Judy Collins

[fox69]

"Hallelujah"
(feat. Bhi Bhiman)
(originally by Leonard Cohen)

"Hallelujah"
(feat. Bhi Bhiman)
(originally by Leonard Cohen)



Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

 

[fox69]

"Hard Lovin' Loser"

"Hard Lovin' Loser"


He's the kind of guy
Puts on a motorcycle jacket
And he weighs about
A hundred and five

He's the kind of surfer
Got a ho daddy haircut
And you wonder how
He'll ever survive

He's the kind of frogman
Wearing twenty pounds
Of counter weights and
Sinking in the sea like a stone

He's the kind of soldier
Got no sense of direction
And they send him
In the jungle alone

But when the
Frost's on the pumpkin
And the litle girls are jumping
He's a hard loving son of a gun

He's got em waiting downstairs
Just to sample his affairs
And they call him
A spoonful of fun

He's the kind of person
Going riding on a skateboard
And his mind's raging
Out of control

He's the kind of person
Goes to drive a Maserati
Puts his key inside
The wrong little hole

He's the kind of ski bum
Tearing wild down the mountain
Hits a patch where
There ain't any snow

He's the kind of cowboy
Got a hot trigger finger
Shoots his boot cause
He's drawing kind of slow

But when he comes in for bowling
He's an expert at rolling
Sets the pins up
And lays em right down

He's got em taking off their heels
And they like the way he feels
And they call him
A carnival clown

Well, he's got a parachute
And screaming like Geronimo
And makes a little hole
In the ground

He's the kind of logger
When the man hollers, timber
Got to stop and look
Around for the sound

He's the kind of artist
Rents a groovy little attic
And discovers that he
Can't grow a beard

He's the human cannonball
Come in for a landing
And he wonders where
The net disappeared

But when he takes off his shoes
It won't come as news
That they're lining up
On threes and in twos

He's got em pounding on the door
Got em begging for some more
He's got em pounding on the door
Got em begging for some more
And they call him
Whatever they choose

 

[fox69]

"Hard Times For Lovers"

"Hard Times For Lovers"


Seems it was just a while ago
All of my friends and I
Went to each others weddings
And stood by each others side
And became brides

Talked to Kurt on the phone today
He said that he and Liz were through
And by the way that
Things have been going
You could that they were overdue

For every other married pair of us
That already split in two
Each of us turning our own lives alone
For sleeping with someone new
Ain't it true

These are hard times for lovers
Everyone wants to be free
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Everyone singing, I gotta be me
Without you

Now, honey, I'm supposed to tell you
I've got to live for today
And don't you know it is my lifetime
I've got to live it my own way

And lately, I can't help thinking
I reap what I sow
For all of my holy freedom
What have I got to show
I don't know

These are hard times for lovers
Everyone wants to be free
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Everyone singing, I gotta be me
Without you

But lately, I can't help thinking
I reap what I sow
For all of my holy freedom
What have I got to show
I don't know

These are hard times for lovers
Everyone wants to be free
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Everyone singing, I gotta be me
Without you

Ain't these hard times for lovers
Everyone wants to be free
Ain't these hard times for lovers

 

[fox69]

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"


Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled'

Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
'Christ is born in Bethlehem'

Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King'

Christ by highest heaven adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of the virgin's womb

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel

Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King'

Hail the heaven born Prince of peace
Hail the Son of righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings

Mild He lays, His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth

Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King'

Hark! The herald angels sing
'Glory to the newborn King'

 

[fox69]

"Hello, Hooray"

"Hello, Hooray"


Hello! Hooray!
Let the show begin
I'm ready
Hello! Hooray!
Let the lights grow dim
We've been ready

Ready as the rain to fall, just to fall again
Ready as a man to be born, only to be born again,
and again and again and again
Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin
I'm ready
Hello! Hooray! Let the lights grow dim
I'm been ready

Ready as the rain to fall, just to fall again
Ready as a man to be born, only to be born again,
I've been waiting so long for another song
I've been thinking so long I was the only one
We've been hoping so long for another song

