The Essential James Taylor

Disc 1

1. Something In The Way She Moves

   Something In The Way She Moves

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   There is a young cowboy lives on the range
   His horse and his cattle they’re his only companions
   He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
   Just waiting for summer his pastures to change
   Yes, and as the moon rises he sits by his fire
   Just thinking about women and glasses of beer
   And closing his eyes as the dogies retire
   He sings out a song which is soft but it’s clear
   Just as if maybe someone could hear

   He says good night all you moonlight ladies
   Rockabye sweet baby James
   Deep greens and blues for the colors I choose
   Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
   Oh, and rockabye sweet baby James

   Now the first of December it was covered with snow
   Yes, and so was the Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
   Oh, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike
   On account of that frosting
   With 10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go, you know

   There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway
   A song that they sing when they take to the sea
   A song that they sing of their home in the sky
   Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
   Just that singing seemed to work fine for me

   So, good night all you moonlight ladies
   Rockabye my sweet baby James
   Deep greens and blues for the colors I choose
   Won’t you let me go down in my dreams
   Oh, and rockabye my sweet baby James

2. Fire and Rain

   Fire and Rain

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   Just yesterday morning
   They let me know you were gone
   Suzanne, the plans we made put an end to you
   I walked out this morning
   And I wrote down this song
   Just can’t remember who to send it to

   I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you again

   Won’t you look down on me, Jesus
   You’ve got to help me to make a stand
   You just got to see me through another day
   My body’s aching
   And my time is at hand
   And I won’t make it any other way

   Oh, I have seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you again

   So I’ve been walking my mind to an easy time
   My back turned towards the sun
   Lord knows the cold wind blows
   It’ll turn your head around
   Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line
   Talkin’ about things to come
   Sweet dreams and flying machines
   in pieces on the ground

   Oh, I have seen fire and I’ve seen rain
   I’ve seen sunny days I thought they’d never end
   I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
   But I always thought I’d see you somehow
   one more time again
   Thought I’d see you one more time again
   There’s just a few things coming my way
   this time around
   Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you,
   fire and rain
   Thought I’d see you just one more time,
   Suzanne

3. Long Ago and Far Away

   Long Ago and Far Away

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   Long ago a young man sits
   And plays his waiting game
   Things are not the same it seems
   As in such tender dreams

   Slowly passing sailing ships
   And Sunday afternoons
   Like people on the moon I see
   Are things not meant to be

   Where do those golden rainbows end
   Why is this song so sad
   These are the dreams I’ve dreamed my friend
   Loving the love I love to love
   Is just a word I’ve heard
   When things are being said

   Stories my poor head has told me
   Cannot stand the cold
   And in between what might have been
   And what has come to pass
   A misbegotten guess alas
   And bits of broken glass

   Where do your golden rainbows end
   Why is the song I sing so sad
   Dreaming the dreams I’ve dreamed my friend
   Loving the love I love to love
   To love to love to love

   Oh no no no no

4. You’ve Got a Friend

   You’ve Got a Friend

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   When you’re down and troubled
   And you need some loving care
   And nothing
   Oh, nothing is going right

   Just close your eyes and think of me
   Yes, and soon I will be there
   To brighten up
   Oh, even your darkest nights

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running
   To see you again

   It’s winter, spring, summer or fall
   Now all you got to do is call on me
   And I will be there, yeah, yes, I’ll be there
   You’ve got a friend

   If the sky high above you
   Should grow dark and full of clouds
   And that old cold north wind
   Should begin to blow

   Just keep your poor head together now
   And call my name out loud, you know
   Pretty soon
   I’ll be knocking on your door

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running
   To see you again

   It’s winter, spring summer or fall
   Really, all you got to do is call
   And I’ll be there
   You know I’ll be there

   Oh, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
   When people can be so cold
   They’ll hurt you, yes, and desert you
   Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them
   But don’t you let them

   You just call out my name
   And you know wherever I am
   I’ll come running like as fast as I can
   To see you again

