Judy Collins

[fox69]

"La Chanson Des Vieux Amants"
(originally by Jacques Brel)

"La Chanson Des Vieux Amants"
(originally by Jacques Brel)



Bien sûr, nous eûmes des orages
Vingt ans d'amour, c'est l'amour fol
Mille fois tu pris ton bagage
Mille fois je pris mon envol
Et chaque meuble se souvient
Dans cette chambre sans berceau
Des éclats des vieilles tempêtes
Plus rien ne ressemblait à rien
Tu avais perdu le goût de l'eau
Et moi celui de la conquête

Mais mon amour
Mon doux mon tendre mon merveilleux amour
De l'aube claire jusqu'à la fin du jour
Je t'aime encore tu sais je t'aime

Moi, je sais tous tes sortilèges
Tu sais tous mes envoûtements
Tu m'as gardé de pièges en pièges
Je t'ai perdue de temps en temps
Bien sûr tu pris quelques amants
Il fallait bien passer le temps
Il faut bien que le corps exulte
Finalement finalement
Il nous fallut bien du talent
Pour être vieux sans être adultes

Ô mon amour
Mon doux mon tendre mon merveilleux amour
De l'aube claire jusqu'à la fin du jour
Je t'aime encore, tu sais, je t'aime

Et plus le temps nous fait cortège
Et plus le temps nous fait tourment
Mais n'est-ce pas le pire piège
Que vivre en paix pour des amants
Bien sûr tu pleures un peu moins tôt
Je me déchire un peu plus tard
Nous protégeons moins nos mystères
On laisse moins faire le hasard
On se méfie du fil de l'eau
Mais c'est toujours la tendre guerre

Ô mon amour
Mon doux mon tendre mon merveilleux amour
De l'aube claire jusqu'à la fin du jour
Je t'aime encore tu sais je t'aime

 

[fox69]

"La Colombe"
(originally by Jacques Brel)

"La Colombe"
(originally by Jacques Brel)



Why all these bugles crying
For squads of young men drilled
To kill and to be killed
And waiting by this train?
Why the orders loud and hoarse
Why the engine's groaning cough
As it strains to drag us off
Into the holocaust?
Why crowds who sing and cry
And shout and fling us flowers
And trade their right for ours
To murder and to die?

The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We're here to kill the dove

Why has this moment come
When childhood has to die
When hope shrinks to a sigh
And speech into a drum?
Why are they pale and still
Young boys trained overnight
Conscripts forced to fight
And dressed in gray to kill?
These rain clouds massing tight
This train load battle bound
This moving burial ground sent
Thundering toward the night

The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We're here to kill the dove

Why statues towering brave
Above the last defeat
Old word and lies repeat
Across the new made grave?
Why the same still birth
That victory always brought
These hoards of glory bought
By men with mouths of earth?
Dead ash without a spark
Where cities glittered bright
For guns probe every light
And crush it in the dark

The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We're here to kill the dove

And why your face undone
With jagged lines of tears
That gave in those first years
All peace I ever won?
Your body in the gloom
The platform fading back
Your shadow on the track
A flower on a tomb
And why these days ahead
When I must let you cry
And live prepared to die
As if our love were dead?

The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We're here to kill the dove

 

[fox69]

"Lark In The Morning"

"Lark In The Morning"


The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
And goes off in the air with the dew on her breast
Like a jolly plough boy she whistles and she sings
And comes home in the evening with the dew on her wings

Roger the ploughboy he is a bonny blade
He goes whistlin' and singin' through yonder long shade
He met with dark-eyed Susan she's handsome I declare
And he bought her rows of ribbon for to roll around her hair

He met with dark eyed Susan she's handsome I declare
And she's far more enticing than the birds in the air

 

[fox69]

"Last Thing On My Mind"
(feat. Stephen Stills)

"Last Thing On My Mind"
(feat. Stephen Stills)



It's a lesson too late for the learning,
Made of sand, made of sand.
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand.

Are you going away with no word of farewell,
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind?

You've got reasons a-plenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing.
Please don't go, please don't go.

