Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old
'55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling
alive.
Now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway
cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the
parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me
tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.
And it's six in the
morning, gave me no warning; I had to be on my way. Well there's trucks
all a-passing me, and the lights are all flashing, I'm on my way home
from your place.
And now the sun's coming up, I'm riding with Lady
Luck, freeway cars and trucks, Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the
parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer, Oh, Lord, let me
tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.
And my time went so
quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I pulled away
slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the sun's
coming up, I'm riding with Lady Luck, Freeway cars and trucks, freeway
cars and trucks, freeway cars and trucks...
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Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just
makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to
see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And I hope that
I don't fall in love with you.
Well the room is crowded, people
everywhere And I wonder, should I offer you a chair? Well if you sit down
with this old clown, take that frown and break it, Before the evening's
gone away, I think that we could make it, And I hope that I don't fall in
love with you.
Well the night does funny things inside a man These old
tom-cat feelings you don't understand, Well I turn around to look at
you, you light a cigarette, I wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've
never met, And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.
I can see
that you are lonesome just like me, and it being late, you'd like some some
company, Well I turn around to look at you, and you look back at
me, The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.
Now it's closing
time, the music's fading out Last call for drinks, I'll have another
stout. Well I turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found, I
search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round And I
think that I just fell in love with you.
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Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Avenue Trying to find somebody to tell
my troubles to. Harold's club is closing,
and everybody's going on
home: What's a poor boy to do?
I'll just get on back into my
short, make it back to the fort Sleep off all the crazy lizards inside of
my brain. There's got to be some place that's better than this This
life I'm leading's driving me insane
And let me tell you I'm
dreaming...
Let me tell you that I'm dreaming to the twilight, this
town has got me down. I've seen all the highlights, I've been walking all
around I won't make a fuss, I'll take a Greyhound bus, carry me away from
here: Tell me, what have I got to lose?
'Cause I'm walking on down
Columbus Avenue The bars are all closing, 'cause it's quarter to
two Every town I go to is like a lock without a key Those I leave behind
are catching up on me, Let me tell you they're catching up on me, they're
catching up on me Catching up on me, catching up on me, catching up on
me.
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I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung I've been putting it off for
a while, But it's harder by now, 'cause the truth is so clear That I cry
when I'm seeing you smile. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And
your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in
her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.
Every time that I
tried to tell that we'd lost the magic we had at the start, I would weep
my heart when I looked in your eyes And I searched once again for the
spark. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears cannot
bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I
kiss you, and then I'll be gone.
I can see by your eyes, it's time now to
go So I'll leave you to cry in the rain, Though I held in my hand, the key
to all joy Honey my heart was not born to be tamed. So goodbye, so long,
the road calls me dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore, And farewell
to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be
gone.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear And your tears
cannot bind me anymore, And farewell to the girl with the sun in her
eyes Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone, Can I kiss you, and then I'll
be gone, can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.
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Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush-a bye my baby, no need to
be crying. You can burn the midnight oil with me as long as you
will Stare out at the moon upon the windowsill, and dream...
Sing a
song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Hush-a bye my baby, no need to be
crying. There's dew drops on the window sill, gumdrops in your
head Slipping into dream land, you're nodding your head, so
dream...
Dream of West Virginia, or of the British Isles 'Cause when
you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles. When you are much older,
remember when we sat At midnight on the windowsill, and had this little
chat And dream, come on and dream, come on and dream, and dream, and
dream...
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Operator, number, please: it's been so many years Will she remember my
old voice while I fight the tears? Hello, hello there, is this
Martha? this is old Tom Frost, And I am calling long distance, don't
worry 'bout the cost. 'Cause it's been forty years or more, now Martha
please recall, Meet me out for coffee, where we'll talk about it
all.
And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose and
Martha all I had was you and all you had was me. There was no
tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved them for a rainy
day.
