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If you hear a politician Or a singer making song Do you just refuse to listen Knowing that he must be wrong Thats the way it is, you know You just see what you want to see Who am I to tell you how to think Or tell you who to be I will show you what I know Sometimes we will disagree If we learn at all to grow Then I hav...
It came to pass Like lightning striking from above Electric flash Just like lightening striking from above Struck by precious love Precious precious love So hopeless and so inspired Why do you dream flat tires When you dream flat tires? You dream flat tires With a jack and a spare youre there Trying to get to where lov...
No regrets Coyote We just come from such different sets of circumstance Im up all night in the studios And youre up early on your ranch Youll be brushing out a brood mares tail While the sun is ascending And Ill just be getting home with my reel to reel Theres no comprehending Just how close to the bone and the skin an...
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window And the traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas bells And rapping up like pipes and drums Oh, wont you stay well put on the day And well wear it till the night comes Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And th...
Blue Songs are like tattoos You know Ive been to sea before Crown and anchor me Or let me sail away Hey, blue There is a song for you Ink on a pin Underneath the skin An empty space to fill in Well, theres so many sinking now You gotta keep thinking You can make it through these waves Acid, booze, and ass Needles, guns...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here Stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Gonna quit this crazy scene Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so lon...
Yo, do you feel that? Uh, uh, what... Yeah, yeah, yeah... Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Make you fall in love In love with me again Im nasty Got til its gone Got til its gone Im nasty Got til its gone Got til its gone Yo, do you feel that? Im nasty
So I remember, um, Marianne, and Sue, and DeeDee, and, um, Connie, and I would be in chorus together. And we were always looking forward to those silly things you used to do at the end of the year. You know, those spring concerts. And, um, this was one of the songs we did one year. And I remember this was Mariannes fav...
(The, uh, last song now And, uh, its another one youll know very well Because, uh, so many people have recorded it They all beat me to it and, uh, so Never got around to doing it But I still enjoy singing it And I hope youll like to hear it Its Both Sides Now) Bows and flows of angel hair Ice cream castles in the air A...
Marlena under Foster Grants Shes undercover from the dawns advance That girl is travel-drained And the neon mercury vapor stained Miami sky Its red as meat Its a cheap pink rose Otis in the drivers seat Watches the street lights fade away On louvered blocks in green sea air In fluorescent fossil yards Slippers are shuf...
Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you are in my blood li...
Let me speak let me spit out my bitterness Born of grief and nights without sleep and festering flesh Do you have eyes? Can you see like mankind sees? Why have you soured and curdled me? Oh you tireless watcher! What have I done to you? That you make everything I dread and everything I fear come true? Once I was blesse...
I awoke today and found The frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky Then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold And all the trees are shivering in a naked row I get the urge for going But I never seem to go I get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is fa...
Joanie was an unmarried girl just turned twenty-seven When they sent her to the sisters because of the way men looked at her Branded as a jezebel she knew she was not bound for heaven She had been cast in shame into the Magdalene laundries Most girls went there pregnant some by their own fathers Bridget got her belly f...
If youre driving into town With a dark cloud above you Dial in the number Whos bound to love you Oh honey you turn me on Im a radio Im a country station Im a little bit corny Im a wildwood flower Waving for you Broadcasting tower Waving for you And Im sending you out This signal here I hope you can pick it up Loud and ...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot a money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a...
The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters The band sounds like typewriters The big man hes not listening His eyes hold Edith His left hand holds his right What does that hand desire That he grips it s...
I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens It was the strings of my guitar Amelia, it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild and blue It scrambles time and seasons if it ge...
Out on some borderline Some mark of inbetween I lay down golden-in time And woke up vanishing Sweet bird you are Briefer than a falling star All these vain promises on beauty jars Somewhere with your wings on time You must be laughing Behind our eyes Calendars of our lives Circled with compromise Sweet bird of time and...
Ill try to keep myself open up to you Thats a promise that I made to love When it was new Just like Jericho I said Let these walls come tumbling down I said it like I finally found the way To keep the good feelings alive I said it like it was something to strive for Ill try to keep myself open up to you And approve you...
The wind is in from Africa Last night I couldnt sleep Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here, Carey But its really not my home My fingernails are filthy I got beach tar on my feet And I miss my clean white linen And my fancy French cologne Oh, Carey, get out your cane And Ill put on some silver Oh, youre a mean old...
Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow...
Caught in the middle Carol were middle class Were middle aged We were wild in the old days Birth of rock n roll days Now your kids are coming up straight And my childs a stranger I bore her But I could not raise her Nothing lasts for long Nothing lasts for long Nothing lasts for long Down at the Chinese Cafe Wed be dre...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Gonna leave this crazy scene Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Oh, I wish I had a rive...
He is three Ones in the middle unmoved Waiting To show what he sees To the other two To the one attacking so afraid And the one that keeps trying to love and trust And getting himself betrayed In the plan oh The divine plan God must be a boogie man! Ones so sweet So overly loving and gentle He lets people in To his inn...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I ...
I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road So I asked him: Where are you going? And this he told me: Im going on down to Yasgurs Farm Im gonna join in a rock and roll band Im gonna camp out on the land Im gonna try and set my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves back to th...
Sitting in a park in Paris, France Reading the news and its all bad They wont give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a lot of lands to see But I wouldnt wanna stay here Its too old and cold and settled in its ways here Oh, but California California, Im comin home Im going to see the folks I dig ...
Theres a man whos been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breat...
Sitting in a park in Paris, France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They wont give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a lot of lands to see But I wouldnt wanna stay here Its too old and cold and settled in its ways here Oh, but California California, Im coming home Im going to see the folks...
See the stretching sun at dawning Wipe the stardust from his eyes Feel the morning breezes yawning Telling me its time to rise Telling me its time to rise I was born to take the highway I was born to chase a dream Any road at all is my way Any place is where Ive been Anything is what Ive seen Gamblers gold is meant for...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I ...
Theres a crow flying Black and ragged, tree to tree Its black as that highway thats leading me Now hes diving down to pick up On something shiny Im like that black crow flying In a blue sky Took the ferry to a highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane Took the plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train Ive been traveling so l...
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow ...
Help me I think Im falling In love again When I get That crazy feeling I know Im in trouble again Im in trouble Cause youre a rambler And a gambler And a sweet-talking Ladies man And you love your loving But not like you Love your freedom Help me I think Im falling In love too fast Its got me Hoping for the future And ...
The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in 68 And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark café You laugh he said you think youre immune Go look at your eyes theyre full of moon You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you All those pretty lies pretty...
No tongue in the bell And the fishwives yell But they might as well be mute So you get to keep the pictures That dont seem like much Cold white keys under your fingers Now youre thinking Thats no substitute It just dont do it Like the song of a warm warm body Loving your touch In the court they carve your legend With a...
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow ...
Turning and turning Within the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart The center cannot hold And a blood dimmed tide Is loosed upon the world Nothing is sacred The ceremony sinks Innocence is drowned In anarchy The best lack conviction Given some time to think And the worst are full of pass...
Die Weihnachtszeit ist bald da Sie fällen alle Tannen Stellen alles auf und Überall Gesang Oh, ich wünschte ich hätte einen Fluss Auf dem ich fortfließen kann Dieses Jahr gibt es keinen Schnee Es bleibt ziemlich grün Ich wünscht ich hätte so viel Könnte einfach fliegen Oh, ich wünschte ich hätte einen Fluss Auf dem ich...
I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him where are you going And this he told me Im going on down to Yasgurs farm Im going to join in a rock n roll band Im going to camp out on the land Im going to try an get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back ...
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still someho...
I pulled up behind a Cadillac We were waiting for the light And I took a look at his license plate It said Just Ice Is justice just ice? Governed by greed and lust? Just the strong doing what they can And the weak suffering what they must? And the gas leaks And the oil spills And sex sells everything And sex kills Sex ...
It was a rainy night We took a taxi to your mothers home She went to Florida and left you With you fathers gun, alone Upon her small white bed I fell into a dream You sat up all the night and watched me To see, who in the world I might be I am from the Sunday school I sing soprano in the upstairs choir You are a holy m...
Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you are in my blood li...
Cold Blue Steel out of money One eye for the beat police Sweet Fire calling You cant deny me Now you know what you need Underneath the jungle gym Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief Looking for Sweet Fire Shadow of Lady Release Come with me I know the way she says Its down, down, down the dark ladder Do you want to contact s...
