Songbook

American Pie

A long, long time ago

I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

And I knew if I had my chance

That I could make those people dance

And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver

With every paper I'd deliver

Bad news on the doorstep

I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried

When I read about his widowed bride

But something touched me deep inside

The day the music died

So bye, bye, Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

Singin' this'll be the day that I die

This'll be the day that I die

Did you write the book of love

And do you have faith in God above

If the Bible tells you so?

Now do you believe in rock and roll?

Can music save your mortal soul?

And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him

'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym

You both kicked off your shoes

Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck

With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

But I knew I was out of luck

The day the music died

[Chorus]

Now for ten years we've been on our own

And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone

But that's not how it used to be

When the jester sang for the king and queen

In a coat he borrowed from James Dean

And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down

The jester stole his thorny crown

The courtroom was adjourned

No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx

The quartet practiced in the park

And we sang dirges in the dark

The day the music died

[Chorus]

Helter skelter in a summer swelter

The birds flew off with a fallout shelter

Eight miles high and falling fast

It landed foul on the grass

The players tried for a forward pass

With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume

While the sergeants played a marching tune

We all got up to dance

Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field

The marching band refused to yield

Do you recall what was revealed

The day the music died?

[Chorus]

Oh, and there we were all in one place

A generation lost in space

With no time left to start again

So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

My hands were clenched in fists of rage

No angel born in Hell

Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night

To light the sacrificial rite

I saw Satan laughing with delight

The day the music died

[Chorus]

I met a girl who sang the blues

And I asked her for some happy news

But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store

Where I'd heard the music years before

But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed

The lovers cried and the poets dreamed

But not a word was spoken

The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most

The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost

They caught the last train for the coast

The day the music died

Barrett's Privateers

Oh, the year was 1778, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. A letter of marque came from the king, To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen,

Chorus:

God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold

We'd fire no guns-shed no tears

Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier

The last of Barrett's Privateers.

Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. For twenty brave men all fishermen who

would make for him the Antelope's crew

[Chorus]

The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.

She'd a list to the port and her sails in rags

And the cook in scuppers with the staggers and the jags

[Chorus]

On the King's birthday we put to sea, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. We were 91 days to Montego Bay Pumping like madmen all the way

[Chorus]

On the 96th day we sailed again, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight

With our cracked four pounders we made to fight

[Chorus]

The Yankee lay low down with gold, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.

She was broad and fat and loose in the stays

But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days

[Chorus]

Then at length we stood two cables away, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.

Our cracked four pounders made an awful din

But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in [Chorus]

The Antelope shook and pitched on her side, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs And the Maintruck carried off both me legs

[Chorus]

So here I lay in my 23rd year, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. It's been 6 years since we sailed away And I just made Halifax yesterday

[Chorus]

Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide no escape from reality

Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come, easy go

Little high, little low

Any way the wind blows

Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man

Put a gun against his head pulled a trigger, now he's dead

Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Mama, ooh

Didn't mean to make you cry

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come

Sends shivers down my spine

Body's aching all the time

Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Mama, ooh

I don't want to die

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

Thunderbolt and lightning very, very frightening

(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo

Galileo Figaro

Magnifico-o-o-o-o

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me

He's just a poor boy from a poor family

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go (Let him go!)

Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let him go!)

Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let me go!)

Will not let you go (Let me go!)

Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go)

Oh oh oh oh

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go)

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?

So you think you can love me and leave me to die?

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Nothing really matters

Anyone can see

Nothing really matters

Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows...

The Boxer

I am just a poor boy

Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance

For a pocketful of mumbles

Such are promises

All lies and jest

Still, a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family

I was no more than a boy

In the company of strangers

In the quiet of a railway station

Running scared

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters

Where the ragged people go

Looking for the places only they would know

Lie-la-lie...

Asking only workman's wages

I come looking for a job

But I get no offers

Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there

Lie-la-lie...

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

And wishing I was gone, Going home

Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Leading me Going home

In the clearing stands a boxer

And a fighter by his trade

And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down

OR cut him 'til he cried out

In his anger and his shame

"I am leaving, I am leaving"

But the fighter still remains

Lie-la-lie…

“The Bridge Song”

Los barandales del puente

Se estremecen cuando paso

Morena mía, dame un abrazo

Dame tu mano morena

Para subir al tranvía

Que está cayendo la nieve fría

Si está cayendo que caiga

Que caiga poco a poquito

Morena mía, dame un besito

(Musical interlude)

De todas a ti te quiero

De las demás a ninguna

Morena mía, luz de la luna

De todas a ti te quiero

De las demás no hago caso

Morena mía, dame un abrazo

Por debajo de aquel puente

Corre el agua y nacen flores

Morena mía, de mis amores

Ya con esta me despido

Entre perfumes de azahares

¡Y aquí se acaban los barandales!

