Gorilla

James Taylor Gorilla Lyrics
1.Angry Blues

I can't help it if i don't feel so good
I can't help it if i don't feel so good
If i had my way
I'd be sitting on the top of the world
I can't help it if i don't feel so good
When the anger comes in him
There's no place for a man to hide
When the anger comes in him
There's no place for a man to hide
Would he do anything in the world
To make him feel better inside
When the anger comes in him
There's no place for a man to hide
Gonna sit back here
Gonna watch this cloud roll by
The next time that you see me
I should be shining like the fourth of july
Gonna sit back here
Gonna watch this cloud roll by

I ain't lookin' for details
Won't you just give me a clue
Oh lord what am i gonna do


2.Gorilla

He's got arms like legs
He's got hands on his feet
He's got a nose like a doughnut
He's got a tendency to over eat
He don't use tools or weapons
He don't eat meat
He likes to stick to the bushes
Tends to avoid the street

But he rides my el dorado
When he comes to town
You know he's out there somewhere
Tryin' to track you down
Look up in the sky
Mama that's the one
See the mighty profile
Block the noonday sun

He comes from the heart of darkness
A thousand miles from here
That's the land where they understand
What a woman might like to hear
You know that he loves you baby
For what you really are
His love is a burning hot
As a big old ten cent cigar

Now most of y'all
Have seen a gorilla
In a cage at the local zoo
He mostly sits around contemplating
All the things that he'd prefer to do
He dreams about the world outside
From behind those bars of steel
And no one seems to understand
About the heartache the man can feel

The people stop and stare
But nobody seems to care
It don't seem right somehow
It just don't seem fair
He's still a gorilla


3.How Sweet It Is(To Be Loved By You)

how sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I needed the shelter of someone's arms, and there you were
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs, and there you
were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would i be without you in my life
Everything i did was just a bore
Everywhere i went it seems i'd been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

You were better to me than i was to myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you


4.I Was A Fool To Care

I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
But i don't care even if i was a fool
I'm still in love with you

Had i listened to the grapevine
I might have had my doubts
But i did my level best just to block them out
'cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes
And it took a while for a fool to see
What his friends were on about

I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
But i don't care even if i was a fool
I'm still in love with you

Imagining your face
It almost fills the empty space before me
I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies

I wish i was an old man
And love was through with me
I wish i was a baby on my mama's knee
I wish i was a freight train moving down the line
Just keeping track of time
Without all these memories

I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
But i don't care even if i was a fool
I'm still in love with you
Baby, yes, i am
I could have opened my eyes
I could have seen through your lies
I could have stood for no more
I could have walked out the door

But i was a fool to care, i was a fool to care
But i was a fool to care, i was a fool to care
You weren't nothing but a fool to care; just a country fool to
care.


5.Lighthouse

Off the coast of africa
Bound for south america
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who's just like me
And i wish that i was there

I'm a lonely lighthouse, not a ship out in the night
I'm watching the sea
She's come half-way round the world to see the light
And to stay away from me
There is a shipwreck lying at my feet
Some weary refugee from the rolling deep
Ah, would you lose it all and fall for me?

(chorus)
Couldn't we shine?
I'm rolling all my golden moments into one
Like to shine like the sun for one more summer day
Shine like a lighthouse for one last summer night
Flashing on, flashing, fading away

Well if you feel lost and lonely and don't know where to go
And you hear this song on the radio
Or even if you're feeling healthy and strong
You might like to sing along
But just because i might be standing here
That don't mean i won't be wrong this time
You could follow me and lose your mind

- chorus -

Off the coast of africa
Bound for south america
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who's just like me
And i wish that i was there


6.Love Songs

She doesn't know what she's done
Little one doesn't know when to stop
Love must find her
Love must find her a way

She doesn't know what he's thinking
She only knows how he behaves
Love must find him
Love must find him a way

I reckon i must be just an old softy
'cause i still believe in love
I think the best is yet to come
'cause where i'm from is also where i'm going

And in the time that it takes to sing this song
I hope you can see for yourself
Love must find you
Love must find you a way

I reckon i must be just an old softy
'cause i still believe in love
I think the best is yet to come
'cause where i'm from is also where i'm going

And in the time that it takes to sing you this song
I think i can see for myself
Love has found me
Love has found me a way (oh, love has surely found a way)

