Well, I’ve been waitin’ ever since eight
Guess my baby’s got another date
Stood up, broken-hearted, again
I’ll bet she’s out havin’ a ball
Not even thinkin’ of me at all
Stood up, broken-hearted, again
Well, I know just what I oughta do
I oughta find somebody new
But, baby, I couldn’t forget about you
Stood up, broken-hearted, again
I can think of younger days
When living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow
I was never told about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain falling down?
Tell me how can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go 'round?
Your day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head
You won’t forget her
And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years
Mm, I’ve been a crocodile my whole life
I try to fit in, but I always stand out
My claws are too sharp
My thoughts are too dark
And I keep eating all of my friends
Whoa
She’s crying alone
The deceitful crocodile in the Nile
Crocodile tears are falling down my face
I want you to cry for me
I want you to be sorry
For the things that you’ve done
Oh, lawdy, Mama
Those Friday nights…
Susie woman dressed up right..
Crocodile rockin’ was out-of-sight…
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang
See the alligator all a-waitin’ nearby
Sooner or later, they know I’m gonna try
When she waved from the bank, don’t you know I know?
It’s a-goodbye, fishin’ line, see you while I go
With a Louisiana woman waitin’ on the other side
The Mississippi River don’t look so wide
Sleepy alligator in the noon day sun,
Lyin’ by the river just like he usually done.
Call for his whiskey, he can call for his tea,
Call all he want to, but he can’t call for me.
Call me (call me) my love
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) for a ride
Call me, call me for some overtime
Call me (call me) in my life
Call me, call me in a sweet design
Call me (call me), call me for your lover’s, lover’s alibi
Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me)
Walk the dark path
Sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I’d give my everything
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forevermore
She wasn’t perfect
She had some trips of her own
He wasn’t worried
At least he wasn’t alone
Too late
He sleeps with angels
Too soon
He’s always on someone’s mind
He sleeps with angels
Too late
He sleeps with angels
Too soon
They call me hell
They call me Stacey
They call me Her
They call me Jane
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
They call me quiet
But I’m a riot
Mary-Jo-Lisa
Always the same
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I got a name, I got a name
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad
I got a name, I got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I’m living the dream that he kept hid
Like the north wind whistling down the sky
I’ve got a song, I’ve got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the phoebe’s* cry
I’ve got a song, I’ve got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud
[*Before someone chimes in, I know all the lyric sites insist “baby”, but they’re all wrong, Croce would never have paired a bird with a human infant, but with another bird.]
White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter’s day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
The leaves blow
Across the long, black road
To the darkened skies
In it’s rage
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Unknown
If you take a life, do you know what you give?
Odds are, you won’t like what it is
If the storm arrives, will you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes, I’m deceived
I’ve seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you, yourself, are nothing so divine
You’re just next in line!
Arm yourself, because no one else here will save you!
The odds will repay you, and I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you; are you ready to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
She paints her eyes as black as night now
Pulls those shades down tight
Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain come
The pain gonna make everything alright
Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her own name
Oh, yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her own name
Rescued by the first light
Receiving us with these tears
Feeling your gaze in the back of my eyes
Leaving worlds this way
Seeing out the angels
From the shadows of a day
That stands alone and crying young
Singing fascination
For the twist in anxious days
That stand alone and crying young
Seeing out the angels
From the restive pools of life
That stand alone and crying young
Angel came down from heaven yesterday
She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
And then she spread her wings, high over me
She said she is going to come back tomorrow
“You know who I am,” he said
The speaker was an angel
He coughed and shook his crumpled wings
Closed his eyes and moved his lips
“It’s time we should be going”
An angel came down one night to the Earth
A mission from God to find out the worth
Of all of the things His children had done
Since that winter night, the birth of His Son