Olivia Newton-John Album

(Lesley Duncan)

The words I have to say
May well be simple but they're true
Until you give your love
There's nothing more that we can do

Love is the opening door
Love is what we came here for
No one could offer you more
Do you know what I mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

You say it's very hard
To leave behind the life we knew
But there's no other way
And now it's really up to you

Love is the key we must turn
Truth is the flame we must burn
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Do you know what I mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

Love is the key we must turn
Truth is the flame we must burn
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Do you know what I mean?
Have your eyes really seen?
Do you know what I mean?
Have your eyes really seen?

(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

(Kristofferson/Foster)

Busted flat in Baton rouge
Headin' for the train
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down
Just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield wipers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands
We finally sang up every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

From the coal mines of Kentucky
To the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me
Through everything I've done
And every night he kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas
I let him slip away
Lookin' for the home I hope he'll find
And I'll trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
Enough for me and Bobby McGee
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
I let him slip away
Lookin' for the home I hope he finds
Enough for me and my Bobby McGee
Enough for me and my Bobby McGee, yeah

(Bob Dylan)

If not for you
Babe I couldn't even find the door
I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue
If not for you

If not for you
Babe the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
And it would not be new
If not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
Couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
It not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
You couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
It not for you
If not for you

(Kris Kristofferson)

Take the ribbon from my hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against your skin
Like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time
Help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong
I don't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don't wanna be alone
Help me make it through the night

(Gordon Lightfoot)

If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
when you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
The hero often fails
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I'll walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Are bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, let's be real
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say, I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

(Manuel)

Once I walked through the halls of a station
Someone called your name
In the street I heard children laughing
They all sound the same

One day could you ever know me
Know the reason why I live
Is there nothin you can show me
Life seems so little to give

Once I climbed up the face of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
And I could taste your hair

Isn't everybody dreaming
And the voice I hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can't we have something to feel

Once upon a time leaves me empty
Tomorrow never came
I could sing the sound of your laughter
Still I don't know you name

Must be some way to repay you
Out of all the good you gave
If a rumor should delay you
Love seems so little to save

(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

(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

(Rush)

I know your leaving's too long overdue
For far too long I've had nothing new to show to you
Goodbye dry eyes
I watched your plane fade off west of the moon
And it felt so strange to walk away alone

No regrets
No tears goodbye
Don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again

The hours that were yours
Echo like empty rooms
The thoughts we used to share
I now keep alone
I woke last night and spoke to you
Not thinking you were gone
It felt so strange to lie awake alone

No regrets
No tears goodbye
Don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again

Our friends have tried
To turn my nights into day
Strange faces in your place
Can't keep the ghosts away
Just beyond the darkest hour
Just behind the door
It still feels so strange to lead my life alone

Oh no regrets
No tears goodbye
Don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again

(Hiller/Curtis)

They could never take you away from me
Oh baby, never replace the tenderness of your smile
I couldn't leave now if I wanted to
Everything I do I wanna do with you
Oh no, baby
If I gotta leave
I wanna leave with you

They could offer me the world and all its gold
Oh baby, put me on a ship that's sailing out to sea
Set me down on a lonely track
But I'd find a way to come running back
Oh no, baby
If I gotta leave
I wanna leave with you

They may try to find a way to deep us from each other
Try to find a way to keep us far apart
But there's nowhere in the world they could send me to
To keep my love away from you
Oh no, baby
If I gotta leave
I wanna leave with you
I really wanna leave with you
I really wanna leave with you

(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

(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

(Camerron/Hawkshaw)

It's so hard to say goodbye
Because my heart just can't stop loving you
It's so hard to say goodbye
And let you go, my love

Love colors your world in ever blending shades
But where is there to run to
When the coloring fades
I'm lost in the void, a lonely black charade
Love changes into sadness like a raging cascade
I'm so afraid to lose you
I can't accept the truth although I've tried
I need you all the time

It's so hard to say goodbye
Because I know I'll go on wanting you
It's so hard to say goodbye
But what else can I do
What else can I do

