unknown

So let it rain
Or let the sun shine down on me
I feel no pain
Now that your here it's all the same

You are the one
I should have known
I'm blown away
Like a boat out on the ocean

Time rages on
And all i do is watch the way
Because of you
Nothing will ever be the same

You are the one
I should have known
I'm blown away
Like a boat out on the ocean

Blown away
Like a storm in the night

Blow away

You are the one
I should have known
Blown away
Like a boat out on the ocean

Blow away
Like a storm in the night
I'm blown away

Early morning day is dawning
Cooling towers and factory gates
Dirty streets and laughing people
Skinny dogs and beer crates

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

Sad canals green black water
Somewhere bicycles and beds
Wet and windy afternoons
And pigeons coo in garden sheds

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

High-rise tower blocks with panoramic
Views of trains and coal
Tiehead railway tracks tread faithfully
The gas works to behold

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

Just to see the sunset
Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers
To feel your earth beneath my feet
Here i could stand for hours and hours

(young girls sing fara jacka in the background)

Big machines that once were champions
Turn to dust under the sky
Broken windows choking chimneys
Factory walls for miles and miles

By bye my old friend
By bye my old friend

Just to see the sunset
Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers
To feel your earth beneath my feet
Here i could stand for hours and hours

I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly i am here today
Seems like forever (and a day), thought i could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? i'm alive, i'm alive

I'm alive - and the dawn breaks across the sky
I'm alive - and the sun rises up so high
Lost in another world (far away), never another word (till today)
But what can i say? i'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive

(instrumental break)

Suddenly came the dawn (from the night), suddenly i was born (into light)
How can it be real? i'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive

I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly i am here today
Seems like forever (and a day), thought i could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? i'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive

(instrumental break)

I'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive, i'm alive

Hush little baby, don't you cry
Oh-oh, don't you cry
Maybe tomorrow's, a better life
Oh-oh, if you try

Rain is falling all around
Storm came, it brings you down
But if you lose your mind
Weatherman, in his overcoat

Look up in the sky now, the weatherman cry now
Oh-oh, the window pane
Damp in the valley, up in the alley
Oh-oh, it's pouring rain

Rain is falling all around
Storm came, it brings you down
So let your mind roll on
Weatherman, dry's the lonely tears

Early in the morning, while the sun's still yawning
Oh-oh, smiles on you
Maybe today is, a better life
Oh-oh, if we try

Sun is shining all around
It warms your heart and melts the cloud
But if your mind can see
Weatherman, smiles a lonely smile

I'm walking down the street i used to walk with them
Rain is falling down on me
Every step i take just leads to another
Now there's nothing in my way

No i don't no what i can say
And you wouldn't listen anyway
Sooner or later, later, later, oh oh oh, gonna find you
Sooner or later, later, gonna get to you

I got the message late last night, that's when it hit me
Though it over and over and over and over again
While i was drowning in the sea of your devotion
But you were miles and miles and miles away

Oh you wouldn't no what things to say
And you wouldn't say them anyway
But sooner or later, later, later, oh oh, gonna find you
Sooner or later, ah ah ah, gonna get to you

Sooner or later, later, later, gonna find you
Sooner or later, ah ah ah, gonna get to you

The sun is shining, making shadows on the wall
But not will soon be comin'' in
And every where there will be misery, misery, misery
Until i get to you again

Oh i never new you wanted to leave
You never thought about talkin' to me
Sooner or later, later, later, oh, oh, gonna find you
Sooner or later, ah ah ah, gonna get to you

Sooner or later, later, later, oh, oh, gonna find you
Sooner or later, ah ah ah, gonna get to you

I don't know what i can say
But you wouldn't listen anyway
Sooner or later, later, later
Sooner or later, later, later, gonna get to you

Sooner or later, later, later, gonna find you
Sooner or later, later, later, gone get you

Sooner or later, sooner or later,
Sooner or later, sooner or later,
Sooner or later, sooner or later

Come with me

It's all so easy for me to see
We can be
Close together, for always forever
You'll never believe but it's true

You will see
The happy corners where we will be
It's for real
I'll sing to you all the songs that we knew
That's not true don't be blue they're for you

Can you feel
It's spinning round like a great big wheel
It's for real
I'll sing to you all the songs that we knew
That's not true don't be blue they're for you

Come with me
Come with me

Come with me
It's all so easy for me to see
Come with me
When i find that you're all on my mind
That's the time i will say come with me

[instrumental]

[instrumental]

So you want to be a rock 'n roll star
Then listen now to what i say
Just get an electric guitar
And take some time and learn how to play

And when your hair's combed right
And your pants fit tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go down town

Where the agent man won't let you down
Sell your soul to the company who are waiting there
To sell plastic ware and in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls will tear you apart

Gotta pay for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game
You're a little insane
The money that came and the public acclaim
Don't forget who you are
You're a rock 'n roll star

Repeat last verse

La la la la la la la

What is that strang air in the sky.
Why should a strange star pass me by.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,
The silly people just like you and better too.
How can you keep turning when the overture is burning on the faces
Of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all a way that i cut from the lives.
The day has come at last.

People that cry in the boulevard,
Their eyes are blind they cry so hard.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,
The silly people just like you and better too.
How can you keep turning when the overture is burning on the faces
Of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.
The day has come at last.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.
The day has come at last.

What you have done makes me ashamed.
I'll blow it up and start again.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,
The silly people just like you and better too.
How can you keep turning when the overture is burning in the faces
Of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.
The day has come at last.

I know that i can't keep her
Now she's in love with you
But i just wanna say
I won't be far away
So don't make my baby blue

I know your reputation
They say you can't be true
So i'll be standing by
And you just better try
Not to make my baby blue

My little girl, she's always been an angel
And it hurts me so bad to set her free
You better take good care of her
She still means all the world to me
You know she does

I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even though i'm gone
I'll still be looking on
You better not make my baby blue
She's been a good baby
....


