Carole King

[fox69]

"Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare"

"Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare"



In Friday's tie-dye nightmare
I was trying to get from here to there
Walking to, passing through people everywhere
I got on at my station, running through the fire
Looking for an elevation that would get me a little higher

News of people dying, someone lying on the stair
Crying for the nation, can we offer up a prayer
There'll be a coronation, a fancy dress affair
We'll be lined up in formation, but we won't be going anywhere

Down the hellhole, trying to make my way
I couldn't get where I wanted, due to an unforeseen delay
The man was apologetic as he turned his head to say
Sorry, kid, you're not gonna make it home today
Hey mister, why'd you take my ticket away
Even more to the point, how come I let you
I could blame it all on you, or make up my mind to stay
I wish I knew a way I could forget you

I didn't read the fine print, y'gotta be on the ball
Some days I'm less confident, up against a wall
I wonder where my mind went, I should have made the call
I like to think I'm innocent, but then, don't we all

I got to the next location, hoping for the best
But another situation put me to the test
A man in black pants, a white shirt, and a red vest
Had fallen on the track and no one even got depressed
Or even guessed he wasn't putting on an act
Someone said he'd drunk too much
'Cause he was lying on his back
It was also duly noted that he happened to be black
There was a serious lack of anything right at all here

What's the difference - I didn't stop
The very least I could have done was call a cop
But I passed the news vendor, pursuing my agenda
And I like everyone else, I dropped the ball here

Still trying to get home, I saw a telephone
And put some coins I had found
They were supposed to work, they did for the man beside me
But when I dropped them in, they wouldn't go down

What is going on here
Will I ever know the truth
How do to deal with the time stealing away your daddy's youth
Story after story of disaster barely missed
You see, common miracles somehow do exist
And anyone can be kissed by lady fortune

So I gathered up my skirt and tucked my wallet in
Grabbed my bag and the sling I carried my girl child in
Funny she didn't cry, she wasn't scared at all
She could see a happy outcome in the patterns on the wall

And y'know
The next train was the right one, but not for the vested man
I try, but there's too many things I'll never understand
Y'gotta keep on going knowing someone's got a plan
For Friday's tie-dye nightmare and Monday's promised land
And there it is

 

[fox69]

"Go Away Little Girl"

"Go Away Little Girl"



Go away, little girl. Go away, little girl.
I'm not supposed to be alone with you.
I know that your lips are sweet,
But our lips must never meet.
I belong to someone else, and I must be true.

Oh, go away, little girl. Go away, little girl.
It's hurtin' me more each minute that you delay.
When you are near me like this,
You're much too hard to resist.
So, go away, little girl, before I beg you to stay."

Go away.
Please don't stay.
It'll never work out.

When you are near me like this,
You're much too hard to resist.
So, go away, little girl.
Call it a day, little girl.
Oh, please, go away, little girl,
Before I beg you to stay.
Go away.

 

[fox69]

"Goat Annie"

"Goat Annie"



When I was young I used to see her
Herdin' her goats on the hillside
No one knows
And she ain't tellin' her age
I'd say she's just about seventy-five

She's an old timer tryin'
To hold on to what she's got
They call her Goat Annie

I still remember the stories
The townspeople told to each other
Just because she liked her goats
Better than people
They said the devil was her brother

She never paid them no mind
She just kept on
Bein' herself - Goat Annie

She's a rare individual
One of a dying breed
Everything she's got
Right now
Is all she'll ever need

One day the government decided
They had to have
The land she lived on
They came with the papers
Polite as could be
They said she had just thirty days
To get gone

You could see them smirking
We're just doin' our job here
You understand, Goat Annie

She said, I was born and raised here
Ain't never done wrong to no one
You ain't gonna
Throw me off my land, not
Me or my goats or my shotgun

Then she leveled her 12-gauge
With a blast, she sent 'em packin'
Go, Goat Annie

Next day they came with the lawmen
But that didn't get 'em nowhere
Rather than shoot
At a poor old lady
They decided to let her
Live her days out there

It doesn't happen very often
But there are still some people
With heart
Like Goat Annie

 

[fox69]

"God Only Knows"

"God Only Knows"



Looks to me like
I'm flyin' in a pattern I want to break
Sometimes I feel like
I've given enough, now I want to take
It's makin' me crazy
Thinkin' about where it's all gonna lead
And I wonder
If we're gonna get what we need
God only knows

You're travelin' easy
Keeping your mind in an amber haze
But there's so much between you
And the natural land up on which you were raised
It's easy to turn your head
And not think about when it all comes down
Don't you wonder
If you're gonna be around
God only knows

