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Lon Phillips Enterprises

Lyrics

    Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
    Can you tell me where he's gone?
    He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young
    You know I just looked around and he's gone

    Anybody here seen my old friend John?
    Can you tell me where he's gone?
    He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young
    I just looked around and he's gone

    Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
    Can you tell me where he's gone?
    He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young
    I just looked around and he's gone

    Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
    Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
    And we'll be free
    Some day soon, it's gonna be one day

    Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
    Can you tell me where he's gone?
    I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
    With Abraham, Martin, and John

    A long long time ago
    I can still remember how
    That music used to make me smile
    And I knew if I had my chance
    That I could make those people dance
    And maybe they'd be happy for a while
    But February made me shiver
    With every paper I'd deliver
    Bad news on the doorstep
    I couldn't take one more step
    I can't remember if I cried
    When I read about his widowed bride
    But something touched me deep inside
    The day the music died

    So...
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    Did you write the book of love?
    And do you have faith in God above
    If the Bible tells you so?
    Now do you believe in rock and roll?
    Can music save your mortal soul?
    And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
    Well, I know that you're in love with him
    'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
    You both kicked off your shoes
    Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
    I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
    With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
    But I knew I was out of luck
    The day the music died

    I started singin'
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    Now, for ten years we've been on our own
    And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
    But, that's not how it used to be
    When the jester sang for the king and queen
    In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
    And a voice that came from you and me
    Oh and while the king was looking down
    The jester stole his thorny crown
    The courtroom was adjourned
    No verdict was returned
    And while Lenin read a book on Marx
    The quartet practiced in the park
    And we sang dirges in the dark
    The day the music died

    We were singin'
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    Helter skelter in a summer swelter
    The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
    Eight miles high and falling fast
    Landed foul on the grass
    The players tried for a forward pass
    With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
    Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
    While sergeants played a marching tune
    We all got up to dance
    Oh, but we never got the chance
    'Cause the players tried to take the field
    The marching band refused to yield
    Do you recall what was revealed
    The day the music died?

    We started singin'
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    Oh, and there we were all in one place
    A generation lost in space
    With no time left to start again
    So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
    Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
    'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
    And as I watched him on the stage
    My hands were clenched in fists of rage
    No angel born in Hell
    Could break that Satan's spell
    And as the flames climbed high into the night
    To light the sacrificial rite
    I saw Satan laughing with delight
    The day the music died

    He was singin'
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    I met a girl who sang the blues
    And I asked her for some happy news
    But she just smiled and turned away
    I went down to the sacred store
    Where I'd heard the music years before
    But the man there said the music wouldn't play
    And in the streets the children screamed
    The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
    But not a word was spoken
    The church bells all were broken
    And the three men I admire most
    The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
    They caught the last train for the coast
    The day the music died

    And they were singing
    Bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die

    I can see why you think you belong to me
    I never tried to make you think
    Or let you see one thing for yourself
    But now your off with someone else and I'm alone
    You see, I thought that I might keep you for my own

    Amie, what you wanna do?
    I think I could stay with you
    For a while, maybe longer if I do

    Don't you think the time is right for us to find
    All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time?
    And can you see
    Which way we should turn together or alone?
    I can never see whats right or what is wrong
    (Will it take to long to see?)

    Amie, what you wanna do?
    I think I could stay with you
    For a while, maybe longer if I do

    Well now
    Amie what you wanna do?
    I think I could stay with you
    For a while, maybe longer if I do

    Now it's come to what you want, you've had your way
    And all the things you thought before just faded into gray
    And can you see
    That I don't know if it's you or if it's me?
    If it's one of us I'm sure we'll both will see
    (Won't you look at me and tell me?)
    Amie, what you wanna do?
    I think I could stay with you
    For a while, maybe longer
    Longer if I do

    Amie, what you wanna do?
    I think I could stay with you
    For a while, maybe longer if I do

    I keep fallin' in and out of love with you
    Fallin' in and out of love with you
    Don't know what I'm gonna do
    I'd keep fallin' in and out of love
    With you

    She loves to laugh
    She loves to sing
    She does everything
    She loves to move
    She loves to groove
    She loves the lovin' things

    Ooh, all night, all night
    Oh, every night
    So hold tight, hold tight
    Ooh baby, hold tight

    Oh, she said
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it
    She said, Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it

    I was alone
    I never knew
    What good love could do
    Ooh, then we touched
    Then we sang
    About the lovin' things

