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[miles]

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
(George Weiss / Bob Thiele)
as Sung by Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh yeah

 

[chanaud]

Great song Miles!

 

[miles]

Melissa
by Gregg Allman


Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast

Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the Gypsy's name

No one hears his lonely sigh,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the Gypsy flies
with sweet Melissa... mmm...

Again the morning's come,
Again he's on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and Gypsy roll on, roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (Lord, Lord)
Will you hide the dead man's ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
or will his spirit roll away?

But I know that he won't stay without Melissa.

Yes I know that he won't stay without Melissa.

 

[XXplorher]

Has anyone else noticed
How love and pain
So often seem to be like
one and the same
One hand washes the other
Leaving the other to be washed again............................

But what am I to do?
With only one hand..............................

 

[macuk]

YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY-QUEEN

look into my eyes and you'll see
i'm the only one
you've capyured my love
stolen my heart
changed my life
everytime you make a move
you destroy my mind
and the way you touch
ilose control and shiver deep inside
you take my breath away

you can reduce me to tears
with a single sigh
every breath that you take-
any sound that you make
is a whisper in my ear
i could give up all my life for just one kiss
i would surely die
if you dismiss me from your love
you take my breath away


just a brilliant song and singer

 

[cymbidia]

When a Man Loves a Woman

~Percy Sledge~

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend If he puts her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be

When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I've got (yeah)
Trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause baby, baby, baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman



And Angel? Good songs! I listen widely, too, and am pretty eclectic in what i choose to hear at any given point in time.

 

[paganangel]

pagancowgirl

it's gospel if it's from rollins

 

[paganangel]

greatest song ever...can't believe it hasn't been posted

especially by "unregistered"


C'mon baby...let's get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
There's a chill in my bones
I don't wanna be left alone
And baby, you can sleep while I drive

I'll pack my bags and load up my guitar
In my pocket, I will carry my harp
I got some money I saved
Enough to get underway
And baby, you can sleep while I drive

We'll go through Tuscon
Up to Santa Fe
And Barbera in Nashville says we're welcome to stay
I'll buy you glasses in Texas
A hat from New Orleans
And in the mornin' you can tell me your dreams

You know I've seen it before
This mist that covers your eyes
You've been lookin' for somethin'
That's not in your life
My intentions are true
Wont you take me with you
And baby, you can sleep while I drive

OH WOAH OH
Is it other arms you want to
Hold you
A stranger
A lover
You're free
Can't you get that with me

C'mon baby, let's get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
If you wont take me with you
I'll go before night is through
And baby, you can sleep while I drive

-Melissa Ethridge
Sleep While I Drive

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[miles]

Ode to The Haight

SAN FRANCISCO
Scott McKenzie

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

 

[Calamity Jane]

Re: greatest song ever...can't believe it hasn't been posted

-Melissa Ethridge
Sleep While I Drive

I love that song.

Glad you agree about Rollins. Didn't think many people would.

 

[Calamity Jane]

SOCIAL DISTORTION -- MAKING BELIEVE

making believe, that you still love me.
it's leaving me alone and feeling so blue.
i'll always dream, but i'll never own you.
making believe, is all i can do.
i can't hold you close,
darling when you're not near me.
you're somebody's love,
you'll never be mine.
making believe,
i'll spend my lifetime
loving you and making believe.

 

[paganangel]

pagancowgirl just gets better and better

Down the lonely stairs

 

[paganangel]

pagancowgirl just gets better and better

As I'm lookin back
On broken down dreams
Heartbreaks and memories
That I've had
I made it through the hard times
And come back a stronger man
But this time darlin'
It's just not the same

Down the lonely stairs
With a suitcase in my hand
Misery can be a heavy load
I made it through the hard times
And in vain I made it back
But this time darlin'
It's just not the same

CHORUS
In the mornin' I was lonely
But never bothered to cry
Never even stopped to wonder why
Leavin' was just
Another part of the game
But this time darlin' it's just not the same

 

[Calamity Jane]

I almost posted that song PA

Cracker

Low
Sometimes I wanna take you down,
Sometimes I wanna get you low.
Brush your hair back from your eyes,
Take you down, let the river flow.

Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass.
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles

CHORUS:
Bein with you girl
Like being low
hey, hey, hey like being stoned.
Bein with you girl
Like being low
hey, hey, hey like being stoned.

A million poppies gonna make me sleep.
With just one rose that knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
The fruit is calling from the trees

Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles

CHORUS

A blue blue is the sun.
A brown brown is the sky.
A green green are her eyes.
A million miles, a million miles

Hey, don't you wanna go down?
Like some disgraced cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles

 

[Calamity Jane]

A little bit of country tonight

Tim McGraw - Angry All The Time

Here we are
What is left of a husband and a wife four good kids
Who have a way of gettin on with their lives
I'm not old but I'm getting a whole lot older every day
It's too late to keep from goin' crazy
I got to get away

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

Our boys are strong the spittin image of you when you were young
I hope someday they can see past what you have become
And I remember every time I said I'd never leave
But what I can't live with is memories of the way you used to be

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

Twenty years have came and went since I walked out of your door
I never quite made it back to the one I was before
And God it hurts me to think of you
For the light in your eyes was gone
Sometimes I don't know why this old world can't leave well enough alone

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one Who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be Angry All The Time

I don't know why you gotta be Angry All The Time

 

[Calamity Jane]

Last one for tonight

I'm feeling rather melancholy, so perhaps ballads aren't the wises reading material. Here's one more and then I'm off to be mindless for awhile.

Tim McGraw - Let Me Love You

Sometimes I close my eyes
And imagine you with me
Chasing passion into the night
All tangled in a dream.

Oh if you could see my heart
The way I feel inside
You would know just how far
I'm willing to go to get to you
There is nothing I won't do.

Let me show you what it's like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.

Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.

I want to taste your kiss
Be the reason for your smile
Touch the magic on your skin
Be the one that drives you wild.

Oh if you could read my mind
You'd know you're everything I need
You'd see yourself through my eyes
You may understand what I'm going through
And just how much I want you.

Let me show you what it's like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.

Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me love you!

Let me show you what it's like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.

Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.

Ah, let me love you
Let me love you