a fool Weekday midday I've got the marketing done Plenty to do but nothing to tax my mind That's allright--it's a habit Heaven knows I can always watch the daytime shows And I wonder which story's mine She loved a man she knew little about After so many years of trying So many years of doing without Oh, but what's the use of crying Weekday evenings We sit and I realize You've dreamed, too, and I kind of understand I've been with you and you need me to take care of you But we'll work it out so I'm a person, too And we'll help each other out the best that we can 'Cause I'm your woman and you're my man |
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Haywood, where have you been, tell me now
Haywood, you been on the street again, I know, I know Haywood, that man's not your friend Haven't you had enough of the stuff Oh, you know it's got to do you in Remember John John How mama stayed awake all night The night they brought him in She cried and said she always knew he was up to no good It broke her heart the night he died And she made me promise I'd stand by your side And try to protect you from the evil in the neighborhood Haywood, where have you been, tell me now Haywood, you been on the street again, I know, I know Haywood, hangin' out with your so-called friends What makes you think that you'll be the one to put it down Use your ears, use your eyes, just look around Everyone's dying, everyone's going down Just think of Vallorie She's always been so good to you and you've never let her down What about the life you planned It can still come true, it's all up to you I know it's hard to shake it But you got to be a man and take it I know this is no way to make it It's not too late for you Listen to me, Haywood |
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All I want is a quiet place to live
Where I can enjoy the fruits of my labor Read the paper And not have to cry out loud In my mind I can see it crystal clear Sharing my dreams with the people around me Now they surround me And I'm just a part of the crowd What will become of us What about the children What will they do to us next time around What will the answer be What will it mean to me When are they gonna see we're underground Here underground And all I want is a quiet place to live Where I can be free in a world of my making Instead of taking What they decided to give I wouldn't want what they have - no If I could only find A quiet place to live |
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Welfare workers
Prying into her life Was she really someone's wife And where was he She often cried as they left her without a shred of pride She had so many things to think about So many children to feed She had need of something that would ease her mind (Store-front religion--play the numbers) She had trouble in her time She had so much trouble in her time |
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You light up my life like sunrise in the morning
You make me believe anything is possible I didn't have a dream to my name Darkness was mine, it was such a shame But you came to light up my life You brought me faith and hope and love and light With your tender smile you brought me to the promise Of life outside a world of 9-to-5 and Sunday I didn't know how rich I could be Until you gave your love to me Don't you see, you light up my life You give me faith and hope and love and light You brought your sweet understanding Like sun rays in my hazy skies If you hadn't opened up my eyes Love would have passed me by, right on by I never knew how good I could feel Loving you's left me with nothing to conceal Yeah--you really light up my life You give me faith and hope and love and light |
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Corazon--mi corazon
Corazon--mi corazon Yo te quiero--mi corazon Corazon--mi corazon Yo te quiero--mi corazon Corazon--mi corazon Yo te quiero--mi corazon Espero que tu me quieras tambien Corazon Corazon--mi Corazon Corazon--mi Corazon Ayudame--mi Corazon Yo te quiero--mi Corazon Ayudame, te quiero, te quiero Corazon |
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(Words and music by Carole King)
If you read the papers you may see History in the making You'll read what they say life is all about They say it's there for the taking Yeah, but you should really check it out If you want to know what's shaking But don't tell me about the things you've heard Maybe I'm wrong, but I want to believe in humanity I know it's often true - sad to say We have been unkind to one another Tell me how many times has the golden rule Been applied by man to his brother I believe if I really looked at what's going on I would lose faith I never could recover So don't tell me about the things you've heard Maybe I'm wrong, but I want to believe in humanity. Maybe I'm living with my head in the sand. I just want to see people giving. I want to believe in my fellow man. Yes, I want to believe. |
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A NIGHT THIS SIDE OF DYING
