Music Never Ends
Hook No matter what I’m always gonna be here for you No matter what I swear I’m always gonna be true No matter what No matter what No matter what Thick and thin, through and through No matter what They gotta go through me to get to you No matter what They gotta take it …
Let’s Just Pretend (No Matter What) Nayshroom Feat. Kay Mogul Read More »
Seeing is believing in my eyes Tell me if you see me alright I know you know that I gotchu, gotchu Stick by my side And you’ll sleep comfortably through the night Through the night, through the night Cameras flashing when I close my eyes Seeing premonitions in my mind And they tell me I …
[Verse] Running from the feeling It’s been a long weekend Ill at the thought of leaving, But fuck everything you did to her [Pre-chorus] Mm, anything for her Mm, do anything for her Mm, anything She deserves everything, Everything, That you never gave her [Chorus] Not a single savior, Not a single dream, Not a …
I love you I love you I want you to know Just in case you forgot Don’t love you a little I love you a lot Yes I love you Time tick tick ticks by everyday I don’t wanna miss another chance To say I want you to know just in case you forgot Don’t …
I Love You – Tiki Tom Toms & The Pineapple Beach Party Read More »
At my door the leaves are fallingThe cold wild wind will comeSweethearts walk by togetherAnd I still miss someone I go out to wild the partiesAnd look for a little funBut I find the darkened corner‘Cause I still miss someone Though I never got over those blue eyesI see them everywhereI miss those arms that …
Down by deep water where sweet linden standI saw pretty Polly wringing her handsThe song that she sung made the whole grove to ringMy Billy has left me to fight for a kingAnd I wish the wars were all over I stood in amaze to hear what she saidI’ll follow my Billy whether living or …
I wonder as I wander out under the skyHow Jesus the Saviour did come for to dieFor poor on’ry people like you and like I;I wonder as I wander out under the sky When Mary birthed Jesus ’twas in a cow’s stallWith wise men and farmers and shepherds and allBut high from God’s heaven, a …
I’ve been romanced dined and dancedCrazy nights and wild timesBut my life has lost its mysteryLove is blind and it cannot find me I’m blowing awayShadows take my love and leaveI’m blowing awayShadows keep taking my love and leaving me And I have cast aside my foolish prideAnd I’m going down for the last timeAnd …
So it’s time to set you freeWatch you sail away from meThough I’ll miss you when you doI’m with you Turn your face into the windLet your greatest dreams beginTake the high road, win or loseI’m with you I was there in the morning lightWith a love that would lastAnd I’ll be there on your …
If I knew where the wild dove flewI would not tell the hunter, but I would tell youThough they say you’re not a brave man, hardly a man at allYou would not shoot the wild things, like brave men in the fallMmmm mm If I knew where calypso bloomed,I would not tell the ladies, but …
I never thought you were the letter writing typeSo now I see the words you chose the way you writeSo I started to write back about the trees in the snowAnd I saw a bird, couldn’t see what it was but I thought you’d knowYou always surprised me And if I wrote youIf I wrote …
If you were a carpenter, and I were a ladyWould you marry me anyway? would you have my baby?If a tinker were your trade, would you still find meCarrying the pots you made, following behind me? See my love through lonelinessSee my love for sorrowI’ve given you my onlyness,Come give me your tomorrow If you …
If You Were A Carpenter – Joan Baez (originally by Tim Hardin) Read More »
Imagine there’s no heavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving in peace You may say I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday you’ll join …
In Guernica the dead children were layed out in order on the sidewalkIn their white starched dressesIn their pitiful white dressesOn their foreheads and breasts the little round holes where death came in as thunder while they were playing their important summer gamesDo not weep for them, MadreThey are gone forever, the little onesStraight to …
Well there you standA figure at my doorAnd shadows fallOn those that are no moreAnd each time I love and take the fallThen like the sun I rise above it all In the morning lightIn the morning lightYes now’s the timeThe time I shed my tearsAnd now’s the timeThe time I know my fearsNow’s the …
