General Chat

The wagons were painted in crimson and gold,
as they rattled along in the rain,
As the travelling circus rolled into St Louis,
and set up their tents in the rain,
all the children would laugh at the painted giraff,
and the tattooed lady from Spain,
and Raymondo the clown,
with his grease painted,
and his heart full of sawdust and pain.

The star of the circus was Madam Miranda,
the young ballerina from France,
Night after night, in a circle of light,
on a silver white stand she'd dance,
Round and round in a ring, such a beautiful thing,
to the sound of the tiny bass band,
And Raymondo would stare,
at her long golden hair,
and the lily, she held in her hand.

On Saturday night, she was dressed all in white,
and the music was happy and loud,
I will never forget, on her last pirouette,
how she turned and waved to the crowd,
Oh the crowd saw it all,
she had stumbled and fall'n,
and his heart fell as heavy as lead,
as her ran to her side,
we could see as he cried,
that the young ballerina was dead.

So roll up your bags boys,
and bring down the flags,
and pick up your travelling load,
For the wagons are packed,
and the mirror is cracked,
and it's time to be on the road,
For the show must go on,
they'll expect us by dawn,
at the outskirts of Old Louisville,
And the two will remain,
the clown and his pain,
and the lady
asleep....on the hill.

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean, my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over my love and I
My childhood days bring back sweet reflections
The happy times I spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and kind relations
Have all past on now like melting snow
I'll spend my da - ys an endless rover
Soft is the grass and sure, my bed is free
Oh but to be back, in carrickfergus
To strike that lonely road, down by the sea
And in kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now til I get a drink
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me
down.

Hi all;
Who out there remembers;

Song for Raymondo ?
1972.

To Ramona

Ramona, come closer,
Shut softly your watery eyes.
The pangs of your sadness
Shall pass as your senses will rise.
The flowers of the city
Though breathlike, get deathlike at times.
And there's no use in tryin'
T' deal with the dyin',
Though I cannot explain that in lines.

Your cracked country lips,
I still wish to kiss,
As to be under the strength of your skin.
Your magnetic movements
Still capture the minutes I'm in.
But it grieves my heart, love,
To see you tryin' to be a part of
A world that just don't exist.
It's all just a dream, babe,
A vacuum, a scheme, babe,
That sucks you into feelin' like this.

I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
By worthless foam from the mouth.
I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
On back to the South.
You've been fooled into thinking
That the finishin' end is at hand.
Yet there's no one to beat you,
No one t' defeat you,
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad.

I've heard you say many times
That you're better 'n no one
And no one is better 'n you.
If you really believe that,
You know you got
Nothing to win and nothing to lose.
From fixtures and forces and friends,
Your sorrow does stem,
That hype you and type you,
Making you feel
That you must be exactly like them.

I'd forever talk to you,
But soon my words,
They would turn into a meaningless ring.
For deep in my heart
I know there is no help I can bring.
Everything passes,
Everything changes,
Just do what you think you should do.
And someday maybe,
Who knows, baby,
I'll come and be cryin' to you.

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home; wait for me

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me

Stop bl**dy singing wife & pick me four footie teams for tomorrow

When your baby, leaves you all alone,
And nobody, calls you on the phone,
Don't you feel like crying, don't you feel like crying,
Well here I am a hunny, c'mon cry to me.

When your all alone, in your lonely room,
And there's nothing, but the smell of her perfume,
Don't you feel like crying, don't you feel like crying,
Don't u feel like crying, c'mon, c'mon cry to me.

Whoa, nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone,
Loneliness, loneliness, such a waste of time, whoa yeh,
You don't ever have walk alone, well u see,
C'mon take my hand, and baby won't you walk with me,
Whoa yeh

When your waiting, for a voice to come,
In the night, but there's no one,
Don't you feel like crying, don't you feel like crying,
Don't you u feel like cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cry cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cryin,
Don't you u feel like cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cry cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cr-cryin.

Starry starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how
perhaps they'll listen now.
Starry
starry night
flaming flo'rs that brightly blaze
swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
Vincent's eyes of China blue.
Colours changing hue
morning fields of amber grain
weathered faces lined in pain
are soothed beneath the artist's
loving hand.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
perhaps they'll listen now.
For they could not love you
but still your love was true
and when no hope was left in sight on that starry
starry night.
You took your life
as lovers often do;
But I could have told you
Vincent
this world was never
meant for one
as beautiful as you.
Starry
starry night
portraits hung in empty halls
frameless heads on nameless walls
with eyes
that watch the world and can't forget.
Like the stranger that you've met
the ragged men in ragged clothes
the silver thorn of bloody rose
lie crushed and broken
on the virgin snow.
And now I think I know what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they're not
list'ning still
perhaps they never will.

I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in memphis,
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride.
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
cause I just cant seem to drink you off my mind.

Its the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

I laid a divorcee in new york city,
I had to put up some kind of a fight.
The lady then she covered me with roses,
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.

Its the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

(yeah!) its the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

(yeah!) its the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I watch 'em roll away again

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I had nothin to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way

So I'm just...

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same

Sittin here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just...

