From the album EASY NOW
THE OTHER SIDE
On the other side of the bed she's sleeping
on the other side she's a million miles away
on the other side of the room there's a window
on the other side it's a rainy day
rain keeps falling, falling just like we do
coulda drowned on the cold ground but we're still right here
seems there's always been something else waiting
on the other side all these years
and oh it's everyday, everyday
that's the price you pay when you stick and stay
and we just climb up the hill
and oh it's a long, long ride
we just climb up the hill
and fall down the other side
last night in the moonlight we went out walking
down by the river dark and wide
and we stood for a while and looked at the green grass
growing on the other side
there's been secrets and detours, back doors and long nights
there's not been much we haven't tried
but we say don't worry, I'll be right here waiting
when you get back from the other side
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FELT GOOD TO ME
they say that good things never last
fade fast, pass quickly
and I guess they're right about good things
cause darling we sure felt good to me
just like the wind like a falling star
when it's all falling fast
like the smoke from a fire in the night
nothing good ever seems to last
midnight on a Friday
when you first caught my eye
hanging out downtown
when you came walking by
three days four nights in your house
with the shades all pulled down
there were birds nesting underneath the eaves
there were wild flowers on the ground
lights blinking on a highway sign
over across the way
just kick the blankets from the bed
leave them where they lay
somethings are over from the moment they begin
and sometimes it's all just a question of when
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HEAVEN HELP ME
I can't help it if I'm blue again
can't help it if my troubles seem brand new again
can't help it if I turn to you again
my pillow's hard, my bed is made of stone
my pillow's hard, my bed is made of stone
and time don't seem to move when you're all alone
heaven help me
cause there's no one else
heaven help me
cause I can't help myself
can't help it if I'm in a spin again
can't help it if my days are kinda dim again
can't seem to win again I think I need a friend again
feels like rain but there ain't no rain in sight
feels like rain though there ain't no rain in sight
morning sun feels like the dead of night
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HOLD ME STRONG
she
can't wait to get away
she's halfway out the door
when she hears me say
turn around, turn around
come and lay back down
let the light shine on
this new love we found
cause the time is getting serious
days are getting long
your kisses left me curious
hold me strong
I
I'm like tall grass in the field
caught out in the weather
that's how you make me feel
and I'm feeling kinda low, low, low
you're up above me like a sparrow
you fly across me like a shadow
take my heart when you go
we
we can step through
the morning where it's broken
the fields all wet with dew
it's heavy on the hillside
it's heavy in the hay
it's heavy on a night ride
heavy every day
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WILD HONEY COMB
she calls me on the redial
says it's me
sounds like summertime
coming through the trees
I ask her where she's going
where she's been
I feel the wind blowing
and she's gone again
she's hard to find, hard to hold
she's like a fire flame burning, when it's cold
like a light in the window, when you're coming home
like wild honey, a wild honey comb
if you ever pass her by
turn around
you might hear the angels cry
rain coming falling down
she's just too beautiful
sweet and rare
you're never gonna hold her
look again and she's not there
maybe tommorrow, maybe today
always hoping wild honey's gonna come my way
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MOSTLY BITTERSWEET
ain't got a penny, got a gold moon
ain't got a penny, got a gold moon
don't know where I'm going, hope I get there soon
ain't got a roof, I got starry crown
ain't got a roof, I got starry crown
ain't got a rug on my floor, just the cold, cold ground
got no wings to carry me
got no shoes upon my feet
but through these hard times
I keep tommorrow on my mind
and I'm not bitter
these days I'm mostly bittersweet
ain't got the sun, I got a misty morn
ain't got the sun, I got a misty morn
musta been a storm, when I was born
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LETTER TO AN ANGEL
I think I'll write a letter
and I'll send it to the heavens up above
I'll seal it with a kiss and say please
deliver to the angel that I love
the tempest may howl, thunder may roll
gathering storms may cloud the view
somebody told me she was seen in Brownsville
living out on Padre Avenue
these disturbances, these lost footsteps
these roads to the left and to the right
all these dark rooms in these strange mansions
I wonder where she is and where she sleeps tonight
