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If I had told her, that I loved her,
She would have stayed till who knows when,
But I guess she couldn't understand it,
When I said I want to be your friend,
Cause a friend would never doubt you,
Or ever, put you uptight,
And now I wonder what she's doing tonight.
Oh yes I wonder,
What she's doing tonight,
Ohoh I wonder what she's doing tonight.
Ahhhhhhh, Ahhhhhh
We were so close but we should've been closer,
And it's making me feel so sad,
But I tell myself I didn't lose her,
Cause you can't lose a friend you never had, (come on now)
Cause a friend won't say it's over,
And go out, just for spite,
And now I wonder, what she's doing tonight.
Ah Ah - Oh yes I wonder,
What she's doing tonight,
Ohoh I wonder what she's doing tonight.
(all right Bobby let's go)
Because a friend will always be there,
If you're wrong or if you're right,
And now I wonder, what she's doing tonight.
Ah Ah - Oh yes I wonder,
What she's doing tonight,
Ohoh I wonder what she's doing tonight,
Sha la la la la tonight
Sha la la la la tonight
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2. |
Baby Blue
03:40
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Guess I got what I deserved,
Kept you waiting there too long my love,
All that time without a word,
Didn't know you'd think that I'd forget,
Or I'd regret, the special love I had for you, my baby blue.
All the days became so long,
Did you really think I'd do you wrong?
Dixie, when I let you go,
Thought you'd realize that I would know,
I would show, the special love I have for you, my baby blue.
What can I do, what can I say?
'Cept I want you by my side,
How can I show you, show me a way,
Don't you know the times I've tried?
Guess that's all I have to say,
'Cept the feelin' just grows stronger every day,
Just one thing before I go,
Take good care, baby, let me know, let it show,
The special love you have for me, my Dixie dear.
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3. |
Back In The USSR
02:36
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Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC,
Didn't get to bed last night,
On the way the paper bag was on my knee,
Man, I had a dreadful flight,
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are, boy,
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place,
Gee, it's good to be back home,
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case,
Honey disconnect the phone,
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.S.R.
Oh well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
They leave the west behind,
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
That Georgia's always on ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mind,
Oh come on
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,
They leave the west behind,
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout,
That Georgia's always on ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mind,
Oh, show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south,
Take me to you daddy's farm,
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out,
Come and keep your comrade warm,
I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy,
Back in the USSR,
Oh, let me tell you honey
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4. |
Episodes
03:46
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Comfy, cozy, curled up by my side,
Watching some old episodes we like.
Humble in our semblance,
Our workings unconfined.
Is this to be abundant?
I know i feel it in the times,
That we're kickin' it together, not concerned by others' ways
And never getting tripped up by the ever-shrinking space,
Between a place to mind our own and the time to meet halfway.
Our fears they might be different, but the important thing i think,
Is that the ways that they affect us feel so wonderfully in sync.
If better days are camped across the creek,
A blocked off passage and a dam upstream,
We'll just hike up both our pants, and dampen down our feet.
A creek-bed's just a hiccup, since we tried to swim the sea.
I'll find i think about the years before we had the thought,
To rediscover all the threads that led to tie this handsome knot,
And if we could do it different, would the line remain as taut?
I'll never say that i was perfect, and i don't think you could too,
But lining up our timing was the best that we could do.
If momentary lapses could collapse this at our feet,
We'd have been crushed by all our troubles long before we'd ever meet.
Way back when all we did was try to figure out each other,
And all we had to do was take some time to figure out ourselves.
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5. |
Fiddler's Green
04:21
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September seventeen,
For a girl I know it's Mother's Day,
Here son has gone alee,
And that's where he will stay,
Wind on the weather vane,
Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean,
As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain,
For a boy in Fiddler's Green
(2nd verse - Sung by Meghan Cederberg)
His tiny knotted heart,
Well, I guess it never worked too good,
The timber tore apart,
And the water gorged the wood,
You can hear her whispered prayer,
For men at masts that always lean,
The same wind that moves her hair,
Moves a boy through Fiddler's Green.
Bridge - Meghan, Wendy & I)
Ahhhhhhhh - Nothing's changed anyway
Ahhhhhhhh - Nothing's changed anyway
Ahhhhhhhh - Any time today
He doesn't know a soul,
There's nowhere that he's really been,
But he won't travel long alone,
No, not in Fiddler's Green,
Balloons all filled with rain,
As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean,
And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain,
For a boy in Fiddler's Green
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6. |
Travelin' Soldier
05:45
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Two days past eighteen,
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens,
Sat down in a booth, at a café there,
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair,
He's a little shy, so she gave him a smile,
And he said, would you mind sittin' down for awhile,
And talkin' to me, I'm feelin' a little low,
She said, I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go.