I know your reputation
They say you can't be true
So i'll be standing by
And you just better try
Not to make my baby blue

My little girl, she's always been an angel
And it hurts me so bad to set her free
You better take good care of her
She still means all the world to me
You know she does

I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even though i'm gone
I'll still be looking on
You better not make my baby blue
She's been a good baby
....

You better try your best
Don't make my baby blue
Blue

Do you remember, you said to me
That you would wait, wait for me eternally
I've been wondering, and i've been hoping
Your still the same, only you can say
I'll be so glad to be back with you
I'll do anything you want me to

That's what i want, i'll be so happy, back home

I see your light, shine in my window
And i know you coming home
And as the light grows, grows ever brighter
I see your face, you are alone
And when i tell you all the things i have seen
You'll say that darling you must have been dreaming

That's what i want, i'll be so happy, back home

Electric visions have crossed, strange decisions have crossed
I felt the stars above me, i have someone to love me
That's what i want, i'll be so happy, back home

Believe me baby when i say, i wish i never, never,
Never, never, never be away
For the things that i see, be meant for the eyes of a time
And when we walk alone together
That's how i want it to be, want it to be forever

That's what i want, i'll be so happy
That's what i want, i'll be so happy
That's what i want, i'd be so happy, back home

Love is what i want
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, baby
Talk is what i want what i want
Oh, yeah what i want
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, baby

Talk come on, let's talk about it
Talk can't seem to do without it
Talk don't want to be one of the broken hearted

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

All i want is love what i want
Oh, yeah what i want
And all you gotta do is listen to me, baby what i want

(think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think)

You got to think about it
And do something about it
No use complainin' when it's over o-ver

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

Life 'cause life gets tougher every
Day day if you can't afford to
Pay pay, even so you got to carry on carry on

So lift me up, finish what you started
Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide
Lift me up

Take me on for a ride
Lift me up from the broken hearted
River's deep and wide

Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
The river's deep and wide

When i was a little boy
My mama dropped me on my head
I felt kinda dizzy but the doctor
Made note of all i did

Chorus
Ever since then theres been a slight disturbance in my mind
A kind of disarrangement that the surgeons cannot find

At the age of seven i just couldnt read my abc
But i gave my teacher tips on how the caveman used to be

Chorus

Reach the age of 21 aint got no...to fit my clothes
Day and night im looning around
Dont know what im looking for

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

I was 97 and im sure my brain it had enough
Racing round in jet planes cause
My sports car aint quite fast enough

Chorus

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

Goin' to a party,
Meet me out after school.
Well we go to a place
Where the jive is really cool.
And if the band stops a playin'
There's a jukebox in the hall.

Well put your blue dress on,
And your folks all gone.
You'll sure give the guys a ball.

Chorus:
Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a california man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a california man.

Well i cross my mamma so bad
And this a woman's just a making me mad.
So i don't care if your legs start aching,
I'm a california man.
Oh my, i'm a california man.

Oh my legs start to shiver
When i hear you call my name.
Well, my knees keep a knocking,
And i'm feeling tired bugs me down.

An' when we take off fine,
An' my jeans are way down low.
When i waggle my hips
It's making me feel like a king of rock n' roll

Chorus

Got love, if that's what you need
I got three or four babies sittin' on my knee
I got love waitin' for you
I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

There's one thing that's on my mind
And that's getting hold of you before i serve my time
I'll keep on, with my heavy load
Till i see you come a strollin' down that open road

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

I love you ma-ma-ma belle
That's why i want to get it all well i'm sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin' so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that i can keep
Can't you hear me once ma-ma-ma belle

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

Don't know why
It's the strangest thing
It's no lie
Don't know what's happening

Chorus: i know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact

Don't want to stay
But i don't want to go oh who oh
Don't want to say it
But you already know oh wo oh

Chorus

Tell me now
What is that thing you do
Tell me how
I keep thinking of you

Chorus

If it's gone
Come out and say it
Don't go on
Living in make believe

Chorus

I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that

Chorus

Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from

Chorus: the cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes

Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head
Wish i'd never set out, wish i'd stayed in bed
You see reflections from across the street
So you better start movin' stop draggin' your feet

(chorus)

Money money, gotta get some money and run
It's an issue i find unenviable
It doesn't matter which way you turn
But you gotta keep trying cause you never learn

(chorus)

Funny funny how the world goes round and round
You better watch your step don't make a sound
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from

(chorus)

Pretty pretty
Chilly chilly
Silly silly
Money money

Everybody all around the world, gotta tell you what i just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world

I got a message on the radio, but where it came from i don't really know
And i heard these voices calling all over the world

Chorus:
All over the world, everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight

Everybody walkin' down the street, everybody movin' to the beat
They're gonna get hot down in the u.s.a. (new york, detroit, l.a.)

We're gonna take a trip across the sea, everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in gay pareee

Chorus

(instrumental break)

London, hamburg, paris, rome, rio, hong kong, tokyo
L.a., new york, amsterdam, monte carlo, shard end and

Chorus

Everybody all around the world, gotta tell you what i just heard
Everybody walkin' down the street, i know a place where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good time, everybody will shine till the daylight

Chorus

All over the world, everybody got the word (repeats 3x)

I'm gone, don't look for me round here no more
I'm gone, i'm down that road and that's for sure
Here what i say i'm gone gone gone gone gone

I'm gone, can't take that business anyway
Yeah, i'm gone, this time i'm gonna stay
Here what i say i'm gone gone gone gone gone

Oh yeah (raggin riff on the guitar)

Oh it's a shame, but all the good times will remain
Oh such a shame, i can't figure out the blame
Yeah if i don't stay i'm gone gone gone gone gone
Yeah if i don't stay i'm gone gone gone gone gone