Build Me Up Buttercup

Chorus:

Why do you build me up (build me up)

Buttercup, baby

Just to let me down (let me down)

And mess me around

And then worst of all (worst of all)

You never call, baby

When you say you will (say you will)

But I love you still

I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'

You know that I have from the start

So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again

But you're late, I wait around and then (bahdah-dah)

I went to the door, I can't take any more It's not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find (Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy

(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home

I'll be beside the phone waiting for you

Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Chorus]

Butcher Boy

In London City where I did dwell

A butcher boy I loved right well

He courted me my life away

And now with me he will not stay

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain

I wish I was a maid again

But a maid again I ne’er be Till cherries grow on an ivy tree

I wish my baby it was born

And smiling on its daddy's knee

And me poor girl to be dead and gone With the long green grass growing over me

She went upstairs to go to bed

And calling to her mother said Bring me a chair till I sit down And a pen and ink till I write this down

At every word she shed a tear

And every line cried, “Willie dear.

Oh, what a foolish girl was I

To be led astray by a butcher boy.”

He went upstairs and the door he broke

He found her hanging from a rope

He took his knife and he cut her down

And in her pocket these words he found

"Oh make my grave large, wide and deep

Put a marble stone at my head and feet

And in the middle a turtle dove

So the world may know I died of love"

Candle in the Wind

Goodbye Norma Jean

Though I never knew you at all

You had the grace to hold yourself

While those around you crawled

They crawled out of the woodwork

And they whispered into your brain

They set you on the treadmill

And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your life

Like a candle in the wind

Never knowing who to cling to

When the rain set in

And I would have liked to have known you

But I was just a kid

Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough

The toughest role you ever played

Hollywood created a superstar

And pain was the price you paid

Even when you died

Oh the press still hounded you

All the papers had to say

Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

[Chorus]

Goodbye Norma Jean

Though I never knew you at all

You had the grace to hold yourself

While those around you crawled

Goodbye Norma Jean

From the young man in the 22nd row

Who sees you as something more than sexual

More than just our Marilyn Monroe

[Chorus]

Danny Boy

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen, and down the mountain side

The summer's gone, and all the roses falling It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow

[Live version:] And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

But when ye come, and all the flow'rs are dying

If I am dead, as dead I well may be You'll come and find the place where I am lying

And kneel and say an ave there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me

And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be For you will bend and tell me that you love me

And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.

Dirty Old Town

I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, Dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon

Cats are prowling on their beat

Spring's a girl for on the streets at night

Dirty old town, Dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks

Saw a train set the night on fire

I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town, Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

Will chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town, Dirty old town

I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

Kissed a girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, Dirty old town

Drunken Sailor

What do you do with a drunken sailor (4X) Ear-lye in the morning

Whoo yay and up she rises (4X) Ear-lye in the morning

Shave his belly with a rusty razor…

Put him in the hold with the Captain's daughter

Throw him in the lock-up 'til he's sober…

That’s what you do with a drunken sailor…

Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling

Michael, they have taken you away,

For you stole Trevelyan's corn, So the young might see the morn. Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Chorus:

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where once we watched the small free birds fly

Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free Against the famine and the Crown, I rebelled, they cut me down. Now you must raise our child with dignity.

[Chorus]

By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling

As that prison ship sailed out against the sky Sure she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.

[Chorus]

Flower Of Scotland

O Flower of Scotland, When will we see Your like again, That fought and died for This wee bit Hill and Glen

Chorus:

And stood against him (against who?), Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward, To think again.