I know we must part to go our separate ways
But how can I be sure of just how much of me stays
When deep inside I need you
No matter what I tell myself, it's true
I need you all the time

(McLean)

No one can take your place with me
And time has proven that I'm right
There's no place I'd rather be
Than at your place for the night
No time can pass your sight unseen
No moment steals away unfound
Lifetime lived in such a dream
Floats like a feather to the ground

And for the first time I've been seeing
The things I've never noticed without you
And for the first time I'm discovering
The things I used to treasure about you

Birds like leaves on winterwood
Sing hopeful songs on dismal days
They've learned to live life as they should
They are at peace with nature's ways
You are as natural as the night
And all that springs from you is good
And the children born beneath your light
Are like the birds on winterwood

And for the first time I've been seeing
The things I've never noticed without you
And for the first time I'm discovering
The things I used to treasure about you

(George Harrison)

What I feel I can't say
But my love is there for you any time of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

And tell me what is my life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?

What I know I can do
If I give my love to everyone like you
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

And tell me what is my life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?

What I feel I can't say
But my love is there for you any old time of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed

And tell me what is my life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?
And tell me what is my life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?
And tell me what is my life without your love?
And tell me who am I without you by my side?

(Olivia Newton-John)

We said a million times we'd change
Can't bring myself to say those words again
A piper never changes tune
You can't grow apples on the moon

The hurtful things we say still penetrate
And whispered sorrys always come too late
Then the damage has been done
What are we going to tell our son?

I want to spare his broken heart
Break it gently that we'll live apart
Don't know the proper words to say
He won't be seeing daddy every day

Those weekly outings never work, you know
Buying gifts and candy, picture shows
They can't replace the man around
Your voice, your touch, your manly sound

I guess the trouble is I love you still
And if it comes to that, I always will
No, please don't cry, it's just too late
Now hurry on, she's waiting at the gate

(David Gates)

You sheltered me from harm
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
The finest years I ever knew
Were all the years I had with you

I would give anything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything I own
Just to have you back again

You taught me how to love
What it's of, what it's of
You never said too much but still you showed the way
And I knew from watching you
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that can't let go

I would give anything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything I own
Just to have you back again

Is there someone you know
You're loving them so
You're taking them all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
And they don't hear the words you long to say

I would give anything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give anything I own
Just to have you back again
Just to touch you once again

(Farrar/Best)

The stairs are dark and silent
The morning cold and gray
A last look at the things I knew
And slowly turn away
And as I watch the scenery unwind
My childhood slips a hundred miles behind

Leave the bus in Houston
Walk around the town
But all the strange, unfriendly faces
Seem to get me down
And in the park where little children play
I sit and watch the dying of the day

I'm a small and lonely light
A bird that's lost in flight
And it's too late at night to go home
I'm a tall and weary kite
A face that's out of sight
And it's too late at night to go home

Always had the good life
Never felt unsure
But now the good life's not enough
There must be something more
And so I sit and shiver in the dawn
And watch the world and wait to be reborn

I'm a small and lonely light
A bird that's lost in flight
And it's too late at night to go home
I'm a tall and weary kite
A face that's out of sight
And it's too late at night to go home
Too late at night to go home
But I've talked too long my friend

(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

(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

(Simon)

Why don't you write me
I'm out in the jungle
I'm hungry to hear you
Send me a card
I am waiting so hard to be near you
Something is wrong and I know I got a feelin'
Maybe I'm lost but I can't make the cost of the airfare
Tell me why, tell me why

Why don't you write me
A letter would brighten my loneliest evening
Mail it today if it's only to say
That you're leaving me
Why don't you write

Monday morning sitting in the sun
Hopin' and wishin' that the mail would come
Tuesday I never got a word
Wednesday,, Thursday ain't no sign
Drank a half a bottle of iodine
Friday, woe is me
I'm gonna hang my body from the highest tree
Why don't you write me
Why don't you write me

(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

(Rafferty)

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way

Remember a holiday in a north of England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown

Mary Skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you had, you'll get by
You've always been a lady, hold your head up high