Oh i'm gone, i'm gone

You know i'm gone, yeah i'm gone gone gone
Gone, yeah i'm gone

I'm gone, yeah i'm gone

I'm gone, i'm really gone

Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
And well rip the seats apart

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Well stop in the side sweet baby
And give your heart a check
Well don't mess me cause you might get
My finger burns around your neck

So if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

The pink champagne i brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Don't you try to chain me up
But i have make you stop

I'm giving in to you baby
And take you to the party hop
Your sure to cause a scene
In your red blue jeans
And we dance till five oclock

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up

Don't mess me up like that

The cold champagne i brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Dont you try to chain me up
But i have to make you stop

Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
Then well rip the seats apart

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

But if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Well if you gotta treat me wrong
Don't mess me up

Don't mess me up no more

Hey grandma, you're so young
Your old man's just a boy

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Hey except for these things on my mind
They're all sins, it's just a waste of time
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time
Bye bye bye
But we're gonna have this time round
This time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

Oh... will make me feel so fine
Oh.....

It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time but this time
Bye bye bye
It's been a long time
This time round, this time round
Everything's upside-down, upside-down
It's gonna be good, you're looking so good
It's gonna be good

A long time this time round, this time round
Everything is upside-down, upside-down

Dear, when you smile at me
I hear a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me
Started a symphony
Zing went the strings of my heart

Whoa now the breath of spring
Whoa i heard a robin sing
About a nest... apart
All that you seem to be
End up in harmony
Zing went the strings of my heart

I still recall the thrill
I guess i always will
I hope we'll never depart
Dear, with your lips to mine
A rhapsody divine
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing went the strings of my heart
Zing zing zing zing

[instrumental]

Pie in the sky
Who's to say why it won't happen
Mountains of dreams
Floods like a stream running down them
Through rocky glades
We'll find a way
We want to, so maybe we may

Pie in the sky
Never say die and keep trying
Mountains of dreams
Eyes brightly gleam and you're sighing
We made it then
Needn't say when
I want you again and again

Pie in the sky
Words that imply something stupid
Mountains of dreams
Loving you seemed so illusive
Still we kept on
Nothing went wrong
Together we proved love is strong

Pie in the sky
Who's to say why it won't happen
Mountains of dreams
Floods like a stream running down them
Through rocky glades
We'll find a way
Forever, together we'll stay

Jenny had a bawl at me the other night
She threw it up an' drove away.
So i made a call completely outa sight
Hope to put it right today

When alice comes back to the farm
I won't be in the cold tonight.
When alice comes back to the farm
You know it's gonna be alright. yeah

Gimme an appointment put me in the light
That's a taste of what she needs.
Such a disappointment daddy's in the right.
Time for tearing out the weeds

When alice comes back to the farm
I won't be in the cold tonight.
When alice comes back to the farm,
You know it's gonna be alright, yeah.

Relax now baby that woman won't get past my door
I believe, i believe that woman won't pass my door
She won't be raisin' no alarm
Don't get around much any more

When i was a little boy
My mama dropped me on my head
I felt kinda dizzy but the doctor
Made note of all i did

Chorus
Ever since then theres been a slight disturbance in my mind
A kind of disarrangement that the surgeons cannot find

At the age of seven i just couldnt read my abc
But i gave my teacher tips on how the caveman used to be

Chorus

Reach the age of 21 aint got no...to fit my clothes
Day and night im looning around
Dont know what im looking for

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

I was 97 and im sure my brain it had enough
Racing round in jet planes cause
My sports car aint quite fast enough

Chorus

Will they carry me away?
Oh will they carry me away?

Everybody sat here waiting for the train to come
Just lay down a bright red carpet for her to step on
Lookin' to the bend i see her waving her hands at me
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me

Hello susie, hello susie
Tell me the news about yourself
Hello susie, hello susie
Tell me that you've enjoyed yourself

Frantically she knocked me over
Causing such a scene
Shook the crowd enough to sway

The interest from the queen
Her black transistor socked out
One o'clock radio
Completely drowned the band
And loud enough to stop the show

Chorus

Yes sir rock 'n' roll the day away
Come on everybody
They all seem too keen to make the scene
Come on everybody, come on everybody
Got to dig me just a while

I was... threw her bags into the car
Susie took her bow and made her exit like a star
The national news took films which... to make history
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me

Chorus

Your coming up the walk,
Your banging on the door
The seconds of the loneliness
Are coming through the floor

Let it run, let it run, let it run
And out of the band comes a guitar man
Singing come on let it run

Called up alone gathered up the light
Told everyone that everything's was going fine

Let it run, let it run, let it run
From out of the corner cam johnny be good
Singing come on let it run

Whoa, and up above the stars are bright
And well let it run let it run tonight

Up above the stars are bright
Let it run let it run tonight, tonight, tonight

It's getting louder now it's pounding at my brain
And if it ever stops i'm gonna start it up again

Let it run, let it run, let it run
From out of the valley came long tall sally
Singing come on let it run

I'm already gone let it run
Come on let it run

Oh it's a long long time from may to december
And the days grow short when you reach september
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
And you ain't got time for waiting game

When days dwindle down to a precious few
September november, and these few golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i share with you

When the days dwindle down to a precious few
September november, and all those golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i'd share with you

Those golden days i'd share with you
Those golden days i'd share with you

This crappy west coast hippie scene is becoming quite a drag
It seems that all my freaky clothes are turning into rag
The time has come to break the strings
Free to form constructive things
Tear the world right off its hinges

Chorus
Vote for me
Vote for me
Sign across the line
Vote for me
Vote for me
We can overtake the world

For some millions in this place and their views are never heard
They take precautions just in case you say a dirty word
With adverts comments they promote
Re-elections antidote, just a game to catch your vote

Chorus

Take up your pen
You won't regret it
Never met such an opportunity
For the people who are in the way
Make a new election day

Please correct me if i seem to be making too much noise
In this profession people rush to cut you down to size
So after all the seats are played
Dig my brain with a golden spade
Theres a fortune to be made

Chorus and repeat

The world outside don't like us much,
'cos they ain't got our classy touch,
But they ain't good enough to breathe,
This towns good air we make 'em leave.

