Where it began
I can't begin to knowin'
but then I know it's
growin' strong
Was in the spring
then spring became
the summer
Who'd a believed
you'd come along?
Hands touchin' hands
Reachin' out
touchin' me
touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
good times never
seemed so good
I've been inclined
to believe they
never would
Look at the night
and it don't
seem so lonely
we fill it up
with only two
and when I hurt
hurtin' runs off
my shoulders
How can I hurt when
holdin' you?
Warm touchin' warm
Reachin' out
touchin' me
touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
good times never
seemed so good
I've been
inclined to
believe they
never would-

Sweet Caroline
good times never
seemed so good
I've been inclined
to believe they
never would
Sweet Caroline
good times never
seemed so good
I've been inclined
to believe they
never would-

White shirt
now red my bloody nose
Sleeping you're
on your tippy toes
Creeping around
like no one knows
Think
you're so criminal
Bruises on both
my knees for you
Don't say thank you
or please I do
What I want
when I'm wanting to
My soul
so cynical
So you're
a tough guy
Like it really
rough guy
Just can't get
enough guy
Chest always
so puffed guy
I'm that
bad type
Make your mama
sad type
Make your girlfriend
mad type
Might seduce
your dad type
I'm the bad guy duh
I'm the bad guy
I like it
when you take control
Even if you know
that you don't own me
I'll let you
play the role
I'll be
your animal
My mommy likes to sing
along with me
But she won't sing
this song
If she reads
all the lyrics
She'll pity the men
I know
So you're
a tough guy
Like it really
rough guy
Just can't get
enough guy
Chest always
so puffed guy
I'm that
bad type
Make your mama
sad type
Make your girlfriend
mad type
Might seduce
your dad type
I'm the bad guy duh
I'm the bad guy duh
I'm only good at being
bad bad

I like
when you get mad
I guess
I'm pretty glad
That
you're alone
You said
she's scared of me
I mean
I don't see
What she sees
but maybe it's
'Cause I'm wearing
your cologne
I'm a bad guy I'm
I'm I'm a bad guy
Bad guy bad guy
I'm a bad I'm

Oh woo wo oh woo wo
oh woo wo~
You know you love me
I know you care
Just shout whenever
and I'll be there
You want my love
you want my heart
And we will never ever
ever be apart
Are we an item
girl quit playing
We're just friends
what are you saying
Said there's another
look right in my eyes
My first love
broke my heart
For the first time
and I was like
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
Oh oh for you I would
have done whatever
And I just can't
believe
We ain't
together
And I wanna
play it cool
But I'm
losin' you
I'll buy you anything
I'll buy you any ring
And I'm in pieces
baby fix me
And just shake me
til' you
Wake me
from this bad dream
I'm going down down
down down
And I just can't
believe my first love
Would be around
and I'm like
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
When I was 13
I had my first love
There was nobody that
compared to my baby
And nobody came
between us
Or could ever
come above
She had me goin' crazy
oh I was star-struck
She woke me up
daily
Don't need no
Starbucks
She made
my heart pound
And skip
a beat
When I see her
in the street
And at school
on the playground
But I really wanna
see her on the weekend
She know
she got me gazin'
Cuz she was
so amazin'
And now my heart is
breakin'
But I just
keep on sayin'
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
Baby baby baby oh like
baby baby baby no like
Baby baby
baby oh
Thought you'd
always be mine mine
I'm gone
now I'm all gone
Now I'm all gone
now I'm all gone
I'm
gone

Georgia wrap me up
in all your
I want you in my arms
oh let me hold you
I'll never
let you go again
Like I did
oh I used to say
I would never
fall in love again
Until
I found her
I said
I would never fall
Unless
it's you I fall into
I was lost
within the darkness
But then I found her
I found you
Georgia pulled me in
I asked to
Love her once again
you fell I caught you
I'll never
let you go again
Like I did
oh I used to say
I would never
fall in love again
Until
I found her
I said
I would never fall
Unless
it's you I fall into
I was lost
within the darkness
But then I found her
I found you
I would never
fall in love again
Until
I found her
I said
I would never fall
Unless
it's you I fall into
I was lost
within the darkness
But then I found her
I found you

Down the way where
the nights are gay
And the sun shines
daily on the
Mountain top
I took a trip on a
Sailing ship
and when I reached
Jamaica I made a stop
but I'm sad to say
I'm on my way
won't be back
For many a day
my heart is down
My head is
turning around
I had to leave
a little girl
In Kingston town
down the market
You can hear
ladies cry out
While on their heads
they bear
Akey rice salt
fish are nice
And the rum is fine
any time of year
But I'm sad to say
I'm on my way
Won't be back
for many a day
My heart is down
my head is
Turning around
I had to leave
A little girl
in Kingston town-

