It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up tinsel and singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I wasted my time
When I would try try try
When the lights have lost their glow
You’re gonna cry cry cry…
You told me lies
Now it’s your turn to cry cry cry
Now that Larry said goodbye to you
'Cause now it’s Judy’s turn to cry
Judy’s turn to cry
Judy’s turn to cry
'Cause Johnny’s come back
To me
Aww when Judy left with Johnny at my party (my party)
And came back wearing his ring
I sat down and cried my eyes out
Now that was a foolish thing
I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while,
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight,
As you stopped to say, “Hello.”
Oh, you wished me well, you couldn’t tell,
That I’d been crying over you, crying over you…
All my brothers, sisters cryin’
And my home so sad and low
Will the circle be unbroken?
By and by Lord, by and by
There’s a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord, in the sky…
And the seasons, they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down,
We’re captive on the carousel of time.
We can’t return, we can only look
Behind from where we came,
And go round and round and round,
In the circle game.
Moons and Junes and ferries wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way
It’s a satellite moon,
It’s a plagiarised tune,
That duck on the lake’s a decoy.
There’s a sodium glare,
In the purifi-ow-i-ow-i-ow-ied air,
And the girl in my arms…
Is Mabel Figworthy and if she says “Oh really?” once more I shall break her neck!
By the dark of the moon, I planted,
But there came an early snow.
Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now,
'Bout six nights in a row.
She’s coming for me, I know,
And on Wildfire we’re both gonna go…
I am the god of hell fire and I bring you
Fire
I’ll take you to burn
Fire
I’ll take you to learn
I’ll see you burn!
You fought hard and you saved and learned
but all of it’s going to burn
The devil went down to to Georgia
Looking for a soul to steal
He was in a bind
Coz, He was way behind
Willin’ to make a deal…
And then the Lord, he called for one more card,
But he drew the diamond eight.
And the Devil said to the son of God,
“I believe you’ve got a straight
So deal me one, for the time has come,
To see who’ll be the king of this place.”
But as he spoke, from beneath his cloak,
He slipped another ace!
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em
Know when to fold ‘em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you’re sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’
When the dealin’s done
If you like to gamble
I tell you I’m your man
You win some
You lose some
All the same to me…
I dreamt the cliffs and ride the waves
And no one comes to save me
My arms are sprawled against the tide
Nothing knocks me over
Nothing knocks me over
Nothing knocks me over
From the fire into the frying pan
I jump because I can
I choose to gamble with my life
Twice the risk, four times the prize
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me,
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh, my sweetness, [knock-knock-knock]
Means you’ll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe [clang-clang] means you ain’t gonna show.
Do you love me do you want to be my friend?
And if you do
Well then don’t be afraid to take me by the hand
If you want to
I think this is how love goes
Check yes or no
No no no no, I don’t drink it no more
I’m tired of wakin’ up on the floor
No, thank you, please,
It only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door