Chorus:
But it's no, no, no, you really can't do that,
No, no, no, down homw town.

No monkey business in this town,
Well who do you think you're pushing round,
This towns respectable and clean,
Just look around you'll see what i mean.

Chorus: repeat

Down home town, down home town, etc.

Chorus: repeat

We got the best town band around,
Just listen to their crazy sound.
When they get hot they gonna blow,
Ucedemwinnin** every show.
Down home town, down home town, etc.

Chorus: repeat

Look out.

Cast your mind back ten years
To the girl who's next to me in school
If i put me hand upon her leg
She hit me with a rule

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You get fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh
I fear i'm apt to make a compromise
Try to reassure myself
My head must need some exercise
Half past ten in the morning
She just took me by surprise
True she set the place on fire
You get fascinated by her

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

The lights across the street throw a rainbow
I'd love you all to meet her
I'll be there, i'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been
A misty place since saturday
Brings a feeling we might lead
The fire engines anyway

Though tomorrow won't be long
You're gonna have to play it cool
You get fascinated by her
She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn
Get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
If you jump you've got to wait your turn

There she is im sure i seen her
Pushing in the queue to get to the front
Join the ladies in my dream
I know that nothing hurts you babe
In my balance in a way

Chorus

Come and take a ride on my omnibus
We could take you right to the terminus
Dont forget your ticket if you want to ride
(catching a ride)
If you want to go inside

Just a dud their hansom falter (?)
Harem on a bus flies over the top
...jeans
Lock up your daughters

Just too late to save the day
Ring my bell and turn away

Chorus

Sweet silver meadows
Protect us from the rain
Please never break
Take us to the stars again
Hear the ways for every where
See my sleighs win the air

Save the girls upstairs for later
Now you wonder if i can manage them all
Wrap them up in christmas paper
Tell them they dont have to pay
Ring my bell and turn away

Chorus

Omnibus ride
Omnibus ride

Someone knocked my door 'round about half past four this morning
Despite what i said, i was out of bed still yawning
Well that's it once again, someone knocking
Going through my head wish they'd stop it

I walked down the stairs just a little bit scared - apprehensive
With a few judged words that shouldn't be heard reprehencin'
Well that's it once again, someone knocking
Going through my head wish they'd stop it

So i opened up just to take a look, was i dreamin'?
There was no-one there just the cold night air - i was dreamin'

Going through my head wish they'd stop it

Sweet little girls and your money
No she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh
Who's she gonna use?
What's she gonna lose?
Been with ella james too long

Time to get up but i can't afford a cab
To the job where i work not at all ooh ooh
Have you got a hand?
Give it to me man
Been with ella james too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?
What's she gonna use now?
She was hasting to get me down
Will she ever pass to another class now?
And she's waiting to throw me down - alright!

Sweet little girls and your money
No you she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh
Who's she gonna use?
What's she gonna lose?
Been with ella james too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?
What's she gonna use now?
She was hasting to get me down
Will she ever pass to another class now?
And she's waiting to throw me down

Sweet little girl came a running to the door
When she told me he'd gone ooh ooh
I've just had a ball
Not too bad at all
Thank you ella james so long, so long

Daylight comes to those who live
But those who die they never see the sun come
Shining through their window pane they pass away.
Silly girl to be a fool, you didn't play the golden rule,
'cos once you're through with one world,
There's another waiting there.

Chorus
Help me such a lonely soul,
In dreams to leave behind the world.
Mr. kingdom help me please, to find the rainbow's end.

Looking from this empty room,
The corridors of endless gloom go crawling through the night,
To meet the dawn that's on its way.
Oh to sleep, per-chance to dream,
To live again those joyous scenes,
The laughter and the follies that are locked inside my head.

Chorus
Help me such a lonely soul,
In dreams to leave behind the world.
Mr. kingdom help me please, to find the rainbow's end.

I can dream of flying high,
Above the city's cares and never be afraid of anyone
'cos there ain't no one there.

Chorus
Help me such a lonely soul,
In dreams to leave behind the world.
Mr. kingdom help me please, to find the rainbow's end.

Help me such a lonely soul,
In dreams to leave behind the world.
Mr. kingdom help me please, to find the rainbow's end.

I, i was crazy about you
I, didn't want to be without you
And i, lost what i had and now your gone

You, you always meant the world to me
You, you never wanted much you see
And you, you changed my life but now you gone

In my heart you were the one
But now, now your gone

Your photograph brings back sweet memories
Something about you i don't know what it is
Your face so young the days so long
But now, your gone

In my heart you were the one
But now, your gone

Yeah now, now your gone
But now, your gone

Remember what you told me
That you would always be there
If you change your mind now

Oh, what would it take to save me
What would it take to save me now

Here comes another night
And all the stars are shining
Could i make it right

Woh, what would it take to save me
What would it take to save me now

Ohhh, what would it take
Whooo, what would it take
To save me

What would it take to save me
What would it take to save me now

Ohhh, what would it take
Whooo, what would it take
To save me

Of all the things i do
And everywhere they take me
You know what i go through

What would it take to save me
What would it take to save me now

What would it take to save me
What would it take to save me now

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You came on over and took over my heart
You came along and moved me honey
I cannot lie you are so fine
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, whooo, feels good
Come on over baby, love me like a lover should
Your fine, so kind, told this world that your mine, mine, mine

You pull my fingers and you twiddle my thumbs
Wanna love you but a true love huh
Come on baby, your drive me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, whoo, feels good
Ahhh call me baby, love me like a lover should
Your fine, so kind, wanna tell this world that your mine, mine, mine

You pull my fingers and you twiddle my thumbs
Wanna love you but it sure is hard
Come one baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

You get me lonely and you get all my money
You came alone and your with me honey
Come on baby you drive ah me crazy
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Yes she's leaving on the train
Never coming back again
The lines go far ahead
Got a job fixed in the city
Wants to be a star she's pretty
And i don't get a part

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

Left a note here on the floor
Where she used to knock the door
I found when i got home
Said you're gonna be a singer
Be a star and real swinger
I hope it's very nice

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't i t nice holding you tight, remember?

Thought she was joking when i looked around
Went to her room and saw her things had gone
She must have flown, ahhh

Yes she's left upon the train
Never coming back again
The lines went far away
Got her job in the big city
She became a star so pretty
Now i don't know her name

So please no more sad songs
I've heard enough today
Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

(repeat)

Isn't it nice holding you tight, remember?

Played too hard and he died too young
To be certain of earning his [burnt out/word of?] love
He won a place in history
And his name will live eternally

Lived the life of a movie star
And he waved to the people from a big black car
Down in a book with the greatest names
As a lonely maid cried take [in/the?] pain

Tell me a story minister
There ain't no time left to lose

Ten man tried in the dead of night
??? the great man's final words to right
In a room that was soft and red
The great man spoke outside my head

Tell me a story minister
There ain't no time left to lose

What can you tell me, of the perfect man.
What can you tell me, now i don't quite understand.
We lose our grip, we glide and stall.
Some things come easy, some don't come at all.

We chip away at the perfect man.
What can you show me, now i don't quite understand.
Eye to eye nothing left to say
But will you really throw it all away.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Things go wrong, though are strong.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Round and round, we all fall down.
Sometime....

No matter how we try to keep things straight.
It makes no difference, while we cause our fate.
We burn our candle unaware.
While on our knees we cry in prayer.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Pain wont last, this too shall pass.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Round and round, time and time, again.

But ahhhh,
If it's so simple then explain to me.
How pain is so close to ecstasy.
How change can make you feel so free.

Ahhhh,
If we were meant to be such perfect fools.
Then why do we always break the rules,
Crashing through life's scenery.

We trip, we stumble, and we all fall down.
Angry cries and desperate lies.
We slip, we fumble, and we all fall down
Hearts to mend, sun comes up again.

My dear elaine,
May i see you again?
For i've loved you,
And i hope to be forgiven,

It's been a cold night,
How i long to see the light,
To have you there,
To feel your hair.

Dear elaine,
Will it still be the same?
From the gateway to your arms
I am forbidden.

It's been a cold night,
Need the love the burns so bright,
To have you there,
To feel your hair.

Thoughts that once remained discreet,
Fall like servants at your feet.
Ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh.

Come here, elaine,
Please attend to the pain,
Please relieve the darken clouds of evening,
Prayers i could say,
How you swept them all away
I can't believe
You chose to leave,

God(?) that wears the sallow face,
Seems to put in my place,
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh

Dear elaine,
Will it still be the same?
Now the house of spirit crumbles,
For your love wears many gowns.
Love has risen,
It has stumbled,
Dear elaine,
Why should you wish to leave?

Dear elaine,
May i see you again,
For i've loved you,
And i hope to be forgiven.
It's been a cold night,
How i long to see the light
To have you there,
To feel your hair.
Dear elaine.

If your heart could talk i wonder what it would tell me
If your mind could walk would it bring me a love never ending
Yes, i've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

All your days have gone a goin' to a go-go
Now the time has come, is it gonna be a no no, no no
I've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

You've gotta stop all your reservations
Am i for the chop or is it celebrations?
Yes, i've got to know
I've got to know
No secrets anymore
You've got to tell me

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

Tell me every little thing (tell me)
Every little thing (tell me)

Tell me every little thing that makes you happy, oh oh oh
Every little thing that makes you glad
All of the secrets that you hide i got to know
Whoa, every little thing

Every little thing

Bury a jar of shao-sing
When the girl is born
Surely you know the wine will age
Till shes fully grown
Dont fly into the night
Soon enough the world will end
While the lantern is right

Chorus

I could find a good time girl in chinatown
Chinatown
Dancing in my shoes
See the eastern ladies walking chinatown
Chinatown
Chain me down
Chinatown

Maybe ill drink your jasmine tea
Then ill hurry home
Surely you know the likes of me
Should be left alone
Why they like a me for
Soon enough the world will end
If i answer the door

Chorus

Look at the tall pagoda through
Through your window pane
Watching it by your dragon night
On a cocoa day
Youll discover the white
Orchids in my humble moon
While the lantern is right

Chorus

A look a-there
Here she comes
Here comes that girl again
Wanting to date her
Since i don't know when
But she don't notice me when i pass
She goes with all the guys from a-out of my class
But that ain't stopping me from thinking to myself
She's sure [good] looking man
She's something else

A look a- there
'cross the street
There's a car made just for me
To own that car
Would be a luxury
But right now i can't afford the gas
A brand new convertible is out of my class
But that ain't stopping me from thinking to myself
That car's good looking man
It's something else

Hey look a-there
Just wait and see
Work hard and save my dough
I'll buy that car
I can roll up and show
Get me that girl and we'll go riding around
We'll look real sharp with a black top down
I keep right on a-dreaming and a-thinking to myself
When it all comes true man
She's something else

Look a-here
What's all this?
Never thought i do this before
But here i am a-knocking on her door
My car's out front and it's all mine
It's a [sixty-seven] job not a fifty nine
I got that girl and i'm a-thinking to myself
She's [good] looking man
She's something e

