Harry Nilsson

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Sail Away"

"Sail Away"

In America, you get food to eat
You won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American

Ain't no lions or tigers
Ain't no mama snake
Just a sweet watermelon and buckwheat cake

Everybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard, little one
Sail away with me

Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

In America, every man is free
Take care of his home and his family
You'll be happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You're all gonna be an American

Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

You'll get food to eat
Sail away, sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

Won't have to scuff up your feet anymore
Ain't no jungle on this far and distant shore

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Salmon Falls"

"Salmon Falls"

Each drop of rain falls a million times its own length
To crash upon this floor, and with its pain cause life to start anew
Each second fights its way magically through your entire life
Like a salmon traveling upstream to its final destination
And with his goal in sight, life ends - to start anew
Each man lives far beyond his span
And writhes the life of all mankind
And not until his kind has passed will he...
And not until he dies
Each second of your life conclude
And not until it crashes against the Earth
Will a drop of rain have fallen
Not until all men are dead
Will you die
And life will start anew
And you will have traveled a million times your own time
And magically
And magically
Salmon falls

Magically

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Save The Last Dance For Me"

"Save The Last Dance For Me"

You can dance every dance with the guy
Who gave you the eye
Let him hold you tight.

You can smile every smile for the man
Who held your hand
'Neath the pale moonlight.

But don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
Oh darling, save the last dance for me.

Yes I know that the music's fine
Like sparkling wine
Go on and have your fun.

Laugh and sing, but while we're apart
Don't give your heart
To anyone.

And don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
Oh darling, save the last dance for me.

Baby don't you know I love you so?
Can't you feel it when we touch?
Baby don't you know I'll never let you go?
I need you oh so much.

You can dance, go on carry on
Till the night is gone
And it's time to go.

And if he asks if you're all alone
And can he take you home
You must tell him no.

Cause don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
Oh darling, save the last dance for me
So darling, save the last dance for me.

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune"

"She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune"

She sang hymns out of tune
And carried a yellow balloon
She traded her love
For a Spanish doubloon
And talked to the people
The people who are
Now I have a clock on the wall
It keeps time and that isn't all
It tells me how long she's been gone
Gone to the people
The people who are
She lived in a sorcerer's room
And pounded the table
And brandished the broom
She turned ten thousand
When she touched the moon
And turned to the people
The people who are
Waaa waa waa
Rain came down and scattered away
The old antique caretaker's children that play
Early that morning she passed away
Passed to the people The people who are
She sang!
She sang hymns out of tune
And carried a yellow balloon
She traded her love for a Spanish doubloon
And talked to the people
The people who are

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"She Sits Down On Me"

"She Sits Down On Me"

Now listen to my story, boys, I need your sympathy
The tattooed lady in the circus fell in love with me
And to prove her love was sweet as sugar canda-di
She had my picture tattooed on her body.

She has the landing of the pilgrims on her shoulder
And on her back she has the sunset of the west
And right beside her dimpled knees
She has two great big apple trees
And the pyramids look lovely on her chest.

When she decided that she'd like to add my picture
She simply couldn't find a vacant spot, you see
So she tattooed my poor face
In a most peculiar place
And now whenever she sits down, she sits on me.

She has a small gardenia tattooed on her elbow
And on her hips she has the lovely Queen of May
And right beneath her shapely spine
If you saw that pal of mine
You would see the famous road to Mandalay.

She has a rusty hinge that's tattooed on her knee cap
It looks so real it squeaks each time she bends her knee
But she filled me with disgrace
When she tattooed my poor face
And now whenever she sits down, she sits on me.

Now do you wonder why I'm looking sad and worried
And do you wonder why I am feeling mighty low
I'd like to take a chance
And kick her right square in the pants
But if I do, I'll only kick myself, I know.

The only time that anyone can see my picture
Is when that tattooed lady takes her bath, oh gee
I get black and blue, of course
Every time she rides a horse
'Cause now whenever she sits down, she sits on me.

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"She's Leaving Home"

"She's Leaving Home"

Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside, she is free.

She (we gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
Home (we gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years (bye bye).

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband: 'Daddy, our baby's gone!'
'Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?'
'How could she do this to me?'.

She (we never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years (bye bye).

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

She (what did we do that was wrong?)
Is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied for so many years (bye bye).

She's leaving home (bye bye).

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear"

"Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear"

I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear
Oh, I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancin' bear.

Outrageous, alarming, courageous, charming
Oh who would think a boy and bear would be well accepted everywhere?
Well it's just amazing how fair people can be.

Seen at the nicest places where well-fed faces all stop to stare
Making the grandest entrance is Simon Smith and his dancing bear.

They'll love us, won't they? They feed us, don't they?
Oh who would think a boy and bear could be well-accepted everywhere?
Well it's just amazing how fair people can be.

Well who needs money when you're funny?
The big attraction everywhere will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear
Yeah, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear.

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Sixteen Tons"

"Sixteen Tons"

Some people say man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the store-boss said the "Well-a bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion
Cain't no a high-tone woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't git ya, then the left one will

You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Sleep Late, My Lady Friend"

"Sleep Late, My Lady Friend"

Sleep Late My Lady Friend
Let the warm summer breeze drift through your window
Sleep Late My...My Lady Friend
and dream a dream of Ceilito Lindo
We had a time the time of our lives
We did the town
Tore it upside down
Then I walked you home
Sleep Late My Lady Friend
Let the feel of the dance hold your hand as you lay sleeping
Sleep Late My Lady Friend
And dream a dream of a night worth keeping
We had a time, the time of our lives
We did the town
Tore it upside down
Then I walked you home
Sleep Late My Lady Friend

fox69 · 04.03.2016

"Snow"

"Snow"

Snow fills the fields we used to know
And the little park where we would go
Sleeps far below in the snow.

Gone, it's all over and you're gone
But the memory lives on
Although on dreams lie buried in the snow.

Sometimes the wind blows through the trees
And I think I hear you calling me
But all I see is...

Snow everywhere I go
As the cold winter sun sinks low
I walk alone through the snow.