The Hills are bare now, And Autumn leaves

lie thick and still, O'er land that is lost now, Which those so dearly held,

[Chorus]

Those days are past now, And in the past they must remain, But we can still rise now, And be the nation again,

[Chorus]

Goodnight Irene

Irene, goodnight; Irene, goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams

Last Saturday night I got married

Me and my man settled down Now me and my old man are parted I'm gonna take a stroll downtown

[Chorus]

Sometimes I live in the country

Sometimes I live in town

Sometimes I have a great notion

To jump in the river and drown

[Chorus]

Heart of My Heart

Heart of my heart, I love that melody

Heart of my heart brings back a memory

When we were kids on the corner of the street

We were rough and ready guys

But oh, how we could harmonize

Heart of my heart meant friends were dearer then

Too bad we had to part I know a tear would glisten if once more I

could listen to that gang that sang Heart of my heart

Ilkley Moor Bah T’at

*Whear 'ast tha bin sin' I saw thee (I saw thee)

On Ilkley Moor bah t'at

Whear 'ast tha bin sin' I saw thee?

Whear 'ast tha bin sin' I saw thee?

On Ilklley Moor bah t'at

On Ilklley Moor bah t'at

On Ilklley Moor bah t'at

*Other verses:

Tha's been a-coortin' Mary Jane

Tha's bahn' to catch thy deeath o' cowld

Then we will ha' to bury thee

Then t'worms'll come an' eyt thee oop

Then t'ducks'll come an' eyt up t'worms

Then we shall go an' eyt up t'ducks

Then we will all have etten thee

I’m Into Something Good

Woke up this morning feelin' fine

There's something special on my mind

Last night I met a new girl in the neighborhood, whoa yeah

Something tells me I'm into something good

(Something tells me I'm into something)

She's the kind of girl who's not too shy

And I can tell I'm her kind of guy

She danced close to me like I hoped she would

(She danced with me like I hoped she would)

Something tells me I'm into something good…

We only danced for a minute or two

But then she stuck close to me the whole night through

Can I be fallin' in love?

(She's everything I've been dreamin' of)

She's everything I've been dreamin' of

I walked her home and she held my hand

I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand

So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could

(I asked to see her and she told me I could)

Something tells me I'm into something good…

In My Life

There are places I'll remember

All my life though some have changed

Some forever not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places had their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more

Leaving on a Jet Plane

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go

I'm standing here outside your door

I hate to wake you up to say good-bye

But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn

The taxi's waiting he's blowing his horn

Already I'm so lonesome I could die

Chorus:

So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane

Don't know when I'll be back again

Oh, babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down

So many times I've played around I tell you now they don't mean a thing

Every place I go I'll think of you

Every song I sing I'll sing for you

When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

[Chorus]

Now the time has come to leave you

One more time let me kiss you

Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way

Dream about the days to come when I won't have to leave alone

About the times I won't have to say

[Chorus]

Leaving of Liverpool

Farewell to Princes' landing stage

River Mersey fare fare thee well I am bound for California, a place I know right well

Chorus:

So fare thee well my own true love

When I return united we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me

But my darling when I think of thee

Farewell to Lower Frederick Street, Anson Terrace and Park Lane

I am bound away for to leave you and I'll never see you again

[Chorus]

I am bound for California by way of stormy Cape Horn

And I will write to thee a letter, love, when I am homeward bound

[Chorus]

I've sailed on a Yankee clipper ship, "Davy Crockett" is her name

And Burgess is the captain of her and they say that she's a floating shame

[Chorus]

Loch Lomond

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,

Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond

Where me and my true love were ever wont to be,

On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Chorus:

O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,

And I'll be in Scotland afore ye.

But me and my true love will never meet again,

On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

I mind where we parted on yon shady glen, On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomond. Where in purple hues, the Heiland hills we viewed,

And the moon shinin' out from the gloamin'.

[Chorus]

The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring,

And in sunshine the waters are sleeping: The broken heart will ken nae second spring again,

And the world does not know how we're grievin'.

Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool

I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool

And I'll do anything you say, I'll be your clown or your puppet or your April fool

If you'll be my sunshine daisy from LA, I'll be your leprechaun and sit upon an old toadstool,

I'll serenade you till I'm old and grey, I'll be your long-haired lover from Liverpool,

You'll be my sunshine daisy from LA.

You'll be my lovely daisy on a mountainside, There are lots of other flowers too, But all the other flowers hung their heads and cried,

Because the loveliest of all them was you, But you were evidently the exception to the rule,

I picked you quickly then I ran away, 'Cos I'm your long-haired lover from Liverpool,

You are my sunshine daisy from LA.

Marching on Together

Here we go with Leeds United, We're gonna give the boys a hand, Stand up and sing for Leeds united, They are the greatest in the land

Everyday, we're all gonna say, We love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

Everywhere, we're gonna be there, We, love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

Marching On Together, We're gonna see you win, Na na na na na na, We are so proud, We shout it out loud we love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

We've been through it all together, And we've had our ups and downs

We're gonna stay with you forever, At least until the world stops going round

Everyday, we're all gonna say we love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

Everywhere, we're gonna be there, We, love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

The Mermaid

On Friday morn when we set sail and our ship not far from land

We there did espy on a fair mermaid, with a comb and a glass in her hand her hand her hand

With a comb and a glass in her hand

Chorus:

Well the raging seas did roar and the stormy winds did blow

While we jolly sailor boys were up were up aloft

And the landlubbers lying down below, below, below And the landlubbers lying down below

Then up stood the captain of our gallant gallant ship, and a fine, fine man was he I have married a wife in fair Bristol town and tonight she a widow will be will will be will be

And tonight she a widow will be

[Chorus]

Then up stood the little cabin-boy, and a fair haired boy was he

“I’ve a mother and father in old london town and tonight they'll weep for me"

[Chorus]

Then three times 'round went our gallant gallant ship, and three times 'round went she

Then three times 'round went our gallant ship and she sank to the bottom of the sea

Molly Malone

In Dublin's fair city where the girls are so pretty

I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone

As she wheeled her wheel-barrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying, cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

Alive, alive, oh

Alive, alive, oh

Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

She was a fishmonger

And sure 'twas no wonder

For so were her father and mother before

And they each wheeled their barrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying, cockles and mussels…

She died of a fever

And no one could save her

And that was the end of sweet Molly

Malone

Now her ghost wheels her barrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Crying, cockles and mussels…

Moonshadow

Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow

Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow

And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,

Oh if I ever lose my hands,

Oh ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay I won't have to work no more.

And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,

Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay I won't have to cry no more.

I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow...

And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,

Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay I won't have to walk no more.

And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south, Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay I won't have to talk...

Did it take long to find me? I asked the faithful light.

Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna stay the night?

I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow...

Mountains of Mourne

Oh, Mary, this London's a wonderful sight With people here working by day and by night

They don't sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat

But there's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street

At least when I asked them, that's what I was told

So I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold

But for all that I've found there, I might as well be

Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea

Remember young Peter O'Loughlin, of course,

Well, he's over here at the head of the force. I saw him today as I was crossin' the strand

And he held up the world with one wave of his hand

And as we stood talkin' of days that are gone

The whole population of London looked on But for all his great powers he'd much rather be

Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea

There's beautiful girls here, Oh shush, never mind

In beautiful shapes nature never designed

And lovely complexions all roses and cream,

But O'Loughlin remarked with regard to the same:

That if one of those roses you’d venture to sip,

The colours would all come away on your lips

So I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me

Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace, Molly is the singer in a band.

Desmond says to Molly, "Girl, I like your face,"

And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand:

Obladi, Oblada, life goes on

La la la la life goes on.

Obladi, Oblada, life goes on

La la la la life goes on.

Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweler's store,

Buys a twenty carat golden ring.

Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door, And as he gives it to her she begins to sing:

Obladi, Oblada…

In a couple of years,

They have built a home sweet home. With a couple of kids running in the yard

Of Desmond and Molly Jones.

Happy ever after in the marketplace, Desmond lets the children lend a hand.

Molly stays at home and does her pretty face,

and in the evening she still sings it with the band.

Obladi, Oblada…

Pancho and Lefty

Livin’ on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean

Now you wear your skin like iron

Your breath as hard as kerosene

You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seemed

She began to cry when you said goodbye

And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel

He wore his gun outside his pants

For all the honest world to feel

Pancho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in Mexico

Nobody heard his dyin words, ah but that's the way it goes

All the Federales say, they could've had him any day

They only let him slip away, out of kindness, I suppose

Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to

The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio

Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows

All the Federales say...

The poets tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotels

The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold

And so the story ends, we're told Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too

He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old

All the Federales say...

Piano Man

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me

Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son can you play me a memory

I'm not really sure how it goes

But it's sad and it's sweet

And I knew it complete

When I wore a younger man's clothes."

Chorus:

Sing us a song you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well we're all in the mood for a melody

And you've got us feeling alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

He gets me my drinks for free

And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."

As a smile ran away from his face

"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star

If I could get out of this place."