   Oh, yes, don’t you know about that

   Winter, spring, summer or fall
   Oh, all you’ve got to do is call
   And I will be there
   Yeah, yes, I’ll be there
   You’ve got a friend
   You’ve got a friend
   Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
   Walking and talking and everything friend
   Well, I said everybody here tonight in Pittsfield
   No matter how low you may go sometimes
   Ought to take some consolation in one thing, oh, yeah
   Ain’t it good to know
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   You’ve got a friend

5. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

   Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

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   Do me wrong, do me right
   Tell me lies but hold me tight
   Save your goodbyes for the morning light
   But don’t let me be lonely tonight

   Say goodbye and say hello
   Sure enough good to see you, but it’s time to go
   Don’t say yes, but please don’t say no
   I don’t want to be lonely tonight

   Go away then damn you
   Go on and do as you please, yeah
   You ain’t gonna see me getting down on my knees
   Undecided and your heart’s been divided
   You’ve been turning my world upside down

   Do me wrong, do me right right now baby
   Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight
   Save your goodbyes for the morning light, morning light
   But don’t let me be lonely tonight

   I don’t want to, I don’t need to
   I can’t stand it, I don’t have to
   I don’t want to be lonely tonight

   I don’t want to be lonely tonight

   No…..

6. Walking Man

   Walking Man

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   Moving in silent desperation
   Keeping an eye on the Holy Land
   A hypothetical destination
   Say, who is this walking man?

   Well, the leaves have come to turning
   And the goose has gone to fly
   And bridges are for burning
   So don’t you let that yearning
   Pass you by
   Walking man, walking man walks
   Well, any other man stops and talks
   But the walking man walks

   Well the frost is on the pumpkin
   And the hay is in the barn
   And Pappy’s come to rambling on
   Stumbling around drunk
   Down on the farm

   And the walking man walks
   Doesn’t know nothing at all
   Any other man stops and talks
   But the walking man walks on by
   Walk on by

   Most everybody’s got seed to sow
   It ain’t always easy for a weed to grow, oh no
   So he don’t hoe the row for no one
   Oh for sure he’s always missing
   And something is never quite right
   Ah, but who would want to listen to you
   Kissing his existence good night

   Walking man walk on by my door
   Well, any other man stops and talks
   But not the walking man
   He’s the walking man
   Born to walk
   Walk on walking man
   Well now, would he have wings to fly
   Would he be free
   Golden wings against the sky
   Walking man, walk on by
   So long, walking man, so long

7. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

   How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

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

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

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

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

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

   You were better to me than I was to myself
   For me, there’s you and there ain’t nobody else
   I want to stop (stop) so I could thank you baby
   I just want to stop (stop) to thank you baby

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

   How sweet it is…

   And it feels just about right

   Ohhh…..

   Just to be loved
   Just to be loved by you, baby, yeah

8. Mexico

   Mexico

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   Way down here
   You need a reason to move
   Feel like a fool
   Running your stateside games
   Lose your load,
   Leave your mind behind, Baby James

   Oh, Mexico
   It sounds so simple I just got to go
   The sun’s so hot I forgot to go home
   Guess I’ll have to go now

   “Americano” got the sleepy damn eye
   But his body’s still shaking
   Like a live wire
   Sleepy “Señorita”
   with the eyes on fire

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

   Baby’s hungry
   Money’s all gone
   The folks back home
   Don’t want to talk on the phone
   She gets a long letter,
   Sends back a postcard; times are hard

   Oh, down in Mexico
   I never really been so I don’t really know
   Oh, Mexico
   I guess I’ll have to go

   Oh, Mexico
   I never really been but I’d sure like to go
   Oh, Mexico
   I guess I’ll have to go now

   Talkin’ down in Mexico

9. Shower the People

   Shower the People

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   You can play the game
   You can act out the part
   Though you know it wasn’t written for you
   Tell me how do you stand there
   With your broken heart
   All ashamed of playing the fool

