LAZY AFTERNOON

 

It's a lazy afternoon

And the beetle bugs are zooming

And the tulip trees are blooming

And there's not another human in view

But us two

 

It's a lazy afternoon

And the farmer leaves his reaping

In the meadow cows are sleeping

And the speckled trouts stop leaping up stream

As we dream

 

A far pink cloud hangs over the hill

Unfolding like a rose

If you hold my hand and sit real still

You can hear the grass as it grows

 

It's a hazy afternoon

And I know a place that's quiet

Except for daisies running riot

And there's no one passing by it to see

Come spend this lazy afternoon with me

 

 

MY FATHER'S SONG

 

Whatever you are you're going to be

Whatever you are is all right with me

You're gonna be what you want anyway

These are the words I heard my father say

 

When I was a young girl and shy of men

He said when you're ready, you'll know just when

And when I was taken and thrown away

There wasn't a reason to face the day, and he said:

 

Whatever you are you're going to be

Whatever you are is all right with me

You're gonna be what you want anyway

These are the words I heard my father say

 

My father's song is clear and easy

And though he's gone he lives in my heart

When I go wrong I swear he sees me

And he smiles for a star, and he says:

 

Wherever you are I'm here by your side

My life is a rope that won't come untied

Oh, I'm gonna stand by you right or wrong

These are the words within my father's song

 

These are the words within my father's song

 

 

BY THE WAY

 

By the way, did I hear you say

If some night I seem too lonely

You would stay?

Oh, and by the way

Have I told you yet that only recently

He moved out on me?

Took the towels we stole

From some motel in Tennessee

He was gone long before he really left

I knew it

 

By the way, he began to say:

"Love takes time, I'm in a hurry"

Anyway, that's all yesterday

Let's get back to us, why worry?

If he'll try calling by and by

Oh, and by the way

I thought I mention you can't stay

Leave the lights

You don't look a thing like he did

 

And it's time to play

It's another day

Why can't we make love fall

By the way?

 

 

SHAKE ME, WAKE ME (When It's Over)

 

(Please, shake me, baby)

 

All through this long and sleepless night

I hear my neighbors talking

(He don't love her)

Saying right out of my life into another's arms

He'll soon be walking

 

Somebody shake me, wake me

When it's over

Somebody tell me that I'm dreaming

When it's over

 

They say our love ain't what it used to be

And everyone knows but me

I close my eyes not wanting to hear

But the words are loud and clear

 

Through these walls so thin

I hear my neighbors when

They said: "He don't love her"

They say my heart's in danger

'Cause you're leaving me

For the love of a stranger

 

Somebody shake me, oh, wake me

When it's over

Somebody tell me that I'm dreaming?

When, oh, when it's over

 

You're just what my heart desires

My whole world you inspire

I can't bear I think I'm losing you

'Cause I've loved you my whole life through

 

Through these walls so thin

I hear my neighbors when

They said: ("He don't love her") Oh, no

They say my heart's in danger

'Cause you're leaving me

For the love of a stranger

 

Somebody shake me (Wake me)

Oh, shake me (Wake me)

Shake me, shake me, shake me, shake me

Oh, somebody (Wake me)

When it's over

Somebody tell me that I dreaming

When, oh, when it's over

Somebody wake me, shake me

Wake me, shake me

Wake me, shake me

When it's over

Shake me, somebody

Tell me that I'm dreaming

 

 

I NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD

 

I never had much money

I never won a race

My jokes don't end that funny

And I've had door slammed on my face

 

But I think you've charmed me

I always hoped that someone would

I never had a love like this before, no

I never had it so good

 

I'm not the type that's trusted

Always tripping over logs

And often I've been busted

And chased by friendly dogs

 

But I think you've charmed me

I always hoped that someone would

I never had a love like this before, no

I never had it so good

 

But I think you've charmed me

I always hoped that someone would

I never had a love like this before, no

I never had it so good

 

 

LETTERS THAT CROSS IN THE MAIL

 

Last month, while thinking of love

I wrote him some words and mailed them away

But the next day I found at my door

A letter from Spain he'd sent long before

And it's not read

 

