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I'm not sayin' that I love you
I'm not sayin' that I'll care if you love me I'm not sayin' that I'll care I'm not sayin' I'll be there when you want me I can't give my heart to you Or tell you that I'll sing your name up to the sky I can't lay the promise down That I'll always be around when you need me Now I may not be alone each time you see me Along the street or in a small cafe But still I won't deny or mistreat you Baby if you let me have my way I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For all the things that I might say that make you cry I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true but I'll try Now I may not be alone each time you see me Or show up when I promised that I would But still I won't deny or mistreat you Baby if you love me like you should I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For all the things that I might say that make you cry I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true but I'll try I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to I'm not sayin' I'll be true but I'll try |
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That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me Ev'ry thing you had is gone As you can see That's what you get for lovin' me I ain't the kind to hang around With any new love that I found 'Cause movin' is my stock in trade I'm movin' on I won't think of you when I'm gone. So don't you shed a tear for me B'cause I ain't the love you thought I'd be I got a hundred more like you So don't be blue I'll have a thousand 'fore I'm through Now there you go you're cryin' again Now there you go you're cryin' again But then someday when your poor heart Is on the mend Well I just might pass this way again That's what you get for lovin' me That's what you get for lovin' me Everything you had is gone As you can see That's what you get for lovin' me That's what you get for lovin' me |
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The way I feel is like a robin
whose babes have flown to come no more like a tall oak tree alone and cryin' when the birds have flown and the nest is bare Now a woman Lord is like a young bird and the tall oak tree is a young man's heart among his boughs you'll find her nesting when the nights are cool she's warm and dry Your coat of green it will protect her her wings will grow your love will too But all too soon your mighty branches will cease to hold her and she'll fly from you Now the way I feel is like a robin whose babes have flown to come no more like a tall oak tree alone and cryin' when the birds have flown and the nest is bare when the birds have flown and the nest is bare |
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There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
when the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel when the green dark forest was too silent to be real But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds as to this verdant country they came from all around They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall built the mines, mills and the factories for the good of us all And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring the railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day and many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay For they looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land all up through the seaports and into their hands Look away said they across this mighty land from the eastern shore to the western strand Bring in the workers and bring up the rails we gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open 'er heart let the life blood flow gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow Bring in the workers and bring up the rails we're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open 'er heart let the life blood flow gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin' The stars, they come stealin' at the close of the day Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping beyond the dark oceans in a place far away We are the navvies who work upon the railway swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done We are the navvies who work upon the railway swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done So over the mountains and over the plains into the muskeg and into the rain up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down away to the bunkhouse and into the town a dollar a day and a place for my head a drink to the livin' a toast to the dead Oh the song of the future has been sung all the battles have been won On the mountain tops we stand all the world at our command We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run when the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel when the green dark forest was too silent to be real when the green dark forest was too silent to be real And many are the dead men too silent... to be real |
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I'm not ashamed
To say that I've loved you well I'm not ashamed To let you know I'm just a name that's all Scratched upon your wall You've used it well but what the hell That's what walls are for I'm not ashamed To listen to the fast-fallin' rain In the morning upon my window I'm not afraid to cry I'm not ashamed to try To be your friend once again 'Cause that's what's friends are for Friends are for sorting out the hang-ups that we hide Walls are for shutting out the love we feel inside I'm not ashamed no to talk it over once again To rearrange my vocabulary But I can't seem to find Any words to change your mind Because I left them all behind And that's what words are for Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made Names are for calling when there's nothing left to say I'm not ashamed, no, to say that I've loved you well I'm not ashamed, and yet I know I'm just a name, that's all Scratched upon your wall You've used it well, but what the hell That's what walls are for I'm not ashamed of wearing out my old grey socks Chasing you around the back woods I'm not ashamed to darn Nor to proud to find some yarn To sew them up once again 'Cause that's what socks are for |
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It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day
