1. |
Mend Your Own Heart
03:59
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When I look at you gently
I see you've grown old.
You say life's been good
But heaven's taken hold.
You say what you've learned
I hang on each breath.
You say you're goin' home
There isn't any death.
Who have you loved and
What have you done?
It's not for countin'
The times you have one.
Did you put back together
What life tore apart?
Were you courageous
Did you mend your own heart.
You look at me gently
See the price that I pay
When my worry 'bout tomorrow
Steals the joy from today.
You want me to know
There's no brass ring to chase.
Always believe in unexpected grace.
Who have you loved and
What have you done?
It's not for countin'
The times you have one.
Did you put back together
What life tore apart?
Were you courageous
Did you mend your own heart.
You look at me gently
You say soon I'll grow old.
Look for the good
Before heaven takes hold.
As your words turn to whispers
I listen intently.
You tell me remember
Look at life gently.
Who have you loved and
What have you done?
It's not for countin'
The times you have one.
Did you put back together
What life tore apart?
Were you courageous
Did you mend your own heart.
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2. |
Punky's Dilemma
03:27
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[Verse 1]
Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake
Floatin' in my bowl takin' movies
Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style
Talkin' to a raisin who 'casion'ly plays L.A.,
Casually glancing at his toupee
[Verse 2]
Wish I was an English muffin
'Bout to make the most out of a toaster
I'd ease myself down
Comin' up brown
I prefer boysenberry more than any ordinary jam
I'm a "Citizens for Boysenberry Jam" fan
[Bridge]
Ah, South California
[Verse 3]
If I become a first lieutenant
Would you put my photo on your piano?
"To Maryjane--
Best wishes, Martin"
Old Roger draft-dodger
Leavin' by the basement door
Everybody knows what he's
Tippy-toeing down there for
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3. |
Joy
02:32
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What animates the soul is a miracle
yet with our first breath we cry
with our first step we stumble
in our first kiss, our good bye
Two hearts call
from their solitude
Your hands touch mine
Oh it’s been so long
Souls reunite
and it feels like home
Two voices entwine
In one song
and in the moon of pink snow
we gave our hearts to joy, joy
we gave our hearts to joy
What animates the soul is a miracle
yet with our first breath we cry
with our first step we stumble
in our first kiss our good bye
When I go
Not so far away
Will you hold my hand
as you hold my heart
watch over me
till it’s time
and my spirit flies again
and we part
and in the full moon of sorrow
our hearts remember joy, joy
our hearts remember joy
and in the full moon of sorrow
our hearts remember joy, joy
our hearts remember joy
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4. |
Molly
03:22
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When I was a young man
I ran away from home
I went to join the circus
I went to see the cotton candy world
And make me lots of money
On my own
For Molly oh my pretty Molly
She's waiting all alone
Someday soon I will return to her
Then I made the big time
Bright lights show biz
I'm really in the circus
There's only one thing wrong
I haven't saved a penny on my own
For Molly oh my pretty Molly
But she's writing every day
Molly understands so it's okay
Ride a windy boxcar
And see a thousand children young and old.
Oh that greasepaint smile can hide your soul
Here comes the carousel
Guess which town it is
Feel the thrill
Greasepaint covers everything
But winter's chill
I'm reading Molly's letter
The ink is fading and
The page is turning yellow
Long ago
I promised Molly
Don't you know I...
I will close my eyes
And go to her
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5. |
Norwegian Wood
02:57
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I once had a girl
Or should I say, she once had me?
She showed me her room
"Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?"
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on the rug
Biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two
And then she said, "It's time for bed"
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke
I was alone, this bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?
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6. |
Dreams So Real
04:45
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In my dreams I’m never in my chair,
And time and distance melt like mist from the shore
Scattered friends and loved ones gone before me
Are gathered safe in my arms once more
In my dreams my name is she who dances
The drum says move but the rope says stay
In my dreams my name is she who flies
What holds me back slips away
What holds me back slips away
If I could I’d change just that one moment
We’d walk together,
Broken hearts to heal
If I could I’d call on some rough magic
To make these dreams so real, so real
In my dreams my name is she who dances
The drum says move but the rope says stay
In my dreams my name is she who flies
What holds me back slips away
What holds me back slips away
Take my shoes and give them to the dustman
And these questions, the ones that ask why
Take my guitar and give it to my daughter
Then take my tears and teach them not to cry
In my dreams my name is she who dances
The drum says move but the rope says stay
In my dreams my name is she who flies
What holds me back slips away
What holds me back slips away
In my dreams I’m never in my chair
And time and distance melt like mist from the shore
Scattered friends and loved ones gone before me
gather me safe in their arms once more
gather me safe in their arms once more
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7. |
Use
03:53
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You got more than me, he’s got more than you.
If he’s got a mansion, you’ve got to have two.
There’s never a bottom to your wishing well,
You think you’ll get to heaven through the three gates of hell.
When you leave your mark it will be a bruise,
Cause the world is your oyster and you’ll
Use and use and use and use,
Use and use and use and use and use.
You make us believe everyone poses danger.
You teach us to fear every dark skinned stranger.
You pour your poison into the once pure river.
You promise a change but you never deliver.
You destroy the past while you make the news,
But as long as you’re lying well you’ll
Use and use and use and use,
Use and use and use and use and use.
You want to reap what you’ve never sowed,
The weak and the weary they carry the load.
You hitch a ride on the backs of the poor,
When all dreams have died, you send them to war.
