Carly Simon

ACTRESS
WRITER CARLY SIMON

Some day I'm going to grow up And be every man's dream
Some day I'm going to grow up And forget this sad little me
I'm going to shine in the spotlight Wear sexy clothes
Be somebody everybody wants to meet And no one ever really knows
No one will ever know me I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones Critics will adore me At least they will at first
But you see I already know this So it can't never really hurt
And if it does, I'm an actress I'll play it nonchalant
In the total scheme of things it's insignificant (sure I can take the knocks)
Cause I'm an actress through and through And to my bones
I'm an actress through and through And to my bones
I may not be that pretty now But who's the referee
Standards of beauty Will be redefined because of me
And then they'll be the scandals
Everywhere my name Men will jump from balconies
And I'll just shrug and take the blame (yeah, they'll say I died for love)
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones Well, I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones My acceptance speech will be a milestone
Never will such a star Have ever graced the microphone
And of course I'll thank my agent The way they always do

Though I could have done it without him And that goes for the Academy too
And the makeup people and the lighting designers and everybody else
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be gracious to the lesser stars And generous to the unknowns
And if another actress threatens My position on the throne
Well, I don't know exactly what I'll do
I don't exactly know But I know that it could turn into
One of my most poignant roles
Everyone will have their handkerchiefs out
And they'll have to leave the theater early
And then they'll go home
And what'll they do?
They'll have a big glass of alcohol
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones
And if I make it to the top I won't be overthrown
I'm an actress ah, yeah, yeah

Some day I'm going to grow up And be every man's dream
Some day I'm going to grow up And forget this sad little me
I'm going to shine in the spotlight Wear sexy clothes
Be somebody everybody wants to meet And no one ever really knows
No one will ever know me I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones Critics will adore me At least they will at first
But you see I already know this So it can't never really hurt
And if it does, I'm an actress I'll play it nonchalant
In the total scheme of things it's insignificant (sure I can take the knocks)
Cause I'm an actress through and through And to my bones
I'm an actress through and through And to my bones
I may not be that pretty now But who's the referee
Standards of beauty Will be redefined because of me
And then they'll be the scandals
Everywhere my name Men will jump from balconies
And I'll just shrug and take the blame (yeah, they'll say I died for love)
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones Well, I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones My acceptance speech will be a milestone
Never will such a star Have ever graced the microphone
And of course I'll thank my agent The way they always do
Though I could have done it without him And that goes for the Academy too
And the makeup people and the lighting designers and everybody else
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones I'm an actress yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be gracious to the lesser stars And generous to the unknowns
And if another actress threatens My position on the throne
Well, I don't know exactly what I'll do
I don't exactly know But I know that it could turn into
One of my most poignant roles
Everyone will have their handkerchiefs out
And they'll have to leave the theater early
And then they'll go home
And what'll they do?
They'll have a big glass of alcohol
Cause I'm an actress through and through
And to my bones
And if I make it to the top I won't be overthrown
I'm an actress ah, yeah, yeah

(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman/Andy Goldmark)

What do the neighbors say
When they hear us scream at night
Do they talk about a love
All in tatters

What do the neighbors know
About the heart and soul
The fire down below
That really matters

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane we got here

All I want is you
I don't want a man who says
Good morning, dear, no, no

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else but you

Let 'em listen at the door
Let 'em listen through the floor
Let 'em go ahead and draw
The wrong conclusion

So chase me 'round the room
Make me crazy like the moon

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane that we share
(We share, yeah)

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
No, I don't

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else, no one but you

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
(All I want is you)
And the sexy hurricane that we share

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
He's gonna fall

All I want is you
And your freight train
Whistling over my track, oh, oh

All I want is you
And your Mack truck loving
Jumping me, Jack
Oh, Jack

All I want is you....

(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman/Andy Goldmark)

What do the neighbors say
When they hear us scream at night
Do they talk about a love
All in tatters

What do the neighbors know
About the heart and soul
The fire down below
That really matters

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane we got here

All I want is you
I don't want a man who says
Good morning, dear, no, no

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else but you

Let 'em listen at the door
Let 'em listen through the floor
Let 'em go ahead and draw
The wrong conclusion

So chase me 'round the room
Make me crazy like the moon

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane that we share
(We share, yeah)

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
No, I don't

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else, no one but you

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
(All I want is you)
And the sexy hurricane that we share

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
He's gonna fall

All I want is you
And your freight train
Whistling over my track, oh, oh

All I want is you
And your Mack truck loving
Jumping me, Jack
Oh, Jack

All I want is you....

(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman/Andy Goldmark)

What do the neighbors say
When they hear us scream at night
Do they talk about a love
All in tatters

What do the neighbors know
About the heart and soul
The fire down below
That really matters

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane we got here

All I want is you
I don't want a man who says
Good morning, dear, no, no

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else but you

Let 'em listen at the door
Let 'em listen through the floor
Let 'em go ahead and draw
The wrong conclusion

So chase me 'round the room
Make me crazy like the moon

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
And the sexy hurricane that we share
(We share, yeah)

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
No, I don't

All I want is you
All that I want is you
All I want is you
Nobody else, no one but you

They can never guess
In the silences
That all I want is you
(All I want is you)
And the sexy hurricane that we share

All I want is you
I don't want a man who
Tiptoes up the stairs
He's gonna fall

All I want is you
And your freight train
Whistling over my track, oh, oh

All I want is you
And your Mack truck loving
Jumping me, Jack
Oh, Jack

All I want is you....

Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by: Jerome Kern



Time and again I've longed for adventure
Something to make my heart beat the faster
What did I long for?
I never really knew

Finding your love I've found my adventure
Touching your hand
My heart beats the faster
All that I want in all of this world is you

You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song


You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are
Are mine

You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are
Are mine
All the things you are
Are mine

Lyrics by: Howard Dietz
Music by: Arthur Schwartz



Alone together
Beyond the crowd
Above the world
We're not too proud
To cling together
We're strong
As long as we're together

Alone together
The blinding rain
The starless night
We're not in vain
For we're together
And what is there to fear
Together



Our love is as deep as the sea
Our love is as great as a love can be
And we can weather
The great unknown
If we're alone together

Our love is as deep as the sea
Our love is as great as a love can be
And we can weather
The great unknown
If we're alone together
Together

As long as you're close to me
Our love is as deep as a love can be

As long as you're close to me
Our love is as great as a love can be
Alone together

I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child that's grown old
If dreams were thunder
And lightening was desire
Then this old house
Would have burnt down
A long time ago

Make me an angel
That flies
From Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this living
Is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free rambling man
But that was a long time
And no matter how I try
Well
The years just flow by
Like a broken down dam

Make me an angel
That flies
From Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this living
Is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing
Since I woke up today
How the hell can a person
Go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening
And have nothing to say

Make me an angel
That flies
From Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this living
Is just a hard way to go

We can never know about the days to come
but we think about them anyway.
And I wonder if I'm really with you now
or just chasing after some finer day

Anticipation, anticipation
is making me late
is keeping me waiting

And I tell you how easy it feels to be with you
and how right your arms feel around me.
But I rehearsed those words just late last night
when I was thinking about how right tonight might be.

Anticipation, Anticipation
is making me late
is keeping me waiting

And tomorrow we might not be together
I'm no prophet, i don't know nature's ways.
So I'll try and see into your eyes right now
and stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days.