So I will sit and I'm so thin
And I will laugh when this thing begins and begins,
And begins
It's then we'll be above the time and the weather
Dancing to a rolling good time on a feather
All it wants is coming here to stay
Each of them an actor, each one a play
I've been waiting so long for my song
I've been thinking so long I was the only one
We've were hoping so long for another song
So we will sit and we'll act so thin
And we will laugh when this thing begins and begins

 

[fox69]

"Hey Jude"
(originally by The Beatles)

"Hey Jude"
(originally by The Beatles)



Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh
Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jude

 

[fox69]

"Hey Nelly Nelly"

"Hey Nelly Nelly"


Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
Hey Nelly, Nelly, look at what I see
He's ridin' into town on a sway-back mule
He's got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool
He sure is talkin' like he's been to school, and it's 1853

Hey Nelly, Nelly, listen what he's sayin'
Hey Nelly, Nelly, he says it's gettin' late
And he says them black folks should be free
To walk around the same as you and me
He's talkin' about a thing he calls democracy, and it's 1858

Hey Nelly, Nelly, hear the band a-playing
Hey Nelly, Nelly, hand me down my gun
For the men are cheerin' and the boys are too
They're all puttin' on their coats of blue
I can't sit around here and talk to you, and it's 1861

Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
Hey Nelly, Nelly, I've come home alive
My coat of blue is stained with red
And the man in the tall black hat is dead
But we sure will remember all the things he said, in 1865

Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
Hey Nelly, Nelly, look at what I see
I see white folks and colored walkin' side by side
Thy're walking in a column that's a century wide
It was a long and a hard and a bloody ride, in 1963

 

[fox69]

"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"
(originally by Leonard Cohen)

"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"
(originally by Leonard Cohen)



I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
Many loved before us, I know that we are not new
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you

Now it's come to distances and both of us must try
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye

I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time
Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me
It's just the way it changes like the shoreline and the sea

But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
Many loved before us, I know that we are not new
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you

Now it's come to distances and both of us must try
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye

 

[fox69]

"Holly Ann"

"Holly Ann"


She is a weaver
Through her hands the bright thread travels
Blue green water, willows weeping, silver stars

She sings and sighs as the shuttle flies
Through the yarn like a Kerry dancer
Pink and purple velvet red for a lover's bed

Living north of San Francisco
With a man who built his house alone
Living peaceful in the country
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home

She is a spinner
In her hands the wooden wheel turns the wool around
Then around again

A gypsy from Bolinas
Sits and plays the mandolin
Faces smile in the firelight of a foggy night

Living north of San Francisco
Sometimes it's nice to be alone
She says, it's peaceful where she is living
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home

You can see the bridges of the city
Hanging in the air by steel and stone
She says, it's peaceful where she's living
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home

She is a weaver
Through her hand the bright thread travels
Blue green water, willows weeping, silver stars

She is my sister
The baby born when I was older
Her hands are light, her hair is bright as the summer sun

Living north of San Francisco
Sometimes it's nice to be alone
She says, it's peaceful in the country
The lights of the golden gate will lead her home

The lights of the golden gate will lead her home

 

[fox69]

"Home Before Dark"

"Home Before Dark"


I packed up my bags,
Put in my favorite Levi's.
Laid my mandoline beside the door.
Said to mama:

[Chorus:]
I won't be long,
Don't worry about me,
I'll be home before dark.
I'll be alright,
And you'll be fine without me.
I'll be home before dark.

Bought a ticket
To New York City,
One way out and no return.
I watched the sun go down
Across the plains from Denver
Lord, how the western sky can burn.

Met a boy in the darkness
Handsome, tall, and heartless.
Loved him like an eagle loves the wind
Till I heard him say:

[Chorus:]
I won't be long,
Don't worry about me,
I'll be home before dark.
I'll be alright,
And you'll be fine without me.
I'll be home before dark.

My daughter looks like him they say
To me she looks like mama,
I see an eagle shadow in her eyes
Last night, on her birthday,
We blew the candles out together
I wonder will she take me by surprise
When she says:

[Chorus:]
Mama, I won't be long,
Don't worry about me,
I'll be home before dark.
I'll be alright,
And you'll be fine without me.
I'll be home before dark.
I'll be home before dark.