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[fox69]

"Don't Stop This Love"

"Don't Stop This Love"


I've heard some people say
Good love is hard to find
Ad then you came my way
You set my heart on fire
I hold inside a burning flame
It burns for you
I've seen it all before, this time I know it's true
Don't stop this love we started
We'd end up broken hearted
I never felt this way girl
Can't find the words to say girl
Don't stop this way we're feeling
Good love that we believe in
You send my whole reelin
I won't stop my lovin for you
Not fear of losing you
No empty hearts in sight
We'll never fool around
Or hurt each other's pride
For you my arms are open wide
Come inside
Two hearts that beat as one
True love to count upon
Don't stop this love we started...

 

[fox69]

"Don't Take Your Love Away This Time"

"Don't Take Your Love Away This Time"


Don't take your love away
Leave it behind
Maybe another day
You will find
That deep in your heart you've been searching
For something that's here all the time
So, don't take your love away this time.

If you must run to him
Please, make up your mind
I'll try to understand
Though he's not your kind
I promise to make all your dreams come true
Baby, if you'll still be mine
So, don't take your love away this time.

This time, don't tell me that we're through
‘cause life can't go on without you.

You know we can't go on pretending
So darling, please give me a sign
And don't take your love away this time.

You know we can't go on pretending
So darling, please give me a sign
And don't take your love away this time.

If you must run to him
Please, make up your mind
I'll try to understand
Though he's not your kind
I promise to make all your dreams come true
Baby, if you'll still be mine
So, don't take your love away this time.

Don't take your love away this time
Don't take your love away this time
Don't take your love away this time.

 

[fox69]

"Don't Turn Out Your Light"

"Don't Turn Out Your Light"


Very nearly caught me out that time
but let me win that's a memory of mine
time caught up with you too soon
and I cried enough tears to put oceans on the moon

Don't turn out your light
don't turn out your light
Don't turn out the light that
I see shining from you to me
It's so real

It's been four years since you've been gone
but you touch me in the night and
in me you live on

Don't turn out your light...

Grandad's son you're on my min
You're everywhere
didn't know I'd miss you so
till you weren't there

Don't turn out your light...

Times we shared together seem so few
And oh what I'd do for more time with you

 

[fox69]

"Drift Away"

"Drift Away"


You're the end of the rainbow, my pot of gold
You're daddy's little girl to have and hold
A precious gem is what you are
You're mommy's bright and shining star

You're the spirit of Christmas, a star on a tree
You're the Easter Bunny to mommy and me
You're sugar, you're spice, you're everything nice
And you're daddy's little girl

You're the spirit of Christmas, a star on a tree
You're the Easter Bunny to mommy and me
You're sugar, you're spice, you're everything nice
And you're daddy's little girl

 

[fox69]

"Everything A Man Could Need"

"Everything A Man Could Need"


Ain't got no trouble, laid on my mind
Why worry about tomorrow, all the lonesome time
Through stormy weather, come rain or shine
There ain't no mountain, that I wouldn't climb
But if I got you, and the things that you do
Then I got everything, a loving man could ever need
But I need your loving all through the night
And I need your kissing to make me feel alright
Make me feel better, when I'm sad and blue
Lord I ain't nothing, baby without you
But if I got you and the things you do...
So if you ever need my love
Just call my name darling
and I'll be there
So if you ever need my love
Just call my name darling
and I'll be there
Cause If I got you and the things you do
Then I got everything a loving man could ever need

 

[fox69]

"Everytime You Go Away"
(originally by Hall & Oates)

"Everytime You Go Away"
(originally by Hall & Oates)



Hey!, if we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many tears
Oh, and so you go again
When the leading man appears
Always the same thing
Can't you see, we've got everything goin' on and on and on
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you

Go on and go free, yeah
Maybe you're too close to see
I can feel your body move
It doesn't mean that much to me
I can't go on sayin' the same thing
Just can't you see, we've got everything do you even know we know

Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you

I can't go on sayin' the same thing
'Cause baby, cancha see, we've got everything goin' on and on and on

Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you

 

[fox69]

"Falling For You"