Sounds of laughter
everywhere
And the dancing girls
swaying to and fro
I must declare
my heart is there
Though I've been
from Maine to Mexico
But I'm sad to say
I'm on my way
Won't be back
for many a day
My heart is down
my head is
Turning around
I had to leave
A little girl
in Kingston town
Down the way where
the nights are gay
And the sun shines
daily on the
Mountain top
I took a trip
On a sailing ship
and when I reached
Jamaica I made a stop
but I'm sad to say
I'm on my way
won't be back
For many a day
my heart is down
My head is
turning around
I had to leave
a little girl
In Kingston town
I'm sad to say
I'm on my way
won't be back
For many a day
my heart is down
My head is turning
around I had to leave
A little girl
in Kingston town-

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-

I'd ratherer be a
sparrow than a snail
Yes I would If I could
I surely would Hm hm
I'd rather be a
hammer than a nail
Yes I would
If I only could
I surely would Hm hm
A way I'd rather
sail away
Like a swan that's
here and gone
A man gets tied up
to the ground
He gives the world
it's saddest sound
it's saddest sound
Hm hm Hm hm
I'd ratherer be a
forest than a street
Yes I would
If I could
I surely would
I'd ratherer feel
the earth beneath
my feet Yes I would
If I only could
I surely
would-

The falling leaves
drift by the window
The autumn leaves
of red and gold
I see your lips
the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands
I- - used to hold
Since- you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear- -
old winter's song
But- I miss you
most of all my darling
When autumn leaves
start to fall.

Since- you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear- -
old winter's song
But- I miss you
most of all my darling
When autumn leaves
start to fall.

Perhaps love is like
a resting place
A shelter
from the storm
It exists to give you
comfort it is
There to keep you Warm
And in those times
of trouble when
you are most alone
The memory of love will
bring you home
Perhaps love
is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you
to come closer
It Wants
to show you more
And even if you
lose yourself
and don't know
what to do
The memory of love will
see you thru
Oh love to some is
like a cloud
To some
as strong as steel
For some a way
of living For
some a way to feel
And some say love
is holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will
be of you.

And some say love is
holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
Perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will be of you.

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-

Lying beside you
hear in the dark
Feeling your heartbeat
with mine softly
You whisper
you're so sincere
How could our love
be so blind
We sailed on together
we drifted a part
And here
you are by my side-
So now I come to you
with open arms-
Nothing to hide
believe what I say--
So here I am
with open arms-
Hoping you see-
what you love means
To me-
open arms-

Living without you-
living alone-
This empty house
seems so cold
Wanting to hold you-
wanting you near
How much I wanted--
you home-
But now
that you've come back
Turned night into day-
I need you to stay--
So now I come to you
with open arms-
Nothing to hide
believe what I say--
So here I am
with open arms-
Hoping you see-
what your love means
To me-
open arms-

She's faced
the hardest times
You could imagine
and many times
Her eyes fought back
the tears
And when
her youthful world
Was about to fail in
each time
Her slender shoulders
wore the weight
Of all her fears
and a sorrow
No one hears
still rings
In midnight silence
in her ears
Let her cry
for she's a lady
Let her dream
for she's a child
Let the rain
fall down upon her
She's a free and
gentle flower
Growing wild
and if by chance
I should hold her
let me hold her
For a time
but if allowed
Just one possession
I would pick her
From the garden
to be mine-

Mm be careful
how you touch her
For she'll awaken
and sleeps
The only freedom
that she knows
And when you look
into her eyes
You won't believe
the way she's always
Paying for a dept
she never owed
And a silent wind
still blows
That only she can hear
and so she goes
Let her cry
for she's a lady
Let her dream
for she's a child
Let the rain
fall down upon her
She's a free
and gentle flower
Growing
wild
Let her cry
for she's a lady
Let her dream
for she's a child
Let the rain
fall down upon her
She's a free
and gentle flower
Growing
wild
She's a flower
growing wild-

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.

Long as
I remember
The rain been
comin' down
Clouds of myst'ry
pourin'
Confusion
on the ground
Good men
through the ages
Tryin' to find the sun
and I wonder
Still I wonder
who'll stop the rain
I went down Virginia
seekin' shelter
From the storm
caught up in the fable
I watched
the tower grow
Five year plans
and new deals
Wrapped in
golden chains
And I wonder
still I wonder
Who'll stop
the rain-

Meard the singers
playin'
How we cheered
for more
The crowd had
rushed together
Tryin' to keep warm
still the rain
Kept pourin'
fallin' on my ears
And I wonder
still I wonder
Who'll stop
the rain-

Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Find light
in the beautiful sea
I choose to be happy
you and I you and I
We're like diamonds
in the sky
You're a shooting star
I see
A vision of
ecstasy
When you hold me
I'm alive
We're like diamonds
in the sky
I knew that we'd
become one right away
Oh right away
at first sight
I felt the energy
of sun rays
I saw the life
inside your eyes
So shine bright
tonight you and I
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye
so alive
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shining bright
like a diamond
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shining bright
like a diamond
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Palms rise to the
universe
As we
moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth
we'll never die
We're like diamonds
in the sky
You're a shooting star
I see
A vision of
ecstasy
When you hold me
I'm alive
We're like diamonds
in the sky
At first
sight
I felt the energy
of sun rays
I saw the life
inside your eyes
So shine bright
tonight you and I
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye
so alive
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shining bright
like a diamond
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shining bright
like a diamond
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
So shine bright
tonight you and I
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye
so alive
We're beautiful like
diamonds in the sky
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond
Shining bright
like a diamond
Shine bright
like a diamond

I will not make
the same mistakes
That you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart
so much misery
I will not break
the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned
The hard way
to never let it
Get that far
because of you
I never stray too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it
Hard to trust
not only me
But everyone around me
because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not
too long
Before you point
it out
I cannot cry
because I know
That's weakness
in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
a smile a laugh
Everyday of my life
my heart can't
Possibly break
when it wasn't
Even whole
to start with
Because of you
I never stray
Too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it
Hard to trust
not only me
But everyone around me
because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry
every night
In your sleep
I was so young
You should have
known better
Than to lean on me
you never thought
Of anyone else
you just saw your pain
And now I cry
in the middle
Of the night
for the same
Damn thing
because of you
I never stray too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest
Just to forget
everything
Because of you
I don't know how to
Let anyone else in
because of you
I'm ashamed of my life
because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
because of you

I believe
the children are
our future
Teach them well and
let them lead the way
Show them all
the beauty
they possess inside
Give them a
sence of pride
to make it easier
Let the children's
laughter remind us
how we used to be
Everybody's
searching for a hero
people need someone
to look up to
I never found anyone
who full filled
my needs
A lonely place to be
and so I learned
to depend on me
I decided long ago
never to walk
in anyone's shadow
If I fail
if I succeed at least
I live as I believe
No matter
what they take from me
They can't take away
My dignity
Because the greatest
love of all
is happening to me
I've found
the greatest
love of all
inside of me
The greatest
love of all is
easy to achieve
Learning to love
Yourself
it is the Greatest
love of all
I believe
the children
are our future
Teach them well and
let them lead the way
Show them
all the beauty
they possess inside
Give them a sence
of pride to make
it easier
Let the children's
laughter remind us
how we used to be
I decided long ago
never to walk
in anyone's shadow
If I fail
if I succeed
at least I live
as I believe
No matter
what they take from me
They can't take away
My dignity
Because the greatest
love of all
is happening to me
I've found
the greatest
love of all
inside of me
The greatest
love of all
is easy to achieve
Learning to love
Yourself it is
the Greatest
love of all
And if by chance
that special place
That you've been
dreaming of
leads you to
a lonely place
find
Your strength
in love ~

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

Sitting here
wasted and wounded
At this old piano
trying hard
To capture the moment
this morning
I don't know 'cause
a bottle of vodka is
Still lodged
in my head and
Some blond gave me
nightmares
I think
she's still in my bed
As I dream
about movies
They won't make of me
when I'm dead
With an ironclad
first I wake up
And french kiss
the morning
While
some marching band
Keeps its own beat
in my head
While we're talking
About all of the think
That I long to believe
about love and
The truth and
what you mean to me
And the truth is
baby you're all
That I need
I want to lay you
On a bed of roses
for tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails
Ooh I want to be
just as close as
The Holy Ghost is
and lay you down
On a bed of roses
well I'm so far away
That each step
that I take is
On my way home
King's ransom in dimes
I'd given each night
just to see
Through this payphone
still I run out
Of time or it's hard
to get through
Till the bird
on the wire
Flies me back to you
I'll just close
My eyes and whisper
baby
Blind love is true
I want to lay you down
On a bed of roses
for tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails
Ooh I want to be
just as close as
The Holy Ghost is
and lay you down
On a bed of roses
well this hotel bar
Hangover whiskey's
gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's
crooked
And she's giving me
the eye
I might have said yeah
but I laughed so hard
I think I died
ooh yeah-

When you close
your eyes
Know I'll be thinking
about you
While my mistress
she calls me to stand
In her spotlight again
tonight
I won't be alone
but you know
That don't mean
I'm not lonely
I've got nothing
to prove
For it's you that
I'd die to defend
I want to lay you down
on a bed of roses
For tonight
I sleep on a bed
On nails
ooh I want to be
Just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
I want to lay you down
On a bed of roses
for tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails I want to be
Just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
on a bed of roses-