   But one thing can lead to another
   It doesn’t take any sacrifice
   Oh, father and mother and sister and brother
   If it feels nice don’t think twice

   Just shower the people you love with love
   Show them the way that you feel
   Things are gonna turn out fine
   If we only will
   If we only will
   Just shower the people
   Show them the way that you feel
   Things are gonna be much better
   If you only will

   You can run but you cannot hide
   This is widely known
   Yes, and what you plan to do with your foolish pride
   When you’re all by yourself alone
   Once you tell somebody the way that you feel
   You can feel it beginning to ease
   I think it’s true what they say about the squeaky wheel
   Rascal’s always getting the grease

   Better to shower the people you love with love
   Show them the way that you feel
   Things are gonna turn out right
   If we only will
   If we only will
   Oh, just shower the people you love with love
   Show them the way that you feel
   Things are gonna be much better
   If you only will

   Shower the people you love with love
   Show them the way that you feel
   (Shower the people you love with love)
   Show them the way that you feel
   They say in every life
   (Shower the people you love with love)
   They say that the rain must fall
   (Show them the way that you feel)
   Just like pouring down rain, pouring down rain, make it rain
   (Show them the way that you feel)

   Make it rain
   (Shower the people you love with love)
   Make it rain
   (Show them the way that you feel)

   Make it rain
   (Shower the people you love with love)
   Love, love, love is sunshine
   (Show them the way that you feel)

   Shower the people you love with love
   Show them the way that you feel
   Things are gonna be much better
   If you only will

10. Steamroller Blues

    Steamroller Blues

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    Well, I’m a steamroller, baby
    I’m bound to roll all over you
    Yes, I’m a steamroller now, baby
    I’m bound to roll all over you
    I’m gonna inject your soul with some sweet rock ‘n roll
    And shoot you full of rhythm and blues

    Well, I’m a cement mixer
    A churning urn of burning funk
    Yes, I’m a cement mixer for you, baby
    A churning urn of burning funk
    Well, I’m a d-d-demolition derby (yeah)
    A hefty hunk of steaming junk

    Now, I’m a love bomb, baby
    Just guaranteed to blow your mind
    Yeah, I’m a love bomb for you, baby
    Oh, guaranteed, just guaranteed to blow your mind
    And if I can’t have your love for my own (now)
    Sweet child, won’t be nothing left behind
    It seems how lately, baby
    Well I’m a steamroller for you, baby, child

11. Something in the Way She Moves

    Something in the Way She Moves

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    Well, there’s something in the way she moves
    Or looks my way or calls my name
    That seems to leave this troubled world behind
    And if I’m feeling down and blue
    Or troubled by some foolish game
    She always seems to make me change my mind

    I feel fine any time she’s around me now
    She’s around me now almost all the time
    If I’m well you can tell that she’s been with me now
    She’s been with me now quite a long, long time
    And I feel fine

    Every now and then the things I lean on
    They lose their meaning
    And I find myself careening
    Into places where I should never let me go, no

    She has the power to go where
    No one else can find me
    And to silently remind me
    Of the happiness and good times that I know
    Well, I guess I just got to know then

    It isn’t what she’s got to say
    Or how she thinks or where she’s been
    To me the words are nice the way they sound
    I like to hear them best that way
    Doesn’t much matter what they mean
    She says them mostly just to calm me down

    I feel fine any time that she’s around me now
    She’s around me now I guess just about all the time
    And if I’m well you can tell that she’s been with me now
    She’s been with me now quite a long, long time
    Yes, I feel fine

12. Carolina in My Mind

    Carolina in My Mind

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    In my mind I’m gone to Carolina
    Can’t you see the sunshine
    Can’t you just feel the moonshine
    Ain’t it like a friend of mine
    To hit me from behind
    Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind

    Karin she’s a silver sun
    You best walk her way and watch it shine
    Watch her watch the morning come
    A silver tear appearing now
    Well, I’m cryin’ ain’t I
    I’m gone to Carolina in my mind