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shinesAnd you shiver when the cold wind blowsMy love, my love, what have I doneTo make you treat me soYou’ve caused me to weep, you’ve caused me to mournYou’ve caused me to leave my home In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never …
This is my island in the sunWhere my people haveToiled since time begunI may sail on many a seaHer shores will always be home to meOh island in the sunBuilt to me by my father’s handAll my days I will sing in praiseOf your forest watersYour shining sandAs morning breaksThe heaven on highI lift my …
Hard times, hard times in Canaan landTrouble in the mind of a manA voice came whispering softly to himGo offer, offer up the lamb Abraham took his only sonHigh up on a hillHis test of faith had finally comeAs the wind, the wind begin to chill Cold steel, cold steel in the father’s handTears falling …
In the quiet morningThere was much despairAnd in the hours that followedNo one could repair That poor girlTossed by the tides of misfortuneBarely here to tell her taleRolled in on a sea of disasterRolled out on a mainline rail She once walked right at my sideI’m sure she walked by youHer striding steps could not …
Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed.I’m not the one you want, babe, I’m not the one you need.You say you’re looking for someone, never weak but always strong,To protect you and defend you, whether you are right or wrong.Someone to open each and every door.But it ain’t me, babe, no, …
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,Crying like a fire in the sun.Look out the saints are comin’ throughAnd it’s all over now, Baby Blue. The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.Take …
Can you find another star to dream onThe summer’s coming to an endSay goodbye to all your wandering friendsAnd lovers, casual confidantsWho shared your dreamsWhen you were sixteen And you walked on the sands of gloryWith James and the gangYou were one magnificent storyYou and James and the gang Pass the pipe and like the …
There was a wealthy merchant,In London he did dwellHe had a lovely daughter,The truth to you I’ll tellOh the truth to you I’ll tell She had sweethearts a-plentyAnd men of high degreeThere was none but Jack the sailor,Her true love e’er could beOh her true love e’er could be Now Jackie’s gone a-sailingWith trouble on …
I was walkin’Walkin’ down the Jericho roadAnd every mile that I traveled showedAnd I’m walkin’ down the Jericho roadI just kept on walkin’Walkin’ down the Jericho roadAnd the sun set red over fields of goldAnd I’m walkin’ down the Jericho roadWell Joshua fit the battle, that’s how the story goesAnd the walls come a-tumb-a-lin’ down …
I woke up this mornin’ and none of the news was goodAnd death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stoodAnd the man on my TV told me that it had always been that wayAnd there was nothin’ anyone could do or say And I almost listened to himYeah, I almost lost my mindThen …
Jesse come home, there’s a hole in the bedWhere we slept; now it’s growing cold.Jesse your face, in the place where we layBy the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart And I’m leaving the light on the stairsNo I’m not scared; I wait for youHey Jesse, it’s lonely, come home. Jesse the stairs …
Once again the workers rise with the larkThere’s a mass going on in the people’s parkSilent and determined they set to embarkOn a three day fast and a five mile marchFor a man’s been shot on the picket lineSixty years of strength was young for dyingHis family is here with eyes of redHis wife steps …
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,Alive as you and me.Says I “But Joe, you’re ten years dead”“I never died” said he,“I never died” said he. “The Copper Bosses killed you Joe,They shot you Joe” says I.“Takes more than guns to kill a man”Says Joe “I didn’t die”Says Joe “I didn’t die” “In Salt …
When John Henry was a little baby boy, sitting on the his papa’s kneeWell he picked up a hammer and little piece of steelSaid Hammer’s gonna be the death of me, lord, lordHammer’s gonna be the death of mine The captain said to John HenryI’m gonna bring that steam drill aroundI’m gonna bring that steam …
Fair young maid all in a gardenStange young man, passerbyHe said, “Fair maid, will you marry me?”This then, sir, was her reply: Oh, no, kind sir, I cannot marry theeFor I’ve a love who sails all on the sea.He’s been gone for seven yearsStill no man shall marry me What if he’s in some battle …
Here comes one Johnny cuckoo,Cuckoo, cuckoo.Here comes one Johnny Cuckoo,On a cold and stormy night. What did you come for,Come for, come for?What did you come for,On a cold and stormy night? I come to be a soldier,Soldier, soldier,I come to be a soldier,On a cold and stormy night. You are too black and dirty,Dirty, …