We can never know about the days to come
but we think about them anyway.
And I wonder if I'm really with you now
or just chasing after some finer day

Anticipation, anticipation
is making me late
is keeping me waiting

And I tell you how easy it feels to be with you
and how right your arms feel around me.
But I rehearsed those words just late last night
when I was thinking about how right tonight might be.

Anticipation, Anticipation
is making me late
is keeping me waiting

And tomorrow we might not be together
I'm no prophet, i don't know nature's ways.
So I'll try and see into your eyes right now
and stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days.

(Simon/Baker/Kimball)

Straight from the hall of fame
One of the worlds great lovers
Darling you're not to blame
I'm just sorry that you've been discovered
When I look in you eyes
I know hundreds of girls have been there
I tried to be civilized
And pretend I don't care

Take me away, burn out the past
And hold me
To calm my jealousy
Hold me
Forget your history
I need you to show me
We'll be like Adam and Eve
That you love me
I wish you had never loved anyone but me

Breathless and overcome
Knowin' my desire is showing
Passion can make you dumb
But does so much to keep you going
Turn off the songs of the past romance and

Hold me
To calm my jealousy
Hold me
Forget your history
I need you to show me
We'll be like Adam and Eve
that you love me
I wish you had never loved anyone but me

With too many options
You spin like a top
you spin like a top - until you drop
But now that you've dropped I'm gonna pick you up
And love you until we just can't stop
And love you until we just can't stop

(Simon/Baker/Kimball)

Straight from the hall of fame
One of the worlds great lovers
Darling you're not to blame
I'm just sorry that you've been discovered
When I look in you eyes
I know hundreds of girls have been there
I tried to be civilized
And pretend I don't care

Take me away, burn out the past
And hold me
To calm my jealousy
Hold me
Forget your history
I need you to show me
We'll be like Adam and Eve
That you love me
I wish you had never loved anyone but me

Breathless and overcome
Knowin' my desire is showing
Passion can make you dumb
But does so much to keep you going
Turn off the songs of the past romance and

Hold me
To calm my jealousy
Hold me
Forget your history
I need you to show me
We'll be like Adam and Eve
that you love me
I wish you had never loved anyone but me

With too many options
You spin like a top
you spin like a top - until you drop
But now that you've dropped I'm gonna pick you up
And love you until we just can't stop
And love you until we just can't stop

(Herman Hupfeld)

You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say I love you
On that you can rely
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by

Moonlight and lovesongs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

It's still the same old story
The fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by

There's a new kind of dancing
that's gonna be the rage
You just leave yourself behind
Like an actor on a stage

Cop a different pose
>From the pose you're in
Shine a different attitude
>From underneath your skin

Attitude dancing
Strut around the floor in a different attitide
Attitude dancing
Any attitude is the proper attitude
Attitude dancing
Don't be afraid to change your attitude
Attitude dancing
Free up your spirit with a new attitude

It don't even matter
If you stretch or shake
And it don't really matter
What moves your body makes

And it don't really matter
What steps you choose to do
Only one thing matters:
That's your attitude
Your attitude, attitude dancing

Attitude dancing
Strut around the floor in a different attitide
Attitude dancing
Learn to move in another attitude
Attitude dancing
Find the groove in a new attitude
Attitude dancing
Don't be afraid of a new attitude

It don't really matter
What steps you choose to do
Only one thing matters:
Is your attitude

Your attitude, attitude dancing
Strut around the floor in a new attitude
Do the locomotion in a new attitude
Do the mashed potato in a new attitude
Do the hully gully in a new attitude

Find a role you like
Capture it and freeze
Then turn it around
A hundred and eighty degrees
Or if you're at a loss
Observe some natural dude
And turn into a mirror of his attitude
Attitude, attitude, attitude
Dancing

(Carly Simon)

We jumped into a river on the moon
But the water was too cold
We tried to buy the morning star
But it was already sold
I wanted to make it big with you
But my plans must have been to bold TOO

And it's back down to earth again
Back in my car and gone
Back on the road
Back on the road alone

You were my summer angel
You're eyes how they shone
Just last night we were talking about
How much our love had grown
I wanted to prove how good it could be
But my plans will have to be postponed

'Cause it's back down to earth again
Back in my car and gone
Back on the road
Back on the road alone

(carly simon)

Back the way it was before
Before the heart was broken
Playing hookey, making cookies
We were always jokin?
Back the way it used to be
Talks didn't end in a quarrel
Everything seemed so normal
Back the way it was before

But now the limo pulls up to the door
And she gets in


She calls bye, bye honey
Here is some money
I forgot the groceries

Back the way it was before
The chicken pox was easy
We told each other everything
And nobody was nosey
Back the way it used to be
When we were a happy family
Nobody ever asked us
If we wanted tiny little sandwiches
Sent up to our room

(Carly Simon)

Better not tell her, that I was your lover
Better not make her jealous of me
Better convince her there was nothing between us
I'm not those initials in your diary
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after

Better not tell her why you love Spanish dancing
Don't bother to say that it's hot in the summer in Madrid
Let it all go now, Like smoke from a candle
Like the trace of a song that you hear in the wind
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I cried when you left
That I think of you still

But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I'd die for your love
That I still...love...you

(Carly Simon)

Better not tell her, that I was your lover
Better not make her jealous of me
Better convince her there was nothing between us
I'm not those initials in your diary
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after

Better not tell her why you love Spanish dancing
Don't bother to say that it's hot in the summer in Madrid
Let it all go now, Like smoke from a candle
Like the trace of a song that you hear in the wind
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I cried when you left
That I think of you still

But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I'd die for your love
That I still...love...you

(Carly Simon)

Better not tell her, that I was your lover
Better not make her jealous of me
Better convince her there was nothing between us
I'm not those initials in your diary
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after

Better not tell her why you love Spanish dancing
Don't bother to say that it's hot in the summer in Madrid
Let it all go now, Like smoke from a candle
Like the trace of a song that you hear in the wind
But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I cried when you left
That I think of you still

But if you slip and my name comes up
Don't deny that you knew me
Just leave out the white nights
The moon in your window
The break in your whisper
The promises after
Leave out the tears and the laughter
She won't need to know
That I'd die for your love
That I still...love...you

He's a fool and don't I know it
But a fool can have his charms
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms
Love's the same old sad sensation
Lately I've not slept a week
Since this half pint imitation's
Put me on the blink

I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

I couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
Until love came and told me I shouldn't sleep


Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

Oh I lost my heart but what of it
He is home I am free
Oh but he can laugh and I love it
Although the laugh's on me

I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And long for the day I'll cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

So many tech-heads, recent invasion
I stretch out my long legs
And I kick away the mouse pad, baby

Amazon, eBay, Oracle, he say
He promise a freebee
But he's such a pokey little guy
Wait, I hear big footsteps

Thud, thumping out of the past
That big dumb guy is here at last
That big dumb guy is here at last

Cyberman lights up but mostly he floppy
Computer man crashes
He's so humpty dumpty, baby

Now, he tries this experiment
Though he knows it's so low-tech
He tries patting his forehead
While he's rub, rub, rubbing my stomach, baby

But he can't do it, can he?
No, no, he can't do that at all
But wait, I hear big footsteps

Thud, thumbing out of the past
Sure enough, that big dumb guy is here at last
That big dumb guy is here at last, big papa bear

Maybe you can remember
It wasn't that long ago
When you dialed a number
You got a living, breathing human being
On the telephone

Don't want nothing to do
But just study the skin on your face
I want to look up at the sky
And watch the sunset with someone like you