So they went down and they sat on the pier,
He said, I bet you got a boyfriend, but I don't care,
I've got no one, to send a letter to,
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
Too young for him they told her,
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier,
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again,
Never more to be alone,
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home.
So the letters came from an army camp,
In California, then Vietnam,
And he told her of his heart,
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of,
He said, when it's gettin' kinda rough over here,
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier,
And I close my eyes, and see your pretty smile,
Don't worry, but I won't be able to write for awhile.
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
Too young for him they told her,
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier,
Our love will never end,
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again,
Never more to be alone,
When the letter says a soldier's coming home.
One Friday night at a football game,
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang,
A man said, folks won't you bow your heads,
For a list of local, Vietnam dead.
Cryin' all alone under the stands,
Was a piccolo player in the marching band,
And one name read, an' nobody really cared,
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair,
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
Too young for him they told her,
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier,
Our love will never end,
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again,
Never more to be alone,
When the letter says a soldier's coming...
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
Too young for him they told her,
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier,
Our love will never end,
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again,
Never more to be alone,
When the letter says a soldier's coming home.
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7. |
Day After Day
03:12
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I remember finding out about you,
Every day my mind is all around you,
Looking out from my lonely room,
Day after day,
Bring it home, baby, make it soon,
I give my love to you.
I remember holding you while you sleep,
Everyday I feel the tears that you weep,
Looking out of my lonely gloom,
Day after day,
Bring it home, baby, make it soon,
I give my love to you.
Looking out of my lonely room
Day after day,
Bring it home, baby, make it soon,
I give my love to you.
I remember finding out about you,
Every day my mind is all around you,
Looking out of my lonely gloom,
Day after day,
Bring it home, baby, make it soon,
I give my love to yoooooou.
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8. |
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You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl,
If you don't take her out tonight she's gonna change her mind,
And I will take her out tonight and I will treat her kind,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl,
If you don't treat her right, my friend you're gonna find her gone,
'Cause I will treat her right and then you'll be the lonely one,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna looooooose...
I'll make a point of taking her away from you, yeah,
The way you treat her, what else can I do.
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna looooooose...
I'll make a point of taking her away from you, yeah,
The way you treat her, what else can I do.
If you don't take her out tonight she's gonna change her mind,
And I will take her out tonight and I will treat her kind,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl,
You're gonna lose that girl.
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9. |
Sloop John B
03:05
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We come on the sloop John B,
My grandfather and me,
Around Nassau town we did roam,
Drinking all night,
Got into a fight,
Well I feel so broke up,
I wanna o go home.
So hoist up the John B sail,
See how the mainsail sets,
Call for the Captain ashore to let me go home,
Let me go home,
I wanna go home, yeah yeah,
Well I feel so broke up,
I wanna go home.
The first mate he got drunk,
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk,
The constable had to come and take him away,
Sheriff John Stone,
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah,
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore to let me go home,
Let me go home,
I wanna go home, let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home, hoist up the John B sail.
The poor cook he caught the fits,
And threw away all my grits,
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn,
Let me go home,
Why don't they let me go home?
This is the worst trip, I've ever been on.
So hoist up the John B's sail,
See how the mainsail sets,
Call for the Captain ashore to let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
Let me go home, hoist up the John B sail.
I wanna go home
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10. |
Ballad Of John & Yoko
03:07
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Standing in the dock at Southampton,
Trying to get to Holland or France.
The man in the mac said, "You've got to go back".
You know they didn't even give us a chance.
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.
Finally made the plane into Paris,
Honeymooning down by the Seine.
Peter Brown called to say,
"You can make it O.K.,
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,
Talking in our beds for a week.
The newspapers said, "Say what you doing in bed?"
I said, "We're only trying to get us some peace".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.
Saving up your money for a rainy day,
Giving all your clothes to charity.
Last night the wife said,
"Oh boy, when you're dead
You don't take nothing with you
But your soul - think!"
Made a lightning trip to Vienna,
Eating chocolate cake in a bag.
The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head,
They look just like two gurus in drag".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.
Caught the early train back to London.
Fifty acorns tied in a sack.
The men from the press said, "We wish you success,
It's good to have the both of you back".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.
The way things are going
They're going to crucify me.
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11. |
Surf City
02:29
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Two girls for every boooy,
I bought a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woodie,
[Surf City, here we come]
You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie,
[Surf City, here we come]
Well, it ain't got a back set or a rear window,
But it still gets me where I wanna goooooo...
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy.
You know they never roll the streets up 'cause there's always somethin' goin',
[Surf City, here we come]
You know they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin',
[Surf City, here we come]
And there's two swingin' honeys for every guy,
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye.
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now,
Two girls for every boy.
And if my woody breaks down on me somewhere on the surf route,
[Surf City, here we come]
I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wetsuit,
[Surf City, here we come]
And when I get to Surf City I'll be shootin' the curl,
And checkin' out the parties for a surfer girl,
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one,
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now,
Two girls for every,
Two girls for every boy
Ooooooooooooo, Ooooooooooooo, Oooooooooooooo, [fade]
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12. |
Do You Miss Me Darlin'
03:58
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What good is it?
If I can't even sing it to you?
What good is it If I can't even come out and sing it to you right now?
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
What good is it?
If I can't even bring it to you?
What good is it if I can't even come out and bring it to you right now?
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
Do you miss me darlin'? Sunday afternoon,
Do you miss me darlin'? Monday, Tuesday too,
Do you miss me darlin'? Friday morning, noon,
Do you miss me darlin'? Will you see me soon...
What good is it?
If I can't even bring it to you?
What good is it if I can't even come out and bring it to you right now?
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
'Cause talkin' won't do it and walkin' won't rush it along.
Yeaaaaah, yeaaaaaah, yeaaaaah, yeaaaaaah.
Do you miss me darlin'....?
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13. |
Rock & Roll Lullaby
04:33
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She was just 16 and all alone,
When I came to be,
So we grew up together,
My mama child and me.
Now things were bad and she was scared,
But whenever I would I would cry,
She'd calm my fears and drown my tears,
With a rock & roll lullaby.
And she'd sing, sha na na na na na na na na - It'll be alright
Sha na na na na na na na na na - just hold on tight
Sing it to me mama ma ma ma ma mama
Sing it sweet and clear, oh mama let me hear that ol' rock & roll lullaby
We made it through the lonely days,
But lord the nights were long,
And we'd dream of better mornings,
When mama sang her song.
Now I can't recall the words at all,
It don't make sense to try,
'Cause I just new lots of love came through,
In that rock & roll lullaby!
And she'd sing Sha na na na na na na na na - it'll be alright
Sha na na na na na na na na na na - just hold on tight
I can here you mama ma ma ma ma mama
Nothing eased my soul like the sound of that good ol' rock & roll lullaby
It'll be alright,
Just hold on tight,
Nothing eased my soul like the sound of that good ol' rock & roll lullaby
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh - it'll be alright
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh - Just hold on tight.
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14. |
Draggin' The Line
02:50
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Makin' a living the old hard way,
Takin' and giving by day by day,
I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine,
Draggin' the line, (draggin' the line)
My dog Sam eats purple flowers,
We ain't got much but what we got's ours,
We dig snow and rain and bright sunshine,
Draggin' the line, (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line, (draggin' the line)
I feel fine,
I'm talkin' bout peace of mind,
I'm gonna take my time,
I'm gettin' the good sign,
Draggin' the line, (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line, (draggin' the line)
Loving is free and feelin' spirit,
Of huggin' a tree when you get near it,
Diggin' the snow and the rain and the bright sunshine,
Ohhhh - Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
I feel fine I'm talkin' bout peace of mind,
I'm gonna take my time,
I'm gettin' the good sign.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
[Repeat]
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15. |
So Long Marianne
03:03
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Come over to the window my little darlin',
I'd like to try to read your palm,
I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy,
before, I let you take me home.
So long, Marianne.
It's time we began,
to laugh, and cry, and cry,
and laugh about it all again.
Well you know I'd love to live with you,
But you make me forget so very much,
I forget to pray to the angels,
And then the angels forget to pray for us.
So long, Marianne,
It's time we began,
to laugh, and cry, and cry,
And laugh about it all again.
Ooooh you, you're really such a pretty one,
I see you've gone and changed your name again,
Just when I climbed this whole mountain side,
To wash my eyelids in the rain.
So long, Marianne,
It's time we began,
to laugh, and cry, and cry,
and laugh about it ...
So long, Marianne.
So long, Marianne,
It's time we began,
to laugh, and cry, and cry,
and laugh about it ...
So long, Marianne.
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16. |
Rag Doll
03:07
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(Ooooooooooo) (Aaaaaaaaaah) (Rag Doll Ooo) (Ooooooo)
[Hand me down] When she was just a kid,
Her clothes were hand-me-downs (Hand-me-down)
They always laughed at her when she came into town,
Called her, rag doll... Little, rag doll
Such a pretty face should be dressed in lace.
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Sad rag doll] I'd change her sad rags into glad rags If I could,
[If I could] My folks won't let me cuz they say that she's no good,
She's a, rag doll, such a, rag doll, oh I love her so, I can't let her go
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oh,
Aah aah aah aah aah, Rag Doll Oooo,
I love you just they way you are,
Aah aah aah aah aah, Rag Doll Oooo,
Oooooooo, Ooooooooo, Ooooooooo,
[Repeat to fade]
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17. |
Handle With Care
03:20
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Been beat up and battered around,
Been set up, and I've been shut down,
You're the best thing that I've ever found,
Handle me with care.
