Release Date: 1976
Duration: 50:26
Label: Rhino/Bearsville
Catalog Number: R2 70868
Meeting people along my way Seemingly I am among they But in reality of things What my dreaming always brings Happenings ten years time ago Situations we really know But the knowing is in the mind Sinking deep into the world of time Looking in a room I see Things that mean a lot to me Why they do I never know Memories don't strike me so It seems to me I've been here before Those sounds I heard and the sights I saw Was it for real, was it in my dreams I need to know what it all means
I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair I hear the sound of a gentle word On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air I'm picking up good vibrations She's giving me excitations Good bop bop, good vibrations Bop bop, excitations Good, good, good, good vibrations Close my eyes, she is somehow closer now Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes She comes with me to a blossom world I don't know where but she sends me there Oh my my my, what a sensation Oh my my, what elation Got to keep those loving good vibrations happening with her
If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads They might as well be dead if the rain comes When the sun shines, they slip into the shade And sip their lemonade, when the sun shines Rain, I don't mind Shine, the weather's fine I can show you that when it starts to rain Everything's the same, I can show you Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines It's just a state of mind, can you hear me I know what it's like to be dead I know what it is to be sad
You say you love me and you thinking of me But you know you could be wrong You say you told me that you want to hold me But you know you're not that strong I just can't do what I done before I just can't beg you anymore I'm just gonna let you pass I'm gonna last 'Cause time will tell just who has fell And who's been left behind When you go your way and I go mine You say you disturb me and you don't deserve me But you know sometimes you lie You say you're breaking and you're always aching But you know how hard you try Sometimes it gets so hard to care You just can't be this way everywhere I'm gonna let you pass Well the judge he holds a grudge He's gonna call on you But he's badly built and he walks on stilts Watch out he don't fall on you You say you're sorry for telling stories That you know I believe are true You say you got some other kind of lover And I guess I believe you do You say my kisses aren't like his This time I ain't gonna tell you why that is I'm just gonna let you pass
(In a whisper: Yeah, sing the song bro) If the sun refused to shine I don't mind, I don't mind If the mountains fell in the sea Let it be, it ain't me All right, 'cause I got my own world to look through And I ain't gonna copy you Now if six turned out to be nine I don't mind, I don't mind If all the hippies cut off all their hair I don't care, I don't care Dig, 'cause I got my own world to live through And I ain't gonna copy you White collar conservatives flashing down the street Pointing their plastic finger at me They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high (high) Fall mountain, just don't fall on me Go on Mr. Business man, you can't dress like me You don't even know what I'm talking about I'm the one that's got to die When it's time for me to die So let me live my life the way I want to Sing on brother, play on drummer
Let me take you down 'cause I going to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out It doesn't matter much to me No one I think is in my tree I mean it must be high or low That is the catch you know Tune in but it's all right That is I think it's not too bad Always know sometimes think it's me But you know I know when it's a dream I think I know, I mean, oh yes, but it's all wrong That is I think I disagree
Stick to your guns Diamonds are a girl's best friend Nobody knows the trouble this poor boy's seen People will believe anything Man on the run Always gets it in the end Nobody cares 'cause nobody shares his dream People don't believe anything Everything is changed Everything is still the same It's just a part of the game Blood on the moon Patterns running across the floor A musical inside a movie inside a dream Guess you can believe anything Everything is changed Everything is still the same It's all a part of the game Mama, Papa, boys, and girls Holding hands around the world Wrong is wrong and right is right Nothing changes overnight I'll believe it when I see it in black and white Tell me the truth Nobody leaves here alive In the black hole of doubt trying to get out in the light Sometimes you can't see anything Everyone is changed Everyone is still the same They can't get out of the game
