Victoria Williams Album

Outside my house is a cactus plant
They call the century tree
Only once in a hundred years
It flowers gracefully
And you never know when it will bloom

Hey, do you want to come out
And play the game
It's never too late
Hey, do you want to come out
And play the game
It's never too late

Clementine Hunter was fifty-four before she picked up her paints
Old Uncle Taylor was eighty-one when he rode his bike
Across the plains of China Uh huh
And the sun was shining on that day
Just like today

Hey, do you want to come out
And play the game
It's never too late
Hey, do you want to come out
And play the game
It's never too late

Didn't know how to tell her for over thirty years
Kept locked up inside himself
No one saw the tears
Then she went away
And he woke up that day
So he went back to college at the age of sixty-three
Graduated with honors with an agriculture degree
And he joined up the Peace Corps at the age of sixty-nine
And he rode the grand rapids at the age of eighty-five
Now he brings roses to his sweetheart
She lives most anywhere
He sees someone suffering
He knows that despair
He offers them a rose
And some quiet prose
About dancing in a shimmering ballroom
Cause you never know when they will bloom

Man takes his cane to a waterfall
Has a vision
Starts talking baby talk
Understood by a girl in Peru
We read about it in the daily news

Lines of poetry
Revealing mysteries
Still some can't swim

Jesus walked on the water
He turned the water into wine
He went down to the drunkards
To tell them everything is fine
You R loved
You R loved
You R really loved

I cannot decide
Who should die or live
I do my best to forgive
Falling backwards in the eventide
Listening at the riverside

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She lived on the curve of the road
In an old tar-paper shack
On the south side of town
On the wrong side of the tracks
Sometimes on the way into town
We'd say 'Mama, can we stop and give her a ride?'
Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side
Wild eyed, crazy Mary

Down a long dirt road
Past the parson's place
An old blue car
We used to race
Little country store with a sign tacked to the side
Said ' No L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G allowed'
Underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around
Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around

One night thunder cracked mercy backed outside my windowsill
Dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills
Looked down into the house of Mary
Terrible tunnel, newspaper-covered walls
And Mary rising up above it all

Next morning on the way into town
Saw some skid marks, and followed them around
Over the curve, through the fields
Into the house of Mary

That which you fear the most, could meet you halfway
That which you fear the most, could meet you halfway

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You wanna know all about
Where you can get some
You need to know fast
There is no doubt you wanna know
Where you'll find some love

'Cause everybody wants it
Everybody needs it
Nobody gets the meaning of it
Not without love

Love is a giving thing
Love is a forgiving thing
Like spring... love
And you know you can trust in love

A man once said to me
A long time ago
He lost his true love
How can that be
Maybe later he'll see that
All that lives on is love

And everybody wants it
Everybody needs it
Nobody seems to get it
All confused about it
But to get it
You have to just give it
You have to just live it

Once in a while
You open up just like a child
And see things fresh and new
I wish this for you
I wish this for you

Love
Everybody wants it
Everybody needs it
Everyone deserves it
Even if you're bad
Even if you're sad
Even if you're mad or blue...

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Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one who made my life so fun

We're sad to see you go
But we'll always remember you don't you know
Yeah yeah yeah who's the one
Who's the one who made my life so much fun

Arms open wide, big happy smile
“So glad to see you my dear child”
Oh who's the one, who's the one
I would run to, just to find out why was I blue

Dear one, we are glad just to have known you
Who's the one, who's the one

I'm a member of the “happy to have known pappy club”
Ranging all the way from Pioneertown, California to Germany
And even off to Australia – yes there were a few there
Standing in the wake of the boat he left out in
Standing in the wake of the boat he rode out in
Yes Australians there were a few
New Yorkers flew in too
Some people came in from Boston
Some drove in from Los Angeles
I hear they even let someone out of prison too

I saw someone – with a tear in their eye
I heard someone – with a song so high

Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
Who's the one
That made my life so much fun

No we don't make passionate love
No we don't even kiss and hug
Not a lot of jealousy
I'm friends with you
I hope you're friends with me

You're my ally

Worn out grudges just don't exist
Spin around till we're tired of this
We don't care who owes who
You don't own me I don't own you

You're my ally

Standing on the pavement
Looking like an accident
Waiting on the weekend
Catch you in the wind

You're my ally

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