Crystal Lady

(david gates)

If a picture paints a thousand words
Then why can't i paint you
The words will never show
The you i've come to know
If a face could launch a thousand ships
Then where am i to go
There's no one home but you
You're all that's left me too
And when my love for life is running dry
You'll come and pour yourself on me

If a girl could be two places at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way
If the world should stop revolving
Spinning slowly down to die
I'd spend the end with you
And when the world was through
Then one by one the stars would all go out
Then you and i would simply fly away

(bill danoff/taffy nivert/john denver)

Country roads,take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia,mountain mama
Take me home,country roads

Almost heaven,west virginia
Blue ridge mountain,shenandoe river
Life is old there,older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growing like the breeze

Country roads,take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia,mountain mama
Take me home,country roads

All my memories gather round her
Mine is lady,stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrop in my eye

Country roads,take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia,mountain mama
Take me home,country roads

I hear her voice in the morning
Now she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road i get a feeling
That i should've been home yesterday,yesterday

Country roads,take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia,mountain mama
Take me home,country roads

Country roads,take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia,mountain mama
Take me home,country roads

Take me home,country roads

(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

(bob dylan)

If not for you
Babe i couldn't even find the door
I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue
If not for you

If not for you
Babe the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
And it would not be new
If not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love i'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
Couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
It not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love i'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
You couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
It not for you
If not for you

(hiller/goodison/leslie/day)

I hold your hand and gently touch your hair
Then we'll walk together hand in hand
The way it used to be
The way you smile and kiss me tenderly
Tears begin to fill my misty eyes
Now you are gone from me

Where are you going to, my love
Will you come back when the sun shines
Anytime you want to come home
It's all right
Where are you going to, my love
Will our love return tomorrow
Anytime you want to call me
It's all right

I hear your voice
It's always haunting me
Everywhere i turn i see you face
But you're never there
You're all i have,
You're all i'm living for
I can't bear the pain and misery
Please come back to me

Where are you going to, my love
Will you come back when the sun shines
Anytime you want to come home
It's all right
Where are you going to, my love
Will our love return tomorrow
Anytime you want to call me
It's all right

(cagan)

I can count the teardrops hidden from your eyes
I can hear the sadness that your smile belies
Thought i heard a whisper
Did it come from you
If you say you're ready
I am ready too

I will touch you deep inside where love is
I will touch your sorrow and make it go away

I can hear the questions running through your mind
I can feel the answers very close behind
When your heart is ready
You will understand
When you're tired of crying
You will take my hand

I will touch you deep inside where love is
I will touch your sorrow and make it go away

(hiller/curtis)

They could never take you away from me
Oh baby, never replace the tenderness of your smile
I couldn't leave now if i wanted to
Everything i do i wanna do with you
Oh no, baby
If i gotta leave
I wanna leave with you

They could offer me the world and all its gold
Oh baby, put me on a ship that's sailing out to sea
Set me down on a lonely track
But i'd find a way to come running back
Oh no, baby
If i gotta leave
I wanna leave with you

They may try to find a way to deep us from each other
Try to find a way to keep us far apart
But there's nowhere in the world they could send me to
To keep my love away from you
Oh no, baby
If i gotta leave
I wanna leave with you
I really wanna leave with you
I really wanna leave with you

(gordon lightfoot)

If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me
And i will never be set free as long as i'm a ghost that you can't see

If i could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
The hero often fails
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I'll walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Are bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought i could act this way
And i've got to say, i just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone and i just can't get it back

(burnett)

Sometimes i think i love you
Just a little too much
You know you thrill me baby
With you magic touch
That's why i want you honey
And i love you like i do
I'm gonna scream and shout it
There ain't no doubt about it
That's why i love you like i do

Sometimes i think you kiss me
Just a little too much
You drive me crazy baby,
With your magic touch
You make me feel so good
When the moon is shining bright
With our lips together
And you're squeezin' me so tight

Now, i went steady once before
Thought i loved the boy next door
He stepped out on me, you see
He couldn't be true
Now, i got over all my dreams
Time went by so fast it seems
Now i know i'll never get over you
Well, all right, all right

Sometimes i think i love you
Just a little too much
You know you thrill me baby
With you magic touch
That's why i want you honey
And i love you like i do
I'm gonna scream and shout it
There ain't no doubt about it
That's why i love you like i do
That's why i love you like i do

(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

(john kongos)

Would you follow me if i search for another life
Would you walk with me through the dark and the hungry times
If i said, "i'm gonna leave today"
What would you do
Would you pack some things and come away too

Lose or win, thick or thin
Where would you like to be
Lose or win, thick or thin
Would you follow me
Would you follow me

Even though my dreams seem too far away today
Take a chance and
Stand by my side and

Lose or win, thick or thin
Where would you like to be
Lose or win, thick or thin
Would you follow me
Would you follow me

If i said i'm goin' away to join some revolution
Could you ever give up what they call the "good life"
Would you care to know what i'm lookin' for
And if i find it
Would you take note of the time, would you mind it

Lose or win, thick or thin
Where would you like to be
Lose or win, thick or thin
Would you follow me
Would you follow me

(rafferty)

Mary skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way

Remember a holiday in a north of england town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown

Mary skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you had, you'll get by
You've always been a lady, hold your head up high

Look back on your home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife

(locorriere/sawyer/haffkine)

You ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

I woke up monday morning
With the feeling he was gone
And i turned to face an empty place and i realized
That i didn't smell no coffee and all his pretty clothes were gone
I cried the first of the many tears you'll see me crying from now on

And you ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

I know his list of lovers was just as long as mine
But the sometime friend of a natural woman is to settle down
But the one time ways of that man
Have done busted up my mind
Now he's out the door, he's got one more
On his list than i got on mine

And you ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

Well, it's gonna be a long time before i pass this way again
I been dragged through school and i've learned the rules
And it seems to me
That a man'll love to fool ya
And he won't always fool you nice
Yes he had his turn, i guess i've learned
And no he ain't gonna fool me twice

And you still ain't got the right to tell me i'm not lonely
You don't understand what i've been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don't make it easier to lose
No that don't make it easier to lose

(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

(simon)

Why don't you write me
I'm out in the jungle
I'm hungry to hear you
Send me a card
I am waiting so hard to be near you
Something is wrong and i know i got a feelin'
Maybe i'm lost but i can't make the cost of the airfare
Tell me why, tell me why

Why don't you write me
A letter would brighten my loneliest evening
Mail it today if it's only to say
That you're leaving me
Why don't you write

Monday morning sitting in the sun
Hopin' and wishin' that the mail would come
Tuesday i never got a word
Wednesday,, thursday ain't no sign
Drank a half a bottle of iodine
Friday, woe is me
I'm gonna hang my body from the highest tree
Why don't you write me
Why don't you write me