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THEY DON'T KNOW
whenever they see us come walking down the street
they don't know, they don't know
that the nightbirds call, leaves fall at your feet
but they don't know, they don't know
dog barking over in the shadow
they don't know, they don't know
cool wind blows, makes the tree all bend low
and they don't know, they don't know
they don't know what you got me feeling
they don't know what a man in love goes through
they don't know that you got me reeling
they don't know, know you like I do
now I feel sorry for anyone who isn't me
they don't know, they don't know
it's like I stole the sting and the honey from the bee
and they don't know, they don't know
I can't believe it, they can't see it but it's true
they don't know, they don't know
in the whole world for me there's only you
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BETTER THAN BEAUTIFUL
spiderweb spun on my front gate
sure was beautiful
sleepy kisses when it's getting late
sure was beautiful
sunday morning in July
sure was beautiful
that oldtime loving look in your eye
sure was beautiful
all these things make life with you
better than beautiful
better than beautiful
better than beautiful
you got your chili peppers cooking with your black-eyed peas
sure was beautiful
the way you always whisper to me sweet dreams
sure was beautiful
light through a bottle on a windowsill
sure was beautiful
picking up leaves on Beckenham Hill
sure was beautiful
all the words in the world just can't reveal
just how beautiful you make me feel
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NOT THE ONLY MAN
we didn't fall out, we fell in
to a way of being broken that soon fell apart and then
this talk, talk, talk, and this chill wind
were all we had left to fill the spaces of this hole that we fell in
and I know that you have got to do
all the things your heart tells you to
and I know that I, I've got to understand
mine aren't the only arms, and I'm not the only man
we didn't fall out, we fell down
you and me among the dry leaves, laying on the ground
and the wind came hard, the wind came heavy too
the wind came clean, the wind came mean, the wind came to carry
you
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BRING A LITTLE LOVE
see that little house over on the hill
with one candle burning that's just the way I feel
for I've just one small light, to shine out in the night
whisper to the world, everything's gonna be all right
bring a little love
bring a little love
bring a little love
bring a little love
I don't wanna set the world on fire
I don't want no master plan
I don't wanna be Mr. Big
just wanna be who I am
like the moon caught in my window
like a tree leaf bend down low
like a bird wing can make a breeze blow
like some small thing can cast a big shadow
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NEVER COMING BACK
tell me that you won't go down to the river
tell me that you won't go downtown
tell me that you won't hang around on the corner
you never know who's gonna be around
you never know when shadows fall
just what you might find
you may forget the one
that you left behind
everytime you go it scares me so
and you leave my heart wide open
it's like an old Georgia train
running down a one-way track
people that go out have a way of not coming back
I know you can't stand for chains to bind you
you wanna float around like a summer breeze
it's taken me a long long time to find you
won't let you go so easily
I don't want to be the one
to tell you what to do
but if ever feel like leaving
won't you take me with you
From the album JUST WHAT TIME IT IS
KISSING GATE
We walk until the hour grows late
She helps me through the kissing gate
She talks to me, tells me things
Sounds as sweet as the brush of angel wings
Won't you
Meet me at the kissing gate
Meet me at the kissing gate
Meet me at the kissing gate
I can feel her footsteps everytime they touch the ground
Like a shock to my soul make my heart pound
And she knows where we're going she tells me the flowers' names
She takes me right back from where I came
Chorus
I don't care if the sun goes down
I don't care if we get lost a thousand miles from town
I'm gonna find some shelter, find a warm place
for to keep the rain from off her angel face
I want to roll with her just like these green hills
in each others arms like lovers will
Chorus
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SHE REMINDED ME
She reminded me of you
Her black hair that curled and fell down
The way she stepped onto the train
The way she sat all by herself
In her coat fresh wet with rain
In the curve of her arm
The crease of her forehead
The rings on her fingers
That gripped the book she read
And everything I thought
That I had forgot
All the feelings from which I'd been set free
I just took one look at her and she reminded me
She reminded me of you
The way she sat so serious
Both feet flat on the ground
And though I did my best to catch her eye
She never once looked around
