Judy Collins

[fox69]

"Sisters Of Mercy"

"Sisters Of Mercy"


Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone.
They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on.
And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song.
Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long.

Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control.
It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul.
Well I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned:
When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned.

Well they lay down beside me, I made my confession to them.
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem.
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.

When I left they were sleeping, I hope you run into them soon.
Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon.
And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night:
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right,
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right.

 

[fox69]

"Sky Fell"

"Sky Fell"


The rain is falling down
Along with the sky
The colors and remembered suns
Are pouring by.

What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?

Come to the window
Put your arms around me again
If you don't hold me
I will wash away with the rain

What will I do with my arms
When they are empty?

I'll just stand here and watch
The sky fall while you
Put yourself together
While you gather up the time it took to
Make us think we would last forever.

The window fills your face
With silver and grain,
You're soaking up the sky
I'll never see it again

What will I do with the sky
When it is empty

What will I do with my life
When you have left me?

 

[fox69]

"Slow Burn"
(with Ari Hest)

"Slow Burn"
(with Ari Hest)



I had a slow burn for you darling
We were walkin' by the river
I was young and a fool, darling
I didn't know about forever
We took a train to Vermont, darling
We skied the mountains in the west
And all the while the fire smoldered
I felt it burning in my chest

We were walking by the ocean
On the coast of California
I felt that I should tell you something
But then the moment passed

Life went on for us, darling
(I was never very far)
We went our separate ways
(But I had to stay away)
I very seldom thought of you, darling
(Hard to remember)
The past was all a haze

Then I saw you in the city
(Couldn't believe my eyes)
Your eyes lit up and so did mine
(There was so much to say)
We walked together by the reservoir
(Hold my hand)
And shared a glass of wine

The time has passed away, darling
I thought that flame was burning out
I had my life to live, darling
Could I let go of any doubt

When I saw you that day in the city
(Memories floated back)
I suffered such a surprise
(It all was such a surprise)
The fire was lit and the slow burn started
Had it never died

Now there's a slow burn, darling
(Just like there'd been before)
Like a sweet and smoky song
(A longing in our hearts)
And what I didn't know, darling
(Maybe this was meant to be)
Was that your love was never gone

I have a slow burn
I have a slow burn
I have a slow burn
For you

I have a slow burn
I have a slow burn
I have a slow burn
For you

 

[fox69]

"So Early, Early In The Spring"

"So Early, Early In The Spring"


So early, early in the spring
I shipped on board to serve my king
I left my dearest dear behind
She oft' times swore her heart was mine

My love she takes me by the hand
“If ever I marry, you'll be the man"
A thousand vows so long and sweet
Sayin' "we'll be married when next we meet"

And all the time I sailed the seas
I could not find one moment's ease
In thinkin of my dearest dear
And never a word from her could I hear

At last we sailed into Glasgow town
I strode the streets both up and down
Inquiring for my dearest dear
And never a word from her could I hear

I went straightway to her father's hall
And loudly for my love did call
“My daughter's married, she's a rich man's wife
She’s wed to another, much better for life"

If the girl is married that I adore
I'm sure I'll stay on land no more
I'll sail the sea till the day I die
I'll break the waves rollin' mountains high

 

[fox69]

"Someday Soon"

"Someday Soon"


There's a young man that I know, his age is twenty-one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service, he's looking for the sun
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

My parents cannot stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me crying
I would follow him right down the toughest road I know
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

And when he comes to call, my pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's driving in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

When he comes to call, my pa ain't got a word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

Blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's driving in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, going with him someday soon
Someday soon, going with him .....someday soon

 

[fox69]

"Someday Soon"
(feat. Jimmy Buffett)

"Someday Soon"
(feat. Jimmy Buffett)



There's a young man that I know, his age is twenty-one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service, he's looking for the sun
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

My parents cannot stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me crying
I would follow him right down the toughest road I know
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

And when he comes to call, my pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's driving in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, going with him someday soon

When he comes to call, my pa ain't got a word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

Blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's driving in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, going with him someday soon
Someday soon, going with him .....someday soon

 

[fox69]

"Sometime Down The Road"

"Sometime Down The Road"


Sometime down the road
Maybe when we're grey and old
We'll be together
Just when nobody knows
Cause at our journey's end
Where the river bends
I'll be waiting there my friend
We'll be loving once again
Sometime down the road