I've been burned in my prime The simple things in life Seem so hard to learn sometimes And it takes so long Catch it while you can Too late tomorrow And everyone Said we all know what comes of that Living in your pockets and talking through your hat But it won't take long To turn your head around Too late tomorrow 'Cause everyone needs the love of the common man Turn the world around Too late tomorrow 'Cause everyone Everyone is waiting, just anticipating on you Won't you make a showing everybody knows what to do Take a dive from your ivory tower And fall on everyone will catch you, everyone I would be so pleased to spend some time To hear a little talk about what's been on your mind 'Cause it don't take long To turn my head around If it comes easy 'Cause everyone needs the love of the common man Turn the world around Too late tomorrow 'Cause everyone
Now I lay me down to sleep I'm praying Lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake Somebody make a big mistake I'm only just one little man Just usin' up the air Still I'm askin' anyway Lord when I pray, please be there Lord when I pray, please be there Singin' om om my god, please be there You know I'm just like all my kind I got a weak and confused mind When I feel a little pain You know how I love to complain But I try to be strong I try hard to lift my share I don't expect for nothing But Lord when I pray, please be there Now I sing for you
One more game, one more chance One more orchestrated song and dance He'd be up front and speak his peace and ask for her time To put their heads together and try to make the knot unwind And it strikes home that it's time to make his move or it's time to turn and walk away So he plays that old cliché Silent tears, bleeding heart Well our prima donna plies her art Defenses of defenses of faultless design Still she's only asking him to help her make the knot unwind And if the very next words leaving her lips could decide If he'd go or if he'd stay She would play that old cliché Who makes up the rules for the world? Haven't we been down this road before? Isn't anything peculiar here? Certainly there must be something more Where are the words, where are the words, where are the words Where are the words, where are the words, where are the words And it's almost not worth singing about, it seems so everyday anyway Still we play that old cliché And here sit I, one man show I vivisect and then pretend to know All it ever gets me is an ache in the mind Can't somebody help me to try to make the knot unwind And I say what I say when I know there's really nothing left to say Then I play that old cliché Throw away that old cliché
Some people tell me that love is a feeling or a possession Somehow it seems so cold And when they say love is sweet, does it mean that you eat it? Maybe you drink it, does it fill up an empty hole? I'm lookin' for a love and I may not find it You know it doesn't mean a thing without some action behind it Please come home I can hear them calling Please come home Please don't leave us all alone Your mama and your papa are crying all alone You better let it magnetize, learn to sacrifice 'Til we get the true version of The meaning of the verb 'To Love' What does it mean to love? And when somebody needs love, do they spend some money? Say something funny, ask for some tenderness? And when you wanna touch of love, do you lie on your back? Stand on your head, how do you feel it best? I'm looking for a love with no strings attached To take me like I am, that's the only catch Please come home I can hear them calling Please come home Please don't leave us all alone Your wife and your lover are crying all alone You better let it magnetize, learn to sacrifice 'Til we learn the true version of The meaning of the verb 'To Love' Does it mean any more, the more you talk about it Is it anymore real if you jump around and shout it I'm sick and tired of hearing 'bout everyone without it and Too much talkin' sends me walkin' Night is falling and everybody's calling for love Everybody's lookin' for their one and only It's only just a game 'cause they're scared to be lonely Please come home I can hear them calling Please come home Please don't leave us all alone Your brothers and your sisters are crying all alone You got let it magnetize, learn to sacrifice 'Til we get the true version of The meaning of the verb 'To Love' What does it mean to love?
Beefsteak Charlie says to Porky the Pig "I can see the party lights Someone's throwin' a bash and it sure looks big Down at the slaughterhouse tonight." Say, let's get together and hit the buffet You might as well stuff yourself, They'll only throw it away Old Colonel Sanders says to Elsie the Cow "Golly, baby you're the one Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, pickle, cheese, onions on a sesame seed bun." Say, we just got time for a roll in the hay Might as well stuff yourself They've come to take you away I know where you're going, I can tell Don't go looking for me down in Hamburger Hell Don't misunderstand me, I wish you well Don't go looking for me down in Hamburger Hell
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