Crystal Lady

(john rostill)

Wherever you go
Wherever you may wander in your life
Surely you know
I always wanna be there
Holding you hand
And standing by to catch you when you fall
Seeing you through
In everything you do

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All i ask you is let me be there

Watching you grow
And going through the changes in your life
That's how i know
I always wanna be there
Whenever you feel you need a friend to lean on, here i am
Whenever you call, you know i'll be there

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All i ask you is let me be there

(fiett/fletcher)

Nothing is moving, all the world is still
No birds are singing and they never will
Cause you're leaving
No doors are open, the sun doesn't smile
There's no sign of laughter, it rains all the while
And i'm grieving
Cause you're leavin', leavin'

Food doesn't tempt me
No coffee or cakes, everything's empty
My heart's full of aches, nothing can please me
Why are you leaving?

Oh, no silver linings, no fluffy white clouds
I keep on walking, i'm lost in a crowd
Cause you're leaving
Nothing gives me pleasure, nothing gives me pain
I'm all over numb and i can't explain
Now you're leaving
Cause you're leavin', leavin'

So you put me down, you go your way around
I'm glad you're doing fine, i'll make out in time
Don't you worry, now you're leaving

(john farrar)

If you come around, and i know you will,
Don't expect to find me teary eyed
Time has surely told us we were never right
Baby, you were ready, so was i

Don't worry, don't worry, baby
If the sun should never shine again
And the skies were never blue
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

If the birds could never sing again
And the world had lost that view
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

When we were together, we were so alone
Conversations had gone out of style
Though i felt a sadness when you said goodbye
I've heard the word before and i'll survive

If the birds could never sing again
And the world had lost that view
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

(duncan)

I give you stars and sunshine
A rainbow at your feet each time you rise
So dry your eyes
The house of yesterday is crumblin' at my feet
But i don't mind, i had my time

I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
There's nothing i can give you
For you have more than me
You are the truth within your youth

I watch you dance and playing
The little prince of all that you survey
Each night, each day
I am the good old days,
And you my child, tomorrow

If i have any future
It is within your eyes
Each time you smile
My child, my child
The hand of life will rock you
I brought you forth
And then my task was through
I give to you
This wondrous view

I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow

(olivia newton-john)

In my room,where i used to sleep with you
Things have changed
All that's left are the memories of two
Two who loved and dreamed where
The trees seem to whisper your name
But i don't like to go there
'cause rosewater no longer feels the same

Through the glass
The sun shows the knocks on the wall
Seasons pass and you know how it looks in the fall
Here at my rosewater,the glass is a deeper green
And a calm surrounds her
When love was here,the warmest place i've ever been

As i walk the echo of empty,i hear
And i feel that this house is not home
And now we're not here,it's lonely
The stairs seem to beckon me to stay
But dreams are better treasured
Than slowly eaten away

Christmas time,when snow filled your garden with while
Then the moon's cold patterns on windows at night
Now you'll make a new home
With people as hopefull as we
Over their dreams and their secrets
But don't ever,please don't ever
Rosewater,forget about me
Forget about me

(groszmann/jones)

I have got pins and needles, boy
From sleeping on your floor
It's been so long i can't remember
What it was i came here for
Oh lord, when you're winning
Ain't it ever easy to pretend
But it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

I saw your golden eagle
Flying high above my day
Casting never ending shadows
Putting darkness cross my day

Oh lord, can't you remember
You said you'd always be my friend
And it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

Gotta help me lord
I'm on the dark side of dawn
Gotta find that road
I need your sweet love, lord
I need your sweet love

Oh lord, when you're winning
Ain't it easy to pretend
But it's hard, so hard
Yes it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

(kris kristofferson)

Take the ribbon from my hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against your skin
Like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All i'm takin' is your time
Help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
I don't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight i need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don't wanna be alone
Help me make it through the night

(brell/shuman/blau)

If we only have love
Then tomorrow will dawn
And the days of our years will rise on that morn
If we only have love
To embrace without fears
We will kiss with our eyes
We will sleep without tears

If we only have love
We can reach those in pain
We can heal all our wounds
We can use our own name
If we only have love
We can melt all the guns
And then give the new word
To our daughters and our sons

Oh, if we only have love
With our arms open wide
Then the young and the old will stand at our side
If we only have love
We will never bow down
We'll be tall as the pines
Neither heroes nor clowns

If we only have love
To be shared by all men
We will drink from a dram
To be born once again
If we only have love
If we only have love

(russ ballard)

And there's no need to tell me i'm just wasting time
But if you tell me break it slowly
I'm in deep water and i'm hanging on a line
And you're the only one can save me
But if you gotta go
I think you better know

Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away

I know the memories melt their pictures in my mind
Too bad to see they could be fading
But i'll come home to you
If someday you should find
You want me back then i'll be waiting
But if you gotta go
I think you better know

Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away

Um, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
And you refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away
Oh, what you gonna do when she goes away

(glen sharrock)

It took a long time
But now i'm gonna be laughing
A very long time
When all i could feel was sad
A very long time
But now it's gonna be worth it
Cause i just found a friend to make me glad

I'm feeling food, feeling better
I'm feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I'm gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I'm feeling best

I hope it doesn't sound like i'm blowing my own trumpet
Cause all i wanna do is join up with the band
When you feel good
You gotta come right out and say it
I've been so long at sea and i've just seen land

I'm feeling food, feeling better
I'm feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I'm gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I'm feeling best

(don mclean)

When i see you on the street
I lose my concentration
And just the thought that we might meet
Creates anticipation
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, i've been thinking about you day and night
And i don't know if it will work out right
But somehow i think that it just might
If we try

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation
But something yearns within to grow
Beyond infatuation
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, you got me standing deaf and blind
Cause i see love as just a state of mind
And who knows what it is that we might find
If we try

You're walking a different direction
From most people i've met
You're giving me signs of affection
I don't usually get
I don't want you to pledge your future
The future's not yours to give
Just stand there a little longer
And let me watch while you live

'cause when i see you on the street
I lose my concentration
And just the thought that we might meet
Creates anticipation
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, i've been thinking about you day and night
And i don't know if it will work out right
But somehow i think that it just might
If we try
Somehow i think that it just might
If we try
Yes,somehow i think that it just might
If we try

(traditional)

I asked my love to take a walk
To take a walk, just a little walk
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms he pressed
He cried "my love, don't you murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I wandered home 'tween twelve and one
I cried, "my god, what have i done?"
I've killed the only man i love
He would not take me for his bride

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

(kristofferson/foster)

Busted flat in baton rouge
Headin' for the train
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down
Just before it rained
Took us all the way to new orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was blowin' sad while bobby sang the blues
With them windshield wipers slappin' time
And bobby clappin' hands
We finally sang up every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feelin' good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues
Buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and bobby mcgee

From the coal mines of kentucky
To the california sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me
Through everything i've done
And every night he kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near salinas
I let him slip away
Lookin' for the home i hope he'll find
And i'll trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feelin' good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues
Buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and bobby mcgee
Enough for me and bobby mcgee
Good enough for me and my bobby mcgee
I let him slip away
Lookin' for the home i hope he finds
Enough for me and my bobby mcgee
Enough for me and my bobby mcgee, yeah

(john farrar)

Hey boy, i better warn you
To make your reservation
Your exit's overdue
I can only promise he ain't the soul to laugh
I've known him long enough to speak on his behalf

My old man's got a gun
And he knows you're a tricky one
He can't fail to make you run
And i don't need you
My old man's got a wife
And she loves him and her life
Silver tongue could be his strife
And i don't need you

Hey boy, don't let him fool you
I'll tell you something about him, gonna cool you
He'll get you in a corner
And make you really crawl
You'll never realize
A man could feel so small

My old man's got a gun
And he knows you're a tricky one
He can't fail to make you run
And i don't need you
My old man's got a wife
And she loves him and her life
Silver tongue could be his strife
And i don't need you

I don't need you, i don't need you
Hey boy, i better warn you
To make your reservation

(tarney/spencer)

It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony
With someone you're really digging
And you want to give it all that you've got

Don't wanna make you cry
Don't wanna tell you lies
Don't wanna bring you down
Or treat you unkind
Just wanna make you mine
And hear you laugh all the time
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why

It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony
With someone you're really digging
And you want to give it all that you've got

Now things were bad before
So i walked out the door
I guess i soon found out
What life's all about
But now i'm here to stay
Can't see me wandering away
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why

You can take a little loving
But if you're not giving
It'll never be worthwhile
You can take a little loving
But if you're not giving
It'll never work out fine

Play it to me, john

But now i'm here to stay
Can't see me wandering away
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why
It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony

(manuel)

Once i walked through the halls of a station
Someone called your name
In the street i heard children laughing
They all sound the same

One day could you ever know me
Know the reason why i live
Is there nothin you can show me
Life seems so little to give

Once i climbed up the face of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
And i could taste your hair

Isn't everybody dreaming
And the voice i hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can't we have something to feel

Once upon a time leaves me empty
Tomorrow never came
I could sing the sound of your laughter
Still i don't know you name

Must be some way to repay you
Out of all the good you gave
If a rumor should delay you
Love seems so little to save