James Taylor (Live)

Disc 1

1. 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

2. Traffic Jam

   Traffic Jam

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   (Chorus)
   Damn this traffic jam
   How I hate to be late
   It hurts my motor to go so slow
   Damn this traffic jam
   Time I get home my supper’ll be cold
   Damn this traffic jam

   Well I left my job about 5 o’clock
   It took fifteen minutes go three blocks
   Just in time to stand in line
   With a freeway looking like a parking lot

   – Chorus –

   Now I almost had a heart attack
   Looking in my rear view mirror
   I saw myself the next car back
   Looking in the rear view mirror
   ‘Bout to have a heart attack
   I said

   – Chorus –

   Now when I die I don’t want no coffin
   I thought about it all too often
   Just strap me in behind the wheel
   And bury me with my automobile

   – Chorus –

   Damn…

   Now I used to think that I was cool
   Running around on fossil fuel
   Until I saw what I was doing
   Was driving down the road to ruin

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Secret O’ Life

   Secret O’ Life

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   Well 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 now.
   Cuz everyone knows that love is the only road.
   And since we’re only here for awhile,
   We might as well show some style,
   Give us a smile now,

   (Chorus)
   Isn’t it a lovely ride?
   Sliding down, and
   Gliding down, and
   Try not to try too hard.
   It’s just a lovely ride.

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

   (Chorus)

   Isn’t that a lovely ride,
   Oh la la yes,
   See me 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…

6. Shed A Little Light

   Shed A Little Light

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   Oh let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
   And recognize that there are ties between us
   All men and women, living on the earth
   Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood
   That we are bound together
   With a desire to see the world become
   A place in which our children can grow free and strong
   We are bound together by the task that stands before us
   And the road that lies ahead, we are bound then we are bound

   There is a feeling like the clenching of the fist
   There is a hunger in the center of the chest
   There is a passage through the darkness and the mist
   Though the body sleeps the heart will never rest

   (Shed a little light ohh lord) Shed a little light oh lord
   (So that we can see) Ohh now
   (Just a little light ohh lord) Just a little light oh lord
   (Gonna stand it on up) Stand it on up
   (Stand it up ohh Lord) Get down
   (Gonna walk it on down) Gonna shed a little
   (Shed a little light ohh lord)

   (Can’t get no light from a dollar bill)
   (Don’t give no light from the TV screen) No No No No
   (When I open my eyes, I want to drink my fill)
   (From the well on the hill)
   Then you know where I’ll be

   (Shed a little light ohh lord) Shed a little light oh lord
   (So that we can see) Ahh yes
   (Just a little light ohh lord) Just a little light oh lord
   (We’re gonna stand it on up) Stand it on up
   (Stand it up ohh Lord, Stand it up ohh lord)
   (Gonna walk it on down) Gonna shed a little
   (Shed a little light ohh lord)

   There is a feeling like the clenching of the fist
   There is a hunger in the center of the chest
   There is a passage through the darkness and the mist
   Though the body sleeps the heart will never rest

   Oh let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
   And recognize that there are ties between us
   All men and women, living on the earth
   Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood
   That we are bound together
   With a desire to see the world become
   A place in which our children can grow free and strong
   We are bound together by the task that ties before us
   And the road that lies ahead, we are bound and we are bound

7. Everybody Has The Blues

   Everybody Has The Blues

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   Poor puppy, you look so sad
   I guess you think that no one ever
   Felt so bad before

   Everybody has the blues
   Everybody has the blues
   Everybody knows the way that you feel today

   Everybody gets to sit and cry
   Everybody gets to wonder why
   Everybody gets to watch the sky turn grey

   Maybe you lost your job
   Maybe you lost your girl
   Maybe you feel like you’re losing your mind
   That’s not the end of the world

   Everybody gets to feel some pain
   Everyone got to get to caught out in the rain
   Everybody got some days that they can’t explain

   Everybody got the blues
   Everybody has the blues
   Everybody knows the way that you feel today

8. Steamroller Blues

   Steamroller Blues

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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!

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Shower The People

    Shower The People

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    (with Carly Simon)

    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

14. 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

15. New Hymn

    New Hymn

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    Source of all we hope or dread
    Sheepdog, jackal, rattler, swan
    We hunt your face and long to trust
    That your hid mouth will say again let there be light
    A clear new day

    But when we thirst in this dry night
    We drink from hot wells poisoned with the blood of children
    And when we strain to hear a steady homing bee
    Our ears are baulked by stifled moans
    And howls of desolation from the throats of sisters, brother, wild men
    Clawing at the gates for bread

    Even our own feeble hands
    Aim to seize the crown you wear
    And work our private HAVOC through
    The known and unknown lands of space

    Absolute in flame beyond us
    Seed and source of Dark and Day
    Maker whom we beg to be
    Our mother father comrade mate

    Til our few atoms blow to dust
    Or form again in wiser lives
    Or find your face and hear our name
    In your calm voice the end of night
    If dark may end
    Wellspring gold of Dark and day

Disc 2

1. 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

2. Riding On A Railroad

   Riding On A Railroad

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   We are riding on a railroad, singing some else’s song
   Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along.
   We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again.
   We are riding on a railroad, singing someone else’s song Sing along.

