At last, my love has come along
My lonely days are over, and life is like a song
Good morning, mister sunshine
You brighten up my day
Come sit beside me in your way
I see you every morning
Outside the restaurants
The music plays so nonchalant
Lonely days, lonely nights
Where would I be without my woman?
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
I am a Rock
I am an Island
And a Rock feels no pain
And an Island never cries
He rocks in the tree-tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a boppin’ and a-singin’ this song
All the little birds on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin goin’ tweet tweet tweet
Way down the road
(Way down the road)
Not so very far off
(Not so very far off)
A jaybird died
(A jaybird died)
Of the whooping cough
(Of the whooping cough)
Well he whooped so hard
(Well he whooped so hard)
And he whooped so long
(And he whooped so long)
That he whooped his head
(That he whooped his head)
And his tail right off
(And his tail right off)
The sunsets come
The sunsets go
The clouds roll by
And the earth turns old
And the young bird’s eyes
Do always glow
She must fly
She must fly
She must fly
Mama, dear mama, look in yonder tree
See that pretty little sparrow, a-lookin’ back at me
She can soar above the clouds, way up in the sky
She can fly away from here, why, oh why, can’t I?
Daughter, dear daughter, I’ll tell you something true
Remember Gran Eliza? Well, every night she flew
They tried to keep her down but there was nothing they could do
She could fly, she could fly
She could slip the bonds of Earth and rise so high
She could fly across the river
Her spirit in her hands
Searching, always searching for the promised land
Mama, ooh-ooh-ooh
Didn’t mean to make you cry
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on
As if nothing really matters
Don’t cry, daddy
Daddy, please, don’t cry
Daddy, you’ve still got me and little Tommy
Together, we’ll find a brand-new mommy
Daddy, daddy, please, laugh again
Daddy, ride us on your back again
Oh, daddy, please, don’t cry
Everybody knows you’ve been steppin’ on my toes
And I’m gettin’ pretty tired of it
Steppin’ out of line
And a-messin’ with my mind
If you had any sense, you’d quit
‘Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only man in this whole world
Now you better do some thinkin’, then you’ll find
You got the only daddy that’ll walk the line
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you’re mine, I walk the line
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
I know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you’re moving too fast
Slow down, you crazy child
You’re so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you’re so smart
Tell me why are you still so afraid? Mm
Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about?
You’d better cool it off before you burn it out
You’ve got so much to do
And only so many hours in a day, hey
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
I can’t stop this feeling
Deep inside of me
Girl, you just don’t realize
What you do to me
You do something to me
Something that simply mystifies me
Tell me, why should it be?
You have the pow’r to hypnotize me
You got the touch
You got the power
Yeah!