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[fox69]

"What Can I Do"

"What Can I Do"


Every dream that I dream
Seems to float on by
Like a cloud in the wind
Way up in the sky
Every move that I make
Seems to be the wrong way
Like a cold black night
After a summer day

What can I do
What can I do
Nothing to say but it used to be
Nothing to say but it used to be
What can I do

You still play my guitar
With a smile on my face
Now everything's changed
My whole life's rearranged
From the day I was born
Sidle Jinks was my name
Though I tried and I tried
That name still remains

What can I do
What can I do
Nothing to say but it used to be
Nothing to say but it used to be
What can I do

What can I do
What can I do
What can I do
What can I do

I hear voices all singing
But no one is there
It's a ghost of my life
Bringing past tense to mind
Lookin' key inside me
From the freedom and sin
Oh come let me in
I'll start all over again

What can I do
What can I do
Nothing to say but it used to be
No no no no no no no no no
What can I do
What can I do
What

 

[fox69]

"When A Child Is Born"

"When A Child Is Born"


A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the wall of doubt crumbles dust and torn
This comes to pass when the child is born
The rosy view settles all around
You got the feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born
And all this happens because the world is waiting
Waiting for one child
Black, white, yellow
No one knows
This child who will grow up and turn tears to laughter
Hate to love
War to peace
And everyone to everyone's neighbor
And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten forever
For a spell or two no-one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born
It's all a dream an illusion now
It must come true sometime soon somehow
And all across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
This comes to pass when a child is born
This comes to pass when a child is born
This comes to pass when a child is born

 

[fox69]

"When My Back Was Against The Wall"

"When My Back Was Against The Wall"


When my back was against the wall, she called me names
When I was feeling small, she called me names
Molly said she had to go, it don't seem right
Just when I was feeling low, we had to fight
Don't you know, don't you know
Don't you know, don't you now
Gladly I would give a piece of mind to live without her
Gladly I would give a piece of mind to live without her
when my sky was turning grey, she'd bring me down
Couldn't face another day, she'd bring me down
Well many times she said she'd go, but she would stay
I didn't really think that she would go away
Don't you know, don't you know...
When my confidence was low, she'd turn away
Didn't know which way to go, she'd turn away

 

[fox69]

"When The Lightning Strikes"

"When The Lightning Strikes"


It's close to midnight
There's a chill in the air
I long to touch you
but I don't dare
there's a wall between us
there's a storm in the air
though you're lying beside me
It's like you're not even there
When the lightning strikes
I don't want to be here
when the cold wind bites
I don't want to be here
Ooh it hurts me
though we won't be talking
I hear every word you say
Now the rain is falling
Like a million tears
Coming through my window
To wash away the years
When the lightning strikes...
Oh can you feel it
there's a storm in the air
and it's getting nearer
when the cloud breaks
I don't want to be here
to feel the rain
feel the pain
There's a wall between us
There's a storm in the air
though you're lying beside me
It's like you're not even there
When the lightning strikes
Oh can you feel it
there's a storm in the air
And it's getting nearer
when the cloud breaks
I don't want to be here
to feel the rain
When the lightning strikes...
When the lightning strikes...

 

[fox69]

"When You Walk In The Room"
(originally by Jackie DeShannon)

"When You Walk In The Room"
(originally by Jackie DeShannon)



I can feel a new expression on my face.
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place.
I can hear the guitars play lovely tunes,
Ev-er-ry-time that you - walk in the room.

I close my eyes for a second,
And pretend it's me you want.
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant.
I see a summer night with a magic moon.
Ev-er-ry-time that you - walk in the room.

Maybe it's a dream come true,
Walkin' right alongside of you.
Wish I could tell you how much I care,
But I only - have the nerve to stare.

I can feel a-something pounding in my brain,
Just anytime that someone speaks your name.
Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom.
Ev-er-ry-time that you - walk in the room.
Ev-er-ry-time that you - walk in the room.

 

[fox69]

"Where Sorry's Not Enough"

"Where Sorry's Not Enough"


Wounded heart, I've been hopin'
There's a way gonna open
To a place where It's easy to forget
Every dream lyin' broken
I'm so tired of feeling this regret
Watching shadows turn to winter on your face
I don't wanna live her
It's cold cold unforgiving place
Where sorry's not enough
where the words have lost it's meaning
where nothing I can do can make it up to you
No I can't go on living
where sorry's not enough
All the bad moves I've been making
all the trust I've been breaking
all the lies have been turning you to stone
Reaching out, trying to touch you
begging you one more time
I'm standing on the edge
Watching shadows turn to winter on your face
I don't wanna live here
It's cold cold unforgiving place
where sorry's not enough...
Apologies pour like water from my tongue
Now there's nothing left to say
As I survey the damage done
where sorry's not enough...

 

[fox69]

"Who'll Stop The Rain"
(originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival)

"Who'll Stop The Rain"
(originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival)



Long as I remember
The rain been comin' down
Clouds of mystery pourin'
Confusion on the ground

Good men through the ages
Tryin' to find the sun
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain

I went down Virginia
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow

Five year plans and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain

Heard the singers playin'
How we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together
Tryin' to keep warm

Still the rain kept pourin'
Fallin' on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain

 

[fox69]

"Wild Wild Angels"

"Wild Wild Angels"


Don't talk to me of shattered dreams,
Of course you don't know what it means,
To live for someone else, you can't just take,
And when you're bitten by the truth,
You blame it on your mis-spent youth,
You never seem to learn by your mistakes.

So don't talk to me of wild wild angels,
Wild wild angels on the skyways,
Those wild wild angels on the highways of your life,
'Cos it's people like you who never knew,
What wild wild angels have to face.

And I ain't hangin' round to see,
You turn on someone else like me,
I'm still alive and you know the way I live,
But baby that's one way you'll never be,
Such simple things you fail to see,
You take back everything you ever give.

So don't talk to me of wild wild angels,
Wild wild angels on the skyways,
Those wild wild angels on the highways of your life,
'Cos it's people like you who never knew,
What wild wild angels have to face.

So don't talk to me of wild wild angels,
Wild wild angels on the skyways,
Those wild wild angels on the highways of your life,
'Cos it's people like you who never knew,
What wild wild angels have to face.

So don't talk to me of wild wild angels,
Wild wild angels on the skyways,
Those wild wild angels on the highways of your life,
'Cos it's people like you who never knew,
What wild wild angels have to face.

 

[fox69]

"Will You Love Me"

"Will You Love Me"


When my hair is turning grey
And my mind has gone astray
Will you think about today
and will you love me
when I'm tired of being told
that I am looking old
will me feeling all turn cold
Or will you love me

Will you love me, love me, hold me
love me,
will you love me when I get old
Will you love me

when I'm feeling full of grief
'Cos I'm losing all my teeth
And there's nothing underneath
will you love me
when my days are getting few
We can't do things that we now do
No more prize that you once knew
Will you love me

Will you love me,...

and when I'm dead and gone
If you're still living on
Will you think about this song
And will you love me

Will you love me,...

 

[fox69]

"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"

"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"


Tonight you're mine completely
you give your love so sweetly
tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow
Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
So tel me now I won't ask again
will you still love me tomorrow
Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
but will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?
will you still love me tomorrow
tonight with words unspoken
you say that I'm the only one
but will my heart be broken
when the night meets the morning sun?
I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
so tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
will you still love me tomorrow