And talk about the home town a million miles away Is the ice still on the river, are the old folks still the same And by the way, did she mention my name Did she mention my name just in passing And when the morning came, do you remember if she dropped a name or two Is the home team still on fire, do they still win all the games And by the way, did she mention my name Is the landlord still a loser, do his signs hang in the hall Are the young girls still as pretty in the city in the fall Does the laughter on their faces still put the sun to shame And by the way, did she mention my name Did she mention my name just in passing And when the talk ran high, did the look in her eye seem far away Is the old roof still leaking when the late snow turns to rain And by the way, did she mention my name Did she mention my name just in passing And looking at the rain, do you remember if she dropped a name or two Won't you say hello from someone, they'll be no need to explain And by the way, did she mention my name |
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Black Day in July
Motor City madness has touched the countryside And through the smoke and cinders you can hear it far and wide The door are quickly bolted and the children locked inside Black Day in July Black Day in July And the soul of Motor City is feared across the land As the book of law and order is taken in the hands Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land Black Day in July Black Day in July In the streets of Motor City there's a deadly silent sound And the body of a dead youth lies stretched upon the ground Upon the filthy pavements no reason can be found Black Day in July Black Day in July Motor City madness has touched the countryside And the people rise in anger and the streets begin to fill And there's gunfire from the rooftops and the blood begins to spill Black Day in July In the mansion of the Governor there's nothing that is known for sure The telephone is ringing and the pendulum is swinging And the wonder how it happened and they really know the reason And it wasn't just the temperature and it wasn't just the season Black Day in July Black Day in July Motor City's burning and the flames are running wild They reflect upon the waters of the river and the lake And everyone is listening and everyone's awake Black Day in July Black Day in July The printing press is turning and the news is quickly flashed And you read your morning paper and you sip your cup of tea And you wonder just in passing is it him or is it me Black Day in July In the Office of the President the deed is done the troops are sent There's really not much choice you see it looks to us like anarchy And then the tanks go rolling in patch things up as best they can There is no time to hesitate the speech is made the dues can wait Black Day in July Black Day in July The streets of Motor City now are are quiet and serene But the shapes of gutted buildings strike terror to the heart And you say how did it happen and you say how did it start Why can't we all be brothers why can't we live in peace But the hands of the the have-nots keep falling out of reach Black Day in July Black Day in July Motor City madness has touched the countryside And through the smoke and cinders you can hear it far and wide The door are quickly bolted and the children locked inside Black Day in July Black Day in July Black Day in July |
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If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world
If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody And let you dream away till the morning light returned again To take you away from me If I could speak with the tongues of the masters of old If I could tame all the fleeting perceptions I hold Would I stand in the marketplace before To be shouted down without any warning at all, to be stood by the wall And shot by the man in blue If I could run with the grace of a sun-colored stallion If I could fly like the great silver jets in the morning If I caused the wind to change with one wave of my hand And if I could play the final symphony and set it free Would it mean anything to you If I could stand like a rusty old man in his armor If I could ride the steed that he rode in his time I would turn his head away to the river And let him wander through the meadow grass, wild and free For everyone to see If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody And let you dream away till the morning light returned again To take you away from me |
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Softly she comes
Whispers the breeze with her passing In secret love she is laughing Softly she comes in the night Softly she sighs Sweetly she lies never sleeping Her fragrance all in my keeping Softly she comes in the night Down the darkened hall I hear her footsteps on my stair And she is in my arms once more Then softly she goes Her shining lips in the shadows Whisper goodbye at my window Softly she goes in the dawn Down the darkened hall I hear her footsteps on my stair And she is in my arms once more Then softly she goes Her shining lips in the shadows Whisper goodbye at my window Softly she goes in the dawn Softly she goes in the dawn |
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Alone upon the sidewalks of despair
'Twas there she wandered With her suitcase in her hand Her fate she pondered Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care She met him on a night so rare when her friends were there And the band was groovin' When he gave a glance that said how much he would like to meet her How was she to know at the time He would mistreat her In her case she danced for him although a hundred eyes were turned her way And before the set was through he knew She would be his loved one Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care Only twenty-one, she was a young girl just in from somewhere He's playin' up in Michigan with a group they call The Intended With a kiss, and a promise, he was gone The song was ended But as she walks, she waits for him the pavement is a shoulder for her tears But in her heart she knows there is no way She can hope to change him Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care Only twenty-one, she was a young girl just in from somewhere Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care A go-go girl in love |
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Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses
Rainpools in the woodland water to my knees Shivering quivering the warm breath of spring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Catbirds and cornfields daydreams together Riding on the roadside the dust gets in your eyes Reveling, disheveling the summer nights can bring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Slanted rays and colored days stark blue horizons Naked limbs and wheat bins hazy afternoons Voicing rejoicing the wine cups do bring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses Harsh nights and candlelights wood fires a-blazin' Soft lips and fingertips resting in my soul Treasuring remembering the promise of spring Pussywillows cat-tails soft winds and roses |
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Oh the neon lights were flashin'
And the icy wind did blow The water seeped into his shoes And the drizzle turned to snow His eyes were red, his hopes were dead And the wine was runnin' low And the old man came home From the forest His tears fell on the sidewalk As he stumbled in the street A dozen faces stopped to stare But no one stopped to speak For his castle was a hallway And the bottle was his friend And the old man stumbled in From the forest Up a dark and dingy staircase The old man made his way His ragged coat around him As upon his cot he lay And he wondered how it happened That he ended up this way Getting lost like a fool In the forest And as he lay there sleeping A vision did appear Upon his mantle shining A face of one so dear Who had loved him in the springtime Of a long-forgotten year When the wildflowers did bloom In the forest She touched his grizzled fingers And she called him by his name And then he heard the joyful sound Of children at their games In an old house on a hillside In some forgotten town Where the river runs down From the forest With a mighty roar the big jets soar Above the canyon streets And the con men con but life goes on For the city never sleeps And to an old forgotten soldier The dawn will come no more For the old man has come home From the forest |
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Rosanna makes my day begin
With kisses for a king And coffee on a silver tray She sees the shape I'm in And if she should ever break away I'd follow close behind her 'Cause Rosanna yes Rosanna Rules my heart Rosanna knows the times I keep A fire softly glows And the shadows lick the walls She knows when I'm asleep The dinner's served at eight o'clock on time And all is well by nine 'Cause Rosanna yes Rosanna Rules my heart Rosanna moves across the floor Her perfume fills the air As she walks beside my easy chair I touch her hand once more And I may never sleep again I like the bag she put me in Rosanna knows the ways of a man But not the way I feel I don't really care what happens now It's catch me if you can For no matter what occasion should arise She likes to sympathize 'Cause Rosanna yes Rosanna Rosanna, Rosanna Rules my heart |
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Upon the Bitter Green she was,
the hills above the town. Echoed to the footsteps, as soft as heather down. Waiting for her master, to kiss away her tears. Waiting through the years, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Some say he was a sailor, who died away at sea, Some say he was a prisoner, who never was set free, lost upon the ocean, he died there in the mist, dreaming of the kiss, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Musical Interlude But now, that Bitter Green is gone, the hills have turned to rust, there comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust, kneeling by the churchyard, in the autumn mist, dreaming of the kiss, Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone to take her home. Bitter Green they called her, walking in the sun, Loving everyone that she met. Bitter Green they called her, waiting in the sun, waiting for someone... to take her home. |
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The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies my love To the dark and the empty skies The first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth turn in my hand Like the trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command my love That was there at my command The first time ever I lay with you And felt your heart beat close to mine I thought our joy would fill the earth And would last 'till the end of time my love And would last 'till the end of time The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies my love To the dark and the empty skies |
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If you got it
Don't lose it girl it's got to be The one creative thing that's left for you and me If you find it Don't lose it all the very next day Lock it in your soul and throw the key away So, don't you let it go Let it stay let it grow Like the snow Don't let it melt away If you find it Then give it girl with all your might Forget about yourself you're not the losin' kind If you get it Then keep it cool don't let it die You may only see it once don't let it pass you by So don't you let it go Let it stay let it grow Like the snow Don't let it melt away If you find it Then give it girl with all your might Forget about yourself you're not the losin' kind If you get it Then keep it cool don't let it die You may only see it once don't let it pass you by Pass you by, don't let it die Don't let it go |
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Gonna but me a long white robe
Yes Lord to help me home I'm gonna buy me a long white robe Yes Lord to get me home And when I get my heavenly gown And I lay my burden down I'm gonna get me a long white robe to get me home I'm gonna buy me two golden slippers Yes Lord to walk me home I'm gonna buy me two golden slippers Yes Lord to walk me home And when I get my slippers of gold Then the Lord will have my soul I'm gonna get me two golden slippers to get me home I'm gonna buy me two wings of silver Yes Lord to fly me home I'm gonna buy me two wings of silver Yes Lord to fly me home And when I get my silvery wings Then an angel choir will sing I'm gonna get me two wings of silver to get me home I'm gonna buy me a poor man's trouble Yes Lord to help me home I'm gonna buy me a poor man's trouble Yes Lord to help me home And when I get my trouble and woe Then homeward I will go I'm gonna get a little trouble and woe to get me home I'm gonna find me a smilin' angel Yes Lord to lead me home I'm gonna get me a smilin' angel Yes Lord to lead me home And when he takes me by the hand I know the Lord will understand I'm gonna get me a smilin' angel to lead me home I'm gonna get me a smilin' angel to lead me home |
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