Are you going away with no word of farewell,
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind?

As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you,
Every song in my breast dies a-borning
Without you, without you.

Are you going away with no word of farewell,
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind?
Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind?

 

[fox69]

"Leaving On A Jet Plane / Take Me Home Country Roads"

"Leaving On A Jet Plane / Take Me Home Country Roads"



My bags are packed and I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenendoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads

All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, a stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin' down the road, I get the feelin'
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads
Country roads

 

[fox69]

"Let It Be"

"Let It Be"


When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
And I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be, let it be

 

[fox69]

"Let It Snow"

"Let It Snow"


Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
Since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss good night
How I'll hate going out in the storm
But if you really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

Fire is slowly dying
And, my dear,
We're still goodbying
As long as you love me so
Let it snow,
Let it snow, let it snow

He doesn't care if it's in below
He's sitting
By the fires glossy glow
He don't care about the cold
And the winds that blow
He just says, let it snow,
Let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow

Ooh, wee, goes the storm
Why should he worry
When he's nice and warm?
His girl by his side
And the lights turned low
He just says,
Let it snow, let it snow
I don't care

Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But that fire is, mmm, delightful
Since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought lots of corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
So, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow

When we finally say good night
How I'll hate going out in the storm
But if you'll only hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

Fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
Long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

 

[fox69]

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"


Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
Since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss good night
How I'll hate going out in the storm
But if you really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

Fire is slowly dying
And, my dear,
We're still goodbying
As long as you love me so
Let it snow,
Let it snow, let it snow

He doesn't care if it's in below
He's sitting
By the fires glossy glow
He don't care about the cold
And the winds that blow
He just says, let it snow,
Let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow

Ooh, wee, goes the storm
Why should he worry
When he's nice and warm?
His girl by his side
And the lights turned low
He just says,
Let it snow, let it snow
I don't care

Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But that fire is, mmm, delightful
Since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought lots of corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
So, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Let it snow

When we finally say good night
How I'll hate going out in the storm
But if you'll only hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

Fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
Long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

 

[fox69]

"Let's Pretend"

"Let's Pretend"


The party was over, it was nearly a quarter to two
Hearing your voice was the last thing I thought I would do
Seeing your face brought the pain back again just like new
Now I'm right back where I was I am lost without you.

I stood in a daze as you put your hand gently in mine
Once again, lost in the look of your love, so divine
I know you don't mean it, but tell me you love me again
I know we are over, but wrap me in lies that don't end.

I'll close my eyes so you won't see the tears
Let's make the best of those bittersweet years.

Let's pretend
We are lovers again,
Let's pretend
Our romance didn't end,

I'll play my part,
I won't ask you for more,
Won't pull you back
When you walk out the door,


Just let me love you
For one hour more,
Let's pretend
We are lovers again.

I know that I will go home without you tonight,
I know there's nothing that I could do now to make it right,
Still I could dream that you never had walked out my door,
Still I could dream all my life if you kiss me once more.

I'll close my eyes so you won't see the tears,
Let's make the best of those bittersweet years.

Let's pretend
We are lovers again,
Let's pretend
Our affair didn't end,


I'll play my part,
I won't ask you for more,
Won't pull you back
When you walk out the door,

Just let me love you for one hour more,
Let's pretend we are lovers again.

Everyone's left for the night,
The glasses are empty
No one will see us, I know
No one will know that I can't let you go.

I've got to learn to let go and you must teach me how
I love your arms wrapped around me like this even now,
Maybe if you give me just one more kiss

I'll learn it's something I really don't miss,
I'll close my eyes so you won't see the tears
Let's make the most of those bittersweet years.

Let's pretend
We are lovers again,
Let's pretend
Our romance didn't end,

I'll slip away in the night without you
But I'll have something to comfort me, too,
Just for old times,
Kiss me once before the night ends,
Let's pretend we are lovers again.

Let's pretend
We are lovers again,
Let's pretend
We are lovers again.
Let's pretend
We are lovers again.

 

[fox69]

"Like A Rolling Stone"

"Like A Rolling Stone"


Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?