Sister jane has a little book
Full of autographs of useless people
Seems a waste in the time she took
And it gets me mad which makes us equal

Ooh, hundreds of people left out in the cold
Wearing the shoes that were silver and gold
Useless information
Tons of useless information
Seems to fill my head
With nowhere else to go
(isn't it amazing)

Mrs. pain at the dairy game
With the news about her operation
Will the... ever make the rain
Wash away such useless information

Chorus

Isn't it amazing
Now you can see why conversation is dying
And time is passing you by

Turn your ears to the weatherman
Saying it be colder in december
Get your boots and your....
It's been the same for years
So i remember

Chorus

Chorus

Hundreds of people filling my head with useless information

Chorus

Blackberry way absolutely pouring down with rain,
It's a terrible day.
Up with the lark, silly girl i don't know what to say,
She was running away.
But now i'm standing on the corner,
Lost in the things that i said.
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Flowers in the park overgrowing but the trees are bare
There's a memory there.
Boats on the lake, unattended now for all to drown
I'm incredibly down.
Just like myself they are neglected,
Turn with my eyes to the wall
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Run for the train, look behind you for she may be there
Said a thing in the air
Blackberry way, see the battlefield of careless sins
Cast to the winds
So full of emptiness without her,
Lost in the words that i said.
What am i supposed to do now?

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, i don't need you.
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day.

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And the resons for them leaving is not easy

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And they'll all be friends together now they're leaving
See how they try to be hap-py when they're leaving home
But the captain of the shinybird won't wait now

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

See how they go on the wings of a shiny bird
And the resons for them leaving is not easy

Follow me follow
Follow me too far away
Follow me follow
Where you will go

(repeat)

Whooo-oo-whoooo

This is my life i don't feel whole every night
I hear love, crying down on love so bright

Tell me to hear
(i feel so good)
How can you tell
(i do believe)
It's just so real
(i really know)
I want to know
(i gotta say)

The indian queen, pretty as a dream
The indian queen, my love is so free

In the love, i hear all those melodies
In my love, lying down on separate ears

Oh, how can you tell
(i feel so good)
It's just so real
(i really know)
How do you know
(it's got to be)
It's got to go
(it's still inside)

The indian queen, pretty as a dream
The indian queen, proud of eyes so clear

Whoo-oo-oo-whoooooooo
It's my world, i'd save all my life for you
Ah-ah-ah
You can smile down on lovers' avenue

Well, how can you tell
(i want to know)
It's just so good
(oh, yes i do)
I feel so right
(i really do)
It's so tight
(come on now)

The indian queen, pretty as a dream
The indian queen, my love is so real

Whoooo-ooowhoooo
It's so real, you know like it's got to be
You say no and i wake up wanting you

Well, how can you stop
(i feel this good)
You've got to be
(oh, this is good)
It's just so real
(i wanna be)
Knowing you
(it's all so real)

The indian queen, pretty as a dream
The indian queen, my love is so real

Whooo-oo-whoooo-oo
Can i tell you 'bout an indian queen
(fading...) she's gonna get her dream....

Sun is shining for me
I'll be on my way
I'll be rolling along, cos i need to
Feel alright
From the evening till the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

Wander down in the lane (?)
I'll be strolling to
I do a brave show for you , don't you know i
Feel alright
From the evening to the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

Feel alright
From the evening to the early light
Nowhere to go but its on with the show

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So i'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

If you don't answer what i feel inside
I might try to make it with the girl outside
And all our thoughts together we'll confide
We'll see fairytale cities
When following the lands of love

Who needs the girl outside
When i can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, i often wish i knew you

You overstepped the mark so run and hide
Cause i'm gonna take it to the girl outside
I won't cast all my little dreams aside
Every flowers hide their faces
By... their places

Who needs the girl outside
When i can ride the time and life with you
Why don't you turn around
And look at me, i often wish i knew you

You couldn't make it easy if you tried
So i'm gonna save it for the girl outside
I'll take her on a magic carpet ride
We could walk the clouds together
Stay in love forever

Wild times, until the light has gone
Wild, until the rising sun
Let us hear the sigh,
Of all the days gone buy
Wild times

Shine the light, down through the years
Through the fields of yonder, the veil off tears
And well take the time,
That is yours and mine
Wild times

Wild times, into the dawn
These wild times, will not be gone
And the music plays,
To these golden days
Wild times

You can here the sigh,
Of all the days gone by
Wild times

And well take the time,
That is yours and mine
Wild times

Wild times
Wild times
Wild times
Wild times

Got love, if that's what you need
I got three or four babies sittin' on my knee
I got love waitin' for you
I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

There's one thing that's on my mind
And that's getting hold of you before i serve my time
I'll keep on, with my heavy load
Till i see you come a strollin' down that open road

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

I love you ma-ma-ma belle
That's why i want to get it all well i'm sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin' so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that i can keep
Can't you hear me once ma-ma-ma belle

You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you

Mister mackan was a practical man,
Curly was his only son,
And he loved him like no other can,
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum.

He discovered the world in a wonderful girl,
Though he played with more than one.
But he loved her like no other can.
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Chorus:
Oh curly has she let you down and run?
Oh curly where's your girly? where's she gone?

Ran all over the town,
Till he covered the ground,
Every inch of liverpool,
In a way i feel so bad
That she let he be made a fool.

But remember she's right,
As we freeze in the night,
When the dawn took years to come,
Does he love her like no other can
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Chorus

Now curse the day,
Yes it really shok you good.
Just broke away, no,
You didn't feel she would.
You didn't feel she would.

La-da-da, na- na- na- na-
Desolation tones play on
Though it breaks you curly
Can't you see what she has gone and done?