The way she stood when the train was slowing down
And gathered back her hair
The way she walked through those closing doors
And left me sitting there
Chorus
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SUMMER CAME
Summer came late this year
Seemed sometimes it didn't want to come at all
Another grey day can sure bring a tear
Morning hours can start to crawl
And then just when another chill wind
Came blowing in more of the same
A door opened wide, you stepped inside
You smiled at me and summer came
Summer came when you came to me
Summer came just like a southern breeze
Summer came like a whippoorwill up in a cottonwood tree
Summer came, summer came, summer came,
When you came to me
I'll make my way down to the river
Walk along by the river bed
I'll cool my feet in the still water
Cool my heart, cool my head
For is this heat that I'm feeling
The same summer heat that comes every year
Or is it just the way you smile at me
Is it just because you're near
Chorus
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MIDNIGHT (ALL NIGHT LONG)
She tells me she sleeps with a black dog at night
We're sitting in a corner booth in the pale bar light
There were geese by the highway, sitting in the snow
Everything was frozen, there was a wreck on the road
Now there's pictures on the wall, she's sitting by my side
Drinks on the table, I got blood in my eye
So tell time to stop rolling, tell the clock to slow down
Tell the smoke to swing low, tell the moon to stick around
'Cause it's midnight and everything's all right
Nothing's ever gonna go wrong
Yes it's midnight and everything's all right
It's gonna be midnight all night long
I woke up sick this morning, come like a thief in the night
I went looking for some medicine to make me feel all right
Your smile it just lift me up from the leaf to the root
from
the top of my head to the bottom of my boot
So you can come down to my boat, lay out on my deck
Put your feet in my water, throw your arms around my neck
Or we can just stay here all night, watch the smoke curl
Feels like it must be midnight all around the world
Chorus
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DOUBLE DOSE OF YOU
Just one kiss is not enough
Just one kiss won't ever do
I need more than that, don't you hold back
I need a double dose of you
A double dose of you
Got a honeysuckle growing in my backyard
Got a rosebush full of thorn
Got a black-eyed dog come barking
'Neath my window every morn
Chorus
Got a speckled bird up in the tree tops
Feathers are red and green
Got five leaves left on my maple
Autumn winds have stripped it clean
Chorus
Got a head full of winter chills
And there's no pills that can cure my ills
Need a warm coat in the wintertime
To keep away the evening dew
I need things that I'm just not getting
Need something strong to see me through
Chorus
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HEAVY CHANGES
54, 55 degrees
Losing myself in this chill breeze
And I'm just one step over the county line
I come back looking for some small familiar sign
These hills and houses, this coffee cup
These chairs and windows, steam curling up
But everywhere I look it's strangers that I see
The language they speak means nothing to me
I've been through some
Heavy changes
Heavy changes
There's no comfort now in memories
Heavy changes
Heavy changes
Like 54, 55 degrees
54, 55 degrees
Morning finds me and I'm back down on my knees
Looked for comfort couldn't find it anywhere
And everything that's solid seems to melt in the air
And I'm on the road and I'm walking into town
Car pulls over, man says where you bound
And I say I don't know, I just can't say
Man shakes his head, man drives away
Chorus
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PERFECT STRANGER
Just the way you step around my corner
Just the way your shadow falls on my street
Just the way you pass each stick each brick each click clack
Means that you're coming back, just the way you are
You're such a special treat
And I don't ever wanna know your name
And I don't wanna get too close
It wouldn't be the same
Perfect stranger
Perfect stranger
Perfect stranger
Perfect stranger
Looking out my early window at the grey morning dew
Even on a rainy day, rain drops don't fall on you
You can make my morning tea sweeter just passing by
And everytime you slip away I gotta say I wanna cry
Chorus
If we were to ever meet somewhere across town
Would that make your smile sweet, sweeter still
Would that change the clothes you wear or the colour of your hair
Would that change the way you are, the way you make me feel
Chorus
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ROOM 522
These days seems all I ever do is leave
Six o-clock in the morning can bring a tear
I'm carsick, I'm seasick, I'm lovesick too
And where I want to go I can't get there from here
I'm sitting in room 522
Oh I'm lonely, and so all alone
I'm sitting in room 522
A long way from home
Yesterday I flew over your town
Could you feel it, did you know I was there?