"Falling For You"


Well you gave me words of wisdom on that starry summer night,
When you said you had another, when you said he held you tight.
But I didn't let you know it, cause I know it wasn't right,
But I think I'm going crazy, cause I'm looking for a fight.
Yes, I know you had some problems with your troubles and ideals,
But I never had the chance to show you just the way I feel,
But a life without a heart and soul it surely can't be real
And I'm facing slaughter now and then, it's not the best of deals
And I'm falling for you,
Yes! I'm falling for you,
I don't care about the others who say that life's a dream,
I'm just a man who understands the way the story ends,
Guess I'm falling for you,
Whatever you may do,
It's not the best of friends in need,
It's love for life it's not just greed
And I - the one who's got it wrong
And you - the one that sounds so strong.
Well I never had a problem in my life before today
And the more I seem to check it out, the less I got to say.

I'm the one who's in the middle without his piece of mind,
I just can't seem to work it out and leave it all behind.
And then I'm falling for you,
Yes! I'm falling for you,
Well I don't care about the others who say that life's a dream,
I'm just a man who understands the way the story ends.
Yes! I'm falling for you,
Whatever you may do,
It's not the best of friends in need,
It's love for life it's not just greed
Am I the one who's got it wrong'
Are you the one who sounds so strong'

(falling for you?)
Got to tell you?
(falling for you)

 

[fox69]

"For A Few Dollars More"

"For A Few Dollars More"


Rich girl she buys her dreams.
It's a rich world behind the scenes.
Green eyes they tell it all.
The more she takes the harder they fall.
She ain't easy and she ain't tough.
She's had it good, but then she's had it rough.
And I guess it don't come to much.
Cos with everything she's got she's never got enough.

[Chorus:]
So she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more.
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before.
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more.
She'll show you her heart, then show you the door.
You know she'll die just a little for a few dollars more.
Even fly just a little like she's done it before.
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more.
She'll show you her heart, then show you the door.

Strange things can happen to you.
When you've got so much and you've got nothing to do.
Oh oh oh what do you know.
How do you get there when there's nowhere to go.
And so you wonder just what she'll do.
She's never known love but then she's never known you.
And it's too bad those sad green eyes.
Are so full of questions and so full of lies.

[Chorus, repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Forty Years On"

"Forty Years On"


I remember back when we first started
We were all together chasing all our dreams
Every day we seemed to get much better
Our hopes and disappointments were all part of the scene
We traveled ‘round the world to spread our music
And made more friends and fans each place we played
Success just followed on, it seemed like magic
So thank you all for giving me those days

’75 we really made the breakthrough
We were riding high then with records in the charts
Toys and TV shows and all we wanted
Seemed so many people all took us to their hearts
And everything was new and so exciting
Just one big adventure all the way
We didn’t know our story we were writing
So thank you all for giving me those days

Forty years on, where have they gone
Thinking of days that don’t seem so long
Where are the boys that we were once then
Fortunate friends, now forty years on

Thinking of the times we shared between us
The times we shared together changed all of our lives
Memories that haunt now and forever
And only we remember those heady days and nights
Now we may be older but no wiser
Time has made us go our different ways
We won’t forget who gave us all those chances
So thank you all for giving me those days

Forty years on, where have they gone
Thinking of days that don’t seem so long
Where are the boys that we were once then
Fortunate friends, now forty years on

 

[fox69]

"Garden Party"
(originally by Ricky Nelson)

"Garden Party"
(originally by Ricky Nelson)



I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party they all knew my name
But no one recognized me I didn't look the same

But it's all right now
I learned my lesson well
You see you can't please ev'ryone so
You got to please yourself

People came for miles around everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus there was magic in the air
And over in the corner much to my surprise
Mr. Hughes hid in dylan's shoes wearing his disguise
I played them all the old songs I thought that's why they came
No one heard the music we didn't look the same
I said hello to mary lou she belongs to me
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk it was time to leave

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped johnny b. Goode
Playing guitar like a ring an' a bell and lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden parties I wish you a lot a' luck
But if memories were all I sang I'd ratherdrive a truck