Wait, I hear big footsteps
Thud, thumbing out of the past
That big dumb guy is here at last
That big dumb guy is here at last
That big dumb guy is here, he's here

In fact, he's brought his
Big raccoon coat with him
And he doesn't even know it's
Politically incorrect

That big dumb guy is here at last
I see him now walking toward me
Let's get it on with your big bad self

Get it on, babe, get it on, babe
Get it on, babe, get it on, babe
That big dumb guy is here at last
Big, big, big, big, big, big dumb guy

Oh, ha, smartest guy, I ever knew, yeah
Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
Kiss me, kiss me, now, it feels so good

I don't want to have to go into
Those chat rooms anymore
I don't want to see that pinwheel go 'round

And around and around
Every time I try to open any window
Hold me, you big dumb guy, you smart guy

You may think I'm dumb
Or you may think you're sly
But I know what you're cravin'
I've been watchin' your eyes
There's a girl 'cross the room
She's been glancin' this way
both of you wonderin'
when you'll have your day

(chorus)

Black honeymoon
I'll be leavin' you soon
Next time maybe I'll be the girl
Across the room
black honeymoon



She's tossin' her hair
She won't meet my stare
I turn to accuse you
You pretend she's not there
The pains not so bad
cause I've played thru this game
The players are different
But the moves they're the same
Now she's gone
And you're smilin' back
but my blood's turned to ice, ice, ice, ice
Now I don't feel undone
And I don't feel afraid
there's nothing quite so cold
As the heart you've betrayed

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

The blue of blue
Is mostly grey
Ain't no silver line
No brighter day
Last of the coming up
Didn't come my way
Looks like I'm down here to stay
Down to stay

So kick me, I won't feel a thing
My senses have all been run
And there's nothing left of the used to be
but the weeping that's just begun
That sour taste too late
But now I duck my head
And no cradle rocks this empty bed
If crying's not good for me
Then I guess I'm doing wrong
So I sing this crying song
Cry along

You packed it in too soon
You lose me but not your nerve
Well I guess I know it's what I deserve
Crazy to think that I could keep you on reserve
And so the curtain falls
Curtain falls

My heart is sad and lonely
I sigh for you
For you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longing
And wonder why
It's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it

It's hard to conceive it
That you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless you'd give me one more chance
To prove dear
My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours just for the taking
I'm gladly surrender
Myself to you - Body and Soul

(Carly Simon)

You were born to break
You were born to break
You were born to break my heart

The same kitchen, the same eyes
The same reaction to the same lies
It was not so long ago,
A most auspicious start
And only now I know
You were born to break my heart
Born to break my heart...

'Guilt Trip,'I can hear you say
Get a grip girl, you've lost your way
You don't begin to understand
I guess it's time we part
And don;t be usin?that old cliche:
You were born to break my heart?
You were born to break my heart?

No wonder we looked like the perfect couple
It was brilliantly conceived
It seems I have a yen to lose
And you can't pass up the perfect
Chance to leave

The same plot, the same rain
Just as stubborn as a fool
You'd think I might get smart
But here I am, cursed, to seek love again
>From yet another cold heart

You were born to break my heart,
Born to break my heart

(Carly Simon)

You were born to break
You were born to break
You were born to break my heart

The same kitchen, the same eyes
The same reaction to the same lies
It was not so long ago,
A most auspicious start
And only now I know
You were born to break my heart
Born to break my heart...

'Guilt Trip,'I can hear you say
Get a grip girl, you've lost your way
You don't begin to understand
I guess it's time we part
And don;t be usin?that old cliche:
You were born to break my heart?
You were born to break my heart?

No wonder we looked like the perfect couple
It was brilliantly conceived
It seems I have a yen to lose
And you can't pass up the perfect
Chance to leave

The same plot, the same rain
Just as stubborn as a fool
You'd think I might get smart
But here I am, cursed, to seek love again
>From yet another cold heart

You were born to break my heart,
Born to break my heart

(Carly Simon)

I'm home again in my old narrow bed
Where I grew tall and my feet hung over the end
The low beam room with the window looking out
On the soft summer garden
Where the boys grew in the trees

here I grew guilty
And no one was at fault
Frightened by the power in every innocent thought
And the silent understanding passing down
>From daughter to daughter
Let the boys grow in the trees

Do you go to them or do you let them come to you
Do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude
Deny yourself and hope someone will see
And live like a flower
While the boys grew in the trees

last night I slept in sheets the colour of fire
Tonight I lie alone again and curse my own desires
Sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
And watch by the window
Where the boys grew in the trees

(Carly Simon)

I'm home again in my old narrow bed
Where I grew tall and my feet hung over the end
The low beam room with the window looking out
On the soft summer garden
Where the boys grew in the trees

here I grew guilty
And no one was at fault
Frightened by the power in every innocent thought
And the silent understanding passing down
>From daughter to daughter
Let the boys grow in the trees

Do you go to them or do you let them come to you
Do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude
Deny yourself and hope someone will see
And live like a flower
While the boys grew in the trees

last night I slept in sheets the colour of fire
Tonight I lie alone again and curse my own desires
Sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
And watch by the window
Where the boys grew in the trees

(Carly Simon)

I'm home again in my old narrow bed
Where I grew tall and my feet hung over the end
The low beam room with the window looking out
On the soft summer garden
Where the boys grew in the trees

here I grew guilty
And no one was at fault
Frightened by the power in every innocent thought
And the silent understanding passing down
>From daughter to daughter
Let the boys grow in the trees

Do you go to them or do you let them come to you
Do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude
Deny yourself and hope someone will see
And live like a flower
While the boys grew in the trees

last night I slept in sheets the colour of fire
Tonight I lie alone again and curse my own desires
Sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
And watch by the window
Where the boys grew in the trees

(Simon/Goldmark)

I've been saying that I'm
Leave well enough alone
Now I'm behaving
Like I'm begging you for a bone
When it feels good you can't help it
You just hang by the phone
And it felt that good last night
I can't give it up

You come on like a prince
You got everyone convinced
That you've a prince of a man
But I'm the one who knows you
I'm the one you show that you
Don't give a damn
Can't give it up, oh no, can't give it up

I've been dreaming you fall in love with me
No cold blooded scheming
If it could be that easy
But you still fight it
And I must like it
That I have to reach for what I want
And as long as it feels that good
I can't give it up

I don't want to want you
I don't want to want you
'Cause you can't give, can't give
No, I don't want you cause you
Can't give....

(Carly Simon)

If you want someone bad enough
You can catch it like a fever
And it's the last thing in the world you want,
But you can catch it like a fever
And it;s the only thing
That's left of you
And you can catch it like a fever
The habit and the curse
You're not here,
Yet I have swallowed you whole

(Simon/Brackman/Zigman/Scheff/Thomas)

Summer time, kids in the street
We were up on the roof laughing at the heat
that was the last I ever saw of you

Now it's December, cold and dark
No more rainbows over Central Park
In this house no window has a view
There's no love here without you

(Chorus)
When you gonna come back home
When you gonna see it's been too long
When you gonna come back home to me

Standin?at the door and I turn the key
I'm holding my breath half expecting to see
you lyin' on the bed, smilin' up at me
I'm goin' crazy 'cause I just don't know
Which way your heart's gonna go
I only pray it leads you back to me
Darlin' let your heart
Lead you back to me

(Simon/Brackman/Zigman/Scheff/Thomas)

Summer time, kids in the street
We were up on the roof laughing at the heat
that was the last I ever saw of you

Now it's December, cold and dark
No more rainbows over Central Park
In this house no window has a view
There's no love here without you

