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Paperlate (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news Ooh it's too easy to live like clockwork Tick tock watching the world go by Any change would take too long So dry your eyes Ooh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat Just sitting dripping in pools below You can wipe your face Kill the pain But the fever won't go, no no Paperlate Pull it together now Put your feet back on the ground Paperlate Ooh don't worry now You're not alone Look around you Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news Ooh it's too easy to compute your future Taking no risks and playing too safe Any change would take too long So dry your eyes Ooh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat Making changes and changing track But you'd better not lock that door Cos you'll be coming back Ah you're breathing faster Silence the only sound There's no need to be nice on the way up Cos you're not coming down Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line Paperlate Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news...
You Might Recall (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
What was it you said to me Back in the days when things looked fine 'bout how we would be together Until we left the earth behind Oh, it's funny how things can change Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one Who'd even start again But now I stay forever Ooh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a life Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back You might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives? So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are Everyday seems summertime The river flow with wine Ooh when you were here with me I wish we'd stayed that way forever Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a life Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back Well you might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives? So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are Oh my hopes were as the leaves upon the water Ah, sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Oh, the end of a life And maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back Oh, you might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives? So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are
Me And Virgil (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Ma would never say what happened And we knew better than push too hard We knew we had all the chores to tend to Like fixing fences and helping her Washing dishes and making coffee Me and Virgil'd chop some wood But we'd stop our swinging Just to listen to her crying It didn't sound too good I can remember, too well But we never thought to pay much heed We learned to live life the best we could But then one day pa upped and left us High and dry without a word Seemed a pity My ma was pretty But I soon learned life ain't that way And I can remember hearing her weeping While we were sleeping next to her I can remember I'll never forgive and I'll never forget Cos pa you broke her heart Ooh pa you broke her heart You broke her heart Ooh pa you broke her heart Well the years rolled by And 'fore we knew it Our sister got married and moved out west I stayed with ma, cos I couldn't desert her I knew it would hurt her to be alone So we pulled tighter We said we'd try to make things easy And raise a smile But as the night came We'd hear her crying Praying for pa to come back again I can remember I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget Cos pa you broke her heart Oh pa you broke her heart And then the winter came I'd never known it colder Ooh it seemed the worst for years And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling Saying I was a big boy now, no tears So I packed up all we had, and Virgil got the horses And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack Ooh, seemed a big bad world, we were riding into Me and Virgil both agreed, we best head off And don't look back Nothing but desert all around Oh it made me wonder Lord it's hard to carry on When you're sick with hunger Weeks and months of sleeping rough Keeping clear of danger Seems we were miles from anywhere And too far gone to change it We'd best keep going, don't look back Well me and Virgil we beat the desert Riding fast and riding hard We hit the city, the past behind us So we raised some hell, we had some fun But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty, and oh so fine 'fore too long I found myself married With a home of my own and a blue eyed son And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me - "You're a big boy now"
Evidence Of Autumn (Banks)
The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your lonely life And filling your world with light Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky" Curtains part revealing a country scene Clothed in green and brown Evidence of autumn And recent rain On a winding lane, a byway Walking on that road is a certain girl In all the world the one Guaranteed to move you and turn your head When all's been said and done The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your lonely life And filling your world with light Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky" The night is clear but cool Ooh maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find her gone Then you see the note Ooh you cannot believe it And you think you'll go insane... But that was many years ago And though the pain is dim A something still remains Though you hardly can recall Her face or form Her memory lingers on Ooh she made everything feel right She came in like an angel (in like an angel), Into your lonely life (into your life) And filling your world with light Oh and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"
Open Door (Rutherford)
I see your smiling face, by the open door There's the morning light Shining in your hair, and in your eyes And just a little way behind that smile of yours I see another one, oh so far away If only for one second, I could hold you close to me When the Master calls for me again There's nothing I can say, or I can do Goodbye, my love Time has come to say farewell I hear the call again Goodbye to the world I've shouted for so long Oh there's so much my love, that I can never say And in a little while, in a little while There's nothing left to see As the years go by and I have not returned And the night has come, falling all around Ooh if you count the stars you'll know How many have gone out And when the Master calls for me again There's nothing that I can say Or I can do Stand in the sun Shut your eyes and feel the world It's changing every day Goodbye my love Each day will seem so long Ooh there's so much I feel, that I can never say I can't see you I can't feel you anymore I've just a memory of that open door