    Ooh, all night, all night
    Oh, every night
    So hold tight, hold tight
    Ooh baby, hold tight

    Oh, she said,
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it
    She said, Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it

    She said, Hold on
    Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
    Hold on, hold on, hold on, baby

    Oh, she said,
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it

    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it
    Any way you want it
    That's the way you need it
    Any way you want it

    I learned the truth at seventeen
    That love was meant for beauty queens
    And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
    Who married young and then retired

    The valentines I never knew
    The Friday night charades of youth
    Were spent on one more beautiful
    At seventeen I learned the truth

    And those of us with ravaged faces
    Lacking in the social graces
    Desperately remained at home
    Inventing lovers on the phone
    Who called to say come dance with me
    And murmured vague obscenities
    It isn't all it seems
    At seventeen

    A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
    Whose name I never could pronounce
    Said, pity please the ones who serve
    They only get what they deserve

    The rich relationed hometown queen
    Married into what she needs
    A guarantee of company
    And haven for the elderly

    Remember those who win the game
    Lose the love they sought to gain
    Indebentures of quality
    And dubious integrity
    Their small town eyes will gape at you
    In dull surprise when payment due
    Exceeds accounts received
    At seventeen

    To those of us who know the pain
    Of valentines that never came
    And those whose names were never called
    When choosing sides for basketball

    It was long ago and far away
    The world was younger than today
    And dreams were all they gave for free
    To ugly duckling girls like me

    We all play the game and when we dare
    To cheat ourselves at solitaire
    Inventing lovers on the phone
    Repenting other lives unknown
    That call and say, come dance with me
    And murmur vague obscenities
    At ugly girls like me
    At seventeen

    The marchin' band came down along Main Street
    The soldier blues fell in behind
    I looked across and there I saw Billy
    Waiting to go and join the line
    And with her head upon his shoulder
    His young and lovely fiancee
    From where I stood I saw she was cryin'
    And through her tears I heard her say

    Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
    Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
    And as he started to go she said, Billy, keep your head low
    Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me

    The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside
    The battle raging all around
    The sergeant cried, We've got to hang on, boys!
    We've got to hold this piece of ground
    I need a volunteer to ride up
    And bring us back some extra men
    And Billy's hand was up in a moment
    Forgettin' all the words she said

    She said
    Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
    Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
    And as he started to go she said, Billy, keep your head low
    Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me

    I heard his fiancee got a letter
    That told how Billy died that day
    The letter said that he was a hero
    She should be proud he died that way
    I heard she threw that letter away ...

    Is this the real life?
    Is this just fantasy?
    Caught in a landslide
    No escape from reality
    Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
    I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
    Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
    Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

    Mama, just killed a man
    Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
    Mama, life had just begun
    But now I've gone and thrown it all away
    Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
    If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
    Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

    Too late, my time has come
    Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
    Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go
    Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
    Mama, ooh, I don't want to die
    I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

    I see a little silhouetto of a man
    (Scaramouche, Scaramouche) Will you do the Fandango?
    Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me
    (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo
    Galileo, figaro (Magnifico)
    I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
    (He's just a poor boy from a poor family)
    Spare him his life from this monstrosity

    Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
    Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
    (Let him go!) Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
    (Let him go!) We will not let you go
    Let me go! (Will not let you go)
    Let me go! (Will not let you go) Let me go! Ah
    No, no, no, no, no, no, no
    (Oh, Mama mia, Mama mia) Mama mia, let me go!
    Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

    So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
    So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
    Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
    Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

    Nothing really matters, anyone can see
    Nothing really matters
    Nothing really matters to me

    I rode my bicycle past your window last night
    I roller skated to your door at daylight
    It almost seems like you're avoiding me
    I'm okay alone, but you got something I need

    Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
    You got a brand new key
    I think that we should get together and try them out you see
    I been looking around awhile
    You got something for me
    Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
    You got a brand new key

    I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car
    Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far
    For somebody who don't drive
    I been all around the world
    Some people say, I done all right for a girl

    I asked your mother if you were at home
    She said, yes .. but you weren't alone
    Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
    I'm okay alone, but you've got something I need

    Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
    You got a brand new key
    I think that we should get together and try them out to see
    La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
    Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
    You got a brand new key

    There's a port on a western bay
    And it serves a hundred ships a day
    Lonely sailors pass the time away
    And talk about their homes

    And there's a girl in this harbor town
    And she works layin' whiskey down
    They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
    She serves them whiskey and wine