by Carole King & David Palmer I remember one young sister with rainbows in her eyes Standing on the corner with the afternoon's supply She spoke of other places, perhaps a better road Then she asked if I could tell her where they kept the mother lode Like a night this side of dying Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf When she hears her lifeline crying Not a thing you say can stop her When she just can't stop herself I remember that July, the panic and the heat The savage shine of summer, the trychnine in the street The way thay sold each other for a favor in glassine The best of friends sold brothers for a dime of quinine dreams Like a night this side of dying Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf Like the shelter she's been buying Not a thing I've got can save her When she just can't save herself She just can't save herself |
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CHANGE IN MIND, CHANGE OF HEART
by Carole King & David Palmer You and I We ought to try to face the fact The things we thought had value They've all been taken back We've been losing track of time But time's no easy mark I can see you've got a change in mind But what we need is a change of heart I can see you've got a change in mind But what we need is a change of heart You and me It seems that we've been holding out The things that once held meaning We're no longer sure about We've been moving down the line Losing what time we've got And since you say you've had a change in mind Why don't you try a little change of heart I can see you've got a change in mind But what we need is a change of heart Now I'm not asking anymore of you Than I ask of myself Oh, but when I say we need a new approach Well, I don't mean to someone else Change, they say It's the only way we grow Oh, but the change we're showing Let me tell you I just don't know Seems to me that we could find some other way to start Beginning with a change, a change in mind And ending with a change, a change of heart Oh, begin it with a change, a change in mind But end it with a change, a change of heart |
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Lift me, won't you lift me above the old routine;
Make it nice, play it clean jazzman. When the jazzman's testifyin' a faithless man believes he can sing you into paradise or bring you to your knees. It's a gospel kind of feelin', a touch of Georgia slide, a song of pure revival and a style that's sanctified. Jazzman take my blues away; make my pain the same as yours with every change you play. Jazzman, oh jazzman. When the jazzman's signifyin', and the band is windin' low. It's the late night side of morning in the darkness of his soul. He can fill a room with sadness as he fills his horn with tears. He can cry like a fallen angel when risin' time is near. Jazzman take my blues away; make my pain the same as yours with every change you play. Oh lift me, won't you lift me with ev'ry turn around. Play it sweetly, take me down, oh jazzman. |
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It's hard enough to hear you
Express your sympathy But it's harder still to feel the things My eyes refuse to see Oh, my lovin' eyes When you look upon them darlin' like you do You bring these tears into My lovin' eyes I watch you take my self respect Accepting each excuse When I've never seen the reason For your moods or abuse Oh, my lovin' eyes They hold you like the heaven holds the sun But look what you've done to My lovin' eyes Like a man whose way is righteous His faith in life resigned I'm a child whose eyes are sightless And my faith in you is truly blind It's sad to think of living As pain that we must feel But it's sadder still to think of love As something you conceal Oh, my lovin' eyes When you look upon them darlin' like you do You bring these tears into My lovin' eyes |
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Like some nightbird homeward winging
He seeks that shelteredness Like the sailor's lost horizon He needs some place to rest The songs that he's been singing No longer make much sense And those strangers' cold perceptions They've killed his confidence Nightingale She sails away upon a sea of song Nightingale She serenades his lonely, lonely life along When his tired voice is broken His golden hope is gone She makes a loss so simple-longing somehow not so wrong Nightingale He was strong but he was taken By the thought of his success Those spotlight shadows how they lured him And took him like all the rest But that old dream don't look good now No it don't seem quite the same He needs to hear a tender word Won't you sing him home again Nightingale She sails away upon a sea of songs Nightingale She serenades his lonely, lonely life along When his strength is slowly going His pride is all but gone She makes a foolish dreamer listen To one last song Nightingale Sing sweet nightingale |
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SWEET ADONIS
by Caroel King & David Palmer Waiting on tables while waiting on fame In a city filled with numbers, they've forgotten their names Like a lonely broken people without title, without claim When every day's survival is one more night of shame, night of shame Welcome home, sweet Adonis Welcome back, my old friend I'm glad to see you made it through your contests once again Welcome nome, sweet Adonis You heart needs time to mend Welcome home, sweet Adonis, my old friend Hoping for the promise, staying for the show In a world of brief advantage, the victims come and go Their faces seem so honest, tehir manners have such style Oh, but when hunger means existence There's a feast in every smile, every smile So welcome home, sweet Adonis Welcome back, my old friend I'm glad to see you made it up that hard road once again Welcoem home, sweet Adonis Your highway's found an end Welcome home, sweet Adonis, welcome home |
