The Song Remains The Same
I had a dream. Crazy dream.
Anything I wanted to know, any place I needed to go
Hear my song. People won’t you listen now? Sing along.
You don’t know what you’re missing now.
Any little song that you know
Everything that’s small has to grow.
And it has to grow!
California sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain
Honolulu starbright – the song remains the same.
Sing out Hare Hare, dance the Hoochie Koo.
City lights are oh so bright, as we go sliding… sliding… sliding through.
Over the Hills and Far Away
Hey, lady, you got the love I need,
Maybe more than enough.
Oh, Darlin’, Darlin’, Darlin’, walk a while with me,
Oh, you got so much, so much, so much.
Many have I loved, and many times been bitten,
many times I’ve gazed along the open road.
Many times I’ve lied and many times I’ve listened,
many times I’ve wondered how much there is to know.
Many dreams come true and some have silver linings
I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold.
Mellow is the mind who knows what he’s been missin’,
many many men can’t see the open road.
Many is a word that only leaves you guessin’,
Guessin’ ’bout a thing you really ought to know.
You really ought to know.
I really ought to know.
Dancing days
Dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
I got my flower, I got my power,
I got a woman who knows.
I said it’s alright,
You know it’s alright,
I guess it’s all in my heart.
You’ll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?
Crazy ways are evident,
By the way you wearin’ your clothes.
Sippin’ booze is precedent,
As the evening starts to glow.
You know it’s alright,
I said it’s alright,
You know it’s all in my heart.
You’ll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?
You told your mother I’d get you home,
But you didn’t say I had no car.
I saw a lion, he was standin’ alone,
With a tadpole in a jar.
You know it’s alright,
I said it’s alright,
I guess it’s all in my heart, heart, heart.
You’ll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?
So dancing days are here again,
As the summer evenings grow.
You are my flower, You are my power,
You are my woman who knows.
I said it’s alright,
You know it’s alright,
You know it’s all in my heart.
You’ll be my only,
My one and only,
Is that the way it should start?
Thank You
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
If the mountains should crumble to the sea, there would still be you and me.
Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
But my love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
together we shall go until we die. My, my, my.
Inspiration’s what you are to me, inspiration, look… see.
And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness….I’m glad.
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
If the mountains should crumble to the sea, there would still be you and
Traveling Riverside Blues
Asked sweet mama, Let me be her kid
She said, “You might get hurt if you don’t keep it hid”
Well I know my baby, If I see her in the dark
I said I know my rider, If I see her in the dark
Now, I goin’ to Rosedale, Take my rider by my side
Still barrelhouse, If it’s on the riverside, yeah
I know my baby, Lord, I said, “is really sloppy drunk”
I know my mama, Lord, a brownskin, but she ain’t no plum
See my baby, tell her, Tell her hurry home
Had no lovin’, since my baby been gone
See my baby, Tell hurry on home
I ain’t had, Lord, my right mind, Since my rider’s been gone
Hey, she promises, She’s my rider
I wanna tell you, She’s my rider
I know you’re mine, She’s my rider
She ain’t but sixteen, But she’s my rider
I’m goin’ to Rosedale, Take my rider by side
Anybody argue with me man, I’ll keep them satisfied
Well, see my baby, tell her, Tell her the shape I’m in
Ain’t had no lovin’, Lord, since you know when
Spoken: Why don’t you come into my kitchen
She’s a kindhearted lady. She studies evil all the time
She’s a kindhearted woman. She studies evil all the time
Squeeze my lemon ’til the juice runs down my leg
Squeeze it so hard, I’ll fall right out of bed
Squeeze my lemon, ’til the juice runs down my leg
Spoken: I wonder if you know what I’m talkin’ about
Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl
I swear I’m gonna fall right out of bed
She’s a good rider
She’s my kindhearted lady
I’m gonna take my rider by my side
I said her front teeth are lined with gold
She’s gotta mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul
She’s my brownskin sugar plum…
Down by the seaside
Down by the seaside. See the boats go sailin’
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin’
Oh, oh, people turned away. Oh, people turned away
Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin’, racin’
No time left, to pass the time of day
People turned away. People turned away
So far away, so far away
See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.
Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I wanna tell you… Some go twistin’ every day
though sometimes it’s awful hard to tell
Out in the country, hear the people singin’
Singin’ ’bout their progress, knowin’ where they’re goin’
Oh, oh, oh, oh, people turned away
Yes, the people turned away
The RAIN SONG
Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again The people turned away
people turned away
It is the springtime of my loving – the second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing – so little warmth I’ve felt before.
It isn’t hard to feel me glowing – I watched the fire that grew so low.
It is the summer of my smiles – flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes. It is to you I give this tune.
Ain’t so hard to recognize – These things are clear to all from
time to time.
Talk Talk – I’ve felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought YOU would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us…
But I know that I love you so
These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion – I seek the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient – Upon us all a little rain must fall…It’s just a little rain…
