Song Writers Lyrics

John Denver

My Sweet Lady

Lady, are you crying? Do the tears belong to me?

Did you think our time together was all gone?

Lady, you've been dreaming, I'm as close as I can be

And I swear to you our time has just begun

Close your eyes and rest your weary mind

I promise I will stay right here beside you

Today our lives were joined, became entwined

I wish you could know how much I love you!

Lady, are you happy? Do you feel the way I do?

Are there meanings that you've never seen before?

Lady, my sweet lady, I just can't believe it's true

And it's like I've never, ever loved before

Close your eyes and rest your weary mind

I promise I will stay right here beside you

Today our lives were joined, became entwined

I wish you could know how much I love you!

Lady, are you crying? Do the tears belong to me?

Did you think our time together was all gone?

Lady, my sweet lady, I'm as close as I can be

And I swear to you our time has just begun.

Perhaps Love

Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window

Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Leonard Cohen

Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river

You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her

And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there

And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her

Then he gets you on her wavelength

And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind

And you know that she will trust you

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water

And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him

He said “all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them”

But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open

Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind

And you think maybe you'll trust him

For he's touched your perfect body with his mind

Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river

She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters

And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor

And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning

They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever

While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind

And you know that you can trust her

For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

Cat Stevens

Morning Has Broken

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird

Praise for the singing
Praise for the morning

Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven

Like the first dewfall on the first grass

Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden

Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight

Mine is the morning

Born of the one light Eden saw play

Praise with elation, praise ev'ry morning

God's recreation of the new day

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird

Praise for the singing

Praise for the morning

Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Moonshadow

Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow

Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow

And if I ever lose my hands, lose my power, lose my land,

Oh if I ever lose my hands, Ooh, I won't have to work no more.

And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,

Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Ooh, I won't have to cry no more.

Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow

Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow

And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,

Yes if I ever lose my legs, Ooh, I won't have to walk no more.

And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,

Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Ooh, I won't have to talk...

Did it take long to find me? I asked the faithful light.

Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna stay the night?

Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow

Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow

Moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow.

Father and Son
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not

How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go

It's not time to make a change,

Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go

Sad Lisa

She hangs her head and cries on my shirt

She must be hurt very badly

Tell me what's making you sad, Li?

Open your door, don't hide in the dark

You're lost in the dark, you can trust me

'Cause you know that's how it must be

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa

Her eyes like windows, trickle in rain

Upon the pain getting deeper

Though my love wants to relieve her

She walks alone from wall to wall

Lost in her hall, she can't hear me

Though I know she likes to be near me

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa

She sits in a corner by the door

There must be more I can tell her

If she really wants me to help her

I'll do what I can to show her the way

And maybe one day I will free her

Though I know no one can see her

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.

Don McLean

Till Tomorrow

What can this be, can you tell me?

Would you like to discover why we're not free

To be lovers?

I've been wanting to ask you

Where has all the love gone

And what have we become?

Storm clouds full of thunder

Move silent as they drum

And when they're gone

We'll be fine, till tomorrow

Though I hope it won't rain

You will be mine

And my sorrow

Will take wings in the morning

High above the heavens

A rainbow paints the sky

White doves sing their songs of love

I watch them as they fly

And wonder what can this be?

Can you tell me?

Would you like to discover why we're not free

To be lovers?

Starry, Starry Night

Starry, starry night

Paint your palette blue and gray

Look out on a summer's day

With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

Shadows on the hills

Sketch the trees and the daffodils

Catch the breeze and the winter chills

In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand what you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

How you tried to set them free

They would not listen, they did not know how

Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night

Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

Swirling clouds in violet haze

Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue

Colors changing hue

Morning fields of amber grain

Weathered faces lined in pain

Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand what you tried to say to me…