I met a friend of spirit A drunk with sages eyes And I sat before his sanity I was holding back from crying He saw my complications And he mirrored me back simplified And we laughed how our perfection Would always be denied Heart and humor and humility He said Will lighten up your heavy load I left him for the refuge ...
Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star Then the child moved ten times round the seasons Skated over ten clear frozen streams Words like when youre older must appease him And promises of someday make his dreams An...
I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him where are you going And this he told me Im going on down to Yasgurs farm Im going to join in a rock n roll band Im going to camp out on the land Im going to try an get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back ...
Everybody looks so ill at ease So distrustful so displeased Running down the table I see a borderline Like a barbed wire fence Strung tight strung tense Prickling with pretense A borderline Why are you smirking at your friend? Is this to be the night when All well-wishing ends? All credibility revoked? Thin skin thick ...
Old Beale Street is coming down Sweeties Snack Bar boarded up now And Egles the Tailor and the Shine Boys gone Faded out with ragtime blues Handys cast in bronze And hes standing in a little park With a trumpet in his hand Like hes listening back to the good old bands And the click of high heeled shoes Old Furry sing...
Im traveling in some vehicle Im sitting in some cafe A defector from the petty wars That shell shock love away Theres comfort in melancholy When theres no need to explain Its just as natural as the weather In this moody sky today In our possessive coupling So much could not be expressed So now Im returning to myself Th...
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Traveling, traveling, traveling Looking for something, what can it be Oh I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some Oh I love you when I forget about me I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive I want...
Im down to a roll of dimes Im stalking the slot thats hot I keep hearing bells all around me Jingling in the lucky jackpots They keep you tantalized They keep you reaching for your wallet Here in fools paradise I talked to a cat from Des Moines He said he ran a cleaning plant That cat was clanking with coin Well he mus...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I ...
Blue songs are like tattoos You know Ive been to sea before Crown and anchor me Or let me sail away Hey Blue, here is a song for you Ink on a pin Underneath the skin An empty space to fill in Well therere so many sinking now Youve got to keep thinking You can make it thru these waves Acid, booze, and ass Needles, guns,...
Rows and flows of angel here And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I’ve looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done The clouds got in my way I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still someh...
Look out the left, the captain said The lights down there, thats where well land Saw a falling star burning High above the Las Vegas sand It wasnt the one that you gave to me That night down south between the trailers Not the early one that you wish upon Not the northern one that guides in the sailors Youve got that to...
Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh youre in my blood like ho...
I am a woman of heart and mind With time on her hands No child to raise You come to me like a little boy And I give you my scorn and my praise You think Im like your mother Or another lover or your sister Or the queen of your dreams Or just another silly girl When love makes a fool of me After the rush when you come ba...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I ...
Tomorrow is Sunday Now theres only one day left to go Till you walk by Below my window The weekends drive me mad Holidays are oh too sad Cause you dont go Below my window No one knows Im here One day I just disappeared And I took these two grey rooms up here With a view When you walk by Below my window You look so yout...
Im traveling in some vehicle I’m sitting in some cafe A defector from the petty wars That shell shock love away Theres comfort in melancholy When theres no need to explain It’s just as natural as the weather In this moody sky today In our possessive coupling So much could not be expressed So now Im returning to myself ...
Theres a man whos been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breat...
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop) They took all the trees, put em in a tree museum And they cha...
Theres a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree Hes black as the highway thats leading me Now hes diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took a ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train Ive been traveling ...
The wind is in from Africa Last night I couldnt sleep Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey But its really not my home My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet And I miss my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne Oh Carey get out your cane And Ill put on some silver Oh youre a mean old Da...
Its a long long way from Canada A long way from snow chains Donkey vendors slicing coconut No parkas to their name Black babies covered in baking flour The cooks got a carnival song Were going to lay down some place shady With dreamland coming on Dreamland dreamland Dreamland dreamland Walter Raleigh and Chris Columbus...
I met you on the Midway at a fair last year And you stood out like a ruby in a black mans ear You were playin on the horses, you were playin on the strings; You were playin like a devil wearin wings Wearin wings, you looked so grand, wearin wings Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing? Can you fly? I heard you...
Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in the way I looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It...
Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where Never mind their questions theres no answer for The roll of the harbor wake The songs that the rigging makes The taste of the spray he takes And he learns to give He aches and he l...
All the people at this party Theyve got a lot of style Theyve got stamps of many countries Theyve got passport smiles Some are friendly Some are cutting Some are watching it from the wings Some are standing in the centre Giving to get something Photo beauty gets attention Then her eye paints running down Shes got a ros...
They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half j...
Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still someho...
The way I see it he said You just cant win it Everybodys in it for their own gain You cant please em all Theres always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business Theres a lot of people asking for my time Theyre trying to get ahead Theyre trying to be a good friend of mine I was a free man in Paris I ...
Up in a sterilized room Where they let you be lazy Knowing your attitudes all wrong And you got to change And thats not easy Dragon shining with all values known Dazzling you-keeping you from your own Where is the lion in you to defy him When youre this weak And this spacey So what are you going to do about it You cant...
I met a child a year ago Whose eyes would never see She asked me with a timid smile What colour is a tree? In summertime a tree is green; In autumn gold and red; In winter they are frosted white When all their leaves are shed. I know the sky is blue, she said And silver is the sand; And apples are the brightest red Wha...
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop) They took all the trees, put em in a tree museum And they cha...
If theres one rule to this game Everybodys gonna name Its be cool If youre worried or uncertain If your feelings are hurtin Youre a fool if you cant keep cool Charm em Dont alarm em Keep things light Keep your worries out of sight And play it cool Play it cool Fifty-fifty Fire and ice If your heart is on the floor Caus...
Born with the moon in Cancer Choose her a name she will answer to Call her green and the winters cannot fade her Call her green for the children whove made her Little green, be a gypsy dancer He went to California Hearing that everythings warmer there So you write him a letter and say Her eyes are blue He sends you a p...
I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky Then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold And shivering trees are standing in a naked row I get the urge for going But I never seem to go I get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown and Summertime is f...
Its coming on Christmas, theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer, singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here, it stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money, quit this crazy scene And I wish I had a river that I could skate away on I wish I had a...
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel With every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at life that way But now it’s just another show You leave them laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself a way I’ve looked at love from both sides now From win and lose, and sti...
Fly silly seabird No dreams can possess you No voices can blame you For sun on your wings My gentle relations Have names they must call me For loving the freedom Of all flying things My dreams with the seagulls fly Out of reach out of cry I came to the city And lived like old Crusoe On an island of noise In a cobblesto...
Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star Then the child moved ten times round the seasons Skated over ten clear frozen streams Words like When youre older must appease him And promises of someday make his dreams An...
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow...
Im always running behind the time Just like this train Shaking into town With the brakes complaining I used to count lovers like railroad cars I counted them on my side Lately I dont count on nothing I just let things slide The station masters shuffling cards Boxcars are banging in the yards Jealous lovinll make you cr...
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to s...
He is three Ones in the middle unmoved Waiting To show what he sees To the other two To the one attacking so afraid And the one that keeps trying to love and trust And getting himself betrayed In the plan oh The divine plan God must be a boogie man! Ones so sweet So overly loving and gentle He lets people in To his inn...
Look out the left, the captain said The lights down there, thats where well land Saw a falling star burning High above the Las Vegas sand It wasnt the one that you gave to me That night down south between the trailers Not the early one that you wish upon Not the northern one that guides in the sailors Starbright, starb...
Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow...
Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wi...
These days Seem like everybody trippin People wild’n out Problem solving with prescription Legal all around Nothing new, nothing different Feeble as a crown Fuck a view, an cop a vision Uh Be considerate Y’all must have forgot Ain’t your family Ever teach yo ass how to talk I remember when my gramma told me Honey you m...
Trina wears her wampum beads She fills her drawing book with lines Sewing lace on widows weeds And filigree on leaf and vine Vine and leave are filigree And her coats a second hand one Trimmed with antique luxury She is a lady of the canyon Annie sits you down to eat She always makes you welcome in Cats and babies roun...
Cherokee Louise is hiding in this tunnel In the Broadway bridge Were crawling on our knees Weve got flashlights and batteries Weve got cold cuts from the fridge Last year about this time We used to climb up in the branches Just to sway there in some breeze Now the cops on the street They want Cherokee Louise People li...
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to s...
Theres a man whos been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breat...
Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow...