Here comes a wave
meant to wash me away
A tide that is
taking me under
Swallowing sand left
with nothing to say
My voice drowned out
in the thunder
But
I won't cry
And I won't start
to crumble
Whenever
they try
To shut me
or cut me down
I won't
be silenced
You can't keep me
quiet
Won't tremble
when you try it
All I know is
I won't go speechless
'Cause
I'll breathe
When they try
to suffocate me
Don't you
underestimate me
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
Written in stone
every rule every word
Centuries old
and unbending
Stay
in your place
Better seen
and not heard
Well now that story is
ending
'Cause I I cannot
start to crumble
So come on
and try
Try to shut me
and cut me down
I won't
be silenced
You can't keep me
quiet
Won't tremble
when you try it
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless
Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No I won't live
unspoken
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
Try to lock me
in this cage
I won't just
lay me down and die
I will take these
broken wings
And watch me burn
across the sky
Hear the echo
saying
I won't
be silenced
Though you wanna
see me tremble
When
you try it
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless
'Cause
I'll breathe
When they try
to suffocate me
Don't you
underestimate me
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless

Oh her eyes her eyes
make the stars
Look like
they're not shining
Her hair
her hair
Falls perfectly
without her trying
She's so
beautiful
And I tell her
every day yeah
I know
I know
When I compliment her
she won't believe me
And it's so it's so
sad to think
She don't see
what I see
But every time
she asks me
Do I look okay
I say
When I see your
face
There's not a thing
that I would change
Cause you're amazing
just the way you are
And when you
smile
The whole world
stop
Sand stares
for a while
Cause girl you're
amazing
Just the way
you are eh
Her lips
her lips
I could kiss them all
day if she'd let me
Her laugh
her laugh
She hates but I think
it so sexy
She's so
beautiful
And I tell her
every day
Oh you know you know
you know
I'd never
ask you to change
If perfect is
what you're
Searching for then
just stay the same
So don't even bother
asking
If you look okay
you know I say
When I see your
face
There's not a thing
that I would change
Cause you're amazing
just the way you are
And when you
smile
The whole world
stop
Sand stares
for a while
Cause girl you're
amazing
Just the way
you are
The way you are
the way you are
Girl you're amazing
just the way you are
When I see your
face
There's not a thing
that I would change
Cause you're amazing
just the way you are
And when you
smile
The whole world
stop
Sand stares
for a while
Cause girl you're
amazing
Just the way
you are yeah

So many nights
I'd sit by my window
waiting for someone
to sing me his song
So many dreams
I kept deep inside me
alone in the dark
but now
you've come along
and you
light up my life
you give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
Rollin' at sea
adrift on the waters
could it be fin'lly
I'm turning
for home fin'lly
a chance to say "hey!
I love you
never again
to be all alone
and you light up
my life
You give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
and you light up
my life
You give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
It can't be wrong
when it feels so
right cause you
you light up my
life.

Someone told me
long ago
There's a calm
before the storm
I know it's been
comin' for some time
When it's over
so they say
It'll rain
a sunny day
I know shinin' down
like water
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day
Yesterday and
days before
Sun is cold
and rain is hard
I know been that way
for all my time
'Til forever
on it goes
Through the circle
fast and slow
I know it can't stop
I wonder
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day yeah-
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day-

When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
Oh when them
cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick
very much cotton
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
Oh when them
cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick
very much cotton
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home

When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
In them old
cotton fields back home

This ain't a song
For the broken-hearted
No silent prayer
For the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be
just a face
In the crowd
you're gonna hear
My voice when
I shout it out loud
It's my life
it's now or never
I ain't gonna live
forever
I just wanna live
while I'm alive
(It's my life)
my heart is
Like an open highway
like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live
While I'm alive
it's my life
This is for the ones
Who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina
who never backed down
Tomorrow's
getting harder
Make no mistake
luck ain't even lucky
Got to make
your own breaks
It's my life
and it's now or never
I ain't gonna live
forever
I just wanna live
while I'm alive
(It's my life)
my heart is
Like an open highway
like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live
While I'm alive
it's my life-