When you leave your mark it will be a bruise,
Cause the world is your oyster and you’ll
Use and use and use and use,
Use and use and use and use and use.
In all of our hearts there’s kindness and greed,
The one that will win is the one that you feed.
In all or our hearts there’s kindness and greed,
The one that will win is the one that you feed.
When you leave your mark it will be a bruise,
Cause the world is your oyster and you’ll
Use and use and use and use,
Use and use and use and use and use.
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8. |
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Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
'cause everything else is obsolete
Now a square with a horn
Can make you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays;
And with a square in the act
He can set music back
To the caveman days
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
But a cat's the only cat
Who knows how to swing
Who wants to dig
A long-haired gig
Or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat
A square with that horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays;
And with a square in the act
He's gonna set this music back
To the Stone Age days
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at;
While playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat
Everybody digs a swingin' cat
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9. |
Empty Pocket Blues
04:46
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My pocket's empty baby
Singing the blues for you
My pocket's empty baby
You know I loved you true
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you...
Back again
I'm still waiting,
Back again
With you...
The nights are lonely baby
I need you all the time
I'm lonely baby
Need your lips on mine
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you...
Back again
I'm still waiting,
Back again
With you...
My pocket's empty baby
Just singing them blues for you
My pocket's empty baby
You know I loved you true
Even my old kettle
Is whistling the blues for you...
Back again
I'm still waiting,
Back again
With you...
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10. |
Pilgrims
03:37
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Pilgrims of horizon
The table lay bare
I searched for a mask
Hid my face in your hair
Lost in charade and a lover's slow chant
Your breath on my eyelids
The covers thrown back
We sleep walked in daylight
Kept castles of stone
Dreamed of the sun
He appeared flesh and bone
The parting, the calling
The knife in its sheath
And pressed between pages
The moment's bare leaf
Now I'm asked to remember
But the night has grown long
You're calling to shadows
I can't make you strong
Burnt by madness
A mind's dull refrain
I walk through the silent forest of rain
The future, the future
To see what we've wrought
I can't find the courage
To say what I thought
I love your strange ways
And I can't let you down
But the room is so empty
The hills are so brown
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11. |
Mood Indigo
04:19
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[Chorus]
You ain't been blue, no, no, no
You ain't been blue 'til you've had that mood indigo
That feeling goes stealing down to my shoes
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues"
[Bridge]
Always get that mood indigo
Since my baby said goodbye
In the evening when the lights are low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me
I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be
When I get that mood indigo
I could lay me down and die
[Chorus]
You ain't been blue, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
You ain't been blue 'til you've had that mood indigo
That feeling goes stealing down to my shoes
While I just sit around and sigh, "Go 'long blues"
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12. |
Baby It Must Be Love
02:05
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Tell me honey, now tell me please
Is my lover now hard to please
I'm gettin' groggy in my knees
Baby it must be love
A funny feelin' up and down my spine
To my head like cherry wine
Make me feel like the world's all mine
Baby it must be love
I hear church bells ringin'
I see visions clear
I hear the birdies singin'
I know darn well there's no birdies near
I don't like your shirts and ties
They don't seem to harmonize
They don't match them big brown eyes
Baby it must be love
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, king
It'll make you give up everything
Every time you feel that sting
Honey it must be love
Made a preacher lay his bible down
Made a rabbit hug a hound
Made King Edward give up his crown
Baby it must be love
I hear church bells ringin'
I see visions clear
I hear those birdies singin'
I know there ain't no birdies near
I don't like your shirts and ties
They don't seem to harmonize
They don't match your big brown eyes
Baby it must be love
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13. |
Demon Lover
03:51
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I knew a girl who came from Little Falls
Her name was Agnes Hines
She fell in love with a boy named Jimmy Harris
But he had a short life-line
A year after Jimmy was killed in a car crash
She married a man from Cornell
They had three little kids and a big house
In upper Montclair
The gypsy wind it says to me
Things are not what they seem to be
Beware
One day her husband's at work and the kids are at school
And who comes toolin' up the drive
Looks just like Jimmy Harris
And he says he's just got back from Paris
And he's lookin' very much alive
Ooh, Jimmy she cried
I thought you had died
He laughed and he said So did I cherie
And if it was not for your love
I would not be here
The gypsy wind it says to me
Things are not what they seem to be
Beware
The neighbors say that as they pulled away in his Chevrolet
His face began to change
And in the middle of that bright suburban morning
They disappeared in flames
Maybe you have a demon lover
Who might have been your husband or your wife
Watch out for people who belong in your past
Don't let 'em back in your life.
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14. |
Blue Skies
03:09
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Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do i see
Blue birds singing a song
Nothing but blue skies from now on
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on
Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do i see
Bluebirds singing a song
Nothing but blue skies from now on
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15. |
That's All
04:15
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I can only give you love that lasts forever
And a promise to be near each time you call
And the only heart I own
For you and you alone
That's all, that's all
I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall
And a love whose burning light
Will warm the winter night
That's all, that's all
There are those, I am sure, that have told you
They would give you the world for a toy
All I have are these arms to enfold you
And a love time can never destroy
If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small
Say it's me that you'll adore
For now and ever more
That's all, that's all
If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small
Say it's me that you'll adore
For now and ever more
That's all...that's all
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16. |
Gone
01:19
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All along the fading line
Streets track lives of twisted time
All my thoughts are gone
Fear is left unformed
When you say the day is o'er
I will speak as one no more
Drift into the dawn
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