    The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
    "What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
    "Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
    (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

    Brandy wears a braided chain
    Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
    A locket that bears the name
    Of the man that Brandy loves

    He came on a summer's day
    Bringin' gifts from far away
    But he made it clear he couldn't stay
    No harbor was his home

    The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
    "What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
    "But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"
    (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

    Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
    When he told his sailor stories
    She could feel the ocean fall and rise
    She saw its ragin' glory
    But he had always told the truth, Lord, he was an honest man
    And Brandy does her best to understand
    (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

    At night when the bars close down
    Brandy walks through a silent town
    And loves a man who's not around
    She still can hear him say
    She hears him say
    "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
    "What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
    "But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"
    (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)

    "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
    "What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
    "But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"

    When you're weary, feeling small
    When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all
    I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
    And friends just can't be found
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will lay me down
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will lay me down

    When you're down and out
    When you're on the street
    When evening falls so hard
    I will comfort you (ooh)
    I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes
    And pain is all around
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will lay me down
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will lay me down

    Sail on silver girl
    Sail on by
    Your time has come to shine
    All your dreams are on their way
    See how they shine
    Oh, if you need a friend
    I'm sailing right behind
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will ease your mind
    Like a bridge over troubled water
    I will ease your mind

    Dance with me, I want to be your partner
    Can't you see the music is just starting?
    Night is falling, and I am calling
    Dance with me

    Fantasy could never be so giving
    I feel free, I hope that you are willing
    Pick your feet up, and kick your feet up
    Dance with me

    Let it lift you off the ground
    Starry eyes, and love is all around
    I can take you where you want to go

    Dance with me, I want to be your partner
    Can't you see the music is just starting?
    Night is falling, and I am calling
    Dance with me

    Let it lift you off the ground
    Starry eyes, and love is all around
    I can take you where you want to go

    Fantasy could never be so giving
    I feel free, I hope that you are willing
    To pick your feet up, kick your feet up
    And dance with me

    Dance with me, I want to be your partner
    Can't you see the music is just starting?
    Night is falling, and I am calling
    Dance with me

    Oh, what a night, late December back in '63
    What a very special time for me
    As I remember what a night!

    Oh, what a night!
    You know I didn't even know her name
    But I was never gonna be the same
    What a lady, what a night!

Oh, I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
And I, as I recall it ended much too soon

    Oh, what a night!
    Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
    She was everything I dreamed she'd be
    Sweet surrender, what a night!

I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
Spinnin' my head around and taking my body under

    Why'd it take so long to see the light?
    Seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right
    What a lady, what a night!

Oh, I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room
And I, as I recall it ended much too soon

    Oh, what a night!
    Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
    She was everything I dreamed she'd be
    Sweet surrender, what a night!

    I felt a rush like a rolling bolt of thunder
    Spinnin' my head around and taking my body under
    Oh, what a night!
    (Oh, what a night!)
    Oh, what a night!
    (Oh, what a night!)
    Oh, what a night!
    (Oh, what a night!)

    Don't pull your love out on me, baby
    If you do then I think that maybe
    I'll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years
    Don't pull your love out on me, honey
    Take my heart, my soul, my money
    But don't leave me drownin' in my tears

    You say you're gonna leave
    Gonna take that big white bird
    Gonna fly right out of here
    Without a single word
    Don't you know you'll break my heart
    When I watch you close that door?
    'Cause I know I won't see you anymore

    Haven't I been good to you?
    What about that brand new ring?
    Doesn't that mean love to you?
    Doesn't that mean anything?
    If I threw away my pride
    And I got down on my knees
    Would you make me beg you, "pretty please?"

    There's so much I wanna do
    I've got love enough for two
    But I'll never use it, girl, if I don't have you

    She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
    And thinks of the young man that she almost married
    What would he think if he saw her this way?