The ship that sails the seven seasHas finally brought me to my kneesIt’s not much to my likingThe people standing on the rockAre innocent and they know notThat the tide comes inDeath rides it like a Viking The mountains rise above the mistAnd the golden prince I’ve never kissedHe may die tonightAnd why do I …
I am weak, but Thou art strong;Jesus, keep me from all wrong;I’ll be satisfied as longAs I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Just a closer walk with Thee,Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,Daily walking close to Thee,Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Through this world of toil and snares,If I falter, …
I might just change my mindSometimes you can never tellWhere a story will unwindHow deep is the shallow ground Sometimes you would never guessWho’s all talk and who just mightFind a way or lose themselvesOn the king’s highway tonight I am just like many moreWho lie in bed, still and numbWaking up and I can …
Out in the wide world Kitty, pretty Kitty.Out in the wide world Kitty, far a cross the sea. My Kitty sailed a way from me, to strange and distant lands,And when I asked a goodbye kiss, she said “Oh no shake hands”. Out in the wide world Kitty, pretty Kitty.Out in the wide world Kitty, …
Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya,Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya,Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya, oh, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s singing, Lord, Kumbaya,Someone’s singing, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s singing, Lord, Kumbaya, oh Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbaya,Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbaya, oh Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbaya,Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbaya, oh, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s sleeping Lord, Kumbaya,Someone’s sleeping, Lord, Kumbaya.Someone’s …
Para bailar la bambaPara bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de graciaUna poca de gracia y otra cositaY arriba y arribaY arriba y arriba y arriba ireYo no soy marineroYo no soy marinero, por ti serePor ti sere, por ti sere Bamba, bamba, bamba, bambaBamba, bambaBamba Para bailar la bambaPara bailar la bamba se …
Why all these bugles cryThese squads of young men drillTo kill and to be killedStood waiting by the train Why the orders loud and hoarseWhy the engine’s groaning coughAs it strains to drag us allInto the holocaust Why crowds who sing and cryAnd shout and fling us flowersAnd trade their rights for oursTo murder and …
La Colombe (The Dove) – Joan Baez (originally by Jacques Brel) Read More »
Wake me with kisses in the afternoonThe butler knows any time you arrive is never too soonHe knows just where you are by the sound of your carHe’ll be waiting there by the spiral stair You could drive me crazy with your unkempt hairYou don’t know what a comb is and frankly, I don’t care‘Cause …
[The Weeping Woman] Todos me dicen el negro, lloronaNegro pero carinosoYo soy como el chile verde, lloronaPicante pero sabroso. Ay! de mi, lloronaLlorona de ayer y hoyAyer maravilla fui, lloronaY ahora ni sombra soy Dicen que no tengo duelo, lloronaPorque no me ven llorarHay muertos que no hacen ruido, lloronaY es mas grande su penar …
There was a lady and a lady gay,Of children she had three,She sent them away to the North CountreeTo learn their grammaree They’d not been gone but a very short time,Scarcely three weeks and a day,When death, cruel death, came hasting alongAnd stole those babes away. “There is a King in Heaven,” she cried“A King …
He came from his palace grandHe came to my cottage doorHis words were few but his looksWill linger for evermoreThe look in his sad dark eyesMore tender than words could beBut I was nothing to himAnd he was the world to me. There in her garden she standsAll dressed in fine satin and laceLady Mary …
[All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth] Cada madre agobiada ya descansara,Y en nuestros brazos sus criaturas reposaran,Cuando el sol se pone, sobre el campo,Amor y musica les brindaremos,Y las madres cansadas ya descansaran. Y el campesino con su arado y su tractorEn la frente la extrana frescura sentiraDe las lagrimas de penaDerramadas por los …
She was a lass from the low countryAnd he was a lord of high degreeAnd she loved his lordship so tenderly Sing sorrow, sing sorrowAnd she sleeps in the valleyWhere the wildflowers nodNobody knows she loved himBut herself and God One day when the show was on the meadHe passed her by on a milk …
