Johnny Rivers

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"Catch The Wind"
(originally by Donovan)

"Catch The Wind"
(originally by Donovan)



In the chilly hours and minutes
Of uncertainty, I want to be
In the warm hold of your lovin' mind.

To feel you all around me
And to take your hand along the sand
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky
I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

For me to love you now
Would be the sweetest thing, 't would make me sing
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind.

Diddy di dee dee diddy diddy
Diddy diddy diddy dee dee dee.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind.

Standin' in your heart
Is where I want to be and long to be
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind.

Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind.

 

[fox69]

"Chicago Bound"

"Chicago Bound"


Well, I left out of Georgia 1964
My baby begged me: Daddy, please don't go
But I left that town, you know I left that town
When I left out of Georgia, you know I was Memphis bound

Well, I stayed in Memphis in 1969
That woman I loved didn't pay me no mind
So I left that town, you know I left that town
When I left out of Memphis, you know I was St. Louis bound

I didn't need no steam heat by my bed
Lady I slept with kept it cherry red
Well, I left that town, hmm, I left that town
When I left St. Louis, you know I was Chicago bound

I'm gonna tell you something you oughta know
Chicago's the best place I ever knowed
I'm-a stay in this town, I'm-a live in this town
Chicago's the place, it's the baddest place around

 

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"China"

"China"


China, Your eyes say something wild tonight
China, Do you know what I feel inside?
China, Silver skies are like your smile
China, Evenin' tide says stay awhile

Wait for the light of the mornin' star
The world is turnin' and here we are
Soon you'll see what the stars are for
They shine above they light the way to love

China, Nothin' in the city means as much to me
China, Than singin' here beside you beneath the trees
China, I look at you can this be true
China, I'm standing in a dream

Sleep like a child when the nights are warm
Deep in the darkness your dreams are born
When you awaken your dreams take form
They shine above, they light the way to love

China, Floating on the sea like a crystal ball
China, First you're here and then you're gone
China, You're everything and you're nothin' at all
China, The evening tide says stay a while, stay a while
This song is for China

 

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"City Ways"

"City Ways"


City ways are gonna get you, baby
City ways is gonna small you in
City ways are gonna keep you, baby
Down in the hollow you're in
Down in the hollow you're in
Everybody, it seems, is hustling
Just to get an extra dollar or two
When you think that is your turn to have it
Someone's gonna step on you
You know they're gonna step on you
And it's hard
A country life is all I've ever known, now
Yeah, it's hard
City life, girl, is bringing me down
It's dragging me down

Yeah, yeah

When you get to the end of your road, now
You're about to lose your lies talked warm
Just hang on that last moment
When you get it by the door
Lock up the door
Take me back to the real thing, baby
You know this place ain't right to me
Keep me out this hard, tight city
Take me back where I can re-breathe
You know I just wanna be free

Yeah, yeah

 

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"Come Home America"

"Come Home America"


Winds of change blowing strong
Thought I'd heard someone sing this song
Days of peace are not that hard to find
Pick up the dream you left behind

Young and old, rich and poor
Black and white can rhyme
Wake up, America, it's been a long, long time

Time has come to make a choice
To give the people, give 'em back the voice
Will we leave this land in the hands of greed
Or will we answer our brother's needs?

Young and old, rich and poor
Black and white can rhyme
Come home, America, it's been a long, long time
Come home, America, it's been a long, long time

 

[fox69]

"Cupid"
(originally by Sam Cooke)

"Cupid"
(originally by Sam Cooke)



Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to that girl's heart for me

Cupid, please, hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to that girl's heart for me

Now, I don't mean to bother you, but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who don't know I exist
And this you can fix

So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Nobody but me

Cupid, please, hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now Cupid, if you do it, make her love strong for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us, her heart we can steal
Help me if you will

So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Nobody but me

Cupid, please, hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to that girl's heart for me

Cupid
Cupid
Cupid
Draw back that bow

 

[fox69]

"Curious Mind (Um Um Um Um Um Um)"

"Curious Mind (Um Um Um Um Um Um)"


Walking through the park
It wasn't quite dark
There was a man
Sitting on a bench

Out of the crowd
As his head lowly bowed
He just moaned and
He made no sense

He'd just go
Um, um, um, um, um...

I just couldn't help myself
Yes, I was born
With a curious mind

I asked this man
Just what did he mean
When he moaned
If he'd be so kind

And he'd just go
Um, um, um, um, um...

Now that I've grown up
And the woman I love
She has gone

Now that I'm a man
I think I understand
Sometimes everyone
Must sing this song

Listen to me sing
Um, um, um, um, um...

Can't you hear me, now
Um, um, um, um, um...

Everybody now
Um, um, um, um, um...

Can't you hear me, now
Um, um, um, um, um...

 

[fox69]

"Dancin' In The Moonlight"
(originally by King Harvest)

"Dancin' In The Moonlight"
(originally by King Harvest)



We get it on most every night
When that old moon gets so big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight

Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark, and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep things light
Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

We like our fun and we never fight
You can't dance and stay uptight
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep things light
Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

 

[fox69]

"Dang Me"
(originally by Roger Miller)

"Dang Me"
(originally by Roger Miller)



Well, here I sit high, gettin' ideas
Ain't nothing but a fool would live like this
Out all night and runnin' wild
Woman sittin' home with a month old child

Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, would you weep for me?

Just sittin' 'round drinkin' with the rest of the guys
Six rounds bought and I bought five
Spent the half the groceries and all the rent
Like fourteen dollars having twenty seven cents

Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, would you weep for me?

I say roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple surple
I was the seventh out of seven sons
My pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun

I said, dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, would you weep for me?

Well, here I sit high, gettin' ideas
Ain't nothing but a fool would live like this
Out all night and runnin' wild
Woman sittin' home with a month old child

Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, would you weep for me?

 

[fox69]

"Days Of Wine And Roses"

"Days Of Wine And Roses"


Through a meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

(The lonely night discloses) just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you-oo-oo