Leon Russell

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"Round Midnight"

"Round Midnight"

It begins to tell,
'Round midnight, 'round midnight.
I do pretty well, till after sundown,
Suppertime I'm feelin' sad;
But it really gets bad,
'Round midnight.
Memories always start 'round midnight, 'round midnight
Haven't got the heart to stand those memories,
When my heart is still with you,
And ol' midnight knows it, too.
When a quarrel we had needs mending,
Does it mean that our love is ending.
Darlin' I need you, lately I find
You're out of my heart,
And I'm out of my mind.
Let our love take wings
'Round midnight, 'round midnight
Let the angels sing,
For your returning.
Let our love is safe and sound.
When old midnight comes around.

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"San Antonio Rose"

"San Antonio Rose"

Deep within my heart lies a melody,
A song of old San Antone.
Where in dreams I live with a memory,
Beneath the stars all alone.
It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above.
A moonlit pass only she would know,
Still hears my broken song of love.
Moon in all your splendor, know only my heart
Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone.
Lips so sweet and tender, like petals falling apart.
Speak once again of my love, my own.
Broken song, empty words I know still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo, and Rose, my Rose of San Antone.

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"She Belongs To Me"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"She Belongs To Me"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

Well, she's got everything she needs, she's an artist and she don't look back
She's got everything she needs, she's an artist and she don't look back
She can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black
You'll start out standing and you're proud to steal her anything she sees
Well, you'll start out standing and you're proud to steal her anything she sees
But you will wind up peeking through a keyhole, down upon your knees
Oh, she never stumbles and she's got no place to fall
I tell ya, she never stumbles and she's got no place to fall
Hell, she's nobody's child, the law can't touch her at all
Oh, bow down to her on Sunday and salute her when her birthday comes
Oh, bow down to her on Sunday and salute her when her birthday comes, look out
For Halloween, buy her a trumpet and for Christmas, won't you buy her a big bass drum
She's got everything she needs, she's an artist and she don't look back
She's got everything she needs, she's an artist and she don't look back
She can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"She Smiles Like A River"

"She Smiles Like A River"

Well she smiles just like a river
Rolling softly to the sea.
When she blows away my problems
She helps to take, take a little weight off me.
When she's happy, I'm in heaven.
If she's down, she'll never say.
'Cause she knows I'm treading water.
Guess she feels I'm better off that way.
But when sadness overcomes me; I'm blinded by the night,
She takes my hand and leads me to the light.
And she whispers in the morning; she knows the words to say
To keep me looking forward to the new day.
So I try just to be her lover
And I hope she understands
When I hurt her or make her crazy
That I'm just an ordinary man.
Yeah she smiles just like a river
Flowing softly to the sea.
When she blows away my problems
She helps to take a little weight off me.

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"She Thinks I Still Care"

"She Thinks I Still Care"

Just because I asked a friend about her,
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I dialed her number by mistake today,
She thinks I still care

Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the memory of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
She thinks I still care

Oh if she's happy thinkin' I still need her
Then let that silly notion bring her cheer
Oh how could she ever be so foolish
And where would she get such an idea?

Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I saw her, then went all to pieces
She thinks I still care
She thinks I still care

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"Shootout On The Plantation"

"Shootout On The Plantation"

Junior and the drummer are fighting
About a woman in the neighborhood

Oh, the drummer never hit a bad lick in his life
And Junior never hit any good
Yeah, the colonel said that women are for loving, not fighting,
But that didn't clear the air
'Cause Junior's still living in the blackboard jungle
With his Elvis Presley hair

Yeah, the drummer's got the drum, the colonel's got the gun
And Junior's only got a knife, he'd better run
It's a shootout on the plantation, it's so hard to understand
Why do some people have to hurt somebody?
The firewater's not the villain.

Oh the last one to kiss is the first to shoot
And stabbing your friends is such a drag to boot
It's a shootout on the plantation
Oh, heaven help Mister Swan, yeah. (help me)

And the cold steel blade is shining
Enough to cause your blood to freeze
But the drummer is drumming a Rolling Stones' number
On Junior's head and on his knees
Oh, Oklahoma's lonesome cowboys are turned on in Tinsel Town
I knew there'd be some cameras rolling if Andy was standing around.

[Chorus]

Won't somebody help me
You gotta help me, help me, help me..
Why don't you help me, help me?
Why don't you tell me about it?
Why don't you scream and shout it?
Won't you help your mister?
Won't you kiss your sister?

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"Sioux City Sue"
(with Willie Nelson)

"Sioux City Sue"
(with Willie Nelson)

Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue your hair is red your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue there ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue
I drive a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That's how I come to be in the state of Iowa
And I met a girl in Iowa her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was she said Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
I asked her if she had a beau she said yes quite a few
Still I started courtin' my Sioux City Sue
The first time that I stole a kiss I caught her stealing two
I asked her did she love me she said indeed I do
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"South Of The Border"
(with Willie Nelson)

"South Of The Border"
(with Willie Nelson)

South of the border down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play
Now as I wander my thoughts ever stray south of the border down Mexico way
She was a picture in old Spanish lace
And for a tender while I kissed the smile upon her face
For it was Fiesta we were so gay south of the border down Mexico way
And she smiled and she whispered Manana
Never dreaming that we were parting
And I lied and I whispered Manana for our tomorrow never came
South of the border I rode back one day
There in a veil of white by candlelight she knelt to pray
And the mission bells told me that I mustn't stay
South of the border down Mexico way

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"Stormy Weather"
(with Willie Nelson)

"Stormy Weather"
(with Willie Nelson)

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time
Life is bare gloom and mis'ry everywhere stormy weather
Just can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time all the time
When she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more
Can't go on everything I had is gone stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time

fox69 · 07.01.2018

"Strange Love"

"Strange Love"

People look at me in such a strange way
Well, I used to be so strong, but that was yesterday
Now I'm feeling like a fool
I can't believe the things you say

But it is a strange love
Strange love
It's a strange love
Such a strange love

I'm a sucker for the whores and singers just the same
And my friends told me all along it was the wrong way
But there's one thing I believe
You can't believe what people say

But it is a strange love
It's such a strange love
Strange love
Strange love

Oh, sweet darlin', you said you'd never let another man chain you down
You said you were happy with this new love that you'd found
That God had sent me to you in his infinite way, but God
It is a strange love

Well, I'm finished here at the end, I had a head start
I can't believe that you went away and you took my heart
Whoa, I, I sit here all alone and think of yesterday, but hey

It was a strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)

(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)

(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)
(It is a strange love)

Strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)
It was a strange love (It is a strange love)

Strange