Last night I had the strangest dreamI ever dreamed beforeI dreamed the world had all agreedTo put an end to warI dreamed I saw a mighty roomThe room was filled with menAnd the paper they were signing saidThey’d never fight again And when the papers all were signedAnd a million copies madeThey all joined hands …
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Joan Baez Read More »
I’m the last leaf on the treeThe autumn took the restBut they won’t take meI’m the last leaf on the tree When the autumn wind blowsThey’re already goneThey flutter to the groundCause they can’t hang onThere’s nothing in the worldThat I ain’t seenI greet all the new ones that are coming in green I’m the …
You’re tired and you’re poor,You long to be free,But in this Godforsaken landYou find no home, no familyOn the many roads that you’ve wanderedSince the day of your birth.You’ve become one of the last,Lonely and wretched. Your hair is matted,Your face and hands are dirty,And the years that you’ve toiledMust number somewhere near thirty.The deepening …
I am less than the song I am singingI am more than I thought I could beSpent some time as a child in day dreamingAs a young one I sailed on the sea So come stand by my side where I am goingTake my hand if I stumble to fallIt’s the strength that you share …
There’s a reason for the sunshiny skyThere’s a reason why I’m feeling so highMust be the season when those love lights shine all around usSo let that feeling grab you deep insideAnd send you reeling where your love can’t hideAnd then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover Just let your love flow …
Let Your Love Flow – Joan Baez (originally by Bellamy Brothers) Read More »
Let us break bread together on our knees, (on our knees)Let us break bread together on our knees. (on our knees)When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me) Let us drink wine together on our knees, (on our knees)Let us drink wine together …
When I find myself in times of troubleMother Mary comes to meSpeaking words of wisdom, let it be.And in my hour of darknessShe is standing right in front of meSpeaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be.Let it be, let it be.Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. And when the …
Lily lived in a farmhouse at the edge of townLong black braids like anchor chainsHow they weighed her downDark eyes, pale skinMean dad, she was my second grade friendMy very best friend She had four older brothers that I sometimes dreamed aboutMennonite children like wild indiansIn a one room schoolhouseAt sixteen she ran awayMarried, her …
Been a slave most all my lifeSo’s my kids, and so’s my wifeI’ve been working on the Colonel’s farmAin’t been mistreated, ain’t done no harmI’ll be a slave to my graveNo need of me being free Recollect when I was just fourteenFreedom used to be my biggest dreamI’m older now, lot wiser tooIf I was …
The festival was over, the boys were all planning for a fall,The cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wall.The curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut down,Anyone with any sense had already left town.He was standing in the doorway lookin’ like the Jack of Hearts. He moved across the mirrored …
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts – Joan Baez Read More »
I hear your voice in every corridorI see your face in every picture frameI feel your eyes in every starry skyLover, am I coming home again? Now am I humble, who once was proudNow am I silent, who once was loudNow am I waiting for the sound of your sayingLover, am I coming home again? …
Light A Light – Joan Baez (originally by Janis Ian) Read More »
Little darlin’, little darlin’Oh where, are you, oo oo oo ooWalla walla chipa mocka moggaOh my lover, oh just for you, only you My darling, I need youDarling I need you to call my ownTo hold your life, your little foot, your handI knew someone would understand thatHold my hand My dear, I would runTo …
Away by the waters so blueThe ladies were winding their wayWhile Pharaoh’s little daughter went down to the waterTo bathe in the cool of the dayBefore it was dark she opened the arkAnd found the sweet babe that was there And away by the waters so blueThe infant was lonely and sadShe took him in …
[I Come With Three Wounds] Llego con tres heridasLa del amor,La de la muerte,La de la vida. Con tres heridas vieneLa de la vida,La del amor,La de la muerte. Con tres heridas yo:La de la vida,La de la muerte,La del amor.
