Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind,
Incense and peppermints, the color of time…
Crystal blue persuasion…
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Blue moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that’s gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that’s gone and left me blue
Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world now I’m without you
Gray, gray, my life is gray
Cold is my heart since you went away
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind?
And melt your cold, cold heart…
You’re as cold as ice
You’re willing to sacrifice our love
You never take advice
Someday you’ll pay the price, I know
Well, the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice
The river runs deep and the water is cold as ice
I go down there every chance I get
It’s where my baby she met her death
And the river runs deep and the water’s cold as ice
Down by the river, I shot my baby,
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead…
I did not know
And I could not see
Who was waiting there,
Who was hunting me.
By the rivers dark,
Where it all goes on
By the rivers dark
In Babylon.
By the waters, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept, and wept, for thee Zion
We remember thee, remember thee, remember thee Zion
By the waters, the waters of Babylon
I am on the rock and then I check a stock
I have to run like a fugitive to save the life I live
I’m gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
I’m gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain;
It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I’m coming now, I’m coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
We’ll have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten
Island too.
It’s lovely going through the Zoo.
It’s very fancy
On old Delancey
Street you know.
The subway charms us so,
When balmy breezes blow
To and fro.
We built this city,
We built this city on rock and roll…
Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many
His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle
'Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city
I’ve seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s
like a settin’ sun