Maybe it's not for me to understand
Maybe destruction is part of the plan
Well, I don't really see
How it can be
Why it should be, I don't know
I just don't know

I can't stop dreamin'
About leavin' it all behind
Maybe I'll never get there
Except in my mind
It sure makes me angry
To realize that I'm caught in a game
I used to love everybody
Now it's so hard to do through this pain
And I wonder
If I'll ever be the same
God only knows

 

[fox69]

"Goin' Back"

"Goin' Back"



I think I'm goin' back
To the things I learned so well in my youth
I think I'm returning to those days
When I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games to only pass the time
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb
Thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win

I can recall a time
When I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think
I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
And every day can be
My magic carpet ride

A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back

 

[fox69]

"Golden Man"

"Golden Man"



Golden man
You hold my heart in your hand
You made me understand
The pain the earth is feeling
You know what love is worth
You're real, and you know
Your purpose on earth
And I can see the sun
Shining in your eyes

Golden man
Beneath the crescent moon you stand
You speak to the wind and
Unmistakably it answers
And just like two dancers
We move together
In perfect harmony
And I can see the sun
Shining in your eyes

Son, lover, brother
Father and friend
From the mountain
You've come down
You wrap your love around me
And I know my soul has found me
By the way we blend again and again
And again

Golden man
My now and forever's planned
The land is our destiny and
You have brought me home to it
Together we'll build our dream
I know that we can do it
'Cause I can see the sun
Shining in your eyes

 

[fox69]

"Good Mountain People"

"Good Mountain People"



I've seen people - just because they've had some schooling
Think they know all there is to know
Well, I've done some movin' around in my time and I ain't foolin'
One of my favorite places to go
Is where there's

Good mountain people who make y' feel so fine
Good mountain people - they sure know how to have a rockin' good time

I've traveled in vehicles over miles of country
Too fast to stop and look around
But I'm like a child again, I'm learnin' how to run free
It's good to feel my feet back on the ground
Livin' with those

Good mountain people who make y' feel so fine
Good mountain people - they sure know how to have a rockin' good time

It's quite a sight to see rednecks and longhairs
After years on the opposite sides of the fence
Helpin' each other in time of need, knowin' they both belong there
Working it out with good old common sense
Just because they're

Good mountain people who make y' feel so fine
Good mountain people - they sure know how to have a rockin' good time

 

[fox69]

"Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone"

"Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone"


Don't it seem like the time goes on
And here we are still carrying on
Reaching out for one another
Like a telephone call from an old friend or a brother
And you are there to share this song in the making
Goodbye don't mean I'm gone

I know how alone you are
When it's so hard to be so far
From the ones who mean the most to you
When you would so much rather have them close to you
I hope you know you haven't been forsaken
Goodbye don't mean I'm gone

I'll never be what you think you see in me
If I can help you deal with what you see as real
That makes me glad to have known you

Missing you the way I do
You know I'd like to see more of you
But it's all I can do to be a mother
(My baby's in one hand, I've a pen in the other)
You know my love is always there for the taking
And goodbye don't mean I'm gone

 

[fox69]

"Gotta Get Through Another Day"

"Gotta Get Through Another Day"



It's a gray, gray gloomy day
A strange and moody blues day
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day

Corn yellow silk and golden sunlight I remember
As we walked together, you and I
Love like a sweet flaming glow inside
Now has been denied
And I've cried till I can't remember why

I gotta get through, gotta get through some way
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day

Will Tuesday be good news day
Or another paying dues day
It's a strange and moody blues day
Anyway

Some say that time brings a better understanding
Of the rhyme and reason to it all
Still the flame keeps burning through the lonely night
It's just not allright
And I wonder if I'll make it till you call

I gotta get through, gotta get through some way
It's a gray, gray, gloomy day
A strange and moody blues day
Gotta get through, gotta get through another day
I gotta get through another day

 

[fox69]

"Growing Away From Me"

"Growing Away From Me"



You've been my life to me
My very soul and my heart
But lately something's come over you
And it's tearing me apart

Darlin', I feel you growing away from me
More and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I'll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me

Even though you say you love me
The feeling's no longer there
I know there's somebody else
And it's more than I can bear

Darlin', I feel you growing away from me
More and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I'll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me

Believe me, I would let you go if I could
But I don't know if it's worse being lonely
Than having you here in body only

It's no use pretending
When the love you used to feel is gone
Yet even though I'm losing you
I can't help trying to hold on

Darlin', I feel you growing away from me
More and more and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I'll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me
I feel you growing away from me