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THE BEST IS YET TO COME
by Carole King & Dave Palmer Hard times, hand to mouth, down and out, all those hard times But we've seen the seasons turning As we weathered every storm And the climate of our loving Is so tender and so warm And the best is yet to come This is only the beginning And we've only just begun To realize the best is yet ot come Heartache, more or less useless, all the heartache But when the flood of sudden tears came down We smiled and stood our ground And the laughter we'd been counting on It finally came around And the best is yet to come And it's getting so much better Than anyhting I've known And I know - oh, yes - The best is yet to come |
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
by Carole King & David Palmer The just are seeking justice The meek are reaching out For something only children Can really know about And some men cry for mercy While they deny their brothers' pain And some men laugh for reasons They can never quite explain We are all in this together And maybe we'll see that one day When we conquer our fear together When we finally find a way And we all need forgiving For all the damage done For the things we do, not thinking For the hurt that we've caused someone But me, I keep on living Caught soemwhere there between The reason and the meaning The vision and the dream We are all in this together I know that seems easy to say But don't use the word "forever" It's enough just to say "someday" |
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WRAP AROUND JOY
by Carole King & David Palmer My mama loves me, she's my best friend I know my daddy's with me right to the end Oh, but my baby's got the final say And what he says, it turns me every way But loose, he say now Oo-ee baby, wrap around joy What it takes to save me, that wrap around joy I believe in salvation. I don't doubt what I've found I just can't do without it, oh, that good old wrap around My baby calls me late Friday night He sounds so crazy but he feels so right He says "Get ready mama, now lighten your load And I'll be right over for the next episode" Here we go now Oo-ee, baby, wrap around joy That's what he gave me, that wrap around boy He's been my undoin' I've been coming unwound But I don't mind unwindin' for some good old wrap around Oo-ee, baby, wrap around joy That's what he gave me, that wrap around boy |
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YOU GENTLE ME
by Carole King & David Palmer When tempers flare to flame When no one cares to listen while I'm tryin' to explain You see the anger rise in me Adn you calm me down again CHORUS: Like the first spring lilac rain, you gentle me Like innocence regained, you gentle me And the feeling that remains grows stronger by degree When you gentle to me When rumor comes to call Suspicion's taking over and I'm back against the wall You just smile assuringly And my defenses fall CHORUS When life seems so relentless, you gentle me When my strving seems so senseless, you gentle me You lift my spirits, I get higher by degree When you're gentle to me When tension's taking shape When I feel the pressure building and it's just too much to take You touch the anxious need in me With love for lovins sake CHORUS |
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You've put these distances between us
You've built these walls, they'ree your design With sharp and angry lies, you've cut the binding ties While making love seem so unkind Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine I'll get over you in time There's nothing here to hold you now Oh, It's your life, so make it shine You go your way, I'll go mine I've tried to justify your thinking I've given in and been denied Like a hundred times before, you take And ask for more The only thing you leave is compromise Well, all right, you go your way, I'll go mine I'll get over you in time There's nothing here to hold you now We left those dreams so far behind You go your way, I'll go mine Oh, there's no need for false amending Things get so confusing when you do When love's become a loss, we spend our Nights defending I feel so damn defeated when we're through But all right, you go your way, I'll go mine I'll get over you in time There's nothing here to hold you now I just can't fight your willful mind You go your way, I'll go mine |
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When I left the world behind me
Retreating through the past You reached out to find me And brought me back at last You've shown me something Beyond my looking glass Now loce's in my reflection In the shadow that you cast on me, and you You're something new You're something new Under the sun Under the moon, You're the light of creation And I knew That I'd come to love you Life seemed oh so temporary A case of "here and gone" And I survived just barely Until you came along But now each day I'm given Is one more day I know A love that's so unselfish It's a pleasure just to show my love to you You're something new You're something new Under the sun Under the moon You're the light of creation |
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