Never did i feel like this before
Never was i so confused
I don't know if i'm up or down
I guess i've got nothing to lose

Never did i feel so good before
Guess i might as well hold onto a feeling
It feels so fine
As long as it's on my mind
What a blue monday talk about lonely
Don't look back don't look down
Don't know how i made it through
I guess it's got something to do with you

Never was i so in love before
The world is like a collage
Yes, and the only thing i can see clearly
Is the slow steady glow of love in her eyes
Talking about the slow steady glow of love in her eyes


7.Mexico

Way down here you need a reason to move
Feel a fool running your stateside games
Lose your load, leave your mind behind, baby james

Oh, mexico
It sounds so simple i just got to go
The sun's so hot i forgot to go home
Guess i'll have to go now

'americano' got the sleepy eye
But his body's still shaking like a live wire
Sleepy 'serita' with the eyes on fire

Oh, mexico
It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low
Moon's so bright like to light up the night
Make everything all right

Baby's hungry and the money's all gone
The folks back home don't want to talk on the phone
She gets a long letter, sends back a postcard; times are hard

Oh, down in mexico
I never really been so i don't really know
Oh, mexico
I guess i'll have to go

Oh, mexico
I never really been but i'd sure like to go
Oh, mexico
I guess i'll have to go now


8.Music

Things may always stay the way they are
Still my head looks for a change from time to time
I don't really mean to look that far
Turn on the music
Strike up the music
Let the music change my mind

Now don't i dig the big time rock and roll
To sit in the darkness and be somebody else
A time which after all is under control
Crank out the music
Give me music
Let the music fill the air

My dear friend your head's been sinking like a stone
You must try thinking like a cloud sometime
Just leave a happy side out loud sometime
There's a symphony inside you
There's a thousand things for you to do
So come on

Let a hush fall on the movie crowd
Boy turns to girl and says i love you so
What i hear in here is violins
Give me music, mr. music
Let the music be there too
I'll never know what to do
Unless you let the music be there too

You see this man his head's been sinking like a stone
You must try thinking like a cloud sometime
Just leave a happy side out loud sometime
There's a symphony inside you
There's a thousand things for you to do
So come on

Leave a hush fall on the movie crowd
Boy turns to girl and says i love you so (well, you know)
What i hear in here is violins
Strike up the music, lay on the music
Let the music be there too
Let it be there too


9.Sarah Maria

Well the moon is in the ocean
And the starts are in the sky
And all that i can see
Is my sweet maria's eyes
Sarah, sarah maria
Sarah maria, ya, ya, ya, ya

Well, you know about the sugar cane
That comes from way down south
She's got one end in her hand
She's got one end in her mouth
Sarah, sarah maria
Sarah maria, ya, ya, ya, ya

She took me out walking
To the corner of the world
Where everyone was a-talking
About such a pretty little girl
Sarah, sarah maria.
Sarah maria, ya, ya, ya, ya


10.Wandering

I've been wanderin' early late
From new york city to the golden gate
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'

My daddy was an engineer
My brother drives a hack
My sister takes in laundry
While the baby balls the jack
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'

I've been in the army
I've worked on a farm
And all i've got to show is the muscle in my arm
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'

My ma she died when i was young
My daddy took to stealin' and he got hung
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'

Snakes in the ocean
Eels in the sea
I let a redheaded woman make a fool out of me
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'

I've been wanderin' early late
From the new york city to the golden gate
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'
No, it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'


11.You Make It Easy

Gosh almighty baby
Yes, indeed
You supply the satisfy and i'll supply the need
I can't help the way i feel though i know just where it leads
You make it easy ( yes, you do)
For a man to fall, for a man to fall

Heaven knows i love my woman
Just bound to fuss and fight
Now i wind up on the barroom stool
Buying drinks and keeping tight
But you know i've never done
What's come in my mind tonight
You make it easy just sitting there looking good
For a man to fall, for a man to fall

Now me and my wife
We've got the rest of our life
To make this thing right
But you and me will only see tonight

So baby, won't you turn me down and point me out the door
I'll head home and sleep it off just like every time before
You keep on lookin' good my way
I won't hold out anymore
You make it easy, you sure do make it easy, baby
For a man to fall, for a man to fall

You don't have to make it so easy, baby , no,no,no
For a man to fall
For a man to fall
For another wise good man to fall
You don't have to make it so easy, baby
For another wise good man to fall
You don't have to make it so easy, baby