Take my hand across, across the sea
And fly with me
To a place where hearts transcend
And time is standing still
Travel through the shining stars

Beyond out galaxy
What a thrill if we will
Keep trusting our destiny

Sometime down the road
Maybe when we're grey and old
We'll be together
Just when nobody knows
Cause at our journey's end
Where the river bends
I'll be waiting there my friend
We'll be loving once again
Sometime down the road

When our souls have crossed the ocean
We'll meet again
When the troubled water calms
And the clouds have all gone by
We will stand together
On a shore of peace my friend
You and I through the sky
We'll be carried beyond the wind

Sometime down the road
Maybe when we're grey and old
We'll be together
Just when nobody knows
Cause at our journey's end
Where the river bends
I'll be waiting there my friend
We'll be loving once again
Sometime down the road

Earthbound I am filled with
Doubts and loneliness
Lift my spirits to thoughts much higher
Of dreams we still have left

Sometime down the road
Maybe when we're grey and old
We'll be together
Just when nobody knows
Cause at our journey's end
Where the river bends
I'll be waiting there my friend
We'll be loving once again
Sometime down the road

 

[fox69]

"Song For David"

"Song For David"


And the little one in my arms will sleep
Every rising of the moon makes the years grow late
And the love in our hearts will keep

There are friends I will make and bonds I will break
As the seasons roll by and we build our own sky
In my heart I will wait by the stony gate
And the little one in my arms will sleep

And the stars in your sky are the stars in mine
And both prisoners of this life are we
Through the same troubled waters we carry our time
You and the convicts and me

There's a good thing to know on the outside or in
To answer not where but just who I am
Because the stars in your sky are the stars in mine
And both prisoners of this life are we

The hills that you know will remain for you
And the little willow green will stand firm
The flowers that we planted through the seasons past
Will all bloom on the day you return

To a baby at play all a mother can say
He'll return on the wind to our hearts and till then
I will sit and I'll wait by the stony gate
And the little one 'neath the trees will dance

And the little one in my arms will sleep
Every rising of the moon makes the years grow late

 

[fox69]

"Song For Duke"

"Song For Duke"


I didn't even know the man
I didn't know the man himself
Even though his music filled my life
As it has so many others

I knew that he had died that week
After fighting death a year or more
But I had had a rule before
That funerals were a waste of flowers

But something said I had to go
To be a witness to his gift of love
A man who never once gave up on life
Until death took him in his tracks

The people stood around the church
Ten thousand people there they say, or more
Black and white, rich and poor
Together they were there to say farewell

In New York City it had rained that day
The streets were silver and the sky was gray
But in the church the music soared and sang
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun

The man was a hero
He played the music of our souls
He knew that we all have in us
A place where beauty always grows

Outside in the streets again
The people wandered through the falling rain
They waved their hands and dried their tears
And turned to go about their lives again

But none of us will be the same
If we hear the things his music says
That loving is the gift of life
And making music was his way of love

The man was a hero
He played the music of our souls
He knew that we all have in us
A place where beauty always grows

 

[fox69]

"Song For Judith (Open The Door)"

"Song For Judith (Open The Door)"


Sometimes I remember the old days
When the world was filled with sorrow
You might have thought I was living but I was all alone
In my heart the rain was falling
The wind blew, the night was calling
Come back, come back, I'm all you've ever known

Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to see you, my friend
You're like a rainbow, coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as good a friend to you, as you are to me

There were friends who could always see me
Through the haze their smiles would reach me
Saying okay, saying goodbye, saying hello
Soon I knew just what I was after
Was life and love, tears and laughter

Hello, my good friend
Hello, my darling
What do you know

Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to see you, my friend
You're like a rainbow, coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as good a friend to you, as you are to me

I used to think it was only me feeling alone
Not feeling free to be alive to be a friend
Now I know we all have stormy weather
The sun shines through when we're together
I'll be your friend, right through to the end

Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to see you, my friend
You're like a rainbow, coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as good a friend to you, as you are to me

Open the door and come on in
I'm so glad to see you, my friends
You're all like rainbows, coming around the bend
And when I see you happy
Well, it sets my heart free
I'd like to be as good a friend to you, as you are to me