Gorilla
Released: May 1975
Reissued in 1987 on cassette and CD.
Gorilla
- Mexico
Mexico
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 JamesOh, 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 fireOh, Mexico
It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low
Moon’s so bright like to light up the night
Make everything all rightBaby’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 hardOh, down in Mexico
I never really been so I don’t really know
Oh, Mexico
I guess I’ll have to goOh, Mexico
I never really been but I’d sure like to go
Oh, Mexico
I guess I’ll have to go nowTalkin’ down in Mexico
- Music
Music
Things may always stay the way they are
Still my head looks for a change from time to time
I don’t really mean to look that far
Turn on the music
Strike up the music
Let the music change my mindNow don’t I dig the big time rock and roll
To sit in the darkness and be somebody else
A time which after all is under control
Crank out the music
Give me music
Let the music fill the airMy dear friend your head’s been sinking like a stone
You must try thinking like a cloud sometime
Just leave a happy side out loud sometime
There’s a symphony inside you
There’s a thousand things for you to do
So come onLet a hush fall on the movie crowd
Boy turns to girl and says I love you so
What I hear in here is violins
Give me music, Mr. Music
Let the music be there too
I’ll never know what to do
Unless you let the music be there tooYou see this man his head’s been sinking like a stone
You must try thinking like a cloud sometime
Just leave a happy side out loud sometime
There’s a symphony inside you
There’s a thousand things for you to do
So come onLeave a hush fall on the movie crowd
Boy turns to girl and says I love you so (well, you know)
What I hear in here is violins
Strike up the music, lay on the music
Let the music be there too
Let it be there too - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
(with Carly Simon)
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by youI 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 babyHow sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by youI 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 babyHow sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by youYou 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 babyHow 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 youHow sweet it is…
And it feels just about right
Ohhh…..
Just to be loved
Just to be loved by you, baby, yeah - Wandering
Wandering
I’ve been wanderin’ early late
From New York City to the Golden Gate
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’My daddy was an engineer
My brother drives a hack
My sister takes in laundry
While the baby balls the jack
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’I’ve been in the army
I’ve worked on a farm
And all I’ve got to show is the muscle in my arm
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’My ma she died when I was young
My daddy took to stealin’ and he got hung
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’Snakes in the ocean
Eels in the sea
I let a redheaded woman make a fool out of me
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’I’ve been wanderin’ early and late
From the New York City to the Golden Gate
And it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’
No, it don’t look like
I’ll ever stop my wanderin’ - Gorilla
Gorilla
He’s got arms like legs
He’s got hands on his feet
He’s got a nose like a doughnut
He’s got a tendency to over eat
He don’t use tools or weapons
He don’t eat meat
He likes to stick to the bushes
Tends to avoid the streetBut he rides my El Dorado
When he comes to town
You know he’s out there somewhere
Tryin’ to track you down
Look up in the sky
Mama that’s the one
See the mighty profile
Block the noonday sunHe comes from the heart of darkness
A thousand miles from here
That’s the land where they understand
What a woman might like to hear
You know that he loves you baby
For what you really are
His love is a burning hot
As a big old ten cent cigarNow most of y’all
Have seen a gorilla
In a cage at the local zoo
He mostly sits around contemplating
All the things that he’d prefer to do
He dreams about the world outside
From behind those bars of steel
And no one seems to understand
About the heartache the man can feelThe people stop and stare
But nobody seems to care
It don’t seem right somehow
It just don’t seem fair
He’s still a gorilla - You Make It Easy
You Make It Easy
Gosh almighty baby
Yes, indeed
You supply the satisfy and I’ll supply the need
I can’t help the way I feel though I know just where it leads
You make it easy ( yes, you do)
For a man to fall, for a man to fallHeaven knows I love my woman
Just bound to fuss and fight
Now I wind up on the barroom stool
Buying drinks and keeping tight
But you know I’ve never done
What’s come in my mind tonight
You make it easy just sitting there looking good
For a man to fall, for a man to fallNow me and my wife
We’ve got the rest of our life
To make this thing right
But you and me will only see tonightSo baby, won’t you turn me down and point me out the door
I’ll head home and sleep it off just like every time before
You keep on lookin’ good my way
I won’t hold out anymore
You make it easy, you sure do make it easy, baby
For a man to fall, for a man to fallYou don’t have to make it so easy, baby , no,no,no