What a lovely relaxed afternoon I have had :)))))

It's amazing
How you can speak
Right to my heart
Without saying a word,
You can light up the dark
Try as I may
I could never explain
What I hear when
You don't say a thing

The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

All day long
I can hear people
Talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd (The crowd)
Try as they may
They can never define
What's been said
Between your
Heart and mine

The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

(You say it best, When you say nothing at all
You say it best, When you say nothing at all)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me

The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

(You say it best, When you say nothing at all
You say it best, When you say nothing at all)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me

(You say it best, When you say nothing at all
You say it best, When you say nothing at all)

Sorry Rose......I prefer the car lol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

ARTIST: Melanie Safka
TITLE: I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates (You've Got a Brand New Key)
Lyrics and Chords


I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm OK alone but you've got something I need, well



{Refrain}
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You've got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and
Try them on to see
I been lookin' around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key



I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car
Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive, I been all around the world
Some people say I done all right for a girl

I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes, but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm OK alone but you got something I need, well

{Refrain}

here's one for you Ann lol xx

"Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma"

(As recorded by Melanie)
MELANIE SAFKA

Look what they've done to my song, ma
Look what they've done to my song
Well it's the only thing that I could do half right
And it's turning out all wrong, ma
Look what they've done to my song.

Look what they've done to my brain, ma
Look what they've done to my brain
Well they picked it like a chicken bone
And I think I'm half insane, ma
Look what they've done to my song.

I wish I could find a good book to live in
Wish I could find a good book
Will if I cold find a real good book
I'd never have to come out and look
Look what they've done to my song.

It'll be all right ma, maybe it'll be okay
Well if the people are buying tears I'll be rich someday, ma
Look what they've done to my song.

Ils ont change ma chanson ma
Ils ont change ma chanson
C'est la seule chose que je peuz faire
Et ce n'est pas bon ma
Ils ont change ma chanson.

Look what they've done to my song, ma
Look what they've done to my song
Well they tied it up in a plastic bag and they turned it upside down
Look what they've done to my song, ma.

Look what they've done to my song, ma
Look what they've done to my song
It's the only thing I could do all right and they turned it upside down
Look what they've done to my song, ma.

Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb ?
Mother do you think they'll like this song ?
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls ?
Ooooh, mother should I build a wall ?
Mother should I run for president ?
Mother should I trust the government ?
Mother will they put me in the firing line ?
Oooh is it just a waste of time ?

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry.
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true.
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you.
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cosy and warm.
Ooooh Babe,
Ooooh Babe,
Ooooh Babe,
Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall !

Mother do you think she's good enough,
for me?
Mother do you think she's dangerous,
to me?
Mama will they tear little boy apart?
Oooh,
mother will she break my heart?

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry.
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through.
Mama's gonna wait up untill you get in.
Mama will always find out where you've been.
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Ooooh Babe,
Ooooh Babe,
Ooooh Babe,
You'll always be a baby to me !

Mother, did it need to be so high ?

Still listening and singing Lol

When the rain came I thought you’d leave
cause I knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
Through the darkest nights I’ve ever known
If the mandolin wind couldn’t change a thing
Then I know I love ya

Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn’t believe you kept a smile
Now I can rest assured knowing that we’ve seen the worst
And I know I love ya

Oh I never was good with romantic words
So the next few lines come really hard
Don’t have much but what I’ve got is yours
Except of course my steel guitar
Ha, cause I know you don’t play
But Ill teach you one day
Because I love ya

I recall the night we knelt and prayed
Noticing your face was thin and pale
I found it hard to hide my tears
I felt ashamed I felt Id let you down
No mandolin wind couldn’t change a thing
Couldn’t change a thing no, no

The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
Could never, never change your mind again

And I love ya
Yes indeed, and I love ya
And I love ya, I love ya

This takes me back a few years lol

It must have broke your poor little heart
When the boys used to say,
You looked better in the dark.
Ohhh but now they'd give all they learned in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you
Oh yes they would

You know the teacher would ask a question
And you, would always raise your hand
Ohhh but somehow you never got your turn
And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn
Oh yes I did
(Chorus)
Homely girl, She was so homely
You're a beautiful woman oh yes homely girl
Homely girl, used to being lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah

There was a boy who used to sit beside you
Who'd like to hold that place his whole life through
Ohhh you were beautiful to me
You had a heart no one could ever see,
oh yes you did

I was the only one who offered
To carry your books
Took all the stares and laughter
With the dirty looks
But I saw then what they see now
They all want to ask you for a date
They don't know how, they don't know how

Homely girl, she was so homely
You're a beautiful woman oh yes lonely girl
Homely girl used to being lonely
You're a beautiful woman oh yeah

Ohhh first they want a chance to hold you
Then they want a chance to try to control you
Oh no, now don't you know I got to say it
Homely Girl used to being Lonely…..

Might have to google it then Tim lol

Just like the driftwood of a dream,
Left on the seashore of sleep.
Just like the words that wouldn't rhyme,
Lost in the desert of time.
Time waits for no one at all,
No, not even you.
You thought you'd seen it all before,
You really thought you knew.

I don't remember what was said,
In the confusion that night.
I only know what's on my mind,
What's in the future we will decide.
Time waits for no one at all,
No, not even you.
You thought you'd seen it all before,
You really thought you knew.

I've shattered the illusion, Here I am,
Of fortune and of fame. Staring out to sea.
But darling now I know you, Wondering if you'll
Life can never be the same. Ever come back to me.
Oh no, don't leave me driftwood,
On the shore.

Time waits for no one my love,
No, not even you.
You thought you'd seen it all before,
You really thought you knew.

I've shattered the illusion, Here I am,
Of fortune and of fame. Staring out to sea.
I'm waking up, I'm reaching up, Waking up, reaching up,
I'm getting up from this game. Come back to me.
Oh no, don't leave me driftwood,
On the shore.
Oh, no don't, don't leave me driftwood,
On the shore.
Whoa, no, don't leave me driftwood,
On the shore.

oh its a great song Ann

Goodnight Doc. sleep well x

Tim......Don't think I know that one lol