Dusty In London

(john simon / al stillman)

Ahh-haa
Now, if you're gonna let me down
Let me down easy
So i won't be too hurt
After you've gone, ahh honey

If you're gonna set me down
Set me down easy
From that special cloud
You put me on, ooh-hoo

Let me down easy
Oh baby
Let me down slow
So slow and easy, oh
And if you're gonna leave me, baby
Baby please leave me
A little memory
To soften the fall, ooh-hoo

Let me down easy, easy
You gotta do it
You gotta do it
You gotta let me down slow
So slow, slow

If you're gonna let me down
Sweet baby
Let me down so easy
So i can't be too hurt after you've gone, ooh baby, ah, ha, yeah

Ahh, baby, baby, baby, baby
Do it for me, do it, do it, ahh, yeah
(from that special cloud)
You put me on
You put me on it, oh, yeah
Now if you're gonna let me down
Let me down easy

(jimmy webb)

Ah, ha, ah
Gonna let you go my angel
Though i could make you stay
I could use my blind self-pity
Throw it in your way
But the times have turned between us
And you know i don't believe
That it makes one bit of difference
If you stay or if you leave

Why can't i be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
Pushing down a mountain
On it's way to meet the sea

Why can't i need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, yeah

Gonna make it short now, angel
Though i could make it long
I could take through all the changes
And show you where you're wrong

But our dreams don't flow together
And you'll never, never see the light
So it really, really doesn't matter
Who is wrong or who is right?
Oh, why can't i be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
It's pushing down the mountain
On its way to meet the sea

Oh, why can't i need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, mmm, ooh, mmm, ooh

(felix cavaliere / edward brigati jnr)

How can i be sure?
In a world that's constantly changing
How can i be sure?
Where i stand with you

Whenever i
Whenever i am away from you
I wanna die
'cause you know i wanna stay with you

How do i know?
Maybe you're trying to use me
Flying too high can confuse me
Touch me, but don't take me down

Whenever i
Whenever i am away from you
My alibi is telling people
I don't care for you

Maybe i'm just hanging round
With my head up, upside down
It's a pity for you
I can't seem to find somebody new that's as
Wonderful baby as you

How can i be sure?
I really, really, really, wanna know
Really, really, wanna know , yeah

Also whether
Whether or not we're together
Together will seem that much better
I love you, i love you forever
You know where i can be found

How can i be sure?
In a world that's constantly changing
How can i be sure
I'll be sure with you?

(burt bacharach / hal david)

Find me a rose that never fades and dies
And i'll show you a man who never, ever cheats and lies
Find me a star and if you can prove
The star you've found just never disappears
I'll show you a man who'll never, never, ever, ever bring you tears

Another night when i'm all alone
Another night without him
Another night when i stay at home
And worry so about him
Oh, i love him
And my love makes me cry
I need him
If he doesn't come back
I know i'll surely die

Find me a cloud that never brings you rain
And i'll show you a man who never, ever brings you pain
Find me a bird and if you can prove the bird you've found
Has wings and still can't fly
I'll show you a man
Who'll never, never, ever, ever leave you high and dry

Another night when i'm all alone
Another night without him
Another night when i stay at home
And worry so about him
Oh, i love him
And my love makes me cry
I need him
If he doesn't come back
I'll die

And he'll never, never, never, never leave you high and dry

Another night when i'm all alone
Another night without him
Another night when i stay at home
And worry so about him
Another night
Another night, yeah
I'm so alone baby
Another night
I can't stand it, ah
I can't stand it

(leon russell)

I've been so many places
In my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs
I made some bad rhymes

I've acted out my life in stages
Ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now
I'm singing this song for you

I know your image of me
Is what i hope to be
I treated you unkindly
But darling can't you see?
There's no-one more important to me
Oh, baby, can't you please see through me?
'cause we're alone now and
I'm singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets
Of the truth withholding nothing
You came out in front
I was hiding
Oh, but now i'm so much better
If the words don't come together
Just listen to the melody
'cause my love in there hiding
Ooh, ooh

Oh, i love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
Love you for my life
You are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and
I was singing this song for you
We were alone
I was singing this song for you, oh
Singing
I was singing, singing, singing, singing, singing this song for you
Oh, yes
Singing this song for you

(sammy cahn / jimmy van heusen)

Love is lovelier
The second time around
Just as wonderful
With both feet on the ground
It's that second time
You hear your love song sung
Makes you think, perhaps,
That love, like youth,
Is wasted on the young

Love's more comfortable
The second time you fall
Like a friendly home
The second time you call

Who can say what led us to
This miracle we've found?
There are those who bet
Love comes but once, and yet
I'm oh so glad we met
The second time around

Love's more comfortable
The second time you fall
It's like a friendly home
The second time you call

I wanna ask you
What led us to this miracle we've found?
There are those who bet
Love comes but once, and yet
I'm oh so glad we met
The second time around

(ronald dunbar / edith wayne)

Yeah, it ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy
To keep the man you love satisfied
It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy
To keep the one you love by your side

A woman's work is never done
Never stops, it goes on and on
You work your fingers to the bone
You gotta be home every time he phones

Sometimes the going gets a little tough
Seems like my best ain't good enough
Keeps you losing sleep
Seven days a week, yeah

It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy
To keep the man you love satisfied
It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy
To keep the one you love by your side

To keep him happy
You must sacrifice
Be ready and willing
To spend lonely nights
Do what you can
Though he seems ungrateful
Love him so true
Even though he seems unfaithful

But when his hope is gone
And life gets him down
That's when he'll say
He needs you around

Hard to live with him
Hard to live without him
It ain't easy, no

Oh, yeah, it ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy
It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy

You got to favour him with understanding
When understanding is what he needs
We try hard to give them respect
All that we get is their regret

But when they're in trouble
They need our love and care
No matter when we gotta be right there
In between the crying
Gotta keep trying

It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy, ooh, ooh, ooh
It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy

It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy, yeah, ooh
It ain't easy
Girls it ain't easy, no

(j. cameron / k. prowse)

Ahh, yeah, baby
Just a-listen to me now
You may not bring me your love
But you bring me your
Sweet inspiration
Yeah, you do
Sweet new creation
Flows from my fingertips
Each time i kiss your lips

You may not give me your heart
But you give me such
Sweet thoughts and music
Please don't refuse it
All that i offer you
Is all that's due to
Someone who could make the stormy skies
Forever blue
Who can turn the snow to summer sun
The wake-up frost to morning dew

You may not bring me your love
But you bring me your sweet inspiration
Stay around a little while
Let me see you laugh
Let me see you smile
Turn me onto everything you might be
Oh, baby, to me

Sweet inspiration
Oh, yeah
Sweet inspiration, ooh
Mmmm

You may not realise everything you mean to me
Two children playing in the sun
Learning to be free
Oh, oh

You may not bring me your love
But you bring me your
Sweet thoughts and music
Come on
Please don't refuse it
All that offer you
Is all that's due to
Someone who could make the stormy skies
Forever blue
Who can turn the snow to summer sun
The wake-up frost to morning dew, oh, oh, oh, baby

You may not bring me your love
But you bring me your
Sweet inspiration
Yeah, you do
Sweet new creations
Fall from my fingertips
The time i kiss your lips

Sweet inspiration
Come on baby, can't you see now?
Come on baby, oh yes
Sweet inspiration
Give me your sweet inspiration

(sylvia moy / norman whitfield / cornelius grant)

Into my life
You brought a glowing love
Like a ray of sunshine
From up above
One day out of a clear blue sky
You darkened my life with your words "goodbye"
That's the day you left me for a stranger
Don't you know that when you left my life
Took on a change-a?

Now i'm telling you it
Ain't no sun since you've been gone

There's a big black cloud hanging over my head
Cloud of loneliness i feel like i'm dead
Ain't no flowers blooming round here for sure
Since you chose to love me no more
I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby, boy
You took the life from my world
Crushed my dreams
And i don't mean maybe, baby, baby
And it ain't no sun since you've been gone

Oh, my future, my future
Was as bright as the sun, yes it was
I ain't got no future since you've been gone

I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby, yes you did
You took the life from my world
Crushed my dreams
And i don't mean maybe, baby, baby
It seems like night in the middle of the day
Everything around me is faded and grey
Cold are the days
Dark creeps the night
Never bringing you back into my life
It ain't no sun since you've been gone

You took my sunshine away, yeah ooh, ooh, ooh
You took my sunshine away, yes you did, ooh, ooh, ooh
You took my sunshine away, yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh
You took my sunshine away, oh

(bert berns / jerry ragavoy)

Didn't i make you feel
Like you were the only man?
Didn't i give you everything
A woman possibly can?
But with all the love i give you
It's never enough
I'm gonna show you baby
That a woman can be tough
So come on, come on, come on, come on

(take it)
Take another little piece of my heart, now baby
(break it)
Break another little bit of my heart, now honey
(have a)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
You know you've got it if it makes you feel good

Yeah, out on the street
And you know deep down in your heart
That ain't right
I know you never never hear me
When i cry at night

I tell myself that i can't stand the pain
But when you hold me in your arms i say it again
So come on come on, come on, come on and

(take it)
Take another little piece of my heart, now baby
(break it)
Break another little bit of my heart, now honey
You'd better have a
Have another little piece of my heart, now baby
You know you've got it if it makes you feel good

You'd better
(take it)
Take another little bit of my heart, now baby
(break it)
Take another little bit of my heart honey, now baby
You'd better
(have a)
Have another little piece of my heart, now baby
You'd better
Take it
Take another little bit of my heart, now baby

(charles aznavour / herbert kretzmer)

Who, when my life is through?
Who will know the joy
I have known with you?
Who will touch your face?
Sleep in your embrace?
Who will take my place
When i sleep alone?

Who, when the day is done?
Who will hold the hand
Of my only one?
Who will climb the heights?
Finding in your nights
All those wild delights
Only i have known

You say you'll always love me
Time has another claim
Why do the gods above me
Play the cynical game?

Oh, life, isn't what it seems
Fickle as the wind
Fragile as a dream
When i end my years
Who will ease my pain?
Kiss away my tears?
And bury me again?

(burt bacharach / hal david)

You see this girl
This girl's in love with you
Yes i'm in love
Who looks at you the way i do?
When you smile i can tell
We know each other very well
How can i show you
I'm glad i got to know you?

Yes, i've heard it said
They say you think i'm fine
Yes i'm in love
And what i'd do to make you mine
Tell me now
Is it so?
Don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking

'cause i need your love
Oh, yes i do
(i want your love)
Baby i need it
(say you're in love)
In love with this girl
If not, i'll just die

Ah, tell me now
Is it so?
Don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking

I need your love
Oh, yes i do
(i want your love)
Some of your loving
(say you're in love)
In love with this girl
If not, i'll just die