   Time to time I tire of the life that I’ve been leading
   Town to town, day by day
   There’s a man up here who claims to have his hands upon the reins.
   There are chains upon his hands and he’s riding upon a train.

   We are riding on a railroad, singing some else’s song
   Forever standing by the cross road. Take a side and step along.
   We are sailing away on a river to the sea. Maybe you an me can meet again.
   We are riding on a railroad, singing someone else’s song.
   [instrumental and fade].

3. Something In The Way She Moves

   Something In The Way She Moves

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   There’s something in the way she moves
   Or looks my way, or calls my name
   That seems to leave this troubled world behind

   If I’m feeling down and blue
   Or troubled by some foolish game
   She always seems to make me change my mind

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

   Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning
   And I find myself careening
   In places where I should not let me go

   She has the power to go where no one else can find me
   Yes, and to silently remind me
   Of the happiness and good times that I know
   But I said I just got to know them

   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
   It doesn’t much matter what they mean
   Well, she says them mostly just to calm me down

   And I feel fine anytime she’s around me now
   She’s around me now almost 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, and I feel fine

4. Sun On The Moon

   Sun On The Moon

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   In line, in line, it’s all in line
   My ducks are all in a row
   They do not change, they do not move
   They have nowhere to go

   I’ve been talking to a friend of mine
   He says making money’s just a waste of time
   He’s a lazy gent, he don’t pay no rent
   He’s all bent out of shape from living in a tent
   It’s hard to hear what he has to say
   ‘Cause everyone around me is just the same way:

   More, more, daddy gimme some, gimme some
   More, more, daddy gimme some more

   Some kind of funny looking money machine it is
   Saddest looking people that I’ve ever seen
   Living in a hole, body and soul
   Strung out on the company dole

   One for a nickel and two for a dime
   Time may be money but your money won’t buy time

   In line, in line, it’s all in a line
   My ducks are all in a row
   They do not shift, they do not move
   They have nowhere to go

   Me and my flea we were down by the water
   Fell in a hole with Superman’s daughter
   Living alone, chewing on a bone
   Pretty as homemade sin
   She had to be high by the look in her eye
   Her hands were wet and her mouth was dry
   The sun on the moon, the sun on the moon
   The sun on the moon made a mighty nice light

   Bow wow wow, honk your horn

   In line, in line, it’s all in line
   My ducks are all in a row
   They do not change, they do not move
   They have nowhere to go

   Sometimes I’m hungry, I don’t know what to do
   You can take a taco to Katama too

5. Up On The Roof

   Up On The Roof

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   When this old world starts a getting me down
   And people are just too much for me to face
   I’m gonna climb way up to the top of the stairs
   And all my cares just drift right into space

   On the roof it’s peaceful as can be
   And there the world below, it don’t bother me

   No no no

   So when I come home feeling tired and beat
   I’ll go up where the air is fresh and sweet for me now
   I’get far away from the hustling crowd
   And all that rat race noise down in the street

   Oh on the roof, that’s the only place that I know
   Look at the city baby
   Where you just have to wish to make it so
   Lets go up on my roof

   And at night the stars, they put on a show for free
   And darlin’ you can share it all with me

   Hear what I say
   Keep on tellin’ you that

   Right smack dab in the middle of town
   I’ve found a paradise just about trouble proof
   And if this old world starts a getting you down
   Well there’s room enough for two up on my roof

   Up on the roof
   Up on the roof
   Up on the roof, ohh
   Everything is alright
   Everything is alright
   Come on

   Put down what your doing tonight
   And climb up the stairs and then you’ll see me
   We got the stars up above us and the city lights below
   ohh ohhh ohhh
   Up on the roof

6. 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…..

