Greatest Hits

1. Something In The Way She Moves

   Something In The Way She Moves

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   (re-recording)

   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

2. Carolina In My Mind

   Carolina In My Mind

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   (re-recording)

   In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina
   Can’t you see the sunshine
   Can’t you just feel the moonshine
   Maybe just like a friend of mine
   It hit me from behind
   Yes I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind

   Karen she’s a silver sun
   You best walk her way and watch it shinin’
   Watch her watch the mornin’ come
   A silver tear appearing now I’m cryin’
   Ain’t I goin’ to Carolina in my mind

   There ain’t no doubt it no ones mind
   That loves the finest thing around
   Whisper something soft and kind
   And hey babe the sky’s on fire, I’m dyin’
   Ain’t I goin’ to Carolina in my mind

   In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina
   Can’t you see the sunshine
   Can’t you just feel the moonshine
   Maybe just like a friend of mine
   It hit me from behind
   Yes I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind

   Dark and silent late last night
   I think I might have heard the highway calling
   Geese in flight and dogs that bite
   Signs that might be omens say I going, going
   I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind

   With a holy host of others standing ’round me
   Still I’m on the dark side of the moon
   And it seems like it goes on like this forever
   You must forgive me
   If I’m up and gone to Carolina in my mind

   In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina
   Can’t you see the sunshine
   Can’t you just feel the moonshine
   Maybe just like a friend of mine
   It hit me from behind
   Yes I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind

3. 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

4. Sweet Baby James

   Sweet Baby James

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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

5. 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
   Mama don’t understand it
   She wants to know where I’ve been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To walk on the roads again

   But you know I could feel it
   Walking on a country road

   Sail on home to Jesus
   Won’t you good girls and boys
   I’m all in pieces
   You can have my choice
   ‘Cause I can see a heavenly band full of angels
   Coming just to set me free
   No, I don’t know nothing ’bout the why or when
   But I can tell you that it’s bound to be

   Just because I could feel it
   Walking on a country railroad

   Reckon my feet know where they want me to go
   Walking on a country road
   Walking on a dirt road

   So take to the highway
   Won’t you lend me your name
   Your way and my way
   Seem to be one and the same thing tonight
   Mama don’t understand it
   She wants to know where the boy’s been
   I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
   To walk on that road again

   But you know I could feel it
   Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it
   Walking on a country road

   Walk on down
   Walk on down
   Walk on down
   Walk on down a country road
   La, la, la
   Yeah, walk on down
   I’ll be walking on a country road
   See me walking down a country road
   Oh, yeah

6. 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

7. 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…..

8. Walkin’ Man

   Walkin’ 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

9. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

   How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

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   (with Carly Simon)

   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

10. Mexico

    Mexico

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    (with Graham Nash and David Crosby)

    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

11. 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

12. Steamroller

    Steamroller

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    Well, I’m a steamroller for you, baby
    I’ve got to roll all over you
    Yes, I’m a steamroller for you, baby
    I’ve got to roll all over you
    Yeah, now, baby
    I’d like to inject your soul with some rock and roll
    Maybe shoot you full of rhythm and blues tonight, oh, yeah

    Well, I’m a cement mixer for you, baby
    A churnin’ urn of that burnin’ funk, yeah
    You’ve got to drop that thing and come back home to me, baby
    A churnin’ urn of burnin’ funk
    And I’m a demolition derby, mama
    A hefty hunk of steamin’ junk

    Oh, well, I’m a love bomb for you, baby
    I’m guaranteed to just blow your mind
    Yes, I’m a love bomb for you, baby, yeah
    I’m guaranteed to just blow your mind
    And if I can’t, and if I can’t, and if I can’t have your lovin’
    There won’t be nothin’ ever left behind
    Oh, no, no…
    No, no, no…
    Yeah, no, yeah…
    But I never did seem
    And I never did seem
    In the far distant future
    Someday to lose
    I can’t seem to lose, baby, yeah
    Somebody got to help me to lose
    Got to help me lose
    Yeah, yeah
    Help me to lose my steamroller, yeah
    Help me to lose my steamroller, darling
    Help me to lose my steamroller, baby, yeah
    Help me to lose my…
    Now, my baby…
    Yeah, yeah, yeah…
    Steamroller, baby, ha!
    My steamroller blues, ha!