    Ain’t no doubt in no one’s mind
    That love’s the finest thing around
    Whisper something soft and kind
    Hey, baby, the sky’s on fire
    I’m dyin’ ain’t I
    Ain’t I gone to Carolina in my mind

    In my mind I’m gone to Carolina
    Can’t you see the sunshine
    Can’t you just feel the moonshine
    Ain’t it like a friend of mine
    To hit me from behind
    Till I’m gone to Carolina in my mind

    Dark and silent late last night
    Think I might have heard the highway calling
    Geese in flight and dogs that bite
    And signs that might be omens
    Say I’m goin’, I’m goin’
    Gone to Carolina in my mind

    It’s with a holy host of others
    Standing round me
    Still I’m on the dark side of the moon
    And it looks like it goes on like this forever
    You must forgive me
    If I’m gone to Carolina in my mind

    In my mind I’m long gone to Carolina
    Can’t you see the sunshine
    I said can’t you just feel the moonshine
    Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
    To hit me from behind
    Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
    Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
    So I’m already gone
    I’m gone
    Say nice things about me
    I’m gone
    You’ll have to carry on without me
    I’m gone
    Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
    I’m gone
    Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind

13. Handy Man

    Handy Man

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    Hey girls, gather ’round
    Listen to what I’m putting down
    Hey baby, I’m your handy man
    I’m not the kind to use a pencil or rule
    I’m handy with love and I’m no fool
    I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can

    If your broken heart should need repair
    Then I am the man to see
    I whisper sweet things, you tell all your friends
    They’ll come running to me
    Here is the main thing that I want to say
    I’m busy 24 hours a day
    I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can

    Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come, comma
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come
    Oh, they’ll come running to me
    Here is the main thing I want to say
    I’m busy 24 hours a day
    I fix broken hearts, baby I’m your handy man

    Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come, comma
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come, comma
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    That’s me (comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come)
    I’m your handy man (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    That’s me (comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come)
    I’m your handy man (yeah, yeah, yeah)

14. Your Smiling Face

    Your Smiling Face

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    Whenever I see your smiling face
    I have to smile myself
    Because I love you
    And when you give me that pretty little pout
    It turns me inside out
    There’s something about you, baby
    I don’t know

    Isn’t it amazing a man like me
    Can feel this way
    Tell me how much longer
    If it grows stronger every day
    Oh, how much longer

    I thought I was in love a couple of times before
    With the girl next door
    But that was long before I met you
    Now I’m sure that I won’t forget you

    And I thank my lucky stars
    That you are who you are
    And not just another lovely lady
    Sent down to break my heart

    Isn’t it amazing a man like me
    Can feel this way
    Tell me how much longer
    If it grows stronger every day, yeah
    How much longer?

    No one can tell me that I’m doing wrong today
    Whenever I see you smile at me
    No one can tell me that I’m doing wrong today
    Whenever I see your smiling face my way

    No one can tell me that I’m doing wrong today
    No one can tell me that I’m doing wrong today

15. Honey Don’t Leave L.A.

    Honey Don’t Leave L.A.

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    That limousine
    In which you made the scene
    Suits you to a t
    If all the you want to be
    Is somebody that don’t never walk

    That big chateau
    Where you wanna go
    In the south of France
    Gonna end our big romance
    Don’t you do it

    (Chorus)
    Honey don’t leave L. A.
    That Riviera is so far away
    Begging you s’il vous plait
    They don’t know nothing down in St. Tropez
    Baby don’t leave L. A.

