Oh, my lover for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh, my lover for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
If I get drunk, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver up, yeah I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
I’d wait a million years
Walk a million miles, cry a million tears
I’d swim the deepest sea
Climb the highest hill, just to have you near me
How I loved you, loved you so
How I lost you, maybe time and tide will let me know
But I’m not worried, 'cause I know
I’ll forget you in a million years or so
In a million years or so
I know some of us were born to cast our fortune to the winds
And I guess I’m bound to travel down a road that never ends
But I know I’ll never look upon the likes of her again
And I’ll never understand, why I lost her
‘Cause she brightened up the day like the early mornin’ sun
And she made what I was doin’ seem worthwhile
It’s the closest thing to livin’ that I guess I’ve ever known
And it made me want to smile, when I loved her
You shift your course along the breeze
Won’t sail up wind on memories
The empty sky is your best friend
And you just cast your fate to the wind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
When I come home from a hard days work
And you’re waiting there, not a care in the world
Though we gotta say goodbye, for the summer,
Baby, I promise you this–
I’ll send you all my love, every day in a letter,
Sealed with a kiss.
A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going ‘round; papa caught it, and he died last spring
And now mama doesn’t seem to want to do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin’ flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee
I’d like to get you on a slow boat to China,
All to myself alone.
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
Leave all your lovers weeping on the faraway shore.
Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand
Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand
Can you show me the shine of your Japan
The sparkle of your China, can you show me
Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva
I’m gonna sell my house in town
Bodhisattva
I’m gonna sell my house in town
And I’ll be there to shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China, yes I’ll be there
Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva
Oh, my sweet Fraulien down in Berlin town
Makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
Waits for my return
Return to me
For my heart wants you only
Hurry home, hurry home
Won’t you please hurry home to my heart.
You’re in my heart, you’re in my soul
You’ll be my breath should I grow old
You’re my lover and my best friend
You are my soul…
Two o’clock this morning
If she should come a calling
I couldn’t dream of turning her away
And if it got hot and hectic
I know she’d be electric
I’d let her take her chances with me
You see, she gets what she wants
'Cause she’s heart and soul
She’s hot and cold
She’s got it all, hot loving every night, oh
Oh
Heart and soul, I fell in love with you,
Heart and soul, the way a fool would do, madly,
Because you held me tight,
And stole a kiss in the night.
You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration,
You’re all I’ve got to get me by,
You’re all my soul and my heart’s inspiration,
Without you, baby, what good am I?
Oh, what good am I?
You are my heart’s delight,
And where you are, I long to be
You make my darkness bright,
When like a star you shine on me
Shine, then, my whole life through
Your life divine bids me hope anew
That dreams of mine may at last come true
And I shall hear you whisper,
“I love you.”