1.Holding
I'm standing here and hoping for you
Holding my door open for you now
Ask just what you will of me
I'll bend just like a willow tree
And now i'm holdin'
Holdin' my door open to the wind
Well seven times she came to me
And each time seemed the same to me
She knows just what to ask me now
And i can't help but wonder how
And now i'm holdin'
Holdin' my door open before the wind
I wrote my name upon the sands
With questioningly weary hands
The tide arose and answered me
And washed my name into the sea
And now i'm holdin'
Holdin' my door open before the wind
2.Somewhere There's A Feather
Love and learn
Take your turn
Somewhere there's a feather
Falling slowly from the sky
You need not know the reason why
Stand apart
Hear your heart
Someday there will be another lover to the end
You need not hold your breath 'til then
Don't ask me to explain to you
There's nothing to remain but what we see
Fall and climb
Take your time
Somehow you must live up to the precedents you've set
You need not hope for answers yet
Don't ask me how i know it now
The future does not show itself to me
So love and learn
Take your turn
Somewhere there's a feather
Falling slowly from the sky
You need not know the reason why
3.I've Been Out Walking
This song appears on the album for everyman as 'these days' with
slightly different lyrics'.
I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days i seem to think a lot
About the things that i forgot to do
And all the times i had the chance to
I stopped my ramblin'
I don't do too much gamblin' these days
These days
These days i seem to think about
How all the changes came about my way
And i wonder if i'll see another highway
And i had a lover
I don't think i'll risk another these days
These days
And if i seem to be afraid
To live the life that i have made in song
Well it's just 'cause i've been losing so long
Well i'll stop my dreamin'
I don't do too much schemin' these days
These days
These days i'll sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quartertones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them
4.Funny You Should Ask
Well it's funny you should ask me how i feel
As the scenes before my eyes begin to reel
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
Turned my thoughts away from you
Like i had something else to do
And now i find you here
And it's funny you should want to see me now
Well i'd refuse you but i can't remember how
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
I'd tell myself i didn't care
That i was down and you weren't there
You've been away so long
And it's funny you should want to know my plans
As the future disappears beneath my hands
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
Now i'll cast aside my memories
And shut you out most bitterly
I'm down on my last smile
5.Love Me, Lovely
Lovely, lovely, did you see me
Just as i was crying
Love me lovely, make it easy
What i say is hard but i am trying
Lovely, lovely, can you hear me
Listen to my singing
Love me lovely, while you're near me
Try and understand the thought i'm bringing
Last night i was sleeping
But i did not know if i'd awaken today
Lie in my keeping, only know
That i can't stay after today
I'm on my way - love me lovely
Love me lovely
Lovely, lovely, you can't fool me
I know that you need me
Love me, lovely, now and truly
Knowing that your love can only speed me
Don't say how it could be
Or i'll know that you'll be crying today
Just how it should be i don't know
So this i'll say
I'm on my way - love me lovely
Love me lovely
Last night i was sleeping
But i did not know if i'd awaken today
Lie in my keeping, only know
That i can't stay after today
I'm on my way - love me lovely
Love me lovely
6.You've Forgotten
You've been passed around from hand to hand
Cast upon the darkest sands
Now you're so confused that you can hardly stand
Forgotten, you've forgotten now you're on the run
Forgotten, you've forgotten
How to live beneath the sun
How to live beneath the sun
Before you left i thought i knew
That you would always need me too
I never thought someday, that i'd be telling you
You've forgotten, you've forgotten
The things you used to feel
Forgotten, you've forgotten
How to smile for real
How to smile for real
And for the changes you have made
Your beauty was the price you paid
All your dreams rose up and then you watched them fade.