Look back on your home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife

(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 Farrar)

Hey boy, I better warn you
To make your reservation
Your exit's overdue
I can only promise he ain't the soul to laugh
I've known him long enough to speak on his behalf

My old man's got a gun
And he knows you're a tricky one
He can't fail to make you run
And I don't need you
My old man's got a wife
And she loves him and her life
Silver tongue could be his strife
And I don't need you

Hey boy, don't let him fool you
I'll tell you something about him, gonna cool you
He'll get you in a corner
And make you really crawl
You'll never realize
A man could feel so small

My old man's got a gun
And he knows you're a tricky one
He can't fail to make you run
And I don't need you
My old man's got a wife
And she loves him and her life
Silver tongue could be his strife
And I don't need you

I don't need you, I don't need you
Hey boy, I better warn you
To make your reservation

(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

(Sanson/Osborne)

Strands of light on our bedroom floor
Change the night through an open door
I'm awake but this is not my home
For the first time I'm not alone
Reaching out I touch another's skin
Breathing out as he's breathing in
Deep inside I feel my soul aflame
Can my life ever be the same

I should have told him
That I'd do anything if I could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something I will not forget
When I am far away, when I am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet

Close together in the afterglow
I remember how his loving flowed
Turned the key into another world
Made a woman of a simple girl
Daylight comes as we both know it must
Soon my fantasy will turn to dust
But I would give him anything he asked
If my first love could be my last

I should have told him
That I'd do anything if I could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something I will not regret
When I am far away, when I am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet

(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

(Peter Allen/Jeff Barry)

Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head

I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say

I love you
I honestly love you

If we both were born
In anoother place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I honestly love you
I honestly love you

(John Farrar)

Music makes my day
It warms an empty place when you're away
Music makes my day
Love you are my song
Your melody's so soft
Your love so strong
Love you are my song

And though good fortune seems a long time calling
The sadness creeps into my song
My pearly friend will gently soothe me
And sing along

Music makes my day
It seems my waiting hours just fly away
Music makes my day
If I lost my friend
His loving words no more
My song would end
If I lost my friend

And though good fortune seems a long time calling
The sadness creeps into my song
My pearly friend will gently soothe me
And sing along

Music makes my day
It warms an empty place when you're away
Music makes my day
You know it makes it

(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

(Fiett/Fletcher)

Nothing is moving, all the world is still
No birds are singing and they never will
Cause you're leaving
No doors are open, the sun doesn't smile
There's no sign of laughter, it rains all the while
And I'm grieving
Cause you're leavin', leavin'

Food doesn't tempt me
No coffee or cakes, everything's empty
My heart's full of aches, nothing can please me
Why are you leaving?

Oh, no silver linings, no fluffy white clouds
I keep on walking, I'm lost in a crowd
Cause you're leaving
Nothing gives me pleasure, nothing gives me pain
I'm all over numb and I can't explain
Now you're leaving
Cause you're leavin', leavin'

So you put me down, you go your way around
I'm glad you're doing fine, I'll make out in time
Don't you worry, now you're leaving

(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

(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

(Olivia Newton-John)

In my room where I used to sleep with you
Things have changed all that's left are the mem'ries of two
Two who loved and dreamed where the trees seem to whisper your name
But I don't like to go there 'cause Rosewater no longer feels the same

Through the glass the sun shows the marks on the wall
Seasons pass and you know how it looks in the fall
Here at my Rosewater the grass is a deeper green
And a calm surrounds her when love was here
The warmest place I've ever been

As I walk the echo of empty I hear and I feel that this house is not home
And now we're not here, it's lonely; the stairs seem to beckon me stay
But dreams are better treasured than slowly eaten away

Christmastime when snow filled your garden with white
And the moon's cold patterns on windows at night
Now you'll make a new home for people as hopeful as me
Harbour their dreams and their secrets
But don't ever, please, don't ever Rosewater, forget about me
Forget about me

(Groszmann/Jones)

