Carole King

[fox69]

"Something In The Way She Moves"
(feat. James Taylor)

"Something In The Way She Moves"
(feat. James Taylor)



Something in the way she moves, or looks my way, or calls my name
That seems to leave this troubled world behind.
And if I'm feeling down and blue or troubled by some foolish game,
She always seems to make me change my mind..

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time.
And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now.
She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine.

Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning
And I find myself careening in places where I should not let me go.
She has the power to go where no one else can find me and to silently remind me
Of the happiness and the good times that I know, and then I just got to go then.

It isn't what she's got to say but how she thinks and where she's been.
To me, the words are nice, the way they sound.
I like to hear them best that way, it doesn't much matter what they mean.
She says them mostly just to calm me down

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time.
And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now.
She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine.

 

[fox69]

"Song Of Long Ago"

"Song Of Long Ago"



Whispering wind came, uninvited
Looking for somewhere else to go
Here is a lamp I've left unlighted
Aren't you someone I should know

Memory's flame is soon ignited
Lighting my lamp with amber glow
Quietly, friends are reunited
Singing a song of long ago, la, la, la

Cry, cry for someone
Who just can't be happy
And be glad you can feel enough to cry

Younger than always, time descended
Bringing me brand new seeds to sow
Now that they've been a long time planted
What must I do to help them grow

If it had been as I intended
I wouldn't have the peace I know
Loving the people I've befriended
And singing a song of long ago, la, la, la

As it began, so I will end it
Singing a song of long ago
Loving the people I've befriended
And singing a song of long, long, long ago

 

[fox69]

"Spaceship Races"

"Spaceship Races"



Baby, you're so frazzled
Spinnin' around in a busby swirl
With all that razzle-dazzle
I know at heart you want a down-home girl

Aw, ya know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch 'em do a few laps around the sun
But if you don't go in for far-off places
I'll take you home with me
When the day is done

Baby, you're so scattered
Your span of attention is shrinkin' fast
Your brain's been battered
By all the disappointments of the recent past

Aw, ya know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch 'em do a few laps around the sun
But if you don't go in for far-off places
I'll take you home with me

Didn't I see you walkin' on Main Street
Lookin' in the windows
Waitin' by turnstiles
Thinking of things you thought you'd like to buy

Living off dreams stored up in film cans
Looking at screens just waiting your turn while
You looked up and saw a rocket in the sky

Aw, ya know I want to take you to the spaceship races
Watch 'em do a few laps around the sun
But if you don't go in for far-off places
I'll take you home with me
When the day is done
When the day is done

 

[fox69]

"Speeding Time"

"Speeding Time"



Decades pass in just one year
And your illusions disappear
And you fear the speeding time

You find a dream that you embrace
Look the other way and it's a race
Trying to keep pace with the speeding time

Don't see no more dancin' on the street
And its not easy to laugh at your defeat

But hang in - hold on
There will be relief
Y'gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time

Get your feet on solid ground
It's a nightmare you have found
The howling sound of speeding time
Y'hear the cries behind stone walls
Decipher echoes down the halls
But don't you fall in the speeding time

Drifting back is no way to begin
Y'gotta try to find the strength within

And hang in - hold on
There will be relief
Y'gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time

You never listened when the prophets said
Prepare yourself for times that lie ahead
Now that you know they didn't speak a lie
There's nothing for you to do except to try

And hang in - hold on
Oh, hang in - hold on
There will be relief
Y'gotta try, gotta try to keep your love alive
In this speeding time

 

[fox69]

"Stand Behind Me"

"Stand Behind Me"



I was wanting someone to talk to
Needing to let myself out
Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me

There was nowhere but here to walk to
Letting the time go by
Trying to see if I could ever find me

It didn't seem to make much sense
Thinking about the dent I'd made in the world to date
Was I too late, you say
Should I create today
Or let it be

Now needing a hand to cling to
Lucky I was to find
Someone of similar mind to stand behind me
Not letting dazzlement blind me
Showing me where to find me
Willing to just be kind and stand behind me

 

[fox69]

"Standin' On The Borderline"

"Standin' On The Borderline"



We're standin' on the borderline
Between falling in love and falling apart
I'm ready to cross the borderline
If I can't have you, it'll break my heart

Nothing really holds a candle to love
But y'gotta know how to handle your love
If y'want it to last
Y'just can't let it burn out too fast
Y'can't stand still on the borderline
You either make your move or y' turn away

I'm too close to the borderline
I'm coming across it, y' want me to stay

Y'know I'm experienced
Every day can't be a fireworks show
But when y'walk in the room
And it starts to glow
You don't have to tell me
I already know

We're ready to cross the borderline
Between falling in love and falling apart
We're ready to cross the borderline
If I can't have you, it'll break my heart

We're standin' on the borderline
Ready to cross the borderline
Standin' on the borderline
If I can't have you, it'll break my heart

We're standin' on the borderline
Ready to cross the borderline
Standin' on the borderline
If I can't have you, it'll break my heart

 

[fox69]

"Standing In The Rain"

"Standing In The Rain"



We met along the back streets where we would not be seen
Our bodies full of passion, with love our only dream
The neon flashed in our hotel room, but I never complained
Until the night you left me standing in the rain

I wondered what had happened, afraid to call your home
So I spent the night in the local bar, but I had to drink alone
I must have gotten in a fight, 'cause I woke up bleeding with pain
I had the midnight sun with you
Now I'm standing in the rain
Standing in the rain

Another woman answered when I called you in the morning
The sound of her voice came without a warning
The sun was coming up, but inside my soul was storming
I guess there are some promises you just can't keep

I'm still wandering down those back streets
But with a different point of view
'Cause I lost everything I had when I bet it all on you
I try not to think about it, or else I'll go insane
Sometimes I cry, wondering why you left me standing in the rain
Standing in the rain
Why did you leave me standing
Standing in the rain

 

[fox69]

"Still Here Thinking Of You"

"Still Here Thinking Of You"



I have tried to untangle
All my thoughts from every angle
To know the one I loved the best
To dream of happiness and make that dream come true
And I'm still here thinking of you
Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

The city streets are colder
And I'm just a little bit older
My love has grown somehow
I can feel it now much more than you ever knew
And I'm still here thinking of you
Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

This road keeps winding
And I wake up finding
Somehow I've lost my way again
Someway I'd like to get through
Someday I'd like to get to
The road that's straight beyond the bend

I have tried to unravel
The paths we've both had to travel
And now that I have come to see how much you meant to me
We might get to see a better view
Yes, I'm still here thinking of you
Still here thinking of you

I'm still here thinking of you
Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

 

[fox69]

"Such Sufferin'"

"Such Sufferin'"



What a life it is
The hardships, the tears
The desperate years
Such sufferin'

Gimme a Bufferin!
And what have I got?
True, it's a lot!
But so what?
There's got to be more to being so great
To looking first-rate and staying out late
Just look at the state I'm in!

Oh!
Such sufferin'
My days are full of sufferin' and
Bufferin
I've really learned the hard way
That pastas and cakes
And french fries and steaks
Are not such great shakes
That castles in Spain
Are just a big pain
That life is inane
If you're sufferin'
I'm not blufferin'!

Can't wonders like me
Learn how to be
Happy and grateful
For just a mere plateful
Of life's simple goodies?
I wish it were so
But the answer is NO!
So I suffa
Get tougha
And don't get enougha
Anything
Us Super-Dupers
Are regular troopers
We give all we got
And believe it or not
That's a lot!
The standing ovations!
The keys to all nations!
Bermuda vacations!
Money! Success!
I'd settle for less
If I could stop this

SUFFERIN'!
Oh such sufferin'
Foo on such sufferin'
Poo on such sufferin'
Oh, nuts to all this sufferin'
Gimme a Bufferin

 

[fox69]

"Sunbird"

"Sunbird"



Wind blow
Moon glow
You know the way to be
Touching everything
Going through to the second sea

Starlight
Sunbird
The music inside us all
Touches everyone
Everyone, listen for the call

Sunbird is enough just being
Fulfilled in its own existence
Can't we let it be
Why can't we just be
And let the time of spring to fall not be a distance

Reborn
New dawn
Brings on another day
I'm no older now than yesterday
And I'm on my way