Did a small breeze slip through your window
Make you turn around, did it push back your hair?
Chorus
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SAY GOODBYE TO CHRISTOPHER
Yesterday I saw Christopher
In a parked car on Ludlow Street
Turning around looking over his shoulder
Talking to someone in the back seat
In the evening I saw Christopher
Summer of '73
The shirt he wore was red and silver
In the tall grass in the unsettled breeze
Say goodye, say goodbye, say goodbye to Christopher
In Duluth I saw Christopher
That's a place I'll never go again
Foggy breath, coat buttoned up
To keep away the winter wind
In my dreams I saw Christopher
By the highway all alone
I'm not sure but I think I heard him say
Six more miles and I'll be home
Chorus
When you left, did you leave in time
Did you think about what you left behind
Did you need someone that you never found
Did you need somewhere when it all came down
Chorus
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SADLY SOMETIMES
I see her sometimes in the morning
Sometimes I'm late
Sometimes I get close to her
Sometimes I wait
I see her sometimes on the high street
Sometimes she's with a friend
Sometimes it's days and days
Till I see her again
Sometimes it matters
Sometimes it's flowers
Sometimes it's nothing
And sometimes it's hours
Sometimes
She takes her pleasures sadly
Pleasures of a different kind
Sometimes I love her gladly
And then again I love her sadly sometimes
When I leave her in the morning
Sometimes I cry
And when I say it's been a good day
Sometimes I lie
And I know she's at a loss sometimes
What to do or say
And sometimes I just can't find the words
To tell her please, please stay
And sometimes it's never
And sometimes it's taken
And sometimes it's settled
And sometimes it's shaken
Chorus
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TRYING TO GET OVER
See those dark clouds up above
Sitting kinda low in the evening sky
On this dark and stormy shore
They're gonna break open and start to cry
Nothing I can do to stop it
Water up above starts to come down
And all these tears like rain keep falling
Turn to snow before they hit they ground
And I'm just trying to get over
I'm just trying to get over
I'm just trying to get over
Trying to get over
Bring me a ladder, hammer and nails
Bring me a load of stone and sticks
Bring me a bucket of sand and water
Bring me a ton of building bricks
For all the walls of time are crumbling
Time means nothing now to me
All these minutes and hours just fade away
Like summer snow, like a memory
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HOLD ME TILL I FALL
What's that moving in the river
Looks like my troubles swimming round
Gonna go fishing in the morning
Watch the water till the sun goes down
Hold me till I fall
Hold me till I fall
Hold me till I fall asleep
What's that up there in that sycamore
Looks like my troubles sleeping there
Gonna shake that tree, watch 'em fly away from me
Blackbirds up into the air
What's that up there in the night sky
Looks like my troubles shining bright
Gonna count them all, until they start to fall
And there's nothing left, just a starless night
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HEAVEN RIGHT HERE
I got penny change in my pocket
I got heaven on my mind
I got a gravel road, twenty miles
Gonna spend a little time
For the ways of the world seem to frustrate
Always stealing food off of the next plate
Only hate is our fate and it's too late
All we get is a crumb from the big cake
So I'll just take my time
And relax my mind
So I'll stop - slow down
Watch the sun go down
Come on over to my yard
Sit around and let your troubles all disappear
Come on over to my yard
'Cause right now heaven's right here
It was bright and sunny in the morning
Afternoon clouds gave chase
I don't wanna take my place in their rat race
As for love there's no trace on their face
It chills me right down to my back bone
And it's lonesome when you're so far from home
And when the world that they've made starts to fall down
I'll be here so why don't you just come around
From the album LOVERS KNOT
AS THE RAIN
It was raining this morning