For a man to fall
For a man to fall
For another wise good man to fall
You don’t have to make it so easy, baby
For another wise good man to fall
You don’t have to make it so easy, baby - I Was A Fool To Care
I Was A Fool To Care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to careBut I don’t care
Even if I was a fool
I’m still in love with youAnd had I listened to the grape vine
I might have had my doubts
But I did my level best
Just to block them outCuz love is so unwise
And love has no eyes
And it took a while for a fool to see
What his friends were on aboutI was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
I was a fool to careYeah, But I don’t care
Even if I was a fool
I’m still in love with youImagining your face
It almost fills the empty space before me
I can see your eyes
And almost hear your lovely lies
Oh yeahI wish I was an old man
And love was through with me
I wish I was a baby on my mamas knee
I wish I was a frieght train
Moving down the line
Just a keeping track of time
Without all these memoriesWell I was a fool to care
Well I was a fool to care
I was a fool to careHey but I don’t care
Even if I was a fool
I’m still in love with you
Baby, yes I amI could have opened my eyes
I could have seen through your lies
I could have stood for no more
I could have walked out the doorBut I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care
Well I was a fool to care
And I was a fool to care(I was a fool) You weren’t nothing but a fool to care
(I was a fool) Just a country fool to care
(Repeat and fade out) - Lighthouse
Lighthouse
(with Nash and Crosby)
Off the coast of Africa
Bound for South America
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who’s just like me
And I wish that I was thereI’m a lonely lighthouse, not a ship out in the night
I’m watching the sea
She’s come half-way round the world to see the light
and to stay away from me
There is a shipwreck lying at my feet
Some weary refugee from the rolling deep
Ah, would you lose it all and fall for me?(Chorus)
Couldn’t we shine?
I’m rolling all my golden moments into one
Like to shine like the sun for one more Summer day
Shine like a lighthouse for one last Summer night
Flashing on, flashing, fading awayWell if you feel lost and lonely and don’t know where to go
And you hear this song on the radio
Or even if you’re feeling healthy and strong
You might like to sing along
But just because I might be standing here
That don’t mean I won’t be wrong this time
You could follow me and lose your mind– Chorus –
Off the coast of Africa
bound for South America
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who’s just like me
And I wish that I was there - Angry Blues
Angry Blues
I can’t help it if I don’t feel so good
I can’t help it if I don’t feel so good
If I had my way
I’d be sitting on the top of the world
I can’t help it if I don’t feel so good
When the anger comes in him
There’s no place for a man to hide
When the anger comes in him
There’s no place for a man to hide
Would he do anything in the world
To make him feel better inside
When the anger comes in him
There’s no place for a man to hide
Gonna sit back here
Gonna watch this cloud roll by
The next time that you see me
I should be shining like the Fourth of July
Gonna sit back here
Gonna watch this cloud roll byI ain’t lookin’ for details
Won’t you just give me a clue
Oh Lord what am I gonna do - Love Songs
Love Songs
She doesn’t know what she’s done
Little one doesn’t know when to stop
Love must find her
Love must find her a wayShe doesn’t know what he’s thinking
She only knows how he behaves
Love must find him
Love must find him a wayI reckon I must be just an old softy
‘Cause I still believe in love
I think the best is yet to come
‘Cause where I’m from is also where I’m goingAnd in the time that it takes to sing this song
I hope you can see for yourself
Love must find you
Love must find you a wayI reckon I must be just an old softy
‘Cause I still believe in love
I think the best is yet to come
‘Cause where I’m from is also where I’m goingAnd in the time that it takes to sing you this song
I think I can see for myself
Love has found me
Love has found me a way (Oh, love has surely found a way)Never did I feel like this before
Never was I so confused
I don’t know if I’m up or down
I guess I’ve got nothing to loseNever did I feel so good before
Guess I might as well hold onto a feeling
It feels so fine
As long as it’s on my mind
What a blue Monday talk about lonely
Don’t look back don’t look down
Don’t know how I made it through
I guess it’s got something to do with youNever was I so in love before
The world is like a collage
Yes, and the only thing I can see clearly
Is the slow steady glow of love in her eyes
Talking about the slow steady glow of love in her eyes - Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria
Well the moon is in the ocean
And the starts are in the sky
And all that I can see
Is my sweet Maria’s eyes
Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria, ya, ya, ya, yaWell, you know about the sugar cane
That comes from way down South
She’s got one end in her hand
She’s got one end in her mouth
Sarah, Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria, ya, ya, ya, yaShe took me out walking
to the corner of the world
Where everyone was a-talking
About such a pretty little girl
Sarah, Sarah Maria.
Sarah Maria, ya, ya, ya, ya