    I heard it said that you had it made
    With you movie star
    But, oh, how right you are
    If that’s really ’bout the best you can do
    You moved my soul
    So I played the role
    Of your back door man
    Yes and now I can’t really complain
    ’cause I love you

    – Chorus –

Disc 2

1. Millworker

   Millworker

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   Now my grandfather was a sailor
   He blew in off the water
   My father was a farmer
   And I, his only daughter
   Took up with a no good millworking man
   From Massachusetts
   Who dies from too much whiskey
   And leaves me these three faces to feed

   Millwork ain’t easy
   Millwork ain’t hard
   Millwork it ain’t nothing
   But an awful boring job
   I’m waiting (on) a daydream
   To take me through the morning
   And put me in my coffee break
   Where I can have a sandwich
   And remember

   Then it’s me and my machine
   For the rest of the morning
   (and) the rest of the afternoon
   And the rest of my life

   Now my mind begins to wander
   To the days back on the farm
   I can see my father smiling at me
   Swinging on his arm
   I can hear my granddad’s stories
   Of the storms out on Lake Eerie
   Where vessels and cargos and fortunes
   And sailors’ lives were lost

   (Yeah), but it’s my life has been wasted
   And I have been the fool
   To let this manufacturer
   Use my body for a tool
   (I’ll) ride home in the evening
   Staring at my hands
   Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
   Ought to stand a better chance

   So may I work the mills just as long as I am able
   And never meet the man whose name is on the label

   (still it’s)me and my machine
   For the rest of the morning
   And the rest of the afternoon (and on and on and on…)
   for the rest of my life

2. Her Town Too

   Her Town Too

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   She’s been afraid to go out
   She’s afraid of the knock on her door
   There’s always a shade of a doubt
   She can never be sure
   Who comes to call
   Maybe the friend of a friend of a friend
   Anyone at all
   Anything but nothing again

   It used to be her town
   It used to be her town, too
   It used to be her town
   It used to be her town, too

   Seems like even her old girlfriends
   Might be talking her down
   She’s got her name on the grapevine
   Running up and down
   The telephone line
   Talking ’bout
   Someone said, someone said
   Something ’bout, something else
   Someone might have said about her
   She always figured that they were her friends
   But maybe they can live without her

   It used to be her town
   It used to be her town, too
   It used to be her town
   It used to be her town, too

   Well, people got used to seeing them both together
   But now he’s gone and life goes on
   Nothing lasts forever, oh no
   She gets the house and the garden
   He gets the boys in the band
   Some of them his friends
   Some of them her friends
   Some of them understand
   Lord knows that this is just a small town city
   Yes, and everyone can see you fall
   It’s got nothing to do with pity
   I just wanted to give you a call

   It used to be your town
   It used to be my town, too
   You never know ’till it all falls down
   Somebody loves you
   Somebody loves you
   Darling, somebody still loves you
   I can still remember
   When it used to be her town, too
   It used to be your town
   It used to be my town, too

3. Everyday

   Everyday

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   Oh every day
   It’s a getting closer
   Going faster than a roller coaster
   With a love like yours
   Will surely come my way

   Yeah, every day
   Seems a little faster
   All my friends
   They say go on up and ask her
   With a love like yours
   Will surely come my way

   Oh every day seems a little stronger
   And every day lasts a little longer
   Come what may baby
   Do you ever long for
   True love from me
   Oh

   Oh, every day
   It’s a little closer
   Going much faster than a roller coaster
   With a love like yours
   Will surely come my way

   Yes, a love like yours
   Will surely come my way
   Every day

   (Every day) Every day seems a little stronger
   (Every day) It lasts a little longer
   come what may do you ever long for
   True love from me
   Like I longed for yours baby say

   Every day
   It’s a little closer
   Going much faster than a roller coaster
   With a love like yours
   Will surely come my way
   Surely come my way

   Oh every day
   I say every day babe yeah
   Every day every day every day
   Oh every day every day every day….

4. Only One

   Only One

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   Oh, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Well, I’m telling you now
   Now you’re my only one

   I’ve got two long legs like to carry me
   Two sharp eyes to look for the light
   I got two strong arms to hold on tight
   Two good friends on my left and right
   But only one, only one

   And you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Don’t be leaving me now
   Now you’re my only one

   Now there’s only one road before me
   Too many turns in the way
   Thousands of things to do today
   Millions of moments I must admit
   But only one, only one

   And you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Well, I’m telling you now
   Now you’re my only one

   Taken for granted and pushed aside
   All that it wanted was a place to run and hide
   Missing message in a hollow tree
   Hidden deep inside a memory

   And the memory seems like dreams
   Hundreds of hopes in the past
   Nevertheless it was never the last
   Hold on strong or you fade out fast
   And only one, only one

   Oh, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Don’t be leaving me now
   Believe in me now
   Believe in me now
   Well, I’m telling you know
   You’re my only one

   Yeah, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Don’t be leaving me now
   Now you’re my only one

   Yeah, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Well, I’m telling you now
   Now you’re my only one

   Yeah, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Don’t be leaving me now
   Believe in me now

   Oh, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Well, I’m telling you now
   You’re my only one

   Oh, you are my only one
   You are my only one
   Don’t be leaving me now
   Believe in me now

5. Never Die Young

   Never Die Young

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   We were ring-around-the-rosy children
   They were circles around the sun
   Never give up, never slow down
   Never grow old
   Never ever die young

   Synchronized with the rising moon
   Even with the evening star
   They were true love written in stone
   They were never alone, they were never that far apart

   And we who couldn’t bear to believe they might make it
   We got to close our eyes
   To cut up our losses into doable doses
   And ration our tears and sighs

   You could see them on the street on a Saturday night
   Everyone used to run them down
   They’re a little too sweet, they’re a little too tight
   They’re not enough tough for this tough town

   We couldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole
   No, it didn’t seem to rattle at all
   They were fused together body and soul
   That much more with their backs up against the wall

   Oh, hold them up, hold them up
   Never do let them fall
   Prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin
   That names us and claims us and shames us all

   Oh, it had to happen someday soon
   There wasn’t nothing to hold them down
   They would rise from among us like a big balloon
   Take the sky and forsake the ground

   Oh, yes, other hearts were broken
   I know other dreams ran dry
   But our golden ones sail on and on
   To another land beneath another sky

   Let other hearts be broken
   Let other dreams run dry
   But let our golden ones sail on and on
   To another land beneath another sky
   Beneath another sky

   Hold them
   Hold them up
   Hold ’em up
   Won’t you hold ’em up
   Can’t you hold them up

6. Copperline

   Copperline

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   Even the old folks never knew
   Why they call it like they do
   I was wondering since the age of two
   Down on Copperline

   Copperhead, copper beech
   Copper kettle sitting side by each
   Copper coil, cup o’ Georgia peach
   Down on Copperline

   Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
   I’m only living till the end of the week
   Hercules and a hognose snake
   Down on Copperline
   Take me down on Copperline

   Warm summer night, Copperline
   Slip away past suppertime
   Wood smoke and moonshine
   Down on Copperline

   One time
   I saw my daddy dance
   Watched him moving like a man in a trance
   He brought it back from the war in France
   Down on Copperline

   Branch water and tomato wine
   Creosote and turpentine
   Sour mash and new moonshine
   Down old Copperline
   Take me down on Copperline

   Oh, first kiss ever I took
   Stole a page from a romance book
   The sky opened and the earth shook
   Down on Copperline
   Walk me down

   I took a fall from a windy height
   I only knew how to hold on tight
   And pray for love enough to last all night
   Down on Copperline

   Day breaks and the boy wakes
   And the dog barks and the bird sings
   And the sap rises and the angels sigh

   I tried to go back, as if I could
   All spec house and plywood
   Tore up, tore up good
   Down on Copperline

   It doesn’t come as a surprise to me
   It never touched my memory
   Well, I’m lifting up and rising free
   Down over Copperline

   Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
   I’m only living till the end of the week
   Hercules and a hognose snake
   Down on Copperline
   On Copperline
   We were down on Copperline
   Oh, down on Copperline
   Take me back down on Copperline
   Lay me down on Copperline

7. The Water Is Wide

   The Water Is Wide

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   The water is wide
   I can’t cross over
   And neither have
   I wings to fly
   Build me a boat
   That can carry two
   And both shall row
   My love and i

   There is a ship
   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 how
   I sink or swim