For they could not love you

But still your love was true

And when no hope was left inside

On that starry, starry night

You took your life as lovers often do

But I could have told you, Vincent

This world was never meant

For one as beautiful as you

Starry, starry night

Portraits hung in empty halls

Frameless heads on nameless walls

With eyes that watch the world and can't forget

Like the strangers that you've met

The ragged men in ragged clothes

A silver thorn, a bloody rose

Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free

They would not listen, they're not listening still

Perhaps they never will

Jim Croce

Time in a Bottle

If I could save time in a bottle

The first thing that I'd like to do

Is to save every day

'Til eternity passes away

Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever

If words could make wishes come true

I'd save every day like a treasure and then,

Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time

To do the things you want to do

Once you find them

I've looked around enough to know

That you're the one I want to go

Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes

And dreams that had never come true

The box would be empty

Except for the memory

Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time

To do the things you want to do

Once you find them

I've looked around enough to know

That you're the one I want to go

Through time with

I Got A Name

Like the pine trees lining the winding road

I got a name, I got a name

Like the singing bird and the croaking toad

I got a name, I got a name

And I carry it with me like my daddy did

But I'm living the dream that he kept hid

Moving me down the highway, rolling me down the highway

Moving ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky

I've got a song, I've got a song

Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry

I've got a song, I've got a song

And I carry it with me and I sing it loud

If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud

Moving me down the highway, rolling me down the highway

Moving ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free

Like the fool I am and I'll always be

I've got a dream, I've got a dream

They can change their minds but they can't change me

I've got a dream, I've got a dream

Oh, I know I could share it if you'd want me to

If you're goin' my way, I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway

Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway

Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Lover’s Cross

Guess that it was bound to happen

Was just a matter of time

But now I've come to my decision

And it's a-one of the painful kind

'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr

Just a regular guy wouldn't do

But baby I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

Yes, I really got to hand it to you

'Cause girl you really tried

But for ev'ry time that we spent laughin'

There were two times that I cried

And you were tryin' to make me your martyr

And that's the one thing I just couldn't do

'Cause baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

'Cause tables are meant for turnin'

And people are bound to change

And bridges are meant for burnin'

When the people and mem'ries they join aren't the same

So I'll hope that you can find

Another who can take what I could not

He'll have to be a super guy

Or maybe a super god

'Cause I never was much of a martyr before

And I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new

And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

'Cause tables are meant for turnin'…

So I'll hope that you can find…

(…)

And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

Well, I know it's kind of late

I hope I didn't wake you

But what I got to say can't wait

I know you'd understand

Every time I tried to tell you

The words just came out wrong

So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah, I know it's kind of strange

Every time I'm near you

I just run out of things to say

I know you'd understand

Every time I tried to tell you

The words just came out wrong

So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Every time the time was right

All the words just came out wrong

So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah, I know it's kind of late

I hope I didn't wake you

But there's something that I just got to say

I know you'd understand

Every time I tried to tell you

The words just came out wrong

So I"ll have to say I love you in a song

These Dreams

Once we were lovers

But somehow things have changed

Now we're just lonely people

Trying to forget each other's names

Now we're just lonely people

Trying to forget each other's names

What came between us?

Maybe we were just too young to know

But now and then I feel the same,

And sometimes at night I think

I hear you calling my name

Mm, mm, mm, these dreams

They keep me going these days

Once we were lovers

But that was long ago

We lived together then

And now we do not even say hello

We lived together then

And now we do not even say hello

What came between us?

Maybe we were just too young to know

But now and then I feel the same,

And sometimes at night I think

I hear you calling my name

Mm, mm, mm, these dreams

They keep me going these days

What came between us?

Maybe we were just too young to know

But now and then I feel the same,

And sometimes at night I think

I hear you calling my name

Mm, mm, mm, these dreams

They keep me going these days

Photographs and Memories

Photographs and memories

Christmas cards you sent to me

All that I have are these

To remember you

Memories that come at night

Take me to another time

Back to a happier day

When I called you mine

But we sure had a good time

When we started way back when

Morning walks and bedroom talks

Oh how I loved you then

Summer skies and lullabies

Nights we couldn't say good-bye

And of all of the things that we knew

Not a dream survived

Photographs and memories

All the love you gave to me

Somehow it just can't be true

That's all I've left of you

But we sure had a good time

When we started way back when

Morning walks and bedroom talks

Oh how I loved you then

Operator

Operator, well could you help me place this call?

See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded

She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray

A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show

I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Operator, well could you help me place this call?

Well, I can't read the number that you just gave me

There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time

I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that

And give me the number if you can find it

So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show

I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well

I only wish my words could just convince myself

That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

No, no, no, no - that's not the way it feels

Operator, well let's forget about this call

There's no one there I really wanted to talk to

Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind

And you can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes? …

New York’s Not My Home

Well, things were spinning round me

And all my thoughts were cloudy

And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me

Been in so many places

You know I've run so many races

And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night

And something is just not right

'Cause I know that I gotta get out of here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get out of here

'Cause, New York's not my home

Though all the streets are crowded

There's something strange about it

I lived there about a year and I never once felt at home

I thought I'd make the big time

I learned a lot of lessons awful quick

And now I'm telling you

That they were not the nice kind

And it's been so long since I have felt fine

That's the reason that I gotta get out of here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get out of here

'Cause New York's not my home

That's the reason that I gotta get out of here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get out of here

'Cause New York's not my home