Better stand tall
when they're calling
You out don't bend
don't break baby
Don't back down
it's my life and
It's now or never
'cause I ain't gonna
Live forever
I just wanna live
While I'm alive
(it's my life)
My heart is
like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live
while I'm alive
(It's my life)
and it's now or never
I ain't gonna live
forever
I just wanna live
while I'm alive
(It's my life)
my heart is
Like an open highway
like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live
While I'm alive
it's my life-

Oh when I get old
I'll be looking back
Wishing it could
last forever
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Long dress no shoes
summer nights
Golden and blue
it feels just like
We're stuck
I side a picture frame
These memories
never fade away oh
Whisper to me
we got the world
Right at our feet
and I just wanna sit
Right here
and look at you
That's probably
all I ever do
Oh when I get old
I'll be looking back
Wishing it could
last forever
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Where did it go
all of the nights
All the time
we spent together
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Wake up
and smile
'Cause
you're beautiful
Those hazel eyes
when I get old
That's all I wanna
think about
I probably shouldn't
say this out loud
High hopes big dreams
and a little scared
Way too naive
thinking you always
Be mine and never
leave my side
At least
these memories
Never
say goodbye
Oh when I get old
I'll be looking back
Wishing it could
last forever
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Where did it go
all of the nights
All the time
we spent together
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Someday I'm running
out of time
I'll see your picture
in my mind
I'll keep our love
frozen in time
Oh when I get old
I'll be looking back
Wishing it could
last forever
Oh yesterday
seem so far away
Where did it go
all of the nights
All the time
we spent together
Oh yesterday
seem so far away

I've been tryna
call
I've been on my own
for long enough
Maybe you can show me
how to love maybe
I'm goin'
through withdrawals
You don't even have
to do too much
You can turn me on
with just a touch baby
I look around
and
Sin City's
cold and empty
No one's around
to judge me
I can't see clearly
when you're gone
I said
woo
I'm blinded
by the lights
No I can't
sleep
Until
I feel your touch
I said
woo
I'm drowning
in the night
Oh when I'm like this
you're the one I trust

I'm running
out of time
'Cause I can see the
sun light up the sky
So I hit the road
in overdrive baby oh
The city's
cold and empty
No one's around
to judge me
I can't see clearly
when you're gone
I said
woo
I'm blinded
by the lights
No I can't
sleep
Until
I feel your touch
I said
woo
I'm drowning
in the night
Oh when I'm like this
you're the one I trust
I'm just calling back
to let you know
I could never say it
on the phone
Will never let you go
this time
I said
woo
I'm blinded
by the lights
No I can't
sleep
Until
I feel your touch

I said
woo
I'm blinded
by the lights
No I can't
sleep
Until
I feel your touch

Dog goes woof
cat goes meow
Bird goes tweet
and mouse goes squeek
Cow goes moo
frog goes croak
And the elephant goes
toot
Ducks say quack
and fish go blub
And the seal goes
ow ow ow
But there's one sound
that no one knows
What does the fox
say
Gering-ding-ding-ding-
dingeringeding
Gering-ding-ding-
dingeringeding
Gering-ding-ding-ding-
dingeringeding
What the fox
say
Wa-pa-pa-pa-
pa-pa-pow
Wa-pa-pa-
pa-pa-pow
Wa-pa-pa-pa-
pa-pa-pow
What the fox
say
Hatee-hatee-
hatee-ho
Hatee-hatee-
hatee-ho
Hatee-hatee-
hatee-ho
What the fox
say
Joff-joff-joff-joff-
tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
Joff-joff-joff-
tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
Joff-joff-joff-joff-
tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
What the fox
say
Big blue eyes
pointy nose
Chasing mice
and digging holes
Tiny paws
up the hill
Suddenly you're
standing still
Your fur is red
so beautiful
Like an angel
in disguise
But if you meet
a friendly horse
Will you communicate
by mo-o-o-o-orse
Mo-o-o-o-orse
mo-o-o-o-orse
How will you speak
to that ho-o-o-o-orse
Ho-o-o-o-orse
ho-o-o-o-orse
What does the fox
say
Jacha-chacha-
chacha-chow
Chacha-chacha-
chacha-chow
Chacha-chacha-
chacha-chow
What the fox
say
Fraka-kaka-
kaka-ka-kow
Fraka-kaka-
kaka-ka-kow
Fraka-kaka-
kaka-ka-kow
What the fox
say
Ah-hee-yo-hee-
ha-hee
Ah-hee-yo-hee-
ha-hee
Ah-hee-yo-hee-
ha-hee
What the fox
say
Ah woo~
woo woo~
What does the fox
say
The secret of the fox
ancient mystery
Somewhere deep
in the woods
I know
you're hiding
What is your sound
will we ever know
Will always
be a mystery
What do you
say
You're
my guardian angel
Hiding
in the woods
What is your sound
will we ever know
I want to know
I want to know
I want
to know