    She picks up her apron in little girl fashion as something else comes to her mind
    Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood
    And all of the boys she had waiting in line

    Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    You see everywhere any time of the day
    An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me

    The photograph album she takes from the closet and slowly she turns the page
    And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
    The first one he gave her, now withered today

    She closes her eyes and touches the house dress that suddenly disappears
    And just for the moment she's wearing the gown
    That broke all their minds back so many years

    Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife
    You see ev'rywhere any time of the day
    An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me

    Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?
    Everybody laughs at the things I say and do
    They all laugh when they see me comin'
    But you don't laugh, you just go home runnin'
    Everybody loves a clown, so why can't you?
    A clown has feelings, too

    I joke around at a party when you are there
    But you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't care
    If you wonder why this clown is cryin'
    Look a little closer, inside I'm dyin'
    It's not easy to be in love, you see
    When you're a clown like me'

    I don't know how to say that I love you
    'Cause you would smile and say "Tell a joke or two"
    Yes, I'm a clown but I don't wanna be
    Why can't ya see the other side of me?
    Guess I'll be the guy who plays the part
    Of a clown with a broken heart

    Dreamin' of your love and not knowing where to start
    Dreamin' of your love and not knowing where to start
    Dreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start
    Dreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start

    Your butt is wide, well mine is too.
    Just watch your mouth, or I'll sit on you.
    The word is out, better treat me right,
    'Cause I'm the king of cellulite.
    Ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right.

    My zippers bust, my buckles break.
    I'm too much man for you to take.
    The pavement cracks when I fall down.
    I've got more chins than Chinatown.

    Well I've never used a phone booth,
    And I've never seen my toes.
    When I'm goin' to the movies
    I take up seven rows!

    Because I'm fat, I'm fat--come on.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--come on, you know.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    Don'tcha call me pudgy, portly or stout.
    Just tell me once again ..... Who's fat?

    When I walk out to get my mail,
    It measures on the Richter scale.
    Down at the beach I'm a lucky man.
    I'm the only one who gets a tan.
    If I have one more pie a la mode,
    I'm gonna need my own zip code.

    When you're only having seconds,
    I'm having twenty-thirds.
    When I go to get my shoes shined,
    I gotta take their word.

    Because I'm fat, I'm fat--come on.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it you know.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    And my shadow weighs forty-two pounds.
    Lemme tell you once again ..... Who's fat?

    If you see me comin' your way,
    Better give me plenty space.
    If I tell you that I'm hungry,
    Then won't you feed my face.

    Because I'm fat, I'm fat--come on.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it you know.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    Woo woo woo! When I sit around the house,
    I really sit around the house.

    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--come on.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it, you know it.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know you know you know--come on.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    And you know all by myself I'm a crowd.
    Lemme tell you once again.

    You know I'm huge! I'm fat, you know it.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat--you know, hoo!
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    You know I'm fat, I'm fat--you know it, you know.
    (Fat fat--really really fat)
    And the whole world knows I'm fat and I'm proud.
    Just tell me once again ............................ Who's fat?

    Slow down, you move too fast
    You've got to make the morning last
    Just kickin' down the cobble stones
    Looking for fun and feelin' groovy!
    (La,la,la,la,la,la, feelin' groovy)

    Hello, lamp post, whatcha knowing?
    I've come to watch your flowers growing
    Ain't ya got no rhymes for me?
    Doot-in' doo-doo, feelin' groovy!
    (La,la,la,la,la,la, feelin' groovy)

    Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
    I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
    Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
    Life, I love you, all is groovy!
    (La,la,la,la,la,la, feelin' groovy)
    (La,la,la,la,la,la, feelin' groovy)

    Day after day, alone on the hill,
    The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still.
    But nobody wants to know him,
    They can see that he's just a fool.
    And he never gives an answer .....

    But the fool on the hill,
    Sees the sun going down.
    And the eyes in his head,
    See the world spinning around.

    Well on his way, his head in a cloud,
    The man of a thousand voices, talking perfectly loud.
    But nobody ever hears him,
    Or the sound he appears to make.
    And he never seems to notice .....

    But the fool on the hill,
    Sees the sun going down.
    And the eyes in his head,
    See the world spinning around.

    And nobody seems to like him,
    They can tell what he wants to do.
    And he never shows his feelings,

    But the fool on the hill,
    Sees the sun going down.
    And the eyes in his head,
    See the world spinning around.

    I may not always love you
    But long as there are stars above you
    You never need to doubt it
    I'll make you so sure about it
    God only knows what I'd be without you

    If you should ever leave me
    Though life would still go on, believe me
    The world could show nothing to me
    So what good would living do me?
    God only knows what I'd be without you

    If you should ever leave me
    Though life would still go on, believe me
    The world could show nothing to me
    So what good would living do me?