You've forgotten, you've forgotten
You've forgotten, you've forgotten
The best is always yet to come
The best is always yet to come
The best is always yet to come
And how to live beneath the sun
7.Someday Morning
As the early morning filters through
My shuttered window pane
I look about and realize
That things are still the same
These flowers in a glass
Mark the hours that have passed
As i lay sleeping
And i can hear my footsteps ringing
Down the empty morning street
And the concrete that i walk upon
Is cold beneath my feet
A single winging dove
Reminds me of the sleeping love
That i am leaving
'cause everyone must someday do his own thing
'cause everyone must someday do his own thing
And i have a brand new song to sing
In the morning skies the stars
Begin to sputter and to fade
As the night surrenders all its claim
On shadows it has made
A watchdog's hungry bark
Is the morning's first remark
Upon my walking
And everyone must someday do his own thing
And everyone must someday do his own thing
And i have a brand new song to sing
And i'm told that if i try
That i can do most anything
Well then i would like to sing a song
And make this morning ring
As the morning turns to day
Hear the waking city say
Who is that singing
8.Cast Off All My Fears
Once i was on my own
And falling
Once i was all alone
And calling
For someone, anyone today
To help me just a little on my way
And then i took a look around
And i saw the love that surrounded me
I knew that it was up to me
To cast off all the fears that bound me
You'll find you can't go on
Demanding
On ways to help you in
Defending
Your reason for being who you are
And asking for the lightest brightest star
I found that all i had to do
Was believe in the things that are true to me
And that'll happen naturally
And cast off all the fears that bound me
Yes, people let me say that
I took a look around
And i saw the love that surrounded me
I knew that it was up to me
Cast off all the fears that bound me
I had to cast off all the fears that bound me
9.In My Time
In my mind
The golden silver statues turn to tin
And i find
Confidence is just a place i've been
In my mind
I was kind
When poppa's begging friendship came to me
I was blind
To think it would be easy to be free
In my time
I've not lied
I tried to save the pride i hold within
When i denied
Happiness is just a room i'm in
In my time
In my mind
The golden silver statues turn to tin
And i find
Happiness is just a place i've been
In my time
10.Melissa
Melissa, i knew i just had to kiss ya
Heaven knows what i had in mind
When my eyes went blind
And you had to take me home
Because i could not find my way
Mimi, you make my glasses steamy
Heaven knows that i'll take a chance
On a girl from france
Just so long as we don't have to dance 'till dawn
Maybe baby i'm not so smart
But i know i'm not your brother
And the way you affect me
You needn't suspect me
Of falling in love with another
Daisy, your old man thinks i'm crazy
Heaven knows i used to go insane
When i heard your name
I knew what i was doin'
When i had my brain removed
Maybe baby i'm not so smart
I never claimed to be a thinker
But you gotta respect me
Cause the way you affect me
I'll never have to be a drinker
Bessie, my dreams of you are messy
Heaven knows i used to lie awake
And try to make my heart stop pounding
Long enough to take my rest
11.It's Been Raining Here In Long Beach
It's been raining here in long beach
The dampness in the air
Tends to straighten out my hair
Against my wishes
But the traces of a song reach
My tattered ear once more
Lend me courage to ignore
The smell of fishes
I was a drunken lout, i ran about
With ladies that i knew
I did 'em wrong all night long
Singing 23 skidoo
Huzahh...huzahh...
Once upon a time i was a kid
Well i don't know what happened then
But i'm warning all you younger men
On your way to long beach think again
You can't afford to settle down in long beach
I had a rack and coat, a paddle boat
I played the ukelele
Beneath the moon in june i'd croon
Won't you come on home little baby
Huzahh...huzahh...
Once upon a time i was a kid
But now my hair is turning gray
I'm getting fatter every day
If you got any sense you'll stay away
And never give another thought to long beach
And never give a moment's thought to long beach
12.You'll Get It In The Mail Today
I've been up all night
I've been writing this letter
And i think i might have found a better way
To tell you all the things i've got to say
I put it in writing and you'll get it in the mail today
Well i don't know but i can't help feeling
That you got to stop your double-dealin' ways
Cheatin' on me is a crime that never pays
And that's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
Well i would tell you to your face
But you'd just lie to me
Put you in your place
But you'd just try to defy me
Been up all night
Pencil and a paper
And i think i might have found a safer way
Say goodbye without much more delay
Well it's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
I don't mean tomorrow
It's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
I don't mean no western union
It's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
13.Shadow Dream Song
I meant to call her name
I meant to take her hand
I meant to be the same and understand
Just what was happening in the evening
Between the princess and the prince
I can't be bothered now
And i can't eat or drink
I can't remember how i used to think
What was the song she sang before the morning rang
Bringing the princess to the prince
It's a crystal ringing way
She has about her in the day
But she's a laughing dappled shadow
She's a laughing dappled shadow in my night
If i could hear her voice
If i could see her face
If i could have my choice i'd be in the place
Where i saw her last on the evening past
Of the princess and the prince
It's a crystal ringing way
She has about her in the day
But she's a laughing dappled shadow
She's a laughing dappled shadow in my night
14.The Light From Your Smile
Oh the light from your smile
Can be seen for a mile
By travellers dark in their sorrow
If you want me to stay
Throw a smile my way
And i'll stay by your side 'till tomorrow
Woooah...
'cause all my battered dreams are shattered now
And i need all your beauty to warm me
In the time that i've known you
I've always shown you
That i could be captured in kindness
Now a storm's blowin'
Tomorrow i'm goin'
Well the sun takes away my blindness
Woooah...