Now Paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy

And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness"

But it's better than drinking alone

[Chorus]

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see

To forget about life for a while

And the piano it sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar

And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"

[Chorus]

Piper to the End

When I leave this world behind me

To another I will go And if there are no pipes in heaven I'll be going down below

If friends in time be severed Someday we will meet again I'll return to leave you never Be a piper to the end

This has been a day to die for Now the day is almost done Up above a quiet seabird Turns to face the setting sun

Now the evening dove is calling And all the hills are burning red And before the night comes falling Clouds are lined with golden thread

We watched the fires together Shared our quarters for a while Walked the dusty roads together

Came so many miles

This has been a day to die on Now the day is almost done Here the pipes will lay beside me

Silent with the battle drum

If friends in time be severed

Someday we will meet again

I'll return to leave you never

Be a piper to the end

Puff the Magic Dragon

Chorus:

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff

And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail

Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came

Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name

[Chorus]

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys

One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain

Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane

Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave

So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave

[Chorus]

Raglan Road

On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare That I might one day rue

I saw the danger, yet I passed Along the enchanted way And I said, "Let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day"

On Grafton Street in November We tripped lightly along the ledge Of a deep ravine where can be seen The worth of passions pledged

The 'Queen of Hearts' still making tarts

And I not making hay

Oh, I loved too much and by such, by such Is happiness thrown away

I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign That's known to the artists who have known The true gods of sound and stone

And word and tint I did not stint For I gave her poems to say With her own name there and her own dark hair

Like clouds over fields of May

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet I see her walking now Away from me so hurriedly My reason must allow

That I had loved not as I should A creature made of clay

When the angel woos the clay He'll lose his wings at dawn of day

Rhinestone Cowboy

I've been walkin' these streets so long

Singin' the same old song

I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway

Where hustle's the name of the game

And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain

Chorus:

There's been a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain

And a smile can hide all the pain

But you're down when you're ridin' the train

That's takin' the long way

And I dream of the things I'll do

With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe

[Chorus]

The River

I come from down in the valley

Where, mister, when you're young

They bring you up to do like your daddy done

Me and Mary we met in high school

When she was just seventeen

We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd dive

Oh, down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant

And, man, that was all she wrote

And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat

We went down to the courthouse

And the judge put it all to rest

No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle

No flowers, no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river…

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company

But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

Now all them things that seemed so important

Well, mister, they vanished right into the air

Now I just act like I don't remember

And Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

At night on them banks I'd lie awake

And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take

Now those memories come back to haunt me

They haunt me like a curse

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true

Or is it something worse

That sends me down to the river

Though I know the river is dry

That sends me down to the river tonight

Ah-yah-yah

Save the Last Dance for Me

You can dance

Every dance with the guy

Who gave you the eye

Let him hold you tight

You can smile

Every smile for the man

Who held your hand

'Neath the pale moonlight

Chorus:

But don't forget who's taking you home

And in whose arms you're gonna be

So darlin'

Save the last dance for me, mmm

Oh I know

That the music is fine

Like sparkling wine

Go and have your fun

Laugh and sing

But while we're apart

Don't give your heart

To anyone

[Chorus]

Baby don't you know I love you so?

Can't you feel it when we touch?

I will never, never let you go I love you oh so much

You can dance

Go and carry on

Till the night is gone

And it's time to go

But if he asks

If you're all alone

Can he take you home

You must tell him no

[Chorus]

Shenandoah

Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, you rolling river, Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, I'm bound away, across the wide Missouri.

Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away, you rolling river

It's been seven long years since I saw her…

Shenandoah, I took a notion

To sail across the stormy ocean… The missouri she's a mighty river

When she rolls down her topsails quiver…

Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you

Oh shenandoah, I'll not deceive you…

Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you…

Skye Boat Song

Chorus:

Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing

Onward the sailors cry

Carry the lad that's born to be king

Over the sea to Skye

Loud the wind howls

Loud the waves roar

Thunderclaps rend the air

Baffled our foes

Stand by the shore

Follow they will not dare

[Chorus]

Many's the lad fought on that day

Well the claymore did wield

When the night came Silently lain

Dead on Colloden field

[Chorus]

Though the waves heave Soft will ye sleep

Ocean's a royal bed

Rocked in the deep Flora will keep

Watch by your weary head

Streets of London

Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes?

In his eyes you see no pride Hand held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

Chorus:

So how can you tell me you're lonely, And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand and walk you through the streets of London

I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags? She's no time for talking, She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

In the all night cafe

At a quarter past eleven, Same old man is sitting there on his own Looking at the world

Over the rim of his tea-cup, Each tea lasts an hour Then he wanders home alone

[Chorus]

Have you seen the old man Outside the Seaman's Mission

Memory fading with the medals that he wears

In our winter city, The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care

Sweet Caroline

Where it began I can't begin to knowin' But then I know it's growin' strong

Was in the spring

And spring became the summer Who'd have believed you'd come along

Hands, touchin' hands

Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you

Chorus:

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good I've been inclined

To believe they never would

But now I...

...look at the night

And it don't seem so lonely

We fill it up with only two

And when I hurt Hurtin' runs off my shoulders

How can I hurt when holdin' you?

Warm, touchin' warm

Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you

[Chorus]

Take me Home Country Roads

Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Chorus: Country roads, take me home to the place I belong

West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads

All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

(Chorus)

I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away

And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

(Chorus)

These are my Mountains

For fame and for fortune I’ve traveled the earth

And now I've returned to the place of my birth

I've brought back my treasures but only to find

They're less than the pleasures I first left behind

For these are my mountains and this is my glen

The braes of my childhood will know me again

No land's ever claimed me tho' far I did roam

For these are my mountains and I'm going home

Thunder Road

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways

Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

Hey, that's me, and I want you only

Don't turn me home again

I just can't face myself alone again

Don't run back inside

Darling, you know just what I'm here for

So you're scared, and you're thinking

That maybe we ain't that young anymore

Show a little faith, there's magic in the night

You ain't a beauty, but, hey, you're alright

Oh, and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain

Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain

Waste your summer praying in vain

For a saviour to rise from these streets

Well now, I'm no hero, that's understood

All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood

With a chance to make it good somehow

Hey what else can we do now?

Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair

Well the night's busting open

These two lanes will take us anywhere

We got one last chance to make it real

To trade in these wings on some wheels

Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks

Oh-oh come take my hand

We're riding out tonight to case the promised land

Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road

Lying out there like a killer in the sun

Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run

Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold

Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk

And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk

From your front porch to my front seat

The door's open but the ride it ain't free

And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken

But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken

There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away

They haunt this dusty beach road

In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets

They scream your name at night in the street

Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind

So Mary, climb in It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win

True Colors

You with the sad eyes

Don't be discouraged though I realize It's hard to take courage in a world full of people

You can lose sight of it all and the darkness inside you can make you feel so small

Chorus:

But I see your true colors shining through I see your true colors and that's why I love you

So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors, true colors, are beautiful Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then don't be unhappy

Can't remember when I last saw you laughing

If this world makes you crazy and you've taken all you can bear You call me up because you know I'll be there

[Chorus]

Two Little Boys

Two little boys had two little toys

Each had a wooden horse Gaily they’d play each summer's day Warriors both of course

One little chap then had a mishap Broke off his horse's head

Wept for his toy then cried with joy

As his young playmate said:

"Did you think I would leave you crying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Jack and don't be crying I can go just as fast with two When we grow up we'll both be soldiers And our horses will not be toys And I wonder if we'll remember When we were two little boys"

Long years passed, war came so fast Bravely the marched away Cannon roared loud, and in the mad crowd Wounded and dying lay Up goes a shout, a horse dashes out Out from the ranks so blue Gallops away to where Joe lay Then came a voice he knew:

"Did you think I would leave you dying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying I can go just as fast with two Can you see Joe I'm all a-tremble Perhaps it's the battle's noise

But I think it's that I remember When we were two little boys

The Water is Wide

Chorus:

The water is wide, I cannot cross over And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I

A ship she sails and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep as deep can be

But not so deep as the love I'm in

I know not if I sink or swim

[Chorus]

I leaned my back against a young oak

Thinking he were a trusty tree

But first he bended and then he broke

So did my love prove false to me

I reached my hand into a bush

Thinking the sweetest flower to find

I pricked my finger to the bone

And left the fairest flower behind

[Chorus]

Oh love is handsome and love be kind

And love’s a jewel when first it is new

But love grows old and waxes cold

And fades away like the morning dew

O Waley Waley up the bank

And waley waley down the brae

And waly waly down yonder street

Where I and my first love did gae

When I’m Sixty-Four

When I get older losing my hair

Many years from now

Will you still be sending me a Valentine

Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the door?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty four?

You'll be older too

And if you say the word I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse

When your lights have gone

You can knit a sweater by the fireside

Sunday mornings go for a ride

Doing the garden, digging the weeds

Who could ask for more?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight

If it's not too dear

We shall scrimp and save

Grandchildren on your knee

Vera, Chuck and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line

Stating point of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Mine forevermore

Will you still need me, will you still feed me

When I'm sixty four?

Ho!

Where Do You Go To My Lovely

You talk like Marlene Dietrich

And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire

Your clothes are all made by Balmain

And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes, there are

You live in a fancy apartment

Off the Boulevard St. Michel

Where you keep your Rolling Stones records

And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do

Chorus:

But where do you go to, my lovely

When you're alone in your bed?

Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes, I do

I've seen all your qualifications

You got from the Sorbonne

And the painting you stole from Picasso

Your loveliness goes on and on, yes, it does

When you go on your summer vacation

You go to Juan-les-Pins

With your carefully designed topless swimsuit

You get an even suntan on your back, and on your legs

And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz

With the others of the jet set

And you sip your Napoleon brandy

But you never get your lips wet, no, you don't

[Chorus]

Your name it is heard in high places

You know the Aga Khan

He sent you a race horse for Christmas

And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, haha-ha

They say that when you get married

It'll be to a millionaire

But they don't realize where you came from

And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn

[Chorus]

I remember the back streets of Naples

Two children begging in rags

Both touched with a burning ambition

To shake off their lowly-born tags, they tried

So look into my face, Marie-Claire

And remember just who you are

Then go and forget me forever

But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes, you do

I know where you go to, my lovely

When you're alone in your bed

I know the thoughts that surround you

'Cause I can look inside your head

Wildflowers

Chorus:

You belong among the wildflowers

You belong in a boat out at sea

Sail away, kill off the hours

You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover

Go away somewhere all bright and new

I have seen no other

Who compares with you

[Chorus]

Run away, go find a lover

Run away, let your heart be your guide

You deserve the deepest of cover

You belong in that home by and by

You belong among the wildflowers

You belong somewhere close to me

Far away from your trouble and worry

You belong somewhere you feel free

You belong somewhere you feel free

Wild Rover

I've been a wild rover for many's a year, And I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer

And now I'm returning with gold in great store,

And I never will play the wild rover no more

Chorus:

And it's no, nay, never, no nay never no more

And I'll play the wild rover, no never no more

I went to an alehouse I used to frequent, And I told the landlady my money was spent

I asked her for credit, she answered me, "Nay", Saying, "Custom like yours I can have any day"

[Chorus]

I took from my pocket ten sovereigns bright,

And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight

She said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the best,

And the words that I told you were only in jest"

[Chorus]

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done,

And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son

And when they have kissed me as oft-times before,

I never will play the wild rover no more

[Chorus]

Wild World

Now that I've lost everything to you

You say you wanna start something new

And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin'

Baby, I'm grievin'

But if you wanna leave, take good care

I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear

But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Chorus:

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world

It's hard to get by just upon a smile

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world

I'll always remember you like a child, girl

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do

And it's breakin' my heart in two

Because I never wanna see you sad girl

Don't be a bad girl

But if you wanna leave, take good care

Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there

But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware, beware

[Chorus]

Yellow Submarine

In the town where I was born

Lived a man who sailed to sea

And he told us of his life

In the land of submarines

So we sailed up to the sun

'Til we found the sea of green

And we lived beneath the waves

In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine.

We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine.

And our friends are all aboard

Many more of them live next door

And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine…

Full speed ahead, Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead!

Full speed it is, Sergeant!

Cut the cable, drop the cable!

Aye-aye, sir, aye-aye!

Captain, Captain!

As we live a life of ease

Everyone of us has all we need

Sky of blue and sea of green

In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine…

You are my Sunshine

Chorus:

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are grey

You never know, dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away

The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping

I dreamt I held you in my arms

When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken

So I hung my head, and I cried

[Chorus]

I'll always love you and make you happy

If you will only say the same

But if you leave me to love another

You'll regret it all one day

You Were Always on my Mind

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often as I could have

And maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good as I should have

If I made you feel second best

Girl I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

And maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely, lonely times

I guess I never told you

I'm so happy that you're mine

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

But you were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Tell me

Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died

And give me

Give me one more chance

To keep you satisfied

I'll keep you satisfied

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

But you were always on my mind…

You’ll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through the storm

Hold your head up high

And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind

Walk on, through the rain

Though your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone