Linda Ronstadt

[fox69]

"Someone To Watch Over Me"

"Someone To Watch Over Me"


There's a saying old, says that love is blind
Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find
So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind

Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet
He's the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret

I'd like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me

Although he may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key

Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead
Oh how I need
Someone to watch over me
Someone to watch over me

 

[fox69]

"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"

"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"


Just when the sun shines the brightest
And the world looks alright again
Then the clouds fill the skies
You can't believe your eyes
Sometimes you just can't win

Well my love never meant much to you dear
For to you I was always a friend
Oh why did I fall
You have no heart at all
Sometimes you just can't win

No I can't live like this any longer
Not knowing just where I stand
Oh darling you don't care
And sweetheart it don't seem fair
Sometimes you just can't win
Oh sometimes you just can't win

 

[fox69]

"Sophisticated Lady"

"Sophisticated Lady"


They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day
And died away

Then with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you somehow
I see you now

Smoking, drinking
Never thinking of tomorrow
Nonchalant
Diamonds shining
Dancing
Dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want

No
Sophisticated lady I know
You miss the love you had long ago
And when nobody is nigh
You cry

No
Sophisticated lady I know
You miss the love you had long ago
And when nobody is nigh
You cry
You cry
You cry

 

[fox69]

"Sorrow Lives Here"

"Sorrow Lives Here"


If you see a friend and he tries to say
A girl we once knew is losing her way
It's true
I may be blue
I've seen the best years of life go through
A man that I love
And another I need
Both men have helped make the sad life I lead

Sorrow lives here in my heart
It haunts me when I sleep
I can't keep the thought of you from my dreams
Everything seems to spin all around
But I can't see
Whether it happens with or without me

Remember how perfume, my gown and silk gloves
Had teased your heart so and brought out your love
It's done
Night's breeze has blown
A chill up my spine
The world was mine
Then haughty and high
To bide my time
'Til all of my hopes
Just wish you were mine

Sorrow lives here in my heart
It haunts me when I sleep
I can't keep the thought of you from my dreams
Everything seems to spin all around
But I can't see
Whether it happens with or without me

 

[fox69]

"Still Within The Sound Of My Voice"

"Still Within The Sound Of My Voice"


Where have you gone my darling one
Are you on your own
Are you having fun
Is there someone to hold when you need it bad
Is it uncontrolled like the love we had

Does the day go by like a memory
Do you ever try to remember me
In an automobile or a crowded bar
Well I hope you're all right wherever you are

And if you're still within the sound of my voice
Over some radio
I just want you to know
You were always my only choice
And wherever you go
That I still love you so
If you're still within the sound of my voice

In the dead of night
Do you hear me call
Something's not quite right
No one's there at all
Did you make a mistake
Was it in your head
Or was it really me talking
To your heart instead

And if you're still within the sound of my voice
Watching this video
I just want you to know
That it always made me rejoice
Just to have you so near
There's a place for you here
If you're still within the sound of my voice

I am calling like the echo of a passing train that cries
One last time before it fades into the distant hills and dies
I am sending out a message like a ship out on the sea
In distress but only you can send a lifeline out to me

Are you still within the sound of my voice
Why don't you let me know
I just can't let you go
If it's wrong then I have no choice
But to love you until I no longer have a will
Are you still within the sound of my voice

I am calling like the echo of a passing train that cries
One last time before it fades into the distant hills
And dies

 

[fox69]

"Straighten Up And Fly Right"

"Straighten Up And Fly Right"


The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said now listen Jack

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down papa don't you blow your top

Ain't no use in jivin'
What's the use in divin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down papa don't you blow your top

The buzzard told the monkey you're chokin' me
Release your hold and I'll set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye
And said your story's touching but it sounds like a lie

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down papa don't you blow your top

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down papa don't you blow your top

Fly right

 

[fox69]

"Talk To Me Of Mendocino"

"Talk To Me Of Mendocino"


I bid farewell to the state of old New York
My home away from home
In the state of New York I came of age
When first I started roaming
And the trees grow high in New York State
And they shine like gold in the autumn
Never had the blues from whence I came
But in New York State I got 'em

Talk to me of Mendocino
Closing my eyes I hear the sea
Must I wait
Must I follow
Won't you say come with me

And it's on to South Bend, Indiana
Flat out on the western plain
Rise up over the Rockies
And down on into California
Out to where but the rocks again
And let the sun set on the ocean
I will watch it from the shore
Let the sun rise over the redwoods
I'll rise with it till I rise no more

Talk to me of Mendocino
Closing my eyes I hear the sea
Must I wait
Must I follow
Won't you say come with me

 

[fox69]

"Talking In The Dark"

"Talking In The Dark"


I tried again to drive myself insane
I talk to myself but I don't listen
I found out what I was missing

I miss talking in the dark
Without you I'm not conversation
Oh without the sense of the occasion
Oh without you
I miss talking in the dark
When the barking and the biting are through

We can talk like we're in love
Or we can talk above it
We can talk and talk
Until we talk ourselves out of it

I look for the new somebody to abuse
I look at myself but it's so chancy
I see things that I don't fancy

I miss talking in the dark
Without you I'm not conversation
Oh without the sense of the occasion
Oh without you
I miss talking in the dark

 

[fox69]

"Tata Dios"

"Tata Dios"


Ponme mi vestido blanco
Aquel con que nos casamos
El doctor por mas que le ande
Esta muy lejos nuestro rancho

Ya no gastes en remedios
Ya mis fuerzas van mermando
Ponme mi vestido blanco
Tata Dios me esta llamando
Tata Dios...

Todo se queda en silencio
Solo Juan le dice a ella:
Vieras que lindos jilotes
Se estan dando en la ladera
Pero ya no "quiero" nada
Voy a regalar la siembra
Tata Dios asi lo quiere
Y con Tata nadie juega
Tata Dios... Me esta llamando

[Father God]

Put my white dress on me
The one I wore when we were married
The doctor has far to walk
Because our ranch is so far away

Don't waste your time on remedies
My strength is already leaving me
Put my white dress on me
Father God is calling me

Everything remains still
Only Juan is telling her:
See how pretty the cornstalks
Growing on the hillside
But now I don't want anything
I'm going to give away the seed
Father God wants it this way
And with Father nobody plays
Father God... is calling me

 

[fox69]

"Te Quiero Dijiste"

"Te Quiero Dijiste"


Te quiero dijiste
Tomando mis manos
Entre tus manitas
De blanco marfil
Y senti en mi pecho
Un fuerte latido
Despues un suspiro
Y luego el chasquido
De un beso febril

Munequita linda
De cabellos de oro
Dos dientes de perla
Labios de rubi
Dime si me quieres
Como yo te adoro
Si de mi te acuerdas
Como yo de ti

A veces escucho
Un eco divino
Que envuelto en la brisa
Parece decir
Si te quiero mucho
Mucho mucho mucho
Tanto como entonces
Siempre hasta morir

A veces escucho
Un eco divino
Que envuelto en la brisa
Parece decir
Si te quiero mucho
Mucho mucho mucho
Tanto como entonces
Siempre hasta morir

A veces escucho
Un eco divino
Que envuelto en la brisa
Parece decir
Si te quiero mucho
Mucho mucho mucho
Tanto como entonces
Siempre hasta morir
Siempre hasta morir
Siempre hasta morir

[I Love You, You Said]

"I love you," you said
Taking my hands
Into your little hands
Of white ivory
And I felt in my chest
A heavy pang
Then a sigh
And next the spark
Of a feverish kiss

Pretty little doll
Of golden hair
Two teeth of pearls
Ruby lips
Tell me if you love me
As I love you
If you remember me
As I do you

Sometimes I hear
A divine echo
Enveloped in the wind
It seems to say
Yes, I really love you
So very much
As much as then
Until I die