(Chorus)
When you gonna come back home
When you gonna see it's been too long
When you gonna come back home to me

Standin?at the door and I turn the key
I'm holding my breath half expecting to see
you lyin' on the bed, smilin' up at me
I'm goin' crazy 'cause I just don't know
Which way your heart's gonna go
I only pray it leads you back to me
Darlin' let your heart
Lead you back to me

(Carly Simon/Mike Mainieri)

Sitting in a car here
After a party where we've seen
Everyone we've known for years
Well I've known you for years
Oh but now it's all changed
And all of my feelings
Have been rearanged

(Chorus)
Come upstairs
We'll be all alone
Come upstairs
No one will know
Come upstairs
We can take of the phone
Come upstairs
You can take of my clothes

Say that it feels good
Maybe too good to say that it feels like a dream
You want to knock on some wood
Well I'll give you some wood
And I'll give you some fire
I'll give you myself
And I will show you my desire

Come upstairs
We'll have a few laughs
Come upstairs
We'll take a bath
Come upstairs
It's only one flight
Come upstairs
You can stay overnight

I'll give you some wood
Yeah, I'll give you some fire
I'll give you myself
And I will show you my desire

Chorus

(Carly Simon/Mike Mainieri)

Sitting in a car here
After a party where we've seen
Everyone we've known for years
Well I've known you for years
Oh but now it's all changed
And all of my feelings
Have been rearanged

(Chorus)
Come upstairs
We'll be all alone
Come upstairs
No one will know
Come upstairs
We can take of the phone
Come upstairs
You can take of my clothes

Say that it feels good
Maybe too good to say that it feels like a dream
You want to knock on some wood
Well I'll give you some wood
And I'll give you some fire
I'll give you myself
And I will show you my desire

Come upstairs
We'll have a few laughs
Come upstairs
We'll take a bath
Come upstairs
It's only one flight
Come upstairs
You can stay overnight

I'll give you some wood
Yeah, I'll give you some fire
I'll give you myself
And I will show you my desire

Chorus

Baby sneezes
Mommy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (broken heart)

You pay the grocer
Fix the toaster
You kiss the host goodbye
Then you break a window
burn the Souffle
Scream the lullaby

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart

And I believe in love
But what else can I do
I'm so in love with you

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It will be coming around again

(I, I believe in love)(Baby sneezes)
(I believe in love)(Mommy pleases)
(I believe in love)(Daddy breezes in)

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It will be coming around again

I do believe I do believe I believe in love. I believe in love.
Coming around again coming around again.
Nothing stays the same. But if you're willing to play the game it will be coming around again.

I believe in love. I believe in love. That it's coming around again...

Baby sneezes
Mommy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (broken heart)

You pay the grocer
Fix the toaster
You kiss the host goodbye
Then you break a window
burn the Souffle
Scream the lullaby

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart

And I believe in love
But what else can I do
I'm so in love with you

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It will be coming around again

(I, I believe in love)(Baby sneezes)
(I believe in love)(Mommy pleases)
(I believe in love)(Daddy breezes in)

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It will be coming around again

I do believe I do believe I believe in love. I believe in love.
Coming around again coming around again.
Nothing stays the same. But if you're willing to play the game it will be coming around again.

I believe in love. I believe in love. That it's coming around again...

Baby sneezes
Mommy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (broken heart)

You pay the grocer
Fix the toaster
You kiss the host goodbye
Then you break a window
burn the Souffle
Scream the lullaby

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It's coming around again
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart

And I believe in love
But what else can I do
I'm so in love with you

I know nothing stays the same (stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (play the game)
It will be coming around again

(I, I believe in love)(Baby sneezes)
(I believe in love)(Mommy pleases)
(I believe in love)(Daddy breezes in)

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It will be coming around again

I do believe I do believe I believe in love. I believe in love.
Coming around again coming around again.
Nothing stays the same. But if you're willing to play the game it will be coming around again.

I believe in love. I believe in love. That it's coming around again...

CROSS THE RIVER
WRITER CARLY SIMON

A hot cloud was hanginA?'around We were a rowdy crowd
DrinkinA?'beer and smokinA?' at the end of the pier Danny was shufflinA?' through a magazine ClippinA?'out pictures of a car To get us out of here Laura was hounding him to get a bike
Warning him the time was now Or heA?'d be out on his ear, sheA?'d disappear If only we could cross the river We couldnA?'t get a jump-start on life The whispers across the Hudson
Grow louder in our ears Louder in our ears every night
We were all somewhat out of school Jersey by birth, relaxing but not on a holiday An appalling amount of time spent at the mall Not a tragedy, but not exactly the Milky Way Looking for a bigger laugh, a better store, A cutter guy, a shorter working day, better pay If only we could cross the river We couldnA?'t get a jump-start on life The whispers across the Hudson Grow louder in our ears Louder in our ears Louder in our ears every night When Laura and Danny broke up She set her sights on Billy Stone Well, I had just split from Jonathan So by chance, I was all alone Danny and I got along as well We spent hours on the phone Just talkinA?'on the phone When I was twenty and crazy as a joke I went to bed with a broker
When I was broke I got used to doormen and limousines
And Christmas cards from friends signed by a machine And woman, they were calling me "MaA?'am" As they cleaned up after me If only we could cross the river But something is holding us back A way of life thatA?'s too familiar Like the lines are to the railroad track If only we could cross the river We couldnA?'t get a jump-start on life The whispers across the Hudson Grow louder in our ears Louder in our ears every night Dear Laura, I know itA?'s been years Since I crossed the bridge back to the Palisades How are your kids? Mine are both swell little fellas Here are some clippings of me and Brad
At a charity ball and a White House sup IA?'ve perfected my smile for the camera Chin is up I miss you all so much If only I could cross the river But something me holding us back
A way of life thatA?'s too familiar Like the lines are to the railroad Lines are to the railroad
If only we could cross the river
We couldnA?'t get a jump-start on life

The whispers across the Hudson
Grow louder in our ears
Louder in our ears
If only we could cross the river
But something is holding us back
A way of life thatA?'s too familiar
Like the lines are to the railroad
Lines are to the railroad
Railroad track

(Carly Simon)

Hey, when I say things that bother you
Don't be a stubborn man
Don't leave me in the cold
Remember who I am
Damn, you get to me
When I can't get to you,
No fair, you're silent and you're hurt
And all I want to do
Is know what I've done wrong
All I want to know is what to do
Damn, you get to me
When I can't get to you
There's too much long distance
In our love
And tonight I need you
Don't run away, please let me know
How I've hurt you
Hey, it's me, see I'm the lucky one
You've opened up my heart
You led me by the hand
You took me slow so I would understand
Damn, you got to me
Let me get to you

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

But come you back when summer's in the meadow
Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow


Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

But when you come, when all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be
Then if you bend and tell me that you love me
I'll sleep in peace until you come to me

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

But come you back when summer's in the meadow
Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow


Or all the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

But when you come, when all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be
Then if you bend and tell me that you love me
I'll sleep in peace until you come to me

(Carly Simon)

Davy, is there a song out there in the night
For us?
Davy, is there the kind of smile that you
Read about?
There are ghosts who would warn me
Keep me alone...
Davy, are you the heat I feel in my
Foolish heart?
Davy, there's not a day that I haven't prayed
To feel something so worthy
For someone like you...

Davy, could there be love so bright
Like to jump off the sea?
Davy, did I imagine it or did you look at me
With a look so bold that I had to look away?