Cause all my tattered hopes are shattered now
I wait for the future to touch me
Oh the morning is nearing
The clouds disappearing
The sun will be coming to guide me
Wherever i go
I want you to know
That i carry your smile beside me
Woooah...
The slowly shifting fog is lifting now
And i see the road i'll be taking
15.Gotta See A Man About A Daydream
I could write for you
A song about the warming of september
But i couldn't really give to you
That month in the spring
And i could write for you
Melodies dedicated to the seasons
But i'd be caught behind
Remembering a reason not to sing
And the music would accompany
The words it brings along
Why should i try
How can i try
I can't give you the seasons in a song
I could paint for you
A picture with a swirling world of color
But i couldn't really give to you
The brush strokes of my mind
And in my ticker-tape parade
All the memories of all my failures
Would be summoned in
And made to walk a step or two behind
And models seldom find themselves
In portraits that i've drawn
But i have cried
And not denied
That my colors aren't clear enough in song
You ask of me
What's a word that rhymes with all your confusion
Don't you think that's just a little bit
Unusual to ask
Once you asked of me
Once before what is a word for all your crying
But you were laughing at me all the time
Behind your tragic mask
Now you ask me and my friends
If you can pack and come along
Why should i try
How can i try
If you can follow the honesty in song
So i'll go skipping through
All my daydreams at a thousand miles an hour
And i'll try to sort things out
Into an order if i can
I've got a couple things to do
Before i come and talk to you again
Well i'll meet you in a dream or two
Down by the borderland
I've got a necessary game to play
And changes to go through
It's time to go, time to go
So it's so long, farewell
And i'll be seeing you
16.Time Travel Fantasy
My head is in the forest
And i'm thinking about you
The mist is pulling lightly on the timber
My thoughts are of the forest
And i'm sure i'm not in view
Of anyone but the dragon
And the prince of song
I cannot see the daytime
For my head is in the night
The fog is gently swaying on the moor now
I hardly know the difference
＞from the dark into the light
Since i was with the dragon
It's been far too long
My feet can't keep my thoughts
＞from running out on me this time
The haze is passing fully 'cross the skyline
Where's the girl to hold me
To the boundaries of my mind
Princess with bag of crystal
That's where i belong
Now will my head stay with the night
And watch the chance i take
All the dew has gathered on the heather
Will i go to sleep again
Or will i stay awake
Let me linger with the dragon
And the prince of song
17.The Fairest Of The Seasons
Now that it's time
Now that the hour hand has landed at the end
Now that it's real
Now that the dreams have given all they had to lend
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe try another time
And do i really have a hand in my forgetting
Now that i've tried
Now that i've finally found that this is not the way
Now that i turn
Now that i feel it's time to spend the night away
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe finally split the rind
And do i really understand the undernetting
Yes and the morning has me looking in your eyes and seeing mine
Warning me to read the signs carefully
Now that it's love
Now that the candle's falling smaller in my mind
Now that it's here
Now that i'm almost not so very far behind
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe fall another side
And do i really have a sound that i can ride on
Now that i can
Now that it's easy ever easy all around
Now that i'm near
Now that i'm falling to the sunlights and to song
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And do i have to do just one
And can i choose again if i should lose the reason
Yes and the morning has me looking in your eyes and seeing mine
Warning me to read the signs oh carefully
Now that i smile
Now that i'm laughing even deeper in the side
Now that i see
Now that i finally found the one thing i denied
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And it is finally i decide
That i'll be leaving in the fairest of the seasons
18.Lavender Windows
Lavender windows and burgundy doors
Olive green pillows on ebony floors
The lightest of wine
Could have been mine
It should have been mine
Promises kept and promises broken
They're all the same whether silent or spoken
They're not worth a penny
I didn't make many
I didn't break any
Roads that are leaving and roads that have gone
Oh every road moves but the one that i'm on
The score is now even
And i should be leaving
Why am i not leaving
19.The Painter
We see him dancing in the morning
Stars depart the yawning sky
He'll take the hour that is passing
And leave it in his lover's eye
And if you want he'll make it seem
As though you're walking in his dream
A mystic sea
We hear him laughing in the shadows
As he smuggles in the sand
He's found another kind of color
In the magic he has donned
And if you want he'll take the time
To ask the sun and moon to rhyme
And then combine
He draws no lines between what he's imagining
20.Fourth And Main
I'm here at fourth and main
Been standing in the rain
I feel no joy, i feel no pain
I got nothing to lose, nothing to gain
I'm at fourth and main
Been down at city hall
Been writing on the wall
The grass is wet and the trees are tall
I listen to the pigeons, to the raindrops fall
I'm at city hall
Been down at pershing square
I can't seem to care
If the people stop or the people stare
I don't care if i'm leaving, i'm going somewhere
I'm at pershing square
21.Bound For Colorado
The days of spring have just begun