It was raining this morning
It was raining this morning
And I feel as low and lonely as the rain
Just yesterday a wind came blowing
Through the streets of this old town
And it blew away it blew away
It blew away
This brand new love that I found
There's no roof that can keep away these raindrops
There's no four walls to keep away the cold
And there's no way that I can walk around
The streets of this old town
Without her hand to hold
Look to the east
Look to the west
Look to the ground beneath your feet
Look to the skies above
And there ain't nothing in this land
That you will ever understand
There ain't nothing you're ever gonna be sure of
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OUR GOOD GOOD THING (JUST GETS BETTER)
Darling please forgive me
I was tired I didn't mean a world I said
Now all this talk
Won't stop the clock
And that sleepy look
In your eye
Say it's time for bed
But I know
That when I apologise
She's gonna say that's OK
And when she tries to kiss me
I'm gonna let her
'Cause I know everytime we make up
Gives our hearts a little shake up
And I believe
Our good good thing
Just gets better
Darling you're the best part of my life
But sometimes I'm blind and that's
such a crime
And then us we fuss
We kick and cuss
We're talking loud saying nothing
Wasting time
But I know
That when I apologise
She's gonna say that's OK
And when she tries to kiss me
I'm gonna let her
'Cause I know every time we make up
Gives our hearts a little shake up
And I believe
Our good good thing
It just gets better
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COMING DOWN AGAIN
For every rock on Brighton Beach
For every grain of sand
I could give you ten good reasons
Not to meet again
But what good are ten good reasons
Or a million more
They can't compare with your dark hair
And I'm heading out the door
And I'm running to Waterloo
And I'm getting on a train
Coming down
Coming down
Coming down again
Stay with me for just an hour
We'll throw stones from the shore
Stay with me all through the day
We'll throw a thousand more
Stay with me all summer 'til
The first cool winter day
Throwing stones forever 'til
The shoreline just melts away
So will you do one thing for me
Just one thing today
Will you cut off your long black hair
And just throw it all away
And if you do this thing for me
I'll never ask for more
But 'til then I'm gone again
And I'm heading out the door
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DARK HOLLOW
I would rather to live
In a dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to live all alone
Knowing that you're gone
That would cause me to lose my mind
So blow your whistle little freight train
Let it roll
Let it roll down on the track
'Cause I'm going away and
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving and I'm never coming back
I would rather live
In some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Then to lie in this big old city
In a small room
With you on my mind
Little freight train
Let it roll
Let it roll down on the track
'Cause I'm going away and
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving and I'm never coming back
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SOMETHING WE HAD
He didn't come hope at all last night
Where he stayed out who can guess
She had breakfast with
And old girlfriend
She said he's gone and you know
I couldn't care less
No I couldn't care care less
He was nice and he was twenty-nine
Stood five foot eight in
his stocking feet
And he worked downtown
At the cash and carry
And every Friday night
He took me out to eat
Took me out to eat
And that's all that I can say
There's nothing more I can tell you
There's just so little I can recall
Now that we're through
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YESTERDAY'S A LONG TIME AGO
You used to say I love you so
You used to whisper sweet and low
Oh but that was yesterday
And yesterday's a long time ago
Have you ever heard a front door
slam from down the street
And you wonder who and what
did they do
And what are they shouting about
And what's it all about
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