7. She Thinks I Still Care

   She Thinks I Still Care

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   Just because I ask a friend about her
   Just because I spoke her name somewhere
   Just because I dialed her number by mistake today
   She thinks I still care

   And just because I hung the same old places
   Where the memory of her lingers everywhere
   Just beacuase im not the happy guy I used to be
   She thinks I still care

   Then if shes happy thinking I still need her
   Then let that foolish notion bring a tear
   But how could she ever be so foolish
   Tell me where would she get such an idea

   Just because I ask a friend about her
   Just because I spoke her name somewhere
   Just because I saw her, then went all to pieces
   She thinks I still care

   ohh she thinks I still care

8. Copperline

   Copperline

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

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

   Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
   Leanin’ heavy on the end of the week
   Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
   Down on Copperline
   We were down on Copperline

   One summer night on the Copperline
   Slip away past supper time
   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 onto Copperline

   Branch water and tomato wine
   Creosote and turpentine
   Sour mash and new moon shine
   Down on Copperline, down on Copperline

   First kiss, ever I took
   Like a page from a romance book
   The sky opened and the earth shook
   Down on Copperline, down on Copperline, yeah

   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 up
   And the dog barks and the birds sings
   And the sap rises and the angels sigh, yeah

   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 doesn’t touch my memory
   Man, I’m lifting up and rising free
   Down over Copperline

   Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
   I’m only living for the end of the week
   Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
   Down on Copperline, yeah
   Take me down on Copperline
   Ohhh, down on Copperline
   Take me down on Copperline

9. Slap Leather

   Slap Leather

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   Want you to take all the money that we need for school
   To keep the people in out of the cold
   Spend it on a weapon you can never use
   Make the world an offer that they can’t refuse
   Open the door and let the shark men feed
   Hoover the future in the land of greed
   Sell the Ponderosa to the Japanese

   Slap leather, head for that line of trees
   Yeah, now
   Slap leather
   Go on, Ron
   Just about to go myself

   Turn the whole wide world into a TV show
   So it’s the same game wherever you go
   You never meet a soul that you don’t already know
   One commercial for the status quo
   As if these celebrities were your close friends
   As if you knew how the story ends
   As if you weren’t sitting in a room alone
   And there was somebody real at the other end of the phone, yeah

   Somebody read down there
   Phone love
   I’m just about to dial your number
   Dial `em up

   Get all worked up so we can go to war
   We’ll find something worth you killing for
   Tie that yellow ribbon around your eyes
   Big McFalafel and a side of goddamn fries
   Big McFalafel
   Stormin’ Norman
   I used to love a parade every day

   Slap leather
   Phone love
   Yeah, Big McFalafel
   Just about to go
   Just about to go my
   Just about to go myself
   I’m about to go myself

   Well, the thing now is I’m about to go myself
   Oh, oh
   It’s running like a Swiss watch
   Yeah
   About to go myself

10. 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

11. You Make It Easy

    You Make It Easy

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    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 fall

    Heaven 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 fall

    Now me and my wife
    We’ve got the rest of our life
    To make this thing right
    But you and me will only see tonight

    So 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 fall

    You 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

12. Carolina In My Mind

    Carolina In My Mind

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    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

13. I Will Follow

    I Will Follow

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    Yonder mountain so high
    I can’t make it all on my own, no
    Rolling river why so wide?
    To sweep me up and to bear me on
    Up against the sky so bright
    That I can’t even close my eyes

    I know I will follow (Follow love)
    Yes, yes, I will follow (Follow love)
    I will follow (Follow love)
    Follow love

    Growing slowly like a tree
    Someday soon, darling I love you
    I love you
    Soft and gentle, full Summer moon
    Set my soul free
    Thank you, baby
    Drifting like a cloud in the sky
    I can see myself from high above

    I know I must follow (Follow love)
    Somehow I will follow (Follow love)
    I must follow (Follow love)
    Follow love

    Oh, half the future and half the past
    They’re waiting inside your eyes
    Yes, and after all of this
    To last and last
    Till at last it’s your time to rise, rise

    True believer that I am
    I am blind, lead me on (lead me on)
    Blessed receiver of your love
    I own my own time
    And I’ve been holding on (holding on)
    Leave the word unspoken
    And the spell will not be broken

    And I’m bound to follow, now (Follow love)
    I know I must go (Follow love)
    I must follow (Follow love)
    Yes, I must follow (Follow love)
    Someone to hold my hand (Follow love)
    Somebody to lead me on(Follow love)
    Somebody to walk beside me (Follow love)
    Someone to follow me now (Follow love)
    I must follow love (Follow love)
    I will fall in love
    I will follow love (Follow love)
    Anywhere it leads me
    I will follow love (Follow love)
    Follow love

14. 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

15. That Lonesome Road

    That Lonesome Road

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    Walk down that lonesome road
    All by yourself
    Don’t turn your head
    Back over your shoulder
    And only stop
    To rest yourself
    When the silver moon
    Is shining high above the trees

    If I had stopped to listen
    Once or twice
    If I had closed my mouth
    And opened my eyes

    If I had cooled my head
    And warmed my heart
    I’d not be on this road tonight

    Carry on
    Never mind feeling sorry for yourself
    It doesn’t save you from your troubled mind

    Walk down that lonesome road
    All by yourself
    Don’t turn your head
    Back over your shoulder
    And only stop
    To rest yourself
    When the silver moon
    Is shining high above the trees