And melted snow begins to run
Aspen is a fine place where many people go
And so you're bound for colorado
Don't send me cards from where you've been
Or tell me 'bout the friends you win
But send to me a new leaf just begun to grow
And hurry home from colorado
You told me once that you would like to run away
＞from all the fears and all the tears you felt that day
You should know no matter where you go
You have your friends to lean upon
When you're not sure what's goin' on
And if you don't return by the summer i will know
You've found a home in colorado
And you're doing fine in colorado
22.We Can Be
Talk with me
I believe that we can find a tomorrow
Lend to me and i will try to borrow
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free
Sing with me
Melodies that soar as high as a swallow
I can lead the way if you will follow
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free
You show me
Words of beauty that describe your love
Let me know the things that you are sure of
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free
You know me
I'm as reckless as a mountain stream
Careless as a could-be, someday dream
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free
23.And I See
Just like a leaf that's just been rained on
Something of a cloud above, a soon-awaking sun
And i see the day has just begun
Feeling windblown, reeling
I have grown out of my time
And like a circle casting shadows
Rolling over growing clover fields so far below
And i see i've just begun to grow
Climbing, spinning, rhyming
I am pinning down my time
And like a river flowing seaward
Bounding down, surrounding things that have puzzled me before
And i see the ever-open door
Flirting pure love, certainly
I'm sure of what i know
Just like a leaf that's just been rained on
Something of a cloud above, a soon-awaking sun
And i see the day has just begun
Feeling windblown, reeling
I have grown out of my time
24.Ah, But Sometimes
I'm a moody and swirling pool, lost in some dark wood
Angry at a million things and more
I can do no good
Ah, but sometimes -
Sometimes i'm a growing blade of grass
Washed by the rain, bent by the wind
I'm a deeply wounded lonely tree
Lost in my own way
Brooding on the saddest things and worse
I've seen my better day
I'm an old and broken tumbleweed
Lost on faded sands
Dreaming of my yesterdays before
I watch the heat waves dance
25.Marianne
Marianne, marianne
With your voice like silver strings ringing
And sounds of laughter and singing
Keep repeating, marianne, marianne
Marianne, marianne
Oh i can tell better than anyone else could
That there's more to you than just bad or good
There's a teardrop or a shaft of light for your heart
Marianne, oh, marianne
The dawn will be breaking soon
And my voice will fade with the moon
And the sunlight will remind me of you
26.Tumble Down
Tumble down beside me here and now
And then inside we can be sure
That if the rain is only silver
And the sun is only gold, we won't be poor
Sing a song around me here and now
And then surround me with your eyes
If it turns out that tomorrow we can fly
I promise i won't be surprised
And surely you must know by now
That you've got me wondering how
I was fortunate to find you
Look upon me kindly here and now
And then remind me i'm alive
Let me know i need not worry
If the answers to my questions don't survive
27.You Didn't Need A Cloud
As i saw you, you were looking through your window
Looking at the clouds to know which way the wind blows
You saw me - i was walking down your highway
You didn't need a cloud to know the wind was blowing my way
You didn't need a cloud to know the wind was blowing my way
And wasn't it fine
All the questions and the answers were mine
I sang you a song about my walking
A song i felt i had no right or reason to sing
But you showed me that no matter what is said in song
A singer has the right to sing as long as he can go on
A singer has the right to sing as long as he can go on
And isn't it true
Now all the questions and the answers come from you
28.Lavender Bassman
Listen to my bassman, he is lavender
His woman is his bass and he is loving her, loving her
Listen to the sounds he's giving
As he is living
True to lavender
Listen to the things my friend is saying now
A poetry of notes as he is playing now, playing now
Listen to the tales he's telling
Magic bass compelling
Lavender
Listen to my bass man, he is lavender
His fingerboard's a highway, he's a traveler, traveler
Listen to his fingers making music
Hear his soul embarking
Lavender
Listen to my bass man, he is lavender
29.She's A Flying Thing
She's a flying thing that sings
With her eyes like smoky rings
The sun can feel her presence in the sky
And i think i'm gonna stay
'cause there's nothing in our way
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
If i could love her more
Than i have ever loved before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door
And when i hear her voice
I have no other choice
Than to bend back my head and search the sky
Her hair is spun so fine
Roses fell like laughing wine
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
If i could give her all the things
She's never had before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door
To see her walking by
Is to see a windy sky
And the clouds reflecting in her eyes
The softness of her skin
Makes me wonder where i've been
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
If she could love me more
Than she has ever loved before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door
She's a flying thing that sings
With her eyes like smoky rings
She says that she can teach me how to fly
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
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