Judy Collins

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"My Heart Stood Still"

"My Heart Stood Still"


I took one look at you
That's all I meant to do
And then my heart stood still

My feet could step and walk
My lips could move and talk
And yet my heart stood still

Though not a single word was spoken
I could tell you knew
That unfelt clasp of hands
Told me so well you knew
I never lived at all
Until the thrill of that moment
When my heart stood still

I took one look at you
That's all I meant to do
And then my heart stopped right there

My feet could step and walk
My lips could move and talk
And yet my heart stood still

Though not a single word was spoken
I could tell you knew
That unfelt claps of hands
Told me so well you knew
I never lived at all
Until the thrill of that moment
When my heart stood still

 

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"My Ramblin' Boy"

"My Ramblin' Boy"


Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

He a friend and a pal always
He stuck by me in the hard old days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled 'round in the rain and snow

So here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

In Tulsa town we chanced to straight
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss said he had room for one
Says, "My old pal, we'd rather bum"

So here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got the chills and he got 'em bad
They took the only friend I had

So here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

He left me here to ramble on
My ramblin' pal he's is dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I'll bet you a dollar he's ramblin' there

So here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy

 

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"New Moon Over The Hudson"

"New Moon Over The Hudson"


There’s a new moon over the Hudson
And the stars are shining bright
And I think about my true love in Ireland tonight
He’ll walk in purple heather
Up the hills and on to home
And I wonder how I ever came to roam

Central Park at midnight
In a carriage in the snow
I dream I am in Innisfree
Where the emerald shamrocks grow
I’m leaving in the morning
I’ll sing the old sweet songs
And I’ll never leave till all is said and done

There are seas that lie between us
There are rivers to be crossed
But I never have forgot the way he smiled
There are hearts that have been broken
And the dream was all but lost
But the songs of Ireland always made me wild

My father’s father’s fathers,
Sailed from Ireland’s shore
They played the drums in Lexington
And they fought the Civil War
They died to save the Union
They lived to see me born
And in their dreams they saw the Irish Moor

There were seas that rolled beneath them
There were rivers to be crossed
But they never did forget the Irish songs
There were vows that had been broken
And the promise almost lost
But in their hearts they knew where they belonged

It's a long way from New York City
To the shores of County Cork
And the ships that brought us over here
Were made of dreams and smoke
I will return to Ireland
I’ll sing the old sweet songs
And I’ll walk in purple heather
I’ll dance in purple heather,
I'll sing in heather
Till the Irish dawn

 

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"Night Comes On"

"Night Comes On"


I went down to the place
Where I knew, she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow

I said, "Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
I'll never come through this alone"

She said, "I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go"

And the night came on, it was very calm
I wanted the night to go on and on
But she said, "Go back, go back to the world"

We were fighting in Egypt
When they signed this agreement
That nobody else had to die

There was this terrible sound
And my father went down
With a terrible wound in his side

He said, "Try to go on
Take my books, take my gun
And remember, my son, how they lied"

And the night comes on and it's very calm
I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong
But you don't want to lie, not to the young

We were locked in this kitchen
I took to religion
And wondered how long she would stay

I needed so much
To have nothing to touch
I've always been greedy that way

But my son and my daughter
Climbed out of the water
Cryin' papa, you promised to play

And they lead me away to the great surprise
It's papa, don't peek, papa, cover your eyes
And they hide, they hide in the World

Now I look for her always
I'm lost in this calling
I'm tied to the threads of some prayer

Saying, "When will she summon me?
When will she come to me?
What must I do to prepare?"

Then she bends to my longing
Like a willow, like a fountain
She stands in the luminous air

And the night comes on and it's very calm
I lie in her arms and says, "When I'm gone
I'll be yours, yours for a song"

Now the crickets are singing
The vesper bells ringing
The cat's curled asleep in his chair

I'll go down to Bill's Bar
I can make it that far
And I'll see if my friends are still there

And yes, here's to the few
Who forgive what you do
And the fewer who don't even care

And the night comes on and it's very calm
I want to cross over, I want to go home
And she says, "Go back, go back to the world"

 

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"Nightingale"

"Nightingale"


Jacob’s heart bent with fear,
Like a bow with death for its arrow;
In Vain he search for the final truth
To set his soul free of doubt.

Over the mountains he walked,
With his head bent searching for reasons;
Then he called out to God
For help and climbed to the top of a hill.

Wind swept the sunlight through the wheat fields,
In the orchard the nightingale sang,
While the plums that she broke with her brown beak,
Tomorrow would turn in to songs.

Then she flew up through the rain
With the sun silver bright on her feathers,
Jacob put back his frowns and sighed and walked
Back down the hill.

God doesn’t answer me and
He never will

 

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"Nightingale I"

"Nightingale I"


Jacob's heart bent with fear
Like a bow with death for its arrow
In Vain he search for the final truth
To set his soul free of doubt

Over the mountains he walked
With his head bent searching for reasons
Then he called out to God
For help and climbed to the top of a hill

Wind swept the sunlight through the wheat fields
In the orchard the nightingale sang
While the plums that she broke with her brown beak
Tomorrow would turn in to songs

Then she flew up through the rain
With the sun silver bright on her feathers
Jacob put back his frowns and sighed and walked
Back down the hill

God doesn't answer me and
He never will

 

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"Nightingale II"

"Nightingale II"


Jacob's heart bent with fear,
Like a bow with death for its arrow,
In Vain he search for the final truth
To set his soul free of doubt.

Over the mountains he walked,
With his head bent searching for reasons,
Then he called out to God
For help and climbed to the top of a hill.

Wind swept the sunlight through the wheat fields,
In the orchard the nightingale sang,
While the plums that she broke with her brown beak,
Tomorrow would turn in to songs.

Then she flew up through the rain
With the sun silver bright on her feathers,
Jacob put back his frowns and sighed and walked
Back down the hill.

God doesn't answer me and
He never will.

 

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"Norwegian Wood"
(originally by The Beatles)

"Norwegian Wood"
(originally by The Beatles)



I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair

I sat on a rug biding my time
Drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
"It's time for bed"

She told me she worked
In the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't
And crawled off to sleep in the bath

 

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"Nothing Lasts Forever"

"Nothing Lasts Forever"


Nothing lasts forever, you should know that by now
Good times, heartache
You'll get through this trouble though you may not know how
Your heart won't break

If you have a vision of your destiny
Tears can't stop you
Hidden in your heart is everything you can be
You'll be fine

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

You know where you're goin' even when you are lost
Big world spinning
Just stay in the center where you think you belong
Gently turning

Run off with the Gypsies to the carnival
Tight rope walker
Mysteries and miracles wherever you go
You'll be fine

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Da da da
Da da da

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Watch the way the rainbow makes its way to the sun
Yellow, purple
Even in the shadows where the light doesn't shine
Magic silver

You could dream that all of this was meant to be
Daylight dawning
Nothing lasts forever, you should know that by now
You'll be fine

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Da da da
Da da da

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Tight rope walker, Gypsies
Nothing lasts forever

Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Mysteries and miracles
Nothing lasts forever

 

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"O Come, All Ye Faithful"

"O Come, All Ye Faithful"


Oh, come ye
O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the King of angels
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord

God of God
Light of light
Lo, he abhors
Not the virgin's womb
Very God
Begotten not created
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens
Of heaven above
Glory to God
In the highest

O come
Let us adore him
Christ the Lord

See how the shepards
Summoned to his cradel
Leaving their flocks
Draw nigh with lowly fear
We too will thither hend
Our joyful footsteps
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Yea, Lord, we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus
To thee be glory given
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing
O come
Let us adore him
Christ the Lord