I've been living
with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping
with a cloud
Above my bed
I've been lonely
For so long
trapped in the past
I just can't seem
to move on
I've been hiding
all my hopes
And dreams away
just in case
I ever need em
again someday
I've been setting
aside time
To clear
a little space
In the corners
of my mind
All I want to do
is find a way
Back into love
I can't make it
Through without a way
back into love oh
I've been watching
but the stars
Refuse to shine
I've been searching
But I just don't
see the signs
I know that
it's out there
There's got
to be something
For my soul
somewhere
I've been looking
for someone
To shed some light
not somebody
Just to get me
through the night
I could use
some direction
And I'm open
to your suggestions
All I want to do
is find a way
Back into love
I can't make it
Through without a way
back into love
And if I open
my heart again
I guess I'm hoping
you'll be there
For me in the end
oh ah ha
There are moments
when I don't know
If it's real
or if anybody feels
The way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just
another negotiation
All I want to do
is find a way
Back into love
I can't make it
Through without a way
back into love
And if I open
my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll
show me what to do
And if you help me
to start again
You know that
I'll be there
For you
in the end
Ah ah ah
woh woh ah woh

Oh my love
my darling
I've hungered for
your touch along
Lonely time
And Time goes by
So slowly
and time can do
So much Are you
still mine
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love
to me
Lonely rivers flow
to the sea to the sea
To the open arms
to the sea yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
wait for me
Wait for me
I'll be coming home
Wait for me
Oh my love my darling
I've hungered hungered
for your touch
A long
lonely time
And Time goes
by so slowly
And time can do
so much
Are you still mine
I need your love
I I need
your love
God speed your
love to me

Well take me
back down
Where cool water
flows yeah
Let me remember
things I love
Stoppin' at the log
where catfish bite
Walkin' along
the river road
At night
barefoot girls
Dancin' in
the moonlight
I can hear
the bullfrog
Callin' me
wonder if my rope's
Still hangin'
to the tree
Love to kick
my feet way down
The shallow water
shoefly dragonfly
Get back your mother
pick up a flat rock
Skip it across
Green River well-

Up at cody's camp
I spent my days
With flat car
riders and
Cross-tie walkers
old cody junior
Took me over
said you're gonna
Find the world
is smouldrin
And if you get lost
come on home
To Green River
well-

No I can't forget
this evening
Or your face
as you were leaving
But I guess
that's just the way
The story
goes
you always smile
but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
yes it shows
No I can't forget
tomorrow
When I think
of all my sorrow
When I had you there
but then I let you go
And now it's only fair
that I should
Let you know
what you should know
I can't live
if living is
Without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is
without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore
Well I can't forget
this evening
Or your face
as you were leaving
But I guess
that's just the way
The story
goes
You always smile
but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
yes it shows
I can't live
if living is
Without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is
without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
(No I can't live
no I can't live)
No I can't live
if living is
Without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live

