Old Man River (I've Come To Talk Again)
(D. Hogan/R. Scaife)
Cool breeze on the river, ripples to the shore
Wash away my troubles to the sea forever more
Wind & willows whisper, sadness is the sound
Tell a tale of my once-happy world that's fallin' down
Old Man, I might be going where you're bound
CHORUS:
Old Man River, I've come to talk again
Yes I know you're tired 'cause your journey never ends
She's just like you, she's movin' all the time
& I think she's movin' me out of her mind
I wanna travel with you in your deep & inroad soul
That's the only way to make it peaceful like before
We used to touch at midnight, ah but now I feel she's gone
Even though she's lyin' next to me, I feel alone
Old Man, it looks like time to travel on
(chorus x2)
Oh I think she's movin' me out of her mind (x3)
I used to be so lonely
I used to be so blue
There was a time I thought I'd never
See love shinin' through
I could not find a spark of hope
There was darkness in the air
But now I've found someone & the clouds are gone
& I see love in the air
& I said "Oh me! (oh me) Oh my! (oh my)
Mercy mercy! (ooo ooo) Now love is everywhere"
I said "Ooo-eee" (ooo-eee) & I sighed (I sighed)
" 'Lantic Ocean! Oh love is everywhere"
There was a woman that I heard of
To say of an icy bride
About a love that long ago
Had withered up & died
Then one night she was observed
By the full light of the moon
With a swing of her hips & a song on her lips
We met up in her room
She said "Oh me! (oh me) Oh my! (oh my)
Mercy mercy! (ooo ooo) Now love is everywhere"
She said "Ooo-eee" (ooo-eee) & she sighed (she sighed)
" 'Lantic Ocean! Oh love is everywhere"
There was a man who lived next to me
& I swear that his heart was hard
There was no sunshine on his back porch
No flowers in his yard
He claimed that he'd looked high & low
But love could not be found
But it didn't take much, just a woman's touch
To turn his world around
& he said "Oh me! (oh me) Oh my! (oh my)
Mercy mercy! (ooo ooo) Now love is everywhere"
I said "Ooo-eee" (ooo-eee) & he sighed (he sighed)
" 'Lantic Ocean! Oh love is everywhere"
(repeat & fade):
& I said "Oh me! (oh me) Oh my! (oh my)
Mercy mercy! (mercy mercy) Now love is everywhere"
I said "Ooo-eee" (ooo-eee) & I sighed (I sighed)
" 'Lantic Ocean! (land to Goshen) Oh love is everywhere"
Well I work a double shift at the plant & I work on the outside
& I'd a lot rather be home makin' love to my new bride
& there's only 2 things I want when I'm back in my double wide
& that's a big ole brew & little ole you
Now though you're workin' every day just as hard as I do
& if I didn't think that I might've loved you, I wouldn've have said "I do"
& there's only 2 things in the world that I need to get close to
& that's a big ole brew & little ole you
Now I got both ends meetin' in the middle
But I can't seem to get 'em tied
I don't care, long as I know you'll be by my side
(instrumental)
Well I got both ends meetin' in the middle
But I can't seem to get 'em tied
I don't care, long as I know you'll be by my side
Well, I ain't gonna work this hard every day of my lifetime
One of these days, everything I want's gonna be mine
But I think it'll be all right as long as there's sunshine
& a big ole brew & little ole you
I'll take a big ole brew & little ol' you
Do You Want To Say Goodbye
(C. Kelly/S. Throckmorton)
You act as though you just might go
A little crazy, like you could break down & cry
Do you wanna say goodbye?
Should we go on or it it gone?
Oh baby, is it too late to try
Do you wanna say goodbye?
Has somethin' changed? It feels so strange
Here lately & I'm wonderin' why
Do you wanna say goodbye?
I'm askin' you to tell the truth
Oh baby, is our love a lie?
Do you wanna say goodbye?
Do you wanna go? Now I hope it ain't so
I've been prayin'
When you walk out that door & it ain't us anymore
All I'm sayin'
Is it too late to try?
Do you wanna say goodbye?
Are we livin' a lie?
Do you wanna say goodbye?
I Call It Love
(songwriting credits unavailable)
2 young kids, a night in May
A country road & a Chevrolet
Beneath the summer moon
Almost a woman, almost a man
Things like this get out of hand
17, & that's too soon
CHORUS:
You can call it youth
& blame it on the night, you can call it life
& say that it's not right, you can call it foolish
Blame it on the stars above, call it what you want
I call it love
Blood runs high &, wrong or right
They lose their heads & run off one night
& what's done can't be undone
Thinkin' life's an easy thing
A borrowed dress & a wedding ring
18, & that's too young
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Time goes on & in a while
It's a rented room & a month-old child
& they're down to just gettin' by
It's hard to last when life's that way
People shake their heads & say
They won't make it, ah but they might
(chorus)
I call it love
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