I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meet,Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every man,In every infant’s cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles I hear: How the chimney-sweeper’s cryEvery blackening church appals,And the hapless soldier’s sighRuns in …
Look up and down that lonesome road,Hang down your head and cry – my Lord!Hang down your head and cry They say all good friends must part sometimesWhy not you and I (my Lord)Why not you and I I wish to the Lord that I’ve never been born,Or died when I was a baby, my …
Well, you got to walk that lonesome valleyYou got to walk it by yourselvesNobody else can walk it for youYou got to walk it by yourselves Now mother walked that lonesome valleyShe had to walk it by herselfCause nobody else could walk it for herShe had to walk it by herself Now father walked that …
Seems like only yesterdayI left my mind behindDown in the Gypsy CafeWith a friend of a friend of mineShe sat with a baby heavy on her kneeYet spoke of life most free from slaveryWith eyes that showed no trace of miseryA phrase in connection first with she occurredThat love is just a four-letter word Outside …
Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word – Joan Baez (originally by Bob Dylan) Read More »
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,Someone was killed ‘neath the Town Hall lightThe people who saw they all agreedThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like me. The judge said, “son, what is your alibi?If you were somewheres else,Then you won’t have to die”.I spoke not a word, though it meant my …
The longest train I ever did seeHundred coaches longOnly boy I ever lovedIs on that train and gone On that train and goneOn that train and goneOnly boy I ever lovedIs on that train and gone Who’s gonna shoe your pretty little foot?Who’s gonna glove your hand?Who’s gonna kiss your red ruby lipsAnd who’s gonna …
My love she speaks like silenceWithout ideals or violenceShe doesn’t have to say she’s faithfulYet she’s true like fire like icePeople carry rosesMake promises by the hourMy love she laughs like the flowersValentines can’t buy her In the dime stores and bus stationsPeople talk of situationsRead books, read deep quotationsDraw conclusions on the wallSome speak …
Love Minus Zero, No Limit – Joan Baez (originally by Bob Dylan) Read More »
How long since I’ve spent a whole night in a twin bed with a strangerHis warm arms all around me?How long since I’ve gazed into dark eyes that melted my soul downTo a place where it longs to be?All of your history has little to do with your faceYou’re mainly a mystery with violins filling …
We sailed out of Dunmore Michelmas gone byCowhides and wool and live cargoTwenty young Wild Geese ready fledged to flySailing for the lowlands low The lowlands low, the lowlands lowSailing for the lowlands low Sean Rouse the skipper from the church of CrookPiery keeps log for his fatherCrew all from Bannow, Fethard and the HookSailing …
Luba, it was only the finest wineMeans or no meansOnly the finest place to dineParis in the sixtiesYou had three sonsHandsome husband by your sideI flirted with everyone Your husband, aging but vainWith the ladies was quite renownedAuthor of books made famousOn his years in the French UndergroundBut you, Luba, the BaronessIt was really your …
First thing I remember knowin’Was a lonesome whistle blowin’And a young man’s dream of growin’ up to rideOn a freight train leavin’ townNever knowin’ where I’m boundNo one could change my mind but Mama tried One and only rebel childFrom a family, meek and mildMy Mama seemed to know what lay in store‘Spite of all …
Mama Tried – Joan Baez (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (originally by Merle Haggard) Read More »
You are fair-haired, oh, your lips are redYou like softball, oh, and the Grateful DeadWhy am I attracted toThe body and the mind of you? You mean trouble, oh, with your Lucifer’s eyesAnd make me daydream, oh, and fantasizeRunning through a field of flamesPlaying our forbidden game Camouflaging all, you pass me in the hallLeaving …
They brought me a beautiful basket of fruitAnd two finger bowls of glassThe couch is gold with a floral designAnd the wine is Germany’s bestAnd the wine is Germany’s best My thoughts drift into the frozen nightFrankfurt is covered with snowAnd numbly they ride on an icy windTo places they’re longing to goTo places they’re …