I have got pins and needles, boy
From sleeping on your floor
It's been so long I can't remember
What it was I came here for
Oh lord, when you're winning
Ain't it ever easy to pretend
But it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

I saw your golden eagle
Flying high above my day
Casting never ending shadows
Putting darkness cross my day

Oh lord, can't you remember
You said you'd always be my friend
And it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

Gotta help me lord
I'm on the dark side of dawn
Gotta find that road
I need your sweet love, lord
I need your sweet love

Oh lord, when you're winning
Ain't it easy to pretend
But it's hard, so hard
Yes it's hard, so hard
Being on the losing end

(Don McLean)

When I see you on the street
I lose my concentration
And just the thought that we might meet
Creates anticipation
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, I've been thinking about you day and night
And I don't know if it will work out right
But somehow I think that it just might
If we try

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation
But something yearns within to grow
Beyond infatuation
Won't you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, you got me standing deaf and blind
Cause I see love as just a state of mind
And who knows what it is that we might find
If we try

You're walking a different direction
From most people I've met
You're giving me signs of affection
I don't usually get
I don't want you to pledge your future
The future's not yours to give
Just stand there a little longer
And let me watch while you live

(John Rostill)

Wherever you go
Wherever you may wander in your life
Surely you know
I always wanna be there
Holding you hand
And standing by to catch you when you fall
Seeing you through
In everything you do

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All I ask you is let me be there

Watching you grow
And going through the changes in your life
That's how I know
I always wanna be there
Whenever you feel you need a friend to lean on, here I am
Whenever you call, you know I'll be there

Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever's wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All I ask you is let me be there

(Hawkshaw/Gosling)

I was born in the country, I was raised with the sun
The flowers were my pillow when the day's work was done
Down in the valley shone the bright neon signs
The call of the city life kept going through my mind
Oh yeah, the days of my childhood would soon be left behind

It was a Saturday morning when the snow lay on the ground
Pa said the time had come when I could move to town
So I kissed goodbye to Mama, held on tight to Papa's hand
I saw a tear in Mama's eye but I did not understand
'Cause I was just a country girl being brought up on the land

Goodbye Mama, let me see you smile
Wipe away that teardrop from your eye
I won't forget that I'm a country girl
I got to go, but I hate to say goodbye
So long, Papa, I'll be seeing you
But I'll be coming home again someday
No, I won't forget that I'm a country girl
A country girl, you know I'll always stay

I was born in the country, I was raised with the sun
The flowers were my pillow when the day's work was done
Down in the valley shone the bright neon signs
Yet I know where I belong, I got my peace of mind
Oh yeah, I was born a country girl and that just suits me fine

Goodbye Mama, let me see you smile
Wipe away that teardrop from your eye
I won't forget that I'm a country girl
I got to go, but I hate to say goodbye
So long, Papa, I'll be seeing you
But I'll be coming home again someday
No, I won't forget that I'm a country girl
I'll come back to you, believe me
I won't forget that I'm a country girl
A country girl, you know I'll always stay

(Saker/Leathwood/Sulsh)

Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I don't mind if I can stay here by your side

Every lonely road you walk along
I'll be there too
Just say the word love
And I would follow you
Every lonely road you walk along
I'd walk along with you
If only you would show me that you care

Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I keep the pain inside and try to take it in my stride
Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I don't mind if I can stay here by your side

Won't you stop and take a look at me
Tell me what you see
Someone who's always there when everything goes wrong
Won't you stop and take a look at me
Must I always be
The kind of fool that you keep hanging on

Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I keep the pain inside and try to take it in my stride
Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I don't mind if I can stay here by your side

There's been so many times I've cried
But you won't know it
Cause baby I don't show it

Ooohh
Loving you ain't easy
But I keep the pain inside and try to take it in my stride
Loving you, loving you ain't easy
But I don't mind if I can stay here by your side

(Greenaway/Stephens)

Yesterday it was all over
Thought I'd lost the love of my life
He took a one-way ticket on an east-bound train
Told me he was never coming back again
But I just got a telegram that read

