I don’t mind spending every day,
Out on the corner in the pouring rain,
Look for the girl with the broken smile,
Ask her if wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved…
The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see
For the moon refused to shine
Couple sitting underneath the willow tree
For love, they pined
Little May was kinda 'fraid of darkness
So she says “I guess I’ll go.”
Boy began to sigh, looked up to the sky
Told the sky his little tale of woe
So shine on
Shine on harvest moon
Up in the sky
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Big Jim was no one’s fool, he owned the town’s only diamond mine
He made his usual entrance looking so dandy and so fine
With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place
He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste
But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I’m trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know
The name of the game
Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say are not right
If I promised you the moon and the stars, would you believe it?
Games people play in the middle of the night
When we were at school, our games were simple
I played a janitor, you played a monitor
Then you played with older boys and prefects
What’s the attraction in what they’re doing
Hey, Carrie Anne, what’s your game now
Can anybody play
I started school in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out.
I knew the way it was to always live in doubt,
To be without the simple things,
So afraid my friends could see the guilt in me.
Don’t think I don’t need you,
Don’t think I don’t want to please you.
No child of mine’ll be bearing the name of shame I’ve been wearin’.
Love Child
Half-breed, that’s all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she’s no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
I’m an Indian outlaw,
Half Cherokee and Choctaw,
My baby she’s a Chippawa,
She’s a-one of a kind…
On the banks of the river stood Running Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was-a her name, such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other, so their love could never be
I gets weary
Sick of trying
I’m tired of living
Feared of dying
But ol’ man river
He just keeps rolling along
She stands on the bank of the mighty Mississippi,
Alone in the pale moonlight,
Waiting for a man, a Riverboat gambler,
Said he’d return tonight…
Come back to me
I’m beggin’ you please
Come back to me
I want you to
Come back to me
I’m beggin’ you please
Come back to me
Girl don’t you miss me just a little bit.
I don’t know if I could live like this.
Things aint been right ever since we split.
Baby, do I have to break down and beg.
Just to get you to come back my way,
Just need you to say it’s gonna be OK.
Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you
When I’m ridin’ ‘round the world
And I’m doin’ this and I’m signin’ that
And I’m tryin’ to make some girl, who tells me
Baby, better come back maybe next week
Can’t you see I’m on a losing streak?
I can’t get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That’s what I say, I can’t get no, I can’t get no
I can’t get no satisfaction, no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction
Well I thought my life was over when she walked right out on me,
And I watched the world around me just explode.
That’s when I hit the highway, that’s how I came to be,
Morning rider on the road.
Ride, Captain ride,
Upon your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the freinds you have,
Here on your trip…