Indian Summer

(rusty young)

Thought i'd seen it all before
No one could show me any more
Sunny skies and and lights so bright
Winter winds deep in the night

Then came a woman
Heaven must have sent
And like a fool
I never guessed it meant

My downfall, down, downfall
I never thought i'd fall at all
Downfall, downfall

If anyone should ask you why
I keep starin' at the sky
Tell them how it used to be
Tell them how it was with me

Then came a woman
Heaven must have sent
And like a fool
I never guessed it meant

My downfall
Down, downfall
I never thought i'd fall at all
Downfall, downfall

Then came a woman...

My downfall...

(paul cotton)

Well i've thought about the things i need
And i'm willing just to let them be
There is nothing that i'd want anyway
That could take the place of you
And all the things you do and say

We've come so very far in such a little time
And looking back there is only you that i find
Who was willing to give and maybe lose
You've got me tying up my walking shoes
These walking shoes

Twenty years on the run
I've only known a setting sun
Burning out on a lonely road
I've come to feel a lighter load

And now it's time we can turn the page
I believe you and i have come of age
All along it was there to see
What was really meant to be

It's a game the only one in town
It's a game all the changes going round
It's taken twenty years to get it on the way
And all i had to do was play

(paul cotton)

In the beginning
Not so long ago
There were five country rockers
I saw the very first show
And i jumped up with the crowd
To give a standing hand
Livin', livin' in the band

There were two from colorado
Texas and nebraska too
Another came from ohio
And they did not sing the blues
You had the feeling
They had nothing to lose
Livin', livin' in the band

Through the years and the changes
And with the will of a train
Some have parted strangers
Some have stayed in the game
And sooner or later you've got a winning hand
Livin', livin' in the band

Through the years and the changes...

(timothy b. schmit)

You're a woman - you're a child
Sometimes you're weak and then you're wild
And i just can't understand
'cuz i'm a boy who plays the part of a man, now
It's not hard to see
Must be the way it was meant to be

You keep me guessin' all the time
You play the fool and then you shine
Can i meet you in between?
'cuz you know we could both do without a scene, now
I don't mean to blame you
I got some work of my own to do

Ooh - we could tear it down and build it up again
I'm talkin' 'bout you and me, first of all, learnin'
And maybe then we can make amends
We could follow it through to the very end - it's true
I'm talkin' 'bout me and you
Me and you

We could tear it down and build it up again...

(tomothy b. schmit/noreen schmit)

Here i sit in my room
Nobody here but me and a simple tune
Hope you roll on in with the risin' moon
I wanna stay with you all night
Wanna stay with you night until noon - yes i do

Sayin' nothin', but feelin' strong
I'm a pretend poet with half a song
Hope you keep your word, wanna see you soon
I wanna stay with you all night
Wanna stay with you night until noon

Baby can you stay - stay until the break of day
I wanna feel your body sway
We can let them say what they want to
They can talk themselves into shades of blue
Baby i got lots of room
Wanna stay with you night until noon

We can let them say what they want to
They can talk themselves into shades of blue
Baby i got lots of room
Wanna stay with you night until noon

And my sometime friends say "son' you better come around -
Get your feet back on the ground,
She's tryin' to fool ya...she only wants to do ya..."
Why are they so bent on bringing me down?

Here i'll sit and here i'll stay
And i'll be right here till you come my way
Someting's in the air - just about to bloom
I wanna stay with you all night
Wanna stay with you night until noon

Baby can you stay - stay until the break of day...

Stay...