And I feel so much older now, and you're much older too, How's
your husband? and how's the kids? you know that I got married
too? Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure, 'Cause we
were all so young and foolish, now we are mature.
And those were the
days of roses, poetry and prose and Martha all I had was you and all you
had was me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we
saved them for a rainy day.
And I was always so impulsive, I guess
that I still am, And all that really mattered then was that I was a
man. I guess that our being together was never meant to be. And Martha,
Martha, I love you can't you see?
And those were the days of
roses, poetry and prose and Martha all I had was you and all you had was
me. There was no tomorrows, we'd packed away our sorrows And we saved
them for a rainy day.
And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to
you...
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Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn Nobody's up except the
moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree All that you left
me was a melody. Rosie, why do you evade? Rosie, how can I persuade?
Rosie...
And the moon's all up, full and big, apricot tips in an
indigo sky, And I've been loving you, Rosie, since the day I was
born And I'll love you, Rosie 'til the day I die. Rosie, why do you evade?
Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie...
Rosie, why do you evade?
Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie...
And I'm sitting on a windowsill,
blowing my horn Nobody's up except the moon and me, And a lazy old tomcat
on a midnight spree All that you left me was a melody. Rosie, why do you
evade? Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie...
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Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face, lonely lonely in your
place. Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely face, lonely lonely in your
place.
I thought that I knew all that there was to, lonely, lonely,
lonely...
Melanie Jane, won't feel the pain. Lonely, lonely, lonely
eyes, lonely eyes, lonely lonely in your place.
And I thought that I
knew all that there was to Lonely, lonely, lonely eyes, lonely
eyes, lonely lonely in your place, and I still love you, I still love
you, lonely, lonely...
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I'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five Sidewalk sundae
strawberry surprise, I got a cherry popsicle right on time A big stick,
mamma, that'll blow your mind
'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a
one-man band (yeah) I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to
you.
Baby, missed me in the alley, baby, don't you fret Come back
around and don't forget, When you're tired and you're hungry and you want
something cool, Got something better than a swimming pool
'Cause I'm
the ice cream man, I'm a one-man band I'm the ice cream man,
honey, I'll be good to you. 'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one-man
band I'm the ice cream man, honey, I'll be good to you.
See me
coming, you ain't got no change Don't worry baby, it can be arranged: Show
me you can smile, baby just for me Fix you with a drumstick, I'll do it for
free
'Cause I'm the ice cream man, I'm a one-man band I'm the ice
cream man, honey, I'll be good to you. Be good to you, be good to you,
Good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you yeah, good to you
yeah, Good to you yeah, good to you, 'll be good to you, I'll be good to
you...
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Lazy trip to heaven on the wings of your love Banana moon is shining in
the sky, Feel like I'm in heaven when you're with me Know that I'm in
heaven when you smile, Though we're stuck here on the ground, I got
something that I've found And it's you.
And I don't have to take no
trip to outer space All I have to do is look at your face, And before I
know it, I'm in orbit around you Thanking my lucky stars that I've found
you, When I see your constellation, honey, you're my inspiration, and
it's you.
You're my north star when I'm lost and feeling blue, The sun
is breaking through the clouds don't you, don't you know it's true? Honey,
all the other stars seem dim around you Thanking my lucky stars that I've
found you, When I see your smiling face, honey, I know nothing ever going
to take your place, and it's you.
And it's you, and it's you, and
it's you, and it's you, and it's you And it's you, and it's you, shoo-be-doo,
ba-da-da.
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Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me. Heard that tune,
and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see? 'Cause every time I hear that
melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit moon, one star
shining, can't turn back the tide.
Never had no destination, could not
get across. You became my inspiration, oh but what a cost. 'Cause every
time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside, And the grapefruit
moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide.
Now I'm smoking
cigarettes and I strive for purity, And I slip just like the stars into
obscurity. 'Cause every time I hear that melody, well, puts me up a
tree, And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can
see.
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