    Somebody's gonna hurt someone
    Before the night is through
    Somebody's gonna come undone
    There's nothin' we can do

    Everybody wants to touch somebody
    If it takes all night
    Everybody wants to take a little chance
    And make it come out right

    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    Lord, I know

    Some people like to stay out late
    Some folks can't hold out that long
    But nobody wants to go home now
    There's too much goin' on

    This night is gonna last forever
    Last all, last all summer long
    Sometimes before the sun comes up
    The radio is gonna play that song

    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    Lord, I know

    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    The moon's shinin' bright
    So turn out the light
    And we'll get it right
    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know

    Somebody's gonna hurt someone
    Before the night is through
    Somebody's gonna come undone
    There's nothin' we can do

    Everybody wants to touch somebody
    If it takes all night
    Everybody wants to take a little chance
    And make it come out right

    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    There's gonna be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know
    Let's go

    We can beat around the bushes
    We can get down to the bone
    We can leave it in the parkin' lot
    But either way there's gonna be a
    Heartache tonight, a heartache tonight
    I know
    Oh, I know
    There'll be a heartache tonight
    A heartache tonight, I know

    Hello, it's me
    I've thought about us for a long, long time
    Maybe I think too much but something's wrong
    There's something here that doesn't last too long
    Maybe I shouldn't think of you as mine

    Seeing you
    Or seeing anything as much as I do you
    I take for granted that you're always there
    I take for granted that you just don't care
    Sometimes I can't help seeing all the way through

    It's important to me
    That you know you are free
    'Cause I never want to make you change for me

    Think of me
    You know that I'd be with you if I could
    I'll come around to see you once in a while
    Or if I ever need a reason to smile
    And spend the night if you think I should

    It's important to me
    That you know you are free
    'Cause I never want to make you change for me

    Think of me
    You know that I'd be with you if I could
    I'll come around to see you once in a while
    Or if I ever need a reason to smile
    And spend the night if you think I should

    On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life
    There were plants and birds and rocks and things
    There was sand and hills and rings
    The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
    And the sky with no clouds
    The heat was hot and the ground was dry
    But the air was full of sound

    I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
    It felt good to be out of the rain
    In the desert you can remember your name
    'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

    After two days in the desert sun my skin began to turn red
    After three days in the desert fun I was looking at a river bed
    And the story it told of a river that flowed
    Made me sad to think it was dead

    You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
    It felt good to be out of the rain
    In the desert you can remember your name
    'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

    After nine days I let the horse run free 'cause the desert had turned to sea
    There were plants and birds and rocks and things
    There was sand and hills and rings
    The ocean is a desert with it's life underground
    And a perfect disguise above
    Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
    But the humans will give no love

My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"

    Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race
    When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace?
    That story is true, I'm here to say
    I was drivin' that Model A

    It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
    That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup
    It's got eight cylinders, uses them all
    It's got overdrive, just won't stall

    With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust
    And four-eleven gears you can really get lost
    It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared
    The brakes are good, tires fair

    Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
    The moon and the stars was shinin' bright
    We was drivin' up Grapevine Hill
    Passing cars like they was standing still

    All of a sudden in a wink of an eye
    A Cadillac sedan passed us by
    I said, "Boys, that's a mark for me!"
    By then the tail light was all you could see

    Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind
    So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind
    Took my foot off the gas and man alive
    I shoved it on down into overdrive

    Wound it up to a hundred and ten
    My speedometer said that I hit top end
    My foot was glued like lead to the floor
    That's all there is and there ain't no more

    Now, the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
    And telephone poles looked like a picket fence
    They said, "Slow down! I see spots!"
    The lines on the road just look like dots

    Took a corner; sideswiped a truck
    Crossed my fingers just for luck
    My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts
    The guy beside me was white as a ghost

    Smoke was comin' from out of the back
    When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
    Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
    Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?

    We had flames comin' from out of the side
    Feel the tension, Man! What a ride!
    I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"
    And that Caddy pulled over and let us by

    Now all of a sudden she started to knockin'
    And down in the dips she started to rockin'
    I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
    The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!

    They arrested me and they put me in jail
    And called my pappy to throw my bail
    And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
    If you don't stop drivin' that Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"

    She knows when I'm lonesome, she cries when I'm sad.
    She's up in the good times, she's down in the bad.
    And whenever I'm discouraged, she knows just what to do.
    But girl, she doesn't know about you.

    I can tell her troubles, she makes them all seem right.
    I can make up excuses, not to hold her at night.
    We can talk of tomorrow, I'll tell her things I want to do.
    But girl, how can I tell her about you?

    How can I tell her about you?
    Girl, please tell me what to do.
    Everything seems right, whenever I'm with you.
    So girl, won't you tell me, how to tell her about you.

    How can I tell her I don't miss her, whenever I'm away?
    How can I say it's you I think of, every single night and day?
    And when is it easy, telling someone we're through?
    Ah girl, help me tell her about you.

    How can I tell her about you?
    Girl, please tell me what to do.
    Everything seems right, whenever I'm with you.
    So girl, won't you tell me, how to tell her about you.

    I know your eyes in the morning sun
    I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
    And the moment that you wander far from me
    I wanna feel you in my arms again

    And you come to me on a summer breeze
    Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
    And it's me you need to show ....

    How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)
    I really need to learn
    'Cause we're living in a world of fools
    Breaking us down
    When they all should let us be
    We belong to you and me

    I believe in you
    You know the door to my very soul
    You're the light in my deepest darkest hour
    You're my saviour when I fall
    And you may not think
    I care for you
    When you know down inside
    That I really do
    And it's me you need to show ....

    Hello, yeah, it's been a while.
    Not much, how 'bout you?
    I'm not sure why I called,
    I guess I really just wanted to talk to you.
    And I was thinking maybe later on,
    We could get together for a while.
    It's been such a long time,
    And I really do miss your smile.

    I'm not talking 'bout moving in,
    And I don't want to change your life.
    But there's a warm wind blowing,
    The stars are out, and I'd really love to see you tonight.

    We could go walking through a windy park,
    Or take a drive along the beach.
    Or stay at home and watch t.v.
    You see, it really doesn't matter much to me.

    I'm not talking 'bout moving in,
    And I don't want to change your life.
    But there's a warm wind blowing,
    The stars are out, and I'd really love to see you tonight.

    I won't ask for promises,
    So you won't have to lie.
    We've both played that game before,
    Say I love you, then say goodbye.

    I'm not talking 'bout moving in,
    And I don't want to change your life.
    But there's a warm wind blowing,
    The stars are out, and I'd really love to see you tonight.

    Goodbye to you my trusted friend
    We've known each other since we were nine or ten
    Together we climbed hills and trees
    Learned of love and A B C's
    Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

    Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
    When all the birds are singing in the sky
    Now that the spring is in the air
    Pretty girls are everywhere
    Think of me and I'll be there

    We had joy we had fun
    We had seasons in the sun
    But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
    Out of time......

    Goodbye Papa please pray for me
    I was the black sheep of the family
    You tried to teach me right from wrong
    Too much wine and too much song
    Wonder how I got along.

    Goodbye Papa its hard to die
    When all the birds are singing in the sky
    Now that the spring is in the air
    Little children everywhere
    When you see them I'll be there.

    We had joy we had fun
    We had seasons in the sun
    But the wine and the song like the seasons
    Have all gone.

    Goodbye Michelle my little one
    You gave me love and helped me find the sun
    And every time that I was down
    You would always come around
    And get my feet back on the ground.

    Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
    When all the birds are singing in the sky
    Now that the spring is in the air
    With the flowers everywhere
    I wish that we could both be there

    We had joy we had fun
    We had seasons in the sun
    But the stars we could reach
    Were just starfish on the beach

    We had joy we had fun
    We had seasons in the sun
    But the wine and the song like the seasons
    Have all gone

    All our lives we had fun
    We had seasons in the sun
    But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
    Out of time......

    Through early morning fog I see,
    Visions of the things to be,
    The pains that are withheld for me,
    I realize and I can see...

    That suicide is painless.
    It brings on many changes.
    And I can take or leave it if I please.

    I try to find a way to make,
    All our little joys relate,
    Without that ever-present hate,
    But now I know that it's too late, and...

    The game of life is hard to play,
    I'm gonna lose it anyway.
    The losing card I'll someday lay,
    So this is all I have to say.

    The only way to win is cheat,
    And lay it down before I'm beat,
    And to another give my seat,
    For that's the only painless feat.

    The sword of time will pierce our skins.
    It doesn't hurt when it begins.
    But as it works its way on in,
    The pain grows stronger...watch it grin, but...

    A brave man once requested me,
    to answer questions that are key.
    Is it to be or not to be?
    And I replied 'Oh why ask me?'

    'Cause suicide is painless.
    It brings on many changes.
    And I can take or leave it if I please.

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