Hey
Have love--will travel
That's all it had to say
Have love--will travel
He's on his way
I'm happy now
Have love--will travel
Four little words that mean so much
He knows I need him
So he's coming home

Hurry on down to the station
He'll be on the 9:49
Had to get my hair done it was such a mess
And every cent I had went on this brand new dress
Today I got a telegram that read

Hey
Have love--will travel
That's all it had to say
Have love--will travel
He's on his way
I'm happy now
Have love--will travel
Four little words that mean so much
He knows I need him
So he's coming home

Have love--will travel
That's all it had to say
Have love--will travel
He's on his way
I'm happy now
Have love--will travel
Four little words that mean so much
He knows I need him
So he's coming home
He's coming home

(Findon/Wilkins)

And there'll be hands, hands across the sea
Touching everybody, joining you and me

If we could build a new horizon
I'd like to see some changes made
When nations hear the voice of reason
And all the world live unafraid

And there'll be hands, hands across the sea
People joined as one, innocent and free
And we'll have love, love and sympathy
Touching everybody, joining you and me

If we could share that new tomorrow
You with your troubles, me with mine
Then we could face the world together
With open heart and easy mind

And there'll be hands, hands across the sea
People joined as one, innocent and free
And we'll have love, love and sympathy
Touching everybody, joining you and me
Hands across the sea
Hands across the sea

(Welch/Rostill)

In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox
With the best of country music, old and new
You can hear your five selections for a quarter
And somebody else's songs when yours are through

I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter
And my friends around to help me ease the pain
'Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song
And here I am just missing you again

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever wanna hear that song again

If I had a dime for every time I held you
Though you're far away, you've been so close to me
I could swear I'd be the richest girl in Nashville
Maybe even in the state of Tennessee

But I guess I'd better get myself together
'Cause when you left, you didn't leave too much behind
Just a note that said "I'm sorry" by your picture
And a song that's weighing heavy on my mind

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever wanna hear that song again

If I could make a wish I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
Nothing to eat no books to read
Making love with you, has left me peaceful warm inside
What more could I ask
There's nothing left to be desired
Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you
Just to have you now
All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want
Peace came upon me and it breathes in me
Don't sleep silent angel don't you sleep
Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
Just to have you now
All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want
Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want
Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want

(Jans)

If you could see me now
The one who said that she'd rather roam
The one who said she'd rather be alone
If you could only see me now

If I could hold you now
Just for a moment if I could make you mine
Just for a while turn back the hands of time
If I could only hold you now

I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Taking any comfort that I can
Looking back and a-longing for the freedom of my chains
Lying in your loving arms again

If you could hear me now
Singing somewhere through a lonely night
Dreaming of the arms that held me tight
If you could only hear me now

I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Taking any comfort that I can
Looking back and a-longing for the freedom of my chains
Lying in your loving arms again
I wanna be lying in your loving arms again

(J. Rostill)

You came when I was happy in your sunshine
I grew to love you more each passing day
Before too long I built my world around you
And I prayed you'd love enough of me to stay

If you love me let me know
If you don't then let me go
I can't take another minute
Of a day without you in it
If you love me let it be
If you don't then set me free
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you

The arms that open wide to hold me closer
The hands that run their fingers through my hair
The smile that says "hello, it's good to see you"
Anytime I turn around to find you there

It's this and so much more tht make me love you
What else can I do to make you see
You know you have whatever's mine to give you
But a love affair for one can never be

If you love me let me know
If you don't then let me go
I can't take another minute
Of a day without you in it
If you love me let it be
If you don't then set me free
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you
Take the chains away
That keep me loving you
Loving you

(Farrar)

There was a time when I was in a hurry as you are
I was like you
There was a day when I just had to tell my point of view
I was like you
Now I don't mean to make you frown
No, I just want you to slow down

Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you?
Have you never been happy just to hear your song?
Have you never let someone else be strong?

Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds
I was like you
Never had time to lay back, kick your shoes off, close your eyes
I was like you
Now you're not hard to understand
You need someone to hold your hand

Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you?
Have you never been happy just to hear your song?
Have you never let someone else be strong?