Reputations changeable,
Situations tolerable,
But baby, you're adorable,
Handle me with care.
I'm so tired of being lonely,
I still have some love to give,
Won't you show me that you really care.
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on,
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on.
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled,
I've been robbed and ridiculed,
In day care centers and night schools,
Handle me with care.
Been stuck in airports, terrorized,
Sent to meetings hypnotized,
Overexposed, commercialized,
Handle me with care.
I'm so tired of being lonely,
I still have some love to give,
Won't you show me that you really care,
Everybody's, got somebody, to lean on,
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on.
I've been uptight and made a mess,
But I'll clean it up myself I guess,
Woah the sweet smell of success,
Handle me with care.
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18. |
Best Of My Love
04:23
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Every night, I'm lyin' in bed,
Holdin' you close in my dreams,
Thinkin' about all the things that we said,
And comin' apart at the seams,
We tried to talk it over,
But the words come out to rough,
I know you were tryin',
To give me the best of your love.
Beautiful faces and loud empty places,
Look at the way that we live,
Wastin' our time, on cheap talk and wine,
Left us so little to give,
That same old crowd,
Was like a cold dark cloud,
That we could never rise above,
But here in my heart, I give you the best of my love.
Ooooh sweet darlin' you get the best of my love,
Ooooh, Sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
I'm goin' back in time and it's a sweet dream,
It was a quiet night and I would be all right,
If i could go on sleepin',
But every mornin' I wake up and worry,
What's gonna happen today,
You see it your way and I'll see it mine,
But we both see it slippin' away,
You know we always had each other baby,
I guess that wasn't enough, Woah-oh,
But here in my heart, I give you the best of my love,
Oh, sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love,
Oh, sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love,
Every night and day,
You get the best of my love,
Oh, sweet darlin' you get the best of my love,
Oh, sweet darlin' you get the best of my love..
repeat to fade out
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19. |
Loving You Ain't Easy
02:38
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Hitch any ride you want to,
Do anything you wanna do,
Just keep ridin' your way.
Take anyone you want to,
Long as I can hear from you,
Just be mine in your way.
Just be mine in your way,
Just be mine in your way,
Lovin' you ain t so easy,
Would never try to please me,
But I've got time any old way,
I've got time anyway.
But you know what you know won't you do it?
And nobody, nobody knows, but it's you, oh, wo, wo, oh
Oh baby why do I?
Keep on talkin to you?
Keep on talkin to-you?
I guess I must be crazy,
Still I feel you move me,
This is all I can say.
Hitch any ride you want to,
Do anything you wanna do,
Just keep ridin' your way,
Just keep ridin' your way.
But you know what you know won't you do it?
And nobody, nobody knows, but it's you, oh, wo, wo, oh,
Oh baby why do I,
Keep a talkin to you?
Keep a talkin to-you?
Keep a talkin to-you?
[Repeat and fade]
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20. |
In My Room
02:19
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There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to,
In my room,
In my room.
In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears,
In my room,
In my room.
Do my dreaming and my scheming, lie awake and pray,
Do my crying and my sighing, laugh at yesterday.
Now it's dark and I'm alone but, I won't be afraid,
In my room,
In my room,
In my room,
In my room,
In my room,
In my room,
[Repeat and fade]
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21. |
Yes It Is
02:40
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If you wear red tonight
Remember what I said tonight
For red is the color that my baby wore
And what is more, it's true
Yes it is
Scarlet were the clothes she wore
Everybody knows I'm sure
I would remember all the things we planned
Understand, it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is
[Here's where Lennon forgets the words and makes them up as he keeps playing]
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is
Oh, yes it is, yeah
Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is
I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes it is, yes it is
Oh, yes it is, yeah
Please don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes it is, it's true
Yes it is, it's true
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22. |
Who'll Stop The Rain
02:28
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Long as I remember,
The rain's been comin' down,
Clouds of mystery fallin'
Confusion on the ground,
Good men through the ages
Tryin' to find the sun,
And I wonder,
Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.
I went down Virginia,
Seekin' shelter from the storm,
Caught up in the fable,
I watched the tower grow,
Five-year plans and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains,
And I wonder,
Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.
Heard the singers sayin',
Now we cheered for more,
The crowd had rushed together,
Tryin' to keep warm,
Still the rain kept fallin',
Fallin' on my ears.
And I wonder,
Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.
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Mike Cederberg Mississauga, Ontario
Started playing the guitar when I was 10 - took a 6 week crash course and was self-taught from there on. Played in a few
bands but always played. Technology has now allowed me to record my versions of songs and instead of just hearing the harmonies and other instruments in my head, I could now add them!
I hope you enjoy these songs!
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