   Oh love is handsome
   And love is fine
   The sweetest flower
   When first it’s new
   But love grows old
   And waxes cold
   And fades away
   Like summer dew

   Build me a boat
   That can carry two
   And both shall row
   My love and i
   And both shall row
   My love and i

8. Country Road

   Country Road

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   Take to the highway won’t you lend me your name
   Your way and my way seem to be one and the same
   Mamma don’t understand it
   She wants to know where I’ve been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To want to pass that way again
   But you know I could feel it
   On a country road

   Sail on home to Jesus won’t you good girls and boys
   I’m all in pieces, you can have your own choice
   But I see hear a heavenly band full of angels
   And they’re coming to set me free
   I don’t know nothing ’bout the why or when
   But I can tell that it’s bound to be
   Because I could feel it, child, yeah
   On a country road

   I guess my feet know where they want me to go
   Walking on a country road

   Take to the highway won’t you lend me your name
   Your way and my way seem to be one and the same, child
   Mamma don’t understand it
   She wants to know where I’ve been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To want to pass that way again
   But I could feel it
   On a country road
   Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down
   Walk on down, walk on down a country road
   Country road
   Walking on a country road

9. Secret O’Life

   Secret O’Life

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   Oh, the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
   Any fool can do it
   There ain’t nothin’ to it
   Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill
   But since we’re on our way down
   We might as well enjoy the ride

   The secret of love is in opening up your heart
   It’s okay to feel afraid
   But don’t let it stand in your way no longer
   ‘Cause everyone knows that love is the only road
   And since we’re only here for a while
   We might as well show some style

   Give us a smile now, isn’t that a lovely ride
   Sliding down, gliding down
   Try not to try too hard
   It’s just a lovely ride

   Now the thing about time is that time isn’t really real
   It’s all on your point of view
   How does it feel for you in there, yeah
   Einstein said that he could never understand it all
   Planets spinning through space
   The smile upon your face

   Welcome to the human race, yeah, yeah
   some kind of lovely ride
   See me sliding down and gliding down
   And try not to try too hard
   It’s just a lovely ride

   Isn’t that a lovely ride
   Sliding down and gliding down
   Try not to try too hard
   It’s just a lovely ride ♪

   Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

10. Little More Time with You

    Little More Time with You

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    Gotta watchdog watching me, doggy
    Watching me packing my bags
    He knows I’m leaving town
    I can see that it’s a drag
    Why leave the life I love
    Here in the great state of Maine
    Just to ride that shining rail
    Just to size that ball and chain

    Oh, I’ve gotta spend just a little more time with you, yeah, yeah
    That’s why
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, my girl
    Oh, oh, oh
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, baby
    Yes I do, yes I do
    Gotta spend just a little bit more time with you, yeah, yeah
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

    I passed on the cocaine
    Said bye-bye to my methadone
    Put down the bottle for one more day
    Backing off of my tobacco jones
    Still I feel like a hopeless junkie
    Like a man who can’t say no
    I look back and there’s that monkey
    Rascal won’t let go, let me go

    I gotta spend just a little more time with you, oh yeah
    So help me now
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, my baby
    Oh, oh, oh
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you
    Yes I do now, yes I do now, baby
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, yeah, yeah
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

    I get high and I can’t come down
    I get high just hanging around
    I get high, I go lost and found
    I get high, oh, I oh, I

    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, baby
    Help me walking in the light
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, yeah
    Oh, oh, oh
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you
    Give me just a little more time, just a little more time
    Gotta spend just a little bit more time with you, yeah, yeah
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

    Gotta spend just a little more time with you
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you, yeah, yeah
    Oh, oh, oh
    Gotta spend just a little more time with you

11. Another Day

    Another Day

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    Oh, wake up Susie
    Put your shoes on
    Walk with me into this light
    Finally this morning
    I’m feeling whole again
    It’s been a hell of a night

    Just to be with you by my side
    Just to have you near in my sight
    Just to walk a while in this light
    Just to know that life goes on