But if it feels alright
If it feels alright and it feels alright
Davy, Davy, Davy!!!

(Carly Simon)

Davy, is there a song out there in the night
For us?
Davy, is there the kind of smile that you
Read about?
There are ghosts who would warn me
Keep me alone...
Davy, are you the heat I feel in my
Foolish heart?
Davy, there's not a day that I haven't prayed
To feel something so worthy
For someone like you...

Davy, could there be love so bright
Like to jump off the sea?
Davy, did I imagine it or did you look at me
With a look so bold that I had to look away?

But if it feels alright
If it feels alright and it feels alright
Davy, Davy, Davy!!!

Fly in me face
Fly in me face
Fly in me face
Fly in me face
Well I hope de bat don't come out and fly in me face tonight

Well I come home from a party
And I'm feelin' a little spaced
And I walk on in the kitchen and
A bat fly in me face
Well de bat come down the chimney
You see he wait in the fireplace
When he hear that I'm getting a little snack
De bat fly in me face

Fly in me face
Fly in me face
Well I hope de bat he don't come out
And fly in me face tonight

De bat he rat got wings
All the children know that
What I need to know from the lord
Is how you get de wings on the cat
They say a bat's got radar
And he can fly through fan
But what I am afraid of is
That he got another plan
To fly in me face
Fly in me face

Well I hope de bat he don't come out
And fly in me face tonight
Fly in me face

One thing I forgot to tell you about the human race
Everybody get a little upset when a bat fly in they face
Fly in me face
Fly in me face
Well I hope de bat he don't come out
And fly in me face tonight

Darlin' you can count on me
Till the sun dries up the sea
Until then I'll always be
Devoted to you

I'll be yours till endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you

I'll never hurt you
I'll never lie
I'll never be untru

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Throught the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

Devoted to you

Darlin' you can count on me
Till the sun dries up the sea
Until then I'll always be
Devoted to you

I'll be yours till endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you

I'll never hurt you
I'll never lie
I'll never be untru

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Throught the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

Devoted to you

Darlin' you can count on me
Till the sun dries up the sea
Until then I'll always be
Devoted to you

I'll be yours till endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you

I'll never hurt you
I'll never lie
I'll never be untru

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue

Throught the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

Devoted to you

(Carly Simon)

Didn't I give you midnight?
Didn't I give you the month of June
Didn't I make it alright
When everything was ruined
Didn't I say didn't I
Didn't you say Didn't I too
Didn't we both say Didn't I
'Till didn't we say we're through
Didn't I try, Didn't I cry
Didn't I?

Sorry that your mother dropped you on your head
Maybe her mother dropped her too
In the end we all get dropped
We all get black and blue

But didn't I always love you long
When time was short and the night was cold
Didn't I admit that I was wrong
When the anger was new but the fight was old
Didn't I say didn't I
'Till didn't we say we're through
Didn't I try, Didn't I cry
Didn't I, Didn't I,
Didn't I do?

If I had wings
Like Noah's dove
I'd fly
Across the water
To that man I love
Fare you well
Oh, honey
Fare you well

One of these mornings
In the drizzling rain
All around my heart
Was an aching pain
Fare you well
Oh, honey
Fare you well

If I had listened
To what my mama said
I'd of stayed at home
In momma's bed
Fare you well
Oh, honey
Fare you well
Fare you well
Oh, honey
Fare you well

One of these mornings
It won't be long
You'll call my name
And I'll be gone
Fare you well
Fare you well
Fare you well

(Carly Simon/Paul Samwell-Smith)

Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do your eyes grow dim
Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do you let me in

Nothing like a rainy night
To set your heart rememberin'
Nothing like a vivid dream
To take you back again

When you think of me
Do your eyes grow dim
Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do you let me in

Something in my pocket
That was written years ago
In faded ink says, 'You are my fire'
Do you think so...

Is it easier for you to say
You never loved me anyway
Or do you hide me in your attic trunk
Like a stowaway?

(Carly Simon/Paul Samwell-Smith)

Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do your eyes grow dim
Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do you let me in

Nothing like a rainy night
To set your heart rememberin'
Nothing like a vivid dream
To take you back again

When you think of me
Do your eyes grow dim
Do the walls come down
When you think of me
Do you let me in

Something in my pocket
That was written years ago
In faded ink says, 'You are my fire'
Do you think so...

Is it easier for you to say
You never loved me anyway
Or do you hide me in your attic trunk
Like a stowaway?

(W. Robinson)

I left a note on his dresser
And my old wedding ring
With these few goodbye words
How can I sing
Goodbye old sleepy head
I'm packing you in like I said
Take care of everything
I'm leaving my wedding ring

Don't look for me
I'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

Don't look for me
I'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

(Carly Simon)

I'll take some of this, I'll have some of that
And several more of these
Now that I see it, I know what I like
So I'll like it if you please
I ain't nobody's princess, stuck in Sunday School
So I'll help myself to love
And have the whole career
Don't wrap it up, I'll eat it here

Just look at you now, the ultimate guy
Class and wit and style
Once I might have pretended, to be someone else
Attracting you with guile
But now I'm not about to dress up, in some other woman? shoes
I've got nothing to lose
So I'll help myself to love,
Gather round and cheer
Don't wrap it up, I'll eat it here

I've stood there patiently waiting in line
A take-out man's an O.K. plan
If you've got lots of time
Especially if he's biodegradable

I ain't nobody's princess
I ain't nobody's fool
So I'll help myself to love
There's nothing more to fear
Don't wrap it up, I'll eat it here

(Carly Simon/Andy Goldberg)

I'm the most dangerous person in this room
The way you look
I could do some damage to myself
It's your heart against mine
And I fear I may capsize
I'm operating without a license
But I'm willing to pay the price
'Cause you're just so easy
You've so damned easy on the eyes

You turn your face
The two sides don't synchronize
You've nothing like anyone I've ever seen before
If I'm staring at you then I apologize
You defy every rule I've learned
But still I've never been half so turned on
And you're just so easy
You've so damned easy on the eyes

Handsome's not a word that comes to mind
But I'd have to be blind to try and minimize
How easy you are on the eyes
Easy on the eyes
In my vertigo
You're easy on the eyes
From head to toe
You've so easy on the eyes

I'm operating without a license
But I'm willing to pay the price
And you're just so easy
You've just so damn easy on the eyes

(Carly Simon)

At night (IN BED) I heard God whisper lullabyes
While Daddy next door whistled whiskey tunes
And sometimes when I wanted, they would harmonize
There was nothing those two couldn't do

Embrace me you child, you're a child of mine
And I'm leaving everything I am to you
Go chase the wild and night time streets sang Daddy
And God sang, Pray the devil doesn't get to you

I thought together they must sing the moon away
I thought that they must know each other well
For the magic that they made, when they played
Wasn't lost between their Heaven and their Hell

Then one night Daddy died and went to Heaven
And God came down to earth and slipped away
I pretended not to (KNOW) I'd been abandoned
But no-one sang the night into the day
And later night time songs came back again
But the singers don't compare with those I knew
And I never figured out where God and Daddy went
But there was nothing those two couldn't do

(Cole Porter)

Everytime we say goodbye I die a little
Everytime we say goodbye I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me, they allow you to go

When you're near there's such an air of Spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer but how strange the change from major to
minor
Everytime we say goodbye

Why the gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me, they allow you to go
And when you're near there's such an air of Spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it

There's no love song finer but how strange the change from major to
minor
Everytime we say goodbye, everytime we say goodbye
Everytime we say goodbye, everytime we say goodbye.....

(J. Webb/C.Simon)

Got on in New Haven
Last car on the train.
Put my hat on the seat,
Wipe the tears from my eyes.

I watched my life go by,
Like a movie in my brain.
Scenes unreeling;
In a sceneless chain
On the window,
and a silver screen of rain!

And the opening title scroll,
and the score comes in and under.
And I'm in the starring role,
in a world of love-struck wonder;

It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids;
Falling in love, but in flashback.

And then the music,
that gorgeous music;
And I wake up,
Rattling down the railroad track.

He could be sweet,
But I stayed on my guard.
Just how good a liar
can a decent man be?

I always played my hand
Like I didn't have the cards.
Cause he held them all
So I could never see.
Yes, he played me for a fool,
and I agreed.

And the closing credits roll,
And the waves come in like thunder.
Cause the hero's lost control,
And I made a fatal blunder.


Just another sad story;
Two star-crossed kids,
Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac.

And then that music,
That mournful music.
And the train's disappearing
Down that railroad track.

And the long, slow dissolve,
As we fade to black.

(J. Webb/C.Simon)

Got on in New Haven
Last car on the train.
Put my hat on the seat,
Wipe the tears from my eyes.

I watched my life go by,
Like a movie in my brain.
Scenes unreeling;
In a sceneless chain
On the window,
and a silver screen of rain!

And the opening title scroll,
and the score comes in and under.
And I'm in the starring role,
in a world of love-struck wonder;

It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids;
Falling in love, but in flashback.

And then the music,
that gorgeous music;
And I wake up,
Rattling down the railroad track.

He could be sweet,
But I stayed on my guard.
Just how good a liar
can a decent man be?

I always played my hand
Like I didn't have the cards.
Cause he held them all
So I could never see.
Yes, he played me for a fool,
and I agreed.

And the closing credits roll,
And the waves come in like thunder.
Cause the hero's lost control,
And I made a fatal blunder.


Just another sad story;
Two star-crossed kids,
Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac.

And then that music,
That mournful music.
And the train's disappearing
Down that railroad track.

And the long, slow dissolve,
As we fade to black.

In a pine forest cooler
Than the rest of the island
Lives a young fisherman
With eyes like the sea
He built his own boat
And made his own cabin
But he's broken the hearts
Of the likes of me

Now you must understand
He made me a promise
There were secrets we shared
We planted a tree
We lived in his cabin
I fished along side of him
I fell under the spell
Of his sorcery

When he cast me adrift
At the end of the summer
It was not for another
But his own privacy
I fell apart like a rose
But the scent of my longing
Remains and it weeps
Like an old willow tree

At night when its still
With the yellow moon rising
When his candle is snuffed
And he's deep in a dream
I move like a cat
And crawl into his window
And lie down beside him
In a golden moon beam

The smell of his skin
Is just like the summer
When our love was as fresh
As the grass in the fields
And ever so softly
I kiss his eyelids
Before slipping away
My secret concealed

Though I'm in it alone
I'm still in it in love
And love can be lonely
Like a sweet melody
But just maybe he feels me
Like a whisper inside him
Like an angel beside him
Deep in him company

(Carly Simon)

First she sees her hypnotist
When she rushes to her psychiatrist
She sees her acupuncturist
She's got to got to get fixed

Then she sees her scientologist
Gets fed by her nutritionist
She can not seem to resist
Seeking cosmic consciousness

Chorus:
Looks like she's floundering again
Seems to be floundering again
Looks like she's floundering again
Seems to be floundering again

She swears by Jack La Lanne
then she throws the I Ching again
She searches in the Himalayas
For someone to ease the pain

Chorus

She's looking for a cure
She does not know exactly what for

Chorus

She's into political activism
Reading up on Tibetan Buddism
Anna Freud's analysed her dreams
And she's hoarse from primal screams

Chorus

Let's make love for old times sake.
Let's set right an old mistake.
Let's invite our hearts to break.
It's right tonight, but just for old time's sake.

Remember you as Mars, and me as Venus.
Strange to see the grey in your hair.
And now to feel a peace so deep between us,
And to realize that we still care.

Let's make love for old times sake.
Let's set right an old mistake.
Let's invite our hearts to break.
It's right tonight, but just for old time's sake.

I used to think we would wind up together,
Our destinies always entwined.
Oh, but your heart kept changing like the weather,
And you wound up leaving me behind.

Let's make love for old times sake.
Let's set right an old mistake.
Let's invite our hearts to break.
It's right tonight, but just for old time's sake.

Let's make love for old times sake.
Let's set right an old mistake.
Let's invite our hearts to break.
It's right tonight, but just for old time's sake.

It's right tonight, yeah,
But just for old time's sake...
It's right tonight for old time's sake.
For old time's sake.
Old times sake...

(Carly Simon)

One of us slipped last night
And said 'Darling'
There in the middle of the night
Between dream and sleep
Did you say it or did I
I don't know
But it interrupted the war
That's the way
These cold wars are
I love you we said
Or one of us did
And the other agreed
>From the heart

One of us slipped last night
And said 'Sorry'
There in the middle of the madness
Between the dark and the light
Who cares if all the doors had been closed
And no love had entered for days
Cold wars like these go up in a blaze
I love you we said
Or one of us did
And the other agreed
>From the heart
Thru the haze of the dream
The truth could come thru
You can see that I'm still
Open to you
I love you
I love you we said from the heart

I have no need of half of anything
No half time, no half a man's attention
Give me all the earth and sky
And at the same time
Add a new dimension
Half the truth is of no use
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

Give me all night
Give me the full moon
And if I can't take the whole of you
Give it to me anyway
Give me all night
'Till the last star fades
And if you can' t take my heart and soul
Take it from me anyway

Don't give me fountains, I need waterfalls
And, when I cry, my tears will fill an ocean
The pain of love, I'll accept it all
As long as you'll join me in that emotion
Half of lovin' is no fun
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

(Repeat Chorus)

Don't leave me guessing alone
Don't walk me half the way home
You can do that tomorrow
Just give me, give me all night

(Repeat Chorus)

I have no need of half of anything
No half time, no half a man's attention
Give me all the earth and sky
And at the same time
Add a new dimension
Half the truth is of no use
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

Give me all night
Give me the full moon
And if I can't take the whole of you
Give it to me anyway
Give me all night
'Till the last star fades
And if you can' t take my heart and soul
Take it from me anyway

Don't give me fountains, I need waterfalls
And, when I cry, my tears will fill an ocean
The pain of love, I'll accept it all
As long as you'll join me in that emotion
Half of lovin' is no fun
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

(Repeat Chorus)

Don't leave me guessing alone
Don't walk me half the way home
You can do that tomorrow
Just give me, give me all night

(Repeat Chorus)

I have no need of half of anything
No half time, no half a man's attention
Give me all the earth and sky
And at the same time
Add a new dimension
Half the truth is of no use
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

Give me all night
Give me the full moon
And if I can't take the whole of you
Give it to me anyway
Give me all night
'Till the last star fades
And if you can' t take my heart and soul
Take it from me anyway

Don't give me fountains, I need waterfalls
And, when I cry, my tears will fill an ocean
The pain of love, I'll accept it all
As long as you'll join me in that emotion
Half of lovin' is no fun
Give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it, I am strong that way

(Repeat Chorus)

Don't leave me guessing alone
Don't walk me half the way home
You can do that tomorrow
Just give me, give me all night

(Repeat Chorus)