I have often
told you stories
About the way
I lived the life
Of a drifter
waiting for the day
When I'd take
your hand
And sing you songs
then maybe
You would say
come lay with me
Love me
and I would
Surely stay
but I feel
I'm growing older
and the songs that
I have sung
echo in the distance
Like the sound
of a windmill
goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier
of fortune

Many times
I've been a traveller
I looked for
something new
In days of old
when nights were cold
I wandered without you
but those days
I thougt my eyes
had seen you
Standing near
though
Blindness is confusing
it shows that
You're not here
now I feel
I'm growing older
and the songs that
I have sung
echo in the distance
Like the sound
of a windmill
Goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
I can hear the sound
Of a windmill
goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
a soldier of fortune
I guess I'll always be
a soldier of fortune

Love me tender
love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made my life
Complete And
I love you so
Love me tender
love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling
I love you
And I always will
Love me tender
love me long
Take me to your heart
For it's there that
I belong And
we'll never part
Love me tender
love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling
I love you
And I always will
Love me tender
love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through
all the years
Till the end of time
Love me tender
love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling
I love you
And I always will.

Look
if you had
One shot
one opportunity
To seize everything
you ever wanted
One moment
would you capture it
Or just let it slip yo
his palms are sweaty
Knees weak arms
are heavy
There's vomit
on his sweater
Alredy mom's spaghetti
he's nervous
But on the surface
he looks calm
And ready
to drop bombs
But he keeps on
forgettin
What he wrote down
the whole crowd
Goes so loud yo
he open his mouth
But the words
won't come out
He's chokin how
everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out
time's up over bloah
Snap back to reality
oh there goes gravity
Oh there goes rabbit
he choked
He's so mad
but he won't
Give up that is he
no he won't have it
He knows his whole
back city's ropes
I don't matter
he's dope
He knows that
but he's broke
He's so stacked
that he knows
When he goes back
to his mobile home
That's when it's back
to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
he better go capture
This moment and
hope it don't pass him
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own
it you better
Never let it go ho
you only get one shot
Do not miss
your chance to blow
This opportunity
comes once
In a lifetime
you better
The soul's escaping
through this hole
That it's gaping
this world is mine
For the taking
make me king
As we move toward
a new world order
A normal life is borin
but superstardom's
Close to post mortar
it only grows harder
Only grows hotter
he blows us all over
These hoes is
all on him
Coast to coast shows
he's know
As the globetrotter
lonely roads
God only knows
he's know father
From home
he's no father
He goes home
and barely knows
His own daughter
but hold your nose
Cuz here
goes the cold water
His hoes don't want
him no mo
He's cold product
they moved on
To the next schmoe
who flows
He nose dove and
sold nada
So the soap opera is
told and unfolds
I suppose
it's old potna
But the beat goes on
da da dum de dom
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity comes
Once in a lifetime
you better
No more games
I'm a change
What you call rage
tear this mothafuckin
Roof off like
2 doas cased
I was playing
in the beginning
The mood all changed
I been chewed up
And spit out
and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin
and stepwritin
The next cypher
best believe
Somebody's payin
the pied piper
All the pain inside
amplified by the fact
That I can't get by
with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide
the right type of
Life for my family
cuz man
These goddam
food stamps
Don't buy diapers
and it's no movie
There's
no Mekhi phifer
This is my life
and these times
Are so hard
and it's getting
Even harder
trying to feed
And water my seed
plus see dishonor
Caught up between
bein a father
And a prima donna
baby mama drama's
Screamin on and
too much for me
To wanna stay
in one spot
Another jam or not
has gotten me
To the point
I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate
a plot fore
I end up in jail
or shot success is
My only mothafuckin
option failure's not
Mam I love you
but this trail has
Got to go
I cannot grow old
In salem's lot so
here I go is my shot
Feet fail me not
cuz maybe
The only opportunity
that I got
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Come once
in a lifetime
You better
you can do anything
You set your mind
to man-

Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
you're not
Here with me
you never say goodbye
Someone tell you why
did you have to go
And leave
my world so cold
Everyday I sit
and ask myself
How did I slip away
something whispers
In my ear
and says
That you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
You are not alone
I am here with you
Though
we're far apart
You're always
in my heart
For you are
not alone
Alone- alone-
why alone-
Just the other night
I thought
I heard you cry
asking me to come
And hold you
in my arms
I can hear
your prayers
Your burdens
I will bear
But first
I need your hand
Then forever
can begin
Everyday I sit
and ask myself
How did I slip away
something whispers
In my ear
and says
That you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
You are not alone
I am here with you
Though
we're far apart
You're always
in my heart
For you are
not alone oh-
Whisper three words
and I'll come
Running darling
and girl you know
That I'll be there
I'll be there
You are not alone
I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
But you are not alone
I am here with you
Though
we're far apart
You're always
in my heart
For you are not alone
(you are not alone)
I am here with you
(I am here with you)
Though
you're far away
(Though
you're far away)
I am here to stay
for you are not alone
For I am
here with you
Though
we're far apart
You're always
in my heart
For you are not alone
not alone
Oh- you are not alone
you are not alone
You are not alone
you are not alone
Not alone not alone
not alone not alone
You and me not alone-
together- together-

She's got a smile
that it seems
To me reminds
me of childhood
Memories
where everything
Was fresh as
the bright blue sky
Now and then
when I see her face
She takes me away
to that special place
And if I stared
too long
I'd probably
break down and cry
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh sweet love
of mine

She's got eyes of
the bluest skies
As if they thought
of rain
I hate to look
into those eyes
And see
an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child
I'd hide
And pray
for the thunder
And the rain to
quietly pass me by
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh sweet love
of mine

Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh
sweet love of mine
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh
sweet love of mine

Where do we go
where do we go now
Where do we go
woo where do we go
Oh where do we go now
where do we go
Um
where do we go now
Ah
where do we go now
Where do we go ah
where do we go now
Where do we go
where do we go now
Where do we go
where do we go now
No
sweet child
Sweet child
o' mine

Oh baby baby how was
I supposed to know
That somethin wasn't
right here
Oh baby baby
I shouldn't have
Let you go
and now you're
Out of sight yeah
show me
How you want it to be
tell me baby
Cause I need to know
now what we've got
My loneliness is
killin me (and I)
I must confess
I still believe
(Still believe)
when I'm not with you
I lose my mind
give me a sign
Hit me baby
one more time
Oh baby baby
the reason I breathe
Is you boy
you got me blinded
Oh baby baby
there's nothing
That I wouldn't do
that's not the way
I planned it show me
how you want it to be
Tell me baby
cause I need to know
Now what we've got
my loneliness is
Killin me (and I)
I must confess
I still believe
(still believe)
When I'm not with you
I lose my mind
Give me a sign
hit me baby
One more time ah-
yeah yeah
Oh baby baby how was
I supposed to know
Oh pretty baby
I shouldn't have
Let you go
I must confess that
My loneliness is
killin me now
Don't you know
I still believe
That you will be here
and give me a sign
Hit me baby
one more time
My loneliness is
killin me (and I)
I must confess
I still believe
(Still believe)
when I'm not with you
I lose my mind
give me a sign
Hit me baby
I must confess
That my loneliness is
killin me now
Don't you know
I still believe
That you will be here
and give me a sign
Hit me baby
one more time-

Imagine there's
no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
above us only sky
Imagine all the people
living for today
Aha- - -
Imagine there's
no countries
It isn't hard to do
nothing to kill
or die for
and no religion too-
Imagine all the people
living life in peace
yuhuh- - -
You may say- - -
I'm a dreamer
but I'm not
the only one
I hope someday- - -
you'll join us- -
and the world- - -
will be - one
Imagine no possesion
I wonder if you can
No need for greed
nor hunger
a brotherhood of man-
Imagine all the people
sharing all the world
yuhuh- - -
You may say- - -
I'm a dreamer
but I'm not
the only one
I hope someday- - -
you'll join us- -
and the world- - -
will live as one.