When the sun goes down the tide goes out
The people gather round and they all begin to shout
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it’s a sin
When I feel like I’m winning, when I’m losing again
I had a dream
But it turned to dust
What I thought was love
That must have been lust
I was living in style
When the walls fell in
When I played my hand
I looked like a joker
Turned around
Fate must have woke her
Because lady luck she was
Waiting outside the door
I’m winning
I’m winning
I’m winning
I’m winning
I’m winning
And I don’t intend on losing again
I had a dream
Oh, yeah
Crazy dream, uh-huh
Anything I wanted to know
Any place I needed to go
Hear my song
Yeah, people don’t you listen now?
Sing along
Had myself a dream today
The same one
Havin’ it most every day now
Since you been gone
Wake up in the mornin’ and I find
You’re not in my room
You’re in my mind
Suddenly the sun has lost its shine
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind,
And… you were on my mind.
You Were On My Mind – We Five
-“BB”-
If I made you feel, oh, second best (you did, you did)
Girl, I’m sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Well, how can I forget you girl?
When there is always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me
I was born to love her and I will never be free
You’ll always be a part of me
Set me free, why don’t you babe?
Get out my life, why don’t you babe?
You really don’t want me, you just keep me hanging on
Gagged, ball and chained
Feel just the same
Heads on the wall
Maybe you’re just playing games
Set me free
Chains, my baby’s got me locked up in chains
And they ain’t the kind that you can see
Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well I can’t break away from these chains
Can’t run around, cos I’m not free
Whoa, oh, these chains of love won’t let me be, yeah
Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise
Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies
And if you don’t love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
All of these chains
Weighing down on me
Weighing down
All day long they’re singing (Hoh! Ah!)
(Well don’t you know)
That’s the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, ga-ang
That’s the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, gang
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin’ on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang.
Music knows it is and always will
Be one of the things that life just can’t quit
But here are some of music’s pioneers
That time will not allow us to forget
There’s Basey Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella’s ringing out, there’s no way the band can lose
Jimi gave us rainbows
And Janis took a piece of our hearts
And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay
Sing a song to light my fire, remember Jim that way
They’ve all found another place, another place to play
If you believe in forever
Then life is just a one-night stand
If there’s a rock n’ roll heaven
Well you know they’ve got a hell of a band,
Ahem … That line should read “There’s Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke”
● ‘Basie’ refers to jazz pianist William James Basie, better known as “Count” Basie
● ‘Miller’ would almost certainly be band leader and trombonist Glenn Miller
● ‘Satchmo’ is the one and only Dixieland trumpeter Louis Armstrong
● and ‘Sir Duke’ is, of course, composer/bandleader/pianist Duke Ellington
IN PLAY:
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
Homeward Bound – Simon and Garfunkel
-“BB”-
I’d invite you back to my place
It’s only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like home to me alright
But it’s a hundred miles from yesterday night
Must I be the man in a suitcase
Is it me, the man with the stranger’s face
Must I be the man in a suitcase
Is it me, the man with the stranger’s face
I love to go a-wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back
Val-deri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Val-deri, val-dera
My knapsack on my back