Down on my Knees (after Memphis)
Oh, American Rose you put a thorn in my side
Can’t you see that the plane is leaving but
I just can’t take the ride
Oh no I can’t fly back to England now
I got your breath in my blood too strong
And I knew that night down in Tennessee
I was fated to sing this song.
Down on my knees after Memphis
Nowhere to run
Just the sad country music on the radio driving me on
Down on my knees after Memphis
And feelin’ so small
Like a faded country star
When there’s no hope left at all
Oh I’m down, down on my knees
Oh I’m down, down on my knees.
Easy Street
I can’t buy you no more drinks baby
My time is gettin’ low
I got to go get Louis, you got to go get a new beau
Oh, go get yourself a new man
Go get a new beau
Why don’t you try living on Easy Street if you can, where the
Cold winds don’t blow
Me I clearly state I am just an accident of fate
I’m a guy who’s lost the way
Lost the way to Easy Street
Easy, Easy Street
Louis I guess you know I’m on the run
Back street diners and a long road
Oh Louis I guess you know I’ll get you someday (I will)
And I know where you’re living
It’s on Easy Street
Evie
Evie I loved those days so well,
The way you looked at me so warm and how you cared
Now those days are no longer
Those days are no longer
But I remember you so well and the music we shared
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh Evie, what a sweet, sweet, song
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh Evie, what a sweet, sweet, song
He always was my Evie’s favourite singer you know
We used to sit up late at night and the stars would glow
And the pale moonlight would shine around
My Evie’s eyes so brown
And Buddy Holly’s silver sounds would crown it
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh Evie, what a sweet, sweet, song
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh what a sweet song Evie
Oh Evie, what a sweet, sweet, song
Residential Boy
We weren’t ready for the country me and you
Just a couple of city boys
We couldn’t even sing the blues
We couldn’t even light a fire or find
The polestar
Give me suburban moonshine
You know I was raised on dogfights
Weaned on the streetlights
I’m a residential boy
Didn’t ask to get born here
In the city I just got dumped
And I just got thumped
When I tried to run away
You didn’t ask to get born here neither
But now’s the time we can spread our wings
Make it out where the clear brook sings
And time can slip away, slip away
Without Love
See him out through the window
In the streets below us
Keepin’ his sadness out of view
He’s so lonely, he’s so low
He’s like I was before you
Without love, oh how low I was
And I only know now how low I was without love
Pull down the shade
You know that I was made to love you
And only now I know how bad it was
Without you in my arms
Without you in my heart
I was only playing a part
I was hardly living at all
Without love, oh how low I was
And I only know now how low I was without love
Born to Be Gone
I remember the night when my dog died
I was sitting just smiling by his side
When my Daddy came in
He could see I was grinning
He thought I was a cruel and a cold
Six year old
Oh pack up your bone
It’s time to roll on
I know you wouldn’t want no sad song
Though I’ll be lonely as anything
There’s no good that tears could bring
I’ve known all along
That you were born to be gone
You sure had somewhere to go to
Sure had a reason to run
But we had some fun together
Oh under the sun
Angels in Disguise
Did you know that I loved you that day
We were too young
The music straining in my ears
With my hopes, with my fears
And my tears when I found that you had gone
Do you remember those days
Me and you on the hill playing games
One moment crimson pirates
The next we were
Violets on the wind
Do you remember we were angels in disguise
Living through those days so strong
But you’ve got to move along, move along
You’ve got to move along
Wine of his Song
Build me a river within my thoughts
Build me a boat I can put my songs in
Build me a river within my thoughts
Won’t you build me a boat I can put my songs in
Oh yeah and send them to him
He was the singer for me, don’t you know it
Found love in the strength of his song
When I’m weary and I know that he’s gone
I just drink, drink deep
Drink the sweet wine of his song
Oh drink!
He was the singer for me, don’t you know it
Found love in the strength of his song
When I’m weary and I know that he’s gone
I just drink, drink deep
Drink the sweet wine of his song
Oh yeah!
Meanwhile the Rain
Meanwhile the rain keeps on
Splashing down my window
I could cry for a soft warm sunset
And a clear night
Oh my, my, just we two with nothing to do
The next morning
Wish I could throw my books away
Go and lie on a beach somewhere
Let the sun and the warm, warm air
Drive the rain from my thoughts
Wish I could find a friend who would
Stay by me
And she’d look so beautiful
Let her eyes and her warm, warm love
Drive the rain from my thoughts
Meanwhile the rain keeps on
Splashing down my window
I could cry for a soft warm sunset
And a clear night
But the rain keeps on
The rain keeps on
One of the Finest
Lady I want you to know that you’re
One of the finest
I’ve met all kinds you know
I’ve met the dream makers and the world shakers
But you’re the one who fills my heart with love
And my eyes with sunshine
Singing the Dolphin
Farewell Plymouth, your morning
Cold and grey
Is painting shadows on my thoughts
And we’re bound for Norway
Joseph I know you’re trusting me to see you right
And I know you can’t stand the fighting
For one more night
Joseph the mud gives way to coral somewhere
And the hours of light they last and last
We’ll see no hostile flag then from craft unknown
We will have grown free from sighing
Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Still waters
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