I haven't heard from you in weeks

I must assume that you no longer care

Too bad, that's it, goodbye

It's just amazing how loving can fail

From letters that cross in the mail

 

A life, a love, a chance to win it all

Can pass you by, in the far gone seen

And you think you'll find

Your fate tomorrow night

And he finds somebody else in-between

 

I sat with swords in my heart

And pen in a hand, I wrote

I'm glad that we're through

Full of hate I mailed it

But then in a week a letter arrived

With love did it speak

And it's not read

 

I loved the tender words you sent

It seems I wronged you please forgive me

I'll return by ship real soon

But, God, I know now that he'll never sail

Our letters will cross in the mail

 

It's just amazing how time brings a loss

And loving can fail

Like letters that cross in the mail

 

 

YOU AND I

 

Here we are

On Earth together

It's you and I

God has made us fall in love

It's true, I've really found

Someone like you

 

Will it stay?

The love you feel for me

Will it say

That you will be by my side?

To see me through

Until my life is through

 

Well, in my mind

We can conquer the world

In love you and I

You and I, you and I

 

I'm glad

At least in my life

I've found someone

That may not be here forever

To see me through

But I found strength in you

 

I only pray

That I have shown you

A brighter day

Because that's all that I am living for

You see

Don't worry what happens to me

 

'Cause in my mind

You will stay here always

In love you and I

You and I, you and I

You and I

 

In my mind

We can conquer the world

In love you and I

You and I, you and I

You and I

 

 

MOANIN' LOW

 

I feel too bad

I'm feeling mighty sick and sore

So bad I feel

I said I'm feeling sick and sore

And so afraid

My man don't love me no more

 

Moanin' low

My sweet man I love him so

Though he's mean as can be

He's the kind of man

Needs the kind of woman like me

 

Wanna die

If sweet man should pass me by

If I doubt where he'd be

He's the kind of man

Needs the kind of woman like me

 

Don't know any reason

Why he treats me so poorly

What have I gone and done?

Makes my trouble double

With these worries when surely

I ain't deserving it none

 

Moanin' low

My sweet man is gonna go

When he goes, oh, Lordy

He's the kind of man

Needs the kind of a woman like me

 

I don't know any reason

Why he treats me so coolly

What have I gone and done?

He makes my trouble double

With these worries when surely

I ain't deserving it none

 

Moanin' low

My sweet man is gonna go

When he goes, oh, Lordy

He's the kind of man

Who needs the kind of a woman like me

 

 

A CHILD IS BORN

 

A child is born

We've suddenly stepped through

A thousand dolls

 

A child is born

Her chin is like mine

But her eyes are yours

 

How perfectly formed are her fingers

So far to reach, so much to know

What words will be formed by her fingers?

We'll hold her close, then let her go

 

How sweet to find

A part of ourselves

We knew nothing of

 

A child is born

A child that is born of our love

 

 

WIDESCREEN

 

There are songs that sound like movies

There are themes that fill the screen

There are lines I say that sound as if they're written

There are looks I wear the theater should have seen

 

But though I've made my life a movie

The matinee must end by five

And I must stagger out

Into the blinding sunlight half alive

 

Wishing I were back inside the picture show

There where it's always night

Notice how the screen is wide

The second role I've said around too tight

Will I stay? Yes, I might

 

Oh, widescreen, winder on my eyes

Lie my mind with lies

Find the world like nothing that I've seen

Oh, widescreen dreams are just my sighs

 

As we walk from out the movie

Are we acting out a scene?

Does the orchestra play chords when we start loving?

Do we move just like slow motion on the screen?

 

Life's a constant disappointment

When you live on celluloid

But my movie expectations

Are a dream I can't avoid

 

Waiting for a man to say the things

That I heard in the film last night

But he doesn't want to play the role

And he can't pick his cues up right

Will I dream? Yes, I might

 

Oh, widescreen, winding round my eyes

Blinding me with lies

Finding I've been fooled by what I've seen

No, widescreen dreams are more than you

 

How can lies be true?

All we have is life and mind

And love we find with a friend

Oh, let the movie end