He discovered the world
Such a wonderful girl,
So he played with more than one,
But he loved her like no other can
Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Oh curly, where's she gone?
You didn't feel she would.
Feel she would. la-da-da,
Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na

Did you meet the lady who said she could fly
She broke off her wings when she fell from the sky
The effort was brave and she gave a sigh
Now i'll sail through the sky on my own, my oh my

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

When she was a girl she would jump rather high
Then she fell in love with the air and the sky
She discovered her wings and she gave a loud cry
Now i'll sail through the sky on my own, my oh my

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

Back to the story

Now she's been repaired and her wings are as new
She's laughing and dancing way up in the blue
But look she has gone, where could she go to?
Her wings were so silver, her halo so new

I can fly through the air
I can fly anywhere
I can fly through the sky
And just see if i care

(repeat)

There's a fellow roaming round the street
I think most of all i'd like to meet
I must consider him a clever lad
Making like a young sir galahad
Everywhere i go i think he's been
He autographs the walls around the scene
If you look hard enough you'll find him there
In rooms of public places everywhere

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

I wonder could he be a cavalier
Or a roving musketeer
Or just a dustman who's insane
Everyplace regardless where or when
.... strikes again and again and again

If i ever meet that man at all
I'll hang a plague upon my bedroom wall
A monument erected in his name
Would help to contribute his name

Kilroy was here
Left his name around the place
Kilroy was here
Thought i've never seen his face
On a short vacation with my friends
I found i had time on my hands to spare
Surveyed my telescope around the land
And saw his name imprinted in the sand

Kilroy was here
Though i've never seen his face

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather since my girl and i ended it together
Keeps raining all the time

Life is bad gloomy misery everywhere
Stormy weather just can't seem to get my self together
I'll be here all the time

Oh yeah, since she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away a rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray the lord will let me walk in the sun once more

Oh yeah, since she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away a rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray the lord will let me walk in the sun once more

Can't go on everything i had is gone
Stormy weather, since my gal and i ended it together
Keeps raining all the time, keeps raining all the time

Stormy weather, stormy weather, stormy weather
Keeps raining all the time

[instrumental]

Ah sweet little lady used to drive me crazy
Had to stick around to play

Chorus

Down on the bay
Thats where i stay
The clouds are gray
Down on the bay
And thats my home
Cant leave my woman alone

Dont know what im missing
But i wouldnt miss the kissing
With lily cause she looks so fine

Chorus

Walking with my lily
Down a road thats pretty chilly
But she makes it like a summer day

Chorus

Sure look so delighted
And im getting so excited
Every time you start to play
Down on the bay

Down on the bay
Thats where i stay

Repeat

A-sittin on the bay
Thats where i stay
Thats where i stay

Down on the bay
Thats where ill stay

Down on the...
Thats where ill...

I can tell by the way
There aint no lights in the windows
And by the way your curtains hang
Yeah, i know which way the wind blows

I said no, i said no, i said no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

You went away, what a heavy load
You must have took it with you
Down and out, to no thanks to boat
But no one can get ya

I said no, i said no, i said no, ain't nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home

From the way that you act
I guess you haven't been there
By the look in your eyes
There's nobody been there

I said no, i said no, i said no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said no, i said no, i said no no no, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home
Nobody home, nobody home

Aint nobody home, nobody home,
Nobody home
Nobody home
Nobody home
Nobody home

(slow)

It ain't necessarily so
No, it ain't necessarily so
These things that you're liable,
To read in the bible.
No it ain't necessarily so

(jammin')

You bet that you can't be wrong.
No place where you don't belong.
There's nothin' you don't know.
But it ain't necessarily so

To you there's never no doubt.
It's either in or it's out.
You sure put up quite a show.
But it ain't necessarily so

I said hold, let your bad self go.
Hold on, caus' you already know.

It's never maybe or might.
To you it's black or it's white.
If i say yes you say no.
But it ann's necessarily so

Hold on, let your bad self go.
Hold on, cause' you already know.

You think that you can't be wrong.
No place where you don't belong.
There's nothing' you don't know.
But it ain't necessarily so

Ain't necessarily so
Ain't necessarily so

No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so
No no no no
No no no no

No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so.
No no no no
No it ain't necessarily so.

I see the faces on my picture one is you
I see the reasons why the picture just ain't true

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home

The dust collector keeps on banging at my door
Tales of the wild west, i can't mean it anymore

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home

And i'll be there one of these mornings
Walk down the road and there you are, yes i am
Maybe i'll see you if i can

Break away, from one of these memories
Walk down the road and there you are, yes i am
Maybe i'll see you if i can

I'm going home
I'm gonna be there one of these mornings
Gonna break away on the thirteenth of july
I'm going home

Going home
Going home
Going home
Going home

If you hear somebody knocking on your door
See somebody crawling out across the floor
Baby it'll be me
And i'll be looking for you

If you see somebody climbing up a telegraph pole
You find a new love then you shut the door
It'll be me
And i'll be looking for you

Chorus

I want to search in the city
Where might you be
I want to search the countryside
I want...

If you find a new bait on your fishing hook
You see a funny face in your comic book
It'll be me
And i'll be looking for you

Chorus

Repeat last verse

Chorus

Said i'll be looking for you
I'm gonna be looking for you

Let the wind blow you out of my memory
Let the rain wash you out of my eyes
Too many bad times of loving you
Now i gotta realize

That i can throw you right out of my mind
And put you right back in your place
Cause lightning never strikes twice in the same place

I can live without loving you
Carry on in the same old way
Do anything i wanna do
Say what i wanna say

Cause i can throw you right out of my mind
And put you right back in your place
Cause lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Lightning strike
Lightning strike

Your kind of woman just drags me down
Want to put me on a ball and chain
I was king till you took my crown
I wanna win it back again

Cause i can throw you right out of my mind
And put you right back in your place
Cause lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Lightning strike
Lightning strike

I wake and yawn at the crack of dawn
With dewdrops on my feet
As i rise up to greet the morning
Nothing much to eat
Every breath i take seems to make my body ache
My only friend is mist on a monday morning

Pick up my sack and walk for miles
Never thinking why
To the brewer's yard where i can sit
And watch my life go by
Drink and drink all day till my memory melts away
I need a friend like mist on a monday morning

Where's my wife, has she gone
I hear misty morning call
One foot resting in the grave
Destined not to see her anymore

There's a den in the grass by the autopath
Of corrugated steel
I may be sleeping there tonight
And depending how i feel
Damp and dirty place
Printing sorrow on my face
With nothing but the mist on a monday morning

Chorus

From... i feel the sin
Like wheels upon my feet
Intoxicated by the night
I stumbled in the street
Every breath i take seems to make my body ache
And drift into the mist on a monday morning

My marge

My marge is such a delight
She thrills me at night
The second i turn out the light

My marge is peaches to me
When no-one can see
She snuggle up is heavenly

My marge squeeze me sqeeze me
Take me home for tea
Let's not stay out too late
Cause your mother will be cross
And i'll be down across her knee
Y'know

My marge speaks double dutch
She's so ripe to touch
That's why i love her very much

O three three o
And take me home for tea
Let's not stay out too late
Or your mother will be cross
And i'll be down across her knee
Y'know

My marge is such a delight
She thrills me at night
The second i turn out the light

O three three o ooh ooh!
Y'know my marge
I know
She's a nice girl y'know
I know
She picks her nose
Ugh!
Throws the brown lumps over the right side
The green lumps over the left side
And everybody else says goodnight!

There we go, running before we can walk again
Can you imagine the hours i keep
Learning to sleep again, see her face again
Blast the world, fruits of the morning...
Carry the weight of the heart in a storm
Suffer the dawn today, today

Your beautiful daughter made me younger today
Beautiful daughter, now the darkness hides the tears that soak
The pillow where she lay

Wide awake, lying in wait for the moon to break
Drinking the lake of the dreams that we share
Wanting you there today, today

Chorus

Can you believe she just dropped in to say goodbye, say goodbye
I'm crying, beautiful daughter give me more, open the door
Pools in her eyes that are bright and deep
Can you imagine the hours i keep
Learning to sleep again, again

Chorus
Chorus

Beautiful daughter give me more, open the door

Chorus

Ventrilloquist was he, little boy sat on his knee
The people knew that the show was but the best one in the land
Until the night before the act
The dummy's clothes had all been packed away - he'd gone
And he'd left poor mr. crow right in the lurch

You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?

Hello mr. crow has your little boy left home - did he run away
Well i hope he'll soon be back to do the show
I'm sorry you must feel quite sad when your dummy runs away without a word
That is all old mr. crow had heard

You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?

Now come on mr. crow my dear
We'd better have this gottle o' geer

Then one fateful night into the dressing room so bright
Walked our friend tabledoll
Mr. crow cried tears of joy all in his tea
The bad doll said kindly address me as sir norman little man i am a star
And if you weren't so old maybe i'd let you be my doll

You know i've been far away
I've heard the people laugh
Now i'm a great big star

(it was one morning when i woke up, and then i found out that they'd signed some
Papers, and then i was gonna be kept in a bed owing to my state of mind.
And then i found out that the authorities had said, um, that i'd gotta
Have special food fed to me for my thoughts, um, and i think it's because,
Because i was going off my...)

Head
Sunbeam from flowered skies
Twenty thousand butterflies
Glorify my...
Turn from hot to very cool
Though it seems incredible
I could ride a bike around the room

Cherry blossom clinic
Is there any truth in what they say
Cherry blossom clinic
Lock me in and throw the key away

In this sad position where i lie
From the corner of my eye
Callous friends just pass me by
Doctor pays a visit
Everyday i keep asking for my dad
They must think i'm going mad
Lift the blankets off my face
Quick before i suffocate
Trying hard to meditate
Tell the people, "what a scene"
Write a letter to the queen
Asking her if she can come to tea

Chorus

Up above the sun is high
Like a tea tray in the sky
Helicopter lands upon my bed
Phantom horses quickly fade
Turning into lemonade
Probably feel better when i'm dead

Chorus

Now the time has nearly come
You watch the setting sun
This time tomorrow ill be gone

Here nothing could be bad
No one to feel sad
This time tomorrow looking back

Yes ill miss those happy days
As the sunset meets my gaze
Ill remember that i love you

So this is how it ends
I'd love to make amends
This time tomorrow well be friends

Repeat last two verses

Mmmmhmmm la da da da da la oh....

They don't write songs like that anymore!

You turn me off, and then you leave me in here
And then i'm scratching at, your door, begging you for, some more
You make me hide, so your friends can come inside, and tell me to be quiet
I make some noise and i hear this haggled voice yelling "hey what's the riot?"
And i hear you say...

It's only the dog
Or maybe the cat
Or maybe the bird
Uh huh honey it's only me

He jumps off, his chair, said "i'm a gonna look in there"
My heart hits, the floor, as he came toward the door
He opened up to see, and fortunately for me, i resembled sherpa jacket
He closed the door, admitted he was wrong, about all the racket
Then i heard you say...

It's only the dog
Or maybe the cat
Or maybe it's that bird
Uh huh honey it's only me

Finally, your friends, say they're gonna be goin'
Couldn't wait to hear, "hey, you come out now boy, it's all clear"
Gave me the sign, i was out in record time, but to my surprise
From under the bed came my friend ed
From behind the drapes came 'cousin and along with the guys'
Now what you gonna say?

It's only the dog
Or maybe the cat
Or maybe it's that bird
Uh huh honey it's only me