Let us put men and women together, see which one is smarter,Some say men, but I say no, women got the men like a puppet show. It ain’t me it’s the people that say, men are leading women astray,I say, it’s the women today, smarter than the men in every way,That’s right the women are …
I am a man of constant sorrowI’ve seen trouble all my daysI’ll say goodbye to ColoradoWhere I was born and partly raised. Your mother says I’m a strangerMy face you’ll never see no moreBut there’s one promise, darling:I’ll see you on God’s golden shore. Through this open world I’m about to troubleThrough ice and snows, …
Ladi, lalala, lalala, ladi lalala, lalala.Ladalalala, ladadadidada, ladadidada, ladadadi.Ladi ladala lalala, ladi ladada dadadaLada lalala, laladadada, lalala ladilala. Manha tao bonita, manhaUm dia feliz que chegou.O sol no ceu surgiu,E em cada cor brilhouVoltou o sonho entao ao coracao.Depois deste dia feliz,Nao sei se outro dia haveraE nossa a manha, tao bela afinal!Manha de carnaval. …
Many a mile to freedom, many a smile to tellAsk my bluebird to sing you, from the heart of a wishing wellCall all my reindeer to graze here, call all my grain to growThen together we flow like the riverThen together we melt like the snow Many a thought unanswered, many a tale to tellAsk …
Dioste ha dado la gracia del cielo Maria DoloresYen tus ojos, en vez de miradas hay rayos de solDejame que te cante morena de mis amoresUn Bolero que ensalce tu garboque estan espanol, Ole ole! Te mueves mejor que las olasY tienes la garcia del cielo la noche en tuPelo mujer espanola, Ole, ole! Tus …
Marie, Marie Flore was a small girl of tenWhom I met in the south end of France.Stepping out of the crowd was the daughterOf someone with flowers for me, we were friends at a glance.She spoke no English but sat by my side in the carAnd pointed out places en route to the village of …
My name is Chaffey, I’m from Marriott, U.S.A.I’m a high school graduate and I’m looking for a wayTo chase my future down and lay it at my feetSo I can answer all the questions of my old friends on the streetI lie awake at night and I think about the yearsThe petty victories and all …
Mary you’re covered in roses, you’re covered in ashesYou’re covered in rainYou’re covered in babies, you’re covered in slashesYou’re covered in wilderness, you’re covered in stainsYou cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroudOf another man, who served the world proudYou greet another son, you lose another oneOn some sunny day and always stay, …
Mary Call, Mary CallYou never stumble, you never fallSilver stars and lilies callFor the yearning of the young oneNamed Mary CallShe’s the treasure of the mountainsAnd the dearest one of all. Papa’s gone and mama tooThis life has been quite cruel to youBut spirit took you from the startIt made you brave and it gave …
Word is to the kitchen gone, and word is to the HallAnd word is up to Madam the Queen, and that’s the worst of allThat Mary Hamilton has borne a babeTo the highest Stuart of allOh rise, arise Mary HamiltonArise and tell to meWhat thou hast done with thy wee babeI saw and heard weep …
Once Mary would go wanderingto other land would runthat she might find her Son,that she might find her Son Whom met she as she journeyed forthsaint Peter, that good manwho sadly did her scan,who sadly did her scan “Oh tell me have you seen Him yetthe One I love the mostthe Son Whom I have …
A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the yearLord Arlen’s wife came into the church,The gospel for to hear. And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes aboutAnd there she saw little Matty Groves, walking in the crowd“Come home with me, little Matty Groves, come home with me tonightCome home …
In the time spent in the foggy dewWith the raven and the doveBarefoot she walked the winter streetsIn search of her own true love For she was Mary HamiltonAnd lover of John RileyAnd the maid of constant sorrowAnd the mother of the doomed Geordie One day by the banks of the riverMidst tears and gossamerSweet …
Late last night I awoke in a dreamTo the sound of a voice that was almost a screamOh oh ohFrom out of the city and out of the streetOut where the wind hits the cold concreteOh oh ohIt’s cold outsideDarkness your enemyNo place to hideThe voice said this to meIn your doorways I have shiveredIn …
Marie, Marie Flore was a small girl of ten whom I met in the south end of FranceStepping out of a crowd was the daughter of someone with flowers for me, we were friends at a glanceShe spoke no English but sat by my side in the carAnd pointed out places en route to the …