    Wake up Susie
    Put your shoes on
    And walk with me into this light

    Another night has gone
    Life goes on
    Another dawn is breaking
    Turn and face the sun
    One by one
    The world outside is waking

    Morning light has driven away
    All the shadows that hide your way
    And night has given away
    To the promise of another day

    Another day
    Another chance that we may
    Finally find our way
    Another day

    Ol’ sundown’s begun to melt
    all our fears away
    Another day
    Another day

    Oh, wake up Susie
    Put your shoes on
    And walk with me into this light

12. Hard Times Come Again No More

    Hard Times Come Again No More

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    Let us pause in life’s pleasures to count its many tears
    While we all sup sorrow with the poor
    There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears
    Oh hard times come again no more

    Tis the song the sigh of the weary
    Hard times hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more

    While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
    There are frail forms fainting by the door
    Though their voices are silent their pleading looks will say
    Oh hard times come again no more

    Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
    Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
    Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
    Oh hard times come again no more

    Tis the song the sigh of the weary
    Hard times hard times come again no more
    Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
    Oh hard times come again no more
    Oh hard times

13. Caroline I See You

    Caroline I See You

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    Caroline, I see you
    Standing on the stairway
    Waiting for your bear there
    Handy on the landing
    Penny in my pocket
    High enough to hold you

    When I come back home to you tomorrow
    You may well be angry
    I’ll for sure be hungry
    Meet me in the middle
    Make it melt like chocolate
    Be my little baby

    I take you down by the water
    Some december morning

    Take you from your family
    Leave them to their longing
    Take you by your hand
    Somewhere on the sand. oh

    Caroline I love you
    Though I’m late to say so
    Hesitate to tell you
    What will be your answer
    Some december morning
    Standing on the stairway
    Caroline I see you

14. My Traveling Star (Live)

    My Traveling Star (Live)

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    Watch my back and light my way
    My traveling star, my traveling star
    Watch over all of those born st. christopher’s day
    Old road dog, young runaway
    They hunger for home but they cannot stay
    They wait by the door
    They stand and they stare
    They’re already out of there
    They’re already out of there

    My daddy used to ride the rails
    So they say, so they say
    Soft as smoke and as tough as nails
    Boxcar jones, old walking man
    Coming back home was like going to jail
    The sheets and the blankets and babies and all
    No he never did come back home
    Never that I recall

    Nevermind the wind
    Nevermind the rain
    Nevermind the road leading home again
    Never asking why
    Never knowing when
    Every now and then
    There he goes again

    She had a cat and a dog named blue
    My traveling star, my traveling star
    A big old stove and a fireplace, too
    Old road dog, young runaway
    She told me loved me like it was true
    I knew I should stay
    I knew I would go
    Run run run away
    Run run run away, boy

    Run before the wind
    Run before the rain
    Over yonder hill
    Just around the bend
    Never knowing why
    Never knowing when
    Every now and then
    There you go again

    Tie me up and hold me down
    Oh, my traveling star
    Bury my feet down in the ground
    Oh, old road dog
    Claim my name from the lost and found
    And let me believe this is where I belong
    Shame on me for sure
    For one more highway song

    My traveling star
    My traveling star

15. You Can Close Your Eyes (Live)

    You Can Close Your Eyes (Live)

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    Well, the sun is surely sinkin’ down
    But the moon is slowly risin’
    So this old world must still be spinnin’ ’round
    Yes, and I still love you

    So close your eyes
    You can close your eyes
    It’s all right
    I don’t know no love songs
    And I can’t sing the blues anymore
    Yes, but I can sing this song
    And you can sing this song when I’m gone

    It won’t be long before another day
    We’re gonna have a good time
    And no one’s gonna take that time away
    You can stay as long as you like

    Only close your eyes
    You can close your eyes
    It’s all right
    Oh, I don’t know no love songs
    And I can’t sing the blues anymore
    Sure, but I can sing this song
    Yes, and you can sing this song when I’m gone