WHEN EVENING COMES
At the break of day
When my dreams have come and gone
The memories will fade away
But I wonder for how long, not too long
For I know an evening comes
And I hear the night-birds' tune
I remember where it all begun
As we danced beside the moon
It's always on my mind
But where did it come from
Our love was the strongest kind
So where can it have gone?
Won't someone show me the way
To turn my night into day
Or throw a rope around the moon
No, don't let it see me alone
It's always on my mind
But where did it come from
Our love was the strongest kind
So where can it have gone?
FROM TIME TO TIME
Once I loved a pretty woman
'Till one day she up and ran
Supposed I should have felt it coming
But it's hard to think of her with another man
Oh, my lady, I need you
Though from time to time I don't seem to
Once the sun shone in my garden
'Till my love took off and left me with the rain
Now my heart and I are starting
To forget it all and start out again
Oh, my lady, I need you
Though from time to time I don't seem to
My heart is hurting so bad
And all the trees look so sad
And all the love we could have had
Oh, from time to time
Oh, from time to time
Oh, from time to time
Oh, from time to time
KING WITHOUT A THRONE
Walk on the dusty road without any shoes
See all the people out there singing the blues
I've got my trouble but I'm paying my dues
It isn't easy but there's too much to lose
Many's the time I have wandered alone
Looking this way and that for something unknown
But where can a good king go without his throne?
Many's the good man lost in his prime
The path of fortune took him well before his time
He ain’t got his trouble but I've still got mine
Got to find some freedom before I start to decline
The moon is rising and I'm still on my own
This must be life I guess the seeds have been sown
But where can a good king go without his throne?
Where can he go, who can he see
Is there anybody, it's easy to be
Find him a stairway, find him a tree
And while you're doing it
Please won't you find one for me
The unbeliever says it's hard to believe
I'm told the preacher frowns on those who deceive
The winds of winter steal the leaves from the trees
The path of fortune's getting closer to me
The snow is falling and the thruth is obscured
I think of all the things my soul has endured
Cursing this loneliness that can't be cured
RAIN
It's raining outside
But that's not unusual
But the way that I'm feeling
Is becoming usual
I guess you could say
The clouds are moving away
Away from your days and into mine
Now it's raining inside
And that's a shame
And it's getting to me
A happy man
Why should you want
To waste all my time
The world is yours but I'm mine
Rain, rain, rain, in my tears
Measuring carefully my years
Shame, shame, shame in my mind
See what you've done to my life
Rain, rain, rain, in my tears
Measuring carefully my years
Shame, shame, shame in my mind
See what you've done to my life
See what you've done to my life
PROUD WORDS
Stand up and fight
Or you'll lose your right
Do you wanna stand in a line
Fightin' hard to hold on to your mind
Seek and you'll find
Proud words on a dusty shelf
Find and you'll seek
Keep on keepin’ on helpin’ yourself
When the wind of trouble comes
Put away all battledrums
And stand up and fight
Stand up and fight
Don't stand in a line
Hold on to your mind
When the wind of trouble comes
Put away all battledrums
And stand up and fight
Stand up and fight
Don't stand in a line
Hold on to your mind
Stand up and fight
Stand up and fight
Don't stand in a line
Hold on to your mind
FORTUNE
Although now it seems like never
When we were even less together
I appeared to have my back to the wall
And the way things were going
There was no way of knowing
If I was having any luck at all
Silently, suddenly, standing before me
An old man awaited his death
Part of me cried out but none turned to hide
For no curses distorted his breath
It was then I took to thinking
And my hands took to writing
And my dreams came in answer to the call
Waiting in wonder my toughts ran like thunder
Could it be that I've been wasting my mind
I grew sort of cold as the vision unfolded
Bursting the shackles of time
So I gathered what I had
I took a look at what was going down
And it made me kinda sad
Seeing all the circles going slowly round
And the stars sang in harmony
It was so perfect that it laid me down
And the rainclouds were tossed away
Seemed like the world was lost
And I would drown in its sound
Somewhere along the way I don't know where
I had really believed I was poor
Looking, not seeing the point of my being
When all of my fortune is sure
BLACK-HEARTED LADY
Reading between the lines I find
You don't mean what you say
You cheated and you lied
And how you made me hurt inside
You turned my days into darkest nights
And rearranged my dreams
You're just not what you seem
Black-hearted lady
I am from the land
So you won't understand my grief
I’ve lived in vain belief
In a world of poisoned words
And everywhere I look
I find no answer to my prayer
You're just not there
Black-hearted lady
GO DOWN
She sits so quietly at the window by the door
Wondering if she'll ever smile again
Her eyes filled with memories and her life in sad array
Unaware of the colours of the day
She dare not cry for fear
Her hope might disappear
But if she cared to try
I know it all could be so clear
But she's living in the past
She didn't know it wouldn't last
And it's a long, long, lonely road
Oh, to go down
The treasured names you called each other just for fun
And as you woke, she kissed your eyes
You killed it all when it had only just begun
What’s it take to make you realise
Love isn't easy though many like to think it is
But you must learn to give and take
O know what you will miss
But she's living in the past
She didn't know it wouldn't last
And it's a long, long, lonely road
Oh, to go down
COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY
When the leaving birds fill the stone grey sky
And the green, green leaves turn away and die
And the once warm sun has to run and hide
And the Winter clouds begin their stormy ride
Cold black shadows cross my eyes
And help to make me realize
You've gone, oh cold Autumn Sunday
Still I'll walk along the paths we shared
And I'll try to recreate the love we had
For you were my life and my heart is sad
And it's strange how Autumn used to make me glad
Only now an empty sky is there
To let me know how much I care
You've gone, oh cold Autumn Sunday
I'm near to dying
No use denying that it's true
Spend my whole time crying
Finding ways of trying
Not to be blue, oh, over you
I'm near to dying
No use denying that it's true
Spend my whole time crying
Finding ways of trying
Not to be blue, oh, over you
When the leaving birds fill the stone grey sky
And the green, green leaves turn away and die
And the once warm sun has to run and hide
And the Winter clouds begin their stormy ride
Cold black shadows cross my eyes
And help to make me realize
You've gone, oh cold Autumn Sunday
THE LAST TIME
I have travelled across the universe
On wings of golden light
And the lady of the mountain
Brought me comfort in the night
But the love I really need
Is further from my sight
It is yours
Oh, tell my lover I'm coming home
For the last time
I have seen the children playing
As I watched the sun go down
I have shared their games
And sung their songs
And helped their world go round
And although I know enough of life
To tie up my own shoes
I still need you
Oh, tell my lover I'm coming home
For the last time
Oh, tell my lover I've been away
For the last time
For the last time
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