Olivia Newton-John Album

(John Farrar)

I try to be patient - I try not to moan
But it's driving me crazy trying to live here alone
My conversation gets nowhere when I talk to myself
I've lost my sense of humor somewhere here on the shelf

The moon is wasting its shine shining on me
Until I see you again
I won't be out in the moonlight
And I'll be sleeping by ten
The birds are wasting their song singing to me
Until I'm waking with you
Until you're back in my arms dear
The birds will have to find something better to do

A shoulder to cry on would make me feel fine
But it's not much comfort when I'm crying on mine
Friends and relations are running out of patience with me
I keep myself to myself but I'm no company

The moon is wasting its shine shining on me
Until I see you again
I won't be out in the moonlight
And I'll be sleeping by ten
The birds are wasting their song singing to me
Until I'm waking with you
Until you're back in my arms dear
The birds will have to find something better to do
Baby, till you're back in my arms
The birds will have to find something better to do

(Mickey Newbury)

Once they were lovers but now they're not friends
She's found another - he says it's the end
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don't speak anymore

So he walks the streets - the few nights he can stand
Drinking her memory away when he can
Friends once would reach out to them from the shore
But now they don't cry anymore

How does it all come to happen
That's not what loving is for
And if I thought it was, I'd leave here in the morning
I'd sooner sleep on the floor

Oh when will we learn really what loving is
It's not what you get in return but what you give
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don't speak anymore

(Michel Brourman/Karen Gottlieb)

Hmmm...I love to see you when you aren't on the run
Looking long and lean and lazy lying in the sun
So, slow down Jackson, you don't have to fly anymore
Slow down Jackson, love must have left you at my door

Hmmm...You're a runner and you always will be
Maybe you can change your pacin' when you are runnin' with me
So, slow down Jackson, you don't have to fly anymore
Slow down Jackson, love must have left you at my door

Hmmm...You're like a rainbow stretched across the sun
Hmmm...My friend Jackson, warming everyone
So, slow down Jackson, you don't have to fly anymore
Slow down Jackson, love must have left you at my door

So, slow down Jackson, you were flying solo before
Slow down Jackson, love must have left you at my door

(S. K. Dobbins)

You tell me how it was when you once knew him
He played his games with many women friends
You tell me that you don't think I'd be with him
If I could have known him way back then

You ask me why I don't pack up and leave him
Now that I know his wicked ways
Well I doubt that you could understand my thinking
But listen close to what I have to say

He's the rock that I lean on
He is the sunshine of my day
And I don't care what you say about him
He took me in and made me everything I am today
He's my rock and I ain't gonna throw him away

I know he wasn't always what he is now
He had to make mistakes like everybody else
Don't you point your finger at nobody
It's plain to see you ain't no saint yourself

He's the rock that I lean on
He's the sunshine of my day
And I don't care what you say about him
He took me in and made me everything I am today
He's my rock and I ain't gonna throw him away
He's my rock and I ain't gonna throw him away
He's my rock and I ain't gonna throw him away

(John Farrar)

If a ship of dreams bid me come, would I board it?
If I had their gold in my hands, would I hoard it?
If I knew the trials I must face, would I carry on at all?

Sail into tomorrow, living day to day
That's all I can afford to do and all I'll ever pay
Is a song to sing to thank you for making me alive
And a prayer to bring me comfort - Lord help us to survive

If his pretty eyes shone my way, would I leave you?
If I wasn't sure he would stay, would I deceive you?
If I had to melt you with promises, would they stand or fall?

Sail into tomorrow, living day to day
That's all I can afford to do and all I'll ever pay
Is a song to sing to thank you for making me alive
And a prayer to bring you comfort - Lord help us to survive

If time should call me a fool, would I laugh or would I care?
Sail into tomorrow, living day to day
That's all I can afford to do and all I'll ever pay
Is a song to sing to thank you for making me alive
And a prayer to bring you comfort - Lord help us to survive

(Labi Siffre)

Crying, crying never did nobody no good no how
That's why I don't cry
That's why I don't cry

Laughing, laughing sometimes does somebody some good somehow
That's why I - I'm laughing now
That's why I - I'm laughing now

Loving, loving never did me no good no how - no how
That's why I can't love you now
That's why I can't love you now

Lying, lying never did nobody no good no how - no how
So why am I lying now?
So why am I lying now?
So why am I lying now?

(Diane Berglund/Jim Phillips)

Where am I when you're not here
I see you but we're not clear
You wouldn't know
How could I show you

Where to look when I'm not here
You can hold and have me near
But when I go
How can I show you love

I just don't know
Who am I when you are you
I just don't know what to do
But when we're here
It's all so clearly love

(Linda Hargrove)

A woman needs attention like the flowers need the sun
Without that attention, a woman feels undone
Now I'm like a flower that's been standin' in the rain
Hopin' and a-prayin' that the sun would shine again

Is there anybody out there who can shine?
Anytime would be fine
Is there anybody out there who can glow
And would like to see a little flower grow?
Shine on me, let it shine

A woman needs a lovelight to keep her body warm
You know without that lovelight, well a mind can do her harm
Now that light's gone out for me and I'm standin' in the dark
Hopin' and a-prayin' just to see a little spark

Is there anybody out there who can shine?
Anytime would be fine
Is there anybody out there who can glow
And would like to see this woman's lovelight show?
Shine on me, let it shine

Is there anybody out there who can shine?
Anytime would be fine
Is there anybody out there who can glow
And would like to see a little flower grow?
Shine on me, let it shine

(Eddie Cochran)

Well I'm gonna raise a fuss and I'm gonna raise a holler
I've been working all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Well the time will come when baby, I try to get a date
My boss says ["No dice, girl, you gotta work late."]

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and brother told me girl you gotta make some money
If you want to use the car to go riding next Sunday
Well I didn't go to work - I told the boss I was sick
[You can't use the car cause you didn't work late.]

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks - gonna have a fine vacation
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
Well I called the congressman and he said quote
["I'd like to help you honey but you're too young to vote."]

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
And there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Ain't no cure
No no

(Diane Berglund/Jim Phillips)

Just a lot of folk
Sittin' 'round the fire warming
Singing all the songs
Memory won't deny
Just a lot of fools
Sittin' 'round the fire fooling
Blow the marshmallow out
And dream a dream gone by

Oh the magic
Of an endless spell
Cosmic wonder
Mystery won't tell
Sailing in our circles
Waiting on the light
Trying to remember
In a dream that lasts forever

Just a lot of souls
Turning in a circle warming
Touching all the flames that reach
So deep within our eyes
Just a little light
Not enough for seeing
Just enough to make us seem
Important in the night

Oh the magic
Of an endless spell
Cosmic wonder
Mystery won't tell
Sailing in our circles
Waiting on the light
Trying to remember
In a dream that lasts forever

Just a lot of folk
Sittin' 'round the fire warming
Singing all the songs
Memory won't deny
Just a lot of fools
Sittin' round the fire fooling
Blow the marshmallow out
And dream a dream gone by

(Bob Russell/Bobby Scott)

The road is long with many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where, who knows when
But I'm strong--strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go--his welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bear--we'll get there
For I know he would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all--I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart isn't filled with the gladness of love for one another
It's a long, long road from which there is no return
While we're on our way to there
Why not share?

And the load--it doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He ain't heavy. He's my brother