SleepSleep tonightAnd may your dreamsBe realizedIf the thunder cloudPasses rainSo let it rainRain down on meMmm…mmm…mmm…So let it beMmm…mmm…mmm…So let it beSleepSleep tonightAnd may your dreamsBe realizedIf the thundercloudPasses rainSo let it rainLet it rainRain on me
Where are you going, my good old man?Where are you going, my honey, lovey dove?Where are you going, my good old man?Best old man in the world [Spoken:] Well, I’m going hunting.What do you want for breakfast, my good old man? (as above)EggsHow many do you want, my good old manA bushelA bushel will kill you, …
Miracles keep happeningThe sun rose in the east todayI sat up and sighed for the millionth timeAs the dawn was phasing a night awayThe blues can last for just so longAnd from the depthThere will arise another songAnd I’ll sit here in the sea and the sunWaiting for that other song to comeThat other song …
Minister of War, we are the king’s claws and fangs.Why should you roll us on from misery to misery,Giving us no place to stop in or take rest? Minister of War, we are the king’s claws and teeth.Why should you roll us from misery to misery,Giving us no place to come and stay? Minister of …
My name is ElizaI live by the riverMy daughter LouiseWill be three in JulyIf July ever comesIt’s beginning to feelLike the water will neverSurrender the field [Chorus:]Everyone knowsRivers will swellBut they always find moneyThey always find moneyThey always findMoney for floods The President cameIn a green helicopterHe and the GovernorWalked all aroundMy sister broke downAnd …
Look at young Natasha flyGot gold medals in her starry eyesDi Di DiShe’s a family jewel and a national prizeTiny in her leotard, every day upon the double barsDi Di DiShe’s gonna be a superstarIn Moscow on Hollywood BoulevardIn Moscow on Hollywood Boulevard Born with wings upon his feetNumber one in every major meetDi Di …
Where in the hell can you go far from the things that you knowFar from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way about 1,000 miles a day?Take one last look behind, commit this to memory and mind.Don’t miss this wasteland, this terrible place.When you leave keep your heart off your sleeve. Motherland cradle …
You shall have roses, my sweetAnd a lantern to frighten the owlAnd a nutmeg tree in the gardenAnd pears in a golden bowl And I will buy you a birdWith feathers as bright as bloodAnd a door with lock and keyFor our lonely house in the wood
I’m a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I’m a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I’m a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I never expect to see you anymore [Chorus:]My home’s across this Blue Ridge MountainsMy home’s across the Blue Ridge MountainsMy home’s across the Blue Ridge MountainsOh, I never expect to see you anymore How …
My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains – Joan Baez Read More »
I never dreamed you’d leave in summerI thought you would go then come back homeI thought the cold would leave by summerBut my quiet nights will be spent alone You said there would be warm love in spring-timeThat was when you started to be coldI never dreamed you’d leave in summerBut now I find myself …
A myth has just been shatteredUpon the four winds scatteredBack to some storybookFrom whence it cameVicarious hearts may acheAnd try to mend the breakAnd seek for a righteous placeTo put the blame Neither of us knewWhat the future would bringWe only know that now there isSome room to talk and singThe baby laughs a lotAnd …
Weaver of wordsWho lives aloneIn fear and sorrowWhere are the wordsTo set you freePerhaps tomorrowWhere is the earthWhere is the skyWhere is the lightYou long forWhat hope of youWhere you are nowNatalia Gorbanevskaja Inside the wardNaked and cruelWhere life is stolenFrom those who tryTo stay aliveAnd not be brokenWhere are the friendsWhere are the menWho …
Take me to the stationPut me on a trainI’ve got no expectationsTo pass through here again Once I was a rich manNow I am so poorBut never in my sweet short lifeHave I felt like this before Your heart is like a diamondYou throw your pearls to swineAnd as I watch you leaving meYou pack …
No man is an island,No man stands alone,Each man’s joy is joy to me,Each man’s grief is my own. We need one another,So I will defend,Each man as my brother,Each man as my friend. I saw the people gather,I heard the music start,The song that they were singing,Is ringing in my heart. No man is …