The torch I carry is handsome
It's worth its heartache in ransom
Now when that twilight steals
I know how the lady in the harbor feels

When I want rain, I get sunny weather
I'm just as blue, blue as the sky
Since love has gone, I can't get myself together
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

My friend ask me out, but I tell them I'm busy
I've got to get a new alibi
I hang around at home, and ask myself: "Where is she?"
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops
Moving on a stream of dreams
My little memories, those precious memories
Remind me of our crazy schemes

Then somebody says, just forget about her
But I gave that treatment a try
Strangely enough, I got along without her
Then one day she passed me right by - oh well
I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

(Carly Simon)

Thank you for informing me
That I've been banned from Canada
It comes as no suprise to me
Since last week it was Africa
Since you've been ambassador
There's trouble at the border
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

It's amusing still it makes me wince
Your face is like a scimitar
When accidentally eye to eye
You shoot a look of vinegar
What could I have done to you
To mkae you act the way you do
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

For whatever reason
You would keep me
Halfway 'round the world
I believe it's like some kind of compliment
I must be quite a girl
Quite a girl
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

Once upon a time you swore you'd love me
'Til the end of the world
Now, nowhere is far enough away for you
I must be quite a girl
Quite a girl...
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

(Carly Simon)

Thank you for informing me
That I've been banned from Canada
It comes as no suprise to me
Since last week it was Africa
Since you've been ambassador
There's trouble at the border
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

It's amusing still it makes me wince
Your face is like a scimitar
When accidentally eye to eye
You shoot a look of vinegar
What could I have done to you
To mkae you act the way you do
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

For whatever reason
You would keep me
Halfway 'round the world
I believe it's like some kind of compliment
I must be quite a girl
Quite a girl
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

Once upon a time you swore you'd love me
'Til the end of the world
Now, nowhere is far enough away for you
I must be quite a girl
Quite a girl...
La la la la la la la Halfway 'round the world

(Carly Simon)

It's all of our birthdays this summer
One number older, another year younger
I'll go to your party, you'll come to mine
We've given up cigarettes, we've given up wine
We've given up caffeine and sworn off desserts
I don't try to seduce you, we don't even flirt
We're too good to be happy, too straight to be sad
So just blow out the candles, Happy Birthday

Stay out of the ocean, stay out of the sun
Stay in perfect shape and be number one
We've got brilliant excuses for having no fun
So blow out the candles, Happy Birthday

Make love in the microwave
Think of all the time you'll save
And don't forget to make it look
As though you're working very very hard

But I'll be your lover if you will be mine
We'll go back to the garden and have a good time
And if I'm offered an apple, I'll politely decline
And just blow out the candles
Happy Birthday

(Carly Simon)

It's all of our birthdays this summer
One number older, another year younger
I'll go to your party, you'll come to mine
We've given up cigarettes, we've given up wine
We've given up caffeine and sworn off desserts
I don't try to seduce you, we don't even flirt
We're too good to be happy, too straight to be sad
So just blow out the candles, Happy Birthday

Stay out of the ocean, stay out of the sun
Stay in perfect shape and be number one
We've got brilliant excuses for having no fun
So blow out the candles, Happy Birthday

Make love in the microwave
Think of all the time you'll save
And don't forget to make it look
As though you're working very very hard

But I'll be your lover if you will be mine
We'll go back to the garden and have a good time
And if I'm offered an apple, I'll politely decline
And just blow out the candles
Happy Birthday

(Carly Simon)

There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone
Like an echo in the wind leaves, unreconciled -
Waiting to be picked up and bounced down again on
Listeners ears

There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone
And you know who I am
Though I never leave my name or number
I'm locked inside of you so it doesn't matter

There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone
And you know who I am
Though I never leave my name or number
I'm locked inside of you so it doesn't matter

There's always someone haunting someone - haunting someone
And I can't sleep easy
'Cause I'm afraid of dreaming
And then the memory of the dream
There's always someone haunting someone
Haunting someone
Haunting someone

Have you seen me lately?
What was it you saw
Are you gonna catch me
With my hand in the jar, naked singing in the choir?

have you seen me lately?
Did I look O.K.
Are you gonna shame me and take my toys away?

Don't wake me unless you love me
It takes too long to fall back to sleep
Don't wake me unless you're a friend of mine
I'd rather just fall back on my dreams



Have you seen me lately?
Did I miss a beat
Are you gonna make me get back on my feet?

Don't wake me unless you love me
It takes too long to fall back to sleep
Don't wake me unless you're a friend of mine
I'd rather just fall back on my dreams

Have you seen me lately?
Was I crazy?
Don't wake me...Don't wake me...Don't wake me...

Have you seen me lately?
What was it you saw
Are you gonna catch me
With my hand in the jar, naked singing in the choir?

have you seen me lately?
Did I look O.K.
Are you gonna shame me and take my toys away?

Don't wake me unless you love me
It takes too long to fall back to sleep
Don't wake me unless you're a friend of mine
I'd rather just fall back on my dreams



Have you seen me lately?
Did I miss a beat
Are you gonna make me get back on my feet?

Don't wake me unless you love me
It takes too long to fall back to sleep
Don't wake me unless you're a friend of mine
I'd rather just fall back on my dreams

Have you seen me lately?
Was I crazy?
Don't wake me...Don't wake me...Don't wake me...

All those crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep
Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore
'Cause I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

You showed me how, how to leave myself behind
How to turn down the noise in my mind
Now I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

Suffering was the only thing that made me feel I was alive
Though that's just how much it cost to survive in this world
'Til you showed me how, how to fill my heart with love
How to open up and drink in all that white love
Pouring down from the heaven
I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

There goes my young intended
The thing has ended
Regrets are vain
I'll never find another half so sweet
And we'll never meet again
I got impatient
Told him goodbye
Sad eyes out in the rain

He was too good to me
How can I get along now


So close he stood to me
Everything seems all wrong now
He would have brought me the sun
Making me smile, that was his fun

When I was mean to him
He'd never say go away now
I was a Queen to him
Who's gonna make me gay now
It's only natural that I'm blue
He was too good to be true

(Carly Simon/Peter Wood)

He started a company
When he was a young man
handsome, and like a reed so tall
With a face like an old photograph
She would fall for him
Fall for him
She would fall

She wore her mother's cocktail dress
With saddle shoes
She was pretty and she was small
She worked the switchboard
Down the hall from him
Down the hall

Chorus:
He said: 'Hello little woman'
She said: 'Hello big man'
And that was how the wooing
And the winning began
He said: 'Hello little woman'
She said: 'Hello big man'

Of course New York in those days
Was carriage rides and matinees
He took her to a ball
At the Waldorf Astoria
He would fall for her
Fall for her, he would fall

Chorus

You could hear them laugh
As they danced in their room
And the shadows on the avenue
Rose into a jealous moon
Which swung low in the dawn like
To see what was going on with those two

you keep on expecting
Something to go wrong
And nothing does
They still live in the house
Where we were born
Pictures of us kids
Hanging up all over the walls


And some say he built his empire
For wealth and toil
But, if you ask him why
He'll say he did it all for her
All for her
All for her

Chorus

His friends are more than fond of Robin
He doesn't need to compliment them
And always as he leaves he leaves them
Feeling proud just to know him

When Robin goes on holiday
There's no-one livin' in our lane
Oh yes, folks still live in our lane
But they're not like Robin

Robin, I've never told you
But I'll be yours until we're old
Please learn to call me in your dreams
The way I'm lookin' at you is just as it seems

He's talked about before he gets there
Though he can never understand it
And I would like to be his alone
But I'm shy and can't demand it

But when Robin gives his love to others
There's no-one living in my heart
Oh yes, I keep others in my heart
But they're not like Robin

Free my eyes Fill the skies We've been dancing in your absence Da da da… Morning, hola, soleil We've kept the darkness light Dancing for the sun To come back and rise up shining Welcome home Mother sun Children reaching up like flowers Da da da... Morning, hola, soleil We made it through the night Knowing you'd return To bless us with another morning Baking sand, shining sea Turning world Dissolving shadows Da da da... Morning, hola, soleil Behold the warmth of day Rising near the shore Hear the music start up playing

Oh my boy
what have you done
Did you go out surfing on
a frozen sea
Did you scare the livin'
daylights out of me
Did you go too far
to drive away the demons
Did you go too far
to know what love really means
Did you imagine it was more
cause she went away first
Or did you force her hand to
renew your thirst
Well if you ever want
an endless night
Or you need a moon
and stars to shine
Just hold out your heart
my darling
Hold out your heart my darling
Hold out your heart
And I will give you some of mine

Oh my girl
what have you done
Is it something
we can't even talk about
Did you silence me
remove me from your faith
Did you make me all but
a stranger to your love
Did you look right through me
Below me and above
Did you try to ignore me
make me all but lost
Did you cloud up the sky
when you needed me most
Well if you ever
want an endless night
And you need the moon
and stars to shine
Just hold out your heart
my darling
Hold out your heart my darling
Hold out your heart
And I will give you all of mine
It's gonna be fine
It's gonna be fine just fine
It's gonna be fine
hold out your heart
It's gonna be fine
hold out your heart
Just hold out your heart
my darling
Hold out your heart
my darling
Hold out your heart
And I will give you all of mine

(Joe Tex, Additional words & music by Carly Simon)

You had better hold on
Hold on to what you've got
You had better hold on
Hold on to what you've got

'Cause if you think
Nobody else wants it
Just throw it away
And you will see
Somebody else will have it
Before you can count 1-2-3

You take love for granted
And it's gone like a bandit
And this loneliness cuts like a knife

When you see what you've lost
It's already cost
The one you could love your whole life

(Carly Simon)

you say you're not worthy of me
But how do you know when you can't see
Your eyes where midnight catches fire
I can't describe this dizzy desire

Can you be so insecure
That you don't know what this grin is for
Do you think I always act this way
Silly and silent, and eager to stay
When you're holding me tonight
Holding me tonight

You think it's all a mistake
That I'm lost in a dream from which I'll wake up
There you'll be just another guy
You could never be but I dare you to try
When you're holding me
Holding me tonight

I walk into your room
You blush when I see it in a mess
So I undress and close my eyes
A room with a view
Is in the dark with you
But that should come as no suprise

it's not a matter of mind
The choice of the heart is a different kind
It's always been a mystery
When you walk into the room It happens to me
And when you're holding me
Holding me tonight

I love you more than the first sunset The first star I saw I would surely bet So how could you ever, could you ever forget? You're here but you're gone It's in your eyes Something's gone wrong You've stifled your cries You can't expect that I'll ever forget All the details of your mind you would tell me through the night After we'd made love and the way was so open Now you turn your back to me As if we'd never spoken But I still love you more than the first sunset I swear I caught a shooting star the first time we met So how could you ever I know that I'll never How could you ever, ever forget?

I could cry salty tears
Where have I been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine
And some thrills I can't define
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been goin' on?

Oh, I feel that I could melt
Into heaven I'm hurled
I know how Columbus felt
Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce I was before
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

(Crane/Jacobs)

I'm hurt
to think that you lied to me
I'm hurt
Way down deep inside of me
You said
Our love was true
And we'd never part
And now
You want someone new
And it breaks my heart

I'm hurt
Much more than you'll ever know
I'm hurt
Because I still love you so
But even though you hurt me
Like nobody else could do
I would never never hurt you

I FORGET
WRITER CARLY SIMON

All my doctors and friends
Have concocted these theories
Weary of seeing me day after day
On the edge of my bed
Leery of living
My laughter on hold
My sadness on stay

And itA?'s been this way for quite a while
Yes, I forget how to smile
IA?'d like to rely on my old game and yet
Even that I forget
ItA?'s not there, I regret

CouldnA?'t get up today
I pretended a fever
Any excuse but the truth will do
I donA?'t lie very well
No IA?'m not a deceiver
But I canA?'t bring myself to admit that IA?'m blue

And itA?'s been this way
For quite a while
Yes, I forget how to smile
IA?'d like to rely on my old game and yet
Even that I forget
ItA?'s not there, I regret

The clock and the calendar
Both an assault
Time goes so slow

It must be my fault
I act like IA?'m okay
When IA?'m not okay at all

I forget what to do
I forget what it all means
DonA?'t remember if love ever really felt good
I forget to be here
And not in-between
IA?'d put on a good show
If only I could

And itA?'s been this way for quite a while
Yes, I forget how to smile
IA?'d like to rely on my old game and yet
Even that I forget
ItA?'s not there, I regret
I forget

I gave my love a cherry without no stone
I gave my love a chicken without no bone
I gave my love a story without no end
I gave my love a baby that's no cryin

How can there be a cherry without no stone
How can there be a chicken without no bone
How can there be a story without no end
How can there be a baby with no cryin

A cherry when it's bloomin it hath no stone
A chicken when it's a pippin it hath no bone
A story when it's wending it hath no end
And a baby when it's sleeping, there's no crying

(Hoagy Carmichael)

I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except when the soft rains fall
And drip from the leaves, then I recall
The thrill of being sheltered in your arms
Of course I do
But I get along without you very well

I've forgotten you just like I should
Of course I have
Except to hear your name
Or someone's laugh that is just the same
But I've forgotten you just like I should

What a guy
What a fool I am
To think my breaking heart could kid the moon
What's in store
Should I fall once more
No it's best that I stick to my tune

I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except perhaps in Spring
But I should never think of Spring
For that would surely break my heart in two

Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
Well I'm so mad about him
I can't live without him
Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
And when the weekend's over
And Monday rolls around


I end up like I start out
Just crying my heart out
He don't love me like I love him
No, nobody could
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
Lord above me, make him love me
The way he should
I got it bad
And that ain't good

Lyrics by: Al Dublin
Music by: Harry Warren



My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you

Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear

The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
'Cause I only have eyes for you

I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here


So am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you

I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here
So am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes
Yes, I only have eyes
I only have eyes for you
Only have eyes for you
Only have eyes for you
Only for you

(Carly Simon)

Tonight the sun went down in flames
And the moon rose up in blue
Heaven spoke and called my name
But I'm rather it was you
I'm rather it was you

I'm rather it was you to hold me like the child
That I never was
I'm like for you to carry me across
I'm rather it was you
Because.....

I'd rather it was you to hold me like the girl
That I've never been
I'm like to feel your breath upon my skin
I'm like to feel it finally beginning....

Chorus

One will fit just like a glove
Two will feel like brand new
But you are all these things and more
And I'm rather it was you
I'm rather it was you

(Alec Wilder)

I'll be around
No matter how you treat me now
I'll be around
When she's gone
Your latest love
Will never last
And when it's past
I'll be around when she's gone

Goodbye again
And if you find a love like mine
Just now and then
Drop a line to say (that) you're feeling fine

And when things go wrong
Perhaps you'll see you're meant for me
And I'll be around when she's gone

I'll be around
When she's gone