Crystal Lady

(david gates)

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

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

(duncan)

I give you stars and sunshine
A rainbow at your feet each time you rise
So dry your eyes
The house of yesterday is crumblin' at my feet
But i don't mind, i had my time

I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
There's nothing i can give you
For you have more than me
You are the truth within your youth

I watch you dance and playing
The little prince of all that you survey
Each night, each day
I am the good old days,
And you my child, tomorrow

If i have any future
It is within your eyes
Each time you smile
My child, my child
The hand of life will rock you
I brought you forth
And then my task was through
I give to you
This wondrous view

I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow

(taylor)

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
Not if my love can find your heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was i who chose to start
I see no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me

Maybe the sun's light will be dim
It won't matter anyhow
If morning's echo says we've sinned
Well, it was what i wanted now
And if we're victims of the night
I won't be blinded by the light

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me

I won't beg you to stay with me
Through the tears of the day
Of the years, baby

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me
Oh baby, i love you baby, oh baby

(john farrar)

If you come around, and i know you will,
Don't expect to find me teary eyed
Time has surely told us we were never right
Baby, you were ready, so was i

Don't worry, don't worry, baby
If the sun should never shine again
And the skies were never blue
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

If the birds could never sing again
And the world had lost that view
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

When we were together, we were so alone
Conversations had gone out of style
Though i felt a sadness when you said goodbye
I've heard the word before and i'll survive

If the birds could never sing again
And the world had lost that view
Maybe then i'd feel i'd lost a friend
Maybe then i'd think of you

(bill danoff/taffy nivert/john denver)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take me home,country roads

(hiller/goodison/leslie/day)

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

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

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

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

(russ ballard)

And there's no need to tell me i'm just wasting time
But if you tell me break it slowly
I'm in deep water and i'm hanging on a line
And you're the only one can save me
But if you gotta go
I think you better know

Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away

I know the memories melt their pictures in my mind
Too bad to see they could be fading
But i'll come home to you
If someday you should find
You want me back then i'll be waiting
But if you gotta go
I think you better know

Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away

Um, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won't make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
And you refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away
Oh, what you gonna do when she goes away

(cagan)

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

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

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

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

(burnett)

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

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

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

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

(glen sharrock)

It took a long time
But now i'm gonna be laughing
A very long time
When all i could feel was sad
A very long time
But now it's gonna be worth it
Cause i just found a friend to make me glad

I'm feeling food, feeling better
I'm feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I'm gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I'm feeling best

I hope it doesn't sound like i'm blowing my own trumpet
Cause all i wanna do is join up with the band
When you feel good
You gotta come right out and say it
I've been so long at sea and i've just seen land

I'm feeling food, feeling better
I'm feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I'm gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I'm feeling best

(brell/shuman/blau)

If we only have love
Then tomorrow will dawn
And the days of our years will rise on that morn
If we only have love
To embrace without fears
We will kiss with our eyes
We will sleep without tears

If we only have love
We can reach those in pain
We can heal all our wounds
We can use our own name
If we only have love
We can melt all the guns
And then give the new word
To our daughters and our sons

Oh, if we only have love
With our arms open wide
Then the young and the old will stand at our side
If we only have love
We will never bow down
We'll be tall as the pines
Neither heroes nor clowns

If we only have love
To be shared by all men
We will drink from a dram
To be born once again
If we only have love
If we only have love

(john kongos)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(traditional)

I asked my love to take a walk
To take a walk, just a little walk
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms he pressed
He cried "my love, don't you murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I wandered home 'tween twelve and one
I cried, "my god, what have i done?"
I've killed the only man i love
He would not take me for his bride

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the ohio

(locorriere/sawyer/haffkine)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(harrison)

Why are you still crying
Your pain is now through
Please forget those teardrops
Let me take them from you
The love you are blessed with
This world's waiting for
So let out your heart, please, please
From behind that locked door

It's time we start smiling
What else should we do
With only this short time
I know to be here with you
And the tales you have taught me
From the things that you saw
Makes me want out your heart, please, please
From behind that locked door

And wherever my love goes
If i'm rich or i'm poor
Please let out my heart, please, please
From behind that locked door
From behind that locked door

(tarney/spencer)

It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony
With someone you're really digging
And you want to give it all that you've got

Don't wanna make you cry
Don't wanna tell you lies
Don't wanna bring you down
Or treat you unkind
Just wanna make you mine
And hear you laugh all the time
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why

It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony
With someone you're really digging
And you want to give it all that you've got

Now things were bad before
So i walked out the door
I guess i soon found out
What life's all about
But now i'm here to stay
Can't see me wandering away
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why

You can take a little loving
But if you're not giving
It'll never be worthwhile
You can take a little loving
But if you're not giving
It'll never work out fine

Play it to me, john

But now i'm here to stay
Can't see me wandering away
Don't wanna break this tie
I'm telling you why
It's not funny when you're lonely
It's much better when you're living in harmony