Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me
Long as you love me
It’s all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me
You got the power to turn on the light
Nothing that’s forced can ever be right
If it doesn’t come naturally leave it
They’re gonna put me in the movies
They’re gonna make a big star out of me
We’ll make a film about a man that’s sad and lonely
And all I gotta do is act naturally
Because I’ve seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love’s just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Well their actions become so absurd
Sometimes I get the feeling I’ve passed this way one time in life before
Like the rerun of some movie I’ve seen a thousand Saturdays ago
I know exactly what your gonna say before it happens in each scene
And I find myself rehearsing for that blackout situation
Where the punchline reaches out and punches me
Like Columbus in the olden days, we must gather all our courage.
Sail our ships out on the open sea. Cast away our fears
And all the years will come and go, and take us up, always up.
We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again
Waiting for my smaller world
It’s going to come somehow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
We don’t possess a single empty tear or furrowed brow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
So you dream of Columbus
Ever time the panic starts
You dream of Columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
You dream of Columbus
With an ache in your travelling heart
Anchored in the surf
Their journey’s at an end
The pilgrims set their feet on virgin land
They’re sailing to America, fly the banners high
They’re sailing to America, set the rigging high
So hoist up the John B’s sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold
We’d fire no guns-shed no tears
Now I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett’s Privateers.
Goldfinger
He’s the man, the man with the Midas touch
A spider’s touch
Such a cold finger
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don’t go in
Gold - said the man to the many
I want money and I’ll make it grow
I will count my worth in gold - wealth untold
I’ll sell my soul - Midas Man
Sold - said the man to the many
Work for me, I’ll only steal your time
I will count my money out, there’s no doubt
I’ll sell my soul - Midas Man - Midas Man
Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
The Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
Midas touch
The mighty, mighty Midas Touch
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven
Oh, I forbid you maidens all
That wear gold in your hair
To come or go by Carter Hall
For young Tam Lin is there
If you go by Carter Hall
You must leave him a wad
Either your rings or green mantle
Or else your maidenhead
Well, I keep on thinkin’ 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I just can’t live without you; can’t you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn’t mean you ain’t been on my mind
There was once a country maiden came to London for a trip,
And her golden hair was hanging down her back;
She was weary of the country so she gave her folks the slip,
And her golden hair was hanging down her back.
Come all ye maidens young and fair
And you that are blooming in your prime
Always beware and keep your garden fair
Let no man steal away your thyme
I don’t know if we’re in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue