1973
Let Me Be There
Released: 1973
( Music Makes My Day uk version)
Take Me Home Country Roads
(Danoff/Nivart/Denver)
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is older there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountain
Blowing like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather round her
Minor’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, blowing in the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the morning hour
She calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should’ve been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Strands of light on our bedroom floor
Change the night through an open door
I’m awake but this is not my home
For the first time I’m not alone
Reaching out I touch another’s skin
Breathing out as he’s breathing in
Deep inside I feel my soul aflame
Can my life ever be the same
I should have told him
That I’d do anything if I could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something I will not forget
When I am far away, when I am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet
Close together in the afterglow
I remember how his loving flowed
Turned the key into another world
Made a woman of a simple girl
Daylight comes as we both know it must
Soon my fantasy will turn to dust
But I would give him anything he asked
If my first love could be my last
I should have told him
That I’d do anything if I could hold him
For just another day, for just another day
His love is something I will not regret
When I am far away, when I am far away
I feel the rainfall of another planet
Another planet
Trying to win your confidence just wears me down
Trying to win your love will wear me out
You’ve been loved by many girls but left by only one
It made you doubt; it made you doubt
There are those of us who try to use a boy
There is nothing further from my mind
As you will find
Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile
Put a little trust in me and give again
You can let your reservations go
Put a little fire in the way you say hello
And I will know; yes I will know
Have a drink and make a resolution
Resolve to put yourself into my hands
Into my hands
Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile
Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile
And there’s no need to tell me I’m just wasting time
But if you tell me break it slowly
I’m in deep water and I’m hanging on a line
And you’re the only one can save me
But if you gotta go
I think you better know
Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won’t make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away
I know the memories melt their pictures in my mind
Too bad to see they could be fading
But I’ll come home to you
If someday you should find
You want me back then I’ll be waiting
But if you gotta go
I think you better know
Oh, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won’t make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
You refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away
Um, heartbreaker, if you wanna leave
I won’t make you stay
If you wanna go, better go away
Oh, you loser, offered you a love
And you refused her
What you gonna do when she goes away
Oh, what you gonna do when she goes away
In my room where I used to sleep with you
Things have changed all that’s left are the mem’ries of two
Two who loved and dreamed where the trees seem to whisper your name
But I don’t like to go there ‘cause Rosewater no longer feels the same
Through the glass the sun shows the marks on the wall
Seasons pass and you know how it looks in the fall
Here at my Rosewater the grass is a deeper green
And a calm surrounds her when love was here
The warmest place I’ve ever been
As I walk the echo of empty I hear and I feel that this house is not home
And now we’re not here, it’s lonely; the stairs seem to beckon me stay
But dreams are better treasured than slowly eaten away
Christmastime when snow filled your garden with white
And the moon’s cold patterns on windows at night
Now you’ll make a new home for people as hopeful as me
Harbour their dreams and their secrets
But don’t ever, please, don’t ever Rosewater, forget about me
Forget about me
You Ain’t Got the Right
(Locorriere/Sawyer/Haffkine)
You ain’t got the right to tell me I’m not lonely
You don’t understand what I’ve been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don’t make it easier to lose
No that don’t make it easier to lose
I woke up Monday morning
With the feeling he was gone
And I turned to face an empty place and I realized
That I didn’t smell no coffee and all his pretty clothes were gone
I cried the first of the many tears you’ll see me crying from now on
And you ain’t got the right to tell me I’m not lonely
You don’t understand what I’ve been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don’t make it easier to lose
No that don’t make it easier to lose
I know his list of lovers was just as long as mine
But the sometime friend of a natural woman is to settle down
But the one time ways of that man
Have done busted up my mind
Now he’s out the door, he’s got one more
On his list than I got on mine
And you ain’t got the right to tell me I’m not lonely
You don’t understand what I’ve been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don’t make it easier to lose
No that don’t make it easier to lose
Well, it’s gonna be a long time before I pass this way again
I been dragged through school and I’ve learned the rules
And it seems to me
That a man’ll love to fool ya
And he won’t always fool you nice
Yes he had his turn, I guess I’ve learned
And no he ain’t gonna fool me twice
And you still ain’t got the right to tell me I’m not lonely
You don’t understand what I’ve been through
He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me
But that don’t make it easier to lose
No that don’t make it easier to lose
It took a long time
But now I’m gonna be laughing
A very long time
When all I could feel was sad
A very long time
But now it’s gonna be worth it
Cause I just found a friend to make me glad
I’m feeling food, feeling better
I’m feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I’m gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I’m feeling best
I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet
Cause all I wanna do is join up with the band
When you feel good
You gotta come right out and say it
I’ve been so long at sea and I’ve just seen land
I’m feeling food, feeling better
I’m feeling best
I feel a cut above the rest
I’m gonna put it to the test
Feeling good, feeling better
Feeling best
Feeling good, feeling better
I’m feeling best
Being on the Losing End
(Groszmann/Jones)
I have got pins and needles, boy
From sleeping on your floor
It’s been so long I can’t remember
What it was I came here for
Oh lord, when you’re winning
Ain’t it ever easy to pretend
But it’s hard, so hard
Being on the losing end
I saw your golden eagle
Flying high above my day
Casting never ending shadows
Putting darkness cross my day
Oh lord, can’t you remember
You said you’d always be my friend
And it’s hard, so hard
Being on the losing end
Gotta help me lord
I’m on the dark side of dawn
Gotta find that road
I need your sweet love, lord
I need your sweet love
Oh lord, when you’re winning
Ain’t it easy to pretend
But it’s hard, so hard
Yes it’s hard, so hard
Being on the losing end
Wherever you go
Wherever you may wander in your life
Surely you know
I always wanna be there
Holding you hand
And standing by to catch you when you fall
Seeing you through
In everything you do
Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever’s wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All I ask you is let me be there
Watching you grow
And going through the changes in your life
That’s how I know
I always wanna be there
Whenever you feel you need a friend to lean on, here I am
Whenever you call, you know I’ll be there
Let me be there in your morning
Let me be there in you night
Let me change whatever’s wrong and make it right
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share
All I ask you is let me be there
Music Makes My Day
(John Farrar)
Music makes my day
It warms an empty place when you’re away
Music makes my day
Love you are my song
Your melody’s so soft
Your love so strong
Love you are my song
And though good fortune seems a long time calling
The sadness creeps into my song
My pearly friend will gently soothe me
And sing along
Music makes my day
It seems my waiting hours just fly away
Music makes my day
If I lost my friend
His loving words no more
My song would end
If I lost my friend
And though good fortune seems a long time calling
The sadness creeps into my song
My pearly friend will gently soothe me
And sing along
Music makes my day
It warms an empty place when you’re away
Music makes my day
You know it makes it
Nothing is moving, all the world is still
No birds are singing and they never will
Cause you’re leaving
No doors are open, the sun doesn’t smile
There’s no sign of laughter, it rains all the while
And I’m grieving
Cause you’re leavin’, leavin’
Food doesn’t tempt me
No coffee or cakes, everything’s empty
My heart’s full of aches, nothing can please me
Why are you leaving?
Oh, no silver linings, no fluffy white clouds
I keep on walking, I’m lost in a crowd
Cause you’re leaving
Nothing gives me pleasure, nothing gives me pain
I’m all over numb and I can’t explain
Now you’re leaving
Cause you’re leavin’, leavin’
So you put me down, you go your way around
I’m glad you’re doing fine, I’ll make out in time
Don’t you worry, now you’re leaving
When I see you on the street
I lose my concentration
And just the thought that we might meet
Creates anticipation
Won’t you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, I’ve been thinking about you day and night
And I don’t know if it will work out right
But somehow I think that it just might
If we try
Faces come and faces go in circular rotation
But something yearns within to grow
Beyond infatuation
Won’t you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, you got me standing deaf and blind
Cause I see love as just a state of mind
And who knows what it is that we might find
If we try
You’re walking a different direction
From most people I’ve met
You’re giving me signs of affection
I don’t usually get
I don’t want you to pledge your future
The future’s not yours to give
Just stand there a little longer
And let me watch while you live